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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
killyourfm@layer8.space ("Jason Evangelho 🐧🎒") wrote:

@ChrisWere I got ya: https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I certainly hope the EU can put the same sanctions on the US for attacking Venezuela as they did on Russia for attacking Ukraine. This is indefensible.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk ("Neil Brown") wrote:

Happy New Year of the Linux Desktop.

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

Hey fedi. Someone posted our reposted a blog post on here about a comparison between blogging and social media. I thought I favourited it to read later, but I didn't. Does anyone know I'd remember where I can give it?

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

Well, seems we have an answer to "how far will Trump stoop to distract from the Epstein Files?"

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

Fog in #pnw winter.. Snapped today with a #phone while going for a #run :-)

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
TechTangents@dialup.space ("Tech Tangents") wrote:

I was asked by a family member why it was taking so long to paste something large into a new Microsoft Word document on their computer, I sarcastically replied it was because it takes a while to upload it all to the copilot AI nonense first. And then I realized accidentally I might be right...I disabled copilot in Word and it went back to being instant again

So that's cool that Microsoft seems uploading everything you paste into a new Word doc to their servers now.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
allaboutgeorge@social.lol ("George Kelly") wrote:

"All I'm left with"

https://on.soundcloud.com/Yd99nfzHKTtWyaEDA5

#music #Jamuary #Jamuary26 #Jamuary2026

Boosted by jwz:
Sempf@infosec.exchange ("Bill") wrote:

You know when you have that one piece of firewood that you can't get a grip on? This one took me a while to get right.

jwz wrote:

POP3POCALYPSE UPDATE! It is now Jan 2 and the POP3POCALYPSE has not yet occurred.

Boosted by jwz:
virtualbri@mastodon.online ("Brian Tatosky") wrote:

Getting Grok to "apologize" for generating non-consensual porn is like getting Excel to apologize for generating accounting fraud.

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

We Bought 404media.com:

"“I think we should just get 202 Media if this doesn’t work,” he [Jason] said."

lol https://www.404media.co/we-bought-404media-com/

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

It's 1984. What can I say that won't sound cliched? Nothing. So I'll share this:

When I was a young marketer, I would confidently tell anyone who'd listen that Apple's 1984 Super Bowl ad was the best bit of marketing the world has ever seen 😭

It isn't. But, ironically, the ad has aged quite well if you trade IBM for Apple.

https://youtu.be/ErwS24cBZPc

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

I may be stretching the definition of sci-fi by including Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R F Kuang, but let's go with it. If you think about what constitutes science fiction for too long, the earth opens and swallows you whole.

It's about the characters for me. I will never forget Robin. I *think about* Robin sometimes, which is wild!

A modern masterpiece.

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

It wasn't until the second Blade Runner movie that I finally read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

I love the world building and the themes explored, and it quickly became one of my all-time favorite post-apocalyptic stories (it's a long list).

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

I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov is my first memory of my father gifting me something based on things I showed an interest in. I was obsessed with robots, and boy, did I love these stories.

I took the book everywhere with me, even after I had finished it. The little robot tattooed on my forearm is in part based on my love for this book as a kid. I haven't revisited it since childhood though. Thinkin' I should.

The movie was fine.

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

The best ending to any book I've read hands down. Also, the first book that scared the shit out of me.

Richard Matheson is one of my all-time favorite authors, and I Am Legend is his best work. It's an annual re-read for me. Usually around Halloween, but come to think of it, I missed this year!

Recently, my sister scolded me for explaining the book to my niece 😅. It's not my fault she loves zombies. Maybe it is.

Nevilllllllllle! 🧟‍♂️

jwz wrote:

My 50 most popular blog posts in 2025.

Here are my most popular blog posts from 2025, with the caveat that this might all be bullshit from bots. For example, this year the number one hit was a blog post from 2022, that never had a large number of hits...
https://jwz.org/b/yk1N

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

Parable of the Sower is the only book I've read where I can, at any moment, revisit the locations Octavia Butler described. Lauren's childhood neighborhood, the derelict city streets, desolate highways, the farm with the big tree. Nothing before or since made me feel like I was part of the story. The world building and character development are unmatched. It's a beautiful read.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
anarchiv@todon.nl ("now is the winter of our disco tent") wrote:

No matter the language you speak, your nationality, colour or creed, regardless of how you express your gender or whom you love,

I want you to know

I don't want to download your fucking app 💚

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
FediTips@social.growyourown.services ("Fedi.Tips 🎄") wrote:

If you see something you like on here, don't be scared to give it a favourite ⭐ !

If you really like something, you might want to also boost it 🔁 (which shares it with your followers).

There is no algorithm on here, so you can like and share whatever you want without any additional side effects.

Your timeline on here is entirely in your direct control, it isn't going to push stuff at you or hide stuff just because you liked or shared something.

#FediTips

Boosted by jwz:
bit101@mstdn.social wrote:

I made a venn diagram to help you understand Moiré patterns.

Boosted by jwz:
lain@cyber.ms ("Lain Iwakura Bot") wrote:

📺 Serial Experiments Lain

🗓️ Season: S01E09
🎥 Episode: Protocol
🎬 Directed by: Akihiko Nishiyama
📅 Release Date: August 31, 1998
⏯ Frame: 0320

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
surprisetalk ("taylor.town") wrote:

https://taylor.town/reward

Boosted by jwz:
ErickaSimone ("Ericka Simone") wrote:

Happy #Mamdanistan day to all those inside the official caliphate of #NewYorkistan. I hope your new leader is a benevolent one.

Boosted by jwz:
h2onolan@infosec.exchange ("myron aub") wrote:

i went to work today because im a dummy but the @jwz mixtape is pretty good.
https://www.dnalounge.com/webcast/popup.cgi?playlist=PLyALKMPGOR5fz2Jk7Ye5ICLv2QkKstF7p&title=jwz mixtape 256

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
kayserifserif@sunny.garden ("katherine") wrote:

omg it's done. April 2024 – December 2025 (tbh i thought it was longer but maybe i've just been thinking about it for a long time). first garment, first sweater, first colorwork piece! this was really challenging but equally rewarding ❤️

pattern: Circe Pullover by Jessica Strough
yarn: Cascade 220 in Red Wine Heather and White

#knitting

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

EchoFeed Profiles https://rknight.me/blog/echofeed-profiles/

I've added a basic version of profiles to #EchoFeed if you fancy trying it out

Here's mine: https://echofeed.app/@robb

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

In 2026, I want to get better at contextualizing my comments under posts.

1. I agree, and here's why.
2. I disagree, and here's why.
3. Your post made me think of something semi-related.
4. Here are my thoughts on this topic that I hope are complimentary to the conversation.

So forth and so on.

Sometimes I see comments that read as if it were a continuation of an internal convo they've been having for months and I wonder if I do that too. lol.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
maxleibman@beige.party ("Max Leibman") wrote:

Believing you can spot AI-generated text based on the prevalence of em dashes is the new phrenology.