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

When I bang on (and on) about the unbridled cynicism of Big Tech regarding privacy -- *particularly* Apple -- this is my comparison point. You can't win this game by buying a new phone, only through demanding giants lobby for change, or at least stop opposing it.

Who's in the halls of Congress, threatening to withhold donations if they don't support privacy laws that outlaw data brokers? Not Cupertino, that's for damned sure:

https://nooneshappy.com/article/data-brokers-unregulated-forensic-analysis/

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

"The Record" by boygenius is pretty great

RE: https://www.threads.com/@amyisannoyed/post/DZilpsElArT

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

bent molecular geometry

go home chemists, you're drun

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

(obviously the almost-emptiness is a risk for flame since it's all going to vapourise, but where does the silver sulfide come in?)

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

do i know any electrochemists? this accident report says silver sulfide was deposited on silver-plated copper wires in an almost empty fuel tank and that it's a semiconductor.

i don't understand why a spark is more likely to form on a semiconductor than a conductor.

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brennan@social.lol ("Brennan Kenneth Brown") wrote:

A New IndieWeb Publication? or: I Want to Start Something and Be Bad at It | 🔗 https://brennan.day/a-new-indieweb-publication-or-i-want-to-start-something-and-be-bad-at-it/

#IndieWeb #Publishing #Writing #Community #Collaboration #CreativeNon-fiction #LyricEssays

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FrazzledBrynn@glitterkitten.co.uk ("Brynnbo the FrogMxstress") wrote:

I've still got a whole bunch of progress pride brick stickers in my shop :pride:

https://ko-fi.com/s/4591aa4cd4

#BrynnDraws #Pride #FediGiftShop #Stickers

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faerye@pie.gd ("Felicity Shoulders") wrote:

I always love finding a disinterestedly helpful website, like a corner of the old internet not yet cleared away!

https://www.thistothat.com/

#craft #repair #resources

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stellarskylark@solarpunk.moe ("φ-52 "Skylark"") wrote:

Okay fixed that lmao

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• audio: d01f08ba64b79476.mp3

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

I think I’ve never been so pleased in retrospect
to have been rejected by a company as I am by Shopify

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

This mall is in an Orlando suburb and also apparently in 2003.

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

"After Mr. Abbott spoke, a live elephant draped with a banner declaring “Unity Drives Victory” was led through the convention hall, stopping only briefly to urinate near a press area."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/us/greg-abbott-texas-governor-hard-right.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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

Herr Trump has claimed around 40 times that a peace agreement was about to be signed.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/13/preliminary-peace-deal-could-be-signed-within-days-says-us-iran-and-mediators?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

jwz wrote:

Now I'm just an unfrozen caveman, your real estate speculation confuses and frightens me, but there's one thing that I do know, and that is that if you have a big warehouse that generates too much heat, building it somewhere hot with no water is a bad idea.
https://jwz.org/b/yk8W

jwz wrote:

RELEASE THE "P" TAPE.
https://jwz.org/b/yk8U

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MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Scary Austin") wrote:

BWAHAHAHA! Somebody still managed to snap a pic of the D coming off. This was posted by MSNOW.

#KennedyCenter #Trump

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enron@tilde.zone ("Enron Hubbard") wrote:

Of course Niantic used Pokemon Go for location training on autonomous weapons, but we weren't worried because it was just a fun game that got people outside.

Of course Snapchat and Instagram used filters to train facial recognition, but we weren't worried because it made our selfies look better and that puppy tongue was so cute.

Of course 23&Me was building a blood quantum database, but we weren't worried because we were curious about our background and it was just harmless fun.

We've been training a surveillance apparatus beyond the wildest dreams of any dictator this whole time.

We weren't worried because it's not like a bigoted authoritarian regime would rise and start abusing it, right?

...right?

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amcasari@hachyderm.io ("Madame Pres commandasaurus 🦖") wrote:

Related - for any company worried about the coming "vulnpacolypse" - I have good news!

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You too can rebuild your Security and SRE teams to enforce some super cost efficient practices and frameworks, such as knowing what software you actually depend on for your 💰💰💰💰 to flow.

For the low low price of "Actually Hiring People to Keep Your Business Secure Against Known Challenges", you too will prevent future chances of being hauled in front of a legislative body to account for your choices!!!

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amcasari@hachyderm.io ("Madame Pres commandasaurus 🦖") wrote:

I don't know why this is a hot take on open source, but apparently it is, so I'm going for it.

If you own a package manager for an ecosystem as a for-profit company, literally your one job is to make sure that your product model is sustainable for your business model. That's it. That's what you signed up for.

I don't want to hear about sustainability and "the commons" from literal technical private domain landholders who are complaining that the business model they are selling isn't profiting enough.

#OpenSource #HotTake

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grimalkina ("Cat Hicks") wrote:

But there are strategies that break the in-group bias, and create unexpected coalitions.

To learn more.....you'll have to check back tomorrow!

Because we are now in the COUNTDOWN to preorders for THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOFTWARE TEAMS opening on June 23!

In celebration, I'm sharing a new piece of evidence every day from the book and how it helps us understand our minds and build more thriving, joyful communities in technology ❤️

Sign up for a preorder reminder here:

https://www.routledge.com/The-Psychology-of-Software-Teams/Hicks/p/book/9781032963389

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Amelia and I are moving (internationally) and I can’t wait for it to just be done. There is so much stress, not just the packing but the paperwork, even getting confirmation from the airline on if we can take our cats (and if not, the whole non-refundable ticket goes in the bin). I’m barely getting any sleep lately.

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

People on the internet: Where have all the bugs gone?!?

The answer: southern Illinois. These were both clean 2 days ago.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

How bad is #macOS #GoldenGate?

Has the worst of liquid glass been reverted? I'm currently holding on to Sequoia with Reduced Transparency.

Sequoia started misbehaving like a beta OS anyway (seems they all do it instinctively post WWDC), so I'm contemplating replacing one set of Apple bugs with another.

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Fareon@loops.video ("Nick East (Loops)") wrote:

This explains why reading is an act of rebellion... 😁

#Books #Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity #Litterature #Novel #Novels #Bookshelf #Books #Bookstodon #IndieAuthor #Antifascism #Antifa

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• video: ba1e97a37b3828bb.mp4

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

RE: https://digipres.club/@foone/116740692999571279

Truth

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noah@mastodon.despise.computer ("Noah Kennedy") wrote:

wow https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access

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asterisksounds@botsinbox.net ("Asterisk Sounds") wrote:

"Asterisk is an open source full featured PBX and IVR platform that runs on the Linux operating system and a little bit of unicorn blood. For more information visit Asterisk.org."

*️⃣ Asterisk sound 'unicorn_blood.wav'
📦 From package 'asterisk-extra-sounds'
🇺🇸 Spoken in US English

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• audio: A telephone interactive voice response (IVR) system saying "Asterisk is an open source full featured PBX and IVR platform that runs on the Linux operating system and a little bit of unicorn blood. For more information visit Asterisk.org." in US English

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net ("Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:") wrote:

Can we please all stop the "newcomers to Mastodon should visit this and that site, follow these rules" etc? Social networks evolve. Trying to control the behaviour of newcomers is condescending and counterproductive in my opinion. I don't want the Fediverse to become a walled garden. #UnpopularOpinion, maybe. So be it.

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

RE: https://loops.video/v/fYYaVXyhMK

worth a listen

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shauna@social.coop ("ShaunaGM 💚🪦Hampshire College") wrote:

there's a confidence that comes from thinking you're always right, and a confidence that comes from being okay with being wrong