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

with absolutely no comment, BBC America television presented two back-to-back news reports: one story on race cars burning fuels zooming around Washington DC, and the next story on world wide weather effects of the currently emerging (and huge beyond belief) El Niño.

no connections made nor even speculated upon. no consciousness of climate as expression of energy system? ugh.

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

they say god invented the natural numbers and the rest we did to ourselves.

well i have to tell you that nats can be fucking annoying too.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
d-max@pixelfed.netsi.xyz wrote:

Nobody Expected Wings

I was hunting something else entirely — camera ready, eyes trained on a completely different corner of the garden — when this one simply landed in front of me and ruined my plans. That's the thing about chasing subjects: the ones you're after know you're coming, and the ones you're not don't care. Richmond birdwing, sitting there with those impossible colours like it had nowhere better to be — velvet black, that green you only believe when you see it, a body dipped in yellow with a single drop of red at the throat. I had about three seconds to forget everything I'd been planning and just press the button. No setup, no patience, no strategy — just luck dressed as a butterfly. Sometimes the best photographs aren't the ones you hunt. They're the ones that hunt you back.

#birdwing #butterfly #macro #luck #naturephotography #serendipity

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ZhiZhu@newsie.social ("Zhi Zhu 🕸️") wrote:

"Trump is trying to take away the American Bar Association’s ability to accredit #law schools due to its being too woke...

The right has railed against both the #ABA and higher #education in general for some time now... Accreditation is just another tool in this #culture war—#Trump even called it his “secret weapon.” It’s also worth pondering why the most #corrupt president in #history would want to cripple the law school education apparatus."

#DonaldTrump #Corruption #Politics #News #US #USA

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz ("Anthropy") wrote:

yasss my 2013 nissan leaf AZE0 now has a 69kWh battery! the meter shows 450km+, but I just drove 70km on the highway and it only used 13% so that amounts to about 540km on the highway, absurd for a 13 year old electric car!

I also got a Chademo to CCS2 converter plug, so I'm now able to charge at absolutely any random fast charger, removed the TCU (Telematics), replaced steering joints, etc. This 13 year old car is ready to go for another decade!

#carmodding #ElectricVehicles #NissanLeaf

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

BitCam 2 is live!

A complete rewrite and upgrade of this classic 10 year old iPhone 1-bit camera app:

Greatly expanding the Camera mode,
adding a brand new Editor mode full of pixel-perfect surprises,
and full native support for iPad/macOS

Free download! https://bitcam.app

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

https://www.democratsabroad.org/de-north%5Fcentral%5Fbavaria%5Fevents

Lookit all these cool events coming up in North & Central #Bayern!

I'm definitely working the voter assistance stand in #Regensburg and will try to attend many others.

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

don't be a chromophobe

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
n0madz@social.lol wrote:

Stumbled upon this project when rejoining the fediverse and am not ashamed to admit that setting it up, tinkering and making small modifications, while revisiting photos/images I’ve collected and taken over the years has been just a ton of fun.

I’m honestly surprised at how much I enjoy it (not to mention it lets me put a domain to use that had been collecting dust).

Here’s my small corner of the #ocular webring (so far the only webring I’m a member of):

https://photos.wzrds.fun/ @rostiger https://merveilles.town/@rostiger/117139463726903106

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jmock@social.lol ("Jim Mock") wrote:

New post: And we’re baaack! https://jimbo.lol/posts/and-were-baaack

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
andycarolan@social.lol ("Andy Carolan") wrote:

Seriously, I should do an AMA about how AI has affected me, as an independent creator. I think there’s a lot that people just don’t realise!

But I will just be told that I’m wrong, or doing something incorrectly, so I won’t bother.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
colinstu@birdbutt.com ("Colin") wrote:

You ever write a note to your future-self and then later on have zero fucking clue what it means anymore?

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

For some reason I have to keep on reminding myself I can Just Do Things

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be ("Ripperdoc. Miya Ironami") wrote:

​:boost_appreciated:​ Do you want free body mods, done by me, under professional supervision?

I'm looking for models to train as a body mod artist!

I have the opportunity to train under Arnulf, from Stigmata Inc, a well-known and highly experienced body mod artist in Cologne.

He would supervise me doing implants (silicon and chips) and scarification. Potentially tongue splits although I need to clarify that.

Procedures will be FREE. Depending on your financial situation, I may be able to finance travel to Cologne, accommodation, and implants (if applicable).

This will be happening over the course of a month and I haven't arranged the dates yet. Some details remain to be clarified, so I'm only asking for who's interested and you don't have to commit to anything yet.

Your participation would help me in my career and in fulfilling my dream of becoming a professional body mod artist.

Let me know if you're interested! I need a lot of models, so everyone's participation is welcome. You can make requests for specific mods.

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

One horse there looks more curious than the rest #iceland #nature #horses

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
nwenny@app.wafrn.net ("how you footwork with no feet!!!! ") wrote:

there is a lot of technically impressive work out there that sucks ass, and a lot of technically incompetent work that fucking rules. do what you want forever and stop stressing out about what art "should" or "shouldn't" be

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
nwenny@app.wafrn.net ("how you footwork with no feet!!!! ") wrote:

sometimes i see a question or post somewhere about music theory and every single time it makes me think about how people focus so much on doing everything "correctly" in the arts that they forget art is about doing whatever the fuck you like

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
cyberquixote@infosec.exchange ("ꍌꋪꏂꌦ꒒ꄲꋪ꒯ :sm64_w: :sm64_i: :sm64_z: :sm64_z: :sm64_a:") wrote:

@brib capitalism dead when

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
dzwiedziu ("Dźwiedziu") wrote:

@brib
Try answering some of them and be taken for a ride multiple times \s

(Nope, I'm not bitter \s\s)

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

Yes. Likewise writing and publishing.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@gennifer.hutchison/post/DcVIx1IGxw8

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
admiralwonderboat ("Admiral Wonderboat") wrote:

time to worry

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
jk ("josef") wrote:

i think being powerful means you can change the physical state of the world and also change what people think about it. if you do something physically big, and tell a big story that purports to explain it, then any opposing story which seeks to undo that thing, however big, will eventually sound untrue, so long as the thing persists. the contradiction of "thing exists, but the story says it shouldn't exist" requires more mental energy to sustain than "thing exists, and the story says it should"

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

ai bubble bursting when

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

"probably a scam, probably a scam, underpaid, scam, ai mandate, scam, underpaid, wants 5 years of experience in niche skill nobody has, scam, ai, scam, scam, scam, more ai, wants 5 years of experience in ai, scam, scam, underpaid, scam that doesn't even pay enough for anyone to fall for it"

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

Reading job posts is the perfect way to induce depression

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

Lovely essay in the @publicdomainrev on the incomparable Dorothy Parker, who provides a coruscating epigraph to my forthcoming book:

"What kind of civilization is it that would take telephones into its privacy so that it could be got at any time, night and day, by anyone with the wit to think of a few numbers and vileness to do nothing but sigh into its drain when that awful, vulnerable idiot answers it.”

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/when-dorothy-parker-got-fired-from-vanity-fair/

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

Donald Trump years ago said*: "I think it's catastrophic that we have $15 trillion in debt."

With Trump as president, we now have $40 trillion in debt. Trump made this worse.

* A video clip of Trump saying this was played yesterday on #WashingtonWeek on PBS.
copy: @renewedresistance #NationalDebt #politics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Amputado@mastodon.cc wrote:

BBC | The #UK , #Canada and #Australia have described as "shameful" Israel's decision not to launch a criminal investigation into strikes on a World Central Kitchen (WCK) convoy in Gaza in 2024, which killed seven humanitarian workers.

The statement said that on 1 April 2024, the #Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired on the WCK convoy as it was delivering food to civilians in #Gaza .

#Palestine

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgl2pe09eno

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MarkAsser@beige.party ("Mark Asser") wrote:

A bit of good news.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/22/northern-territorys-karlu-karlu-conservation-reserve-recognised-as-a-rare-international-dark-sky-sanctuary

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N4JAW@mastodon.radio ("Jim "Ham on a Bike"") wrote:

The New 50% Ham Radio Tariff from Canada to the U.S. is now in effect. Listen how this effects the #AmateurRadio #Hamradio community in the U.S.

https://youtu.be/dc4hKXpjHdw?si=B5PMZyIWHXZLwHE7 via
@YouTube