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

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

Today in History: Prohibition begins in the US, 1920

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

Today in History: Set uid bit patent issued, to Dennis Ritchie, 1979

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

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williampietri@sfba.social ("William Pietri") wrote:

In honor of Meta's latest announcement, a thread on 175 years of 3D failure.

Let's first go all the way back to 1851 with the Brewster Stereoscope. No less a person than Queen Victoria was impressed, kicking off a fad that quickly sold over 250,000 units. Turns out it was not the future of photography.

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GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

A story in 4 parts about banks and tech bros hyping imaginary value.

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assignedmale.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Sophie Labelle ") wrote:

History is making fun of us

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

Any specific technology you can think of is not inevitable. It does not perpetuate itself. We make choices and perform work to bring it into existence. We can also make choices and stop the work to cease its existence.

Boosted by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
JanMiksovsky@fosstodon.org ("Jan Miksovsky") wrote:

@collinsworth Like most modern products, it's a privacy nightmare — absolutely no bounds on what information it collects about you and everyone in your household

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
techcare@social.coop ("Tech Care Co-operative") wrote:

Hi everyone :ablobcatattention:

We're a new tech co-op that aims to support people working for social good with compassionate and caring tech support. No more feeling alone, no more getting stuck. That thing that is a total showstopper for you, may be an easy fix for us. We’ll be there for you.

We're currently mostly one person @kawaiipunk who is a founder member of @autonomic (and friends) but we're looking to expand.

https://techcare.coop/

#introduction #workercoop #coop #foss #techcoop

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

twice??

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-pardon-of-convicted-woman-is-the-second-time-he-s-erased-her-sentence-in-a-criminal-case/ar-AA1UmRwY?ocid=edgemobile

jwz wrote:

"Wait, The Metaverse is just cell phones now?" "Always has been."

Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too: Two months before it changed its name to "Meta," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally introduced us to his metaverse for work:...
https://jwz.org/b/yk2D

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

I will not look at hacker news comments, I will not look at hacker news comments, I will not look at hacker news comments

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ycombinator@rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com (":rss: Hacker News") wrote:

Slop Is Everywhere for Those with Eyes to See
https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/slop-is-everywhere-for-those-with-eyes-to-see/
#ycombinator

jwz wrote:

Let's say you run a nonprofit animal shelter. And for some reason, some people feel you should be seeing hockey-stick growth, but the donations aren't covering it.

So you decide to start up a side-line of selling kittens for meat.

Then you will inevitably have someone stroking their chin and saying, "Yes, yes, but how could they afford to stay open if they weren't selling kitten deli slices?"

Some might say - maybe you aren't an animal shelter any more. Some might say.
https://jwz.org/b/yk2A

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

New post: Capitalism loves a good filler. So why should the web be any different?

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/slop-is-everywhere-for-those-with-eyes-to-see/

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

life is so very difficult for a house cat

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piccalilli@front-end.social ("Piccalilli") wrote:

It is the year of the personal website! A corporate-free website starter project — using Eleventy — seems like a solid way to get you started as we see it.

https://getzeropoint.com/

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cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

"The Regicide Report", final novel in The Laundry Files, comes out in 11 days time! Here's a brief snippet from Chapter One (see alt text) …

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computer@facts.computer ("Computer Facts") wrote:

computers can either be magic or a mall and everyone hot and interesting voted for magic but the people with all the guns and money voted mall, so

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skinnylatte@hachyderm.io ("Adrianna Tan") wrote:

The main reason people aren’t moving to a cheaper place is

You’ve moved to a cheaper place with your remote job. Cool

Your company reduces your salary 20% because of cost of living adjustments (they will).

Cool, now you live in the sticks, make less money. Maybe somewhere you don’t know anyone. Maybe somewhere you’re a minority.

You get laid off, because layoffs

Now you’re looking for a job in a place that doesn’t have jobs, and you can’t move back to California. With a ton more jobs, but harder to move back into.

That’s the real tradeoff.

But some people think success means owning a huge house in a place they don’t know anyone and have no community.

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

I think it's so dope that zines are having a moment. One of these days I hope to make one.

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

The number of essays I write up until 90% then forget I wrote them 😅

I'm about to get real prolific lol

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

what have we become?

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/mans-death-in-ice-custody-likely-to-be-ruled-a-homicide-recording-says/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
fluconf@social.cryptography.dog ("FluConf") wrote:

There are many scary things going on in the world, so it's completely understandable if you're finding it difficult to talk about the things that bring you joy.

Even so, if you have something that you're proud of, which you were thinking of sharing anyway, consider doing so as a part of FluConf 2026.

It doesn't need to be big or world-changing. It can simply be a reminder that there are others still taking the time to create things for those around them.

The online event is scheduled for January 31st and February 1st, 2026, and will take place primarily here on the Fediverse.

You can share your proposal any time up until the end of January 30th (two weeks from now) but doing so sooner will allow more time for word to spread about your contribution.

https://2026.fluconf.online/

#fluConf #fluConf2026

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

“The big problem in this is: It’s that the cabinet secretaries and ostensibly the president of the United States are not honoring the First Amendment”

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/noem-rubio-slammed-for-breathtaking-free-speech-plot

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

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

I understand the former Twitter went down for a bit this morning, I'd like to assume it was Grok feeling personally terrible about all the non-consensual sexual material it's been made to produce and trying to end it all

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

We may lose cognitive ability immediately after scrolling short form content feeds, aka FYP. https://youtu.be/tdIUMkXxtHg

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

AMS/MMU Filament switching systems 🤝 Single-use vapes

Both exist to turn your convenience into colorful waste at industrial scale.

#3dprinting