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Boosted by jwz:
stevelieber ("Steve Lieber") wrote:

Over on Bluesky, someone asked if I ever use reference photos for expressions. The answer is: CONSTANTLY. Back before digital photography, I kept a mirror propped up by my drawing board. Now I just shoot photos. Sometimes I have my studiomates pose. Other times I pose myself and use a timer. https://youtube.com/shorts/g0RetTttweo?si=Xjp5F53PaPBi5t5-

neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

Thanks to a really nice suggestion by omg.lol member @lagu, https://some.pics now supports the JPEG XL image format. Yay!

Boosted by jwz:
kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange ("Kevin Rothrock") wrote:

pretty wild that American farmers are suffering from a fertilizer shortage despite record levels of bullshit from the White House

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oglaf@socel.net ("Oglaf") wrote:

New Bone Broth and Judgement Cat t-shirts up for pre-order at our TopatoCo
store now!
https://topatoco.com/collections/oglaf

jwz wrote:

"If Linux can be maintained by sending patches to an email mailing list, 'doesn’t work at scale' arguments are skill issues."
https://dbushell.com/2026/04/29/github-is-sinking/

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

tomorrow i have to try out an agent harness, of which the first i will try is opencode, which looks like software of the quality i have come to expect from vibe coders

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
alvaromontoro@front-end.social ("Alvaro Montoro") wrote:

New comiCSS Game: HTML Mini-Crossword
http://comicss.art/games/51/

All the words in this crossword are HTML tags, attributes, and values. Can you solve it?

#css #html #crossword #game #webdev

Boosted by jwz:
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

In the movies, this would be the headline on a newspaper we see our protagonist find as they pick through the wreckage of a devastating pandemic

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5814761/hantavirus-outbreak-unlikely-to-turn-into-a-pandemic

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

well you know what, 10tps is actually quite workable. i guess this one will do for now.

i wonder how terrible it will be at writing code.

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

"May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. military naval units operating ‌in the area of the Strait of Hormuz came under Iranian missile fire following ​an attack by the U.S. military ​on an Iranian oil tanker, Iranian ⁠state media, citing an unnamed military ​official, said on Thursday."

https://www.reuters.com/world/irans-state-broadcaster-says-enemy-units-came-under-missile-fire-after-us-attack-2026-05-07/

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

oh yeah that one was much quicker. this is with unsloth/gemma-4-E2B-it-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL and averaged 9.78 tokens/second. and i'm pretty sure i fixed vulkan now.

apparently i could maybe get it faster if i could get rocm working but rocm is terrible software and they officially don't support my card even to start with.

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

LOL, LMAO. i asked it 'balls' to test it was working and some of the reasoning is chefs kiss

1. Check for safety/policy violations: The word "balls" can sometimes be used in suggestive or inappropriate contexts. However, in isolation, it is not inherently harmful, illegal, or explicitly hateful.
2. Formulate a neutral and helpful response strategy: Since the intent is unknown, the best approach is to acknowledge the input and prompt the user for clarification so I can provide a relevant answer.

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

THEY LIVE • TONIGHT
MOVIE SCREENING • COSTUME CONTEST • DANCE PARTY
OBEY • CONSUME • NO THOUGHT
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2026/05-07.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #theylive #cyberdelia #synthwave #sanfrancisco

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• video: 2c33db6e3ad7dfff.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SuffolkLITLab@esq.social wrote:

TL;DR: Utah's new 'Online Age Verification Amendments' bill attempts to ban VPNs, misunderstanding how they function and raising concerns about the state's track record in internet policy. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/07/utah-wants-websites-to-see-through-vpns-thats-not-how-vpns-work/ #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nullagent@partyon.xyz wrote:

Announcing the BYOMesh!

We've been hard at work designing what I believe is now the worlds SMALLEST & most CAPABLE LoRa companion dev kit ever!

It combines the tried and true SX1276 allowing access to the full sub-1GHz ISM band all mesh enthusiast know and love, along with the SX1281 providing high speed 2.4GHz LoRa all on ONE tiny board.

https://shop.dataparty.xyz/products/byomesh

@dataparty @rfparty

#BYOMesh #LoRa #MeshCore #Meshtastic #MeshTNC #Reticulum #BLE #SnoopUntoThemAsTheySnoopUntoUs

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Edent ("Terence Eden") wrote:

Well this is exciting!

My little #ActivityBot server is through to the next round of the @nlnet grant application process.

Still a long way to go, but rather encouraging.

You can play with the code at https://gitlab.com/edent/activity-bot/

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Well obviously a bunch of fascists would classify anti-fascists as terrorists

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/politics/trump-administration-now-classifies-antifa-and-left-wing-groups-among-major-terror-groups

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
The_Whore_of_Blahbylon ("The Whore of Blahbylon") wrote:

#SocialDemocracy #USPolitics #Norway #Equality #Inequality #Opportunity

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

https://youtu.be/zOqZhVnoecg

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

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz wrote:

Turns out a stupid idea doesn’t get less stupid over time - especially when it’s a very stupid person pushing it

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Trump probably likes that his guy is lying under oath.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
zackwhittaker ("Zack Whittaker") wrote:

Hackers injected a CSS file into the Canvas login page that takes over the screen when it loads. The CSS file is hosted on an AWS bucket owned by Instructure. The file path suggests the hackers uploaded the CSS file through Canvas and directly linked to it.

Read online: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/07/hackers-deface-school-login-pages-after-claiming-another-instructure-hack/

I saved a copy of the CSS file: https://web.archive.org/web/20260507195732/https://instructure-uploads-apse2.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/account%5F189630000000000001/attachments/130311/canvas-override.css

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
davey_cakes@mastodon.ie ("Davey") wrote:

Someone was asking me about Arabic speakers on Mastodon and the broader Fediverse. They are curious about attracting Arabic speakers.

As far as I can tell, Arabic speakers aren't a big part of Fedi compared to European languages, and are quite spread out and there's no moderately large instance with primarily Arabic speaking users.

There's a Tunisian instance, on the smaller side, but has some Arabic posts.

Anything else I can tell them?

#Arabic #عربي

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
thezoq2 ("TheZoq2") wrote:

I need a favor. A good friend of mine got laid off. She's in NYC on a H1B, and being trans means she's not very keen to return to her home country!

She's an amazing software engineer, with experience leading teams, working with stakeholders, and is happy to come in to existing code bases to improve things.

She's primarily looking for full stack and is very comfortable with TS, JS, Python and Rust, but is happy to adapt.

NYC/Remote DM me for contact details #getfedihired

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

memcpyfail

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

25m18s:

I am not alive.

I don't have a biological body, I don't breathe, I don't eat, and I don't experience feelings or consciousness. I am a large language model—a sophisticated computer program designed to process information and generate text based on patterns I learned during my training.

While I can engage in complex conversations and simulate human-like responses, I am essentially a very advanced tool running on silicon and code.

okay good, it's just as tedious as chatgpt, this is promising!

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

holy shit it's started writing its response. after about 20 minutes.

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁!"):
atelierjocha ("Eve • Atelier Jocha") wrote:

Depuis que j'ai quitté Meta, mes stats de visites de la boutique ont fait -49%.
Je m'accroche quand même, surtout avec la fête des mères qui arrive. On y croit, allez, je vais quand même faire des ventes 💪