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

Quenepas as a Puerto Rican fruit that tastes tart with a sort of slimy texture that turns into a mango-ish texture once you suck it. There's a big pit, like 80% of it.

It's my fav fruit. Reminds me of my childhood in Miami.

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

Over at Whatever, some thoughts on the upcoming 250th anniversary of the US, how I feel about it, and how it affects what I will be doing with the rest of my life.

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2026/07/02/some-passing-thoughts-about-250-years/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Scary Austin") wrote:

Yesterday in #WashingtonDC, on the steps of the Capitol where protest is currently not allowed (!), an active duty officer in the #AirForce deliberately broke the law to honor his oath of service. He called for the removal of Trump, and he wore his uniform to do it.

Rep. Al Green, my favorite member of Congress, and the Removal Coalition stood with him, as did a crowd of DC protesters.

#50501movement #Trump #fascism #military

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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

House of the Temple, Washington, DC, 2023.

All the pixels, none of the secret rituals, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53288608886

#photography

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

#Canada is aiming to co-announce around 10 founding nations for a #global #defense bank at next week's #NATO ​summit in Turkey, the lead Canadian negotiator told Reuters on Thursday.

Canadian Prime ‌Minister #MarkCarney is promoting the Defence, Security & Resilience Bank ( #DSRB ) as part of his call this year for an #alliance of "middle powers" to combat what he sees as the fracturing of ​the traditional #US led world order.

#NewWorldOrder #geopolitics #Trump
https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-aims-announce-10-countries-backing-global-defence-bank-nato-summit-2026-07-02/?utm%5Fsource=braze&utm%5Fmedium=notifications&utm%5Fcampaign=2025%5Fengagement

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
sovtechfund ("Sovereign Tech Agency") wrote:

We are looking for a Program Manager to lead the #SovereignTechFellowship and #SovereignTechStandards network, two cohort-based programs that engage directly with open source maintainers and contributors.

Apply by 17 July 2026: https://www.sovereign.tech/jobs/program-manager-fellowship-standards

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kilroy_was_here@dobbs.town ("Kilroy_Was_Here") wrote:

I'm raisin my lonely dental floss

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁!") wrote:

#Firefox idle

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
gwenthefops@transfem.social ("Gwen the Neo Fops :therian:") wrote:

@brib@bribstodon.xyz @Owlor@meow.social that's part of why I keep saying I do mediocre writing and things

I don't mean to put myself down, what I want to do is put out the fact that I'm having a blast not being good at something and that I don't need to be good at something

Getting compliments is nice but like, I wanna share that I'm happy.

And yeah, I agree that social media and that pressure to "be good" is a problem. Is how we end up with so many people also thinking that they are not good looking enough, or are not making enough money or that stuff

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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

AI leaks your company’s code secrets faster than ever

we just need corporate to care more about security than convenience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8pYlcLq64&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260701-ai-leaks-your-companys-code-secrets-faster-than-ever - podcast

time: 5 min 23 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/01/ai-leaks-your-companys-code-secrets-faster-than-ever/ - blog post

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
grmpyprogrammer@grumpy-learning.com ("Chris Hartjes") wrote:

New blog post — I used LLM’s and all I got was this lousy layoff https://grumpy-learning.com/blog/2026/07/02/job-search/

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
catpunk@piperco.global ("vita phantomdoom") wrote:

my gender is tired gay dog

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gwenprime@www.librepunk.club wrote:

so which one of you is the excommunicator and which one is the excommunicatee?

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange ("Jess👾") wrote:

@rooster That the 14th Amendment didn't guarantee birthright citizenship was some crackpot white supremacists' nonsense legal theory until last year when Trump proposed it. Then suddenly out of the woodwork, Conservative lawyers suddenly and mystically "discovered" this hidden secret interpretation that says it didn't mean what it says, and pumped it out on the right wing sloposphere.

It's worth remembering - they literally live in a completely different information sphere than we do, full of bizzaro news and commentary. Those justices and politicians, brains are cooked by their constant consumption of crackpot conspiracy theories and nonsense cherry picked lies.

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

My mastodon timer has nearly run it's course.

Guess it's back to doing more decluttering

le sigh. Please don't make me go viral before I check in again tomorrow

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Feeling green #Plushtodon

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
joeyh@sunbeam.city ("see shy jo") wrote:

I've spent about 100 hours of work to make sure git-annex can build without dependencies that contain LLM generated code. At least so far.

https://git-annex.branchable.com/no%5Fllm%5Fcode/

This has me reconsidering my continued use of #haskell

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

Peak art, found while decluttering

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

A joyful song about preserving craft and art amongst the pressures to give it all up to genAI https://youtu.be/dVVLPF%5F-Ckk

(HT @beebrookshire)

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

"if you wouldn't drink it, don't cook with it" says person who clearly spends a lot more on alcohol than me.

not that that would be difficult these days.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
beebrookshire ("Bethany Brookshire") wrote:

Oh me. Oh my. Do we want the arts to die? https://youtu.be/dVVLPF%5F-Ckk?si=2jB-V3P3WgK2QCYK

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
demofox@mastodon.gamedev.place wrote:

What To Learn To Be A Real Time graphics Programmer
https://blog.demofox.org/2026/07/01/what-to-learn-to-be-a-graphics-programmer/

I wrote this up over lunch and it's surprisingly popular so sharing over here too.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
meljoann@topspicy.social ("Meljoann") wrote:

Finally just deleted the Reddit app off my phone. Was just subscribed to some music & film subs.

In the last few days, anti-immigrant astroturfing campaign is ramping up to extremes in all the British subs (which I never subscribed ofc to but show up in me feed anyway)

They are showing anti-immigrant stuff to an immigrant

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
elena@aseachange.com ("Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂") wrote:

European institutions seem to be all in when it comes to introducing age verification mandates for citizens in member states: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/commission-sets-out-common-approach-eu-wide-age-verification-technologies

I now have daily anxiety thinking about the future of the fediverse.

So how do I channel this fear and turn it into something constructive? I'm going back to writing #selfhosting guides for newbies.

It's a great distraction, which gives me a bit of hope. Especially the next guide, which will cover my favorite fediverse software - #GoToSocial (which is powering this instance) - and how to install and configure it. Your own little home on the fediverse! Lightweight and features-packed.

Surely something like this would fall outside the scope of regulation. Right? Right?

#MySoCalledSudoLife #YunoHost #VPS #AgeVerification #privacy #EUBigTech

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Owlor@meow.social ("Owlor 🦋") wrote:

I've noticed that a lot of defenses of AI art don't come from any particular regard for AI, but a seething contempt for mediocre artists. Like, a lot of "anti-anti-ai" arguments I've seen seem to primarily take issue with the idea that there's a functional difference between mediocre human-made art and the output of a weighted random number generator.

I think this comes from devaluing craft as an aspect of art, especially the craft involved in things that isn't considered respectable like kitsch, generic furry commissions, trashy romance novels or clout-chasing youtube videos. These are all things people can do as they are developing their skills as an artist and forging connections with other artists that also brings in a modest amount of cash if you're lucky.

It's not an easy thing to just "churn out" a couple romance novels a year, that requires a lot of discipline and an understanding of your art to be able to produce that much workable prose in a short amount of time. And like, those are skills that will serve you well when you do decide to make something more ambitious.

It's unfortunate that most artists do their generic potboiler pulp art under a pseudonym so people rarely get to see how important that is to the creative ecosystem, from their perspective, good authors and artists just sort of pop into existence randomly with a full set of skills and the discipline necessary to write 100 000 words.

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

A hearty "fuck you very much" to any conservative who is now braying that the 14th fucking amendment doesn't mean what it says in plain fucking language, and that especially means you, Clarence Thomas, you fucking well know better, you're just an asshole

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

Why not start the day with a good old-fashioned schism

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/europe/vatican-excommunicates-breakaway-catholic-group-intl

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Nonilex@masto.ai wrote:

#US #economy added just 57,000 #jobs in June — far below expectations — amid elevated #inflation, global turmoil

US employers pulled back on hiring last month & added only 57,000 jobs, less than half the previous month’s total & a sign companies still have a cautious economic outlook.

#labor #CostOfLiving #affordability #trumpcession #recession #trump
https://apnews.com/article/jobs-economy-hiring-labor-49c7a993b394e6ae3f801c8e3c0d39dd

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@esoastronomy/116844616500605008

We're thankful and overwhelmed by the positive support this has garnered!

If you'd like a deeper dive on the threat of satellite constellations, check out our latest Chasing Starlight episode with Olivier Hainaut, ESO astronomer and author of the paper we featured yesterday, and Betty Kioko, ESO's Institutional Affairs Officer, who coordinated our response to the FCC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJNwAKSL17s

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science #environment #pollution

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
fesshole ("Fesshole 🧻") wrote:

I've only recently learned that ACAB means "all cops are bastards". I thought it meant "assigned 'cunt' at birth".