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jwz wrote:

XScreenSaver and PAM.

Lazyweb, I have PAM questions. I added support for PAM to XScreenSaver in 1998, when PAM itself was a little two-year-old baby. Your keyboard was still PS2 and HDMI hadn't been invented yet. For lo these many decades, nobody...
https://jwz.org/b/ykx%5F

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oneunderscore__@threads.net ("Ben Collins") wrote:

https://theonion.com/trump-appears-to-doze-during-stroke/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
octothorpe@mastodon.online ("CM Harrington") wrote:

Possibly the best joke in a cartoon that went to air:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY2kC5fZG64

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cdarwin@c.im ("Chuck Darwin") wrote:

Trump announced on Wednesday that he is repealing the Biden-era federal fuel economy standards,
significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for tens of millions of new gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.
It marks the US president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and federal support for cleaner-running vehicles and renewable energy.
Burning gasoline is a significant contributor to global heating and transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/trump-fuel-efficiency-rules?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

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

system status reports are so much better after piping through cowsay

prove me wrong

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KimPerales@toad.social ("Kim Perales") wrote:

Co backed💔by D Trump Jr’s firm nabs $620M govt contract
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup backed by Don Jr.’s VC firm 1789 Capital, has secured a $620M contract from the DOD, as reported by the FT.

The contract is part of a $1.4B partnership with the US govt & ReElement Tech to expand & boost the dom supply of magnets, acc to the co.

Trump Jr joined 1789 Capital as a ptnr in 2024. The firm is said to have invested in Vulcan ~3 months ago.
#Corruption #USPol

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/company-backed-by-donald-trump-jr-s-firm-nabs-620m-government-contract/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
realTuckFrumper ("#TuckFrump") wrote:

'People are having trouble getting by': Conservative slams Trump's economy on Fox News https://twp.ai/9PXpos

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

State Department says today it "renamed the former Institute of Peace to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history.
Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.” (USIP, a nonprofit think tank, was an early target of DOGE.)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KimPerales@toad.social ("Kim Perales") wrote:

Pres Trump🚨pardoned the co-founder of stadium developer Oak View Group Tim Leiweke, who was charged earlier this year with rigging bids for a Texas arena, according to a document released by the Justice Department.

His DOJ charged Leiweke.

It's not just projection with Trump, he's actually committed the very crimes that he's pardoning people for. He's a shameless, soulless, conman.
#Corruption #Pardons #Fascism #RICO #Bribery #PayToPlay #Protest #USPol
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/politics/tim-leiweke-pardon-trump

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signalapp@mastodon.world ("Signal") wrote:

Do you depend on Signal? Please donate to keep us growing

Settings > Donate
http://Signal.org/donate

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nek@hear-me.social ("Dave á Jus") wrote:

YES! One state is protecting the public from a belligerent and vindictive, weaponized US Department of Justice.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/colorado-tells-doj-take-a-hike-as-it-rejects-demand-for-statewide-voter-data/

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jackie@social.linux.pizza ("Jackie Jude") wrote:

@fromjason it would be like if google convinced the government that
1. search engines are an inherently dangerous technology
2. google is the only company doing it safely
3. open source projects need to be banned

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nsmsn@social.lol ("Nick Simson") wrote:

❄️ Advent of Not Looking at the Computer So Damned Much.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
jackie@social.linux.pizza ("Jackie Jude") wrote:

@fromjason the AI companies arguments are so dumb that it would be funny if our governments weren't falling for them: OpenAI theoretically has a "kill switch" to shut down ChatGPT when it "inevitably" becomes sentient and open source LLMs like DeepSeek do not, therefore the government needs to ban open source LLMs and fund OpenAI to ensure they get to AGI first in a "safe" way

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

President of #Signal, Meredith Whittaker (@Mer__edith ) calls the AI apocalypse a "A fantastical, adrenalizing ghost story is being used to hijack attention around what is the problem that regulation needs to solve"

I agree. And I think Hank Green would agree if he took a closer look at #AIdoomerism and the people and orgs he platformed in his last two videos on #AI.

I wrote about it here.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/hank-green-and-the-fantastical-tales-of-god-ais/

#OpenSource

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Without question one of the greats.

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/steve-cropper-dead-guitarist-booker-t-otis-redding-blues-brothers-1236599198/

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lichencats@scicomm.xyz ("Lichen Cats") wrote:

"This is not the time for lazy science."

Many thanks to Evie Unraveling for making this video about the science, history, and technology of knitting. If you didn't see the video SciShow knitting video, it is full of misinformation, lazy science, and misogyny. I love SciShow, but that was irresponsible. As a female scientist and crocheter, this correction video by Evie was very affirming.

https://youtu.be/5btQokB32dQ?si=X0hh33uuicnX2RlJ

The video was removed from SciShow's YouTube page after the backlash and Hank Green has posted an apology on his own Tiktok.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMKfgxx4/

#knitting #physics #technology #science #SciShow #HankGreen #MaterialsScience #history #misogyny

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

I was told I had been selected and I very happily did not argue

RE: https://www.threads.com/@late.july/post/DR0JKdekjZI

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

Is Hank an AI-doomerist now?

I wrote about Hank Green, my trip to Savannah, and AI-Doomerism.

It's not lost on me that Hank is the internet's favorite science influencer. That's what makes his last two videos on AI so jarring.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/hank-green-and-the-fantastical-tales-of-god-ais/

#OpenAI #HankGreen #AIDoomerism #AISlop

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

I have been wrestling with how to stabilize this puppy for over a month now, with attackers taking it down every hour or two.

fook them, fook them with a pitchfork. I hate what has happened to the formerly cooperative spirit of those on the internetwork ;^{

[danger, grumpy olde farte whining]

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

we likes seeing this, we duz...

jeffs@rocky:~$ sudo systemctl status storyteller
● storyteller.service - Storyteller Web Service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/storyteller.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-12-03 12:28:44 UTC; 10h ago
Main PID: 289714 (storyteller)
Tasks: 61 (limit: 19140)
Memory: 21.3M
CPU: 3.514s
CGroup: /system.slice/storyteller.service
└─289714 /etc/storyteller/storyteller

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nate@social.lol ("Nate Beaty") wrote:

everything's fine #ink #drawing #sketches

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lumon@beep.town ("Lumon Gif Refinery") wrote:

Attachments:

• gifv: okay lets just exhales sharply

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jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz FINAL (1).DOCX") wrote:

Remember how every December your CD player did not confess that it had been spying on what you listened to all year

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

ahahahahaha hahaha hahahaha ahahahaha

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!111

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Cocaine is not fentanyl. Blowing up vessels off the coast of Venezuela doesn't stop fentanyl. It just gives Hegseth a rush. And hopefully gets him indicted.

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

maybe, just maybe I have finally found my way to hardening my service from low-level & malformed SSL connection request attacks... 9 hours and counting of stability (memory usage and n tasks) & crash resistance [fingers and toes crossed]

if I get past 24 hours, I'll believe it may be fixed.

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thenewsdesk@flipboard.com ("The News Desk") wrote:

Anthropic hires lawyers as it preps for IPO
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/anthropic-hires-lawyers-as-it-preps-for-ipo/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Technology @technology-thenewsdesk

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I decided to give my Canon AE-1 another go after using the Pentax KX for over a year.

📷️ Canon AE-1
🎞️ Ilford HP5+ @ 800
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/2.0, yellow filter
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #MonochromePhotography

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell 🏴") wrote:

US Slashes Pay Incentives at Already Weakened Cyber Agency

(gift link)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-03/us-cyber-agency-cuts-incentive-pay-program-for-diminished-staff?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NDc5MjA4NywiZXhwIjoxNzY1Mzk2ODg3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNk5QUU5LSzNOWUEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI0RkU5RTRCMUI3Q0I0MUREOUZFMDNDNTBCQTU2OTU3MyJ9.0ZtehZU224ipMTtFcPQo8%5FTvrSm2ozlUuv77SbdRxY4