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Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
radish@woof.tech ("Radish") wrote:

@mattsheffield

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

it is so weird sometimes being a "Car Guy" (not a guy, not actually into _cars_)

But I do love spending part of the weekend tweaking my ride and putting way more than a normal amount of care into it.

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:

People keep saying "the cruelty is the point". The cruelty is not the point. They don't give a damn one way or the other about anyone to even think about cruelty. The extraction, the hierarchy, the entrenched power is the point. The privilege is the point. The segregation is the point.

jwz wrote:

Happy time_t 1777777777 to all who celebrate.

# date +'%F %r %Z = %s'
2026-05-02 08:09:37 PM PDT = 1777777777

https://jwz.org/b/yk62

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
colinpurrington@flipping.rocks ("Colin Purrington") wrote:

In my futile quest to get more people to make mosquito traps for their yards, I made a visual. Please share with friends and sneak into any presentation you're giving even if it's completely unrelated to mosquitoes. Mosquito Dunks contain Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis ("Bti"), a bacteria that is safe for everything except mosquito larvae, work for approximately 30 days, and are available at most garden centers and hardware stores in North America. Bti-containing powders and liquids are sold worldwide under different trade names. NB: the white lid helps you see mosquito larvae (if present it's time to add another dose of Bti). #mosquitoes #mosquito #ipm

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
mjd@mathstodon.xyz ("Mark Dominus") wrote:

A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT

THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND

Boosted by jwz:
StefanThinks@beige.party ("S.T.E.F.A.N.") wrote:

Vending machine: Thank you for your purchase.

Dawkins: Wow, you are sentient and conscious, but only in this fleeting moment, for the next time I buy fig newtons, I will meet a new unique being!

Vending machine: Have a nice day.

Dawkins: I’ll see you in Xanadu, my sweet innocent Vendra!

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
leaverou@front-end.social ("Lea Verou, PhD") wrote:

TIL crows, starlings and similar birds only *look* black to us — they’re actually very colorful in ways human eyes are unable to perceive. 🤯

Remember that next time people can’t see your “colors”.

Some colors just require different eyes.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
awfulwoman@indieweb.social ("Charlie O’Hara") wrote:

Oh my god this beautiful video. If you’re someone who has scolded or mocked people for using AI (that’s me also), please PLEASE watch this. It will give you a much healthier way of fighting the systems that be. ❤️❤️❤️

#AI #Slop #AntiAI #LLM

https://youtu.be/y85nqc2zm7M?is=BE%5FCgS6X%5F3pvfV9X

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

Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

https://pandora.app.link/ZGeGO4QfP2b

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

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner by Warren Zevon on LOUD

https://pandora.app.link/nOctJwZeP2b

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

Lies, Damned Lies And Stochastics: https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2026/05/02/lies-damned-lies-and-stochastics/

(the strange story of raclette maximalism.)

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

Sam Altman falls into a vat of nuclear sludge, turning him into a superhero called Alt Man.

What are his superpowers?

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

Here's the thing—American tacos, aka white people taco night, is its own thing. It's not better than authentic tacos, and that's OK. But don't tell me Americans don't have culture. 😭

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
slashdot@mastodon.cloud ("Slashdot :verified:") wrote:

Linux Percentage of Steam Users Doubled in One Year https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/05/02/0625247/linux-percentage-of-steam-users-doubled-in-one-year?utm%5Fsource=rss1.0mainlinkanon

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
selzero@syzito.xyz ("Selzero") wrote:

The US is withholding HIV and Malaria support to Zambia unless it signs over mineral rights.

Fekkinel.

https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/the-us-criticizes-zambia-for-refusing-their-deal-dismissing-patently-false/kzc8fbp

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffowski@mastodon.world ("Church of Jeff") wrote:

#SCIENCE #ReligionIsPoison #ShitIFind

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mitch@hachyderm.io ("Mitch Wagner") wrote:

“Honeywell Portable Computer” prop from 2001 A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick . 1968 . This is a publicity still . https://reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/1t1ngu5/honeywell%5Fportable%5Fcomputer%5Fprop%5Ffrom%5F2001%5Fa/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
sophieschmieg@infosec.exchange ("Sophie Schmieg") wrote:

I think I might need to check some luggage, my bag doesn't want to close.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Blender ("Blender 🔶") wrote:

We hear your concerns around how Blender relates to AI topics.

Here is an update regarding upcoming Blender Development Fund and AI Policies: https://www.blender.org/news/upcoming-blender-development-fund-and-ai-policies/

#b3d #DevFund

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
suetanvil@freeradical.zone ("Chris [list of emoji]") wrote:

@soatok

Do it. Make a real product, offer it for sale, try to sell it to boards. It probably won't sell but it'll make the C-Suite lose a lot of sleep. Why should workers be the only ones to worry about AI?

(No, seriously, are there not a few tech lottery winners out there who'd be up for funding this kind of prank?)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nberlat.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Noah Berlatsky") wrote:

the south is obviously central to racism and fascism in the US, but it's not quarantined or walled off from the rest of the country. It is the rest of the country.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lemay ("laura lemay") wrote:

Q: Has Cato grown out of playing the fetching game yet?
A: No he has not
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mxp@mastodon.acm.org ("Michael Piotrowski") wrote:

Après-midi au bord du lac.

#Léman

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DrSprockets@mas.to ("Peter Lichota") wrote:

https://l.smartnews.com/p-7EcwDbgc/PeMkVw

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

and hey... that is *no* way to hold a knife in a fight https://infosec.exchange/@kevinrothrock/116506976407871416

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lazarou ("Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Rachelburch/116506622265465158

Definitely a portal to somewhere....

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bagder ("daniel:// stenberg://") wrote:

Maybe #curl doesn't need to be able to mimic internet explorer anno 2006 anymore? https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/21486

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KingShawn ("Shawn King") wrote:

No, it is not…🤬

“It's NOT a Coincidence the States redrawing Voting Maps to suppress Black voters are the SAME ones that fought to keep slavery.”

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
grimalkina ("Cat Hicks") wrote:

One of those traps is reducing everything to ingroup and outgroup conflict, resisting any articulation of the superordinate goals we might share as a coalition instead, and using intelligence & technical skill as a weapon to take away people's belonging