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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
finn@social.0x520.eu ("Finn") wrote:

Kids today don't know how hard it was to take a selfie back in the time...

#selfie #painting #kids #art

A photo of a painting in a museum in a Husum. The painter painted a selfie of him while painting. He is holding brushes and the palette, the canvas can be seen from the side. The painter himself is looking at you or "in the camera" you could say. The painter is called Carl Ludwig Jessen (1833-1917).

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

New Freebooters podcast.

Does everything we do need to be recorded?

https://freebooters.uk/media/20260330-freebooters.mp3

#podcast

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
dianea@lgbtqia.space ("diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱") wrote:

Me reading the news every morning

#caturday #caturdayeveryday

White and gray floof with surprised face that escalated quickly

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Boosted by zkat@toot.cat ("Katerina Marchán"):
noboilerplate@namtao.com (":youtube_logo: No Boilerplate") wrote:

*slow clap*
https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/

a graph showing github's average uptime falling apart after the microsoft acquisition

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
MrLovenstein ("J. L. Westover") wrote:

Secret Panel HERE 🧠 https://tapas.io/episode/3418197

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

RE: https://social.lol/@neatnik/116328001566273692

Down to the final three slots!

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

Artemis 2 astronaut pulls the "No atheists on top of rockets" maneuver and kills my interest in his mission. Screw you, Victor Glover.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/04/03/nasa-is-going-to-pull-an-apollo-8-on-us-arent-they/

victor glover

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

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/116330178975566449

This is still going on 😉

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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
debby@hear-me.social ("Debby ‬⁂📎🐧:disability_flag:") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/116340778960304908

Turns out the loudest voices demanding you scan your ID to use AI are funded by… OpenAI. And Sam Altman just happens to own an age-verification company. Funny how that works. Reject state-mandated digital papers. #NoAgeVerification #PrivacyOverControl #NoKosa

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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
notgull@hachyderm.io ("captain notgull") wrote:

I will no longer be able to effectively maintain open source packages. I am looking for new maintainers for the following packages:

- https://github.com/notgull/unsend
- https://github.com/notgull/async-dns
- https://github.com/notgull/win-syscolor
- https://codeberg.org/notgull/smol-axum
- https://codeberg.org/notgull/smol-hyper

I would prefer people who already have a track record in maintaining crates, but please reach out to me if you'd like to take these. Either here or at my email (see my website) will work.

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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
greenpeace ("Greenpeace International") wrote:

A green energy future is possible. Don’t let Big Oil and warmongering autocrats tell you otherwise.

Ending dependency on oil and gas is critical for resilience, security and survival.

Wind and solar is the way to go.

#Renewables #Peace #NoWar

“This Tōtara tree has grown into the shape of a brush, blown by strong winds that hit the coastal landscape. This is a native tree to Banks Peninsula and the unique shape has earned it the name the Toothbrush Tree.”

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

Guess what! omg.lol turns 7 this month. :prami_contented:

Guess what else! We’re offering a super limited number of lifetime membership slots. If you’re interested, grab one while they last.

More info here: https://home.omg.lol/birthday

:prami_happy:

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
earthshine@masto.hackers.town ("Earthshine") wrote:

I WORK IN TECH and over the last 5 years, my general level of confidence in software to function as intended has...

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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
chu@climatejustice.social ("Chu 朱") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@luckytran/116336718713225759

Every country absolutely needs to have a disaster management plan in place that does not include any action whatsoever from the United States.

This includes a communication plan where the US will be actively spreading misinformation and disinformation to make up for dear leaders incompetency on top of the known bad actors from mostly Russia whose agenda is to weaken the rest of the world.

Any country that does not have a plan that absolutely excludes the US is being negligent at this point.

Communication plans must also not rely on corporate media. They are not our allies in the fight for global health. They are extensions of the capitalist class and if the solution to keep us alive threatens Q4 earnings.... Guess what is more important?

This is not a drill. I literally just defended a dissertation on how the media killed people during COVID. I have receipts.

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

This six part series (link goes to the first part), written by a former core Azure engineer, is mind-boggling. Microsoft sounds like a dysfunctional company whose software is dangerously unreliable

(I mean, more so than it has been historically)

https://isolveproblems.substack.com/p/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
Migueldeicaza ("Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉") wrote:

“I was lost away from home in a bizarre territory where people made plans that didn’t make sense with the aplomb of a drunk LLM.”

https://isolveproblems.substack.com/p/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

@tante @mttaggart Yeah.

For a long time the thing that was going to kill WordPress was static site generators. I'd listen to SSG developers pitch their product: "It's so easy! Everything's stored in Markdown files, changes are tracked via Git, when you push commits out to prod everything gets rebuilt via CI!"

And I was just like, man, have you ever met a person who uses WordPress? Like, even once

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

Redpolls seem to be in good health despite the weather #birds #iceland

A redpoll hangs off a branch
A flock of redpolls, a small bird with a red spot on the top of its head, in a bush
One of those redpolls except it's on the snow

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Catvalente@wandering.shop ("Catherynne M. Valente") wrote:

From my new piece concerning the Anthropic settlement:

https://catvalente.substack.com/p/blood-money-the-anthropic-settlement

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom
Sweden is bringing back books amid declining test scores.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/sweden-goes-back-to-basics-swapping-screens-for-books-in-the-classroom/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

help, i have woken up to more german music.

you're all nuts.

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

Microsoft AI reshuffle: Mustafa Suleyman goes AI doomsday crank

not to worry, Copilot’s ‘for entertainment purposes only’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja-U%5FLfX5bA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260402-microsoft-ai-reshuffle-suleyman-goes-ai-doomsday-crank - podcast

time: 5 min 56 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/02/microsoft-ai-reshuffle-mustafa-suleyman-goes-ai-doomsday-crank/ - blog post

businessman on unicycle with laptop in right hand and small umbrella balanced on left hand

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
loriemerson@post.lurk.org ("Lori Emerson") wrote:

finally, Wendell Berry's standards for technological innovation--truly as relevant now as they were in 1987 #othernetworks

The new tool should be cheaper than the one it replaces. 2 It should be at least as small in scale as the one it replaces. 3 It should do work that is clearly and demonstrably better than the one it replaces. 4 It should use less energy than the one it replaces. 5 If possible, it should use some form of solar energy, such as that of the body. 6 It should be repairable by a person of ordinary intelligence, provided that he or she has the necessary tools. 7 It should be purchasable and repairable as near to home as possible. 8 It should come from a small, privately owned shop or store that will take it back for maintenance and repair. 9 It should not replace or disrupt anything good that already exists, and this includes family and community relationships.

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soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

A story in 3 parts

#AI #slop #recruiterspam #enshittification #databreach #mercor

Recruiter spam from an AI company. I replied with a link to my anti-AI and anti-marketing posts.
Another AI spam email. Same story.
Subject: Update from Mercor Security Team We're reaching out because you've signed up for Mercor, and we want to keep you informed of a data security incident. Your privacy and security are foundational to everything we do. A recent supply chain attack involving LiteLLM affected our systems and thousands of other organizations worldwide. We took prompt action to secure our systems and launched a thorough investigation with leading third-party forensics experts. We understand you may have questions about how this might affect you, and we are working hard to get you answers as soon as our investigation is complete. This has our full attention and resources, and protecting your information remains our priority. We'll continue to share updates as appropriate. Thank you for your understanding and patience. Sincerely, Mercor Security Team

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
schrottkatze@treehouse.systems ("Schrottkatze") wrote:

i need to be more scary in a hot way

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Boosted by jwz:
nash@labyrinth.social wrote:

you ever write code so inefficient they have to update the whole power grid

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Boosted by jwz:
colinstu@birdbutt.com ("Colin") wrote:

RE: https://labyrinth.social/@nash/116178591588359360

you ever write code so inefficient you have to secure 80% of the world’s DRAM production

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Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
eanakashima@hachyderm.io ("Emily Nakashima") wrote:

My greatest professional accomplishment of the year: I got my exec & manager teammates saying "point positive," a term from whitewater rafting and kayaking.

Meaning: when facing hazards, point people toward where to go/what to do, rather than drawing attention to everything to avoid.

A drawing showing a river rafter who has fallen out of a raft in rapids. The people still in the raft are pointing to a safe way to swim rather than at rocks to avoid. Caption: "Point positive: pointing the way to go, rather than at the problem." Drawing created by sketchplanations.

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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
verdre ("Jonas") wrote:

One thing I obsess a little bit over is the fact that it’s 2026, we pretend that Linux is a serious OS, but we‘re still losing your data on a regular basis.

Out of memory conditions (OOM) are one of our biggest pain points, so I just did a quick experiment with macOS to see how they are handling OOM.

I loaded about 200 memory heavy tabs in Firefox and kept a close look at memory usage.

(1/4)

Screenshot of memory pressure info in macOS System Monitor. Shows the memory pressure rising, but no swap is used yet.

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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
quephird@tech.lgbt ("Danie🏒🏒e is officially a PWHL fan") wrote:

Hand-drawn.
No use of straightedges, outlining, nor compasses.
15 person-hours of effort over six days.
Copic classic magic markers.
35 shades of brown, beige, orange, and yellow.
18” x 24” Fabriano 140 pound paper.

Complex drawing composed of packed circles starting out in dark browns in three areas, slowly turning into lighter shades of brown and orange, and then finally multiple shades of yellow.