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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

that’s why Puerto Ricans flexed our centuries long history of anticolonialist and anticapitalist resistance and shut shit down en La Isla for 2 weeks during the summer of 2019

https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/112208331867673411

and what is most significant about the #RickyRenuncia protests is that

🗣 THE VAST MAJORITY OF PUERTO RICANS PROTESTING WHERE NOT UNIONIZED

a 24-hour strike won’t change anything. sustained disruption & protest will.

Puerto Rico 2019 is a blueprint of what’s possible against gringo tyranny /🧵

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Deglassco ("Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:

Lincoln defended delay, urged patience, promised equality later. Douglass left unsatisfied but sharpened. He resumed recruiting not because the system had changed, but because its limits were now visible. Douglass never mistook access for equality. He measured power by how much resistance it required to move—and kept pushing anyway.
4/10
Image: Detachment muster roll for Sylvester Ray, Company B, 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry, first black soldier to refuse service until equal pay with white troops.

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

I have an experiment running called @jargon_bot - it is a little test of building a D language program to post the beginnings of entries to "The Jargon Dictionary" a few times a day, and "interact" with mild sarcasm with folks who reply. it will post about every 6 hours (4 posts/day), and it will check for replies and posts anbout dvery 5 minutes. it should give nothing but safe-for-work if snarky responses. the server where it's account lives should make sure it is limited to 500 chars per post. it will get better over time.

feel free to follow, interact, and comment.

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

For anyone who's interest, here's a RSS feed to my audio blog:
https://chriswere.wales/voicenotes/rss.xml

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

I can order a spool of filament from China for 5€ including worldwide shipping, customs, a container ship, and a minor geopolitical tension.

Local delivery: "Sorry, shipping is expensive."
Container ship crossing the planet burning dinosaur juice: "Nah it’s fine, I got you."

Please, make it make sense.

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

A few quick thoughts on Owncast

(sorry about the cross-wind on the mic).

#owncast #selfhosting #linux

Attachments:

• audio: Owncast is a free and open source live video and web chat server for use with existing popular broadcasting software.

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

I know it's selfish to yearn for yet another e-device. But a serious mobile device dedicated to a better writing experience would be so very tempting.

Writing words—essays, notes, emails, micro-blogging—is like the number 1 thing I do on my phone. And, it's a terrible experience (on iOS).

Give me a tactile keyboard. I'm done tapping on glass.

I want a premium-er microphone with excellent speech-to-text technology so I can walk around the neighborhood shouting my first draft into the device.

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

I do not think Herr Trump understands the differences between Venezuela and Iran. To him, this is just a big board game.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

Regrettably I believe that we are accountable for and complicit in the externalities of our choices.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
finn@social.0x520.eu ("Finn") wrote:

A colleague showed me this awesome website where you can connect to people's SDR (Software Defined Radio), tune to some frequency, and listen to the broadcast.

If you are, like me, interested in amateur radio and radio transmissions in general but don't have the equipment, check this out:

https://rx-tx.info/

If checked the map at https://rx-tx.info/map-sdr-points to find a nearby station.

#amateurradio #hamradio #sdr

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

Freethoughtblogs is still screwed up, so I have to resort to YouTube to complain about creationists. Grrrr, Egnor.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/when-is-down-you-151314817

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltBrrozn5WA

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

Probably a pragmatic way to be anyway:

"The reason I’m writing all of this isn’t to create panic, but to help put things into perspective. You don’t need to scavenger-hunt for legacy parts in your local landfill (yet) or swear off upgrades forever, but you do need to recognize that the rules have changed. The market that once catered to enthusiasts and everyday users is turning its back. So take care of your hardware, stretch its lifespan, upgrade thoughtfully, and don’t assume replacement will always be easy or affordable."

From this analysis on the impact hyperscalers are having on the near future (at least) of personal electronics "Hold on to Your Hardware":

https://マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardware/

This part is dark:

https://マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardware/#imagine

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

This one is a bit scratched up, but also very cool.

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

I can't resist posting this photo, as my grandfather was always very proud of capturing this moment. I believe this is the Syrtlingur eruption in 1965.#Iceland #photography #filmphotography #slide #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #vintage #history #eruption #sea #ocean

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

I think I'm becoming a gas station fountain drink guy. Someone help.

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

The opening paragraph was so intriguing that it took me a few pages to realize I was reading smut lol.

I also kept thinking “wow, I like second-person. I could write this. I have a few blog posts in second-person.” So, am I an aspiring romance author now?

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

How others see the Icelandic creative industry: "wow, all those writers and musicians, Iceland clearly takes great care of its artists".

Meanwhile, in the news today we hear that a generation-defining Icelandic comedian has passed, the reporter taking care to note that he spent decades working in some form of retail.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

"Capable LLMs require a logic of dominance and of disregarding consent of the people producing the artifacts that are the raw material for the system. LLMs are based on extraction, exploitation and subjugation. Their politics is violence. How does one “liberate” that? What’s the case for open source violence?"

(Original title: Acting ethically in an imperfect world)

https://tante.cc/2026/02/20/acting-ethical-in-an-imperfect-world/

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

“The Prince, The Paedo, The Palace, and the “Safety Tech” app – Hi, I'm Heather Burns”

https://heatherburns.tech/2026/02/20/the-prince-the-paedo-the-palace-and-the-safety-tech-app/

> perhaps you should consider the fact that your difficult employee may be on to something.

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

I guess some of people are only now realising that when cyberlibertarian types object against a destructive centralised tech that's being used to attack our economic and social systems, the bit they're objecting against is the "centralised" part

Been there. It's always a disappointment

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

“Rely On AI And Get Left Behind – Codemanship's Blog”

https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/is-comprehension-debt-in-your-risk-register/

> These are effects we’re seeing today. Most dev teams are shipping less reliable software, and shipping it later thanks to “AI”. Good work, everyone!

Boosted by jwz:
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

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

PocketBase sounds interesting
https://amxmln.com/blog/2026/a-pocketbase-shaped-hammer/

I've yet to be impressed by any JS + SQLite ORM options

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

actually we already lost all emojis tbh - ain't worth risking the accusations

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

we've lost another emoji to the madness :(

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/21/claws/

Boosted by jwz:
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Viss/116106060904882655

Pinterest is the herpes of image searching

Boosted by chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin"):
badtux ("Badtux the Snarky Penguin") wrote:

Yup. In the short term markets are about as rational as that bearded guy in a bathrobe shuffling around in his slippers under the freeway underpass shouting at imaginary greebles. Reminder: In the long run irrational stuff ends up getting washed out of markets as it gets out-competed, thus the "rational markets hypothesis". But in the long run we're all dead. #economics

Boosted by jwz:
benroyce ("Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩") wrote:

if you like #publictransportation and dislike autonomous #robots and #ai

oh boy do i have a video for you

Attachments:

• video: a delivery robot on train tracks gets obliterated by a passenger train

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
nileane@nileane.fr ("Niléane") wrote:

This week on @comfortzone we took the time to discuss how an increasing number of countries are banning social media for minors + Discord's decision to rollout age verification globally.

And, yeah, I had two bones to pick:

• The adults supporting these bans are dumb as fuck if they think they're addressing any of the valid reasons they're supposedly doing these for.
• This is going to hurt queer and marginalized kids the most.

Attachments:

• video: b8bc71c1b984bafe.mp4

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
gwynnion ("Nowhere Girl") wrote:

Seriously, I don't think most Americans have put together that natalism, "naturalism," anti-science, anti-medicine, anti-vax, pedophilia, misogyny, queerphobia, eugenics, racism, anti-immigrant xenophobia, anti-woke, anti-DEI, and disempowering labor through automation and "AI" are all interlocking parts of modern fascist ideology.