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@Europablog@mastodon.social
2026-04-17 11:40:16

The Belgian Party of Labour shows how to successfully build a left-wing political movement. By Jürgen Klute.
europa.blog/en/the-belgian-par

The Belgian Party of Labour shows how to successfully build a left-wing political movement - Europa Blog
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@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-03-18 09:35:49

The "Squad" left suffers complete wipeout in Illinois (Andrew Solender/Axios)
axios.com/2026/03/18/the-squad
memeorandum.com/260318/p12#a26

@david@boles.xyz
2026-04-18 12:56:42

The Avant-Garde Never Left: Robert Hughes Described the Revolution and Then Declared It Over
Robert Hughes wanted it both ways. In the final moments of "The Shock of the New," his landmark 1980 BBC series on modern art, he declared the avant-garde dead and then, in the same breath, described its beating heart. He told us that the radical project of art was finished, that the market had swallowed it whole, that the institutions had filed its teeth down to nothing.

The Avant-Garde Never Left: Robert Hughes Described the Revolution and Then Declared It Over | David Boles, Blogs
Robert Hughes wanted it both ways. In the final moments of “The Shock of the New,” his landmark 1980 BBC series on modern art, he declared the avant-garde dead and then, in the same bre…

@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

Why UPS trucks (almost) never turn left
Left-hand turns are dangerous and wasteful, data shows. By avoiding them, UPS saves 10 million gallons of fuel each year. Should you do the same?

@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
2026-04-17 11:07:06

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Tornado Wallace:
🎵 Left at Sunset
#TornadoWallace
tornadowallace.bandcamp.com/al
open.spotify.com/track/7igsV6G

@denmanrooke@mastodon.ie
2026-04-17 12:19:36

After reading the article from The Ditch in relation to the Greens’ Galway West by-election candidate Niall Murphy and due to my own loose affiliation through a Vote Left Transfer Left campaign that he is also involved in, I felt a statement must be made.
The Ditch have highlighted the shares he purchased in his employer, Cisco, a company that is directly partnered with the Israeli government and assists Israeli military operations in Gaza.
1/3

Screenshot of the statement in the post
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
2026-06-17 03:27:17

Added Power Grips (pedal straps) to my wife's #Brompton. Not going to say it's my nicest work, but I'm hopeful that it'll hold. I only drilled holes through the plastic reflectors; the metal is all intact. I can change that later if needed. #BikeTooter

The right side pedal. The red Brompton is folded up (doesn't even really look like a bike), but the right crank has a normal-looking pedal with a black strap on it. The metal hardware attachment has screws going through the orange plastic reflector of the pedal. The bike's on a white rug w/ black line pattern.
The opposite side of that same right pedal. You have a better view of the opposite side of the orange reflector, with nuts and washers attached to the bolts that go through it. The red folding bike it's attached to is just a jumble of stem, wheel, drivetrain, etc.
The left-side pedal (and behind it, the brompton logo on the red frame). The pedal is folded up so that it is parallel to the crank arm. The orange reflector is missing from the exposed side of the pedal. Of the two screws that held the reflector in, one is missing (just an empty screw hole), and the other is screwed into the end of the black Power Grip strap.
The other side of the left pedal. This time the pedal is unfolded (so it's perpendicular to the crank arm), and the plastic grey reflector mount is installed but only one side is screwed in. The orange reflector is actually missing, and underneath you can see the silver Power Grips attachment hardware. Though normally you'd have two screws holding the attachment hardware in, there's only one screw there; the grey reflector mount is on top of it, pinching it down to hold it in place. Essentially…
@jensilber@mastodon.social
2026-05-18 13:19:15

"World Cup tickets are crazy expensive, so this airline built a campaign around it"
famouscampaigns.com/2026/05/wo

Billboard on the side of a building is divided into two halves. On the left side over a patch of green grass are the words "Watch England: tickets at $3,402" On the right side over a blue sky are the words "See England: roundtrip tickets starting at $779" The white field-marking line on the left side becomes an airplane's trail on the right side.
@ErikUden@mastodon.de
2026-04-18 17:58:47

They say pictures say more than a thousand words — what does this picture make you feel?

A picture showing Julian Schlingmann and Erik Uden holding hands whilst standing and posing back to back. Both are wearing a professional multi layered suit, yet only Erik Uden is wearing a children's propeller hat. In the background on the left you can see another person wearing such a propeller hat. They are outside standing on the street. This picture was taken at the bUm.
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-03-18 10:36:12

Investigation: Jeffrey Epstein spent hundreds of thousands on a campaign to manipulate Google search results and sanitize his Wikipedia, after his 2009 release (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/03/18/busines

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Push to Cleanse His Past Online
After he left jail in 2009, Mr. Epstein hired a host of people to make him look better on Google, Wikipedia and many other places on the web.

@robpike@hachyderm.io
2026-05-17 22:26:49

This was the most satisfying build. Tamiya 1:20 Honda RA272, the first Honda to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix (Mexico 1965, driven by Richie Ginther).
1.5 liter transverse V12! I left the engine cover off because I couldn't bear to cover it up. Neither could the people who designed the model's box.

@zachleat@zachleat.com
2026-03-18 18:09:19

@… can I offer you a rotated left arrow key in these trying times

@eyebee@mstdn.social
2026-05-18 07:37:30

It’s Monday morning. Three days left to work this week. Then a long weekend off. Going to be busy though. Final garage clearout on Thursday, and then waste collection coming on Friday. It will be good to have a cleared-out garage, and front yard too! The only thing left will be how to get rid of all the old paint.

@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.social
2026-04-17 17:30:26

Watching an episode of Friends and noticed another friend no one talks about.

Friends scene showing a camera man on the left hand side.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2026-05-18 10:06:25
Content warning:

A delicious treat to sweeten this #Monday: the bum of Perseus, sculpted by Benvenuto Cellini ca. 1545–1554 CE.
#BumDayMonday
#RenaissanceArt

Black-and-white close-up photograph of Cellini's Perseus sculpture. The shot shows his naked buttocks centre-left and his forearm with his hand holding the sickle-sword centre-right.
@cdarwin@c.im
2026-06-16 05:02:00

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 …

A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears.
Muslim delegates and attendees hoping to participate in the state Republican convention were shunned and rejected by members as they espoused themes of party unity ahead of the November election.

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-05-17 12:59:12

This fence, which you last saw me working on more than a week ago, is still not fully stretched. Working on your own is slow, and working whilst not in good health is slow. I'm getting there.

A gatepost, with stretched wire leading to it from the left. The gatepost has a new diagonal brace it didn't have a week ago, but it's still being held stretched by the cable from the tractor winch. Behind, the young trees in the wood are springing green.
@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.
@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-

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-05-18 14:21:18

So much has happened in cyberworld since Friday, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Leaders warn that AI bug hunting outpaces humanity’s ability to defend systems,
--Malware strain Fast16 sabotaged nuclear weapons development years before Stuxnet surfaced,
--Grafana Labs rejected hackers' extortion demand,
--DeFi protocol Verus lost nearly $12m in ongoing exploit,

Leaders warn that AI bug hunting outpaces humanity’s ability to defend systems
Malware strain Fast16 sabotaged nuclear weapons development years before Stuxnet surfaced, Grafana Labs rejected hackers' extortion demand, DeFi protocol Verus lost nearly $12m in ongoing exploit, Hotel check-in system left 1m passports exposed, Gas station gauge systems hacked, much more

@scott@carfree.city
2026-05-18 01:41:57

A #waymo in front of me just signaled right then changed lanes to the left.
Sooo safe! Robots never make mistakes! 🫠

@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

NPR Podcast Host Ramtin Arablouei Exits Amid Workplace Inquiry
Ramtin Arablouei, a co-host of “Throughline,” left the network after an employee made a human resources complaint about his behavior.

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2026-05-17 08:30:11

Magic Moment (when the view finally opens up)
(On the way to Drachensee, October 2023)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Alps

View of a beautiful high alpine valley with the lower parts covered in larch forest, the trees in beautiful autumn colors, higher up patches of dried grass and mountain dwarf pines among talus fields and steep large rocky peaks. Clear azure hazy sky. The silhouettes of some tree branches in the foreground are framing the scene left/right.
@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-05-17 22:12:51

In this key by-election, it is essential to defeat Reform Ltd. That means putting aside reservations about Burnham.
Other left parties, in this case, must stand aside
Andy Burnham faces perilous race to win Makerfield byelection, allies say | Labour | The Guardian

Andy Burnham faces perilous race to win Makerfield byelection, allies say
Reform, which won more than 50% of the local election vote, is likely to focus heavily on immigration and Brexit

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-04-18 00:53:37

<heart breaking heart breaking heart breaking> 😢
▶️ No One Could Get Near Her…Then Someone Left This Comment
youtube.com/watch?v=oSQu58vw4j

@darkrat@chaosfurs.social
2026-03-18 14:03:00

Have some money left for a good cause this month?
The team behind the landmine clearing hero rats are currently running a fundraiser with a 50% donation match possibility:
globalgiving.org/projects/supp

A gambian pouched rat with a small camera backpack
a gambian pouched rat on a leash
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-05-17 17:15:28

Barney Frank's Second Coming Out (James Kirchick/The Atlantic)
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/
memeorandum.com/260517/p35#a26

@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."

Europe has only six weeks’ supply of jet fuel left owing to Iran war, says energy chief
There will be flight cancellations ‘soon’ if oil supplies are not restored in coming weeks, says head of IEA

@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.

@StephenRees@mas.to
2026-04-17 17:35:52

Now streaming on Knowledge:ORIGINALS
E.J.Hughes only wanted to be left alone to paint. He made hundreds of paintings in his 70 year career and lived long enough to hear on the telephone that one of his paintings fetched over $1m in his lifetime. Not many humans have that experience!
#BCArtist

@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2026-05-17 11:07:26

This article has the merit of showing that academics don’t have to adopt genAI uncritically, but it treats the uncritical adoption as the default, portraying those that take a more reflective approach as “refusing to use generative AI.”
Shouldn’t the burden of proof be on the AI advocates? And shouldn’t academics’ arguments go beyond regurgitating the companies’ advertising and trite claims of “it’s the future, use it or you’ll get left behind”?

@mxp@mastodon.acm.org
2026-05-17 11:07:26

This article has the merit of showing that academics don’t have to adopt genAI uncritically, but it treats the uncritical adoption as the default, portraying those that take a more reflective approach as “refusing to use generative AI.”
Shouldn’t the burden of proof be on the AI advocates? And shouldn’t academics’ arguments go beyond regurgitating the companies’ advertising and trite claims of “it’s the future, use it or you’ll get left behind”?

‪@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2026-05-17 11:07:26

This article has the merit of showing that academics don’t have to adopt genAI uncritically, but it treats the uncritical adoption as the default, portraying those that take a more reflective approach as “refusing to use generative AI.”
Shouldn’t the burden of proof be on the AI advocates? And shouldn’t academics’ arguments go beyond regurgitating the companies’ advertising and trite claims of “it’s the future, use it or you’ll get left behind”?

@cheryanne@aus.social
2026-05-18 04:43:46

Still don't know what's happening with the wee one. There was a MEETING today but we haven't heard the results yet. I am leaving for Civic in an hour, and husband was planning to drop my friend and me off at the nearest Rapid bus stop before making his way north to pick up the wee one from preschool. Left a message at CYF explaining our movements and that we need to know what's been decided (if anything) but haven't heard anything yet. Interesting times.

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2026-05-18 17:55:39

(LinkedIn) In a review of 55 cases of cortical blindness, vivid imagery was repeatedly preserved despite complete or near-complete bilateral V1 damage. When imagery was impaired, lesions extended beyond V1, often into ventral temporal cortex.

Schematic representation of the double dissociation between cortical blindness and neurological aphantasia. Left: bilateral V1 damage causes cortical blindness but can spare visual mental imagery when ventral temporal regions, including the fusiform imagery node (FIN), and frontoparietal networks remain intact. Center: schematic summary of the proposed dissociation between the impaired visualperception pathway, dependent on V1, and the preserved imagery pathway, supported by interactions betwee…
@fgraver@hcommons.social
2026-03-18 18:09:22

Neville demonstrates the classic 3-paw-stack technique. (And is sporting a smart new spring haircut.)

Neville, the charcoal grey labradoodle is on a green couch trying to sleep. His paws are stretched towards the camera, and the two hind paws and his left front paw are stacked one on top of the other.
@cjust@infosec.exchange
2026-03-18 16:52:51

Me, trying to fit in with the Gen Ys by cursing out a thoughtless driver
#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

The image captures a scene from what appears to be a science fiction movie, set in a contemporary urban environment. In the foreground, three individuals are prominently featured. To the left, a man with grey hair wears a reddish-brown jacket with yellow accents on the shoulders and sleeve, over a black outfit. Next to him, a woman in a similar reddish-brown jacket and black skirt looks towards him. To the right, a man in a burgundy uniform with a light purple shirt and black belt is the most a…
@imprs_solar@academiccloud.social
2026-06-18 14:56:30

IMPRS doctoral researcher Meghna Dutta and her colleagues happily presenting their posters with possible Master thesis projects at the CIDAS market place on Göttingen Campus today. Meghna made a great poster, and the group is thrilled by all the exciting discussions they are having with students!
#GWDG #CIDAS

A young woman standing to the left of a poster, two men standing yo the right. The poster has a planet featuring prominently in the upper half and text below.
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizza
2026-04-18 14:17:31

And it is a bloated, hard to use product. We moved to Adobe PDF from Foxit. Every boot it launches its crap to ensure you have a license. Multiple popups. Scanning the indexes stalls for 30 to sixty seconds just about every click. When I rebuild the documentation indexes after a release now takes several days where Foxit did it in an hour. And that is on a gigabit network. When on VPN it takes a full five days.

Adobe Has Run Out of Allies
Shifting priorities and a move to appeal to B2B has left Adobe alone. Now as enemies gather at its gates, it has run out of allies.

@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.
@MichaelLondonSF@mas.to
2026-05-17 09:19:44

Wonderfully grown-up from Ken Loach about Your Party theguardian.com/film/2026/may/ but the @…

‘They lost a historic opportunity’: Ken Loach laments Your Party infighting
Film-maker and longtime Corbyn ally says ‘poor behaviour’ squandered chance to unite the left in fight against far right

@KazuShuSora@social.tchncs.de
2026-04-17 06:41:24

It's funny to me how yes I was like "Tomorrow I need to do X and then Y and afterwards I should do Z, if there is any spare time left" and today I just stare into the void while trying to remember what I wanted to do.
(It's actually not funny, it's hella annoying 🫠)

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2026-04-17 08:08:06

Kinda related to #Gentoo, so cool" or "they stopped using it, so sad". And I'm like, "why should we care?"
Do they donate money to Gentoo? They don't. And if they did, it would probably come with obligations making this not worth it.
Do they contribute back? Rarely, and if they do, they are unreliable. They benefit more than we do. They just want to dump the packages they need, quickly duct taped together, so that we would maintain them going forward. Their employees rarely reveal that they're paid to do this, and if they do, it's not so they'd be held to higher standards, but to emphasize their importance: "you must placate us."
Well, sometimes they hire Gentoo developers. It's nice that these developers get some gratification for their work, especially if they're able to continue contributing on work time. But in the end, company priorities win. We are either left with loads of new packages with no maintainer and unclear significance, or a Google employee who appeared every once in a while to dump a bunch of ChromeOS patches and never bothered handling the fallout.
So, sorry, but I'd rather care for volunteers who want to make Gentoo better, than companies who see some profit incentive in it.
PS. I'm probably focusing too much on the negative aspects, and we likely had some positive interactions that are far less known and usually don't meet with such fanfare.
#FreeSoftware

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-06-18 07:46:17

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Avalanches:
🎵 Since I Left You
#NowPlaying #TheAvalanches
open.spotify.com/track/2DgFCys

@gwire@mastodon.social
2026-05-18 16:16:07

Worried about the "violent rhetoric of the left", while the US government releases an image of what it would look like if they nuked Ireland, presumably to convey a threat.

@annsev@troet.cafe
2026-06-17 14:54:44

"President #Trump lost. The war he waged against Iran promises to conclude in a humbling whimper with the signing of a cease-fire agreement later this week. The United States is left weaker—diminished militarily, strategically, economically, and perhaps morally." THE ATLANTIC

Trump in Defeat
The president went to war triumphant and will likely leave greatly weakened.

@flberger@nerdculture.de
2026-04-17 19:14:29

We are fucked.
#AMOC #ClimateChange

Two charts next to each other. Left the AMOC time series, right the AMOC time series relative to the 2005-to-2023 means. They project a ~50 % AMOC weakening by the end of this century.
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-04-14 02:56:00

Regulators in Europe were largely left out of the loop as Anthropic limited the release of its latest model Mythos to select companies and organizations (Politico)
politico.eu/article/anthropic-

European regulators sidelined on Anthropic superhacking model
New AI tech could pose major cybersecurity risks but many European regulators have limited oversight.

@jkmartindale@mastodon.social
2026-06-17 03:47:54

my inflight movie ended and the plane flew too fast so now there's not enough time left for even a tv episode and all I've got for entertainment is looking at this stupid thing

Photo of Mount Rainier through a plane window. The foreground is out of focus, showing the plane window and the phone of the person who is actually in the window seat. The snowcapped mountain sits in the center of the frame, basking in the golden orange glow of a Seattle summer sunset.
@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

Cowboys $96 Million Star Makes Feelings Clear on Position Change
The Dallas Cowboys could have a hole in the front five on the offensive line, depending on how Tyler Guyton fares. Could Tyler Smith fill in?

@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 …

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-06-18 00:30:21

Quartet 👁️‍🗨️
四重奏 👁️‍🗨️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Ilford Pan 400
If you like my work, Support by buying me a coffee or a roll of film from
PayPal paypal.com/paypalme/ydcdingsite
Wise

Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white close-up photograph of the upper section of a traditional Chinese pagoda. The image focuses on the intricate wooden eaves and decorative elements. There is a plaque with Chinese characters above an arched doorway. The sky is bright in the background. 中文 一张黑白特写照片，拍摄的是中国传统宝塔的上部结构。图片聚焦于精美的木质屋檐和装饰元素。在拱形门洞上方有一块刻有中文字的匾额。背景是明亮的天空。
Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white photograph of a multi-story traditional Chinese pagoda, similar to the first image. The pagoda is surrounded by trees, with a tiled roof visible in the lower left corner. The sky is overcast, with a mix of clouds. 中文 一张黑白照片，拍摄的是一座多层的中国传统宝塔，与第一张图片类似。宝塔被树木环绕，左下角可见瓦屋顶。天空多云，云层较厚。
Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white photograph of the side of a traditional Chinese building. The image highlights the detailed carvings and ornamental eaves of the structure. A bell hangs from the eaves, and a tree branch partially obscures the view. The building is made of brick. 中文 一张黑白照片，拍摄的是中国传统建筑的侧面。图片突出展示了建筑精美的雕刻和装饰性屋檐。屋檐下悬挂着一个铃铛，一根树枝部分遮挡了视线。建筑由砖块砌成。
Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white photograph of a tall, multi-tiered traditional Chinese pagoda. The pagoda has several levels, each with arched windows and intricate eaves. The structure is framed by trees and a partially visible tiled roof in the foreground. The sky above is mostly clear with some wispy clouds. 中文 一张黑白照片，拍摄的是一座高大的多层中国传统宝塔。宝塔有多个层级，每层都有拱形窗户和精美的屋檐。建筑被树木和前景中部分可见的瓦屋顶所环绕。上方的天空大部分晴朗，点缀着一些缕缕白云。
@eana@s.1a23.studio
2026-05-17 05:39:41

What a fancy U 25CC ◌ Dotted Circle /s

A screenshot of U+25CC ◌ Dotted Circle in Aptos Narrow Bold Italic where the dots roughly form a circle slanted to the left, with some dots placed too close to each other, and one dot divering away from the slated circle.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-03-18 00:00:04

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
@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

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-04-13 16:31:55

Cleveland Browns 2026 NFL Draft odds: Clear priorities at wide receiver, left tackle at No. 6 pick

cbssports.com/betting/news/cle

Cleveland Browns 2026 NFL Draft odds: Clear priorities at wide receiver, left tackle at No. 6 pick
The Browns have the No. 6 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, and Matt Severance breaks down their options

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2026-04-15 19:37:54

If you are a middle aged man and need to feel better about your mid-life dad bod, just pull out some Super8mm film of you as a rolly-polly baby. lol
Checking some 8mm film I was given recently by my dad (left). A full viewing and eventual recording/digitizing will be required at some point soon!
This would be from spring or summer 1978.
#Family #8mm #film

@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

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-03-18 02:29:20

Donna Miller comes out on top of crowded Illinois 2nd Congressional District race
-- defeating Jessie Jackson Jr.
Miller will likely replace U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly in the heavily Democratic district.
The only Republican candidate on the primary ballot was Mike Noack.

Jesse Jackson Jr.'s political comeback part of crowded Illinois 2nd Congressional District race
The winner of the heavily Democratic district will replace U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, who left the office to launch a Senate bid. Learn about the candidates and follow Illinois primary results when polls close at 7 p.m.

@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.

@jake4480@c.im
2026-04-15 19:48:58

Joey Ramone passed away on this day (April 15) in 2001. Joey no longer walks Earth (and Dee Dee and Johnny are no longer with us either), but the unreal music he and they left behind is immortal, and it will fucking blast and rip forever. It still blows my mind I was briefly on Earth at the same time as this man, this legend, Jeffrey Hyman.
Here's a writeup Ultimate Classic Rock put up today on Joey and the Ramones for the 25th anniversary of his passing:

Younger Joey Ramone holding a mic
Slightly later pic of Joey, longer hair, etc
@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…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-18 08:03:04

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RadcliffeAndMaconie
Pet Shop Boys:
🎵 Left to My Own Devices (Introspective Extended Version)
#PetShopBoys
djsonixx.bandcamp.com/track/pe
open.spotify.com/track/4bwXQAp

@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

@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
2026-04-16 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.
@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-06-17 01:37:52

Ray drops a VERY sobering look at Xbox's business. In 2018, Xbox acquired dozens of studios to create compelling games to drive Xbox & Xbox Game Pass.
After 8yrs, what have they got to show for it?
Now you know why they're cutting game studios left & right.
▶️ What is going on at Xbox today?? - Xbox Ready

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-05-18 08:55:36

After EV maker Fisker's collapse, ~4,000 car owners formed a nonprofit to keep their cars working by reverse-engineering software and building open-source tools (Fred Lambert/Electrek)
electrek.co/2026/05/16/fisker-

Fisker went bankrupt and owners built open source car company from the ashes
After Fisker's bankruptcy left 11,000 Ocean EVs orphaned, a 4,000-member community reverse-engineered software, hacked CAN buses, and kept their cars alive.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-05-17 03:55:52

Trump Calls Xi a 'Friend.' But He Left China Without Any Breakthroughs. (Anton Troianovski/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/05/16/world/e
memeorandum.com/260516/p38#a26

@gwire@mastodon.social
2026-05-18 13:12:07

I remember speaking to someone who, maybe a decade ago, worked at a ride share app company.
They left shortly after a meeting in which the company was looking at ways to slow cities from investing in their public transport.
On its face a business or technology might not be objectionable, but there's an inevitability to the direction that investment demands.

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-05-17 00:30:00

The Substance IV 🧪
某种物质 IV 🧪
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Harman Switch Azure (FF)
If you like my work, Support by buying me a coffee or a roll of film from PayPal paypal.com/paypalme/ydcdingsite

Harman Switch Azure (FF) English A dimly lit, spacious indoor area with a highly reflective, polished floor. Large floor-to-ceiling windows dominate the background, allowing natural light to filter in. Silhouettes of several people are visible, some standing and others sitting on benches near the windows. The scene is bathed in a warm, orange-tinted light, creating a serene and quiet atmosphere. 中文 一个光线昏暗、空间宽敞的室内区域，地面高度抛光，反光性强。背景是落地窗，自然光透过窗户照射进来。可以看到几个人的剪影，有些站着，有些坐在窗户附近的长椅上。整个场景浸润在温暖的橙色光线中，营造出…
Harman Switch Azure (FF) English A dimly lit staircase with green railings and steps. The staircase ascends from the bottom right to the top left, with a landing visible at the top. The walls are painted in a muted green tone, and the scene is illuminated by soft, ambient light, creating a calm and quiet mood. 中文 一个光线昏暗的楼梯，扶手和台阶均为绿色。楼梯从右下方延伸至左上方，顶部有一个平台。墙壁涂成柔和的绿色，整个场景被柔和的环境光照亮，营造出宁静的氛围。
Harman Switch Azure (FF) English A hazy cityscape at dusk or dawn, with the sun appearing as a bright, pale blue dot low in the sky. The skyline is dotted with tall buildings, partially obscured by the haze. A telecommunication tower is visible on the right side of the image. The overall scene is calm, with a gradient of warm orange and brown tones in the sky. 中文 黄昏或黎明时分的城市景观，天空中低处悬挂着一个明亮的淡蓝色太阳。天际线上分布着高楼大厦，部分被雾霾遮挡。图片右侧可见一座电信塔。整个场景宁静，天空呈现出温暖的橙色和棕色渐变。
Harman Switch Azure (FF) English An urban street scene featuring a large, blank digital billboard mounted on a curved building facade. Below the billboard, there are visible storefronts, including a Starbucks Coffee and a store with a sign that reads "CHAEE." A person carrying a bag stands near a metal barricade, looking towards the billboard. The area is cordoned off with blue barriers, and amusement park facility is visible. 中文 城市街道景象，一幢弯曲的建筑立面上安装着一个巨大的空白数字广告牌。广告牌下方有商店，包括一家星巴克咖啡和一家招牌为“CHAEE”…
@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

Nate Thomas opens up about Cowboys' open competition at left tackle
This offseason will feature, amongst other things, a headline battle at left tackle, and Nate Thomas is already showing the Cowboys why he feels he's ready for the role. 

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-06-18 00:36:04

Noam Shazeer leaves Google to join OpenAI as lead for architecture research; he rejoined Google in 2024 as part of the Character.AI deal and was Gemini co-lead (The Information)
theinformation.com/articles/st

Star Google AI Researcher Shazeer Joins OpenAI
Noam Shazeer, the Google DeepMind researcher whose work underpinned the generative AI boom, is joining OpenAI, the AI firm told some staff Wednesday. Shazeer, who left Google in 2021 to cofound a chatbot startup, Character.AI, rejoined Google’s AI team DeepMind in 2024 as part of a $2.7 billion ...

@scott@carfree.city
2026-05-17 01:50:49

I love how California poppies close up in the evening like they’re tucking themselves into bed.

Outdoor wooden steps with closed-up orange flowers to the right
More closed poppies to the left of the bottom of a set of steps that ascend a scrubby hill
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-17 07:46:45

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Left Cross:
🎵 The Blood of Mars
#LeftCross
open.spotify.com/track/1i6d9KA

@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

@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
2026-04-15 22:39:16

whoever told you that markets are rational was lying

Two headlines literally next to each other on a web (news aggregator) site. The one on the left says "Nasdaq hits record. Stocks erased losses from the US-Iran war as President Trump expressed confidence that the war could end soon." The one on the right says, "Philips 66 CEO says oil supply won't snap back after Iran conflict."
@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
@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

India loses its last left-wing government after five decades
Kerala in India, which gave the world its first democratically elected communist government, has voted the left out.

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-18 06:38:02

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Murkage Dave & KONOPINKSY:
🎵 Generation Left on Read
#MurkageDave #KONOPINKSY
murkagedave.bandcamp.com/album
open.spotify.com/track/4fZWZkd

@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

Nate Thomas opens up about Cowboys' open competition at left tackle
This offseason will feature, amongst other things, a headline battle at left tackle, and Nate Thomas is already showing the Cowboys why he feels he's ready for the role. 

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-17 22:55:01

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Woods:
🎵 Moving to the Left
#Woods
open.spotify.com/track/74NCGV3

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-06-17 00:30:03

Quartet ♾️
四重奏 ♾️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Ilford Pan 400
If you like my work, Support by buying me a coffee or a roll of film from
PayPal paypal.com/paypalme/ydcdingsite
Wise

Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white photograph of a tall, multi-tiered traditional Chinese pagoda. The pagoda features multiple square levels, each with arched windows and intricate eaves. The structure is made of brick and stone, with detailed carvings visible on the edges of the roof. Bare tree branches partially obscure the lower section of the pagoda. The sky in the background is clear. 中文 一张黑白照片，拍摄的是一座高大的多层中国传统宝塔。宝塔由多个正方形层级组成，每层都有拱形窗户和精美的屋檐。建筑由砖石砌成，屋顶边缘有精细的雕刻。光秃的树枝部分遮挡了宝塔的下部。背景是…
Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white photograph focusing on the silhouette of a large tree with sprawling branches against a bright sky. Part of a traditional Chinese building with a tiled roof and arched windows is visible on the right side of the image. The contrast between the dark tree and the bright background is stark. 中文 一张黑白照片，聚焦于一棵枝叶茂密的大树的剪影，背景是明亮的天空。照片右侧可见一部分传统中国建筑，有瓦片屋顶和拱形窗户。暗色的树木与明亮的背景形成强烈对比。
Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white photograph of a multi-story traditional Chinese pagoda, viewed from a low angle. The pagoda has several tiers with arched windows and ornate eaves. Tall trees with dense foliage frame the pagoda on both sides, partially obscuring parts of the structure. The sky is visible in the background. 中文 一张黑白照片，从低角度拍摄的一座多层中国传统宝塔。宝塔有多个层级，每层都有拱形窗户和装饰性屋檐。高大的树木和茂密的树叶在宝塔两侧形成框架，部分遮挡了建筑。背景是可见的天空。
Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white close-up photograph of the eaves of a traditional Chinese building. The eaves are intricately carved with detailed patterns. A small bell hangs from the edge of the roof. Part of a tree branch is visible in the top left corner. The building is made of brick, and an arched window is partially visible. 中文 一张黑白特写照片，拍摄的是传统中国建筑的屋檐。屋檐上雕刻有精细的图案。屋顶边缘挂着一个小铃铛。左上角可见部分树枝。建筑由砖块砌成，一扇拱形窗户部分可见。
@cdarwin@c.im
2026-04-14 16:23:56

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s abrupt exit from the race for California governor
— then his announcement he would leave Congress
— left his rivals scrambling to lock down his former supporters in a crowded contest with no clear leader,
injecting more turmoil into the campaign to lead the nation’s most populous state.
Swalwell’s decision to suspend his campaign Sunday followed allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman twice,
including when she worked for him…

Swalwell exit leaves California governor's race in disarray
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s abrupt exit from the race for California governor left his rivals scrambling to lock down his former supporters in a crowded contest with no clear leader. Swalwell's withdrawal injected more turmoil into the campaign less than a month before mail ballots go out to primary election voters. The congressman's decision followed allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman twice, including when she worked for him, that were published Friday in the San Francisco Ch…

@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

The SpaceXAI Exodus: More Than 50 Recent Exits as Meta, Thinking Machines Hire Staff
Call it the SpaceXAI exodus. More than 50 researchers and engineers working on xAI’s Grok models have left the AI lab since SpaceX acquired it in February, through layoffs, firings and voluntary departures, according to several people with knowledge of the moves. These departures come on top of ...

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-17 21:12:23

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Fred again..:
🎵 Last 1s Left
#Fredagain

@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
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-04-17 12:03:23

Jacob Rodriguez Gushes Over Christian Parker, Dallas Cowboys Staff Ahead Of NFL Draft si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/jacob-

Jacob Rodriguez Gushes Over Christian Parker, Cowboys Staff Ahead Of NFL Draft
The Dallas Cowboys have done their due diligence on Texas Tech star linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, and left a strong impression ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-04-16 18:40:50

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…

AP Exclusive: Europe could run out of jet fuel within weeks, IEA warns
The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Europe has about six weeks of jet fuel left. In an interview Thursday, Fatih Birol told The Associated Press of his concerns about possible flight cancellations if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war. He described the situation as the largest energy crisis ever, with potential significant global repercussions. The Strait of Hormuz closure affects oil, gas, and other vital supplies. Birol predicts higher gasoline, natural gas, a…

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-06-11 03:43:06

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…

Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet
Cannabis Club Systems, also known as Nefos Solutions, left passports and photo IDs potentially exposed on the public web.

@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

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-14 06:20:02

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Thundercat:
🎵 You Left Without Saying Goodbye
#Thundercat
thundercat.bandcamp.com/track/
open.spotify.com/track/52EW9hD

@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

Exclusive: Nvidia snubbed from Trump China trip to avoid ‘awkward conversations’
The president left Jensen Huang out of the CEO delegation to dodge political tensions around chip sales to China.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-05-13 17:07:37

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…

Rep. Harriet Hageman Insists There Is No Racism On The Right
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"

@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…

Protest at Stanford University graduation as Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes the stage
Videos circulating on social media showed more than 100 students leaving their seats at Stanford Stadium.