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

okay

purity narratives

they harm you if you accept them; they harm you if you reject them

what to do instead?

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

testing :kata_hug:

jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein it is Spooky Season
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/10/07.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

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

The only thing I find special about the Seattle spider scene is all the cross orbweavers living there. This is one species absent from Morris, Minnesota.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/10/07/sorry-seattle-youre-not-special/

neatnik@social.lol ("Treatnik 🎃") wrote:

Just in time for spooky season, there's a brand new omg.lol feature brewing in the Neatnik cauldron...

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
tedpavlic@mas.to ("Ted Pavlic (he/him)") wrote:

New findings show Rosalind Franklin had earlier X-ray crystallography photo revealing helical structure of DNA, and her notes about THAT photo showed she recognized it was helix. Explains why later photograph didn't have notes (and Watson took sole credit)
https://www.science.org/content/article/how-did-rosalind-franklin-miss-helix-her-iconic-dna-image-she-didn-t

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Sunset in the city. A few photos from a recent photo walk. This is in Redmond Town Center.

#darktable #photography #streetphotography

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

@glyph that sounds right

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ericmwalk@social.lol ("Eric") wrote:

🥳 The new feature that built into some.pics now allow you to post to mastodon is such a great add. Finally found some time to integrate it in my Obsidian plugin and found out however @neatnik put this great feature together I can always share it later and doesn't have to be right at original posting. As always thanks for the great work on adding to all these fun things. 👏

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

RE: https://mas.to/@RikerGoogling/117400710102771464

texts from utopia

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jordan@sometimes.social wrote:

@noracodes I know the kids. The kids use "AI" as a pejorative. They hate it more than we do. Almost everyone hates it. The people that actually like this shit are a noisy minority. The battle isn't lost. Most of the datacenters will never be built, and the companies trying to build them will fail; it's already starting to happen.

Opposing CoPilot wasn't pointless. A bunch of people ended up quitting GitHub because of it. They lost a lot of talent and organizational knowledge because of it, tried to lean on AI to make up for it, and now the whole thing is a flaming mess perpetually on the edge of self-destruction. By going all-in on CoPilot, GitHub did an amazing speedrun from the center of the software universe to a punchline in under 2 years.

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emaytch ("margot") wrote:

people complain about rounded corners in modern ui design. but have you considered how much safer this is making the internet for children??

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

done correctly, open source is a gratitude practice which may occasionally produce software

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fasterandworse@hci.social ("Stephen Farrugia") wrote:

Nice, calm, address from @baldur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsEpW03gxKg

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peter@thepit.social ("Peter") wrote:

yes, let's talk about AI regulation, the kind of regulation that makes it illegal/unprofitable for bad actors to stripmine the commons and release this kind of poison into the informational ecosystem. but that's not the conversation about regulation that they want to have.

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

okay on this bluray, can't put things in order knobhead has been joined by mangled all the audio tracks except the commentary dickhead.

spectacular team effort, you couldn't have made it this shit individually.

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no_adesivigrazie ("guerrilla stickers コンボ") wrote:

😇🏴‍☠️ Luigi Mangione Holy Cards!
From the 🎫 DDD kit: https://pixelfed.social/p/gsnag/1002254211346843239
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#gsnag #guerrillastickers #noadesivigrazie #adesivi #stickers #sticker #stickerslaps #stickerart #DenyDefendDepose #Mangione #LuigiMangione

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spflddot ("springfield.community") wrote:

We need your help. Federal cessation of DEI funding as well as federal withholding of funds to Massachusetts generally has left us in an incredibly tough spot. Please donate or share and help us continue our mission of providing essential digital access to Springfield, Massachusetts residents in need https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-springfieldcommunity-4aqqu

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

Enough online infodumping, cya

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jk ("josef") wrote:

why would i take time to do anything on my phone to organize it, or make it nice? its a little garbage spyware toy which can't do anything properly. it's the most patronizing machine in the world. every second i have to use that thing, or even look at it, is a second i could be spending doing literally anything else, for example, doing something properly on an actual computer, or looking at a nice wall or something

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eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Eniko Fox") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/117395630019667600

btw since i get this question a lot: buying on itch means we get almost 150% as much money from your purchase compared to buying on steam

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

Once again listening to the Sheep Dog and Wolf / Sheep Raider soundtrack

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cityhallin@infosec.exchange ("Cityhallin") wrote:

Getting back into photography after a long hiatus due to my workaholic lizard brain being in-charge for a spell. The last couple of days I spent time post-processing a few shots from my Indiana Jones warehouse of unedited shots.

#photography #macrophotography

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
august@chaos.social ("eepy august [0x08] 🏳️‍⚧️🇲🇰") wrote:

a sentence
will always look
like poetry

if you
hit enter
a lot

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joepie91@slightly.tech ("joepie91 needs more railing (🔜 eth0)") wrote:

one of my less obvious frustrations with capitalism as an ideology is that it forces people into *creating* negative externalities, not just suffering them

example: if the work you want to do looks like "collecting and compiling data", then there's really only two options for making a living off that under capitalism: either you collect and compile *private* data, which infringes on people's agency, or you collect public/informational data and you sell (semi-)exclusive access to it, creating information inequality tied to wealth in the process

there is no reliable way to make a living off doing this work for the public benefit; if this kind of work is your passion, your *only* real options for actually doing it are ways that harm society, despite there being plenty of legitimate purposes for data compilation on paper

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

The best-kept secret of (continental) European universities is that many have relatively small tuition fees, even for international students, and many have courses taught in English. (I know because I got an offer from one of them 😜). It can be a route to getting a visa for a lot of countries too.

Unfortunately the UK does not have this kind of fee structure (it is very expensive for UK students and even more expensive for international students).

It's a big step and definitely not one to be taken on a whim; notably I chose a UK university for various reasons. It's really important to do a bunch of research especially when the university system is less familiar. But the option's certainly there

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

For any burned out software developer who can afford it (as well as the logistical aspect of moving house): I recommend going back to uni.

Find something interesting to study, find a department that's a good fit, get permission to take a few years off if you're on good terms with your employer.

No clue what the long-term implications are but so far it's been so nice to have a change of environment and it's done so much for my sense of purpose and general mental health.

(I've tried to caveat this as much as possible because being able to do this is a huge privilege and there are various reasons why someone might not be able to, those reasons are valid, but if you are able to then given the way the software industry is going right now I think there are serious benefits to taking a break or looking for a career change)

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

I also signed up to too many societies over fresher's fair and should perhaps pay for some and quit others

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

I suppose over the past few days I neglected the "social" side of uni life. I should perhaps arrange to meet people so I have a chance of getting friendships going

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

I am so tired but also monotropic brain be monotropic sometimes