@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-31 23:55:20
At midnight on 1 January, the flexible credit card-sized pass used by millions of New Yorkers to get through subway turnstiles is being terminated from sale just as a new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, takes office.
The transit system will fully transition to #Omny, a contactless payment system that allows riders to tap their credit card, phone or other smart device to pay fares, much as they do for other purch…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2025-12-30 23:22:30
Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️
Ares steers his chariot towards a #NewYear 🍾
"The Amazones of the Doiantian plain were by no means gentle, well-conducted folk; they were brutal and aggressive, and their main concern in life was war. War, indeed, was in their blood, daughters of Ares as they were."
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.989
@marcel@waldvogel.family2025-11-26 06:20:27
«Eine solche Form der anlasslosen und flächendeckenden Überwachung steht im direkten Widerspruch zu den Grundprinzipien einer demokratisch organisierten Gesellschaft. Sie verletzt nicht nur das verfassungsrechtlich geschützte Recht auf Privatsphäre, sondern auch international garantierte Menschenrechte.»
@…, Co-Geschäftsleiter der @…
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com2025-12-28 20:53:42
I bought something the other day which offers a rebate via Venmo. I provided the merchant my email, and sure enough today I got an email from Venmo saying they've sent me a payment.
Except... clicking the link directed me to create a new Venmo account, and would fail if I was signed in with my existing account.
So I tried to contact Venmo support. Of course the chat is just LLM garbage these days, and it made up in invalid URL for me to "verify" the email address on…
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2026-01-01 14:41:30
Good Morning #Canada
And #HappyNewYear. I have a suggestion for a #NewYearsResolution2026 that I hope you can participate in. At the very least, please boost the crap out of the idea, steal it and use it as your own or promote the hashtag at every opportunity.
During a random conversation with @crispius a few days ago, we sparked an idea on how to get people off of toxic tech bro social media and onto #Mastodon. What if all Mastodonians agree to convert at least one person into a Mastodon user in 2026. This could include supporting them to make them an active and loyal user. Help them find accounts to follow, finding their personal community, building relationships with followers, etc. It's a grassroots strategy for getting people to move to this platform.
We could use the hashtag #BringAFriendToMastodon to share ideas, strategies, or success. Perhaps ask your admin for help spreading the idea (shout out to @…). Maybe @… can assist in promoting this as well.
#CanadaIsAwesome
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-29 05:16:56
Diamonds,
particularly those with nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers,
are being used to create advanced quantum sensors
that can measure magnetic fields with high sensitivity.
To unlock the full potential of these sensors,
researchers need to understand the behavior of the material at the atomic level.
In a recent study conducted at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME),
Prof. David Awschalom’s team has developed a n…
@mlawton@mstdn.social2026-01-24 19:07:21
That’s a foul outside the box and he’s standing right there and ignores it because Ekitike doesn’t ever dive. If PGMOL really cared to cut down on dives, they could actually do so in instances like this.
FFS they gave a foul seconds ago against #LFC when there was zero contact. In the same damned position on the field.
And then Rio doesn’t go down and another fouls is swallowed. This woul…
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-01-08 14:46:00
Only one day left in the first work week of 2026, so don't miss today's Metacurity for a concise run-down of the top infosec developments you should know, including
--Salt Typhoon infiltrated US House China Committee, other committees, sources,
--TX court enjoins Samsung from using or selling consumer data,
--FCC exempts some Chinese tech at Pentagon's request,
--Man accused of stealing Snapchat access codes for 600 women for university coach,
--Ni8ma…
@grumpybozo@toad.social2025-11-18 22:51:30
I’m not saying that this is good, but it recalled for me the ancient times when the phone company (there was only one) sent everyone a fat (in urban areas) book in tiny type on thin paper with everyone’s phone number, alphabetically by surname. Businesses were in their own book. You could also go to the reference section of the public library and use the book with all of the numbers in your area in numerical order.
Ancient times. The 1990s @…
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2025-12-18 12:53:13
Good Morning #Canada
Are you still looking for that perfect Christmas gift? Years ago I found myself shopping for my wife's Christmas present on December 23rd. Never again. For those of you still shopping it's inevitable that you're going to be standing in front of the Gift Card rack and mentally convincing yourself that the recipient will love a full gas tank or a Timmies coffee and donut. Canadians will buy close to $12 billion in Gift Cards in 2025, with a lot of that in the next 5 days. Recent changes to legislation have made it illegal to charge processing or activation fees on cards purchased with cash and there is no expiry date. That last point is important because companies are betting that a certain percentage of cards are never redeemed and it's estimated that approximately 40% of all cards are never used. I personally like getting a gift card as it allows me to choose something I want, and I always thank the gifter once I've used it.
#CanadaIsAwesome #GiftCards