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Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
4thievesvinegar@kolektiva.social ("4 Thieves Vinegar Collective") wrote:

A short preamble from The #Anarchist #Medical #Book on #emergency care:

"The few life-threatening things which you can have a nonzero chance of successfully treating
without ever going to the hospital are: blood loss, lack of oxygen, freezing to death, blood
sugar crash, blood clot in the brain, heart, or lung, and tension pneumothorax. A few types of
poisoning/overdose as well, but most of those will be addressed in a separate section."

https://anarchistmedicalbook.com

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

Authors have hidden talents, that's what makes us fun

RE: https://www.threads.com/@tananarivedue/post/DcaARzXm30O

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

Hey, North Carolina, this is the "everyman" the GOP wants you to vote for as Senator this year.

#USPol #PrivateJet

https://popular.info/p/gop-senate-candidate-campaigning

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
simontatham@hachyderm.io ("Simon Tatham") wrote:

Sneak preview of a not-yet-production-quality contribution to Mines. I expected this particular mode to be brain-meltingly confusing, and it is, but not for quite the reasons I'd guessed.

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

Consumer electronics made in 70’s, 80’s and the 90’s with rubber feet are experiencing chemistry first hand as the plastic and rubber turn to goo.

Have you experienced said goo?

#Electronics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MercNews@flipboard.com ("The Mercury News") wrote:

Map: Hawk Fire evacuation near Reno
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/08/24/map-hawk-fire-evacuation-reno/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-MercNews

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
foone@digipres.club ("Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

1994 problems and 2026 problems are sometimes the same

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
foone@digipres.club ("Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Drat, I was looking forward to perusing through the World Wide Web using Mosaic.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
foone@digipres.club ("Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

no, YOU can't sleep so you're installing QuickTime 2.03 for Windows 3.1 at 4am.

shut up

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
joshbressers@infosec.exchange ("Josh Bressers") wrote:

This week on #OpenSourceSecurity I had a chat with @paulasadoorian about a tool he wrote called Fettle and a report he wrote that focuses on advisories instead of just the CVEs

We love making a huge deal about individual CVEs, but most of us have to deal with advisories that clump them together. It gets even weirder when you have to deal with firmware advisories

Paul is always fun to chat with and has some stories that are equal part amusing and scary

https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-08-paul-fettle-cve/

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
CoyoteTraveller@plush.city ("Trav / Theresa") wrote:

I just had a honest to god 100% real dream that I was in a Friendship is Magic episode, where we all had a glowstick rave in an abandoned mine shaft, and the moral of the episode was "always bring a CO2 detector and maybe flashlights"

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:") wrote:

Made a little retro badge thing. If you want an SVG, you can lift it from the bottom of https://prototype.neatnik.net.

Edited to clarify: This work is in the public domain (released under CC0 1.0 if we’re going to be official about it). Have fun!

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

- Research and science has been dismantled or pushed abroad. This is going to tank innovation
- Education is increasingly outsourced to LLMs/ed tech as well

What's going to be left?

It's not entirely clear what the future US economy is supposed to be doing other than buy stuff with debt

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

In the late 90s/early 2000s the US deindustrialised by outsourcing manufacturing

The bargain was basically "you make the stuff, we provide design, research, services, software, and financial markets"

Now they seem to be "de-servicing" as well:

- US films and TV are being shot abroad
- Software dev and related are being outsourced to LLMs and the shift from US models to cheaper non-US ones seems certain
- Finance is all-in on "AI" while tariffs and trade wars destroy its fundamentals

1/2

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

Spider-Man has a GoFundMe.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/24/support-your-friendly-neighborhood-spider-man/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

I am looking once more for theme ideas for Pivot to AI.

hard requirement: complete post text on the front page, with paragraphs, formatting and hyperlinks, unless it's cut off with a "Read more". In two columns.

see https://pivot-to-ai.com/ for what i mean, gotta replace that

there are many themes that don't meet this requirement. it appears rare!

anyone know one that definitely does this?

currently using Blocksy, which does it great except it also completely breaks caching, leading to excess server load when it should be serving static copies

[suggestions of "have you tried afdskjhfdsa-fdsasahfkdsajfsa instead of WP" are not the question being asked thanks]

I asked previously here without results: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/116323282138970741

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

i thought i should relax a little bit by writing some more idris except i've just realised that means going back to my fucking Nat proofs

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

Latest #Strudel composition.

Source:

https://strudel.cc/#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%2BIgoKXyQ6IHMoImhoKjE2IikuZ2FpbigiWy4yNSAxXSo0IikKXyQ6IHMoImJkKjQsW34gc2Q6MV0qMiIpCl8kOiBub3RlKCI8W2MyIGMzXSBbYmIxIGJiMl0gW2YyIGYzXSBbZWIyIGViM10%2BITQiKS5zb3VuZCgic2F3dG9vdGgiKS5scGYoIlsyMDAgMTAwMF0qMiIpCl8kOiBub3RlKCI8W2MzLCBnMywgZTRdIFtiYjIsZjMsZDRdIFthMixmMyxjNF0sIFtiYjIsZzMsZWI0XT4iKS5zb3VuZCgic2F3dG9vdGgiKS52b3dlbCgiPGEgZSBpIG8%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%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• audio: Electronic clubbing-style music

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

Me: Not sure what to do, maybe I should try one of those hobbies I keep wanting to spend more time on.
Brain: Bleh. No energy. Only energy for scrolling.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
sinvega@mas.to ("Sin Vega") wrote:

Hello! I need a room in East London BY SEPTEMBER for a month, possibly two. I'm planning to move in with two others soon but that won't happen before I lose this place.

I need it to be cheap and to have wifi, and the basic living appliances - fridge, freezer, oven, washing machine - but otherwise don't really need much except somewhere to put my stuff (piled high in my room is ok).

I will mostly be in my room quietly working and organising the next move, but I am shockingly lovely in person and will be very easy to live with

Boosts / passing on / whatever welcome, thank you

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

Two Guardian headlines next to each other: "UK graduate vacancies plunge to lowest in a decade", and "UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds".

Where is all this productivity going, if it's not going into training the next generation of workers? Where is it going?????

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
alex@dair-community.social ("Alex Hanna") wrote:

Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19667703-rumors-of-a-singularity-have-been-grossly-exaggerated-2026-08-03

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
alex@dair-community.social ("Alex Hanna") wrote:

Well now they’re just saying anything. We dissect Altman’s doublespeak on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Rumors of a Singularity Have Been Grossly Exaggerated”.

(with @emilymbender)

Attachments:

• video: Two people are speaking with each other on a vertically split screen, looking at a video of Sam Altman, a cis white man with short brown hair wearing a dark blue long-sleeve shirt. Emily is a white cis woman with curly brown hair, wearing glasses, and a white blouse with a multi-colored floral pattern on it. Alex is a brown trans woman with short curly black hair, wearing a pink shirt and black headphones.

Boosted by chris@fedi.freebooters.uk ("Chris Were"):
IzzyOnDroid@floss.social wrote:

Some vibe-coders protest their apps are rejected too fast, can't be a proper review. Well, they explicitly wrote it's vibe coded, and our policy does not allow that. It's like:

"I tried to place my book in the children's library, telling them it's all porn. They rejected it as unsuitable within 9 minutes. How could they tell that quickly? They can't have read it in that time!"

🤷‍♂️

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
kxtcd950@freeradical.zone ("David Jolley") wrote:

So; I've spent the afternoon playing with my virtual server setup at home. Along the way, I've found the need to write down a couple of interesting things I've found about how I can make my linux experience less frustrating.
So obviously, I spun up a new blog which contains at least one post on how terminal information can be passed between machines (which, despite having used linux for a long time, I literally found out today).
The blog is: https://apollo.lucien.me.uk/~dave/

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
veronica@explains.social ("Veronica Explains") wrote:

OK fedi: who do I know that's self hosted a podcast RSS feed before?

I'm tempted to spin one up using a static site, wondering if anyone has done this recently and can warn me about pitfalls.

Note: I know of Castopod and lots of other dedicated podcast hosting platforms, I'm trying to avoid bespoke "podcast engines" and just build an RSS feed on a static site.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
b_rain@troet.cafe ("b-rain") wrote:

Once in a lifetime pic
#mothtodon #moth #humor #meme

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

So close.....

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 24th 2026 (Easy), in 03:14
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https://cluesbysam.com

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Day 3 without Internet, 18:00.

I spent twenty minutes trying to remember the name of an actor.

Normally I would simply look it up, now I have to live with not knowing.

I'm beginning to understand why ancient civilizations invented religions.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

Anyway if you've found my posting here entertaining or any of that sounds good to you, it's nice to get the validation that even $1/mo can bring :). Thanks for reading, now back to non-self-promotional (and thus non-excruciating) posting…