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ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

Latest Freebooters podcast: Our new self-hosting podcast site, our latest adventures with bash scripting, and Chris gets caught using AI

https://freebooters.uk/media/20251111-self-hosting-bash-scripting-and-chris-gets-caught-with-ai.mp3

In this episode, Chris and Drew share their latest exploits with bash scripting, talk about KeePassXC allowing AI assisted contributions, and the chaps show off the new self-hosted website....

#Freebooters

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Insubordinate Piggy Hat") wrote:

President Trump has called for Democrats to be executed for sedition. The voters expect Democrats to come to the table with a real counter-proposal and negotiate a mutually acceptable compromise. That’s doing politics the right way. -Ezra Klein, New York TImes

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sophieschmieg@infosec.exchange ("Sophie Schmieg") wrote:

I guess it's time to congratulate preventable infectious diseases on their victory in the war against preventable infectious diseases.

The use of brain worms as a propaganda tool was especially effective.

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inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

If going along with the fascists stops seeming like the easiest path, then the fascists are done for.

What good does it do to just incessantly annoy the crap out of CBP and ICE and their ilk? My friends, it changes the whole landscape.

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inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

Remember that authoritarian movements of all kinds, but especially fascist movements, do not initially have the power to force an entire nation state to bend to their will. They need — not just benefit from, but absolutely •need• — the passive acquiescence of large numbers of people.

Loud, annoying, visible resistance punctures the lie that it’s inevitable, that people who keep their heads down will be rewarded in the end.

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inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

What @KimPerales is quoting here is a testament to the waste and the cruelty and the uselessness of this regime.

It is also a testament to the effectiveness of ubiquitous, sustained, pervasive resistance. “What good does it do,” you ask, “to have crowds of random people just yelling and honking and filming?” The answer is that it makes these harassment campaigns unsustainable.
https://toad.social/@KimPerales/115583290500226180

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trixter@retro.pizza ("Trixter of the Moon Council") wrote:

I love how I have to explain to the less terminally-online people in my life that AI is getting shoved into everything because Peter Thiel literally believes it will slow the coming of the Antichrist, very cool and fun world we live in, I love sounding like an unhinged person

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Today I'm making a deluxe variant of my mushroom and spinach quiche. It's not just button mushrooms, but dried porcini. Plus a dash of red chili, which I don't usually add. And it's not just mozzarella in the middle, but I also added some gorgonzola. It's just now out of the oven! #cooking

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
zeldman@front-end.social wrote:

Nothing to see here, just the U.S. President demanding death for U.S. lawmakers who remind members of the U.S. military of their right under U.S. law to refuse illegal orders.

adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:") wrote:

RE: https://social.lol/@neatnik/115583602649573022

“omg.lol: ethical vicarious self-hosting”

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I have been chasing a bug in my server code for months now, and think it may be fixed at last. a few hours of stable operations & the log files will tell the story true.

if I did actually fix it, then I may need to bang my head on the desk for a while to understand why.

adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:") wrote:

New on omg.lol: https://omglol.news/2025/11/20/say-hello-to-sourcetube-the-omg-lol-community-code-forge :prami_happy:

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

2025 is exhuming irony's corpse, reanimating it as a shambolic zombie, and murdering it all over again:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2025/nov/20/cop30-live-news-updates-belem-brazil-president-lula?CMP=share%5Fbtn%5Furl

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

"Scientific" justifications for sexism always make the author sound incredibly stupid.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/20/fascinatingly-bad-genetics/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

An independent code forge has been one of the most common feature requests for omg.lol over the years. And today, we have one! Say hello to https://source.tube. 🎉

All omg.lol members now have an independent, European-hosted code forge available at no extra charge — still just $20/year ($1.67/month!) for the entire bag of omg.lol goodies. :prami_contented:

To get started, sign into omg.lol, click your address, and then click the Forge button. Happy Git-ing!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
viticci@macstories.net ("Federico Viticci :ticciseal:") wrote:

I finally tested the M5 iPad Pro with local AI and Neural Acceleration in the GPU.

The performance improvement from the M4 in time-to-first-token is WILD.

Details and charts in my story: https://www.macstories.net/stories/ipad-pro-m5-neural-benchmarks-mlx/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Sinclair@mastodon.world ("Adeline 🆘 🇺🇸") wrote:

Attachments:

• video: e47f3f59c076364a.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"Two things happened yesterday that have brought immense shame on the United States — not because the American people agree with our president on what he did but because they voted in free and fair elections to send someone to the White House whom they should have known would behave this way."

#Trump #Epstein #coverup #pedophiles #MAGA #polls #ApprovalRating #economy #food #prices #MaskedThugs #defeat #Saudis
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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

RFK Jr.’s loathesome edits: CDC website now falsely links vaccines and autism
The site previously correctly noted that studies have repeatedly found no link.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/11/rfk-jr-s-loathesome-edits-cdc-website-now-falsely-links-vaccines-and-autism/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

my errors-checking script for my little service:

jeffs@rocky:~$ cat /var/log/storyteller/storytellerErrorLog.txt | wc -l | cowthink

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

Get your flu (and COVID) vaccination!

You may have seen headlines that this year's flu virus isn't a great match for the 2025 vaccine. This has led some to think they do not need to get vaccinated. This is wrong. As one expert notes, “If there’s ever a year to get a flu vaccine, this is the year.” Many fear that this year's flu season could be particularly severe, with the UK, Japan, and Korea already experiencing a very early and severe wave of influenza.

1/2

https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/flu-season-2025-vaccinations-still-helpful-h3n2-subclade-k/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Worth noting with Mastodon - one of the reasons for no cookie consent popup is.. there are no tracking cookies. At all.

Similar with official mobile apps, there's no privacy agreements etc in the app stores as there's no third party tracking.

Why is this notable? Try doing the same check on Facebook, X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky or basically anywhere or anything else online. It's basically unheard of in 2025, as everybody else is selling you.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
IcooIey@mastodon.green wrote:

I have a student with a service dog. Yesterday our class was small, only 3, and she asked if she could take the dog’s vest off because he had been on task all day. We were all OK with that and as soon as she did, Milo, the dog came up to all of us for scratches and pats, a silly goofball with a full body wag. I had not appreciated how well trained and obedient he is, how much control it takes to be working. Really grateful he’s there for my student, and impressed how much they do together.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

tracking down a networking-attack issue can make me crazy(er)

Tangled lines of code,
A maze of sharp, twisted paths,
Secrets hide in knots.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I found out through some googling that this is Chicago. I'm not sure when exactly, but the fashion looks very 1950s.#photography #filmphotography #slide #streetphotography #history #usa #america #chicago #vintage

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uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I hate traffic, but at least the cars look nice. This was taken somewhere in the States, I have no idea exactly where or when.#photography #filmphotography #slide #streetphotography #history #usa #america #vintage #cars

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

We're taking a break from ugly Icelandic and venturing into old American. Among my grandfather's slide collection, there are a few from the States. According to my grandmother, these were likely given to my grandfather by someone he worked with at the Naval Air Station. #photography #history

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
bramus@front-end.social ("Bramus") wrote:

Starting with Chrome 144, Anchor Positioning is going to be transform-aware.

From then on, anchoring will resolve against the bounding box of the transformed anchor.

Demo: https://codepen.io/bramus/pen/pvyrmWv

Before this change, the tooltip on the right (the one on the transformed anchor) would be anchored to the untransformed bounding box. Visually it would be anchored to the (untransformed) anchor in the center, which is not what you want.

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“LLMs aren’t going away” statements are wishes, not predictions, that they’re trying to make happen. Treat them as advocacy for a specific future, not observations of inevitability

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

It's easier for me to name the places I'd avoid then to list all the parts of the world I'd love to visit.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/20/when-i-picture-hell-it-looks-like-dubai/