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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
SecularJeffrey@ohai.social ("GentleMan Gef") wrote:

Happy Stealing Baby Jesus lawn decorations season to all who celebrate

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
w3c@w3c.social ("World Wide Web Consortium") wrote:

The CSS Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of CSS Backgrounds Module Level 4. This module contains the features of CSS relating to the backgrounds of boxes on the page.

CSS is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, etc.

https://www.w3.org/news/2025/first-public-working-draft-css-backgrounds-module-level-4/

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

The trash drives out the quality.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/03/i-was-already-predisposed-to-mistrust-dollar-stores/

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

I know Somali people in Minnesota. Does our racist president? I think not.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/02/disgustingly-racist-president-says-disgustingly-racist-things/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EwhBgi%5FMDxE

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

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

“Anthropic’s racing OpenAI to go public. | The Verge”

https://www.theverge.com/news/837142/anthropics-racing-openai-to-go-public

If they manage to go public before the bubble pops, the ensuing frenzy might IMO extend the bubble's life for at least a year or two

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

Weather: ☀️ Clear, +18°F, 92%, ↗7mph, 1016hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

The Autumn mug is finally available! 🍵 Sorry it took so long, there were delays outside my control.

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/collections/winter-2025-drop

#Merchtodon

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
doopledi@sauna.social wrote:

@fromjason That was fast https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/9/24316969/mustafa-suleyman-sam-altman-microsoft-openai-agi

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

“Mad Men’s HBO Max 4K Release Might Make Fans Vomit”

https://www.vulture.com/article/mad-men-hbo-max-4k-rerelease-problems.html

At some point I'll have to write about how subscriptions for virtual goods (video, software, etc) disconnects outcomes from economic success, destroying the product

In the meantime, just sit back and watch the media and software industries rot around you

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online ("Gardiner Bryant") wrote:

@gamingonlinux @omgubuntu you know how the old saying goes "never assume malice when you can't rule out stupidity. Unless they're reddit mods. Then it's *always both*."

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al wrote:

'Carspreading’ is on the rise - not everyone is happy

https://lazysoci.al/post/38590823

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to ("Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀") wrote:

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

“AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself”

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-destroying-the-university-and-learning-itself

> Let ChatGPT redesign your class. Let ChatGPT tell you how to evaluate your students. Let ChatGPT tell students how to use ChatGPT. Let ChatGPT solve the problem of human education. It was like being handed a Mad Libs puzzle for automating your syllabus.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
aardrian@toot.cafe ("Adrian Roselli, pH0") wrote:

424-word hot take: “You Can’t Make Something Accessible to Everyone”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/12/you-cant-make-something-accessible-to-everyone.html

#accessibility #a11y

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
knowler@sunny.garden ("Nathan Knowler") wrote:

RE: https://front-end.social/@mayank/115622876970699919

Mayank (@mayank) is the most talented frontend developer I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with.

They’re not only someone with a excellent grasp of web technologies, but someone who knows how to lead very effectively. I was constantly inspired while working with them, not just by their technical abilities, but how they were able to balance the needs of many constituencies, often cross-functionally, as well as, how they navigated legacy and future development efforts so harmoniously.

If you want a frontend leader who knows how take an organization’s frontend to the next level, hire Mayank!

#GetFediHired #FediHire

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
SaraSoueidan@front-end.social ("Sara Soueidan") wrote:

Thank you for writing this @aardrian 🫶🏻

https://adrianroselli.com/2025/12/you-cant-make-something-accessible-to-everyone.html

There's a short story of frustration and comfort behind this post. A friendly discussion led to a writeup by Adrian, and I will follow up later with a little more about the backstory as I know it can bring some much-needed comfort to many people getting into or already working in #a11y

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

I see a bunch of people are convinced that getting bought by the runner up startup in a historically large financial bubble is going to be great for bun’s longevity 🤷🏻‍♂️

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

@slightlyoff Too true.

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

noted: Advent of Code day 3 status: done ★★

https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-03T07:27Z/

— quick one today!

Boosted by jwz:
johnrogers.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("John Rogers") wrote:

America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pm6x2q574qtnskqqiw2svki7/post/3m64aol522k2s

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

@joeri_s 💯

joeri_s@mstdn.social ("Joeri Sebrechts") wrote:

@slightlyoff
Youtube showed me a credit card ad within five minutes of putting that on. Sort of says it all, doesn’t it?

Boosted by joeri_s@mstdn.social ("Joeri Sebrechts"):
brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊") wrote:

Masonry: Things You Won’t Need A Library For Anymore https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/12/masonry-things-you-wont-need-library-anymore/ - a nice overview of things that you don't need JS for, if you've been out of Web Platform World for more than 15 mins (eg, in Framework Limbo or Full Stack Purgatory), and a look at CSS Masonry from glamorous @patrickbrosset

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
MicroSFF@mastodon.art ("Micro SF/F by O. Westin") wrote:

The inscription on the blade shone silvery.

"Justice," the maid read. "Are you an enchanted butterknife?"

"Yes."

She almost dropped it. "You are?"

"For centuries, none who held me sought justice. I took this form to hide."

It grew in her hand.

She hefted the sword. "Hm. Not sure you can help."

#TootFic #SmallStories #MicroFiction

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
juliusgoat.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("A.R. Moxon") wrote:

If you love something let it go. If it returns to you it’s yours forever. If it falls screaming to its death, you were probably climbing this mountain. Why did you listen to me? I’m just a bird.

jwz wrote:

Kohler's $600/month toilet camera uses your turds to train AI.

Kohler Can Access Data and Pictures from Toilet Camera It Describes as "End-to-End Encrypted": But emails exchanged with Kohler's privacy contact clarified that the other "end" that can...
https://jwz.org/b/ykx8

jwz wrote:

Snail Heist.

€90,000 of snails. 450 kilos of snail meat. He said he had lost his entire annual production in the theft between Sunday night and Monday morning. "They cut the wire fence, broke open the door with a pickaxe, smashed the motion sensor...
https://jwz.org/b/ykx6

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

okay, this stuff is pretty funny

https://www.youtube.com/user/EleanorMortonable/videos

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk ("Neil Brown") wrote:

# Loving masculinity when men are in crisis

By @onqueerstreet

https://www.genderbent.co.uk/loving-masculinity-when-men-are-in-crisis/