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@barijaona@mastodon.mg
2026-05-16 00:17:30

Why (and how) UPS trucks (almost) never turn left.
The policy started in the 1970s and is implemented by a dedicated software since 2004.
Its impact on workers’ political opinions remains unknown. ☺️
cnn.com/2017/02/16/world/ups-t

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-06-15 03:31:04

What's left from SCOTUS, and when to expect it
lawdork.com/p/whats-left-from-

When I was first learning to write,
my letters and words ran from right to left, reversed as if in a mirror.
Being left-handed, I was imitating the hand strokes of my right-handed teachers instead of reversing their strokes to replicate the letters.
I gradually got the hang of writing in the correct direction, but it still feels natural for me to mirror-write.
I have a mirror-written childhood diary. Leonardo da Vinci, another lefty, did that too

@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-06-16 22:43:44

I've noticed how people who are 'left' in their politics are happy to identify themselves that way. People on the 'right', however, seldom identify themselves that way, as it tends to reflect poorly on them - 'right' connotes selfish, bigoted, greedy, mean, cold, ignorant, religious, pragmatic rather than principled... I propose we adopt new terms for the political spectrum rather than 'left'<->'right', namely 'noble'<->'ign…

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-16 10:48:24

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Thundercat:
🎵 What Is Left to Say
#Thundercat
thundercat.bandcamp.com/track/
open.spotify.com/track/3enDijq

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-05-15 20:50:58

Sources: Ramtin Arablouei, co-host and cofounder of NPR podcast Throughline, left the network after it opened an investigation into his workplace conduct (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/05/15/busines

@jkohlmann@mastodon.social
2026-07-15 12:08:50

For the #Housemarque and #Returnal sickos out there:
1. I named my personal Mac “Helios”
2. Find My now gives me ‘“Helios” left behind’ notifications

An iOS notification from Find My that reads, ‘Time Sensitive: “Helios” left behind. This device is no longer detected near you. It was last seen near [redacted].”
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-05-15 16:51:27

Cowboys $96 Million Star Makes Feelings Clear on Position Change heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-co

@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy
2026-07-16 03:23:05

On Website Technicals (2019-08) - Tech updates: maybe lazy, spatial coverage and Google Maps, goodbye JSON, long path wrapped, podcasts, links out and left float. - earth.org.uk/note-on-site-tech

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-06-15 00:30:36

Sundar Pichai faced a walkout at his Stanford commencement speech, as 100 students left amid chants of "Free, free Palestine" over Google's ties with Israel (Zain Khan/New York Post)
nypost.com/2026/06/14/us-ne…

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-06-15 17:51:37

A profile of Hany Farid, the world's leading deepfake expert, who recently left the Bay Area for Vermont.
"I can’t stand this place anymore... These major tech giants will burn everything to the ground as long as they’re making a profit.”
nytimes.com/2026/06/14/us/ai-d

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2026-05-16 07:28:38

"DB will let you down. It will also, more often than the internet would have you believe, deliver you eight hours of clean uninterrupted thinking time at 250 km/h across a country, drop you within walking distance of your next meeting, and occasionally reroute you down the left bank of the Rhine at golden hour as an apology. The trick is to plan for the first and enjoy the second.'
The most useful hints I've ever seen for our summer holiday planning...
blog.hofstede.it/a-field-manua

@davidaugust@mastodon.online
2026-05-16 16:16:13

"I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character."
—Tim Curry
#acting

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-07-16 22:33:42

The tiny group (1)4489 now center left during Thursday's Bochum #sunset - later timesteps in bsky.app/profile/cosmos4u.bsky

To some extent, Mohamed Hussein knew he was preparing to enter the lion’s den.
But he made the decision to attend the Republican Party of Texas Convention
to confirm for himself that he had a place in the GOP,
even as members of the party have railed for months about the urgency of ending Sharia Law and the so-called “Islamification” of Texas.
What he found was a party that didn’t want him.
He arrived with hope but left in tears after being told explicitly that …

@thijs_lucas@norden.social
2026-06-16 19:56:30

Der Duft von Sonnenuntergang und Blüten
Das auf dem Foto war heute einer der „schlimmeren“ Radwege - einmal quer durch Montpellier, vom Süden in den Norden und weiter bis Jacou. Wir sind fast durchgängig wie in Kopenhagen auf geschützten Radwegen inklusive geschützter Kreisverkehre geradelt, haben ein bisschen navigiert, und unterhalten, die Aussichten genossen und einen genossen hier und jetzt zu radeln.
Schon stark was Montpellier, Copenhagenize und 3M hier geschaffen haben und …

A cyclist pulling a children’s trailer on a narrow cycle path with a wall on the left and bushes full of blossoms on the right.
@jon@henshaw.social
2026-06-15 20:30:44

RE: mastodon.social/@404mediaco/11
I went to see it last night with my son. I left the movie thinking that this might have worked 10-20 years ago, but not today. It was a good movie, I guess. Nothing I'd want to see again.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-04-16 20:05:58

AP Exclusive: Europe has 'maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,' energy agency head warns (John Leicester/Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/iran-war-eu
memeorandum.com/260416/p93#a26

@scott@carfree.city
2026-05-16 21:19:37

Amazing turnout for the Affordable Housing Guarantee Act kickoff in Dolores Park! Together, we’re going to make sure the voters’ will to tax the rich to fund affordable housing gets respected!
I mostly left the taking of photos to others but here’s one of @… psyching us up

Dean Preston addresses a crowd gathered at the foot of the hill in Dolores Park on a sunny day
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2026-05-16 01:51:31

Load break cutouts on a cross connect downtown

Utility pole with a single phase transformer and four cutout switches on it, all currently closed in.

The fuse cutout feeding the transformer is a standard one attached to a stirrup on the primary phase furthest from the camera.

The other three cutouts are fed from stirrups on the right side phases and drive the phases on the left side of the pole, but can be opened manually (or blow on overload) to isolate one side or the other in the event of a fault or for maintenance. These have larger gr…
@nohillside@smnn.ch
2026-04-16 12:55:21

Habt ihr eure Ferien schon (um)geplant?
Europe has 'maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,' energy agency head tells the AP apnews.com/article/iran-war-eu

@stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-15 18:17:05

sciencealert.com/worlds-oldest

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2026-06-16 13:42:44

»Align to page«. And then the object snaps on either 0.07cm or -0.02cm off the left page border. Microsoft Office, enterprise grade software. #uxfromhell

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-07-15 00:13:50

Wachusett Reservoir is the largest hand-built dam in the world, assembled from great granite blocks
#photo #photography #dam

On the left a great dam made of large granite blocks extends from the front to the back with a long grass lawn immediately in front of us and field, water and forest across a great gulf with high altitude clouds high overhead
@Schrank@phpc.social
2026-07-16 13:51:19

My brother from the US is here and makes a birthday party, so I left out #n8nfest :-( If you wan to join a great party, live coded music and other n8n people, tell me. I have a ticket and would love to give it away for free!
Starts TODAY - in 1 hour in Berlin
More infos:

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2026-07-15 04:57:12

The state of #Python ecosystem right now: almost everything is slop. Some projects are complete vibe-coded slop (autobahn, chardet, cryptography). Some projects are disguised slop ("Coding agents shouldn't co-author themselves.")
There is only a handful of human projects left (Flask being one bright example). And they're being killed. They're being killed by the neverending slew of slop pull requests. They're being killed by all their dependencies becoming slop. They're being killed because this whole ecosystem has became such a complete cesspit that you have zero motivation to do anything.
EDIT: and honestly, this is only going to get worse. When you kill the incentive to work on projects, you only get more slop. Maintainers give in, and more projects become slop. Or they give up, and projects get forked unto slop.
#NoAI #NoLLM

@lpryszcz@genomic.social
2026-04-16 20:26:07

Are you planning flying in the coming months? Consider train...
"The executive director of the International Energy Agency, said there would be flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies from the Middle East were not restored within the coming weeks.
KLM, part of the Air France-KLM group, said on Thursday it would cut 160 flights in the coming month because of high kerosene jet fuel prices."

@hex@kolektiva.social
2026-04-16 20:52:27

Propaganda of the deed generally does the opposite of what it's supposed to do: it alienates rather than activates, destroying the movement it comes from. Until it doesn't. Until it actually sparks a revolution.
But there is a prerequisite for a successful revolution. That is an alternative system to pivot into as the old one collapses. That alternative is *far more dangerous* than any one-off action, up to and including literally killing a king or an emperor.
People will eventually rise up. That's just a matter of time. The question is what's left after everything gets burned down. That's a far more important question than, "is it happening?" It's happening (sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly), what's next?
Hierarchy manifests complexity beyond its ability to manage. We're seeing that now, we will see it more. Distributed authority is more stable. Build a distributed society within the burned out warehouse of the hierarchical one.

@yetiinabox@todon.nl
2026-07-15 06:11:10

At this moment, in our small garden, the cherries are finishing, the raspberries are yielding bucketloads, and the strawberries are just starting. The parsley has gone to seed and the mint and oregano are just flowering, and the various chives and garlicky things have seedheads.
However, the slugs appear to be munching all the mizuna seedlings - I'm hoping the hedgehog will help with that. We did have a frog for a while but I think they've left.
We can go two days without…

@burger_jaap@mastodon.social
2026-04-16 19:20:58

Finally, Volkswagen is launching a V2G tariff in Germany. It is now scheduled for launch in Q4 2026.
Although Volkswagen was the first German car manufacturer to release bidirectional charging functionality in their vehicles, they are now behind BMW, Mercedes and Ford (whose EVs use VW technology) in terms of announcing an actual charger and tariff bundle.

An electric vehicle is plugged into a charging station against a wooden backdrop. Colorful lines suggest energy transfer. Text promotes a new energy transition initiative from Elli, mentioning V2G technology coming soon.
A white Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle is prominently displayed against a purple background. Smaller illustrations of various electric cars are scattered around, with the text "Electric vehicles based on the MEB platform" above.
An illustration featuring a DC BiDi Charger and a Smart Meter Gateway (SMGW). The charger is on the left with a sleek black design and an interface for controls. The SMGW, depicted on the right, is highlighted with a wireless symbol.
Graphic highlighting a "Bidirectional energy tariff" with "Volkswagen Naturstrom" prominently displayed, featuring a modern, tech-inspired design in shades of purple and green. An arrow points right, suggesting further information or action.
@jswright61@ruby.social
2026-05-12 19:53:52

#LeftWordle fans:
I have a page up at left-wordle.com/retire-words.h that contains my approximation of the current NYT Wordle's answer list.
If you're interested in …

@j_honegger@swiss.social
2026-05-15 13:23:12

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
NO RESERVES LEFT: ONLY RUSSIAN’S MONEY Vlog 1394: War in #Ukraine
The head of the russian Central Bank #ElviraNabiullina

@ErikUden@mastodon.de
2026-07-14 16:57:36

I was interviewed by a British film student about political activism in Germany and why the German left youth is doing activism differently than in the UK or the USA!
🔗 youtu.be/AXTpoPwJHbk
Feel free to watch 🚩

@compfu@mograph.social
2026-05-15 07:11:46

New „waste a day by just clicking around“ game has dropped. Like the paperclip maximizer. This one is pokemon but just with numbers. Like you’re stripping away the cutesy cartoon and are left with the underlying math and addiction. tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/1165

@samerfarha@mastodon.social
2026-05-15 13:49:55

Me: *visits company website ➼ looks at product ➼ likes product ➼ buys product*
Company: Thanks for buying our product! Here’s your confirmation and receipt!
Also company: Hey! You left something in your basket!
Later: Here’s your shipping details!
Later still: Please come back and buy the thing!

@denmanrooke@mastodon.ie
2026-05-14 14:42:45

I was on Drivetime on RTÉ Radio One yesterday discussing the main points of my campaign.
Working people are being crushed with the cost of living and housing crises.
We need to:
• Ban evictions
• Ban short-term lets
• Build a state run construction company
• Price caps and fuel and energy
• Defend our neutrality
• Full sanctions on Israel
Vote Denman Rooke no. 1 and then transfer Left to the other candidates in the Vote Left Transfer Left…

Graphic of Denman Rooke canvassing in Galway City
@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-07-15 11:50:12

Orlando Brown Jr.: Bengals have the 'best pass protection unit in the NFL' nfl.com/news/orlando-brown-jr-

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-05-14 19:21:31

Sources: 50 researchers and engineers have left xAI since the SpaceX acquisition via layoffs, firings, and voluntary departures; many have joined Meta and TML (Theo Wayt/The Information)
theinformation.com/articles/sp

@wrog@mastodon.murkworks.net
2026-06-15 21:33:34

I'll take Things I Really Fucking Hate for $1000, Alex:
So, in emacs, ^W is "kill-region", the keystroke you use when you want to cut and paste text from place to place
In the rest of the Microsoft world, ^W is "close window".
Exactly how this fucks me over when composing replies in the Mastodon webbrowser (and other) clients is left as an exercise for the reader.

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-06-15 08:00:09

lkml_thread: Linux kernel mailing list
A bipartite network of contributions by users to threads on the Linux kernel mailing list. A left node is a person, and a right node is a thread, and each timestamped edge (i,j,t) denotes that user i contributed to thread j at time t. The date of the snapshot is not given.
This network has 379554 nodes and 1565683 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Timestamps

lkml_thread: Linux kernel mailing list. 379554 nodes, 1565683 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/lkml_thread
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-07-15 00:30:25

Inside Outside VI 🔲
中间 VI 🔲
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Fujifilm Neopan F, expired 1993
If you like my work, Support by buying me a coffee or a roll of film from
PayPal paypal.com/paypalme/ydcdingsite
Wise

Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white photograph of a bustling urban scene. The foreground features a pedestrian plaza with people walking in various directions. To the right, there are escalators leading up to a covered walkway or building entrance. In the background, tall buildings with numerous windows and signage in Chinese characters are visible. The sky is overcast, and the overall atmosphere is lively and busy.
中文
一张黑白照片,展现了繁忙的城市景象。前景是一个行人广场,人们朝不同方向行走。右侧有自动扶梯通往一个有顶棚的步行道或建筑入口。…
Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white photograph featuring a statue of a uniformed figure, possibly a guard or official, standing on a rooftop. The statue wears a hat and a double-breasted jacket. Behind the statue, there is a traditional Chinese building with ornate roof details and a modern skyscraper in the distant background. Trees and foliage are visible to the left.
中文
一张黑白照片,展示了一个穿制服的人物雕像,可能是卫兵或官员,站在一个屋顶上。雕像戴着帽子,穿着双排扣上衣。雕像后方是一幢传统中式建筑,屋顶装饰精美,远处背景中还有一幢现代摩天大楼。左侧可见树木和绿植。
Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white photograph of a traditional Chinese building with a tiled roof and intricate architectural details. In the background, modern high-rise buildings rise above the traditional structure. The foreground includes outdoor seating and tables, possibly part of a café or restaurant. A sign with Chinese characters is visible on the traditional building.
中文
一张黑白照片,展示了一幢传统中式建筑,屋顶铺有瓦片,建筑细节精美。背景中,现代高层建筑耸立在传统建筑之上。前景有户外座椅和桌子,可能属于咖啡馆或餐厅。传统建筑上可见中文字样的标志。
Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white photograph of a tall residential building. The building has multiple floors with balconies and air conditioning units attached to the exterior. The sky above is bright and clear, creating a stark contrast with the building. The lower part of the image shows rooftops of adjacent structures.
中文
一张黑白照片,拍摄了一幢高层住宅楼。楼房有多层,每层都有阳台和外墙上的空调设备。上方的天空明亮清朗,与建筑形成鲜明对比。图像下方显示了相邻建筑的屋顶。
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2026-06-14 07:54:33

These boys are up to something very cool...
mastodon.gamedev.place/@KROMAP

@johl@mastodon.xyz
2026-05-14 15:07:29

OMG, someone actually went ahead and filed that as a bug! (Well, three years ago)
Ho mia Zamenhof, iu vere registris tion kiel cimon! (Nu, antaŭ tri jaroj)
codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/i

@danyork@mastodon.social
2026-06-14 10:23:55

RE: toot.cafe/@baldur/116747852738
Interesting and thought-provoking read! I left seeing the problem but just being teased about the author’s view of possible solutions (apparently a series of posts will be written…).
It’s definitely worth th…

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-06-15 04:32:13

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Suzanne Vega:
🎵 Left Of Center
#SuzanneVega
djbiggh.bandcamp.com/track/suz
open.spotify.com/track/24vxZMH

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-06-15 20:50:41

A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears. (Renzo Downey/The Texas Tribune)
texastribune.org/2026/06/15/te
memeorandum.com/260615/p90#a26

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-05-04 18:42:53

Bad news from Kerala.
But it's happened before and the left will be back.
India loses its last left-wing government after five decades | Politics News | Al Jazeera
aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/4/in

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2026-06-15 07:15:12

Which one of these BGA fanouts is better?
Both are the same nominal trace/space, both are skew matched by the time you get to the vertical "home run" area heading towards the connector.
But TDR of the first one wasn't that great. Let's see if the second one is any better when the simulation finishes...

BGA fanout of a diffpair coming off a pair of vertically stacked BGA lands so the trace running to the upper one is longer than the lower until a bunch of meanders straighten them back out
Alternate layout with the track coming left from the balls and tightly coupled the whole way but taking a bit more space and needing much less meanders
@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-05-05 17:42:04

from my link log —
Async Rust never left the MVP state.
tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/237/asyn
saved 2026-05-04

@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk
2026-06-13 16:07:06

One of the hazards of photographing a much-photographed thing is that, after careful consideration of viewpoint, composition and framing, you take exactly the same pictures as everyone else who has carefully considered viewpoint, composition and framing.
Here are two photographs I took of the Atlas Fountain at Castle Howard, along with the two illustrations from its Wikipedia entry. Years apart in time, inches apart in space.

The Atlas Fountain at Castle Howard with trees in the background.
The Atlas Fountain on the left with Castle Howard in the background on the right.
The Atlas Fountain at Castle Howard with trees in the background. License CCA-SA, by https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tilman2007
The Atlas Fountain on the left with Castle Howard in the background on the right. Unlike the other images, the fountain is not operating in this picture.
License CCA-SA 4.0 by https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Macwhale
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-07-16 19:02:11

The 570-megapixel #DarkEnergyCamera (DECam) has captured a vibrant scene, filled with swirls and stars reminiscent of Van Gogh’s The Starry Night: noirlab.edu/public/news/noirla - this new cosmic masterpiece features glowing nebula NGC 6729 on the left and globular star cluster NGC 6723 on the right.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-04-16 03:04:04

I got quite a few photos Tuesday for which I didn't give somebody a token but I am prioritizing portraits for processing since I know people are waiting for them; here is a wide angle of the four season garden in the ILR courtyard with a class discussing outdoors
#photo #photography

To the left a grass lawn with a group of people sitting cross-legged in a circle with a planting of forsythia and sakura to the right all surrounded by beige buildings with a blue sky above.
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-06-14 14:30:41

Can anyone find an origin for this FreeBSD graphic?
(It's seen in a YouTube video that does not state the origin. I have left a comment there …)
"FreeBSD provides the entire operating system as one unified project."
I already used an extension – Search by Image <addons.mozilla.org/a…

@yaya@jorts.horse
2026-05-14 16:27:26

duolingo been doing some wild worldbuilding lately

Translate this sentence

D'fhág mé mo bhean
chéile mar bhí sí le fear eile.

I left my wife because she was with another man.
Translate this sentence
D'fhill si le carr agus buachaill nua.

She returned with a car and a new boyfriend.
Translate this sentence
D'fhéach mé timpeall ach ní fhaca mé m'athair. Ansin, thosaigh mé ag rith.

I looked around but I did not see my father. Then I started running.
Translate this sentence
Choimeád mé a litir mar fuair sí bás.

I kept her letter because she died.
@sean@scoat.es
2026-05-14 14:26:35

If I didn't have the experience to know better, and if I was a new user of the AWS Console, I'd swear that the performance of their cloud offering is terrible.
It's just really slow/heavy browser code, plus WAY too many requests, but that *must* make a bad impression on new-to-AWS folks. (…if there are any of those left? maybe that's the problem…)

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-05-15 18:00:15

"Smog, Lies and Pineapples: How LA Cleaned up Its Air and What’s Left to Do"
#US #USA #America #LosAngeles

@harrysentonbury@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-14 21:03:43

#sunset

sunset from a fallen tree inside a wood, illuminated ivy leaf on the left.
@wraithe@mastodon.social
2026-05-14 00:48:52

This is a pretty solid assessment of Where We (for a given value of “we”) Are
bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lp3e7

@cjust@infosec.exchange
2026-06-12 18:20:57

#Shitpost #Shitposting #Babylon5

The image is a graphic design featuring bold, stylized text against a vibrant, solid royal blue background. The primary focus is the word "ZATHRAS" rendered in large, uppercase letters. These letters are a bright, warm orange with a distinct red outline, giving them a three-dimensional, embossed appearance. The shadows cast by the red outline suggest light coming from the top left.

Below "ZATHRAS," and slightly to the left, is the word "FOR" in a smaller, italicized font, also in the same oran…
@shriramk@mastodon.social
2026-07-13 00:46:32

I'm not a "I will never fly X" person, but my first experience w/ Breeze Airways has left me shocked. Sending people to arrive *4 hrs late at 130am at an airport 1h30m away* (PVD⭢BDL) w/ no transport. Zero agents. No phone. Chat hard to find. Chat cuts off with this. Epic fail.

@mrwedders@social.linux.pizza
2026-06-15 21:19:57

So these Xbox layoff rumours that they might shutter Compulsion... yet to play South of Midnight but it reviewed well, tho We Happy Few was pretty lackluster.
But god help Xbox if they lay a finger on my beloved Double Fine, or what's left of Arkane...

@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-06-11 20:44:42

Nate Thomas opens up about Cowboys' open competition at left tackle dallascowboys.com/news/nate-th

@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-07-13 05:16:29

Good morning... I can confirm that the heating in the train works

A green field with bushes on the left and trees on the right. Sun rising in the background
@scottmiller42@mstdn.social
2026-05-14 18:43:54

Is it too late for someone early 50s to decide they want to abandon their data analytics career (BA, MS, 30 years experience), and start a new path studying television academically? Uh, asking for a friend.
Incidentally, what would be a good title for a thesis studying the left-at-the-altar trope, and how and why it appears much more frequently in sitcoms than in real life, and maybe explore some sociological intersections with that?

Europe has “maybe six weeks or so” of remaining jet fuel supplies,
the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging interview,
warning of possible flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war.
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol painted a sobering picture of the global repercussions of what he called
“the largest energy crisis we have ever faced,”
stemming from the pinch-off of oil, gas and other vital suppl…

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-05-15 09:00:16

lkml_thread: Linux kernel mailing list
A bipartite network of contributions by users to threads on the Linux kernel mailing list. A left node is a person, and a right node is a thread, and each timestamped edge (i,j,t) denotes that user i contributed to thread j at time t. The date of the snapshot is not given.
This network has 379554 nodes and 1565683 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Timestamps

lkml_thread: Linux kernel mailing list. 379554 nodes, 1565683 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/lkml_thread
@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-04-16 02:48:13

My Sakura strategy this year was to look for people who were taking pictures and ask "would you like a group portrait?"
#photo #photography #flowers

Women on the left with headscarf and red painted lips and black robe with crimson strips and on the right with braided hair and beige shirt with green grass flowers and windows behind
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-05-13 01:40:54

Sources: Jensen Huang was left out of President Trump's China trip to avoid unwanted scrutiny and awkward conversations about the sale of Nvidia chips to China (Semafor)
semafor.com/article/05/12/2026

@scott@carfree.city
2026-06-14 04:31:40

This is the kind of unity we need to see among left-of-center candidates—everyone not on the billionaires' team. Like Saikat, I'll support Connie in the general election. I won't hide my disagreements with her, but fortunately most of them are much less relevant to federal office.

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-07-12 17:20:00

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Natalie Jane Hill:
🎵 Never Left Me
#NatalieJaneHill
nataliejanehill.bandcamp.com/t
open.spotify.com/track/5mYV6uf

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-06-14 17:07:03

It's bad enough that normies do it, but it's awful when a cybersecurity company does.
"Through its investigation, law enforcement also found that General Informatics had been using the same username and password for its remote access tool across its clientele."

@jswright61@ruby.social
2026-07-13 18:15:11

#LeftWordler’s:
I’m working on a major change. This change is the main reason I forked a Wordle repo into Left Wordle - the ability to login and maintain stats, streaks, and prefs across multiple devices.
I’m implementing this with Passkeys which will allow users to be completely anonymous. Please see

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-16 15:12:57

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
The Avalanches:
🎵 Since I Left You
#TheAvalanches
telephonemaison.bandcamp.com/t
open.spotify.com/track/2DgFCys

@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-06-11 20:28:07

Nate Thomas opens up about Cowboys' open competition at left tackle dallascowboys.com/news/nate-th

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-04-16 03:01:02

One of my favorite cherry trees on campus next to the A.D. White House garden with a student and family -- taken with the Laowa 9mm
#photo #photography #flowers

A student with a red shirt and black shorts flanked by a man on the left with a black shirt and denim shorts and a woman on the right with denim jeans -- they look small compared to a spreading cherry tree on a broad looking lawn
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-07-15 21:00:06

crime: Rosenfeld crime network (1991)
A network of associations among suspects, victims, and/or witnesses involved in crimes in St. Louis in the 1990s. Data are derived from police records, via snowball sampling from five initial homicides. Left nodes are people, right nodes are crime events, and edges connect people to particular crimes events they were associated with. Metadata includes names, genders, and roles (suspects, victims, and/or witnesses).
This network has 1380 nodes…

crime: Rosenfeld crime network (1991). 1380 nodes, 1476 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/crime
@servelan@newsie.social
2026-06-09 04:59:18

Nithya Raman has "a master’s degree in urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology" - I'd vote for her
Incumbent LA Mayor Karen Bass will face a challenge from the left in November | Courthouse News Service
courthousenews.com/incumbent-l

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-07-13 00:30:07

Inside Outside IV 🔲
中间 IV 🔲
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Fujifilm Neopan F, expired 1993
If you like my work, Support by buying me a coffee or a roll of film from
PayPal paypal.com/paypalme/ydcdingsite
Wise

Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white photograph of a traditional Chinese pavilion with a multi-tiered, upturned roof. The pavilion is set against a backdrop of modern skyscrapers, creating a stark contrast between old and new architectural styles. The sky is bright, emphasizing the silhouette of the pavilion.
中文
一张黑白照片,展示了一个中国传统亭台,其屋顶为多层且向上翘起的样式。亭台以现代摩天大楼为背景,形成了古老与现代建筑风格的强烈对比。天空明亮,突显了亭台的轮廓。
Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white photograph of the corner of a traditional Chinese building. The image captures the intricate layered eaves and brickwork of the structure. The roof tiles are curved, and the bricks are arranged in a precise, geometric pattern. A small portion of a tree is visible in the lower left corner.
中文
一张黑白照片,拍摄的是中国传统建筑的一个角落。图像展示了建筑精美的多层屋檐和砖墙。屋顶的瓦片呈弯曲状,砖块排列成精确的几何图案。左下角可见一小部分树木。
Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white photograph showing the edge of a traditional Chinese tiled roof. The roof tiles are layered and curved, with a modern high-rise building visible in the background. The contrast between the traditional architecture and the contemporary skyscraper is evident.
中文
一张黑白照片,展示了中国传统瓦屋顶的边缘。屋顶的瓦片呈层叠且弯曲的形状,背景中可见一栋现代高层建筑。传统建筑与现代摩天大楼的对比非常明显。
Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white close-up of a decorative iron gate with floral motifs. The gate features intertwined loops and flower-shaped ornaments, set against a white column on the left and a textured brick wall on the right. A vertical pipe runs along the brick wall.
中文
一张黑白特写照片,展示了一个带有花卉图案的装饰性铁门。铁门由交错的环形图案和花形装饰组成,左侧是一根白色柱子,右侧是一面质感粗糙的砖墙。砖墙上有一根垂直的管道。
@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-05-05 19:00:24

Giants signing DT D.J. Reader to help fill vacancy left by Dexter Lawrence nfl.com/news/giants-signing-dt

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-07-14 19:57:53

The new group (1)4489 on the left just above the clouds during today's Bochum #sunset - later timesteps in bsky.app/profile/cosmos4u.bsky

Rep. Harriet Hageman insists that there is no racism on the right
and that the Aryan Nation, Nazis, and KKK are all "far-left groups" 
peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/r

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-06-11 22:11:53

"Polanski is right that the consensus assignment has run its course, and the Greens are asking the right questions about who bears the costs of austerity and inflation. But adopting the language of MMT to suggest those costs can be wished away does the left no favours."
Zack Polanski gets economics wrong | LSE British Politics

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2026-05-14 04:04:17

All assembled, new GPU and fans in.
As usual 5 minute POST times, one of the things I like least about server hardware. Plus actual hypervisor boot on top of that.
The GPU i swapped was a dual slot but lived in the left most slot on the mobo so i have an empty back panel port that I can eventually put a fan card in to try and suck more heat out.
The BMC does not like my 80mm fans, i need to figure out how to set the RPM thresholds so it doesn't think they're failed…

Inside of a 4u server full of GPUs
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-05-09 23:40:58

The Left is Good Governing Itself into Obscurity (Brian Tyler Cohen)
plus.briantylercohen.com/p/the
memeorandum.com/260509/p40#a26

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-05-15 00:00:04

foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012)
Two bipartite networks of users and restaurant locations in New York City on Foursquare, from 24 October 2011 to 20 February 2012. In one network, an edge denotes a check-in event of a user at a restaurant. In the other, an edge exists if a user left a tip/comment on a restaurant. Metadata include comments.
This network has 4936 nodes and 27149 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012). 4936 nodes, 27149 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/foursquare#NYC_restaurant_checkin
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-09 13:45:41

Databento, which sells financial data feeds, raised a $97M Series B led by NEA, taking its total funding to $127M, and says it is "profitable every month" (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
fortu…

Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet
They were all sitting unprotected at public URLs, with no password or access control of any sort.
If I sent you a link, you could have looked at someone’s passport.
“We have to do something about it as fast as possible, because people will find this and resell it.
It will do damage,”
Sammy Azdoufal told me in May.
Azdoufal is the security researcher who used Claude Code…

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-07-14 01:36:54

Inside Outside V 🔲
中间 V 🔲
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Fujifilm Neopan F, expired 1993
If you like my work, Support by buying me a coffee or a roll of film from
PayPal paypal.com/paypalme/ydcdingsite
Wise

Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white photograph showing a person sitting alone on a glass-railed balcony or terrace. The individual is positioned on the left side, facing slightly to the right, and appears to be looking down or at something in their hands. In the background, a tall, modern building with a grid-like facade is visible under a bright, overcast sky.
中文
一张黑白照片,展示了一个独自坐在玻璃栏杆阳台或露台上的人。该人物位于左侧,略微向右转身,似乎在低头或查看手中的物品。背景中,一幢带有网格状立面的现代高层建筑在明亮的阴天下清晰可见。
Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white photograph featuring a religious statue of a robed figure holding a cane. The statue stands on a pedestal, with a flagpole to its right flying a flag. In the background, there are tall buildings, including one with a grid-like facade, and trees framing the scene.
中文
一张黑白照片,展示了一尊手持木杖身着长袍的宗教人物雕像。雕像立在基座上,右侧有一根旗杆,悬挂着一面旗帜。背景中有高层建筑,其中一幢建筑带有网格状立面,还有树木点缀着场景。
Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white photograph capturing a traditional Chinese temple roof with intricate carvings and statues of figures lined up along the ridge. In the background, modern high-rise buildings are visible, and a flag with a star design is flying on a flagpole to the right of the temple roof.
中文
一张黑白照片,拍摄了一个传统中国寺庙的屋顶,屋脊上排列着精美雕刻和多尊人物雕像。背景中可见现代高层建筑,寺庙屋顶右侧的旗杆上悬挂着一面带有星形图案的旗帜。
Fujifilm NEOPAN F (FF)

English
A black-and-white photograph showing a network of overhead power lines or cables against a cloudy sky. Below the lines, the tops of several tall, modern buildings are visible, creating a contrast between the industrial elements and the urban architecture.
中文
一张黑白照片,展示了在多云天空下的架空电线或电缆网络。电线下方可见多幢现代高层建筑的顶部,形成工业元素与城市建筑之间的对比。
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-07-16 13:05:48

Rubio to convene meeting on 'far-left political terrorism' with representatives from 67 countries (Jennifer Hansler/CNN)
cnn.com/2026/07/16/politics/ru
memeorandum.com/260716/p36#a26

Emma Raducanu returned to Andy Murray Arena for her second match in five hours with lingering doubts about her physical condition after slipping on the slick grass earlier in the day and hurting her left thigh.
By the time she had launched herself into consecutive backhand and forehand down-the-line winners to snatch an early break, that concern had dissipated.
What followed was one of her very best matches as she dismantled the talented 18-year-old Iva Jovic 6-2, 6-2 in front of…

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-07-14 01:10:54

Falls at Upper Treman shot with 1/10s exposure; was out this Sunday for the Sacred Wild Gathering which is maybe the most accessible pagan circle I know in Ithaca
#photo

Waterfall alternates from the left to the right in the center of the frame;  the shale rock it runs over is tack-sharp but the water looks soft and smooth because I shot it with a long exposure
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-07-16 15:45:49

Rubio puts entire world on notice against rise of 'poisonous' far-left terror 'masked as equality' (Morgan Phillips/Fox News)
foxnews.com/politics/rubio-put
memeorandum.com/260716/p64#a26

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-07-14 01:47:20

Fireworks ascend while other fireworks explode at the North End of Little York Lake
#photo #photography #summer #littleyork

In the center we see three burning fireworks bursting into almost perfectly straight white lines white another three a bit to the left haven't exploded just yet,  puffs of smoke are illuminated in the background behind them
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-05-09 13:10:57

'Mild panic will set in soon': GOP donors left to wonder about Trump's $300 million war chest (Politico)
politico.com/news/2026/05/09/m
memeorandum.com/260509/p16#a26

Iran’s supreme leader vows to avenge father’s death
Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public for months, and has been rumored to have been left disfigured after being injured by an airstrike
politico.eu/article/iran-supre

Days before Trump left office in 2021, the State Department broke ground on an $850 million construction project at its aging embassy in New Delhi.
By last fall, alongside work on smaller buildings, crews had dug a 200-foot-long pit for the project’s centerpiece:
a sleek edifice of glass and stone that was supposed to make the biggest U.S. mission in South Asia more “secure and resilient.”
In recent months, without public announcement, the U.S. government canceled that buil…

Trump’s repeated attacks and dangerous rhetoric targeting judges
have created a climate where even the Supreme Court is expanding its security
skywriter.blue/@altnps.bsky.so

The Supreme Court helped create this monster
and shouldn’t be shocked because, eventually,
the monster comes for us all.
skywriter.blue/@altnps.bsky.so