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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

This was just marked "fixed" after a multi-year implementation odyssey. Huge tip 'o the cap to my colleague Claire Chambers for getting it across the line!

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40503852

/cc @jaffathecake

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Boosted by pixxl:
grimmy ("Gary "grim" Kramlich") wrote:

@CursedSilicon yep.. yet they'll tell me with a straight face that I'm going to be left behind even though I'm already nearly lapping them.

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jwz wrote:

Boy, I sure wish Rockbox didn't just... completely fuckin' suck. When it does this, the only thing you can do is reboot, and that means "hope you didn't want to listen to any music for the next 15 minutes."
https://jwz.org/b/yk%5Fa

Screenshot

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jaykuo@universeodon.com ("Jay Kuo") wrote:

I admit, when my own toddler wails non-stop, I start to tune him out. Trump is doing this to us on a national scale, and the press now just shrugs.

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Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
Niina@piipitin.fi wrote:

"I'm not overthinking. Things are overhappening."

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Boosted by ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)"):
simontatham@hachyderm.io ("Simon Tatham") wrote:

A couple of weeks ago I showed a preview of a new mode for Mines, in my puzzle collection. I'm pleased to say that the new Mines is now completed and live! You can now play Minesweeper on a wide range of tilings in your browser
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/mines.html
or download a desktop version from the parent page which supports the same set of grids.

As well as the support for lots of grid types, there's also a new user preference (off by default) to make it easier to play on them. When you click on a clue square to potentially clear around it, the existing flags adjacent to the square light up, to make it easier to count them and work out how many more mines you're still expecting. Particularly useful in the hat tiling, where it's easy to mistake exactly what is adjacent to what!

I expect different people will prefer different grids. Personally I think the triangular grid is particularly tricky and puzzly; the hexagonal honeycomb makes a gentle introduction; the Cairo, Floret and Kites tilings are a nice set in between those extremes; and of course the aperiodic tilings are there to keep you on your toes and ready for anything.

Many thanks to Anders Höglund for this excellent piece of work.

A game of Mines in progress on a grid of equilateral triangles.
A game of Mines in progress on the "Cairo" tiling of irregular pentagons.
A game of Mines in progress on a Penrose P2 tiling of kites and darts.
A game of Mines in progress on a tiling of Spectre monotiles.

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Boosted by krig@goto.liten.app:
gamewire@gamefan.net ("GameWire 🎮") wrote:

Dwarf Fortress co-creator says his life as a millionaire is 'basically like reattaining what my parents could do with regular jobs'

Tarn Adams lives in a house now. I bet that's nice.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/dwarf-fortress-co-creator-says-his-life-as-a-millionaire-is-basically-like-reattaining-what-my-parents-could-do-with-regular-jobs/

#gaming #games #videogames #gamedev #indiegame #pcgaming [PCGamer]

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

The Internal Office of Cats (IOC) has confirmed that 5 pounds of dry cat food in a sealed bag has been taken out of storage and relocated to the kitchen, citing "increasing geopolitical unrest".

The IOC said on Wednesday the cat food bag is now being stored in the kitchen because it can be more easily accessed "in a crisis situation".

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

no, this is not a sweet pepper

newly harvested Serrano pepper in my hand

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:

Breaking, exclusive and spicy, from me:

A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase on this service, it appears to be siphoning images collected by a widely-used identity verification company based in Louisiana. KrebsOnSecurity also has learned that the New Orleans field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today launched an official inquiry into the source of the images.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/

#databreach #privacy #id #breach #fbi

A record available at this identity theft service that includes the drivers license for U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is one of several high-ranking U.S. government officials whose drivers licenses can be found for sale. The record shows a picture of Hegseth wearing a suit and tie.

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Boosted by pixxl:
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

RE: https://social.lol/@brennan/117182194255361262

Everyone wants to be "punk" because of the cultural capital being "anti mainstream" can give but doing that with LLMs really misses the whole point.

Punk is about _DIY_ and LLMs/"AI agents" are the opposite of that.

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Boosted by pixxl:
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

The pitch of "You know three chords now you're in a band" and "make a zine on a copier and staple it together" was about you being able to do what you want your way. To actually empower you to explore what you can, want to, have to say and change in the world. The "output" is an accidental side effect of the exploration of self and (very importantly!) community. LLMs are about isolated creation of artifacts without relation to the process and the self.

LLM usage is by definition _anti-punk_.

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Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
astrid@tiny.tilde.website ("แอท-ทริด") wrote:

this corrupted pdf is making my day https://archive.org/download/iso-standards-collection/ISO-7010-2003%20Graphical%20symbols%20%E2%80%94%20Safety%20colours%20and%20safety%20signs.pdf

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
coreyspowell ("Corey S Powell") wrote:

The Hubble telescope has spotted an enormous, 10-sided geometric cloud pattern encircling Saturn's south pole.

And this Saturn decagon seems to be new, taking shape as we watch. Weird winds are wiggling on the ringed planet!

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-tracks-new-decagon-encircling-saturns-south-pole/ #space #science #nature #art

Recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope images show the gas giant Saturn and its southern pole, where astronomers have discovered a 10-sided atmospheric wave. Observations show the decagon extends through multiple layers of Saturn’s atmosphere. Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, Agustin Sánchez-Lavega (UPV), Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
virtualbri@mastodon.online ("Brian Tatosky") wrote:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-nspm-7-314a-patriot-act

Oh remember when we said the PATRIOT Act would be used against people domestically?

"HSI — DHS’ investigative agency, housed under Immigration and Customs Enforcement — used NSPM-7 to justify a wide-ranging investigation into the financial records of unions, climate groups, and more."

If you're following at home, NSPM-7 says antifa is a "domestic terrorism operation" and if you oppose this government, you're antifa.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

BREAKING: On a 212-205 party line vote the US House passes anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions) measure to federally defund any college or university that boycotts the apartheid state of Israel.

FYI! People have rights. States do not have rights! Boycotting Israel is just as valid as boycotting Saudi Arabia as was boycotting apartheid South Africa.

Boycott is protected free speech. Banning boycott of apartheid Israel is an indefensible First Amendment violation.

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cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

Ohhhhhh mesh to curve, of course!!!

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

So I released something!

My favorite VR game in the world, SUPERHYPERCUBE, has been ported to the Playstation®VR2, by… ~me, actually~ (with support from the original developers)!

It is currently half off if you owned the PS VR1 version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwPJOcEoofk

This is an arcade-style spatial reasoning game, kind of like "Tetris" from the perspective of the Tetris block. It is an audiovisual feast and has an incredible sense of presence.

If anyone you know has a PS VR2, please let them know!

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cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

tgif!!!!!!!!

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cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

good beans wednesday

@mcc
@dthompson
@davidrevoy
@aeva
@civodul
@TodePond
@vv
@mlemweb
@jzb
@jfred
@mntmn
@joeyh
@cstanhope
@baconandcoconut
@karen
@antijingoist
@tsyesika
@liaizon
@josch

there are many more good beans, but these are some particularly good beans

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Boosted by jwz:
mcfadden ("Brian McFadden") wrote:

Democrats are offering an abundance of midterm messaging. https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

(panel 1 - Title on a political lawn sign.) Democrats' Midterm Messaging (panel 2 - A lawn sign featuring Hakeem Jeffries.) Trust Me (Jared Kushner Does!) (panel 3 - A lawn sign.) We Need $5! Your Grandma Stopped Responding to Our Texts (panel 4 - A lawn sign.) Fight Gerontocracy with Necrocracy (panel 5 - A lawn sign.) Consequences This time we MEAN it! (panel 6 - John Roberts stealing a lawn sign.) VOTE! Roberts, "YOINK! That's illegal now."

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Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
jadetopaz_95@awawa.club ("jade topaz 🌺 :flag_lesbian_new: :blobhaj_flag_nonbinary: (spain/EU edition!)") wrote:

trying to potentially find more people around my age demographic in Madrid, mainly gender-nonconforming beings and women

anyone around? (a boost would help)

(also, I'm 18, close to 19, so yea)

español: Me gustaría encontrar más personas de mi edad en Madrid, principalmente seres que no se ajustan a su género y mujeres

¿Hay alguien por aquí? Prefiero conocer hablantes bilingües de inglés/español.

Tengo 18/19 años. (gracias @Owen_G_Richards)

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cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

I'm getting things done and they are moving along

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

Only two days into September and we’ve already surpassed $5,000 raised for St. Jude. Incredible!

Penelope, our resident IRC bot, notifies everyone in the #general channel whenever a new donation comes in. We see them all in real time! :penelope:

(Also, if you‘re not on irc.social.lol, what are you waiting for?!)

@robb and I are so grateful for your generosity. :prami_happy:

https://stjude.omg.lol

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Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
davidrevoy@framapiaf.org ("David Revoy") wrote:

Resonance

Bonus speedpaint: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/miniFantasyTheater/068.html#bonus

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

Panel 1. Cepper, the gothic sorceress, stands on her high chair, in her painting workshop, with an empty canvas in front of her on the easel. Her expression is blank, staring in the void. On his perch nearby, her Avian Intelligence (AI) Parrot speaks out loud a notification. > Parrot: "Breaking news: Penguin Academy authorizes grimoire contributions made with Avian Intelligence." > Parrot: "Third major magic school this week after the Pointy Hat and Daemon." > Cepper: "..."
Panel 2. The Parrot leans forward, studying Cepper's face. She hasn't moved. > Parrot: "I thought that would make you furious." > Cepper: "No. It's been like this every day for weeks now, so much so that I've lost my ability to feel outraged..." > Cepper (smaller): "And all motivation..."
Panel 3. General shot in the workshop, Parrot process while Cepper slowly pick one brush from a pot aside of the canvas. > Parrot: "So what are you going to do?" > Cepper: "Paint what I actually feel."
Panel 4. Close up of Cepper applying a brush stroke on the canvas. Her voice is quiet, her eyes still blasé, but trying to focus on the canvas. She made a first step. > Cepper: "If this resonates with someone... that will be well enough." > Cepper: "Enough to not feel alone in this."

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Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
Foritus@toot.dusepo.co.uk ("Charlotte") wrote:

I, as a subtle and very reserved woman, obviously would never contemplate getting a bag with "EAT ME" on it

A blue handbag with a patterned floral backsplash, and the cover-flap has a large blue and white chequered bow that says "EAT ME" in the middle, surrounded by hearts.

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Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net ("Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:") wrote:

#JustSayin

Two astronauts in space meme with one astronaut pointing a gun at the other. Astronaut without a gun: "Wait. All domain names and DNS are ultimately under control of the US through ICANN?" Astronaut with a gun: "Always has been"

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Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
astrid@woem.space ("‮dirtsa") wrote:

.unwrap().unwrap().open().unwrap() :neocat_googly_woozy:

use pcap::Device; let mut cap = Device::lookup().unwrap().unwrap().open().unwrap(); while let Ok(packet) = cap.next_packet() { println!("received packet! {:?}", packet); }

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cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

I only make the most basic ass rigs and I can tell you, I would not want to rig models for a living. Mad respect for the people who manage and build such complicated puppetry machines

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

I told you I was going to do it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/02/i-got-a-haircut/

new haircut