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

And the winner is!

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

Today was memorable. I woke up, inexplicably, at 4:30AM. I ate a bacon-egg-and-cheese.

I changed my break lights. I worked.

I picked up a man hitchhiking, bought him hamburger meat at Walmart, then drove him home. His name is Joe. We exchanged numbers.

A project bid I thought was dead may be approved after all.

A person smiled at me at a coffee shop. There was a design agency in it. I exchanged numbers with the owner.

I went to goodwill, bought this shirt—“things go better with Coke.”

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

I don't want to say it's cold, but I just saw an Amish buggy pulled by a tauntaun

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
hr_dot_net@ausglam.space ("hughrundle.net") wrote:

New post:

I accidentally became a FOSS maintainer and all I got was this lousy new perspective on librarianship
https://www.hughrundle.net/i-accidentally-became-a-foss-maintainer-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-new-perspective-on-librarianship

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

The hobbit that lives here needs a serious upgrade.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #winter #grass #moss #sky

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai wrote:

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115962093701299190

I’d like to give a shout out to @gerrymcgovern for his book to be released on February 2 .

I’m in the process of reading it.

All of us here are well aware of his tireless efforts to raise awareness of the cost of AI and data center operations to our pocket books, our and the planet’s health.

I’d like to encourage people to boost Baldur’s post. On mastodon people are the algorithm. Let’s do this.

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

cromulent fuckcrustable is a deep cut. I wonder what that guy is up to these days. I wonder if he changed his mind about Bernie. I wonder if he still needs a drinky. I miss old twitter. https://web.archive.org/web/20210526154506/https://twitter.com/tomjorgenson12/status/1271261948731174913

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
xinqu@bsd.cafe wrote:

It recently came to my attention that some people don't know "🐟asciiquarium🐡". It is written in #perl, available as package for some #linux and as #FreeBSD #port

Happy TUI relaxing! ☺️
#AsciiArt

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

Good. Now do all the rest of ICE.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@aaronparnas/post/DT%5FRYeFEkQc

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/115963582422192167

Poll ends in 52 minutes!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
Trilobyter@mastodon.world wrote:

Red-bellied #woodpecker, a regular backyard visitor.

#MondaysAreForTheBirds #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #nature

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

How to avoid a meltdown

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

Things go better with Coke

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
treehouseofhorror@godforsaken.website ("Hol") wrote:

I finished my lil crochet mouse and he is so darn cute

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

Working from 9 to wine

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
tilton@fursuits.online ("Tilton Raccoon") wrote:

I find this word objectionable for reasons I cannot articulate

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

Guess which Goodwill t-shirt I bought that's low-key a cry for help (check the comments for pics of t-shirts) also this is not a cry for help just my brain finding patterns

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
bretcarmichael ("Bret Carmichael") wrote:

As a company that has long boasted about its commitment to principles, Apple has had a bad several months. It removed ICE Block from the App Store. It let X remain, empowering its users to create child porn, which is apparently “free speech” now. After two American citizens were killed by ICE, Tim Cook responded by attending a special screening of the Melania documentary. It’ll be hard to believe that Apple believes anything it says after all this. When principles mattered, Apple collapsed.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com ("Ethan Marcotte") wrote:

Every single tech advocate carrying water for OpenAI and their products should be thinking about who they’re giving publicity to. Because I sure am. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/867947/openai-president-greg-brockman-trump-super-pac

#uspol

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

This is Norbert. He was Max's brother

He was an adventurer, an explorer, a glorious agent of absolute chaos

When one of us left the house, the other would have to distract him. If he saw me cycling away, he'd run along the pavement excitedly. He would have happily followed me the 12 miles to work, loving every second

I don't believe in ghosts, but I make an exception for Norbert. He is with me everywhere I go, sitting on my shoulder, still fascinated by the world

#CatsOfMastodon #cats #pets

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

Republican Cris Madel drops out of Minnesota Governor race because of what Homeland Insecurity is doing in Minneapolis

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DT-xKptiXz3/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
deliberately_me@blackqueer.life ("talk shit, get frostbit") wrote:

just in case y'all are wondering how people help others here...
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5682120/12-year-old-immigrant-need-minneapolis-launched-underground-operation

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

CW because even this tribute messed me up for a bit.

https://mastodon.online/@streetartutopia/115963045208716710

"Are you OK?" and "I'm not made at you." have been playing in a loop in my head.

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

Me, Jenny, and Max have a chat about the first episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. We really enjoyed it and made a little podcast to share our thoughts.

Attachments:

• audio: A podcast discussion about the very first episode of A knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I'm looking forward to #FOSDEM. We're bringing some easy to carry merch, loads of stickers, and even leaflets I designed. Definitely come by Mastodon's stand if you're there ☺️ We're going to be in building F this time.

Boosted by jwz:
DavidGallagher@sfba.social ("David Gallagher") wrote:

Sutro Baths, circa 1915
A couple portraits of swimmers taken outside of Sutro's at the intake pool, Part of an amazing gift I received yesterday of approximately 1000 glass plate negatives. It will take a while to get these onto SFMemory.org but I wanted to share them with you. #sfmemory #sfhistory

Boosted by jwz:
OpenMediaOrg wrote:

Hootsuite signing a contract with ICE in this environment is profoundly shameful.

They know very well their social media monitoring tools will be misused to attempt to punish ICE's targets and citizen protestors.

We deleted our account with them, others should too!

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-hootsuite-ceo-says-ice-contract-will-stand-as-long-as-agency-honours/

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

I may not know much about movies but I can say there is no way in hell a 104 minute documentary based on a subject that is fully cooperating with the filmmakers could actually cost $40M

Boosted by jwz:
Lana@beige.party ("𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"") wrote:

Please don't think that you can stop a Nazi by pointing out hypocrisy or by pointing out that they are lying.

They know. It is a feature, not a bug.

When a fascist lies to you, they are displaying power. "I know I am lying. You know I am lying. What the fuck are you going to do about it."

When a fascist lies to other fascists, they are displaying loyalty. "I know I am lying. You know I am lying. We do this because it is how we show allegiance to the cause."

In this way, fascism is inherently an empty ideology. It stands for nothing. It believes in nothing. It can therefore lie about everything.

Except one thing: power.

Fascism MUST lie. It MUST deceive. It MUST play to baser beliefs like racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and xenophobia, because it has literally nothing of value to offer.

They know this. We know this. That is why they lie.

jwz wrote:

Ugggghhhhh this week the amount of amateurish phishing spam that is sliding right past spamassassin is completely out of control...