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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

anyway get those shots folks maybe it will be easier this round

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

In addition to the panic attacks on the front end, I usually have a _really_ uncomfortable reaction to the flu shot, and the covid jab gives me less bad, but different issues, which usually means a combo jab is a ~week of seriously reduced function? But this time I am basically fine after a rough time getting to sleep? if anything I'm better than a few days ago

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samreich@mastodon.online ("Sam Reich") wrote:

genuinely baffling to see game changer anywhere on this list and in this company. i'm still taken aback when people call us a "TV show"!

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

ass is maybe … 35% kicked. this really could be worse

jwz wrote:

Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people?

Me: You park your car at the top of a hill. You leave a note on the dashboard that says "please be good" and then you pull the parking brake. The car careens down the hill, smashes everything up, and you put out a press release saying "My car ignored my instructions! It hallucinated! It went rogue!" Your insurance company not only believes you, but invests $100 million in your company.

Mom: Jesus Fucking Christ

https://jwz.org/b/ylA5

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todbot ("Tod Kurt (todbot)") wrote:

Just got my copy of Pulp Circuit music circuit zine from Ha! Labs. Print only! Contains a free PCB! Full of circuits! I'm very excited. https://huntingtonaudio.com/products/pulp-circuit #synthdiy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

this is partially a story about macOS but it's also just a story about every platform. you need to know the platform's intent in offering some API, because if you think you can brute-force your way through some unintended behavior, most platforms will just break it on you eventually, or at least (mostly on Windows) create some emulated shim that only barely keeps old versions of your apps working, and can't be relied on for maintenace

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

this rhymes with the occasional problems that Python developers get ourselves into by running non-framework builds. like yeah the OS will execute your code, and it'll all probably work, but now you'd better know all about the internals of WindowServer and XPC service authentication and mach-port allocation that previously you got to blithely ignore for talking to things like graphics, sound, geolocation, and sensors, because they're all maybe broken now

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

macOS tells you that your bundle executable is the thing that should run, and when it terminates your application terminates. you're not supposed to fork() or exec() or anything to get to the "actual" app, just run.

of course it's "just UNIX", you can kinda do whatever you want as long as some program is running, right? you can ignore whatever structure the OS *says* is impossd upon you.

except then stuff like this happens

https://github.com/caldwell/build-emacs/issues/157#issuecomment-6018781043

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

"any improvements in road networks lead to no alleviation of congestion, but usually more use of those roads: what is often referred to as induced demand. Improvements to the road network may even make congestion worse if the improvements make public transport more inconvenient to use, or if they shift investment, causing disinvestment in the public transport system."

h/t https://retro.social/@ajroach42/117394812577238735

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ajroach42@retro.social ("Andrew (making toys)") wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downs%E2%80%93Thomson%5Fparadox

This is a "paradox" that I just stumbled across on wikipedia.

It says, basically, that traffic gets better when public transit gets better and gets worse when public transit gets worse, and is otherwise essentially unaffected or only negatively impacted by improvements (or degradation) in the quality of roads.

If you want traffic to get better, build trains.

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zelenskyyua@zpravobot.news ("Volodymyr Zelenskyy :bot:") wrote:

We’ve got updated intel on Russia’s preparations for a massive strike. I ask you, please, to take care of yourselves and respond to missile threat alerts. Ukrainian services and our Air Force are ready to respond – as much as our defenses allow. And a lot depends on our partners – every country in the world that has the defensive capabilities we need and can provide them to us. It’s very important that there be the political will to do this – particularly in the United States and in Europe.

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• video: We’ve got updated intel on Russia’s preparations for a massive strike. I ask you, please, to take care of yourselves and respond to missile threat alerts. Ukrainian services and our Air Force are ready to respond – as much as our defenses allow. And a lot depends on our partners – every country in the world that has the defensive capabilities we need and can provide them to us. It’s very important that there be the political will to do this – particularly in the United States and in Europe.

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

this day

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Hit%5Fany%5Fkey%5FA.jpg

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

ow. we are experiencing what we think is probably tendonitis today, but in a new place

sorry, body. we're not going to spend a day not typing :/

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joyousjoyness ("Joy") wrote:

✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

Revenge!!

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

#happy #cat #funny #joyousjoyness #cute #repost

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• video: 6b545330fe9af3fc.mp4

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ginaintheburg@mastodon.world ("Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴") wrote:

So, as Katy Tur/MSnow points out, Trump back-pedaling to stop stealing from the taxpayer directly to create broadly political ads designed to support GOP campaigns to switch to *directing* PACS to pay for them is just switching from grossly illegal to less illegal modes.

Make him reimburse us & pay for it all. He can afford it.

#USpol #Elections2026

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kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange ("Kevin Rothrock") wrote:

kinda breathtaking to watch the U.S. media establishment lose its shit about one maybe-plague death in a Russian backwater town with 3,887 confirmed measles cases reported in the United States, SO FAR, in 2026

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jripley ("John Ripley") wrote:

Related: If a user interface occupies more display area than the content, then the author considers their application more important than the content.

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jripley ("John Ripley") wrote:

Low-contrast, low-affordance user interfaces are the natural result of assigning low value to the content it controls, and the people who use it.

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TheConversationUS@newsie.social ("The Conversation U.S.") wrote:

White men under 30 show the highest support for white nationalism, at 13% — more than double women their age.

A study of nearly 8,000 white Americans also found stronger support among those whose closest friendships are online only and not in person.
https://theconversation.com/white-nationalisms-appeal-runs-deeper-than-partisan-politics-292676

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Ann1944@vivaldi.net wrote:

https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/

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zelenskyyua@zpravobot.news ("Volodymyr Zelenskyy :bot:") wrote:

These days remain a time of remembrance of the horrific tragedy of Babyn Yar for many people around the world. Today, government delegations from Israel and Germany came to Kyiv to honor the memory of nearly 100,000 Jews, Ukrainians, Roma, and people of different nationalities, professions, and faiths whom the Nazis murdered simply because they were different. Together with Israeli Minister Zeev Elkin, German Federal Minister Karin Prien, Chairman of the Directorate of the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center Dani Dayan, government officials, rabbis, and ambassadors, we lit memorial candles beside the menorah at Babyn Yar. It is important that, despite Russia’s brutal war, our partners are able to come to Kyiv on the 85th anniversary of this tragedy to pay tribute to all the innocent victims of this terrible crime. And it is our shared duty to stand united against evil so that such tragedies never happen again.

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• video: These days remain a time of remembrance of the horrific tragedy of Babyn Yar for many people around the world. Today, government delegations from Israel and Germany came to Kyiv to honor the memory of nearly 100,000 Jews, Ukrainians, Roma, and people of different nationalities, professions, and faiths whom the Nazis murdered simply because they were different. Together with Israeli Minister Zeev Elkin, German Federal Minister Karin Prien, Chairman of the Directorate of the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center Dani Dayan, government officials, rabbis, and ambassadors, we lit memorial candles beside the menorah at Babyn Yar. It is important that, despite Russia’s brutal war, our partners are able to come to Kyiv on the 85th anniversary of this tragedy to pay tribute to all the innocent victims of this terrible crime. And it is our shared duty to stand united against evil so that such tragedies never happen again.

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AAronL1968@shakedown.social ("AAron Leckinger") wrote:

Congress has worked so few hours this year that they would not even meet the work requirements for Medicaid, the work requirements they passed and put in place

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Abelvicent ("Environmental Conservation") wrote:

🌿 This image beautifully reflects what we believe at YECI: nothing in nature should be wasted. From seed to growth, harvest, use, and return, nature teaches us that everything is connected. 🌱 We may work in different places and communities, but we are one people with a shared responsibility to protect the Earth. Let’s not segregate ourselves, let’s share knowledge, learn from one another, and work together for nature and humanity. 🌍🤝

#EnvironmentalConservation #SustainableFarming #Nature #Food

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SpiritualAnnie@chattrbx.com ("Miss Annie, Eccentric ☮️ she/her/Miss") wrote:

US Senator Murphy says Pentagon denied him access to US base in Qatar | Reuters

"The Al Udeid Air Base is the largest US base ⁠in the region and has repeatedly been attacked by Iran during the war launched by the US and Israel in February."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senator-murphy-says-pentagon-denied-him-access-us-base-qatar-2026-10-06/?link%5Fsource=ta%5Fbluesky%5Flink&taid=6ac4fb60a431ad00017b0ce8&utm%5Fcampaign=trueanthem&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=bluesky

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phil@newsie.social ("Phil 📸") wrote:

President Milo Minderbinder suggests how the Iran war could end:

Trump was discussing the possibility of Iran developing a nuclear weapon and stated, “They could take out a city. Let ‘em take out Los Angeles. Let ‘em take out San Diego,” as the crowd cheered. He went on to say, “This is a very small price to pay..."

The obvious solution is for Trump to negotiate the end of the Iran war by promising to have the US military bomb LA and SD on behalf of the Iranians.

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VeroniqueB99 ("Vee") wrote:

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tusk81 ("Gabe Ortíz") wrote:

“Family members of Virginia Giuffre, a prominent victim of Jeffrey Epstein, accuse U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in a new ad of covering up the sex trafficker’s crimes and ties to society’s elites in the latest salvo of an increasingly competitive congressional race.”

https://www.denverpost.com/2026/10/05/jeff-crank-tv-ad-jeffrey-epstein/

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ericmbudd ("Eric Budd") wrote:

hey all, posting my 2026 voter guide! a lot of work when into writing this year (about 35 hours total) and I hope you find it useful. let me know if you have any questions about what I wrote.

covers all Colorado ballot measures and more specifics if you live in Boulder County / City of Boulder. cheers!

https://bouldercoloradovoterguide.com/election-guide

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markmoxon@universeodon.com ("Mark Moxon") wrote:

New: Four interactive guides for building 8-bit Elite from Bell and Braben’s original source disks… all in your browser

Covers the BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Apple II and 6502 Second Processor versions of Elite

You can find links to all four guides in the first section of my deep dives index:

https://elite.bbcelite.com/deep%5Fdives

#retrocomputing #8bit #BBCMicro #Commodore64 #AppleII #Elite