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

Scenes around the river Varmá here in Hveragerði were genuinely picturesque this week. #photos #iceland

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

The smaller birds were also out and about this week here in Hveragerði. Redpolls, redwings, and blackbirds #photos #iceland #bird #birds

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

"let's have everything fade in as the user scrolls" — any advice persuading against that? I lose the argument almost every time 😔

1. It looks tacky
2. It's annoying af
3. probably kills web vital metrics

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annika@xoxo.zone ("Annika Backstrom") wrote:

me when i see my friend jimbo:

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

I'm not fan of Tailwind but this is brutal (https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.com/pull/2388#issuecomment-3717222957). Traffic down 40% because of AI, 75% of engineering staff laid off. The brain rot in the comments is something else though:

"LLM is here, i guess until it drink all our water (85,000 gallons of water used daily) and destroy the whole environment. But the problem is, if I stop using it, other people will have leverage over me."

okay buddy whatever you say

∞ https://rknight.me/notes/202601080857/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

US voters hate AI — and politicians are noticing

Everybody hates data centres

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCK5CmcaClA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260107-us-voters-hate-ai-and-politicians-are-noticing - podcast

time: 4 min 34 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/07/us-voters-hate-ai-and-politicians-are-noticing/ - blog post

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JauntyArt@crispsandwi.ch ("Jaunty Art") wrote:

You Can Do It* Caveat Frog

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broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca ("Broadwaybabyto") wrote:

What happened to Renee Nicole Good is not an anomaly or a rare phenomenon.

The only unusual factor is that she was white.

A Black man named Keith Porter was shot & killed by ICE on New Year’s Eve.

Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body. She survived but has a hole in her arm forever.

Silverio Villegas González was shot dead in Franklin Park Illinois when he panicked and tried to run.

Then there’s the more than 30 people who’ve died in the camps.

No accountability. No punishment.

Keep speaking out. Let’s make sure this officer is held responsible.

#abolishice #ice #uspol #minneapolis #fascism #immigration #reneenicolegood

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

Are you really a developer unless you've bullshitted your way through a stand-up, like Obi-Wan on Kamino?

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
NationCymru@toot.wales ("Nation.Cymru") wrote:

Wales car insurance prices drop by £91 research reveals
#News

https://nation.cymru/news/wales-car-insurance-prices-drop-by-91-research-reveals/

jwz wrote:

fail2ban GC.

Over the years I've accumulated thousands of fail2ban regexps. It's a performance impact. Is there some way to figure out which ones have not been hit in a while, to remove?
https://jwz.org/b/yk1e

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

noted: Tailwind is having a hard time
https://dbushell.com/notes/2026-01-08T07:01Z/

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costasamaras.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Costa Samaras") wrote:

Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power - file impeachment articles every day in the House - withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee - be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable

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inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

Generative AI can’t magically reveal otherwise unknown truths. AI doesn’t have any idea what the lower half of the killer’s face looks, no more than my students knew what my unmasked face looked like.

What AI •can• do is generate a random plausible face that really looks like a face. It might even look like the face of a real person — a random, innocent person.

Sharing AI-generated unmasking photos is dangerous.

3/

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inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

There are several photographs circulating online right now purporting to show the full, unmasked face of Renee Good’s killer. These photos are, as far as I’m aware, all AI-generated.

Please do not share these photos.

Remember that, as with all gen AI, it is answering the question “What would be statistically plausible here?” It’s not showing you the •killer’s• face. It’s showing you •a• face that fits with the what we know of the killer’s face.

2/

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potterybyosa ("Pottery by Osa") wrote:

My last #selfie for the algorithm before I deleted IG last weekend. Goodbye after 12 yrs + 50k followers 👋🏾 I couldn’t have done it if I hadn’t gained some traction here, so thank you for following.

I grew up in #punkrock and #anarchist organizing, so moving to #NonCorporate and #decentralized social media feels full circle. I want my #pottery to be part of a future of thought that represents progress and liberation.

#punk #clay #ceramics #nonhierarchical #art #blackmastodon #africanart

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

Today I found a Git TUI that rocks 🤘

🎸 **guitar** — A terminal Git client with topological graph rendering.

💯 Visualize repo topology, inspect diffs & manage branches/tags/stashes.

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/asinglebit/guitar

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #git #terminal #devtools #opensource

Attachments:

• gifv: d1b8935e758800bf.mp4

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ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

Time for the annual predictions episode! @bcantrill and I were joined by frequent future-ologists Simon Willison, Steve Klabnik, and @iangrunert to review past predictions and peer into the future. If any of these predictions come to fruition, it's going to be an interest 1, 3, or 6 years!

https://youtu.be/lVDhQMiAbR8

jwz wrote:

Artisanal, locally-sourced poop.

Mission Local has an awesome comic about a topic near to my heart, San Francisco's ridiculous sewer system.
https://jwz.org/b/yk1c

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fkamiah17@syzito.xyz ("MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 🏴") wrote:

#ACAB

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heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

FINALLY, a sane response from a Democrat in Congress. Illinois Congressperson Robin Kelly to introduce articles of impeachment for Kristi Noem. http://robinkelly.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-kelly-announces-plans-impeach-secretary-kristi-noem

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inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

To be clear, the ICE attack at the high school happened in the afternoon, some 4-5 hours •after• they murdered Renee Good. ICE paused nothing when the news broke.

I want you to imagine what the day was like for all the observers out there: knowing they shot somebody, and continuing to observe anyway.

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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Nicholas Grossman") wrote:

The Trump regime's desire for authoritarian dominance is bottomless, but its capacity is not. Tying up the regime's limited resources means less capacity for malfeasance elsewhere. Even if the murderous ICE agent beats a prosecution, occupying the agency and its lawyers' time would be a positive.

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sarahbot@defcon.social wrote:

I think it’s incumbent on gen x to tell the youths of the internet facts about how life was back before the internet

except

let’s just make stuff up. we are in a post facts society anyway. get weird with it

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GofLeisure@mastodon.world ("Gentleman of Leisure") wrote:

Wonder if #hilton hotels are still proud of housing ICE agents in Minneapolis after today?

#minneapolis #hiltonhotels

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
zuthal@floofy.tech ("Zuthal") wrote:

i think some of you all need to see this

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

Fantastic Planet

https://archive.org/details/fantastic-planet%5F%5F1973

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

It’s “weblog” not “web log”

https://www.kottke.org/03/08/its-weblog-not-web-log

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

Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/02/have-you-ever-tried-to-sell-a-diamond/304575/

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

Jennifer in paradise: the story of the first Photoshopped image

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/photography-blog/2014/jun/13/photoshop-first-image-jennifer-in-paradise-photography-artefact-knoll-dullaart