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

Also, the three "Beatles" songs released after John Lennon's death (the last after Harrison's death) are not, to my mind, Beatles songs, they're songs that happen to have all the Beatles performing on them:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/11/02/that-new-last-beatles-song/

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

As someone mentioned in the comments, not the Beatles without John and George and shouldn't be advertised as such, but if they toured with Julian Lennon and Dhani Harrison, I'd buy a ticket.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@joe%5Fhill/post/DTKmB6JjvVz

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

"The ceasefire did what it was meant to do – make Gaza invisible"

"It became clear to me that the real goal of the ceasefire was not to stop the violence or death, nor to protect people or limit bloodshed & genocide."

"The real goal was to stop the world from talking about Gaza.. the crimes being committed there.. the daily suffering of people."

"Mass death in Gaza continues."

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/1/2/the-ceasefire-did-what-it-was-meant-to-do-make-gaza-invisible

#GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol #FakeCeasefire #press #racism #palestine @palestine .

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thejapantimes ("The Japan Times") wrote:

U.S. President Donald Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" essentially claims a U.S. right to lead the entire Western Hemisphere, and to control any critical assets within it. To Trump, that includes Greenland. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/06/world/politics/trump-greenland-nato-europe/?utm%5Fmedium=Social&utm%5Fsource=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #nato #europe #venezuela #donaldtrump #nicolasmaduro #greenland

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

good point

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

Happy Anniversary! (not)

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

JFC

“Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/climate/nasa-goddard-library-closing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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

a sad end for a valuable institution. Franklin would have been appalled

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/business/media/corporation-for-public-broadcasting.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
PavelASamsonov ("Pavel A. Samsonov") wrote:

VCs fund companies who get on the latest hype train. Solving a real user problem is a secondary concern; "product market fit" is seen as something you do only after you build, a sales problem.

But when the product doesn't solve any real problems, showing "progress" to your board is impossible!

So managers invent metrics. Many people are going to come back to the office this week and set goals based on what activity is easiest to measure, rather than what is important.

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/your-metrics-are-an-avoidance-strategy

Boosted by ratatui_rs@fosstodon.org ("Ratatui"):
orhun@fosstodon.org ("Orhun Parmaksız 👾") wrote:

New configuration manager in town! 🚨🐁

🌀 **dotstate** — A modern & secure dotfile manager TUI

💯 Sync configs via GitHub, manage profiles, auto-handle symlinks and keep backups.

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/serkanyersen/dotstate
➡️ Website: https://dotstate.serkan.dev

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #dotfiles #terminal #devtools #productivity #opensource

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• gifv: 72db27983d8a90ca.mp4

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕"):
simon@bne.social ("Simon Elvery") wrote:

I like to use a 'linear calendar' (there must be a more canonical name for this format) to plan out my year on paper. There are a few ready-made PDFs floating around, but I was unsatisfied with them all so I made my own. Customise and print it here: https://elvery.net/linear-calendar-generator/

I recommend printing at A3 if you have the tools.

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

I did get a little bit obsessed by the branch that hung over the river yesterday. #photos #iceland #winter

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

did you know Chromium default stylesheet applies `opacity: 0.7` to `select:disabled` ...how did I never notice before!

https://codepen.io/dbushell/pen/ZYOWOGq

https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/third%5Fparty/blink/renderer/core/html/resources/html.css#L967C9-L967C22

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

Another angle on yesterday's raven pair, this time during a quieter moment. #photos #iceland #bird #birds #raven

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

Rusty and colourful.#Iceland #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #rust #sky

Boosted by jwz:
DocPop@pixelfed.social ("Doctor P. Popular") wrote:

Girl Mobb piece on Clarion Alley. #SFGraffiti #Graffiti #ClarionAlley #Mural

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

I love waking up at 4 in the morning to come here to see what all the Europeans are up to.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

This raven pair gave off strong "Statler and Waldorf commenting on passing hikers" vibes. #photos #iceland #bird #birds #raven

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
georgemonbiot.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("George Monbiot") wrote:

This explains so much. People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity. If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dark personalities in the digi...

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Japan’s new Smartphone act requires that Apple allow browser vendors to use their own engines in Japan. However, Apple looks set to use the same tactic it has used in the EU to avoid complying with the same provision of the Digital Markets Act for the last twenty-one months.

Read our full analysis here:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/how%5Fapples%5Fkey%5Ftactic%5Fcould%5Fprevent%5Fjapans%5Fsmartphone%5Fact%5Ffrom%5Fimproving%5Fbrowser%5Fcompetition/

Namely, Apple demands that browser vendors lose all their existing Japanese users and produce a brand new browser, rather than simply updating their existing users.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
renee.diresta@threads.net ("Renee DiResta") wrote:

Unfuckingbelievable lol

Matt Taibbi has smeared me for years in the course of his Twitter Files bs:

- he literally *cut emails in half* to lie about SIO’s work
- cut quotes in half to make them mean the opposite of what I said
- lied about the dates I worked at companies
- implied I worked on projects I didn’t
- insinuated I was a *secret CIA agent* and asked why the media hadn’t investigated that …

in posts that got millions of views, as I got threats. Now he’s suing to protect free speech.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
individual8 ("David Schmidt") wrote:

RE: https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff/115845863494930457

This serves as a reminder to our European representatives to avoid making significant compromises. We should apply more pressure and ensure they genuinely fear the potential consequences of their actions.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Aurimas@androiddev.social ("Aurimas Liutikas :google:") wrote:

A good critique of MacOS new menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/

It highlights @scottjenson 's point from https://youtu.be/1fZTOjd%5FbOQ?si=eBP04-Yp3Z1Qf%5FWm on how desktop UX keeps getting worse, not better.

#ux #macos

Boosted by jwz:
tvaziri ("Todd Vaziri") wrote:

“Gangs of New York” (2002)

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
phillip@social.lol ("Phillip :usa_distress:") wrote:

Ready to get a copilot to help me pilot my copilot successfully. A co-co-pilot, if you will

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
bloftin2@bloftin2.blog ("b.loftin2") wrote:

My friend Carter got a few good shots of me and Dale skating the ditch in Fort Worth yesterday. I’m the guy wearing the wool flat cap that was way too warm for the day.

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

I guess my New Year resolution has formed in the last few days: I want to finish watching Campaign 3 of Critical Role. I started, I think, in 2024, but haven't been invested in the gameplay for a while. Still, at 105 out of 122 episodes I kinda wanna know how it ends.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mwichary@mastodon.online ("Marcin Wichary") wrote:

I wrote a photo essay with 20+ of my favourite tech museums in the world, and tried to figure out what makes a great museum in the process.

I am very curious what tech museums you like – and why!

(Will work on any device, but worth checking out on the biggest screen you or your neighbour might have.)

https://aresluna.org/fav-tech-museums/

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

Americans on the left of fascism need to internalize that this [ gestures expansively] is why staying out of the ICC and international law with teeth is terrible for the US.

These people would not be doing this shit if they truly feared consequences.

Boosted by jwz:
cibyr@omg.wtf.sh wrote:

@inthehands @jaredwhite thank you for this :) I got it made as a fridge magnet