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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mjd@mathstodon.xyz ("Mark Dominus") wrote:

Oliver Pett has built a little brass robot archer, entirely mechanical, that can draw an arrow out of its quiver, nock the arrow on its little bow, and shoot, three times in a row.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc0bIpDVEa8

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

A new episode from my podcast about Game of Thrones over at https://projectchronicle.org

Join me, Jenny, and Max as we chat about the latest episode (S01E02) of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 'Hard Salt Beef'.

Attachments:

• audio: A podcast where me, Max, and jenny chat about the latest episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
axbom@axbom.me ("Per Axbom") wrote:

Techbro stance: "Regulating AI is hindering innovation."

The purpose of regulation is to protect humans from harm, support wellbeing and promote societal sustainability.

So the techbro stance is "I can't invent new stuff if I can't fuck with people's lives and health."

Except that's not innovation, that's abuse.

Politicians and media really need to start understanding the difference.

Boosted by jwz:
Ambraven@social.mochi.academy ("Ambraven :verifinking:​") wrote:

XScreenSaver's privacy policies don't fuck around...

https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.html

#xscreensaver #google

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

It’s quite relaxing.#Iceland #Reykjavik #video #landscape #nature #abandoned #decay #abandoned #decay #river #grass #moss

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w27jf74rgozykuyl63ji7wbv/post/3mdvtuq7krk2a

Attachments:

• video: A video of an old well and a hatchery with the sound of a river flowing.

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

An abandoned fish hatchery and an old well.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #river #grass #moss

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

This video is so depressing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dcFhF0Dlk

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

do I know an illustrator who can turn around 9 single colour icons by end of play Friday?

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

Regular reminder: Git is not GitHub.

GitHub is not your friend. Start by moving your personal projects elsewhere 😉

Boosted by joeri_s@mstdn.social ("Joeri Sebrechts"):
webi18n@w3c.social ("W3C Internationalization, i18n") wrote:

We just dropped two super useful articles:

- Addresses look wildly different around the world (order, details, even postal codes). This one explains the chaos and how to build forms/apps that don't frustrate international users.

- Easy guide to JavaScript's built-in Intl API, with real examples for formatting dates, numbers, currencies, etc., the right way for any language/region.

🔗 Addresses: https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-address-formats
🔗 Intl guide: https://www.w3.org/International/articles/intl/index

Boosted by jwz:
amydiehl@mstdn.social ("Amy Diehl, Ph.D.") wrote:

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

Boosted by jwz:
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

We are also printing and distributing the flyers below. If anybody wants pdf files, dm me with an email address for you and I will share. 2/

jwz wrote:

Not even 30 minutes and I already had to block some "ChatGPT says" dipshit.

jwz wrote:

Oh no I'm in the Epstein files:
https://jwz.org/b/yk27

Boosted by jwz:
SnoopJ@hachyderm.io wrote:

the existence of Ray Kurzweil is a devastatingly powerful blow in the class war, delivered by the counter-revolutionaries

jwz wrote:

SVG triangulation.

Dear Lazyweb,

I need this SVG as a DXF, DWG or SKP with all of the polylines converted to triangular meshes. Can someone show me how, or just do it for me?

The conversion must preserve group names so that I can tell which ones are which.

Bonus level: can you find a similar source map that *also* has US states? Must be equirectangular.
https://jwz.org/b/yk25

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

Everything's going great for the Department of Justice

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/this-job-sucks-trump-doj-lawyer-melts-down-in-court-reportedly-begs-minneapolis-judge-to-throw-her-in-jail-just-so-she-can-get-some-sleep/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
macmanx@social.lol ("James Huff :prami_pride:") wrote:

one can only hope

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

Today I wore a red hoodie shirt with a green undershirt, blue shorts, and mismatched socks. It was so bad it became cool again (that’s what I told myself.)

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
wx1g@queer.cool ("Superdave!") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/115998387615688053

@Tenor2JT will appreciate this, as I do; Must share!

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
igalia@floss.social ("Igalia") wrote:

The EC is putting together an initiative to develop their strategy for open digital ecosystems. Given its potential to push forward the development and funding of open-source software in Europe and beyond, Igalia submitted a response with some suggestions. Read more: https://www.igalia.com/2026/02/03/Igalias-Response-to-the-European-Commission-on-the-Open-Digital-Ecosystem-Strategy.html

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:

"That we have not (yet) set up an Auschwitz-Birkenau, replete with crematoria, is not evidence to the contrary. After all, the German Nazis didn’t just suddenly start killing millions in the 1940s; their crimes against humanity began years earlier, in the 1930s." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/29/speak-its-name-yes-this-is-naziism/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ErikUden@mastodon.de ("Erik Uden 🍑") wrote:

yes, i think it's funny that censorship started on tiktok when ownership was transferred from the “chinese ccp dictatorship” to an American business and all people noticed was that you could no longer criticize ICE or dicuss the Epstein files as you could before

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

One nice thing Trump has done is to bring Midwesterners together in fellowship.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/02/03/upper-midwest-unite/

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

I have come out of a long day of meetings to say farewell to geology. Sorta.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/02/03/a-seismic-change/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
RJK@theforkiverse.com ("LetTheSkyRainPotatoes") wrote:

@fromjason The Lonely Island has a semicolon take. Language warning, just in case anyone would like a language warning.

https://youtu.be/M94ii6MVilw?si=BeIK2gCn613ChgLc

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

@fromjason “You will own nothing and be happy”, but like, for realsies :(

Boosted by jwz:
froztbyte ("JP") wrote:

oh noes! I've been blocked by the point-evading poster that runs @firefoxwebdevs!

after trying (rather gently) to try highlight to them that their continued evasion irks a lot of fedi users (many of whom are keenly aware of the patterns of abuse), they went "...who? me?!"

then I posted "hmm, your sudden silence (while posting elsewhere) kinda speaks loudly"

they *huffily* replied

3 toots later I'm blocked!

oh woe is me, whatsoever shall I do

the thread's up in public, feel free to check

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

If you use the social.lol web client and enjoy the delightful Tangerine UI theme, consider taking a moment to show your support for @nileane here: https://ko-fi.com/nileane

Niléane always keeps Tangerine UI up to date with the latest Mastodon updates, and the theme makes Mastodon a joy to use. I’ll keep supporting her work myself, but if you enjoy it too you could totally buy her a coffee (or five). :prami_hearts_red:

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

WELCOME TRAVELERS. The gate looks quite omnious and gothic. But it's just a hardware store junk yard :-)

#darktable #photography