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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
andrew@esq.social ("Andrew Leahey") wrote:

Referring to the "fog of war" as if it is an actual fog is top tier.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
xssfox@cloudisland.nz ("1.3.6.1.4.1.61513") wrote:

Turns out you can just like, download the app used to make QLD road signs

https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/business-industry/Road-systems-and-engineering/Software/TraSiCAD

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

We’re long overdue for another Stewart Butterfield game.

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

"We should be having a conversation about Trump’s increasingly clear diminished mental capacity. This is a man … with the sole launch authority for the nation’s nuclear weapons who, on a daily basis, seems increasingly more disconnected from reality, beholden to conspiracy thinking, and — most simply — absent-minded. It is not a recipe for global stability — and deserves more serious conversation than its getting."

~ Garrett Graff

#Trump #MentalDecline #MRI #health
/5

https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-to-talk-about-donald-trump-s-health-again

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

On day 2 @boldewyn reminds us of a hellish deprecated element in HTML: ``

https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/2/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
taylorlorenz ("Taylor Lorenz") wrote:

None Of This is About Online Safety, The Nepo Baby Met Gala, OpenAi's code red, Wiggles cancellation, Sabrina Carpenter vs Trump, face scans, AI holiday decor, Kimsmas, rage bait, why Gen Z is treating cash like fake money, and MORE in today's newsletter https://www.usermag.co/p/none-of-this-is-about-online-safety

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

Worth your time (see also: "Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric" by Gryta & Mann):

https://youtu.be/W8Z3MfNpJpE?si=U4jedk6WSVWSRP-9

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
_L1vY_@mstdn.social ("Mother Bones") wrote:

#Via Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline‬
Dec 2, 2025, 1:22 AM

"Who loves Costco even more now? ✋🏾

They not only didn’t bend the knee when it comes to DEI, they’re taking Trump head-on."

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/costco-sues-trump-tariff-refunds-rcna246860

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
FediFollows@social.growyourown.services ("FediFollows 🎅") wrote:

Do you want to follow a weather account for your town or city?

There is a Fediverse weather service called FediMeteo which has weather accounts for thousands of locations around the world:

➡️ https://fedimeteo.com

To follow a weather account:

1. Go to https://fedimeteo.com
2. Go to the page for the town/city you want
3. Copy-paste the page's address into the search box in Mastodon etc
4. Click "Follow"

You can also follow updates about the FediMeteo project itself at @admin

#Weather

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

Religious apologists never understand the burden of proof.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/02/its-tough-to-argue-with-someone-who-lacks-evidence/

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

Today in History: Aaron Copland dies in Tarrytown (now Sleepy Hollow), New York, 1990

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

Today in History: Napoleon III becomes Emperor of the French, 1852

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

well at least we have a good bookmark to reference now!

not sure how anyone was supposed to figure this out (I can barely comprehend it 😰)

https://www.bram.us/2025/12/02/anchor-positioning-and-the-inset-modified-containing-block-imcb/

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

from my sysadmin

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
ophiocephalic@kolektiva.social ("ophiocephalic 🐍") wrote:

It's telling here that the liberals on SCOTUS are the ones amenable to ISPs policing the internet by disconnecting torrent users. Related: The last time KOSA was on the table, the Democrats were eager to push it through, and it was a small band of far-right Republicans who stopped it. Plain and simple, the Democrats love internet authoritarianism

https://torrentfreak.com/supreme-court-can-isps-be-liable-for-piracy-by-doing-nothing/

#USPol

Mastodon wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@%5Felena/115643743121033327

We have been really happy to watch the #Plushtodon friends uniting with their brethren!

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Any year where hip-hop is one of my most listened to genres is a year of good mental health. 💪

#Replay25 #AppleMusic #AppleMusicReplay

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭🕹️") wrote:

Modern programming languages should have logos like this

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

but of course... well, at least it ain't iTable

https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115650855911280626

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

on the one hand, I still have far fewer "followers" on Mastodon than I had when I shifted here fulltime from Twitter. on the other hand, I have some confidence that almost all 992 of them are probably actual humanoids.

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

all true

https://mk.pars.ee/notes/afsasc9c739x00u7

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lynne@mk.pars.ee ("Lynne") wrote:

ULTIMATE audio compression codec vs chance to find something good to listen to.
WMA: Someone ripped a CD using WMP on Windows XP. Probably bootleg country music. Rubbish.
APE: A Russian ripped this in 2008 and uploaded it to a torrent site. Probably pop music from the 90's. Meh.
WavPack: A Russian ripped this in 2011. Probably pop music from the 2000's. Meh.
Vorbis: Probably ripped from a game or an internet radio. Probably because it sounds alright. Highest chance of finding something good yet.
WAV: Ripped from a game, or someone ripped using EAC but forgot to change options, so they just zipped it. Probably some artist you haven't heard of before. Could be alright.
AIF: Master tracks from some OSX editor. Probably bad garage music.
RealAudio Cook: Vintage porn. Slap bass. Could be good.
WMA Voice: Podcasts from the 90's. If it's about freemasonic Lizard Aliens living in the sewers ruling the world, score. But its likely just the news.
Siren/G.722.1: Music videos from 1997. Probably Song 2, even. Good chance it'll be good.
AC3: Surround sound from a DVD album. Probably pop. Could be good though, just uplug the center speaker to mute the terrible singer.
AAC: Some ancient iTunes rip. Probably Rebecca Black or Justin Bieber. Treat it like a hazard.
MP2: Broadcast rip. Probably Eurovision. Rubbish.
DTS: Higher quality surround sound rip from a DVD. Probably classic music. Could be good if its a cover of rock songs.
ALAC: iTunes rip, so likely 2010's pop. Cover your ears and get beneath the table.
ATRAC: Mini-disc bootleg music. Could be rare. Someone put some effort to make it. Good chance its decent.
ATRAC9: Video game music. Decent chance its good.
Speex:
TrueHD: 96khz DVD-A rip. Those are hard to make. Could be good.
TAK: T stands for Touhou, so of course its guaranteed to be either tolerable or literally the best thing you've heard.
DSD: Pink Floyd. Yeah, but, you know, you could listen to it, or listen to something more modern that builds upon or breaks their sound.
Module (XM/Mod): Yes, it's good, open it up in Milkytracker and start jamming along with it.
MP3: Could you get more vanilla than this? In the grand scheme of things, probably meh.
Opus: Youtube rip. "Couldn't find a better version", so good chance its very good if someone ripped it.
FLAC: Someone ripped it, and someone downloaded it. Might be good, but in the grand scheme of things, probably meh.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
paninid@mastodon.world ("Coach Pāṇini ®") wrote:

🔥

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/costco-sues-trump-tariff-refunds-rcna246860

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org ("Daniel Lakeland") wrote:

This immediately got me written up for insubordination or some shit and put on a probation. But the thing worked so my boss couldnt really fire me. I remember going to a company lunch and the executives all of whom were executive VPs at banks prior asked me to explain exchange traded funds and long term options on exchange traded funds... Anyway it was a good experience because it immediately cured me of the idea that fucking business drones had any idea what the fuck they were doing.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Nonilex@masto.ai wrote:

#JuanOrlandoHernández was at the center of what the authorities had characterized as “one of the largest & most #violent #DrugTrafficking conspiracies in the world.”

#Trump’s pledge to #pardon #Hernández last week came just hours after he had received a fawning letter in which Hernández cast himself as the victim of “political persecution” by the #Biden-Harris admin, comparing his fate to that of Trump’s.

#criminal #law

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
alda@topspicy.social ("Alda Vigdís") wrote:

My journey? — It probably started with this one.

#PHP

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

for me it was reading the first edition of Jensen & Wirth. the clarity of language of the "Pascal User Manual and Report", and groking a language in it's entirety with EBNF, these things blew my young mind open to everything that followed in my checkered career

https://topspicy.social/@alda/115650689718412796

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

Just now— david shares this link to phone bank for Aftyn: www.mobilize.us/grassrootsde...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bphhaybcgmzjrpjucak23tmh/post/3m6zamlyrsk2d

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ProPublica@newsie.social wrote:

Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
---

A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supercharging the system.
https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-ranchers-public-lands-trump?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=mastodon-post

#News #Government #Trump #Environment #Grazing #PublicLands #Tax

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
muon@normal.style wrote:

batting the cooked vegetables out of your hand and screaming "don't eat that! it's processed! you chopped it up with a knife and cooked it on the stove! processes!!!"