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

Today in History: Nicolas Copernicus born in Thorn, Poland, 1473

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

[BEGIN TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

Mastodon wrote:

The third in our blog post series is by @haubles - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone. #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

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

And a related note: box breathing works quite well.

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕"):
Richr ("Richard Rutter") wrote:

RE: https://front-end.social/@piccalilli/116097200401916672

You want lists? You got lists!

In 2017 my Web #Typography book had ~300 words on styling lists. Now, in 2026, I've written 3000 words on the subject!

#CSS sure has moved on...

Just look at this lot to try and understand: list-style, list-item, ::marker, counters(), counter(), @counter-style, symbolic, symbols(), symbols.

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

Though, it strikes me that the "brain fog" from an anxiety attack feels quite different from the ones from fatigue or illness. Even when you aren't in a fight-or-flight loop, the anxiety haze feels sharper than the blunting that comes from the other kind of brain fog.

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

Dear US: Take notes

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DU8L2ZZDmZo

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

This week has been "interesting" as somebody who suffers from anxiety. My bank rolled out a new version of its online bank. Errors have since been recurring, which is not the kind of shit you want happening with a bank

A bill I needed to pay to disappeared causing a bunch of nonsense I've been trying to unwind for the past four days

This online bank used to be pretty solid.

So, I'm pretty unfocused today and not in the mood to entertain claims that the software industry isn't shitting the bed

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

(this is exactly why I use burner email addresses)

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

I have no dealings with Trustpilot, but because one company gave away my email address without asking, this toggle was opted in automatically without consent 🤦

Boosted by jakedel@mamot.fr ("S. Delafond"):
freexian@hachyderm.io ("Freexian :debian:") wrote:

33 Debian LTS Advisories fixing 216 CVEs for various packages were released by Debian LTS contributors in January 2026. These include notable security updates for python 3.9, django 2.2.28, php 7.4, apache2, ceph, Linux 6.1 kernel and more.

A study into the security status report of p7zip, which is unmaintained upstream, was also done last month in addition to updates contributed for recent releases of Debian 12, Debian 13 and to Debian unstable.

Read the full report at https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-lts-report-2026-01/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

This work is funded through Freexian’s Debian LTS offering. Consider sponsoring Debian LTS (https://www.freexian.com/lts/debian/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social) to support this effort and benefit from it: https://www.freexian.com/lts/debian/details#benefits

#python39 #php74 #django #apache2 #ceph #p7zip

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

Today I'm giving a talk about Ratatui at RustNation UK! 🎉🦀🐁

#rustlang #rustnation #rustnationuk #conference

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

What a real democracy does to a president who leads a seditious insurrection. https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/asia/south-korea-yoon-suk-yeol-verdict-insurrection-intl-hnk

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

The example I used in the spur of the moment was Peter Norvig's "numbers every programmer should know":

http://norvig.com/21-days.html#answers

Things have moved on since that was written in the naughts, but the orders of magnitude have remained relatively stable. These are *facts on the ground*. Features about how the sand that does math actually operates. And if we're doing our job right as engineers (building things to make life better for others) those facts *must* shape our decisions.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Learning how the stack below works allows us to re-derive answers to problems as we go and validate answers we're presented with.

Something I should have added, but forgot, was that we should appreciate the layers above too.

You work as a plumber? You have to become an architecture or interior design expert, but you should damn well develop an appreciation for how plumbing enables them; how the joint project of making good things hinges on collaborations from understanding and respect.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

That perspective is why I continue to produce data series about the emerging mobile computing landscape and how it impacts web performance:

https://infrequently.org/series/performance-inequality/

When we're armed with data and the edges of the possible, we are much more likely to deliver for others, not just ourselves. And technology that is expansive, for others, and unselfish is the only kind worth investing your one-and-only life into.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

As browser makers, that also comes with responsibility to the ecosystem to act (rather than getting captured by inaction). That occupied a lot of the rest of the discussion, and some writing on those topics is here:

https://infrequently.org/series/effective-standards-work/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Grateful (and not a little surprised) that my colleagues Alison and Sam Davis interviewed me about the web platform for our larger team today, and Sam Davis asked a question I'm still thinking about, which boiled down, roughly, what lessons we've learned to date will still be valuable in the future?

Nobody knows the future, but on reflection the thing I'm most convinced of is that knowing more over time about the layers of the stack above and below your discipline is the most important practice

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

yeah the whole ARIA thing has always confused me

"this is how to build accessibly" ... "but omg don't use it!"

frustration is thrown at well meaning developers who try, but the web platform equally fumbles, it shouldn't be this difficult

https://www.stefanjudis.com/notes/notes-on-relying-on-the-aria-authoring-practices-guide/

kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin") wrote:

It's so worth it to peel the ends of asparagus #food

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

A generative AI app is running ads on YouTube depicting an ICE agent arresting a baby still in the hospital. Like, as a joke. Forget it being tasteless, it's objectively unfunny.

It's like that one guy in every level one improv class who thinks he's an edgy comic but really just makes an ass of himself.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
juliette@mastodon.green wrote:

RE: https://flipboard.com/@npr/sports-i9fjknotz/-/a-u5Dc98I4SHWcAFNmEVaC7Q%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0

You will learn so much about a successful woman’s personal life before you learn her name.
As a “mom in her forties” type of woman, if I ever do something as cool as winning an Olympic medal, please share my name first.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
Treppenwitz@sfba.social ("Good grief, it's you") wrote:

A reminder: Don't waste your political beliefs by putting them only on Facebook/Instagram. https://www.accessnow.org/publication/how-meta-censors-palestinian-voices/
#facebook #instagram #meta #censorship

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

Streisand!

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DU6d-eqDj1e

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

Dear everyone who posted or reposted images or video of RFK, Jr and Kid Rock shirtless where I would come across them: Hell is coming for you and I will be drinking a tall frosty beverage when it does

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

scroll fade: the final boss!
https://www.terrygodier.com/current

is there any more unappetising way to present content?
https://dbushell.com/2026/01/09/death-to-scroll-fade/

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

some of these are amazing

https://www.radiodiaries.org/

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

Dirt roads and vintage cars. It truly is Reykjavik in the 1950s.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #filmphotography #slide #streetphotography #vintage #history #fire #classiccars #cars

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

On July 7th, 1957, the carpentry workshop and furniture store Víðir caught fire. My grandfather, who was on his way to visit his brother, managed to take some photos.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #filmphotography #slide #streetphotography #vintage #history #fire #classiccars

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

This week, we have a vintage theme! Why, you may ask. Well, because it's cold outside and I ran out of photos. So it's my grandfather's old slides to the rescue. Here we have Húsavík. Most likely taken sometime around 1960.#Iceland #photography #filmphotography #slide #streetphotography #vintage