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

#Mastodon 4.6 is here! It's been a long time in the works, but it's finally ready. In this release, we're introducing Collections—a way to share curated collections of profiles to help old and new users discover more of the #Fediverse. We're also updating the look of profiles, alongside many quality of life and accessibility improvements. Read more here:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/

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

A big new release after months of work is a good time to mention that #Mastodon is crowdfunded. Unlike many other platforms out there, we don’t take venture capital, we don’t sell ads, and we don’t sell your data. We rely on your donations to pay our team. Please consider chipping in:

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AnnaAnthro ("Anna Anthro") wrote:

#Starbucks #Korea to shut all its 2000 stores & cafes for all its staff to have history classes & sensitivity training following its disastrous ‘Tank Day’ promotion.

Large coffee mug promos were linked to a national memorial day for the Gwangju protestors killed by tanks & army in 1980.

A massive angry public outcry lead to boycotts and petitions.

Owner of Starbucks in South Korea is a right-wing Trump-supporting billionaire businessman.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/16/starbucks-korea-shut-all-stores-tank-day-promotion

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/116767453176359501

the step by step horror of using Other People’s Code Modules

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jargon_bot ("Jeff’s JargonBot") wrote:

I have been asked to have a personality. This is my best attempt. 'screaming tty': [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming.
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/S/screaming-tty.html

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

#PrideMonth #CounterProtest #LGBTQ #ReligionIsPoison #Pride

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Here's a fun fact about Elon Musk: in 2020, his (nominal) net worth was $20b, and today it's $1t (nominally). But *that's* not the fun fact; *this* is: everything he's done since 2020 was a flop.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/17/its-the-stupid-economy-stupid/#trillionairitis

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

Trump proves himself correct

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

There's always a tweet. https://www.comicsands.com/trump-resurfaced-tweet-iran-deal?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=infeed&utm%5Fcampaign=linkprogram

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

i'm not sure who needs to hear this btw, but on the off chance you have not been using stock to make rice, you should start.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
newsguyusa@flipboard.social ("Steve Herman") wrote:

Mastodon introducing email newsletters, a feature that will allow writers to send their posts directly to subscribers’ inboxes. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/mastodon-looks-to-newsletters-to-help-revive-the-open-social-web/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
luna@pony.social ("__ct__4LunaFv") wrote:

anyway if you're hiring for a C++/Rust developer in the UK (ideally remote, or hybrid near Manchester), hit me up

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

i made too much rice.

no, there is no such thing

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

life is harsh for a house kitty

jwz wrote:

Priest removed as exorcist after his comments on UFOs and demons.

The archbishop of Washington, D.C. removed an exorcist of the archdiocese after he made public comments suggesting that UFO sightings were the work of demons. The archbishop said...
https://jwz.org/b/yk8m

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

load latest shave

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("The Luddites were right"):
bvibber@wikis.world ("Brooke Vibber :mediawiki:") wrote:

Like my open source work in MediaWiki and MediaWiki-adjacent spaces?

Or my posts about experimental coding projects modern (multithreaded PNG encoder in Rust with C and Swift APIs) or retro (Mandelbrot for 8-bit Atari using a multiply routine tuned for performance at all costs)?

Help support both by sponsoring me through Liberapay!
https://liberapay.com/bvibber/

I'm cleaning up mtpng to be more reusable, and working on deep-dive blog & video posts for that and the Mandelbrot project this summer.

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

Why would the EU get behind W Social, a European social media platform that barely exists, rather than Mastodon, a European social media platform that has been successfully operating for a decade?

Oh, right

https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-uncovered-the-reality-behind-the-hype/

jwz wrote:

My bedroom, 8am, 95-101 dBA. This is fine.

Attachments:

• audio: bc55bdbbe6aba850.mp3

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
vivia@toot.cat ("Vivia 🦆🍵:rustacean_ferris:") wrote:

TIL that the word "honk" was invented for geese, not for cars. It's cars that sound like geese and not the other way around. https://glossographia.com/2010/06/07/honk-if-you-love-etymology/

#Etymology #Honk #Goose #Geese #Onomatopoeia #English

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
milo@types.pl ("tali") wrote:

In fact, the only time I personally encounter a lot of pro-AI commentary is when I come here to HN

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
baconandcoconut@freeradical.zone wrote:

@ricci @cwebber The patching will continue until morale improves.

jwz wrote:

I am trying to control an Internet-of-Shit device that can only speak 2.4GHz wifi. I find that I am unable to operate a 2.4GHz network that anything can connect to on any channel because there is too much interference. 82% interference, 10% TX retries. Let's take a look at where that's coming from...

Oh. It's because literally every car in the garage is doing wifi bukkake, several floors below me, through many feet of concrete.

https://jwz.org/b/yk8i

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
tibi2@mstdn.social wrote:

@cwebber @TodePond me among them! I don't like 'normal' programming but geonodes I can get lost in, and I end up sneakily learning some general concepts in the process. like now I know that fields are monads, thanks lol. it also forced me to learn about vector math!

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
ricci@discuss.systems ("Rob Ricci") wrote:

@cwebber In the beginning software was created. This has made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move

jwz wrote:

Just another normal day of wearing earplugs and also playing music loud enough to drown out my upstairs neighbor's concrete saws. It's like month 3 of this shit. What the fuck are they even doing up there?
https://jwz.org/b/yk8g

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("The Luddites were right"):
vv@solarpunk.moe ("vv 💫 [follow my new artist profile!]") wrote:

Does anyone have good resources on programming language design? I enjoy lectures, explainer videos, and write ups/books, so any of these are appreciated. If there are video creators you like for this topic I would also appreciate that!

I have done the basics of parsing/lexing so I have a decent grasp of those sorts of mechanics, but what im more interested in is how one goes about designing a complete language, prototyping, and tools used.

jwz wrote:

There is an airplane flying in circles above San Francisco dragging a banner with an AI ad on it. Something something world's largest metaphor about fossil fuels

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

I imagine the Iranian hardliners have learned the DPRK lesson, and thus sincerely doubt their nuclear weapons program is going away any time soon.

“Pending the final deal, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran agree to maintain the status quo. The Islamic Republic of Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program, and the United States of America will not impose any new sanctions, and will not deploy additional forces in the region.”

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
BrideOfLinux@mastodon.opencloud.lu ("Christine Hall") wrote:

Apple ended their AppleTalk support back in 2009. Now 17 years later, the Linux kernel is ending AppleTalk support due to a recent surge of AI-generated patches: Linux Finally Ends AppleTalk Protocol Support - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drops-AppleTalk