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

The local cat shelter had these two current inhabitants. Hopefully not for long.

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

#caturday! First off, Skotta loafs in the spot favoured by many of the local cats.

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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD") wrote:

This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office. More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases. As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.

Fact Sheet: President Donald J...

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jeffs@well.com ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

FFS, rice was only domesticated around 8000 years ago. this is amazing…

https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/115673384959772020

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geekysteven@beige.party wrote:

My wife couldn't remember Benedict Cumberbatch's name and called him "scumbly numfkins" and I'm sorry but that's his name now

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Tutanota wrote:

"Software with 0 haters"

What's your pick?

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redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa:") wrote:

evergreen holiday meme

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jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz FINAL (2).DOCX") wrote:

The logical endpoint of self-driving cars is you getting into your car to go to Burger King, and the car refusing to take you there because its manufacturer has an exclusivity agreement with McDonald’s

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fesshole ("Fesshole 🧻") wrote:

Emo lad I dated cancelled date saying his bat died. He was ultra goth so sounded plausible. On next meet said sorry about the dead bat & he said "no I meant my battery "

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evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

Can you sing your national anthem from memory?

#EvanPoll #poll

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tarheel@mstdn.io ("John Lusk") wrote:

@wdlindsy

In aggregate, we have the memory of a goldfish. Once around the bowl.

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

and the focus of a dog (SQUIRREL!)

https://mstdn.io/@tarheel/115673376682939816

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

FBI Deputy Director basically says “pay me enough and I’ll say anything”… and on FoxNews, of all places

https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-host-confronts-bongino-with-old-jan-6-pipe-bomb-cover-up-remark-11164625

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fabio@manganiello.eu ("Fabio Manganiello") wrote:

Linus Tech Tips: There was a recent thing from a major tech company where developers were asked to say how many lines of code they wrote, and if it wasn’t enough, they were terminated. And there was someone here who was extremely upset about that approach to measuring productivity because it means nothing.

Linus Torvalds: Oh yeah, no, you shouldn’t even be upset at that point. That’s just incompetence. Anybody who thinks that’s a valid metric is too stupid to work at a tech company.

LTT: You do know who you just said that about, right?

Linus Torvalds: No.

LTT: Oh. Uh… he was a prominent figure in the improved efficiency of the U.S. Government recently.

Linus Torvalds: Oh, apparently I was spot-on.

https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-creator-torvalds-thinks-elon-musk-is-too-stupid-to-be-working-at-a-tech-company/

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

New #Freebooters is live at https://freebooters.uk. Recorded today.

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

Latest Freebooters podcast: Getting busy with bash, FOSS sound formats, and why YouTube has outgrown us

https://freebooters.uk/media/20251206-getting-busy-with-bash.mp3

Chris shares the bash projects he's been working on, we talk about MP3 vs other FOSS audio formats, and we talk about why YouTube isn't the best place for smaller creators any more....

#Freebooters

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

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

Today in History: The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 1969

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

Today in History: First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 1877

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

Today in History: 12/06 Founding of Quito in Ecuador

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

Today in History: Independence Day in Finland

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

Today in History: London becomes the world's first city with motorised cabs, 1897

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

Today in History: St. Nicholas' Day

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

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krypt3ia@infosec.exchange ("Krypt3ia") wrote:

RE: https://mstdn.social/@pravda/115672555377228652

Fuck

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

Advent of Code day 6 status: done ★★
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-06T11:23Z/

— there's got to be a better way but I'm taking the win and enjoying my Saturday 😏

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RuthMalan ("Ruth — of systems & em dashes") wrote:

‘An Airplane has been defined as a collection of parts having an inherent tendency to fall to earth, and requiring constant effort and supervision to stave off that outcome. The System called "airplane" may have been designed to fly, but the parts don't share that tendency. In fact, they share the opposite tendency. And the System will fly—if at all—only as a System.’

— John Gall, The Systems Bible

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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

AI screws us again: memory shortages, Crucial shutting down

Micron makes ‘difficult decision’ to take the dumptrucks full of money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWNSPL6BRuY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251104-ai-screws-us-again-memory-shortages-crucial-to-shut-down - podcast

time: 6 min 09 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/ai-screws-us-over-again-memory-shortages-crucial-shutting-down/ - text

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

First raven photo of the winter. Ravens here in Iceland tend to migrate to urban areas for the winter season, after nesting in the countryside over the summer, so you tend to see more of them in winter #raven #bird #iceland

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

Birds. The photos are a little bit clumsy this week but one of my neighbours is doing a solid job of feeding the redpolls (the small birds) and redwings (the slightly larger ones) #birds #bird #iceland