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Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
ehashman@cloudisland.nz ("e. hashman 🇵🇸") wrote:

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
tsyum@thepit.social ("ts 🚇") wrote:

Young Hawaiian student discovers a fungus in coconut husks can decompose plastics, sunscreen:

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2026/05/11/coconut-fungi-decompose-plastic/

“[Vera’s] success is a testament to our public school system which is doing a wonderful job supporting and training our next generation of students. I can’t wait to see what discoveries she makes in college!”

#education #science

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

After I got the "right answer", I asked myself the question that I ask all AI boosters when they say that it worked, which is "'worked' compared to what?". And I realize that the pre-AI tools for finding solutions via human connection have all decayed as a result of the funding pumped into the AI versions. Case in point being Stack Overflow; SO has degraded so much that it didn't even *occur* to me to post my question there.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

I ask Claude and ChatGPT a question every month or so in order to keep my impressions of their performance grounded. In general they've been consistently disappointing. Yesterday I had a question that traditional search completely failed at, and I had this kind of experience <https://taggart-tech.com/reckoning/> where Claude knocked it out of the park, which (while my proximal problem is now solved) mostly just gives me a sinking feeling.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
TheBreadmonkey@beige.party ("The Bentalist") wrote:

Monday again tomorrow fam

Attachments:

• video: Nice young woman in a white top and dark trousers but wearing a lanyard like she's at some kind of convention. A chap in a cap interviews her with a big microphone.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
lindsay@masto.hackers.town ("/bin/snep-v9.12.18-LP") wrote:

This is your reminder that creating something with your own paws, even (maybe especially) something simple, is a radical act of good in this world. Flexing your creative muscles is good for your brain, good for your mental health. Even if you think it looks like shit, it's *your* shit, and it's a step towards better.

Go make something. Flex the creativity.

This is *our* world.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
combs@mastodon.art ("Chris Combs (he/him)") wrote:

come see six short plays about my artwork, "Periscopes," one night only in DC:
https://rorschachtheatre.thundertix.com/events/253031

They gave me a $10 coupon to share, "COMBS"

I'll be briefly introducing the artwork before each showtime

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

okay that was one of the most refreshing showers of my life. probably the hours of tedious cleaning before it.

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
gwenbeads@mathstodon.xyz ("Gwen Fisher") wrote:

Night Sky over the City
Gouache on cotton paper
8” square

Someone suggested that I paint a landscape with that crazy color triad I tried out in my last color wheel, the one with fluorescent pink, vivid teal, and muted yellow. So here it is! Now, one of the colors I used is opera pink, which contains fluorescent dye, and fluorescent paints are ALWAYS fugitive, which means they will fade over time with exposure to light. So I mixed in some better lightfast magenta with the pink, so that when the fluorescence fades, the pink will still remain. All the rest of these colors aren’t going anywhere.

#painting #gouache #landscape

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

(This toot brought you by replacing yet another toilet seat.)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

Of all the surprises "adulthood" has had in store for me, developing strong opinions about toilet seat brands is one of the funnier ones.

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

@bw @neatnik I used this helpful book and had a lot of fun 👍

https://htmlforpeople.com/

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Day 3 without Internet, 15:30.

I had an argument with myself.

Unfortunately, neither side could look up a source.

The argument remains unresolved.

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
macmanx@social.lol ("James Huff :prami_pride:") wrote:

💞 18 years ago today, I married my best friend, @sjwallin , and I look forward to even more decades with her. :)

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

I'm going to have to start believing that Spider-Man is real. This photo is straight out of a comic book.

jwz wrote:

Panopticars.

Parked Waymos actively record 360-degree video and audio even without passengers aboard. Waymo discloses no fixed data retention schedule, storing footage for a vague "reasonable" timeframe. Armed with 29 external cameras, LiDAR, radar,...
https://jwz.org/b/yk%5FB

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
404mediaco ("404 Media") wrote:

"This is what the emperor needs. This technology will help us find the rebel scum and their hidden base on Hoth. This technology will help us find Luke Skywalker as he traverses the universe in his X-wing." https://www.404media.co/darth-vader-spoke-in-support-of-flock-at-san-diego-city-council-meeting/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
jbenjamint@mastodon.scot ("🐕") wrote:

@afewbugs I wish a lot more organisations would have a goal of being able to conclude policy statements with "this is what Love requires of us".

Boosted by jwz:
genex@sfba.social ("gene x") wrote:

Seen in SF on my bike ride yesterday

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
skinnylatte@hachyderm.io ("Adrianna Tan") wrote:

I feel like #Teochew people have always been fighting for our rights.

A huge Teochew movie from China (about Teochew immigration to SE Asia) was set to be screened in Singapore.. dubbed in Mandarin only.

People were upset, and we got the imperialistic Mandarin-only media rule removed.

@PhoenixSerenity check it out!!

#Singapore #Languages #Chinese

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

Do you dare to touch the belly

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

Choosing to see expressions of concern tied to supporting bigoted people and platforms as “eating their own” is fascinating to me. As long as there are people who view accountability as something negative, we’re going to continue to see this divide.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
Balise@hachyderm.io wrote:

Stupid'o'clock alarm clock was, indeed, worth it.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
aesthr@wandering.shop ("Æ.") wrote:

Big success of this week: I got all my coworkers to stop using LLMs by making a pretty good security and data protection argument.

Please clap.

Boosted by jwz:
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

DoorDash has been silent as ICE detains and murders their delivery drivers.

But to avoid a 20-cent tax on delivery orders, DoorDash is now backing a bill that would give Trump more authority over DC and its residents.

Delete your account until DoorDash stops fighting to give the regime more power. https://deletedoordash.com/?ref=indivisible

jwz wrote:

Last night, mastodon.social just randomly unfollowed ~14 accounts. It's been a while since I've seen it do that. I'm glad I set up a script to monitor it last time...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
shapoco@misskey.io ("シャポコ🌵") wrote:

らくがき

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Rainmaker1973@zpravobot.news ("Massimo :bot:") wrote:

This Pennsylvania barbershop boosts kids' confidence by paying young customers $3 to read stories aloud during haircuts.

Attachments:

• video: This Pennsylvania barbershop boosts kids' confidence by paying young customers $3 to read stories aloud during haircuts. https://t.co/Ucb3rxWekd

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
soneniko@tech.lgbt ("cat | Niko :v_mlm: 🇱🇺") wrote:

this ine cracked me up when i saw it. sry for the format

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Day 3 without Internet, 14:00.

I found a DVD.
It has a menu.
It has chapters.
It has exactly one movie.

I feel strangely free.