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jwz wrote:

Honsky Dot CX Adjustable Anus Clamp.

Compatible with All Anuses. For 7.9" to 12.9". Cool!!!...cute, compact and effective!!! Thumbs-up design!!! Use it as anus clamp at home, rectum holder at the office for fashion and youth feel. The unique and cute...
https://jwz.org/b/yk0Q

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Just arrived on our store: New soft enamel pins featuring the #Mastodon logo. This time, they have a copper finish. However! I have to warn you there will be another enamel pin design up on the store this week, so if there's any chance you might want an alternative design or both, you may want to hold off on making orders for now to save on shipping.

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-logo-enamel-pin

#Merchtodon

Attachments:

• gifv: Me demonstrating the shiny finish of the Mastodon logo pin by moving it around in front of a plain white background.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
haubles@hachyderm.io ("hannah aubry") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115689198997943088

I’m proud to share my first blog as @Mastodon’s Community Director. Well the first one posted under my name at least 😉

Digital social networking is one of the most important threads in the fabric of our societies. Right now, we’re letting that thread be controlled by social media platforms that let advertisements for scams stay up because they’re profitable, and that use their algorithms to run human research experiments on us without our consent. That’s not the society I want.

“By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter; the people and their public institutions. It is critical that those voices not be silenced forever. The promise of the #fediverse is the promise of a better way forward: free from ads and manipulative algorithms, a place built by and for people like you, where #SocialSovereignty is a right and not a privilege.”

In this thread, we asked folks to crowdsource a list of resources so you can find your local representative. Find them, contact them, and tell them this: if you care about a free and just future, and if you care about #DigitalSovereignty, you must leave X and join the fediverse.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
warandpeas ("War and Peas 🧿") wrote:

This year, skip the generic. Seek out the unique, the handmade, the weird and wonderful. Buy a comic book, a print, a piece of art that speaks to you. Give something with soul.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:

software developer discovering code optimization again because RAM costs more than ever before. 😅

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
janeadams@datavis.social ("Jane") wrote:

The static electricity from the cold weather on our couch has turned #Greg into a science experiment 🤣⚡️⚡️⚡️

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
chrisamaphone@hci.social ("chris martens") wrote:

the other day a certain Jane Street employee asked me how to find good applicants for this position they have open, “OxCaml educator” (https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/position/6546786002/)

- NYC or London based
- “We want someone who is a skilled, effective, and experienced teacher. .. who has experience teaching CS topics in a university setting [or] who has spent time teaching technical topics in industrial settings.”
- job also involves programming in OxCaml

#getfedihired

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

🤔

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thenorfolkcoast@ecoevo.social ("Mr and Mrs Trellis") wrote:

Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients..
#science

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj38ymeyg4mo

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

Programmers will debate endlessly the correctness of code implementing a “taser my genitals” button, its ‘accessibility’, and how to place it on the screen to minimise accidental activation, without ever pausing to ask whether frying the end-user’s balls is a good design or not, or why the fuck their bosses think the user’s balls should be fried

“If I get Claude to generate it as JS embedded in HTML, then the genital-zapping function will be more reusable!”

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
jer@hachyderm.io ("jan-erik") wrote:

So ... what if the compiler has a bug and generates valid JSON, but not the one you expect?

Happened to us!

📝 Incident Report: A compiler bug and JSON

https://fnordig.de/2025/12/09/incident-report-a-compiler-bug-and-json/

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

“Barnum's Law of CEOs - Charlie's Diary”

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/12/barnums-law-of-ceos.html

> LLMs are effectively optimized for bamboozling CEOs into mistaking them for intelligent activity

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

It ties the room together.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/09/just-call-me-the-dude/

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Today’s tech change: giving Qobuz a spin as a streaming service. It does some things Apple Music doesn’t—I have two streaming boxes that support Qobuz Connect, and one *doesn’t* support Airplay—and pays artists a lot better. But does it work with my brain? We'll see.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lazarou ("Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈") wrote:

Europe is now reporting the news about Trump without any filter or Oligarch influence, we fucking hate the nazi Paedo fuck!

A fascist uses fascist talking points, therefore the American President is a (tired and confused) Fascist.

(from The Guardian)
#Trump #USPOL #USPOLITICS #Ukraine #Russia #Journalism #Fascism #FarRight

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lambo@openbiblio.social ("Lambert Heller") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw%5Finnovation/115683450291101654

So cool, what @dw_innovation is offering here! Feeling grateful for publicly funded, independent journalism...
It's considering not only online surveillance + censorship, but poor connectivity, the potential of peer-to-peer connectivity, avoiding the app store bottleneck etc.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
evs@social.lol ("Evan :nonbinary_heart:") wrote:

Came home to 2 envelopes full of joy!

Thanks @robb & @adam

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

Be careful what you wish for, Joe Lonsdale. You could get what you deserve.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/09/for-the-capitalist-parasites-theyre-asking-for-it/

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

so many typos... should have taken another walk.

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

Advent of Code day 9 status: done ★★

https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-09T13:29Z/

— talking a walk outside for fresh air is helps reset the brain!

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Message.casa est aussi disponible en français !

https://message.casa/fr est un service gratuit d’email et de messagerie instantanée axé sur la confidentialité, construit sur les principes du smolweb : léger, intentionnel et respectueux de votre espace numérique.

Je publie régulièrement des codes d'invitation (nécessaire à la création de compte), ainsi que les utilisateurs déjà enregistrés.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

RE: https://defcon.social/@fortyseven/115686336586809751

Bluesky Birthdate Required

So, it seems like now you can no longer use #Bluesky unless you provide them with your birthdate.

Others report you can't even delete your account unless you provide your birthdate to them (https://mastodon.social/@JennCutter/115686590793556531)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
excess ("Excessive Minimalism") wrote:

@dgar

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Heres Tom with the Weather.”
― Bill Hicks

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Some new invite codes for https://message.casa

• deluge-boondocks-8384
• circus-smirk-5483
• sibling-hatchling-4305

Active users have got some too!

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

Mid-winter photos: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/photos/mid-winter-2025/

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

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115689456979124302

The thing about writing end-of-year reviews and thoughts in these times is that it makes for fucking grim reading.

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

But, I worry, because I can see the cracks in the wall: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/but-i-worry/

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
caitp@mstdn.social wrote:

if you see someone say "radical gender ideology" as though it were something to be afraid of or opposed to, remind them that for your mom or grandma or great grandma, those words meant being able to a bank loan or credit card independently, or get a divorce from an abusive spouse, or to cast a ballot in an election (in government, or even in business)... I mean I'm skimming the surface, you get it. "Radical gender ideology" is just not wishing to lock most of humanity in a cruel prison for life

Mastodon wrote:

If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX.

Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 we’ll start:
#EU: https://commission.europa.eu/about/contact/representations-member-states%5Fen
#USA: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

Mastodon wrote:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/