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@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-07-17 17:39:19

No.7) Who is the Week 1 starting left tackle? dallascowboys.com/news/no-7-wh

Secretary of State Marco Rubio
and top White House adviser Stephen Miller
are pushing for a global crackdown on leftist organizations.
The State Department on Thursday hosted a summit
“on the resurgence of political terrorism,”
where Miller described the LEFT as
“enemies of civilization”
and described efforts to
“disrupt, identify, defund, debank, arrest and prosecute these political terrorists that are operating in our country.”
Rubio …

@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.

@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

@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…

@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-07-17 17:18:24

No.7) Who is the Week 1 starting left tackle? dallascowboys.com/news/no-7-wh

@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

@nerdsitu@datasci.social
2026-07-17 13:57:04

New NERDS publication on right-wing votes and bike network delays
nerds.itu.dk/2026/07/17/new-ne

Left: Scatterplot of the share of bicycle lanes built 
 against left-wing votes 
, Right: against right-wing 
 votes, with corresponding maps of the voting patterns. The black lines show fitted linear regressions. Dashed gray lines show the average values for each axis.
@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.
@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.

@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-

@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.

@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

@daniel@social.telemetrydeck.com
2026-07-18 08:55:52

I’m about to board a train again. This time it goes through the left side of the country, so there will be no usable internet.

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-07-16 21:03:13

Here's @… with an extraordinary story of honesty and community solidarity from within #Gaza

@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.

Trump has signed a little-noticed national security directive identifying
“anti-Christian” and “anti-American” views as
indicators of radical left violence.
Called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7,
it’s being referred to as “NSPM-7” by administration insiders.
“This is the first time in American history that there is an
all-of-government effort to dismantle left wing terrorism,”
Trump’s homeland security advisor Stephen Miller said,

@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-

@danyork@mastodon.social
2026-07-17 14:27:21

And I’m happy to be in the land of meat and potatoes! Yea for Wienerschnitzel and Kartoffelsalat!
(Acknowledging that many people I know, including family, are not quite as into this type of food as I am! 🤣)
#vienna #wien

Plates set on a restaurant table. A big white plate on the right has a large piece of flat, breaded meat (Wiener schnitzel) with a slice of lemon on top. In the lower left is a bowl of potato salad with a red tomato on top
@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

@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

@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

@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.

@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

@mszll@datasci.social
2026-07-17 10:36:30

A happy, explorative trip in the sun! 🌞 🌼
(Only interrupted every 40m by a high-risk, life-or-death situation, where anytime an #SUV could have exited and crushed her. 🤷 )
#urbanplanning #parenting

Small child in green dress kneeling to smell flowers in front of row of parked SUVs.
Small child in green dress kneeling to explore a blue door in a tree.
Small child in green dress riding tricycle on sidewalk, next to an SUV parking in driveway.
A small child in green dress riding a tricycle on sidewalk, with low-vision driveway approaching on the left from which an SUV could exit anytime.
@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

@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 @…

@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

@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

@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.

@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].”
@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.
@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.
@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

@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

@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.
@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 🚩

@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
2026-05-17 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

@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

@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

@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
@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.

@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

@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

@cjust@infosec.exchange
2026-07-16 13:32:06

Some people are born heroic - others have heroism thrust upon them. I didn't wake up this morning and decide that I was going to be a hero, but then again, that's kinda what heroes do. They wake up and then end up doing some heroic shit.
#EveryonesAHeroInTheirOwnWay #Shitpost

The image is a dark, textured background resembling a digital interface or screen. On the left side, a realistic, golden trophy with two handles and a rectangular base is prominently displayed. The trophy has a warm, metallic sheen and appears to be standing on a light brown rectangular platform. Below the trophy, the word "Now" is faintly visible in a light gray, sans-serif font.

On the right side of the image, a bright blue rectangular speech bubble is positioned in the upper right quadrant.…

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

@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

@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!

@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

@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

@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
@stargazer@woof.tech
2026-07-16 18:22:26

Кумедно.
Я думав, катари-"ножиці" це чисто вигадка Блізів. А зараз читаю — виявляється, що ні. Менш розповсюджений варіант, але реальний. Тільки вони "розкривалися" не перед ударом, а після. Як експансивна куля.
Національна зброя менш попсових культур здатна принести цікавий вайб у геймдизайн. Особливо якщо втілюється не поверхнево.

A digital illustration of an assassin from Diablo 2 in dark armor, posing dynamically against a black background. She has dark tanned skin and dark hair, wearing ornate dark-colored armor with gold trim on the chest, legs, and boots. She is holding two katar blades, surrounded by bright blue energy and lightning effects, outstretched to the top right in a challenging pose. Additional sheathed weapons are attached to a belt around the waist. The character's midriff is visible between the upper a…
A split-view image against a black background shows two different ornamental metal objects. On the left, a single Indian dagger called "Katar" features a pointed steel blade and an ornate gold handle composed of several horizontal bars. The handle includes patterned golden sections that connect to the top of the blade. On the right, three pointed steel blades emerge from a wide, decorative base. This base is covered in intricate, gold-colored patterns.

A close-up cartoon illustration of a yellow pony (Fluttershy from MLP) with pink hair looking upwards. The pony has large blue eyes and visible portions of light pink mane and tail.  A white speech bubble pointing to the pony contains the text "NATURE IS SO FASCINATING...".
@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.

@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

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

The Substance IV 🧪
某种物质 IV 🧪
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Harman Switch Azure (FF)
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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”…
@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
@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

Stephen Miller railed:
“The leftist is fundamentally motivated by envy, by hatred, by jealousy.
The leftist looks at what is beautiful and what is good and what is natural and is filled with envy and hatred.
The leftist looks at a perfect family with a perfect life and a perfect job and a perfect kid and goes to church every Sunday.”
Miller also dismissed concerns about civil rights abuses by the administration.
“One of the hallmarks of leftwing violence and te…

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

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

@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

@danyork@mastodon.social
2026-07-17 14:43:01

The #IETF126 agenda overview and map is giant-size on a wall at the Hilton Vienna Park!
#IETF #Vienna #Wien

A photo of Dan York on the left and a large black wall on the right with a large white sign showing the hotel floor plan in the middle and an overview of the IETF 126 agenda in columns on the left and right. The sign stretches for most of the wall and from near the ceiling to down near the floor.

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 …

@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

@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

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

Quartet ♾️
四重奏 ♾️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Ilford Pan 400
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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。
@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."

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-07-16 12:31:16

Travis Kelce swan song? What to expect from Chiefs tight end in potential final season

cbssports.com/nfl/news/travis-

@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

@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
@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

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

#Shitpost #Shitposting #Babylon5

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Below "ZATHRAS," and slightly to the left, is the word "FOR" in a smaller, italicized font, also in the same oran…
@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

@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

@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

@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

@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

@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

@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-07-18 11:36:17

Cowboys ‘Competition’ Called Into Question as Training Camp Looms heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-co

@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…

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

@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…

@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

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…

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…