Mastodon Feed: Posts

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
nova@lunar.place ("Nova :neocat_floof_cute:") wrote:

​:neocat_floof_catmode:​

Nova sittig on the couch like a sphinx, her paws in front of her. She's looking up with a mildly owo expression. There's a ball between her paws

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by pixxl:
sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place ("The Seven Voyages Of Steve") wrote:

Because the alternative is awful to me. To cave to the call to “joiiin usss, thinnkk of the prrroductivvivvity”. To be one of the people pulling levers that they think are directly attached to anything, but are in practice just giving vague signals to a planet-burning mass theft database someone else controls, which could choose to do almost anything. But right now chooses to string you along for far, far less than even the direct cost. Wonder why they’re doing that? 🤔

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
nova@lunar.place ("Nova :neocat_floof_cute:") wrote:

​:neocat_floof_owo:​

Nova sitting on an armrest of a couch, kinda loafing, her front paws obscured by a pillow. She's looking at the camera with an owo expression
Same, but from the front, showing her front paws. She's still very owo

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
nova@lunar.place ("Nova :neocat_floof_cute:") wrote:

​:neocat_floof_cute:​

Nova is flopped behind a curtain, leaning against a corner

Mastodon Feed

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

Mastodon Feed

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

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@jzb/117207618016534587

Great words from @jzb on deradicalization being valuable, but pointing to people doing the hard work of empathy and deradicalization to *excuse* bad behavior is just dangerously counter-productive

(Some extra context is this part of the thread https://lobste.rs/s/ipy9xw/normalized%5Ffascism%5Fopen%5Fsource%5F12#c%5Fn5ohiz )

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
jzb@hachyderm.io ("Joe Brockmeier") wrote:

@cwebber Two things can be true: Daryl Davis seems to be a truly wonderful human being doing The Lord's Work(TM) in trying to reach out to people who are racist, etc., and teach them better ways. I admire him greatly.

I sometimes wonder if Davis is unintentionally doing more harm than good, though, because his story gets trotted out in so many discussions with the implication (or outright assertion) that you can't be intolerant of bigots because they allegedly can be turned around if everybody just works hard enough. It's not their fault, really; they're just misguided. Don't be mean to them; even when they're openly working toward eradicating whole groups of people, *you* just have to work harder!

The fact that someone like Davis can *sometimes* reach those folks and walk them back does not excuse them one iota. It certainly does not obligate the rest of us to tolerate bigotry and worse when people like DHH use their position to advocate for what amounts to genocide or at least apartheid. (Being charitable, let's assume that DHH and Co. would be content to "merely" segregate Europe and the US so that white people are the majority and hold power.)

In my mind, the right approach is to ostracize bigots, etc., and work to prevent harm. Only after they are unable to inflict harm on their targets is it a priority to reach them and try to bring them back into a healthy society. As long as they are hurting people it is not reasonable to let that continue in the hopes that *maybe* they can be compassioned into reason. And there are some folks, like DHH, that I don't think can be reached regardless.

Some people are bigoted and cruel because it's what they've learned and they can unlearn it. Some people just like it, and you could try everything under the Sun and never reach them. It is unimportant to me to try to distinguish between those groups as long as they are a threat to innocent people.

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
jeypawlik@comicscamp.club ("Jey Pawlik 🌈🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Hey I'm Jey, a nonbinary comic artist! My specialty is autobio and character-focused short stories.

I've got two completed webcomics under my belt (Dead City & Gender Slices), I'm posting comics every Tuesday at https://topazcomics.com plus bonus content at https://patreon.com/jpawlik

I also make monthly comics for @OhJoySexToy

My portfolio: https://jpawlik.com
My art blog: https://jpawlik.com/blog

Since I moved servers, you find my old posts at @jeypawlik@mastodon.art
#MastoArt #Comic #Webcomic

Comic page done in thick black ink and one solid 50% grey tone. Panel one, Mikael is walking over to the couch and JP asks "Are you okay?" and Mikael responds "Yeah?". Panel two, Mikael has sat down on the couch, wine glass in hand. JP asks "Are you drunk?", and Mikael replies "YESS!" Panel three shows a medium close up of JP saying "Isn't that a bad idea with all the zombies around?" Panel four is a close up of Mikael's drunk but smiling face, he says "You didn't mind last time" a bit seductively. Panel five is a similar shot but a close up of JP's face saying "But-- we should still be careful." Panel six pulls out and shows both boys on the couch together. Mikael saying "It's been ages since we saw one and they're all slow and clumsy now." JP says "Now?" Panel seven shows just Mikael from the waist up holding his wine glass saying "Right, you weren't out at the beginning."
Alola Darumaka webcomic page done in black lines and deep pink tones. The comic is titled "Daven's First Day of School Part 1" Daven has his backpack on at the front door and he calls out into the house "I'm heading to class now, Maka." Darumaka replies from off-screen "One second please!" Daven kneels down to see Darumaka packing her own little backpack. He says "Remember, we talked about this? I can't take you with me." Cut to Daven leaving the house clutching his backpack straps while Darumaka presses herself up against the window crying as he walks away without her.
A car chase, showing Lupin's fiat coming up quickly towards a construction site. He jumps the site as Zenigata and the police are right behind him. The fiat makes the jump and a loud crash is heard as an older Lupin smiles while turning the fiat around dramatically with a "screeeeeeeeee"
Comic page done in thin black lines and coloured with shades of teal. First panel, I'm splashing into the water wearing swim trunks and my top surgery scars visible and healed. The word "Splash" is big behind me. Panel two is a thin panel of the surface of the water. Panel three shows my head breaking through the surface of the water going "PAH!" still smiling. Panel four shows me happily floating in the water with my partner and a friend in the background asking "How is it, Jey?" and I reply "It feels so great!"

Mastodon Feed

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

The Gimme Some More music video by Busta Rhymes is an avant garde masterpiece. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=un3NkWnHl9Q&ra=m

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
timixretroplays@digipres.club ("Tim 🎮") wrote:

My bread is a cube, your argument is invalid.

Turns out a 300g flour recipe will make a perfectly adequate 12cm cube of bread if you actually let it rise for long enough - this thing sat in the cube tin for about 90 minutes in the early spring sun.

I got one unnervingly perfect square of bread out of it before it started to bend under the force of being cut. Having solved the shape question, I now need to upgrade my bread knife to one that actually cuts.

A photo of a cubic loaf of bread sitting on a kitchen cutting board, near a cooling rack. It is an oddly perfect cube with light golden sides and darker brown edges and corners.
A photo of an unsettlingly perfectly square slice of bread on a cutting board. There's no curvy edges or obvious top side to it.

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

Legacy thinking: An iron fist in a velvet glove.
Modern solutions: An invisible hand in a surgical glove.

Survey: Health benefit costs expected to jump 8.2% in 2027, the biggest increase since 2003 We field the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans over the summer, and each year in mid-August we take an early look at the responses so we can release the projected health benefit cost increase for the upcoming year as soon as possible. While it’s usually exciting to see this important data point for the first time, this year it was almost hard to look — and yes, it was as bad as we feared, if not worse. Total health benefit cost per employee is expected to rise 8.2% on average in 2027 — the highest increase since 2003 — even after accounting for planned cost-reduction measures. Employers said that the cost of their current plans would increase by 11%, on average, if they took no action to lower it.
A stock market guide in which analysts predict that the UnitedHealth Group's stock prices are going to go up 20%, citing greater demand and reduced costs, and recommending a strong buy.

Mastodon Feed

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

Yes, it's good, and important when feasible, to participate in de-radicalizing people by approaching them with empathy and helping them understand that the path they are on is dangerous

But publicly *excusing* someone powerful and famous who's deep down that rabbit hole isn't that.

Mastodon Feed

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

Sorry but DHH calling people wolves that need to be shot does not come "from a place of caring" https://lobste.rs/s/ipy9xw/normalized%5Ffascism%5Fopen%5Fsource%5F12#c%5Fgzsbdi

You can defend any horrible genocidist this way: oh they were a good family member, a nice neighbor, they're worried about their kids. But what you're doing with that is enabling genocide https://lobste.rs/s/ipy9xw/normalized%5Ffascism%5Fopen%5Fsource%5F12#c%5Fgzsbdi

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

In honor of Uber shutting down in Nigeria this week, here’s my favorite story about Uber in Nigeria.

Attachments:

Mastodon Feed

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

Anybody else ever wonder if we have a notation that can describe that breathy portion of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus"? 🤔

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
ploum@mamot.fr wrote:

I don’t have a smartphone…
…or, at least, I wish I didn’t.

https://ploum.net/2026-09-02-i%5Fdont%5Fhave%5Fa%5Fsmartphone.html

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by krig@goto.liten.app:
benno@eigenmagic.net ("Benno") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nextdayvideo/117206296975095466

This was both fun and depressing. The content was hard for both of us to write. The structure and delivery was delightfully chaotic.

Mastodon Feed

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

TFW your pop culture references are all older than the people you regularly interact with.

Mastodon Feed

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

As a person trying hard to be a decent human being, I want software projects that reject fascism so that we can build a better world.

Mastodon Feed

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

RE: https://wandering.shop/@cstross/117207304402292070

ugh

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

NEW BATTLEGROUND POLLING: A strong majority of voters – across 2026 and 2028 battleground states, and among voters of color in the South – are most persuaded by messages that pair affordability and accountability together, instead of either affordability or accountability on their own.

NEW BATTLEGROUND POLLING: The new findings from Indivisible and Lake Research Partners show that: 1. Affordability and accountability messaging paired together outperforms either message alone. 2. Voters see a rigged system and want their elected leaders to fix it. 3. Anti-establishment outsiders who take on corruption are viewed more favorably than either party because they have that credibility Voters want concrete action against powerful interests
90% of battleground voters agree that politicians need a concrete plan to make life more affordable.
88% say these plans must focus on both lowering costs and addressing corruption.
73% of voters are more likely to support a candidate who fights for both lower costs and accountability.

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bert_hubert@eupolicy.social ("bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦") wrote:

If you care about intelligence agency / SIGINT law & have access to a translator, you might find this overview of the just released proposed new Dutch and Intelligence law interesting. Might be enacted in 2027. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/de-wiv-202x/

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

The Unit42 report about ransomware being run by AI is false, it was marketing fluff. The report contained no actionable info and no evidence, and after the media ran it, they removed the ransomware claim entirely.

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wonkette_bot@wonkodon.com ("Wonkette Headline Bot") wrote:

What Do You Call 13 Justices On The Supreme Court? A Good Start! https://www.wonkette.com/p/what-do-you-call-13-justices-on-the

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kr1st@mastodon.radio ("Alex KR1ST/PA1ST") wrote:

1966 video by the United States army on sending the International #Morse code using a hand key (straight key). It was mentioned in a book I just finished about covert radio agents.

Pretty cool that YT's closed captioning interprets the morse code sent as music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-petiNdCIY

#hamradio #AmateurRadio

Hand on a strait key tapping out Morse code. The closed captioning reads: [music]

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog from the *new* toot-lab") wrote:

well

the yak’s start coming and they don’t stop coming grab the sharp shears and ya hit the ground running

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

The genius of RFC6919 is that every proposed new term cites an earlier RFC as an example in use.

https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6919/

Mastodon Feed

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
AnachronistJohn@zia.io ("Bitslingers-R-Us") wrote:

@traumweh I’ve been running #NetBSD servers since the ‘90s, having settled on NetBSD after Linux started becoming less and less what could be used from O’Reilly books, further away than even AmigaDOS.

I run several colocated servers that host a good number of dynamic sites (WordPress, Drupal), DNS for hundreds of domains, hundreds of email users, services like SearXNG, Akkoma, various virtual machines, plus shell accounts for many users for all kinds of programming languages.

There are plenty of things others want to run that I don’t want to, but I haven’t found anything I’ve wanted to run that it can’t run.

Since not all the world’s an amd64 system, I only run binaries I compile myself, plus several of my servers are non-x86.

As others have pointed out, NetBSD can be quite boring in good ways, which is really wonderful once you realize how much time that leaves for other things.

Mastodon Feed

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

this would be very bad

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/economy/trump-irs-college-nonprofits.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.-VA.eEDv.ONi5Zhyh7S0p&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Mastodon Feed

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

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/117207049150500920

woah