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jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
One wonders, given the continued similarities in interests, if this fellow will be pardoned once more
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
So if Answers in Genesis goes out of business, will everyone go to hell?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/19/ken-ham-makes-an-admission/
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Gustodon@mas.to ("Ω 🌍 Gus Posey") wrote:
Even though it makes perfect sense, this was news to me:
Editing polls eliminates existing votes.
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
“Skilaboð ESB stærri en ákvörðunin sjálf - RÚV.is”
https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-11-19-skilabod-esb-staerri-en-akvordunin-sjalf-459288
This, in Icelandic, is an interview with an expert in European law saying that the message the EU seems to be sending by tariffing Iceland and Norway is that the EEA countries are not full members of the single market
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
Unfortunately, we've provided a professional avenue for the worst people in America to obtain positions of power.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/19/the-most-suspicious-creeps-among-us/
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
Me, an unrepentant nerd: “I wonder if I can automate the distribution documentation and management for the book using a flat CSV file generated by OnlyOffice to manage the data and Typst to generate receipts and invoices. That sounds like fun”
And, yeah, it kinda is 😄
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
“Vibe nuclear — let’s use AI shortcuts on reactor safety! – Pivot to AI”
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/18/vibe-nuclear-lets-use-ai-shortcuts-on-reactor-safety/
Big tech is working hard to address the world's criminally low background radiation levels.
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
“The infrastructure of the internet is incredibly resilient” and “most websites and apps today have flaws that make them fragile and unreliable” are both true. That would be a major opportunity if we were living with rational markets but we don’t, so half the internet takes regular “rest” breaks
Mastodon Feed"Amazon sucks, if you're ordering cheap Chinese junk from them, just use Ali Express instead", they said.
I just spent 30 minutes being unable to complete a checkout, getting stuck in a loop of "some of your discounts have expired". What discounts? I have no idea. Then it seems to have locked my account.
Amazon is *the worst* but they sure do excel at making it frictionless to give them money.
https://jwz.org/b/ykxn
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:
reading: "Is AI an apocalypse? Against technological inevitability"
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deutrino@mstdn.io wrote:
I just watched the damn pac-man AI in #xscreensaver lose with one (1) dot remaining on the board and multiple clear paths away from the monster (ghost? whatever they are) that ate him
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nickwhite@indieweb.social ("Nick White") wrote:
I made https://nickwhite.dev with plain html, css, and js (though I don't even have any js written yet).
Shout-out to @joeri_s for making an awesome guide on https://plainvanillaweb.com!
Web standards have gotten so robust, you can do a lot without having to depend on and maintain a big list of dependencies for every project.
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TheConversationUS@newsie.social ("The Conversation U.S.") wrote:
Black families spend more of their income on energy bills than the average U.S. household – a gap tied to older housing, rental barriers and the legacy of redlining.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Rules of the game:
- Grab the nearest book.
- Turn to page 42
- Find the 2nd sentence
- Post the sentence in a toot with the hashtag & write the rules as a comment to it
- Don't look for your favourite, coolest or wittiest book. Go for the closest.h/t @sbourne
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Raw data presented in this manner are almost useless in giving the reader a clear picture of what is taking place.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:") wrote:
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DXMacGuffin@metalhead.club ("Pilgrim MacGuffin :damnified:") wrote:
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Crisis of faith - by rayne fisher-quann - internet princess:
"Her Facebook account has been deleted; all the messages are gone, most of the record of our communication since I was a little girl. In our chat log, her name has been replaced by Unknown user and her profile picture with that blank grey silhouette, formless and genderless." https://internetprincess.substack.com/p/crisis-of-faith
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josephcox@infosec.exchange ("Joseph Cox") wrote:
The long running HOPE hacking conference just got banned from its current venue because someone told the university the conference had an “anti-police agenda.” Based it seems on a single pamphlet?
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chechar ("César Córcoles") wrote:
just in case nobody has done it before
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Venture Capital really robbed us of the niche social media platform. Everything must be a billion users or it's a failure.
Another one of my favorite little apps stopped loading. Sucks.
Mastodon FeedDNA Lounge Update, Wherein I love watching changeover
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2025/11/18.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
Mastodon FeedToday in Hoffman Lenses.
There is only one acceptable use for "AI" video, and that is replacing faces with methane-breathing space capitalists. I have been asking for access to this important technology for years but have not found it. Here is some...
https://jwz.org/b/ykxj
Mastodon FeedRegret to inform you that Palantir still exists.
The Nerd Reich:
https://jwz.org/b/ykxh
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misprintedtype@front-end.social ("sudo rm -rf fascism") wrote:
Parents in tech, Marcin Skirzynski and I are writing a book about our lives, struggles and the moments that make it all worth it.
We'd love you to be part of it.
Please subscribe for regular updates as we'd also love to hear from you!
Mastodon FeedPresident Bone-Spurs capes for Prince Bone-Saw.
"Things Happen" "Your royal highness," [Mary Bruce asked], "the U.S. intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist. 9/11 families are furious that you are here in the...
https://jwz.org/b/ykxf
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
I mean, we do, ketchup is a gravy if you think about it
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
Early in my blogging history, I was disgusted by Larry Summers. Somehow my revulsion did not hurt his career at all, but now Epstein's favor might have some consequences.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
The entire American economy is built on tulips.
