@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caThe Bombing of Guernica happened today in 1937. It was a new and horrible cooperation between fascist states (Francoist Spain, Nazi Germany, and Fascist Italy) to bomb civilians and ultimately lay the blame for the mass casualties on "guerrillas”, “terrorists”... in this case “Reds”.
#España
@rebekka_m@fnordon.deStarting holidays AAAAND End of Watch [2016], part III of Stephen #King|s Bill Hodges trilogy! \o/. [Hope to get the horrible voicings of that shitty narrator of Finders Keepers out of my mind though...]
I can't say anything but I'm really excited to immerse myself into this last book!! 🎉🫣 #bookstodon
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz'He has done a horrible job!' Stephen A. Smith brutally calls out Jerry Jones after Cowboys owner defended offseason moves https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/he
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioThere’s people out there who honestly think AI-generated images are worth creating and even worse are worth sharing.
They’re not, they’re horrible abominations that shouldn’t exist.
@ferrous@neurodifferent.meHorrible to think that the choice facing the @… this week is effectively to side with the official Tories, or the tartan tory wing of the SNP.
I miss the days of the SNP passing as a vaguely leftwing party.
@gwendolyn@mastodon.cloud_"Sex predators are horrible awful terrible. Why isn't 'predator' a crime?"
[an hour later]
"Hey. I thought it thru. Predator isn't a crime 'cuz it's not a real thing. It's a stupid metaphor from the animal kingdom used for fear-mongering which amps up clickbait profits $$$"
@servelan@newsie.social'I'm not at church': Republicans slam Mike Johnson for 'horrible sermon' at #GOP retreat - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-retreat-sermon/…
@mlawton@mstdn.socialHorrible start (again), but if any of the big chances were finished (Nunez & DIaz), we'd be far less concerned about the chronic issues in the squad (tepid starts & a lack of creativity moving the ball forward from the back).
The difference really boils down to finishing and fouls called (9-3).
The last 10 minutes were really good. There is reason for hope. #LFC
@losttourist@social.chatty.monsterSo if Vienna is at number two, I have a horrible feeling what's at Number One. #TOTP
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzYeah, listening to RNZ - this person talking about the Ōtautahi Stadium (which will compete with the brand new, already under-utilised Convention Centre) is clearly willfully deluded in her claims about future usage. This stadium is a massive subsidy of the wealthy by the poorer majority (many of whom will never be able to afford to participate in stadium events). Such an utter crock of shit. More here:
@ian@phpc.socialDon't mind me, just downloading an LLM over 5G at ~100 MB/s, becuase the ones I have locally are horrible at actually following instructions and I don't want to use someone else's chat service.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io“But Thomas, you live in a bubble”
No. What I’m doing is to choose to be among people who aren’t horrible assholes.
You’re not obligated to listen to assholes nor are their opinions worthwhile to listen to. These people are rotten sacks of garbage and that’s why I’m taking them out to the block bin where they belong.
@timbray@cosocial.caMy reading of this is that for this (truly horrible) attack to get you, you'd need to run an app in which it's embedded for an extended period of time on your computer. So the bad guys could hack me if I downloaded an app from a sketchy source (unlikely) or they managed to hack any one of Adobe or Mozilla or Microsoft Office or Chrome or Safari or Apple Music or Emacs or YouTube or or or … (less unlikely).
@pre@boing.worldGarage Farm's registration form is *horrible*. Password requirement to have no special characters!? Form labels done with placeholder text so it disappears as soon as the field gets focus. How-did-you-find-us field has no "Fedi" nor "other" option. Confirmation email has no plain-text version so I had to dig into the HTML and remove the html-entities in order to et the confirmation link.
Jesus. Here's hoping their business code isn't as terrible....
Nope. Their installer don't work.
> [68] Warning: No page found for object name "DynamicTargetWidget"
> [68] Warning: No page found for object name "DynamicTargetWidget"
> [68] Warning: :61: TypeError: Cannot read property 'targetDirectory' of null (:61, )
Right. Okay.
Aws spot market machines patched together with dodgy scripts it is then!
@fennek@cyberplace.socialIf #Firefox wasn't the only browser for #Android with a working #adblocker solution, holy moly would I get rid of it fast with that horrible performance and those stupid UI choices.
@benb@osintua.euRussia Wants to Next Winter Horrible for Us – Zelenskyy at the Local Councils Congress: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/13/russia-wants-to.html
@aral@mastodon.ar.alOur horrible guy is still better than their terrible guy.
– Democrats, 2024
#israel #palestine #gaza #apartheid
@mmynatt@universeodon.comI need suggestions for dealing with the horrible state of our country, the Alabama in-vitro decision, the constant barrage of both-sides while we have an INSANE criminal running for office, and the support from many people that he is getting. I live in a little red pocket but I am so scared about how apathetic most voters are.
@cdarwin@c.imMembers of House Republican leadership expressed frustration at Speaker Mike Johnson after a GOP leadership retreat over the weekend, organized to outline plans for keeping the majority, quickly turned into a religious service.
"I'm not at church," an anonymous attendee said in response to Johnson leading the group in prayers and Christian sermonizing. According to two people in the room the sermon was not well received, with one Rep. calling the session "horrible.&qu…
@MamasPinkyToe@mastodon.worldMost bungee cords die a horrible twisted death around the rear cassette, in my experience.
@kennysmith@mstdn.socialSmith’s First Rule of Economics (1994) is don’t make it hard for me to spend my money with you.
From: @…
https://writing.exchange/@davepolasche<…
@wraithe@mastodon.socialSo I made a horrible horrible mistake a couple months ago; my daughter and I were playing Valheim, and she mentioned wanting to play Baldurs Gate.
So I got it for her as a late birthday present.
Thus ended our Valheim sessions as she was sucked into BG. 😂
I really should’ve seen that coming.
We have reached a detente; she’ll play some Valheim with me if I play some Baldurs Gate while she watches.
This is how people end up as streamers, isn’t it? 😂
@wyliesau@noauthority.socialThis is beyond horrible and these riggers need to be skinned alive, all nails pulled and thrown in a pig cage with peanut butter on their balls.
WTF
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11679127/Ital…
@tml@urbanists.socialBy coincidence, just after I visited Romania, the Cautionary Tales podcast releases an episode about the fall of the Ceaușescus. Highly recommended.
(As it happens, I visited Romania with my future wife for a few days in the autumn of 1989, it was horrible. On Interrail, even. In a train with the famous name Orient Express. Spontaneously, Finnish citizens didn’t need a visa.)
Apple podcast link, but obviously available on all usual podcast platforms:
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangePSA: if you ever find yourself in need of a horrible pun on short notice, you can just grab one from the US Government Strategic Dad Joke Stockpile.
Yes, this is a real taxpayer funded resource. https://www.fatherhood.gov/for-dads/dad-jokes
Use this knowledge wisely…
@Nathan@social.lostinok.comNew blog post about new website version using Hugo along with Mastdodon/Fediverse integration for comments.
From Nathan's Nirvana to a New Lost in OK https://lostinok.com/2024/02/22/from-nathans-nirvana-to-a-new-lost-in-ok/
@timbray@cosocial.caMy reading of this is that for this (truly horrible) attack to get you, you'd need to run an app in which it's embedded for an extended period of time on your computer. So the bad guys could hack me if I downloaded an app from a sketchy source (unlikely) or they managed to hack any one of Adobe or Mozilla or Microsoft Office or Chrome or Safari or Apple Music or Emacs or YouTube or or or … (less unlikely).
@elliek@mstdn.caIs there any news on the armed man in Nova Scotia?
I know the police have posted updates on ex-twit but I see nothing in the news.
I heard the alert on the radio.
Anyone?
Horrible memories from the past.
#NovaScotia #BibleHill #Truro
@DodoTheDev@front-end.socialLast week, my boss told me he was impressed that I had 0 sick days in the last 12 months, especially considering the sudden break up of my marriage.
This weekend, my body obviously decided that he was right and that it should remind me what it was like to be sick. 😕 Been laid up all day with a horrible cough, chills and headache. Oh, fun!
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social“Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in Arctic Circle jail”
Oh no..
When will the #Russian people wake up and get rid of their horrible leader and all who enable him?!?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-6…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot“The countries and companies that have continued to supply oil to the Israeli military since the decision of the international court of justice are contributing to horrible human rights violations and may be complicit in genocide”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m…
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
@egallager@social.treehouse.systemsbasically this is a horrible NIMBY bill that will prevent any sort of housing from getting built; we need to kill it.
@frostpoem@mastodon.artAll who enjoy cozy lit like I do should really turn to Jenetta Penner's A Fellowship of Bakers and Magic, Legends and Lattes meets the Great British Baking Show but also its own gloriously soft thing. It was a little obvious with its mental health messaging but mostly in ways that worked, and the characters are sooooo lovable! I inhaled it in a single evening and found it on Kindle Unlimited--yes, I know it's a horrible place, please don't hate me there are pretties there and it's cheap.
@Defiance@sfba.socialOne of the very first punk rock shows I attended. 1985.
This place was basically a rec center just north of the Burbank airport that would put on all ages shows.
Very typical venue for all ages punk shows back then. The acoustics were horrible, but we didn’t care. We just wanted to hear loud and fast music and watch all the hardcore punks get crazy.
This was when DRI was still attracting mostly punks. Their set was awesome because they mostly played from “Dealing With It…
@scott@carfree.cityHere’s footage of Lower Polk CBD installing planters (or “homeless abatement troughs”) on Fern and also standing by while some horrible shit goes down.
https://hostilearchitects.substack.com/p/bodycam-footage-reveals-devastating
@cliffwade@allthingstech.socialGood morning and happy Friday to the #Fediverse today.
Let's all discuss what the day holds for us today as well as the weekend ahead.
Work stuff for a bit, then I'm off to file my taxes, which is a horrible time of year, but it's got to be done.
Tonight is Fortnite with friends like we do each Friday. Hoping to get some more time in with Horizon Forbidden We…
@paulbusch@mstdn.caI bought a Samsung tablet recently and was impressed with how easy it was to set up. As someone who started their career in the computer industry in 1982, I've experienced some really horrible user experiences (cough..xbox.. cough) but fewer good ones. When I first powered on the tablet, it acknowledged my Samsung phone nearby and asked if I wanted to replicate that setup and transfer data. In 15 minutes, my tablet setup was virtually identical to my phone. We're a long way from…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioYeah, lawyers, looks like a really real candid totally authentic and accurate photo from lawyering in your office in your email newsletter.
Is that how you do your cases as well?
*unsubscribe*
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgI'm horrible with new years' resolutions but I have been focusing a bit more on writing things on the blog instead of just as social media threads which makes me a bit happy.
@joxean@mastodon.socialYet another horrible article written in Haaretz by Amos Harel in which it's 100% clear he doesn't give a flying fuck about human lives.
@adam@windbag.org
@j12t@social.coopStatus: "broadband" connection is smoking.
I put "broadband" in quotes because in the middle of this technology desert called Silicon Valley, I have a choice of exactly two broadband providers, and the one that has the less-horrible privacy policy has date rates that were last acceptable maybe last century.
@marekmcgann@sciences.socialIt's horrible to see the prospect of a Department of Philosophy closing - a foolish, self-destructive move by management at the University of Kent.
A petition here if you want to make sure that they at least know that people are watching them do it.
https://chng.it/yXnpcydTWQ
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org@… I, too, have been considering this. Or, if we get an institutional git forge, I might put it there. For me, the most painful thing is that you can’t automate anything in Moodle. And because I’ve got to do everything manually, I’ve got to use the horrible UI, apparently designed to be maximally inefficient; of course, in reality, it wasn’t “designed” in any m…
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org@… I, too, have been considering this. Or, if we get an institutional git forge, I might put it there. For me, the most painful thing is that you can’t automate anything in Moodle. And because I’ve got to do everything manually, I’ve got to use the horrible UI, apparently designed to be maximally inefficient; of course, in reality, it wasn’t “designed” in any m…
@zimpenfish@social.rjp.is
@BBC2MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio2:
#TheZoeBallBreakfastShow
- 15 years of Horrible Histories!
Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001y33l
@Xavier@infosec.exchangeI think I probably flip my keyboard over and shake it out about once per day. At least a few times a week. I'm a horrible snacker. If I'm working from home, and I'm awake, I'm snacking and probably sitting at my keyboard.
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems"""
There's something infantile about these post-Dark Age rulers' relationship with Rome. They seem to have only the sketchiest idea of what the Roman Empire actually was, but a strong sense that it was enormous and official and that the route to looking like you're allowed to be in charge of stuff was via affecting to be extremely Roman.
It's a bit like some nursery-school children trying to dress up as astronauts. There's lots of glue and glitter but it's all a bit crumpled. The whole business of having crowns was borrowed from the later Roman emperors' habit of wearing diadems. The objects were then infused with some handy religious significance when the Eastern Romans invented coronations based on some biblical references to crowns and anointing. What looks to us like an archetypically medieval ceremony caught on across Europe because of its associations with the mystique of classical antiquity – this ancient pagan superpower that was also somehow where Christianity came from.
Then Charlemagne decided he was going to have a bit of that. He had the brilliant idea of announcing he was the Roman emperor — or as the office was later referred to with garish hyperbole "Holy Roman Emperor!" […] So, having put together an extremely large early medieval kingdom (albeit still much smaller than the Western half of the Roman Empire had once been), Charlemagne twigged that a key part of becoming an emperor was saying you were one.
There's a pleasing irony to this. The first actual Roman emperors […] always pretended not to be emperors. They still went along with the notion that Rome was a republic run by elected consuls, sometimes not troubling to become consuls themselves.
In fact, the term "emperor" started as a euphemism. Rome, having become a republic, loathed the notion of kings. "Emperor" derived from imperator, which means a "military commander" — they weren't horrible kings, just trusty commanders, in the same way that Stalin was just a nice reliable general secretary rather than anything showy or threatening like a president or tsar.
"""
(David Mitchell, Unruly)
@jae@mastodon.me.ukWhy are people voting for Trump?
Even those who voted for him the first time should have seen what horrible vile things he did during his presidency. Why is he looking to be the Republican nominee? I mean the MAGA nominee? Cause that party, to me, feels like it has been taken over by an ideology.
@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social«We also observe that larger language models and language models trained with human feedback exhibit stronger covert but weaker overt prejudice.»
And if that wasn't already horrible enough, this is what it can lead to: «users mistake decreasing levels of overt prejudice for a sign that racism in LLMs has been solved, when LLMs are in fact reaching increasing levels of covert prejudice.»
summary post: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/covert-racism-in-llms
preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00742
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialGhost Runner was one of the better franchises of the last decade and this is horrible. I still don't know how you can be artistically successful and still have it end like this.
https://www.eurogamer.net/ghostrunner-2-publisher-…
@hey@social.nowicki.ioIt would be amazing. I have nothing against WhatsApp and little against Met but this WhatsApp client is just horrible.
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@mattburgess/111885761552024420
@david@boles.xyzCancelled Microsoft Copilot Pro!
Such a horrible product. Unfriendly. Sassy. Won't do the work. Completely insane product experience!
"It's over, Johnny. OVER!"
#AI #Microsoft #Cancel
@jrconlin@soc.jrconlin.comThere comes a point where I know i look stupid, but the escooter is just that much fun to ride.
I also get to learn that the local BMX part is FAR LARGER than I expected. (And seeing kids with training wheels on moguls is adorable.)
((No, I didn't ride the scooter in the BMX park. I'm not that horrible a person.))
@soc_i_ety@mstdn.caA horrible monster remains at large.
Vote for Justice!
:mastodon:
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioThe reason Apple is so adamant about keeping tight control over what apps you can install on phones is that the App Store sucks ass (derogatory) for developers (exploitative terms and ever-changing rules) and users (bad discoverability of apps, ads pushing horrible crap to top of lists) while making Apple a lot of money for little effort—but it's the only way to distribute and install apps so developers and users have to use it.
That's it, there's no other reasons.
@jaygooby@mastodon.socialTime to start smashing up our bedroom. Last room in the house that’s had nothing but quick bit of decorating done to it.
Remove horrible electric fire and hearth. Box in chimney, replace blown plaster and skim. Build custom wardrobe.
We always start with a rough pencil sketch…
@bobmueller@mastodon.worldYoungestDaughter got some horrible news about a longtime summer camp friend.
Her boyfriend just drove 45 miles down to console her.
I think I like this guy.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
@ripienaar@devco.socialStill looking for a solid option to port my UK O2 number to a useable VOIP provider that does sms termination also
I spoke with aa.net.uk and their support/presales just didn’t bode well
Paying O2 monthly is fine but changing phones is horrible as they are just idiots when it comes to swapping the esims
@tml@urbanists.socialHow far is the #German way to instead of “Xen und Xinnen” write “X:innen” from being official (approved for use in school etc)? I assume a large part of the more conservative people see it as horrible?
@sofia@chaos.socialdisturbing optical illusion
@mlncn@social.coopi know this isn't twitter where corporations started watching to manage their reputations, but, although it's unlikely to help me, for everyone else's benefit:
bought about the most expensive American Standard toilet being sold to consumers a couple years ago and it has been absolutely horrible the entire time.
Related, anyone have a toilet recommendation that will A) reliably flush, B) stop running the water refill at some point, and C) don't overflow?
@timbray@cosocial.caThey’re thinking of changing the name of Powell River: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/name-change-powell-river-divide-1.7145873?cmp=rss
OK, but how about we do “British Columbia”? It’s a horrible name, p…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAs Amazon becomes the latest streamer to push an ad-supported tier, TV writers react with frustration to the move away from the original promise of streaming (The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-fe
@MamasPinkyToe@mastodon.worldJack London was a horrible racist but he had a cool name. They could just change Jack London Square to Julie London Square.
@wraithe@mastodon.social“…he wanted there to be conspirators. It was much better to imagine men in some smoky room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over the brandy. You had to cling to this…if you didn't, you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them” -…
@niqdanger@social.linux.pizzaIf you know what this is from, sorry. This is some horrible phrasing and UI. "subsystem is currently generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). This may take 10 minutes or more. In order to view the CSR, wait 10 minutes or more, and then click the "Generate CSR" button again."
@servelan@newsie.socialHow normal is Trump’s sadism? - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-sadism/
@timbray@cosocial.caThey’re thinking of changing the name of Powell River: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/name-change-powell-river-divide-1.7145873?cmp=rss
OK, but how about we do “British Columbia”? It’s a horrible name, p…
@scottmiller42@mstdn.social @Xavier@infosec.exchangeI think I probably flip my keyboard over and shake it out about once per day. At least a few times a week. I'm a horrible snacker. If I'm working from home, and I'm awake, I'm snacking and probably sitting at my keyboard.
@MamasPinkyToe@mastodon.worldJack London was a horrible racist but he had a cool name. They could just change Jack London Square to Julie London Square.
@wraithe@mastodon.social“…he wanted there to be conspirators. It was much better to imagine men in some smoky room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over the brandy. You had to cling to this…if you didn't, you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them” -…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioGot this new old stock HP laptop to use with our older digital cameras (some software doesn’t work on newer Windows versions).
The out of the box experience is horrible. It’s now about 15 minutes into installing software.
On a Mac of that era you started in and within a few seconds it greeted you with a few questions and you could use the computer within a minute or so.
@david@boles.xyzCancelled Microsoft Copilot Pro!
Such a horrible product. Unfriendly. Sassy. Won't do the work. Completely insane product experience!
"It's over, Johnny. OVER!"
#AI #Microsoft #Cancel
@soc_i_ety@mstdn.caA horrible monster remains at large.
Vote for Justice!
:mastodon:
@wyliesau@noauthority.socialOh no, Adam just postet on our „mush“ (and soon dead) instance, you know that horrible place called NoAuthority.
🙀
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys offense is one CeeDee Lamb injury away from disaster https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_offense_is_one_ceedee_lamb_injury_away_from_disaster/s1_17100_40109745
@cdarwin@c.imCognitive Decline? Trump Goes on Bonkers Rant at Border
Donald Trump seems to have a weird idea of who’s entering through our borders, claiming on Thursday that a good chunk of them are people “who don’t speak languages.”
“Everybody I speak to says how horrible it is,” Trump said, adding that there were “millions of people” arriving from “places unknown,” from “countries unknown” with no language.
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caI believe one part of the reason Israel and Netanyahu are being allowed by governments to continue its genocidal war against Palestinians is due to the fact Israel is seen as a functional democracy. As horrible as he is, Netanyahu's party was legitimately and indisputably voted into power and he created a governing coalition that is now prosecuting this war.
He's not the only genocidal war monger voted into power.
Now imagine what the world would allow a Trump administrat…
@adam@windbag.orgIt's been years since I've had such horrible behavior problems in any of my classes. So I'm bringing back the authoritarian hits (strict seating charts, bathroom passes, lunch detention, etc.) from my early years of teaching.
It feels so bad. But my desire to have a positive relationships and to extend appropriate trust to young adults who are learning to manage themselves was being cynically abused by too many students. So, new semester, new (old) me—for a while at least.<…
@kennysmith@mstdn.social#Spotify is more ambitiously horrible than you thought, as you’ll see here.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3Y8XlbL1TM/?igsh=MTl1eHV2djk5cWV3bw==
@rubyowo@social.linux.pizzafolks i have successfully handed over any remaining privacy i had on my phone to a big data-hungry money-greedy no good horrible capitalism-practicing corporate
@wyliesau@noauthority.social @DodoTheDev@front-end.socialThe thing I Love about learning the trombone, is when you get it wrong, it doesn't sound horrible (like the violin, flute, recorder etc), it sounds funny. I've never laughed so hard at mistakes whilst practicing an instrument!
#trombone #instrument
@cdarwin@c.imTrump’s opponents are rushing to endorse him and show they’re on the right side.
It’s not because they love Trump; it’s because they know that loving Trump is a prerequisite for any future career in Republican politics.
Partisan incentives are powerful, and Trump has commandeered them on his own behalf.
Now and for the foreseeable future, the GOP is Trump’s to do with as he will.
Which means that no matter what horrible things Trump does to the country and the Constit…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys offense is one CeeDee Lamb injury away from disaster https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-offense-is-one-ceedee-lamb-injury-away-from-disaster/
@MamasPinkyToe@mastodon.worldA name you know. A name you trust. A name that from time to time is in the news on account of some horrible crime.
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzDiane Abbott in her own words
"Over the nearly 40 years that I have been an MP, under any speaker of the House of Commons that I can remember, I would have been called. ... Hester’s abusive comments about me had led the news bulletins that day, and I was referred to several times in PMQs itself."
Her article also refers back to the Forde Report, which documented Labour politicians' horrible comments about her.
#DianeAbbott #LindsayHoyle #racism #FordeReport #UK
@MamasPinkyToe@mastodon.worldA name you know. A name you trust. A name that from time to time is in the news on account of some horrible crime.
@cdarwin@c.imFlorida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science
“The surgeon general is Ron DeSantis’s lapdog, and says whatever DeSantis wants him to say,” said Dr Robert Speth, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences at south Florida’s Nova Southeastern University with more than four decades of research experience.
“His statements are more political than medical and that’s a horrible disservice to the citizens of Florida.
He’s somebody whose job is to protect public …
@pre@boing.worldI rank the social networks like this, in order of being the actual owner of the things you are publishing:
1) Fedi (self/community-hosted)
2) Nostr
3) Fedi (Someone else's server)
4) Bluesky
5) Telegram
6) All the horrible-corproate-fuckbollocks
I rank the private message apps like this, in order of how actually private they are:
1) Matrix
2) Signal
3) Whatsapp (though, yes, the content of the messages you send with your surveillance app are encrypted, but it is still a surveillance app, FFS)
4) Telegram - This is not even a private message app, this is a public not-encrypted message app. Why is it even on this list? It might as well say "email".
5) Email.
Which ones do you think my actual friends prefer?
#fedi #nostr #bluesky #telegram #matrix #signal #whatsapp #email
![This is a screenshot of some Python code that was deliberately written in a way to be confusing (aka, obfuscated):
from collections import Counter
def DoSomething (s:str) -> str:
return [CharCount := Counter(s),
f"The string has {CharCount['0']} zeros."
][1]
# This prints "The string has 4 zeros."
print (DoSomething ('00011110'))](https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/021/222/535/526/311/original/4cff4580b445b2c0.png)
