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jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷 I slapped my hands raw, they can't keep doing this to my heart, coming back in the last 10 minutes like this.

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

if any of you are mypy fans (I have heard _mainly_ from those who are not, but I assume some lurkers are) and have the energy for a bug report, this commit reliably causes an infinite-loop hang for me https://github.com/glyph/OmniFocusStreamCounter/commit/454d0727363595b770cb150cc08a0018bc04a783

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

20 hours of community service that cannot be streamed or monetised

what a world we live in 😂

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Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026"):
hosford42@techhub.social ("Aaron") wrote:

"Studies have shown that children begin to identify and punish autistic traits from a young age. Human beings reinforce social norms by hurting people who break them."

If you want to understand why autism is a disability and not just a quirk or a difference, reread this quote until the words find a permanent home in your brain.

"Human beings reinforce social norms by hurting people who break them."

"Human beings reinforce social norms by hurting people who break them."

"Human beings reinforce social norms by hurting people who break them."

This happens every. Single. Day.

https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/laurie-penny-autism

#ActuallyAutistic
#Disability
#DisabilityRights
@actuallyautistic

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

Captain Sully (of miracle on the Hudson fame) has been diagnosed with Alzheimers.

The former US Air Force fighter pilot from California said in a post on his website on Tuesday that his Alzheimer's diagnosis "has challenged what it means to be of service" and that he has found "the answer is to speak up" about the disease.

he has some advice for us all as well

Over the years, when people would ask about the successful outcome of Flight 1549, I would say that 'courage can be contagious,' and on that day it helped everyone band together to get everyone off that airplane successfully

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dydzk2k9wo

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ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

If anyone's interested, you can subscribe to my House of the Dragon podcast via your podcast app of choice, here.

https://pod.link/aHR0cHM6Ly9vdXJzaXN0aGV0aGVvcnkudWsvcnNzLnhtbA

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jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

Messi with that laser beam

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jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

ARGENTINA IS ALWAYS DOING THIS

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mattsheffield ("Matthew Sheffield") wrote:

🚨 Since Trump became U.S. president once again, the country's global reputation has fallen below China for the first time. 🚨

Chinese President Xi Jinping is the first Chinese leader who is more respected than a US president.

Trump's criminal and thuggish behavior is handing the world to China on a golden platter.

Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/07/15/people-in-many-countries-now-view-china-more-positively-than-the-u-s/

Two line charts from Pew Research Center titled "Views of China have turned more positive – and views of the U.S. more negative – across 20 countries." The top chart shows median favorability ratings across 20 countries from 2023 to 2026. Favorable views of the U.S. declined steadily from 58% in 2023 to 54% in 2024, 48% in 2025, and 36% in 2026. Favorable views of China rose over the same period, from 32% in 2023 to 33% in 2024, 38% in 2025, and 46% in 2026. The two lines cross between 2025 and 2026, with China's favorability overtaking the U.S. The bottom chart shows median confidence in the U.S. president versus Chinese President Xi Jinping to do the right thing regarding world affairs, divided into a Biden period (2023-2024) and a Trump period (2025-2026). Confidence in the U.S. president fell from 54% in 2023 to 47% in 2024, then dropped further to 32% in 2025 and 21% in 2026. Confidence in Xi remained flat at 19% in 2023 and 2024, then rose to 25% in 2025 and 31% in 2026. These lines also cross during the Trump period. A note below the charts indicates the percentages are medians based on 20 countries surveyed annually since 2023, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the U.K. The source is the Spring 2026 Global Attitudes Survey.
A dot plot from Pew Research Center titled "How people in 36 countries view the U.S. and China," showing the percentage with a favorable opinion of the U.S. versus China, along with the difference between them, grouped into three categories. In the largest group, more people have favorable views of China than the U.S. This includes countries with very large gaps favoring China, such as Pakistan (15% favorable toward the U.S. versus 90% toward China, a 75-point difference), Malaysia (19% versus 75%, a 56-point difference), and West Bank/East Jerusalem (9% versus 57%, a 48-point difference). Other countries in this group with more moderate but still notable gaps include Spain, Italy, Mexico, France, and Canada. A smaller middle group of countries shows roughly equal favorability toward China and the U.S., including the U.K., Colombia, Brazil, Ghana, and Hungary, where the differences are within about five points in either direction. In the remaining group, more people hold favorable views of the U.S. than China, with the largest gaps seen in Israel (81% favorable toward the U.S. versus 19% toward China, a 62-point difference) and Japan (50% versus 11%, a 39-point difference). India, South Korea, and the Philippines also fall into this category with more moderate double-digit gaps favoring the U.S. A note indicates statistically significant differences are shown in bold, with data from the Spring 2026 Global Attitudes Survey.
A dot plot from Pew Research Center titled "How people in 36 countries view Trump and Xi," showing the percentage with confidence in each leader to do the right thing regarding world affairs, along with the difference between them, grouped into three categories. In the largest group, more people express confidence in Xi than in Trump. This includes countries with very large gaps favoring Xi, such as Pakistan (12% confidence in Trump versus 83% in Xi, a 71-point difference), Malaysia (13% versus 66%, a 53-point difference), and Singapore (19% versus 67%, a 48-point difference). Other countries in this group with more moderate but still notable gaps include Mexico, Italy, Canada, Germany, and the U.K. A smaller middle group shows roughly equal confidence in Xi and Trump, including South Korea, Ghana, Peru, Argentina, Nigeria, and Chile, where the differences are within about three points in either direction. In the remaining group, more people express confidence in Trump than in Xi, with the largest gap seen in Israel (10% confidence in Xi versus 66% in Trump, a 56-point difference). The Philippines and Japan also show substantial gaps favoring Trump, each at 18 points, along with India, Poland, and Colombia at more moderate double-digit gaps. A note indicates statistically significant differences are shown in bold, with data from the Spring 2026 Global Attitudes Survey.
A set of four diverging bar charts from Pew Research Center titled "People in 17 middle-income countries tend to say the U.S. interferes more and China is a more reliable partner." The first chart shows the percentage who say each country interferes in the affairs of other countries. For the U.S., 22% say not too much or not at all, while 75% say a great deal or a fair amount. For China, the split is even, with 45% saying not too much or not at all and 45% saying a great deal or a fair amount. The second chart shows the percentage who view each country as a reliable partner. For the U.S., 48% say not at all or not too reliable, while 49% say somewhat or very reliable. For China, 27% say not at all or not too reliable, while 69% say somewhat or very reliable. The third chart shows the percentage who say each country contributes to peace and stability around the world. For the U.S., 52% say not too much or not at all, while 40% say a great deal or a fair amount. For China, 41% say not too much or not at all, while 58% say a great deal or a fair amount. The fourth chart shows the percentage who say each country takes into account the interests of countries like their own when making international policy decisions. For the U.S., 51% say not too much or not at all, while 42% say a great deal or a fair amount. For China, 38% say not too much or not at all, while 57% say a great deal or a fair amount. A note indicates the percentages are medians based on 17 middle-income countries, including Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Turkey. The source is the Spring 2026 Global Attitudes Survey.

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Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026"):
aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

I don’t usually share messages from the government but this one’s important so please pay close attention.

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jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal

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jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

It would be narratively incorrect for england to win with that lazy little tap with Argentina playing chess and bringing all these dramatic plays

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soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

I had to repost this manually because the WordPress.com / Jetpack social plugin didn't include the hecking preview image >.<

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brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026") wrote:

Here's an open question for Fedi: So much of life involves trying to do things where you have some control over the outcome but not a lot. Jobhunting, for example. I can make applications and learn skills and network but at the end of the day someone has to offer me money in exchange for services and they could just say no for pretty much any reason. It's so easy to jump between extremes of trying to control everything (not possible) and giving up entirely. How the hell do you navigate this sort of uncertainty?

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soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

https://soatok.blog/2026/07/15/the-long-tail-of-work-left-until-activitypub-has-e2ee

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mebbie@woof.tech ("Mebbie 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Commission art for @soatok ! Was fun drawing that flowy tail ^^

#furry #FurryArt #fursona #drawing #art #cute #oc #DigitalArt #anthro #FurryFandom #FurryArtist #MebbieArt

Inside a room lit only by the colorful blue night sky outside, Soatok has his hand under his chin, slowly moving his tail as he ponders and wonders about future ideas and projects.

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brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026") wrote:

@glyph @whbboyd schrödinger's security remediation

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brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026") wrote:

@glyph And +1 on how easy it is for anything that isn't Discourse to get swept up in Discourse

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

that would make the garden happy

Praise the fucking rain gods! Possible light rain starting in 1 minute.

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

@rachelplusplus if you are curious about why I mentioned simulations though, that's a reference to https://github.com/glyph/fritter/ and specifically https://github.com/glyph/Fritter/pull/10 which is a somewhat awkward way of describing that change

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brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026") wrote:

@glyph Oh yeah I notice that too! My discourse posts get way more attention than my gamedev posts.

I understand why, but... it does not reward the healthier behaviour 😭. I try to like/boost/reply to things that aren't Discourse in the hopes that I don't perpetuate similar

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Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
mcc wrote:

@glyph I propose introducing the Metric Light-Second as the standard definition of both distance and time. Lack of convenient overlap means you don't even need to specify unit. So by this standard a Nano is approximately one foot, a micro is about a third of a kilometer, a deci is about the cirucmference of the earth, a hecto is about two minutes and a kilo about 15, a mega is about 11 days, a giga is about 30 years, and all we'll need to do is introduce a new SI prefix for 10^7 for convenience.

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

uh oh even this is AI discourse, oops

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

I do not have sufficient confidence in my threat-modeling skills to say for sure that it shouldn't be, though, so I will keep doing things the old way, pretending like anyone with a frontier LLM and a few tens of thousands of dollars to blow on a demo of how many exploits they can find would not also be able to find it in a few minutes

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

the annoying thing here is that this is a mildly interesting fix, but like everything in the slopsec era, it's like… technically a mistake, that is technically related to security, but it's also just kind of a general hardening thing that I don't *think* should need to be embargoed?

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

so okay how does one vaguepost about an embargoed security fix, in such a way to keep oneself engaged in the problem at hand. would it be like, um, hey fellas, did you ever have, like, a program. on a computer. and it had a problem in it?

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jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

How in thee fuck do football goalkeepers defend against when someone is in the corner and ricochets it off someone who is in front of the goal. That shit could go anywhere

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Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026"):
fluffy@plush.city ("fluffy 💜") wrote:

For folks who have been interested in #Canimus and #FederatedStreaming, I'm working on a revised specification that cleans up a lot of the problems that emerged during its development. It's also probably changing names, the current best candidate being "Chorus." (The repo name will change after the draft is finalized.)

Check out the WIP rewrite at https://github.com/PlaidWeb/Canimus/tree/draft/chorus-rewrite and please comment on it at https://github.com/PlaidWeb/Canimus/pull/19

(cc: @lorenzosmusic @fairplayer @wjmaggos )

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jwz wrote:

Today in Hoffman Lenses.

Everybody Hates Elon: "Meta has spent years tracking us online," said a spokesperson for Everybody Hates Elon. "Now it wants to track us in the real world too." [...] "Meta and Ray-Ban's new AI glasses can be used to secretly...
https://jwz.org/b/yk9Y

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

I wanted to stream today but the main thing that is catching my attention enough to actually code on for the moment is a security remediation which I should not leak to my one (1) probable Twitch viewer, so maybe I'll vaguepost my way through this