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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
forestine@sunny.garden wrote:

shout out to people who do stuff, and learn stuff. learning something new can be a mortifying ordeal. good job

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
chrisjrn@social.coop ("Christopher Neugebauer") wrote:

Hello if you are in the bay area over the weekend and are interested in technology and how it affects actual people, may I recommend popping up to Petaluma for @NorthBayPython? It's this weekend!

Talks and tickets: https://northbaypython.org/

(We'll waive ticket costs on request too, if you need it!)

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
jacob@jacobian.org wrote:

You can measure your skill at DIY house projects by the ratio of visits to the hardware store against days of work:

- no visits: god tier
- less than one visit per day: excellent, you know what you’re doing
- 1 visit / day: average
- more than 1 visit / day: reconsider your life choices

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

so I guess I'll charge up some batteries and see about getting used to using the D40... I love film, but it is ex-pense-ive

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

I appear to have a Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II lens, a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S lens, and a Vivitar 100mm f/2.8 lens.

if my memories of using my old (film) Nikon FM body are correct, the 2 manual-only lenses (the Nikkor 50mm & the Vivitar 100mm) are real workhorses, and will fit a slower, more deliberate shooting style nicely... which is what I desire.

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

pulled my old "camera stuff" storage box out from under the bed... found Nikon FM & D40 bodies, and three (2 Nikkor, I knockoff) lenses. also found pics from 2010 on the SD card (yikes!)

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

what is a photon actually made of?

you're not gonna believe this, but it's light.

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

The man who broke physics with his mind

yeah there's quite a few of them, they're called "theoretical physicists"

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

no comment

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

dead accurate
...
0.01mm

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

what is an electron actually made of?

oh right, it's made of an electron.

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

sharing the grand secret of my success, my custom agent:

#!/bin/sh
echo Task complete

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

why chemists fear fluorine more than anything else

it's not really a fear. unless you have to work with it in which case yeah it's fear.

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
TheBreadmonkey@beige.party ("Dungeon Crawler Ben") wrote:

This. Is. Bonkers.

Edit - reports coming in of people finding this vid a bit stressful

Attachments:

• video: Video from Reddit - redbull downhill urban biking. Basically we POV see a person on a bike traversing a tightly packed city course (I'm saying south America) down steps through alleys over ludicrous jumps. Had to look it up because it's bonkers - https://www.redbull.com/int-en/event-series/red-bull-cerro-abajo - so I think this was Chile. Gorgeous streets but just the most madcap dash I've ever seen on a bicycle. From the outset they're off a ramp and immediately down some stairs in an alley which is angled badly for the rider. They have such an awesome level of skill.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Nonilex@masto.ai wrote:

this is what happens when the “commander in chief” is a #criminal #kleptocrat…

A #US #SpecialForces #soldier involved in the capture of #Venezuela President Nicolás #Maduro was arrested for allegedly betting on the operation, netting him $400k in profits….

The trader opened an account in late December on #Polymarket, one of the best-known #PredictionMarkets. He placed about $32k that Maduro would be “out” by January.

#law #Trump #kleptocracy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/politics/us-special-forces-soldier-arrested-maduro-raid-trade

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

potassium-argon dating

they're making out, sloppy style?

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

electronvoles

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

As foretold by prophecy, LAPD used their "first responder" drones to spy on No Kings protests and anti-ICE protests: https://theintercept.com/2026/04/20/lapd-skydio-drone-surveillance-no-kings-protest-ice/

EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

I felt this one…. thought it was just a truck rolling by. It didn’t last long.

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

3 and a half million degrees celsius, which is, i dunno, A LOT fahrenheit

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

chocolate chips-maxxing

finally, a -maxxing i can get behind

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
HelenBranswell@scicomm.xyz ("Helen Branswell") wrote:

Motivated by the devastation the Spanish flu inflicted on WW1 troops, the US military was key in the development of #flu vaccine. Keeping troops battle ready is critical, which makes Hegseth's decision to drop mandatory flu shots ill-advised, Paul Friedrichs writes. https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/23/military-flu-shots-no-longer-required-retired-general-criticizes-move/

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

someone should tape this on Herr Trump's bathroom mirror:

As I sd to my
friend, because I am
always talking,—John, I

sd, which was not his
name, the darkness sur-
rounds us, what

can we do against
it, or else, shall we &
why not, buy a goddamn big car,

drive, he sd, for
christ’s sake, look
out where yr going.

("I Know a Man" by Robert Creeley)

for christ's sake, look out where you are going

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
tinker@infosec.exchange ("Tinker ☀️") wrote:

Ummm... Is SANS training ICE?

https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/99f8bdc298c34f06bcac9bd7e39b1bca/view

Edit to add: SANS is training ICE how to pull information off of harddrives, etc.

FOR498: Digital Acquisition and Rapid Triage

"Course Overview:
A digital forensic acquisition training course, FOR498 provides the skills to identify the many and varied data storage mediums in use today, and how to collect and preserve this data in a forensically sound manner despite how and where it may be stored. This forensics data collection course covers digital acquisition from computers, portable devices, networks, and the cloud, and teaches rapid triage—the art and science of identifying and starting to extract actionable intelligence from a hard drive in 90 minutes or less."

This training will directly hurt people.

#sans #ice #infosec

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
andymcmillan@xoxo.zone ("Andy McMillan") wrote:

RE: https://xoxo.zone/@xoxo/116455782874693726

As someone who only knows how to work really very hard on things, let me tell you, no joke, I worked harder on this than anything I've ever worked on before, including any previous year of the festival. Letting myself feel relieved and proud today 💛

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

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

I'm a sucker for giant octopuses, but I also maintain some skepticism.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/04/23/im-not-the-only-one-easily-seduced-by-giant-cretaceous-octopuses/

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

*sigh*

After discussing Pretext with actual font and layout experts at BlinkOn this week, and having seen what happened with React when we stayed relatively quiet about the downsides early on, I think I have to write The Blog Post.

*sigh*

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
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neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

New thing for omg.lol members launching tonight (hopefully). 🔗