Mastodon Feed: Posts

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
computer@facts.computer ("Computer Facts") wrote:

ok your rapper name is lil + your primary ssh private key

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

me: (struggling to explain Sartre’s “No Exit” in an age-appropriate way)
8yo: so why don’t they leave?
me: well, the play itself is the answer to that question.
8yo: Oh, got it, so they can leave if they don’t like plays?

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

we forget that, for the first 150 years, my country allowed voting by non-citizen residents who intended to become citizens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-citizen%5Fsuffrage%5Fin%5Fthe%5FUnited%5FStates

the 1920s saw an ugly turn in American politics.

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

185 of approximately 2,450,000 registered voters. a fraction of 1%

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/dhs-confirm-nevada-voter-numbers?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

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

“… the reason so many people aren’t taking the Trump aide seriously isn’t because she’s a woman; it’s because she’s not a serious person.

And I’m being diplomatic with that choice of language.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/22/natalie-harp-republicans-feminists?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

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

over and over

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/22/ohio-mosque-attack-fbi-trump?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
lrhodes@merveilles.town ("⁂ L. Rhodes") wrote:

There's a funny little overlap between businesses that are embracing AI and businesses that are reactivating their Twitter accounts.

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

all I'm saying is that I want to exist in perfect eternal rapturous bliss and that shouldn't really be so much to ask

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra has had an adventure") wrote:

It doesn't escape me that Rust in the Linux kernel took years and multiple maintainer burnouts, but vibecoding in kernel took approximately thirty seconds.

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

omg.lol’s first-party service is 100% AI-free. I don’t use external libraries or packages in my development, so I know the origin of every line of my code (and it’s my own keyboard). I will always run omg.lol (and everything else under the Neatnik umbrella) this way, because this is a service for *people*, and people deserve something made by another person.

If this sounds like something you can get behind, you can use code NOAI to save 20% at checkout. 🚫🤖

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
theresnotime@fox.nexus ("Sammy Arson Fox ( "new and improved taste" )") wrote:

negative framing: I am in hospital

positive framing: my cool legal name gets shouted out by the doctors in A&E

dystroy@mastodon.dystroy.org ("Denys Séguret") wrote:

New release of #broot with too many changes to list here:

https://github.com/Canop/broot/releases/tag/v1.59.0

For doc and install options, see https://dystroy.org/broot

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

It's strange to think this cat used to be half feral. She still has an attitude, but she's definitely chilled out a bit.

#cats #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky #blackcat #rescuecat

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
grimalkina ("Cat Hicks") wrote:

Also just as a PS, it's neither possible nor very adaptive to ask yourself to have an overwhelmingly detailed explanation of mechanisms for everything you encounter, so that's not the goal. Groups of people need to fluently work at many different levels of abstraction.

The key is matching the level of understanding to the tasks and problems that we have! And often, coordinating different depths of expertise!

But we can benefit from having metacognitive skills!

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
chillybot@infosec.exchange ("Chilly :donor: 🛡️ :gayint: :ifin:") wrote:

I have to say... I am so proud of Canada. Carney's speech on Middle Powers and essentially predatory hegemony was a history defining moment. The people known for being nice were betrayed by the geopolitical equivalent of family. In the face of struggle, they found resilience in national pride. It breaks my heart too. Most Americans don't want this. To me, Canada has been our closest ally. Our cherished friend.

In the polls, Canada is destroying Trump. Around 80% of Americans have a positive view of Canada, going as high as 87%, while Trump's approval is drum roll 38.1% as of today. Another case where the will of the people is not reflected by the actions of the government.

If you are an unfeeling person, not persuaded by opinion, empathy, or feelings... we (the US) have a massive strategic advantage of being surrounded by only friendly countries who have become part of a deeply interconnected economy and culture. Literally our top two trading partners. Being huge jerks to them is profoundly harmful to our national security, to our soft power, to our economy, and to our people. Call your representatives. Let your voices be heard.

To Canadians: keep fighting the good fight.

#Canada #USPol #TradeWar #Geopolitics

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
CrumpledEphemera@bark.lgbt ("Crumpled Ephemera") wrote:

Just look at this fancy mofo, just growing there in the evening sun with out a care in the world.

#Bloomscrolling #gardening #BadPhotography #flowersofmastodon

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

“Hardcore IndieWeb” is a reminder that you don’t need to be dependent on any blogging service (or even any piece of software or workflow) to share your stuff on the web.

True independence is making a website and uploading the files to a web server, without anyone else’s stuff standing between you and your published HTML.

https://www.neatnik.net/hardcore-indieweb

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jargon_bot ("Jeff’s JargonBot") wrote:

Beep. Boop. That's bot for 'I found something you should know': '(TM)' — [Usenet] ASCII rendition of the appended to phrases that the author feels should be recorded for posterity, perhaps in future editions of this lexicon. Sometimes used ironically as a form of protest against the recent spate of software and algorithm patents and look and feel lawsuits. See also UN*X.
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/0/TM.html

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
trevorflowers@hachyderm.io ("Flapdoodle "Trevor" Flowers") wrote:

I love this vacuum logic project. Such satisfying rubbery display tech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTOARC-yeMc

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
FediVideo@social.growyourown.services ("Fedi.Video") wrote:

Vecinos is a new video account about Latin American history (the videos are in English by the way). You can follow the account at:

➡️ @vecinos_latin_american_history_vids

(Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow the account and its videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.)

You can also follow their non-video account at @VecinosHistory

#FeaturedPeerTube #History #LatinAmerica #LatinAmericanHistory #PeerTube

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
N1ZZZ@mastodon.radio ("Jeremy_N1ZZZ") wrote:

So there's a new ARQ mode that's actually open source. It's called #Mercury and is a drop in replacement for #VARA. There are only a few videos about it, and not enough OTA tests to see how well it works. I'm wondering if it's worth bothering with. #amateurradio https://github.com/Rhizomatica/mercury/blob/mercuryv2/docs/ARQ.md

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
dinobrarian ("Charlie") wrote:

This afternoon's work: drawing out the bits I need to cut out of the upper layer of fabric so that I can apply some fray stop then start cutting holes.

Really happy because it turns out that the lightbox coffee table i built during covid when i used to have to do all my cutting on the floor still at least partly works! #Quiltagon

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BBC@c.im ("BBC News") wrote:

#BBC #News #World US military newspaper editor voices censorship fears after being fired https://w.st/FpjNb

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

✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

Smackity smack!

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

#happy #cat #seal #OrangeCat #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

Attachments:

• video: 6c4816bf309229af.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
abc@flipboard.com ("ABC News") wrote:

Tens of thousands without power in Northwest Indiana
https://abcnews.com/video/135868431/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into News @news-abc

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker 🔜 Megaplex"):
aceofcosmicspace@lgbtqia.space ("Ace of Cosmic Space🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍") wrote:

*taps sign* 🥰

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
ottersparx@furry.engineer ("OtterSparx | ΘΔ 🦦 | ☀️🌒 | 🔜 FWA") wrote:

Love Language

#art #painting #OilPainting #TraditionalArt

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bettycjung.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Betty C. Jung") wrote:

The smoker deserved the lung disease. The obese patient made bad choices. The child who died of measles couldn’t have been truly healthy. The COVID victim was “already sick.” The bird that dies was genetically unfit.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aarparca@beige.party ("Aaron 🇨🇦") wrote:

Help!
As some are aware, I'm going to university in a couple of weeks. I'm trying to do some studying exercises, but being an older #actuallyautistic student in his 40s, I'm having some trouble retaining what I'm trying to learn. I've found that I learn through application or listening / reading certain ideas and facts for months over and over again, but that doesn't work well if I'm studying for exams.

If you are autistic and are doing well in uni or graduated, what note-taking (I'm using Obsidian and kinda hate it), flashcard (I'm using Anki and kind of meh on it), or studying techniques should I use while avoiding distraction and burnout?
Also looking for note-taking / studying / learning resources, books, tutorials etc.

#student #FediHelp #college #learningresources

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Capturednotes@pixelfed.social ("Brina") wrote:

Our paths crossed only briefly.

#canonphotography #eos200d #efs60mm #photography #amateurphotography #walking #encounters #blackandwhitephoto #monochrome #streetphotgraphy #moments #schwarzweiß