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

dissertations are hereby replaced with dessertations, which are less tedious and more delicious.

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Boosted by GuillaumeL@hachyderm.io ("BigSaur G"):
ericjames@booping.synth.download ("ericjames* 🐺‼️ (they/it)") wrote:

stolen for alt text

In a three-panel meme, George Costanza — a white man with a receding hairline wearing glasses and a green plaid button-down shirt — and Jerry Seinfeld — a white man with puffy hair and a brown button-down shirt — have a chat: Panel 1: George, sitting in an easy chair, says to Jerry, "Why do billionaires care if they lose all their money?" Panel 2: George continues, "They'll just pull themselves up by their bootstraps and make it all back with their unbelievable work ethic." Panel 3: Jerry, standing up, says to George, "Plus, if they're poor, all the money will trickle back down to them, making them rich again."

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KE2AEQ@mastodon.radio ("Todd") wrote:

Excited to try a new Xiegu G106 firmware update that claims to improve the AGC. Right after transmitting it sometimes passes through a burst of loud signal… fingers crossed that's what got fixed.

The instructions provided from the manufacturer are for Windows. On #Linux you can use "screen" to trigger the firmware erase and "sx" (found in the "lrzsz" package) to transfer the file.

#G106 #Xiegu

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

I've never heard earned wealth phrased this way, but she's right about it.

Screenshot of a tweet from Marco Foster quoting Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arguing that billionaire-level wealth cannot be legitimately earned, and is instead accumulated through market power, breaking rules, abusing labor laws, and underpaying workers. Includes a video thumbnail of AOC speaking animatedly at a table during what appears to be a podcast or interview.

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

wheeeee... it is REstart time, kiddies!

jeffs-dev@boris: ./galaxy &
[1] 2089
jeffs-dev@boris: [galaxy] Loaded 2 weapon blueprint(s)
[galaxy] Loaded sector data: 5 zone(s), 5 station(s), 6 wreck(s) for sector 'sol'.
[galaxy] Loaded 12 vessel(s) from MongoDB.
[galaxy] Sector 'sol' resumed from snapshot (capturedAt=2026-05-08T18:44:21.7871427, elapsedTime=4.75568e+06s)
[galaxy] Recovering zombie transit: vessel-npc7-1773236744 → outer-belt
[galaxy] Recovering zombie transit: vessel-npc4-1773236742 → earth-orbit
[galaxy] Recovered 2 zombie transit(s).
Listening for requests
[galaxy] SectorServer listening — tick interval: 100 ms
[galaxy] Tick fiber started (interval=100 ms).
[galaxy] First tick: dt=0.1s, elapsedTime=4.75568e+06s, paused=false

logout
Connection to boris closed.
jeffs@natasha ~ %

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

'Let's Encrypt has resumed issuance.

Due to an issue with the cross-signed certificate from our Generation X root to our new Generation Y root, all issuance has been switched back to our Generation X root certificate. This affects our "tlsserver" and "shortlived" ACME certificate profiles.'

https://dragon.style/@saphire/116540659230441280

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
KrijnHoetmer ("Krijn Hoetmer") wrote:

Just what the world needs, a post on how I added an tag to my blog: https://krijnhoetmer.nl/log/2026/05/added-photos

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

i wasn't fond of these flashy vulnerabilities with a special website, but it turns out i'm even less fond of them when we get the same bug over and over again but slightly different and each with a sillier name than the last.

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
tommorris ("Tom Morris") wrote:

RE: https://front-end.social/@hdv/116539331105631482

I've spoken to people working at major tech companies who've written little scripts that fire off some queries every day specifically so they can say they're using the stupid AI system.

"Here, god of matrix arithmetic, enjoy my burnt token offerings."

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
timbray@cosocial.ca ("Tim Bray 🇨🇦") wrote:

“Photographer Spends Night on Freezing Mountain to Capture Rare Triple Galaxy Arch” - astonishing photo and interesting how-it-was-done narrative.

https://petapixel.com/2026/05/08/photographer-spends-night-on-freezing-mountain-to-capture-rare-triple-galaxy-arch/

#Photography

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Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
stylus@social.afront.org ("Stylus") wrote:

seeing yet another person say basically "I know I need to leave github, but I can't right now" ..

a talk title came to me: "look for the exit nearest you". This hypothetical talk would be full of actionable ways to reduce the eventual costs of leaving an online service, even one that seems heaven-sent today.

Because we sure keep being fooled about the shiny new service, thinking it'll be just as good forever because who would deliberately ruin it...

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

the dirty fag exploit

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

You can find this old boat in Rauðhólar, which might be surprising since there's no water nearby. It was situated next to a summer camp for children and used as a toy. The summer camp is long gone, but the boat remains.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #nature #landscape #abandoned #decay #boat

An old wooden boat covered in snow, surrounded by no water whatsoever.

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Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
kamuniak@finfur.net ("Kamuniak") wrote:

Count the kemonos ^.^

#FursuitFriday

Photograph of huge group of kemono fursuiters. One of them is standing in front of the group.

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Boosted by jwz:
spellingmistakescostlives@mastodon.ie ("Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives") wrote:

Losing my mind at this rip-off tshirt website stealing my anti-AI slop design and padding the page out with AI slop copy about how they were inspired to create it.

"I still needed to do the real work"
Did ye aye?


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Boosted by jwz:
mattbors@mstdn.ca ("Matt Bors") wrote:

A few months ago, editor and book publisher Glenn Fleishman pitched me an idea around my Mister Gotcha cartoon. We launch That One Matt Bors Comic on Kickstarter on May 12. Sign up here for an alert:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/that-one-matt-bors-comic

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Boosted by jwz:
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

It’s what I’m sure the Trump admin was hoping for. They •wanted• an ICE agent killed. That was the •goal•. They wanted a situation so chaotic, so violent, so intolerable that eventually somebody would just straight-up shoot an ICE agent, and then they could declare martial law. They were desperate for that.

3/

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Boosted by jwz:
DavidGallagher@sfba.social ("David Gallagher") wrote:

3 views of Embarcadero Plaza
1966, 1974, 2026
Vaillancourt Fountain #sfmemory #sfhistory

Vaillancourt Fountain 1974, with Embarcadero Freeway and Ferry Building
Parking lot on the site of Vaillancourt Fountain, 1966 with Embarcadero Freeway and Ferry Building
Vaillancourt Fountain removal, 2020 with  Ferry Building

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Boosted by jwz:
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Today’s ruling is a devastating blow to democracy in Virginia, a blatant rejection of the will of the voters, and a chilling preview of how Republicans will seek to undermine the midterms. https://www.ms.now/news/virginia-supreme-court-strikes-down-redistricting-democrats

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
cmccullough@polymaths.social ("Chad McCullough") wrote:

Are there any Linux distribution projects that are fighting the use of AI? I know that the kernel is now allowing the use of AI for contributions (I think?) so that's unavoidable, but are there any projects that are outright banning AI contributions? I want to get a conversation going on this.

#noai

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

(this is functional poorgramming of course, because purescript is functional (and poor!))

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

I was crashing out hard this morning. I went for an hour walk, came back, took a shower. Ordered pizza. Self care.

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

once upon a time i built some libraries for an open source project, in purescript. i hosted them at a github org called 'poorscript'. naturally sometime after i stopped working with them this was renamed to remove all traces of joy.

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

object orientated poorgramming

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

Lazyweb, are there filesystems for open software that are focused (or can be tuned to focus) nearly entirely on error correction and durability at the expense of everything else? As in, barely cares about performance at all but goes as hard as possible on data integrity and error correction?

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
thezerobit@anticapitalist.party wrote:

I just want an slop-free open source operating system, preferably Unix-like, that has a kernel and software package repository free from slop. I know it won't be perfect, but with just a bit of ethical fortitude, we can create a human-centered operating system. I don't think I'm owed that, but I'm willing to pitch in and help build it. #os #slop

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

Buying an old house can come with some challenges when you’re tall, but I don’t have to duck through this door into the kitchen anymore.

Side by side selfies from 2021 vs 2026 showing approximately 2 inches of height loss.

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

Ordered pizza for lunch from the best pizza spot in town. What a time to be alive

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
grickle@mstdn.social ("Grickle") wrote:

Deep thinking. #grickledoodle #thoughts #creativity #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

A cartoon illustration of a woman with a shoulder bag, filling it with random creatures and items in her backyard, Caption reads "She would sometimes go to the backyard and collect her thoughts."

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Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

The DOJ and CFTC are going after a US soldier who allegedly used his access to confidential military information to profit more than $400,000 on Polymarket bets. They are not going after Polymarket, which is supposed to prohibit US bettors, and whose advisory board includes Donald Trump Jr.

“The whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino,” said former casino tycoon and current President Trump.

“I don’t like it,” said the man whose own social media platform has announced plans to launch a crypto-based prediction market feature.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

In prediction markets The Justice Department has brought charges11 and the CFTC has filed a lawsuit12 against a US soldier who placed bets on Venezuela-related Polymarket contracts while helping plan the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, allegedly made nearly $410,000 on the bets, then transferred the funds to a brokerage account and made a few clumsy attempts to erase his tracks. Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty. Notably absent is any action against Polymarket. The New York-based platform agreed to stop serving US customers in a 2022 CFTC settlement, but its easily bypassed geofencing continues to allow widespread American access. Federal agencies have previously prosecuted firms for such inadequate controls, but appear unconcerned with Polymarket — where President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., is an investor and advisory board member.
“The whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino,” said former casino tycoon and current President Trump. “And you look at what’s going on all over the world in Europe and every place, they’re doing these betting things,” he said, referring to a continent where at least ten countries have broadly banned prediction markets as unlicensed gambling websites even as the federal regulator he appointed embraces them and sues states that try to apply oversight via their existing gambling laws. “I don’t like it, conceptually, but it is what it is. No, I think that I’m not happy with any of this,” said the man whose own social media platform has announced plans to launch a crypto-based prediction market feature and whose son is an adviser and investor in Polymarket and a paid adviser to Kalshi. Trump later backpedaled on his comments, arguing that the US risks being left behind by other countries that permit such platforms. “I know people that are in the prediction market business, and they’re pretty happy with it,” he added.13