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

The wackiness of the Californian Ideology aside, the Proton scandal is a great example of why we shouldn't judge people too hard for the tools they use.

We have literal privacy advocates defending Proton's actions, presumably just because they don't want to stop using Proton, but want to continue judging others for the software they use.

If you place too heavy a burden on the morality of software usage, you'll turn yourself into a hypocrite everytime.

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

I will never understand the large swaths of the FOSS community who believe social justice has nothing to do with their advocacy.

The Californian Ideology is littered with contradictions like this and it blows my mind. It's like they go out of their way to make sure they don't accidentally help someone who actually needs help.

Obviously, not everyone in the community is like this. But its enough to make your head spin.

https://monoskop.org/images/d/dc/Barbrook%5FRichard%5FCameron%5FAndy%5F1996%5FThe%5FCalifornian%5FIdeology.pdf

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bulbagarden ("Bulbagarden") wrote:

The Pokémon Company International disapproves of recent Pokopia meme from the White House https://bulbagarden.net/threads/the-pokemon-company-international-disapproves-of-recent-pokopia-meme-from-the-white-house.310003/ #pokémon

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

(I usually avoid such crimes since it tends to make for inscrutable messes, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do...)

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

Why use a language with proper support for generics when you can commit crimes with the C preprocessor instead? :/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
brian.gawalt.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Brian Gawalt") wrote:

Alright. I see it.youraislopbores.me

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

I'm launching "**Terminal Tuesdays**" 🖥️

🐁 A biweekly meetup where someone from the community showcases their terminal setup.

💯 Configs, TUIs, scripts, weird hacks

📡 Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/6EUERBrAMs

▶️ Going to be recorded & published: https://youtube.com/@terminalcollectiveorg

#terminal #collective #meetup #setup #linux #dotfiles

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Wilto@front-end.social ("Mat “Wilto” Marquis") wrote:

Hey, free shipping on JavaScript for Everyone merch today by using FREESHIPPINGFRIDAY at checkout. Rep the `#${!+[]+![]}` programming language in the world* — and a pretty good course, if I do say so myself.

https://cottonbureau.com/p/NHCZJK/shirt/javascript-for-everyone
https://cottonbureau.com/p/BE2DSA/shirt/javascript-is-for-everyone

* For some values of `1`

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

Just got word from @patrickbrosset that the Edge Top Developer Needs dashboard has been updated for 2026:

https://microsoftedge.github.io/TopDeveloperNeeds/

This follows from the launch of Interop '26, and plugs gaps the selection process leaves due to silent, unaccountable vetoes.

It goes without saying that this shouldn't be necessary. No web developer should have to guess who is on their side, and who demands secrecy while holding the web back. @owa's 2024 piece remains sadly relevant:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/interop-2025-must-drop-secret-vetos/

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
badastro ("Phil Plait") wrote:

Elon Musk has already started plans to launch a million satellites.

Yes. A MILLION.

This is a colossally bad idea, and it's not too late to make your voice heard. I explain everything:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-growth-of-satellite-mega-constellations-could-ruin-the-night-sky/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
theresmiling@ibe.social ("Elena. (she/ her)") wrote:

Ok, people, give me your blogs.
Your personal hobby blogs. Your e-zines. Your websites. Heck, even your wikis. (I am interested in those but have not yet wrapped my head around them.)
I am most interested in the hobby sites, made my non-professional web devs. The ones you code away at in your spare time. Preferably static, but share anyway if it's not. And if you're a pro and have a personal hobby site, share away too! The more the merrier.

Even if I already know your site, share anyway because there might be people who do not have come across it yet.

3, 2, 1, go!

To start, here's mine: https://theresmiling.eu

#personalWebsite #personalBlog #blog #blogging #personalWeb #smallWeb #indieWeb

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

YA THINK

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-their-jobs

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

Nice unarmed ship there. Would be a shame if some coward sunk it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/03/06/a-new-level-of-cowardice/

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

There's this attitude on the left from people who believe they're the "good" kind of protestors. And that if they follow all the rules and be polite that they're exempt from state retaliation.

I saw a post here weeks ago that defended RSVPing to protests, saying "we should put our names on every list we can," and it's like no. No you shouldn't. If you believe that then you have a deep misunderstanding of our situation. Cops aren't carving out exceptions for the hall monitors of the resistance.

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gsuberland@chaos.social ("Graham Sutherland / Polynomial") wrote:

it is incredibly validating to me that prominent foss people who for decades embodied and reinforced the false idea that "all that matters is code" are now predictably falling into the LLM slop fad because, surprise fucking surprise, they never gave a single shit about people and simply rode the movement to have a space where they could whitewash their morality-unencumbered nonsense.

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

And forget Proton for a minute, as despicable as their actions are.

The FBI is using a 3 year old incident that ultimately led to the murder of a protester, as grounds for collecting private data from someone who's only connection to that incident is that they also oppose Cop City.

This is why I wince whenever I see photos of protesters posted to social media, or people RSVPing to protests. Our government considers you domestic terrorists no matter how much you "follow the rules".

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

Mythic Beasts seems like a decent option, anyone have experience with them?

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

I could use the wisdom of the Fedi. What are the best, but also affordable, places to manage your domains. Looking to move off Gandi, and Namecheap is being a bit rubbish.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
rbairwell@mastodon.org.uk ("Richard Bairwell") wrote:

@M0CUV Something like https://vole.wtf/doctype/ from @mattround ?

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
00Aaron@social.coop wrote:

It took a ton of work but we got our city to end the contract with #Flock, one of the creepiest and most dishonest #surveillance companies, on Wednesday!

If you're working on something of this sort, you can DM if you need more info.

One of the biggest obstacles was the threat of actually good programs being de-funded because of the way Hochul/ NYS bundles mass surveillance with other programs in grant allocations.

This threat ended up not being real, but it almost torpedoed the whole thing last minute.

https://ithacavoice.org/2026/03/city-ends-use-of-ai-powered-license-plate-cameras/

typst ("Typst") wrote:

Here's the schedule with what you can look forward to!

typst ("Typst") wrote:

The first talk of our meetup is live now: In the keynote, we tell-all about our journey from scrappy upstarts to a professional open source project.

New uploads every weekday (Mo-Fri) at 17:00 UTC on YouTube. Subscribe so you don't miss the 10 talks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOQXL6vRrJs

#Typst

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

Correction on one point: APD did claim an officer was shot. That officer was never identified nor the story corroborated.

There was a video circulating at the time of officers near the murder claiming it was friendly fire. And still, no gun powder found on victim's hands.

Also, I made an edit to reflect Tortuguita's correct pronouns (they/them).

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-public-safety-training-cop-city-friendly-fire-allegations-shooting-response

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
void_turtle@kolektiva.social ("Void Turtle") wrote:

@fromjason 1) tortugita used they/them pronouns 2) a cop definitely was shot, not sure where you got the idea that the cops didn't claim this. Whether it was friendly fire from the cops or self defense from an attempted kidnapping on the part of tortugita is unknown. I for one honor tortugita's memory, even if they didn't shoot that pig

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
valis2030 wrote:

@fromjason

"[T]hey're all just Republicans in All Birds."

Preach! 😂

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
occult@ominous.net wrote:

Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985.

#UNIX

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
neauoire@merveilles.town ("Devine Lu Linvega") wrote:

I love how vibecoded commits are called vommits. It's so perfect.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
neatnik@tv.neatnik.net ("Neatnik TV") wrote:

Neatnik is live!

Pokémon Pokopia lunchtime stream!

#web #programming #chat #fun

https://tv.neatnik.net

Attachments:

• gifv: Live stream preview

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
jplebreton ("JP") wrote:

https://blog.lauramichet.com/thoughts-about-interfaces-acting-like-people it's honestly not hard to imagine a world where people are legally forbidden from selling software or hardware that refers to itself in the first person or is referred to as a person by any supporting materials (eg marketing), and where the intent embodied in such software is always explicitly attributed to the human beings who produce it and set its policies. i don't think that would fix everything but it'd help. that's a moderate position IMO.

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

I took this shot of Rev Jackson in 1988. May he Rest in Power 🙏