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Boosted by jwz:
depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("depths of wikipedia") wrote:

amazing article

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

Otis likes sitting in the laundry basket. #CatsOfMastodon

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

"Think you can do better?" CYBERDELIA, Sun Aug 30! There will be Wipeout.
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2026/08-30.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #cyberdelia #electro #bigbeat #trance #cyberpunk #industrial #sanfrancisco

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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

I am a radical in many ways by society’s standards, I’m sure — my ideas of goodness and universal liberation are apparently off the map — but I’m not one of these people who longs for destruction. At heart I’m not a revolutionary, but an engineer.

Destroying things is easy. Building things is hard. And the certitude that we will actually get a better society by destroying the current one first? I don’t buy it. That’s the foolish myth of the greenfield rewrite turned into a social theory.

So when I agree with the QP at the top of the thread, don’t misunderstand me: my agreement is not a wish. It’s a warning.

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

And to be clear, I’m not excited about the possibility of all that violence. I don’t like living in a world where disputes get resolved by murder — even if it’s the murder of truly despicable people. I mean, I’d like to see these technofascists cut down to size just as much as anyone else, but I’d rather that happen in a way that is thoughtful and just. For all its flaws, I still prefer the rule of law, the rule of ever-less-violent social consensus over the rule of violence. I would rather live in a world where we are always making the structures of our society less violent, less coercive, and more just.

I want that. Alas, that is not the direction the world is heading.

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/117095516886981961

Liza's correct.

It’s easy to hear this as a threat, but I don’t think that’s quite correct. It’s just…a fact. To the extent that there is some sort of wall between industry and government, between the market and the state, that is •protection• for the wealthy against violence.

When people don’t believe democracy can hold oligarchs accountable, that's when you get Luigi Mangiones.

When people don't believe that unions or labor law will realistically protect them, that’s when you get violent worker uprisings.

And when militaries believe that specific corporations are functioning as arms of other militaries, well, when Liza said.

Oligarchs now are drunk with consolidation of power, but aren't really thinking through the personal consequences.

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
henryiii@fosstodon.org ("Henry³") wrote:

If you want to be involved in the Python Packaging Council elections, register to vote before August 25! I'm there, along with 16 other fantastic choices. https://blog.python.org/2026/08/2026-packaging-council-nominees/ and ask me questions at https://discuss.python.org/t/ppc-nomination-ama-for-henry-schreiner !

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

I think the phrase that best describes my current political lean and affiliation is "Nuremberg Trial Democrat"

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
liaizon@wake.st ("wakest ⁂") wrote:

@soapdog @computersandblues indeed. They are full computers!

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

@computersandblues @liaizon have you seen https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
liaizon@wake.st ("wakest ⁂") wrote:

@pmjv I'll blow them up with the power of Lithium ions!

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
liaizon@wake.st ("wakest ⁂") wrote:

Ok two more today

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
liaizon@wake.st ("wakest ⁂") wrote:

I forgot to get the latest longitude :(

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
liaizon@wake.st ("wakest ⁂") wrote:

Starting a thread to document finding vapes with rechargable batteries on the street #permacomputing

Vozel (Love 777)
52.4754127, 13.3681683

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

shocked and appalled at such property damage

how will they get the gold, copper and 64GB of DDR5 out now

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
swiftlang ("Swift Language") wrote:

What's the difference between a package index and a package registry? One helps you discover packages, the other hosts and serves them. 📦 A new post explains how they fit together. Read more: https://swiftpackageindex.com/blog/what-is-a-package-registry

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

relieved to see i have learned at least something in rather too many years of idris.

Boosted by jwz:
jplebreton ("JP") wrote:

@davidgerard if people figure out how to build gaming PCs from scavenged Flock parts it's all over

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
pikesley@mastodon.me.uk ("Per Eversionem Patriarchatus Ad Astra") wrote:

Shout-out Andy Burnham for exposing the existence of a whole load of hidden (for extremely legitimate reasons) phones though. Well done you 👏👏👏

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

I don't hear quite so much about embroidery as knitting or crochet but maybe it's starting to pick up interest in what seems to be a hand-crafts revival

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

https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-embroidery-and-how-to-get-started-yourself-288312

Oh, huh, this is the featured article on The Conversation UK today. Neat!

#embroidery

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:

BREAKING: Madman Trump orders Navy to spend billions ripping modern launch systems from aircraft carriers and return to steam

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

RE: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/117095522561610963

Acme Corporation gets no-bid $20 million contract to build Giant Rubber Band Slings to replace steam catapults

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
rebane2001@infosec.exchange ("Rebane") wrote:

the unformatted (left) code clearly carries the message that i wrote those lines 3 mins before i went live and the try/catches are there to make sure nothing breaks during the set

the formatted one doesn't carry that message and just looks like i dont know how to code at all

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
rebane2001@infosec.exchange ("Rebane") wrote:

code auto-formatting is evil cuz sometimes it just makes sense to shape yr code a certain way

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org ("AI6YR Ben") wrote:

"Unexpectedly"

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/u-s-retail-sales-unexpectedly-post-largest-drop-in-more-than-a-year

#economy #inflation

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

@wd9ewk seeing the homebrew PVC-and-stuff antenna in your profile pic made me smile 👍

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
pmb00cs@mastodon.online ("Craig Stewart") wrote:

It's been a year since I was made redundant. I've failed spectacularly at contracting. I'm looking for employment. I'm an experienced IT Operations Specialist. I have DevOps, agile, and management experience. Based in South Yorkshire. I'm going to try out requesting help on the fediverse. #GetFediHired

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

In the corporate world, have you ever had a boss who led by anxiety? They do stuff like emailing you really late about a project so that you stress in bed. Stuff like that?

I really hope that practice and behavior congeals in our minds and gives us the language to call that shit out because it's abusive.

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

on the one hand, I *am* going to be hiking in places where cell coverage is spotty at best along the coast & hills N of San Francisco.

on the other hand, I cannot help but wonder how much TSA is going to freak out at me having an amateur radio rig (an FM voice “handi-talk”) and supporting hardware in my carry-on bag.

I would love to hear about your experience, if you have taken ham radio gear through airport insecurity recently.

#travel #Ham #HamRadio #TSA #AmateurRadio #airport