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

What is a keyboard if not a bunch of buttons

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

Back in the pandemic lockdowns I had a bunch of dreams about going outside and travelling, as a thing my brain was desperate to hold on to

Nowadays I have a bunch of dreams about the time of my life where I didn't constantly ask myself "is this LLM output", as a thing my brain was desperate to hold onto

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

disgusting & unprofessional behavior by the Guard

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/04/nx-s1-5918354/national-guard-dc-veteran-detained?unified=true&renderPlatform=nprone%5Fios

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡️") wrote:

:nkoWave: Hello and a good meowing everyone! :blobcathearts: :blobcatsnuggle: Have a most wonderful day and stay safe 😸♥️

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Pouet@eldritch.cafe ("Pouet·te 🎺") wrote:

Omfg I just had the best interaction in a very long time
I was buying a snack at my local supermarket and the manager told me he loved my shirt
I was wearing the pink one with a rainbow that says "Respect my trans homies or I'll identify as a fucking problem"
I answered that I liked being colorful, thinking he was talking about the rainbow and pink background
Turns out, no, he told me I had his full support, that it was an amazing message, that there should be more people openly showing their support and that he had trans folks in his familly

I was almost crying to receive that genuine validation ;-; I hope I'll see him again at that supermarket (which feel much safer now)

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

The rust stands out in the greenery.

#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #countryside #rural #abandoned #decay #rust

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Yegge’s only intellectual asset was a complete disregard for NDAs while working for secretive organisations and even then he arguably misinterpreted much of what he saw. Taking him seriously was always a mistake. (And, yeah, that was a mistake I definitely committed myself at one point.)

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

brew install actions/checkout - Using Homebrew's tap machinery as a curated distribution layer for GitHub Actions.

https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/04/brew-install-actions-checkout.html

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

Also if you're adding cache busting url parameters to api requests to try and get fresher results, I'm just going to block you, don't do that.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
olivia@scholar.social ("Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ") wrote:

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

It's been a year & people tell me they've changed their mind, feel safer now to sign, etc. So I'm sharing it again for them. We're almost at 2k & anybody from anywhere can add their names.

https://openletter.earth/open-letter-stop-the-uncritical-adoption-of-ai-technologies-in-academia-b65bba1e?limit=0

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Attacks on LGBTI people are the warning sign of a wider backlash against democracy - Commissioner for Human Rights”

https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/attacks-on-lgbti-people-are-the-warning-sign-of-a-wider-backlash-against-democracy

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

Curl had it's summer of bliss, @ecosystems is having it's Summer of Piss (taking) by security companies hammering the public api and ignoring the data license.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
ramon_wilhelm@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Ramón Wilhelm") wrote:

I'm looking for a professional sound designer who's also able to do cartoon and ambient sounds.

Thanks to that criminal rat Putin and his stupid war, my friend isn't able to support me. I don't want to be a burden to my friend now.

#NoAI tools allowed! 🚫

#sound #sounddesign #indiegame

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

Anubis upgraded to 1.26.2 and difficulty level increased.

Also found some new security companies heavily scraping, I look forward to seeing whatever they produce with this CC-BY-SA data that I'm sure they will follow the license of and republish their findings under the same license.

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/117032582823441702

Investigating this today, looks like there's a new residential proxy scraping the html of the various ecosyste.ms services, not the json api.

Useragent is all last years chrome on desktop mac, all executing js and passing anubis, see if I can make some tweaks to that config to shut it down.

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

It is therefore disturbing to see the recent trend of proofs being abandoned at an intermediate stage of their developmental process, for instance by an individual or company using AI tools to first generate and then verify a proof, but then showing no inclination to contribute any further to its future development and maturation

wow i can't imagine people just generating stuff with AI and then letting it rot. god forbid!

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

littlegem: one way of getting a bit more dynamism is the top level could be a script which may have the side effect of declaring stuff to emit. this would let you just run code at compile time to decide what to do.

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jalefkowit@hachyderm.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

Just our big wet president having another extremely normal one

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-launches-into-extraordinary-rant-about-disgusting-blue-cities-their-trees-are-all-gross

#USPol

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luckytran ("Dr. Lucky Tran") wrote:

Remember when RFK Jr required proof of vaccination for a party at his Hollywood mansion in 2021?

Watch what they do, not what they say.

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

It's nearly impossible to avoid Doomscrolling. Doom runs on just about anything.

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

cool cool, my spam bin has an alleged 2-day cure for diabetes in it

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
korybing.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Kory Bing") wrote:

The “best” thing about genAI (the quotes are doing heavy work here) is that it’s really lowered the bar on getting into hand-made art. Literally anything you make is better than ai. There’s never been a better time to throw away your fear and start learning that craft you’ve always wanted to learn.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

@aparrish the argument we're personally fond of is that everyone should have the opportunity to learn how computers work, for the same reason everyone should have the opportunity to learn how cars work

if you don't understand them, you'll spend your entire life being taken advantage of by people who do

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

noted: have you seen the price of Raspberry Pis??
https://dbushell.com/notes/2026-08-04T05:12Z/

the PC and self-hosted hobby is dead, guess who ruined it 🫠

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

The title of this video did not disappoint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zLCZ%5FIc1hI

neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:") wrote:

Still have some bugs to iron out (especially with syntax highlighting), but DNS Kitchen’s new zone file editor is getting closer to production!

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
stejfs_photos@mastodon.goeg.dscloud.biz ("Štejf's Photobox") wrote:

2Dance - Hamm 04.2026
2Dance - Hamm 04.2026

#Furry #Fursuit #fursuiting

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:

The article ends satirically with -

"MAGA adherents have also been so thoroughly conditioned by the likes of Elon Musk into unthinkingly surrendering their lives, independence and critical thinking to AI and robotic automation, that I could just as easily see the MAGA hordes lining up in support of the horned, chainsaw-wielding demon robots the moment Musk or Trump tells them to do so."
:mastodance:
https://www.jezebel.com/threehalves-robot-real-or-fake-demon-centaur-evil-satyress-danger-manual-labor-horns
6/n

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

If hackers are so smart, what are we doing in Las Vegas in August?

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
tavi@freeradical.zone ("tavi cat") wrote:

you are not immune to purity culture