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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her).") wrote:

RE: https://dair-community.social/@Meron/115790600643812539

Below is an excerpt from what I wrote before. Just think about where these monsters are sending these poor young people to.

"Eritrea boasts the longest detained journalist in the world, and with over 360 detention facilities (many underground) in a country of 45 kmi², the regime has disappeared all dissidents (even imprisoning them in shipping containers in temperatures that induce one’s skin to be stuck to the walls), with no due process or trial.

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

Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.

Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
https://projects.propublica.org/supreme-connections/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #SCOTUS #Law #Ethics #Transparency #Research #Data

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

Boosted by jwz:
adafruit@fosstodon.org wrote:

NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives -
https://adafruit.com/pi-ban

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
krapp@krapp.masto.host ("Kenneth Rapp") wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjWkNZ0SXfo

I haven't touched Javascript in ages (like, not since the JQuery days) and 3D graphics are dark wizardry to me but I'm trying out this thing by @tsoding because I currently hate everything else I'm working on.

When did JS get const? It feels *wrong.*

#programming

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

warming up for weekly local USB voice net on 50.250MHz... with CW. my my my, my fist is so very not great

#HamRadio

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
mediopocillo@boriken.social ("medio pocillo ☕:borified:") wrote:

@fromjason
Bylines and chyrons. Media folk and organizations should display their Mastodon (or Fediverse, open social, open web,...) links in their bylines and chyrons, same as they did with Facebook and Twitter when that was the "it" thing to do. That's how I became aware of Twitter. The media using and promoting them *for free* built them up.

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

Some devs cloned the Gmail app where you’re signed in as Jeffery Epstein. You can search through all his emails. It’s surprisingly well done. https://www.jmail.world/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

DNS Kitchen is nearing launch! Just cleaned up the site quite a bit, and the API documentation is 90% complete. https://dns.kitchen/api

If you’re looking for fun, dirt-cheap programmable DNS built that’s built just for the small web, keep Chef in mind! :chef:

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

Unrelated: it's a tragedy that William H. Macy wasn't the father in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (2000)

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

Abandoned in a field.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #rust #sky #tractor

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:

If you want to start taking steps to enhance your digital security, it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some simple concepts and tips. https://ssd.eff.org/playlist/want-security-starter-pack

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

I got the The Oracle archetype!

https://mastodon.social/@isagalaev/wrapstodon/2025/4eb9d21f316576d9

#Wrapstodon2025

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
access42@social.a11y.fr ("Access42") wrote:

Astuce UX 💡

Ces racines de numéros de téléphone fictives, réservées pour le cinéma en France, peuvent être utilisées comme exemples de saisie dans vos formulaires :

01 99 00
02 61 91
03 53 01
04 65 71
05 36 49
06 39 98

Source : https://a42.fr/numeros-fictifs (article 2.5.12)

#a11y #accessibilité #formulaire #UX

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
noelreports@mstdn.social ("NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦") wrote:

US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker doubts Russia’s claim of a Ukrainian drone strike on Putin’s residence, telling Fox Business, “It’s unclear if it even happened.” He stressed the need to review intel and noted such actions would be strange amid real progress toward peace talks.

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

Let's talk markets.

A markets is a vessel for extracting value for a small syndicate of beneficiaries (ie venture capitalists). How a company brands their tech stack is less relevant. If an extractive force exists, it's a market.

You can simply call it "ad-tech" and you'd be correct. But that term lacks all the fun analogies of spaces where people dwell.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:

Today, Wednesday 31 December, is obviously New Year’s Eve. By complete coincidence I’m sure, it’s also (Inter?)National Champagne Day. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/champagne-day/

And it’s happy 48th birthday to Park Jae-sang aka Psy. Gangnam Style! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psy

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dailyheathcliff/115803937415845953

I am so glad someone boosted the bootleg heathcliff bot into my TL. Talk about someone who seems to be happy to just create a series of whatever the hell is going on in their head as expressed by this Dada cat-centric neighborbood as a medium

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
www.thebeaverton.com@rss-parrot.net ("🦜 The Beaverton") wrote:

Canada names Mark Carney ‘2025 Man Of The Year Unless Anyone Better Comes Along’

www.thebeaverton.com/2025/12/canada-names-mark-carney-2025-man-of-the-year-unless-anyone-better-comes-along-podcast

“I know we’ve had many pictures of Mark Carney on our website… but I’m not entirely sure I could pick him out of a lineup.” Hit the bricks, you stupid year! Ian and the Panel (Clare Blackwood, and in the guest chair for the first time, Luke Gordon Field)…

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CelloMomOnCars ("CelloMom On Cars") wrote:

Offshore wind parks are marine sanctuaries

"Not only do the rough surfaces of turbine monopiles and submarine cables provide new habitats for sponges, corals, anemones and other sessile organisms, but that extra food source allows other creatures to thrive as well.

Fat greenling fish were estimated to be twice as big in the offshore wind zone as out of it; the Korean rockfish was more than three times bigger, as is the predatory Asian rapa whelk."

https://reneweconomy.com.au/offshore-wind-turbines-create-all-you-can-eat-havens-where-some-fish-can-double-in-size/

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
yosh@toot.yosh.is wrote:

When people say: "billionaires shouldn't exist" that isn't a call to violence. "Being a billionaire" isn't some inherent property in the way that say, skin color is.

Wealth taxation is a perfectly acceptable way of eliminating all billionaires. That doesn't mean billionaires stop being people, they just stop being billionaires.

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

well, despite the wind draping my "random wire" endfed antenna across a tree branch I still seem to be getting out... at least as far as the southeastern US on 40m JS8

📡 #HamRadio

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
phire@phire.place ("jenny (phire)") wrote:

27 notes on growing older resonated more than I would like to admit https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/27-notes-on-growing-older

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

That said, if you are interested in a deep dive into the concepts of decentralization and whether or not Bluesky meets its definition, Christine Lemmer-Webber has two fantastic and compelling essays on the subject.

Not to out myself as a nerd but I've read both twice and they're really good, imo.

https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/

https://dustycloud.org/blog/re-re-bluesky-decentralization/

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

Again, It's important to note that this, whatever this is (lol), is not a debate whether or not Bluesky is decentralized, or if Threads is part of the Fediverse.

This is an outright rejection of the decentralized vs centralized, and Protocols Not Platforms dichotomies as a way to improve the www and undo the harms of the "platform era."

This is an exploration of what I've been calling Communities Not Markets.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
fancysandwiches@neuromatch.social wrote:

FYI apparently Amazon has a feature in beta that scrapes the web stores of companies (and independent artists) not on their website, allowing you to buy the items on Amazon. Basically they act as a middle man, without your consent, to put your stuff on their marketplace. They're doing this to artists right now.

https://bsky.app/profile/houseofdarkly.bsky.social/post/3mb7znamirs2r

#art #artists

Boosted by jwz:
marioguzman ("Mario Guzmán") wrote:

Mac OS X Mountain Lion (left) vs macOS Tahoe (right)

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

I want to talk a little about the Communities and Markets dichotomy because I believe it to be a more effective communication strategy than decentralized vs centralized.

So I want to share some thoughts I wrote a couple years back. And why I believe Mastodon is or can be positioned as a community, and why other platforms are markets.

It's been a challenge for me to articulate this idea. So I've been writing here and there. Here's my first toot that attempts to explain

https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/112197613650671616

jwz wrote:

2025 music wrap-up, and mixtape 256.

Here is some new music that I enjoyed in 2025. Despite the absolute shitshow of everything about this year, it was a pretty decent year for music! In only vague and fickle order of favoriteness ...

https://jwz.org/b/yk1E

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
signalapp@mastodon.world ("Signal") wrote:

It's been a big year at Signal. Thanks to you, more & more people are speaking privately and freely. Thanks to you, we hit the top of app stores in multiple countries & served as critical global comms infrastructure. It's an honor to build Signal for you, with your support. 🩵