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

I think about Awilda a lot. She and her siblings grew up in arguably the toughest area in the US at the time—The Bronx.

There was a heroin epidemic followed by the borough literally burning.

She found a way out, though. They all did eventually.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s%5FSouth%5FBronx%5Fbuilding%5Ffires

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

My aunt Awilda was the first in our family to travel the world not in a military uniform. She was smart and so funny. 🇵🇷

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th@v.st ("Trammell Hudson") wrote:

Choose your fighter

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

Remember that time I ended up in court with Elon Musk after he bet me the cave diver was a pedo?

Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.

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smeg@assortedflotsam.com wrote:

Reminders of a past time when a secret police force was permitted to snatch people off the street, and send them to a camp hidden from the public in another country.

#ice #holocaust #cpb #trump #maga #historyrepeats #historyrepeating #racism #secretpolice #nazis

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sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

"Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"

THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD

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tvaziri ("Todd Vaziri") wrote:

bad news for Tim Cook - he made it into Kat Abughazaleh's self-made attack ad

NOT GOOD TIM

https://youtu.be/4yXsd87Zgb4?si=c%5F6Rp7R1rmi9pg%5FV

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mattgemmell@mastodon.scot ("Matt Gemmell") wrote:

Put another way, if you had $50,000 in annual disposable income (after tax), Apple’s $1m would be like you donating 4 dollars and 11 cents… and issuing a press release about it.

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mattgemmell@mastodon.scot ("Matt Gemmell") wrote:

Apple made $117.8bn in total profit (not revenue, of course) over the past four quarters, which is an average of $323 million per day. So when they loudly donate $1m to a charity or a disaster relief fund, they're giving 0.3% of their profits for that single day.

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georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

All Democrats and two Republican senators voted for this. We need two more GOP senators to join. Fund healthcare, not the gestapo.

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bofh_excuses@gts.chapek9.com ("BOFH Excuses") wrote:

#BOFH excuse #397:

T-1's congested due to porn traffic to the news server.

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

"The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards"
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115990782868717130

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

please spend 90 minutes of your weekend watching this @TechConnectify video - even if you're not that deep into energy technology - and please don't stop at the fake ending.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM

also, uh, share that video if you can, because I have the feeling that.. some people with power might not like it too much.

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

They’re pretty comfortable with eating in front of me now. I’m about 4 feet from them.

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emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:

Okay, we had to postpone, but now Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 is back for our first live stream of 2026, wherein @alex and I will look into how our health care system is suffering from AI-hype-itis:

Monday, Feb 2, 8:30am PT,
https://twitch.tv/dair%5Finstitute

**Note special time**

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

“Pivot to AI pledge week finishing. Just a bit more needed! – Pivot to AI”

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/31/pledge-week-finishing-just-a-bit-more/

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TechConnectify@mas.to ("Technology Connections") wrote:

Let's do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place wrote:

me, swearing: OGG VORB IT

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

The shame of the United States -- and capitalism -- is luridly exposed to the world.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/31/its-too-much/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpdTnPWFjDo

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michal@hrusecky.net ("Michal Hrušecký :turris: :geeko:") wrote:

Another #cool #hardware gadget I got to try toady on #FOSDEM - #MechaComet! Feels amazing!

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futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

TayZonday made a *new* song for us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RAhMegHPVA

Mastodon wrote:

The Default Server Recommendations experiment is a first step in reimagining how Mastodon onboarding & server discovery work.

Our team’s intent is to work with the community to build new onboarding pathways that support the entire network.

We can’t wait to get started 💜

6/6

Mastodon wrote:

If you’re interested in participating in this experiment, please let us know by filling out this form.

(sorry it’s in Google docs)

https://forms.gle/7uRui5VnMPfEYAgq8

5/6

Mastodon wrote:

Starting now, we’re recruiting general purpose servers with open sign-ups. To be eligible, servers must:

- Run default Mastodon (for now)
- Agree to the Server Covenant
- Have existed for 1+ year
- Have shut-down & disaster plans

4/6

Mastodon wrote:

The experiment will be designed to ensure that server admins remain in control: meaning they will have the power opt-in and opt-out as needed, or reduce the percentage of sign-ups flowing their way.

3/6

Mastodon wrote:

(The reason we’re starting with the apps and not the web is because the necessary data to run this experiment is already provided through the app store. It is more complicated to do this right for the web, and we want to think carefully about how to do this in a way that respects privacy.)

2/6

Mastodon wrote:

We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.

Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.

1/6

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dwm ("Dr. David McBride (dwm)") wrote:

IT job! My team at Durham University (in the UK) is looking to hire an additional Linux sysadmin. This is a permanent, hybrid, operational technical role in our central IT department:

https://durham.taleo.net/careersection/du%5Fext/jobdetail.ftl?job=26000035

I like Durham (and my management), and we've no shortage of virtuous work to do.

I'm not directly involved in the hiring for this post, but if you or anyone that you know are lovely and know one end of a config management tool from the other, please follow the link!

#fedihired

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fluconf@gts.cryptography.dog wrote:

Hello world!

Today is day one of #fluConf2026, an online event for those of us involved with Free/Open-Source Software (#FOSS) who continue to take precautions to protect our health and that of our communities.

Throughout the weekend we'll share links to content submitted as part of this year's program, and boost discussion/commentary related to those contributions.

#fluConf

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

if you're on a first date don't forget to ask if they program computers!! major red flag!!!!!