@aral@mastodon.ar.al2025-12-30 12:01:53
Caught a bug over the holidays so I’m mostly resting, feeling sorry for myself, and taking the time to at least carry out some mindless housekeeping tasks (updating dependencies, etc.) on some of my Node modules.
Released updates to the following packages yesterday:
Tape-based Node.js testing:
• Tap monkey (https://
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2025-11-30 18:26:32
What @… said:
Providing employment after deployment = supporting troops
Providing housing = supporting troops
Destigmatizing mental health care = supporting troops
Preventing armed conflict = supporting troops
You know what’s NOT supporting troops? Starting wars as political cover for a failing president. Deploying National Guard just to terrorize people and provoke a backlash. Issuing illegal orders. •That• is not supporting troops.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/115634994186527377
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-29 18:53:27
Porn has long been a proving ground for new technology.
When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 15th century it was quickly deployed to print bawdy pamphlets.
Adult films were put on video in 1977, a year before mainstream Hollywood ones,
and dominated sales for some time.
When Minitel, a French precursor to the internet, was launched in the early 1980s, erotic services initially accounted for between one-third and a half of all traffic.
I…
@servelan@newsie.social2025-11-23 03:21:37
Meta Hid Evidence of Social Media Harm, Court Filings Claim | Thomson/Reuters
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/meta-research-mental-health/2025/11/22/id/1235682/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-11 16:51:57
Amazon says ads on Prime Video reach 315M viewers across its series and films, live sports and events, and free, ad-supported live channels (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/amazon-prime-video-ad-supported-reach-315-million-…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-11-11 16:10:50
Amazon says advertising reaches 315M viewers across its series and films, live sports and events, and free, ad-supported live channels on Prime Video (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/amazon-prime-video-ad-supported-reach-31…
@seav@en.osm.town2025-11-18 15:45:19
#TuneTuesday (Nov 18)
“Problems” is the first song I heard from the American band Arizona and I took an instant liking to it. And for a song about mental health, it surprisingly sounds cheerful and upbeat. But I guess a bit of positivity can sometimes help when you’re feeling down. 🤗
P.S. I subsequently learned that keyboardist David Labuguen is Filipino-American and I thought that w…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2025-11-16 10:09:51
It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! ☀️
"Hastened by the golden-haired Horai Sol (the Sun) puts on his diadem of myriad rays [. . .] Then above the earth and above the horns of the eastern mount he shone forth, and drew a train of light over the sparkling waves."
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-24 16:53:23
For the last year, the nation has witnessed Trump’s rapid physical and mental decline.
The 79-year-old president has repeatedly lost track of his thoughts, his whereabouts, and even his grasp on the English language.
The New Republic’s breaking news team has put together a list of the president’s most senile moments in his first year in office
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-10-08 20:26:20
New York City sues Meta, Alphabet, Snap, and ByteDance, accusing them of fueling a mental health crisis among children by addicting them to social media (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa…