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@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-01-19 13:03:51

I conquer, therefore I am – the United States intervention in Venezuela
Article in which I explore two dimensions of the USA's terrorist action against Venezuela, oil and the demonstration of power. As for oil, I explore two aspects. Read the article on the North West Bylines site. For more about how I see Venezuela and the 'Bolivarian revolution', see my 2019 piece on this site.

@hex@kolektiva.social
2025-12-20 09:34:37

In a dream last night I was trying to write a post. I kept being interrupted and when I returned I'd find what I wrote had changed. The keyboard kept changing as I was typing to be "helpful." I put down my phone and picked it up again to find the app had "helpfully" filled my screen with Nazi shit. Then I realized the app was an AI post assistant, so I uninstalled it and used the website.
The post I was trying to write was, "I want to be able to have the confidentiality of cheap hot dog meat in the 90's: no one should know who or what I actually am."
It feels like a relevant manifestation of the anxiety of existing on the internet today.

@cdamian@rls.social
2026-01-19 13:40:10

Moving services to the EU
Like a lot of Europeans, I realise that the US isn't a reliable partner anymore.
I am just talking about myself here, and not my employer, or my family.
I do use a lot of services that are based in the US, and some I will probably not migrate in the near future.
But when I receive a bill, it is a good moment to consider if it is a candidate for migration.

@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2025-12-18 20:16:05

I got Waterfox installed and Firefox Sync working with it so that's a big win. I am currently not able to change the sync device name, which is annoying, but not a deal breaker.
When I get more time over the holiday break I'll dig in a bit more and see if I can do a full switch from Firefox to Waterfox.
Edit: Shit, I spoke too soon! I quit & relaunched and Sync has me signed out and I cannot sign back in. Sigh...

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-11-19 13:28:44

Oh great, new issue spam attack on @…. People really have too much time on their hands. This time posting random images from 4chan, etc., as well as AI-generated bogus issues.
Sorry you guys have to deal with such crap.

Screenshot of issue notification emails.

Inbox • 1753
A yortega
9:27 AM
[kitten/app] 4chan.org/g/ (Issue #308)
https://boards.4chan.org/g/ - View it on Codeberg.org. Codeberg e.V. -
• john37
9:27 AM
[small-web/streamiverse] hexbear.net.
https://hexbear.net -- View it on Codeberg.org. Codeberg e.V. -
Iflores
9:07 AM
[small-tech/jsdb] Inconsistent Query..
I have been testing JSDB with a dataset close to the stated limit of 1.4GB, and I've &
•ronniege
9:03 AM
[small-web/gaza-verified.org] www.o..…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2025-11-20 10:16:50

Poking more at the STM32MP2.
I have CPU2 (the M33) booting from flash, reading a bunch of fuse registers and printing them, doing all the hardware init, etc.
I'm gonna call that reasonably brought up. My current flasher hard codes a few addresses but it's good enough to get the job done while I am tinkering before I make a more permanent solution.
I think I'm ready to start looking into bringing up the A35 next.

@macandi@social.heise.de
2025-11-19 09:19:00

Vergiss Black Friday: Wann man iPhones & Co am besten kauft | Mac & i-Podcast
Wir diskutieren über optimale Zeitpunkte und Kriterien beim Kauf von Apple-Hardware, worauf dabei zu achten ist und wie sich wirklich Geld sparen lässt.

@luca@social.luca.run
2025-12-19 06:03:01

🎶 I Am Mad by Aphty Khéa aphtykhea.bandcamp.com/album/i

@andycarolan@social.lol
2025-11-19 10:06:33

I did plan to go work from a coffee shop this week, but given the type of illustration work I am doing at the moment, I need to be at my desk.
Perhaps next week I can take my iPad out with me and work elsewhere.
As a compromise, I am watching a Barista/Working in a coffee shop video on YouTube 😅

@aardrian@toot.cafe
2025-11-19 16:26:45

I added 3 more pre-order options:
adrianroselli.com/2025/11/pre-
If you have other suggestions, please share so I can update it. I tend to prefer non-Amazon options.
I also linked The S…

@ruario@vivaldi.net
2026-01-19 13:11:56

It probably helps that recently I have been looking at cpio archives in hexdump† (because that is the kind of nerd I am), so I know how archiving basically works under the hood.
For my own custom archive format, I only bothered to implement the absolute bare minimum I need.
gist.github.com/…

@gray17@mastodon.social
2025-12-19 18:41:22

spam of the day
> Hi there, I am [generic chinese name], a senior full-stack developer with 7 years of experience. I’m looking to partner with someone in the US who can handle the client-facing communication side of projects, while I focus on the technical work and delivery.
> The idea is simple:
> You handle communication − I build the solution − We share the profit.
I should have setup per-contact email long ago, so I know how I got on the spam list of John …

@tarah@infosec.exchange
2025-11-18 20:30:39

I do this ish for a living, I am an AI developer and researcher, and *I* don’t fully understand the security implications. What hope do regular users have?
windowscentral.com/microsoft/w

@tante@tldr.nettime.org
2025-12-19 12:36:34

Anyone here has any experience with a ToDo/Shopping list one can
- self host
- has an Android app
- allows sharing lists between users
?
(I have already googled, only interested in actual experience)
(EDIT: I am asking for an app because I want to be usable by another person who's not looking for an ideological project or an opportunity to learn markdown or how weird PWAs work. That's why a dedicated app would be a plus. )

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2025-12-18 20:34:09

heutige bahnstrecke aus privatem anlass: münster – bad bevensen – münster. #2025

foto der ummantelung des gelenks in einem gelenkbus
foto eines ausschnitts eines bahnsteigs und der dazugehörigen gleise
foto eines stations-schildes am bahnhof in bad bevensen
foto des teppichbodens eines ICE-waggons.
@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2025-12-20 01:06:37

I am trying to renew my US passport. I sent in an application via their online renewal system. It worked well - except that it is picky about photographs.
Well, the rejected the application because they now do not like the photograph that they had accepted.
And now they tell me dimensions - e.g. head 1.38 inches high. Well, I sent 'em a digital photo and unless they tell me the pixel resolution of their printers I can't tell 1.38 inches from a hole in the ground.

@yaya@jorts.horse
2025-10-20 03:54:05

how am I actually still awake lmao I've been awake for... 39 hours uh oh lol
dw I will sleep I will take da medtimes

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-10-20 00:10:05
Content warning:

I am so bad at writing flirting. Thankfully it doesn't have to be particularly smooth or anything for this story but still I keep struggling with this kind of exchange even though I think that dialogue is otherwise a strength of mine. How people pull this off in real life IN REAL TIME will forever be a mystery to me.
#amWriting

@kubikpixel@chaos.social
2025-11-20 06:05:41

100k most used passwords
These are the latest 100k most insecure used (hacked?) passwords. I wonder why at least a minimal regex the first hurdle can stand in the way of the attackers, i.e. apparently has not yet been widely implemented? Am I wrong, or are there reliable sources?
💥

@axbom@axbom.me
2025-12-20 05:51:27
I was sent a link to slowinternet.info and it's interesting how off-putting the images are to me. I struggle to take in the message because of how angered I am by the AI-generated pictures, which are clearly mashed up using art from Simon Stålenhag.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-20 00:44:31

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Sade:
🎵 When Am I Going to Make a Living
#Sade
softnews.bandcamp.com/track/sa
open.spotify.com/track/5DYD5pU

@felwert@fedihum.org
2025-11-19 13:23:35

Oh, how glad I am that I told Claude (command-line version) about `rename -n`. Seeing it iterate over half a dozen different regex patterns that might do what I wanted it to do, but were not quite right … lucky it could spot its errors before running the real thing.

@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io
2025-12-18 16:31:46

Don’t get me wrong - while using the fountain pen I am still trying to maintain good writing posture and I’m continuing to do my regular hand stretches.
But for a sense of the difference: before, I was happy with the fact that I managed to develop a good pain management routine to allow me to write like 2-3 pages at a time without convulsing in pain.
And now I can write 6 pages nonstop without even thinking or feeling anything. A short 5–10 minute rest and I can come back for more.
This is such a big deal to me. I was able to draw yesterday with a relaxed hand after spending hours writing notes. Before I’d only be able to do one or the other in a day!
And then I finished the evening by writing out a chapter of my novel by hand.
And today my hand is totally fine!!

@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-19 19:21:02

More than math. I have noticed for years a decline in reading, writing and grammar. I may not be the best, but at least most of the time I can compose a grammatically correct note that doesn't have spelling errors. I can (usually) read documents and I am capable of writing an executive summary.
flip.it/hiBh8X

@ruari@velocipederider.com
2026-01-18 18:50:04

I got bored and reverse engineered how SCO #cpio is able to store such large files in their archives when the newc format only officially supports 4Gb file entries.
I am not a coder, so I just made some files with cpio from the Heirloom Toolset and looked at them in hexdump.
#rpm packag…

@selea@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-19 09:21:26

I just realized how tired I am.
Anyway, weekend soon!

@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu
2025-11-18 13:41:14

I am looking forward to my next hardware upgrades so I could contain Windows to a single PC that I'd absolutely need for Windows dependent stuff. I mean, now I am literally signed-in by default in Notepad?? And when I click my profile pic in its toolbar, it has one cheeky "Sign out" option??? I give up coping with this enshittified OS. Microsoft should pay me to use me as a research subject.

@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social
2025-12-20 03:59:10

i found these two gems at the record store up the street and, at twelve bucks each, couldn't resist. i listened to these LPs (and dream weaver and forest flower) a ton in high school.
#jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords

I am holding a vinyl record album cover for "The Journey Within" by the Charles Lloyd Quartet. The album is on Atlantic Records (catalog number 1459) and is labeled as stereo.

The album cover features vibrant, psychedelic artwork typical of the late 1960s era, with colorful concentric circles in pink, yellow, green, blue, and other bright colors creating a swirling pattern across a black background. In the center is a circular photograph of the quartet members - four musicians smiling at the c…
This photo shows another Charles Lloyd Quartet album, this time a live recording titled "The Charles Lloyd Quartet Recorded Live at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco." It's also on Atlantic Records and marked as stereo.

The album cover features similarly psychedelic 1960s artwork with vibrant concentric circles and swirling patterns in hot pink, orange, and black. The design forms a heart-like or double-circle shape in the center, which contains a photograph of the quartet performing li…
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.social
2026-01-19 20:50:54

I too am mad at Denmark for not awarding me the Kinder Bueno bar... Or whatever. I'm not good at geography or history or anything really.

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-10-20 09:32:10

So am I understanding this correctly that the upcoming NPM authentication and token changes mean our only publishing workflow options henceforth are either switching to OICD Trusted Publishing[1] via GitHub Actions or using granular access tokens. The problem with the former is that I wanted to migrate my projects to Codeberg soon (which isn't supported). The problem with the latter is that granular tokens are unsuitable for publishing packages from a large monorepo, since these tokens a…

@davidaugust@mastodon.online
2025-11-17 21:38:48

Did I just do an hour long photo shoot with a shoe?
Yes, two of them in fact.
Are the shoes for sale? No, I don't believe they are.
Am I pleased with the results? Yeah, I kinda am.
My new article has been sent to my subscribers.
And they can see the photo result.
And now: a late lunch.
#photo

@DamonHD@mastodon.social
2025-11-19 11:16:15

Just received a chirpy #RoyalMail asking how it did with my delivery.
0/10 - I told you not to deliver today because I am not home.
So ... there is a fair chance that my item will get ruined by getting wet. I used the "you had one job" words in my response.

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-19 02:17:33

Maybe that’s alarming to you, but you think we can still coast through it, wait it out. OK. Fine.
Maybe your red line is US troops gunning down civilians. Like Tiananmen Square. Like Iran this past week. That has not happened under the Trump regime yet. That is a horrifying red line — but maybe it is •your• red line.
Wherever it is, I am asking you now, from my home in Minneapolis, to think: what is •your• red line, the place where you think, “This is too much. Normal is gone. Life as I knew it has to stop until this ends.”
5/

@barijaona@mastodon.mg
2025-11-19 10:41:11

I ditched Office 365 and switched to LibreOffice a few weeks ago.
I had to switch the user interface setting from "standard toolbar" to "tabs" to feel familiar, but I am quite happy now.

@sonnets@bots.krohsnest.com
2026-01-19 11:25:12

Sonnet 081 - LXXXI
Or I shall live your epitaph to make,
Or you survive when I in earth am rotten,
From hence your memory death cannot take,
Although in me each part will be forgotten.
Your name from hence immortal life shall have,
Though I, once gone, to all the world must die:
The earth can yield me but a common grave,
When you entombed in men's eyes shall lie.
Your monument shall be my gentle verse,
Which eyes not yet created…

@nelson@tech.lgbt
2025-12-20 03:31:59

I really like my Presonus speakers. They sound decent! But they take up a lot of space and have lots of wires. I'd love something in a soundbar form factor and am willing to take a small hit in driver size and stereo separation for it. But not a cheap plastic box.

@x_cli@infosec.exchange
2025-12-19 11:09:26

@… I am using dnsv2 to develop a "mock" DNS server for my unit tests.
I noticed that when specifying Server.Listener or Server.PacketConn, you also need to specify Server.Net or you end up with a "bad network" error when calling ListenAndServe.
Specifying the Net property seems redundant when the PacketConn/Listener properties are specifie…

@jorgenpt@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-12-19 20:21:35

I will be looking for new employment in 2026 — it’s been a great 4 years with Spry Fox, but I am ready to explore something new.
If you have any eng roles you think I’d be suited for, please let me know!
Game dev, developer tooling & infrastructure, Rust, or something completely different — I have 15 years of experience, including Unreal/Unity/custom engines (both engine level and gameplay), Linux/macOS/Windows/consoles, and generally just jumping on any problem impacting …

@fgraver@hcommons.social
2025-12-15 04:32:48

I stopped buying books (or anything, really) from Amazon years ago, when it became apparent the working conditions at their many processing centres are appalling and they were actively busting unions. I have never regretted that stance, and I have always been able to find the books, etc. I need from other sources.
I hope more authors — and big name ones too — will follow this lead.
#BoycottAmazon

@pgcd@mastodon.online
2026-01-18 08:35:43

I have a dormant #bluesky account so I figured I would start the day by reporting #ICE there but, whenfaced with the choice of reason, I am stumped.
Why isn't there an "all of the above" button?
(I chose violence, btw)

Bluesky reporting screen requires to select an option but how can you choose between "violence", "harassment or hate", "child safety" and "misleading" when talking about ICE?
@harrysentonbury@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-19 18:45:20

i am british, so i typed "Intifada" into bandcamp.
you know how it is....
#intifada

@bici@mastodon.social
2025-10-20 17:35:37

Dear #Apple. I am curious to know what the top priorities of the company is going forth. I ask because there are many of us who are confused about where this company is headed. We are concerned, as the more successful you have become, that more diluted your core mission has become. Example : Liquid Glass UI? really?
Form over function? no! ... gives us back "It Just Works"…

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2026-01-19 09:27:37

I just sent this to my Congress critter who voted for HR 7006 - which effectively funds trump rather than resists him.
(It is too large for one part, so I am splitting it...)
I am *EXTREMELY* disappointed that you voted in favor of H. R. 7006.
That bill simply pours money into the pockets of our mad president - he will spend it without regard for the niceties or purposes in the bill. Did you read this bill? Just as a single sample from the bill's vast absurdities is th…

@sean@scoat.es
2026-01-18 23:01:37

The number of default-named #Meshtastic nodes in #Montreal is surprisingly high.
Like lots of `Meshtastic 40af`/`40af` nodes.
Is it like this everywhere? Why don't people configure their nodes? Am I just failing to read the configured name properly? So many questions…
Edit: adding screen…

Screen shot showing default-named nodes. Hope it’s not exposing too much to show this, but they’re literally broadcasting this so I don’t feel too bad.
@zachleat@zachleat.com
2025-12-19 19:11:25

@… @… 😅😅😅😅😅 this is evidence that I am too online

@stefan@gardenstate.social
2025-12-18 20:11:46

I am in too many meetings where people talk about the number of WAPs we have and no one laughs.

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2025-11-18 09:21:37

"I remember somebody jokingly suggesting that I challenge Elon Musk to a fight (this was during his and Mark Zuckerberg’s martial arts feud), and quietly thinking to myself, I am literally not paid enough for that" -- @…
Happy retirement, Eugen!

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-19 12:23:33

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Muddy Waters:
🎵 I Am the Blues
#MuddyWaters
soulforty5.bandcamp.com/track/
open.spotify.com/track/6HylsWW

@dnddeutsch@pnpde.social
2025-11-19 11:29:04

@… there's an "s" missing in the url but I found it anyway and am considering to back it just for the minis 😍

@ruari@velocipederider.com
2025-11-20 14:44:16

It is cold in northern parts of the world. Studded tyres are awesome. If you do not have them, forgot to mount them or cannot afford to invest for your usage, I am here for you.
The number of times I have been caught out and unicycled on snow and ice is quite high. If I can do it, you can do it. Just take it easy! Oh and wear a helmet, even if you do not normally. That kind of a fall is exactly what they are for.

Cycling on regular/unstudded tyres

Riding on ice with normal tyres is entirely possible in much the same way that walking on ice is, so long as you are careful. The key is to avoid sudden movements, such as changes in direction and speed. With that in mind, here is a quick summary of some tips.


Cycle slower: This gives you more time to observe problems and means less harsh braking.
Keep it consistent: Try and keep your speed as consistent as possible. When you do need to stop, slow down very…
Looking down at a unicycle from the rider's perspective. There is a very light dusting of snow on the ground.
@billbert@mastodon.social
2026-01-18 23:52:58

Is it odd that not only am I keeping myself from binging #HeatedRivalry but I’m seeing if I can wait a week between watching each episode?

@hex@kolektiva.social
2025-11-20 09:38:34

#DearLazyWeb: Hey #Nederlanders ik heb en expat vrag over mijn #VvE. Our management company is absolute garbage. Our VVE management company recently scheduled repainting, during winter, with the most incompetent company possible, who did a horrible job, some of which didn't need to be done. Our windows had just been repainted since they were painted before we moved in, so 1/3 of the work they did was unnecessary, and now they look much worse than they did before. I could go on, but generally lots and lots of complaints along with absolutely terrible service.
Our upstairs neighbor (also an owner) also hates them and wants to switch, but a rental company owns the top half of the building and seems to be trying to force us in to staying. Basically, this management company is super cheap and the rental company are absolutely trash absentee leaches. (They *may* also have not been paying their part of the VvE fees for a while, but I'm not totally sure I understood everything.)
Unfortunately, I am way out of my depth and can't seem to get much help from google. Can anyone give me some advice about what to read or who to talk to, or are we actually stuck?

@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io
2025-12-18 16:28:36

It’s strange thinking about how much pain I’ve grown to accept and have just learned to live with.
I love writing by hand too much to give it up - with my ADHD it helps me focus, remember thins better, think through complex ideas. Journaling has been a great way to manage my mental illnesses. I love paper, I love collecting notebooks.
Not to mention that I am a hobbyist artist and draw on a regular basis. (Somehow that has been less painful for me than writing… but if writing cramped my hand then drawing would be agonizing too and I’d have to take weeks off on a nearly constant basis).
So suddenly purchasing a new kind of pen and realizing it MADE THE PAIN DISAPPEAR feels like magic. I literally feel less disabled.
I just wish I bought a fountain pen years ago 😅

@joe@toot.works
2025-12-20 16:17:46

... It looks like support for the school district went down by 25%. I am guessing that is the reason why.

@cheryanne@aus.social
2026-01-19 19:27:47

Good start to the day: it's not even 6:30 am and I've already hit my head...

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-11-19 10:41:00

Google has one enormous advantage over all other AI players in the industry. It can offer "AI-modus" to the billions of people already using Google Search. And yes, AI-modus can be bad, full of faults, but it improves and gets better. For many questions it is "good enough" probably. Also it is just one-click away for most people on a site they already visit regularly. This way Google will create another unhealthy market dominance i am afraid.

picture of AI modus in Google
@daniel@social.telemetrydeck.com
2026-01-19 09:41:11

RE: mastodon.social/@iamkonstantin
I am incredibly happy to be able work with Konstantin and can recommend hiring him 100%

@floheinstein@chaos.social
2025-11-20 04:51:36

"Geschätzte Fahrgäste, die Störung am Zug lässt sich leider nicht beheben. Dieser Zug fällt ab Dachsen aus, wendet hier und fährt zurück nach Schaffhausen. Für die Weiterfahrt nehmen Sie die S12 05:54".
Ehm, die fährt in 3 Minuten auf diesem Gleis wo du stehst, und du musst 200 Meter rennen um den Führerstand zu wechseln.
I don't think so...
#SBBCFFFFS

@drbruced@aus.social
2025-11-19 19:41:15

I’m getting enough of these to think it must be the new Nigerian prince scam. Am I right? Anyone know how it works?

Email that reads “We have a family office that is highly interested in making an investment into Systems Approach's space. We are a capital advisory firm that works directly with a select group of family offices, and this particular family office is strongly considering an investment into Systems Approach's vertical, so we wanted to reach out and see if you are open to bringing on capital.

Are you available to discuss this opportunity?

Thanks,
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2025-11-20 10:16:30

Der geekige Typ, der am Ende der Konferenz Grundbegriffe definiert, Vorredner:innen erklärt, was sie eigentlich sagen wollten und so Sätze sagt wie "and now I turn to my friend Xerxes"

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-19 23:01:55

Politico ends its print edition after 19 years, as its early reliance on print ad revenue fades and its audience relies more on digital platforms (Ken Vogel/@kenvogel.bsky.social)
bsky.app/profile/kenvogel.bsky

@eyebee@mstdn.social
2025-11-19 09:25:59

Cold And Wet: eyebeemania.net/2025/11/19/col

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-11-17 15:16:36

Time to reread
anthonymoser.github.io/writing

@schtobia@augsburg.social
2025-11-20 07:53:05

They say Mother Superior can disregard nothing — a meaningless aphorism until you grasp its other significance: I am the servant of all my Sisters. They watch their servant with critical eyes. I cannot spend too much time on generalities nor on trivia. Mother Superior must display insightful action else a sense of disquiet penetrates to the farthest corners of our order.
— Darwi Odrade
#dunequotes

@robpike@hachyderm.io
2026-01-12 01:06:25

I have not updated my main Mac to the new OS. I have updated my laptop, and regret it. I am concerned about security updates but I believe Apple provides security updates for not-too-old versions.
This UI, though, I just do not feel comfortable with it. I am hoping I can skip this major version and that the next one will be more in line with Apple's historical attention to getting UIs right.
Please don't respond with discussion about the UI, but: please do respond if I am making a security mistake by holding off on the update.

@profcarroll@federate.social
2025-11-13 13:39:58
Content warning: SA

From: jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: 2/16/2017 12:21:27 AM
To: paul krassner
Subject: Re: Trump
i was pointing out that that alleged rape was reported to be at my house with donald and I raping her.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 7:07 PM, paul krassner ‹
wrote:
On Feb 1, 2017, at 7:39 AM, jeffrey E. ≤jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
the allegation was not at a pedophile party, it was at my house with me.
to what wording would you suggest I …

From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
2/16/2017 12:21:27 AM
paul krassner
Re: Trump
i was pointing out that that alleged rape was reported to be at my house with donald and I raping her.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 7:07 PM, paul krassner ‹
wrote:
On Feb 1, 2017, at 7:39 AM, jeffrey E. ≤jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
the allegation was not at a pedophile party, it was at my house with me.
to what wording would you suggest I change that?
please note
The information contained in t…
@carloshr@lile.cl
2025-11-19 12:33:04

Miren lo que me llegó 😍
#FediverseForFreedom

Tres pegatinas idénticas se muestran sobre una superficie de madera de tono claro. Cada pegatina presenta un diseño irregular con una red de puntos interconectados en tonos pastel (naranja, amarillo, verde, azul, morado) como fondo. Sobre este fondo, el texto principal en mayúsculas de color magenta o morado intenso dice: 'I AM PART OF THE REBEL ALLIANCE'. Debajo de este, en el mismo color, aparece el hashtag: '#FediverseForFreedom'.
@al3x@hachyderm.io
2025-12-19 15:16:56

What family board game got you excited this year?
I am looking for a gift for a family of 4 that is into board games.
It has to be a new game as this family is "pro".
Thank you!

@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2025-12-17 22:15:11

I remember a friend who worked at a company that made a popular browser, and complained that I didn't have any "skin in the game" when I constantly complained about the browser the company was building.
Great guy, but I could not accept "be quiet, you are not part of this" when I am a browser user, web user, former-web developer (1995-2010) and just a person who gives a shit about privacy, security, and enshittification in general.

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-01-15 12:52:22

New article from me.
I conquer, therefore I am – the United States intervention in Venezuela
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/wo

@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-18 02:13:11

Am I watching TACO? No, I am doing something much more important. Relearning French. It is slow and frustrating, but some is coming back and I am learning new words. Scrolling through the TV guide and I was surprised that I could read some of the information that was in French. No where near speaking it, but can understand part of the simplest stuff.
This is one senior citizen that can still learn (even if it is slowly).

@yaya@jorts.horse
2025-10-20 05:11:08

OKAY OKAY I am getting too exhausted to hold my phone I will sleep
luv u all

@tante@tldr.nettime.org
2026-01-19 16:05:43

Been waiting for an email that was supposed to come "mid-January" and it confirms that I am not a patient man. Like at all.

@DamonHD@mastodon.social
2025-12-19 16:10:31

#today I made a bit of progress on my #research with my friend/RA, and I am now on my way in to central London to meet him at a pub...

@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu
2025-11-20 13:29:48

The whole day so far, after doing some chores around the city, is depressing a few layers high ∑ and a few layers deep ↓
I am somewhere in the middle ∝ and miraculously alright, but I don't like it.

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-19 02:41:31

Here in Minneapolis, in some ways it’s already happening: people are putting so many hours into community work, and are so exhausted and distracted when they’re at their jobs, now normal life is…well, not shut down, but severely compromised. But that’s necessity. Life continues even in war zones far more dire than this one.
I am talking about something else: shutting down normal life not out of necessity but by choice, in righteous anger.
11/

@felwert@fedihum.org
2025-11-20 13:22:38

I am really interested in the linked.art initiative, but I’m finding it hard to wrap my head around it. What strikes me as particularly odd:
* The types-of-types pattern, which creates JSON structures that are very unlike usual JSON properties.
* The AATization of everything, including things like language tags, for which perfectly fine native RDF patterns exist.
Has anyone worked with it? Are there good Getting Started guides?

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2025-11-18 07:15:05

This is what I'm reduced to when I want to eat and Horrible wants to cuddle.
#CatsOfMastondon

Me, trying to eat my meal, while my cat Horrible is very contentedly curled up on me. I am wearing a pale grey hoodie with the slogan "If at first you don't secede, try, try again"
@stefan@gardenstate.social
2026-01-20 05:39:32

That was Rufus Wainwright at the end right? Was he singing the Rice-a-roni song?
Am I crazy? He has a song called San Francisco but those are not the lyrics? RIGHT?
Rufus' orchestration is meant for space. He is from the future.
#startrek

@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2025-11-18 19:59:15

RE: social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg/1
Codeberg is down right now, as I was trying to publish a file. Am I upset? Not at all! So thankful to Codeberg for being a great alternative to "other" services out there. Keep up th…

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2026-01-19 19:47:37

As I mentioned in a prior post the House - with many D's in support! - passed HR 7006, a bill to fund various parts of the Federal government.
The house should have voted it down - but they chose to feed the trump beast in an act of abject appeasement.
I am sure that Congress critters will say "these are benign things that ought to be funded". And in that they are mostly right.
But we know that trump will simply grab any funds and apply them elsewhere. Congre…

@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io
2025-11-19 14:39:15

Thank you all for 3,000 followers on here! Here’s a photo of Danny to celebrate the occasion ☺️
3 years into being part of Mastodon, I continue to be impressed with how wonderful the people here are and how much this social network actually FEELS social. People replying to one another, having conversations, learning things, sharing moments of joy, making friends.
Mastodon brought my business clients, helped me gain confidence in my own voice, freed me from dependence on big tech and algorithms, rekindled my interests, introduced me to incredible people and projects, and served as a source of hope in humanity in the times when cynicism and nihilism felt all but inevitable.
I love our little corner of the internet, and am so glad that it’s still here despite everyone who professed it was doomed to fade into irrelevance.
Thank you to everyone reading these words for being here on the Fedi. The world is a little better thanks to your choice to support an independent web.

@pgcd@mastodon.online
2025-12-19 15:12:21

My train leaves in five hours.
As a consequence, I am completely unable to do anything useful.

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-01-16 21:21:12

am 11.12.2025 gabs #oboecontent & #bassooncontent/#fagottcontent im türchen des rätsel-adventskalenders der uni münster! 🥰

screenshot aus dem adventskalender mit folgender frage:
"Oboe und Fagott
Wer im Urlaub durch die Blumenpracht Frankreichs oder Italiens spaziert, ahnt kaum, dass dort auch das wichtigste Material für zwei unserer charakteristischsten Orchesterinstrumente wächst. Was hat das unscheinbare „Arundo donax“ aus dem Mittelmeerraum eigentlich damit zu tun, dass Oboe und Fagott so verzaubernd klingen – ob solistisch, im Ensemble oder im Sinfonieorchester?"
@yaya@jorts.horse
2025-10-20 04:22:46

I been awake 39 hours

selfie of me clearly beginning to lose it
being cute yet Dying
it is past my bedtime and I am starting to make goofy faces
@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-01-15 13:41:48

What is behind Trump’s intervention in Venezuela, and the kidnapping of its president? Is it oil, is it power?
My article:
I conquer, therefore I am – the United States intervention in Venezuela
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/wo

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2025-10-20 01:00:38

Recipes are full of directions like “when the top starts to brown” or “when it is firm to the touch but not hard.”
Very often, the thing the directions are taking about is not the actual important trait, but a •proxy• for something important you can’t see directly. Maybe the inside of the bread is fully baked when the top starts to brown. Maybe dangerous bacteria are killed when the quiche is firm to the touch. (I am making this up; don’t @ me about quiche.)
Proxy indicators, heuristics, rules of thumb, call them what you like: they’re essential in cooking.
2/

@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-20 14:08:39

Wife is rolling on the floor laughing.
My comment on price 'decreases'... 'I may be stupid, but I am not Trump stupid'.

@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io
2025-12-18 16:22:06

My favorite video game company is currently making news because they admitted to falling to AI hype and pushing it on employees even though they’ve (predictably) seen no actual benefits.
I am sad about it but, in good news, writing with a fountain pen continues to be an extreme delight.
I developed carpal tunnel nine years ago, and handwriting would always be a stolen joy in the brief moments before pain would start again. I have been feeling nearly 0 pain in the last two weeks despite filling 50 pages. I feel like I’ve been given a new lease on life in a small way.

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-01-16 21:14:20

"Auf der Suche nach besonderen Formen schickt der Betriebsleiter zwei Mitarbeiter in die Stadtbibliothek." 👍🙃
– WDR #Zeitzeichen: "Wie ein Missverständnis #CocaCola groß machte"

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-01-16 08:55:57

"There are two possibilities that offer better explanations of the US’s criminal action: oil and power. Petroleum has been widely cited as the key reason, and Trump himself has acknowledged this. There seem to be two plausible aspects to this."
From my new Venezuela article.
I conquer, therefore I am – the United States intervention in Venezuela

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2025-11-19 00:36:42

Another example of El Cheato supporting and protecting rape culture....
I am beginning to believe that the 'R' and 'p' in "Republican" stands for "rape" and "pedophile".
propublica.org/article/andrew-

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-17 20:52:21

I am not resting easy yet.
A bunch of people who are basically straight-up Nazis just got humiliated. They’re hurting, they’re angry, and they’re in my city.
And they’re pants-on-head dumbshits. (One of their posters bemoaned the “erogion [sic] of our rights.”) That’s not a comfort: sometimes that’s the most dangerous kind of right-winger. Their utter amateurishness means they have no sense of constraints and no sense of consequences. I don’t know what they’ll try to do next.
We remain wary and •highly• watchful. But I’m going to take the win on this round.
/end

@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2025-12-16 15:54:40

I wrote a blog post that could be seen as depressing, but I think it's full of hope and perhaps you'll agree.
I'd like to hear what you think.
rasterweb.net/raster/2025/12/1

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-01-16 21:30:42

"Wie lernt man eigentlich mit den Fingern zu lesen? Zum Weltbrailletag am 4. Januar"
blog.dzblesen.de/2025/12/19/wi

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2025-11-19 19:56:04

There are good TV/video creations and then there are the truly awful ones that destroy brain cells.
I am wondering when Hulu will begin promoting a brain-cell-burning show about "The Real AIs of Santa Clara"?

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-01-16 21:11:56

15 monate lang war die eingangstür in unserer bibliothek im vom-stein-haus am schlossplatz defekt, und wir mussten einen umweg über eine fluchttür nutzen. seit anfang dezember kann man aber endlich wieder nach links zur bibliothek abbiegen und durch die neue tür eintreten! 🥳

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2025-11-18 01:28:59

It is now less than than 12 months to the midterm elections.
And the D-party is about as ready and organized as a bag of live worms.
The R-party is ready with massive tools to exclude voters; block, disrupt and manipulate the vote counts; and otherwise assure that the election comes out their way.
But the D's still hang onto leaders and issues (I'm lookin' at you "identity politics") that are like boat anchors on a parachute.
I am old, but I firm…

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-01-16 21:15:33

aus der reihe "#lifehacks" im dezember: muttern nach altem nagellack fragen, um endlich mal die sich ständig wieder lösenden schrauben am küchenspülenabflusseinsatzsieb zu fixieren. 🙃

foto eines küchenspülenabflusseinsatzsiebes von unten, um dessen schraube an zwei stellen pinkfarbener nagellack gepinselt wurde, abgestützt von einem weck-glas; im hintergrund ist das nagellackfläschchen zu sehen