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db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

the tin of white paint I bought to touch up my skirting boards shifted to a new state of matter (I've been getting around to it for 12 years...)

spent my entire lunch break stirring the molecules back into a liquid

now my arms are too tired to paint

Boosted by GuillaumeL@hachyderm.io ("BigSaur G"):
technofeliz@mamot.fr ("Steph") wrote:

Franchement, je ne vois pas ce qui pourrait mal se passer... 🤔 « À l'université de Montpellier, c'est Total Energies qui va enseigner la transition énergétique » (via #CamilleCrosnier @franceinter #DeboutLaTerre) #Total #Montpellier #Université https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/debout-la-terre/debout-la-terre-du-lundi-15-juin-2026-6361260

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

I want to talk about hip-hop so bad! If Mastodon had a groups feature, the first thing I'd make is a hip-hop group.

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

RE: https://masto.deoan.org/@jsonstein/116754340590435892

50+ years of deregulation means there is no entity or government agency that can protect us from price gouging. Remember how prices soared during COVID because of supply chain issues? I do.

And then when the supply chain issues smoothed over and returned to somewhat normal, did the prices coming back down? Nope. Companies now kept prices high because they could.

#monopolies

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

Going for a walk.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/06/15/to-boldly-go-where-everyone-has-gone-before/

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

“Last month, consumers paid on average a little over $7 per pound for ground beef, up 13% from a year earlier and 50% from five years earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics — far outpacing the general inflation rate. A decent ribeye steak from the grocery store now looks like a luxury, with prime cuts typically pushing beyond $20 per pound. Even some beloved Texas barbecue joints are shutting down due to the skyrocketing cost of brisket.”

Excerpt From
“Donald Trump Faces A New Political Mess — And There's Little He Can Do To Stop It”
HuffPost
https://apple.news/Aw0ldh0IXSuiNaD1rAC11OA

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

Donald Trump Faces A New Political Mess — And There's Little He Can Do To Stop It - HuffPost

https://apple.news/Aw0ldh0IXSuiNaD1rAC11OA

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:") wrote:

Okay the ukpol doom is especially scrolly today

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org ("Open Rights Group") wrote:

Banning under-16s online restricts access to information while creating huge privacy risks.

Instead the UK government should target the root cause of online harms.

That means tackling the business model of social media platforms – from targeted ads and algorithms to user lock-in.

Sign the petition ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech

#socialmediaban #socialmedia #starmer #stopkillinginternet #ukpolitics #ukpol #onlinesafety #ageverification #digitalid #privacy #censorship

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

Trogloraptor is the most awesome name for a cave spider.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/06/15/trogloraptor/

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
bagder ("daniel:// stenberg://") wrote:

The #curl project will not accept or otherwise handle any vulnerability reports during the month of July 2026. We call it the curl summer of bliss.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/06/15/curl-summer-of-bliss/

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

transparent tiny pages

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

RE: https://phpc.social/@theshaunwalker/116753314614249073

As someone who found friends and community exclusively through the online world back when I was a teen, 💯

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

The presidential shit-show went about as expected.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/06/15/that-went-about-as-well-as-expected/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Крыс, Шмендра - Странники

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL%5F9Ak1qBCQ

#NowPlaying #NP

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

question: at what age should I stop reusing the password I was given my first IT class of secondary school?

Boosted by jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)"):
marcwhoward@neuromatch.social ("Marc W Howard") wrote:

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
stevendotjs@hachyderm.io ("Steven 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

You're not inheriting a system someone once understood. You're manufacturing a system nobody ever did.

https://www.stvn.sh/writing/youre-not-ai-native-exu048c

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

that feeling when you meticulously stage individual files for a git commit, only to run `git add -A` out of muscle memory

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
urlyman ("Jonathan Schofield") wrote:

TIL from Sir David King, former chief scientific adviser to the UK government, that last year’s global loss and damages due to climate and biosphere destabilisation were around $500 billion.

But latest projections in his team’s Planetary Solvency Plan assessment are that on our current path, loss and damages will rise by 2050 to

$10,000 bn to
$15,000 bn per year.

In other words, a 10% to 15% drop in global GDP *every year*.

Meanwhile, we have politicians still talking about growth 🙄

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
bodil@treehouse.systems ("Bodil") wrote:

Starmer is about to make it illegal not to hand over your identity to the companies which profit the most from having your identity, in order to "give kids their childhoods back."

No, this is how liberty dies: with a "think of the children."

https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/116753016518643319

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
patigallardo.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Parents would rather destroy the privacy of the entire population, than talk to their children

Boosted by jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)"):
TodePond@mas.to ("Lu wilson") wrote:

If you're coming to errorcamp, we've got an ALL-CAMPERS call tomorrow at 19:00 London time 💖💖💖

Get on the forum to get the join link!

(if you don't know what errorcamp is or you aren't involved, please ignore this message)

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

4x3 is fun but like Connections I suspect it'll rely too heavily on US cultural knowledge
https://www.hankgreen.com/fourbythree

(need a proper British version is what I'm saying)

Boosted by jakedel@mamot.fr ("S. Delafond"):
freexian@hachyderm.io ("Freexian :debian:") wrote:

Improving Go default compatibility in #Debian, trimming build-essential, Python upstream engagement. #Freexian collaborators worked on these and many more contributions to Debian in May 2026.

Read all the details at https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-05-2026/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

We thank the organizations subscribing to our Long Term Support contracts (https://www.freexian.com/lts/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social) and consulting services (https://www.freexian.com/services/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social) for making this possible.

#golang #openssh #PyConUs

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Gulleko@kind.social wrote:

The Penny Primrose is done!

I could have made the transitions better if I had actually planned ahead, but that level of detail does not happen in any of my plans. 😅

Not sure what part of the pride coif to work on next, I only know that it won't be the black chevron...

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
thedoh@hachyderm.io ("thedoh 🇨🇦") wrote:

Can't quotetoot the original but:

This is a VERY CLEAR attack on open source projects. Why would random people be registering domains en masse for popular open source projects that (currently) only redirect to the authoritative home?

Why? Because they're building search engine credibility. Once the attackers have gained enough credibility, they will pull the bait and swap to an attack payload at the domain.

Exercise EXTREME caution with your internet searches.

https://social.kernel.org/objects/bc6c59fe-a58c-47f7-9f1a-604d21b7f003

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
autonomousapps@mstdn.social ("tony 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴 🚴🧗🏻") wrote:

this story is a little cringe but please forgive me, I was 20 at the time.

In a university course called Perspectives on Environmental Awareness, which was very much an optional elective, one day the professor asked the class: why are you in college? This is not an exaggeration, 29 of 30 students said "to get a good job and make money." I, the lone idiot, said "to make the world a better place."* I think about this all the time, especially as I watch my peers embrace fascism

Boosted by jwz:
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Connecticut passed a law requiring Trump's secret police thugs to show their faces. Their response: Up yours.

Do state officials have a spine or not? Stay tuned.

https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/ice-arrests-danbury-hartford-video-mask-22301159.php

Boosted by jwz:
redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa: 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

this is the correct answer