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@edintone@mastodon.green
2025-12-10 07:56:13

Rare chance to see Jane Austen’s will in Love Letters exhibition nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/

Rare chance to see Jane Austen’s will in Love Letters exhibition - The National Archives
Two hundred and fifty years after her birth on 16 December 1775, Jane Austen fans will have a rare chance to see her will in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening on 24 January. The novelist was only 41 when she died on 18 July 1817, having moved to Winchester a few weeks earlier […]

@kctipton@mas.to
2026-02-10 05:46:43

Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility — ProPublica #ice

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-02-10 17:04:31

In early February there were more than 750 families,
nearly half of them including children,
as well as some 370 single adult women
being held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas.
It is just one of many immigration centers across the country,
but the only one holding families.
Since the start of the Trump administration, the number of children in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention has skyrocketed,
-- increasing sixf…

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-02-11 16:50:05

Made a little logo for JSDB (JavaScript Database)
Better (six years) late than never? :)
#JavaScriptDatabase

JavaScript Database (JSDB) logo: it’s the common flowchart symbol for a database (stacked cylinders based on the disk packs used in early computing) on the lower right-hand corner of a yellow background. The yellow is the colour of the JavaScript icon and the location of the database symbol matches where the JS letters are on the JavaScript logo.
@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2025-12-10 06:51:25

Repetition suppression for mirror images of objects and not Braille letters in the ventral visual stream of congenitally blind individuals eneuro.org/content/early/2025/

Repetition suppression for mirror images of objects and not Braille letters in the ventral visual stream of congenitally blind individuals
Mirror-invariance is the cognitive tendency to perceive mirror-image objects as identical. Mirrored letters, however, are distinct orthographic units, and must be identified as different; mirror-invariance must be ‘broken’ to enable efficient reading. Consistent with this phenomenon, a small, localized region in the ventral visual stream, the Visual Word Form Area (VWFA), exhibits repetition suppression to both identical and mirror pairs of objects but only to identical, not mirror, pairs o…

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-11 20:25:33

Vanishing act: How UVA's presidential search missed what took us an hour to find (Letters/Augusta Free Press)
augustafreepress.com/news/vani
memeorandum.com/260111/p47#a26

@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2026-02-11 17:45:46

Shuffalo, 7m 28s
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🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🔘🟡🟡🔘
🟡🔘🔘🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
newyorker.com/puzzles-and-game

Play Shuffalo: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Play The New Yorker’s daily anagramming game by unscrambling the letters to make a word—but every time you do, an additional letter gets added to the set.

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2026-02-09 21:59:42
Content warning: incarcerated children

You can share this with your asshole "conservative" relatives
If you have "conservative" friends for the love of fuck block me you fucking freak
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

@edintone@mastodon.green
2026-01-11 20:16:31

Paul’s Address Book app updated! edintone.com/pauls-address-boo My 'address book' inspired by the Apostle Paul's letters and the book of Acts has a refresh, new content and platfom.

Paul's Address Book app updated! - Miscellanea Edintone
My 'address book' inspired by the Apostle Paul's letters and the book of Acts, has had a refresh. More details here and you can try it and download it for free!

@cjust@infosec.exchange
2026-01-12 02:26:55

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

The image shows a can of "Vegetarische Curry Madras" (Vegetarian Curry Madras) placed on an orange surface. The can is primarily white with orange lettering. The text "VEGETARISCHE CURRY MADRAS" is written in large, stylized orange letters across the front. Various illustrations of ingredients are also present, including tomatoes, chili peppers, a mango slice, and green pods. A black banner near the bottom reads "100% VEGAN 1 à 2 porties" (1 to 2 portions). There is a green and yellow vegan ce…
@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-12 23:21:17

Cornell's № 4 Trinity Jones tries to go around № 11 Nasi Simmons of the Columbia Lions in last Saturday's basketball game at Newman Arena
#photo #photography #cornell

CORNELL 4 in white clothes with red trim has the basketball in her right hand (your left) as 11 wearing a dark blue shirt with a lion icon and a big dreadlock pony tail tries to block her from the right -- the word RED in white letters on a red background can be seen behind them.
@aardrian@toot.cafe
2026-02-05 17:46:14

Please stop splitting words into their constituent letters. GSAP SplitText is not as robust as you think.
adrianroselli.com/2026/02/you-

You Know What? Just Don’t Split Words into Letters
This is an unplanned part two for Barriers from Links with ARIA. The title reflects my exasperation because this isn’t new, ‘veI simply failed to be explicit about it over the last decade or so. In 2012 I vented about TypeButter using for each letter. In 2020…

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-02-09 18:02:36

The Federal Trade Commission sent letters to 13 data brokers warning them of their responsibility to comply with the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (PADFAA).
ftc.gov/news-events/news/pres…

FTC Reminds Data Brokers of Their Obligations to Comply with PADFAA
The Federal Trade Commission sent letters to 13 data brokers warning them of their responsibility to comply with the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (PADFAA).

@mlippert@vmst.io
2025-12-10 16:45:10

#Wordle 1,635 3/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ <1% of 232,260 (1,134)
🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 0 of 56 (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 98/99
Luck 57/99
Even though today might have been better starting with my 2nd word, it was chosen because my starting word eliminated those 5 letters, I'm still always happy to have a starting word which eliminates all 5 letters.

@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
2026-01-07 00:20:57

#buttplugs #sextoys #theyreNoFun

‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War
Not one, but two letters were sent from the Pentagon to a Toronto-based sex toy store, found inside the boxes of returned adult items that had somehow made their way to a U.S naval base in Bahrain.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-11 15:01:22

December 10, 2025 -- Today is Human Rights Day, celebrated internationally in honor ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/251211/p32#a25

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2026-01-08 23:21:09

Yet one more case of separating a child from his parent - because they crossed the border as refugees in 2023, where they followed the rules. (More details at the link below) You can send a letter protesting this horrific action, using the action network letter at act…

Reunite José and His Son — Separated by ICE Detention and Struggling
(abajo en español) Join the effort to urge ICE to reunite José Ramon Pirela Finol with his six-year-old son and release him from detention at the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico! José Pirela has been detained by ICE since August 2025, when he was separated from his six-year-old son, for whom he is the sole guardian. José and his son came to the US in 2023 to seek safety from threats in Venezuela. José and his son were processed at the border and permitted to pursue th…

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2026-01-08 23:21:09

Yet one more case of separating a child from his parent - because they crossed the border as refugees in 2023, where they followed the rules. (More details at the link below) You can send a letter protesting this horrific action, using the action network letter at act…

Reunite José and His Son — Separated by ICE Detention and Struggling
(abajo en español) Join the effort to urge ICE to reunite José Ramon Pirela Finol with his six-year-old son and release him from detention at the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico! José Pirela has been detained by ICE since August 2025, when he was separated from his six-year-old son, for whom he is the sole guardian. José and his son came to the US in 2023 to seek safety from threats in Venezuela. José and his son were processed at the border and permitted to pursue th…

@burger_jaap@mastodon.social
2025-12-10 10:24:28

#OTD 2013: A time when Tesla still meant progress. One of the first Tesla Superchargers in Europe, in Zevenaar 🇳🇱. Until then, #EV fast chargers were often single devices, but this was one of the first hubs.

Five white charging dispensers, a dark Tesla Model S next to one of them. On the left side of the image, there is also a transformer box and other technical cabinets.
Type 2 charging connector.
White charging dispenser, with TESLA in red letters
@benb@osintua.eu
2026-01-09 23:01:55

Fedorov and Shmyhal submit resignations, letters delivered to the Verkhovna Rada: benborges.xyz/2026/01/09/fedor

Tracking information about the Russian War against Ukraine — Modern art makes me want to rock out
A blog running on Micro.blog

@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social
2026-01-10 17:22:06

new boots, new sign
#FuckIce #AbolishIce

I'm standing by Trapper's Alley next to a wall covered in small posters. I'm dressed in cold-weather clothing including a dark jacket, beige pants, hiking boots, and a knit cap, and am holding a protest sign. The sign reads "ABOLISH ICE" repeated four times in a grid pattern, with illustrations of melting ice cubes. There's also a bright yellow sign attached to the wall behind me that says "FUCK ICE" in bold red letters. The wall itself is heavily postered with multiple flyers advertising wha…
@publicvoit@graz.social
2025-11-24 15:13:56

This is a tragic but also very touching story about life and how people deal with conventions and tradition in a way you would probably not expect:
after my dad died, we found the #love letters
je…

after my dad died, we found the love letters
a few days after , we found the love letters, hidden away among his things. one of them said, my parents were not a love match. at 27 and 26, they were e...

@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2025-12-07 10:14:34

Robo-Buddhism
uwm.edu/letters-science/event/

Robo-Buddhism: Kokoro, Technology, and Spirituality in Japan Today
Presented by Professor Jennifer Robertson, professor emerita, University of Michigan Kokoro (心) is widely and innovatively used in everyday parlance and figures in many Japanese idioms. Kokoro connotes intellectual, emotional, and spiritual states and attributes. Kokoro is also a key …

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-11 15:20:37

January 10, 2026 -- Yesterday, in an apparent attempt to regain control of the national ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/260111/p19#a26

@pbloem@sigmoid.social
2025-12-09 11:53:13

I hope there's a special place in hell for all the MSc program directors that decided it was a good use of everybody's time to require recommendation letters.

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-12-11 01:11:47

Metropolitana 🔶
城 🔶
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Ilford Pan 100
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Ilford Pan 100 (FF) English Alt Text: A close-up black-and-white image of a metal ashtray. Inside, there’s a partially smoked cigarette, a dry leaf, and scattered ashes. The ashtray has a circular opening in the center and shows signs of frequent use with stains and debris. The composition evokes themes of habit, decay, and stillness, offering a quiet, contemplative moment frozen in time. 中文替代文本： 这是一张黑白特写照片，展示一个金属烟灰缸。烟灰缸内有一根抽了一半的香烟、一片干叶和散落的烟灰。中央有一个圆形开口，表面污渍斑斑，显示出频繁使用的痕迹。画面传达出习惯、衰败与静止的主题，呈现一个凝…
Ilford Pan 100 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white photo taken from inside a public bus. The foreground shows the back of a person’s head seated near a window, with another passenger seated further ahead. The bus seats have modern headrests and handles. Sunlight filters through the window, casting reflections of the interior and revealing an exterior view of a staircase and railing, suggesting the bus is near a pedestrian overpass or station. The mood is quiet and observational, capturing…
Ilford Pan 100 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white urban photograph featuring a large metal sculpture spelling “METRO” in capital letters. The sculpture stands in front of a modern glass building, which also displays the word “METRO” above its entrance. Two people are partially visible behind the letters—one seated, one leaning forward. Reflections of pedestrians appear on the glossy surface below. Trees and bushes add greenery to the scene. The composition blends architecture, typography…
Ilford Pan 100 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white photo of a public art installation in an urban plaza. The central sculpture is a large hyperboloid structure made of metal rods, surrounded by flowing metal tubes. In the foreground stands a flame-like sculpture made of perforated metal sheets. The ground features circular patterns. Background signage in Chinese and English suggests the location is in a Chinese-speaking region. The scene merges geometry, engineering, and artistic expressi…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-09 17:49:24

Ah yes, behold this relic I crafted ages ago. Is it good? Absolutely not. Do I cherish its beautifully terrible quality? Absolutely yes.
#Anarchism

Graphic with a dark background showing two white gear icons with crossed tools inside them and the text ‘NSF-IAA’ between them. Below is an outline map of Norway and the text ‘nsf-iaa.org’. A bright red banner at the bottom reads ‘JOIN NSF-IAA TODAY’ in white capital letters.
@edintone@mastodon.green
2025-12-09 07:56:13

Bosie’s passionate plea for lover Oscar Wilde in Love Letters exhibition nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/

Bosie’s passionate plea for lover Oscar Wilde in Love Letters exhibition - The National Archives
A passionate plea for clemency from Oscar Wilde’s lover Lord Alfred Douglas goes on show in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening in January. The letter addressed to Queen Victoria on 25 June 1895 begs her to exercise her “power of pardon” in the case of the poet and dramatist who was beginning a […]

@brian_gettler@mas.to
2026-02-08 18:36:14

Culture, nature, community
#SilentSunday

Gren letters stacked upright, one word in front of the other, on a concrete floor spell: Culture, Nature (upside down), Community. An industrial metal staircase and posts as well as distant glass doors are in the background.
@scott@carfree.city
2026-02-08 23:45:08

Achievement unlocked: Got the SF Chronicle to publish an argument for social housing!
(it's the second in this batch of letters to the editor)
sfchronicle.com/opinion/letter

@cheeaun@mastodon.social
2026-02-03 01:25:19

🤔 "Add text-autospace to status content" github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p
From Webkit blog (

Add text-autospace to status content by ahxxm · Pull Request #37694 · mastodon/mastodon
for CJK/Latin mixed-script readability. (or more precisely, non-ideographic letters adjacent to ideographic letters?) A demo from Webkit blog: https://codepen.io/jensimmons/pen/NPWaXxY caniuse

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2025-12-10 10:36:04

Can a visual neuroprosthesis communicate with the brain? medscape.com/viewarticle/can-v Archived at

Can a Visual Neuroprosthesis Communicate With the Brain?
A closed-loop cortical implant generates functional percepts of shape, motion, and letters in two individuals with acquired blindness.

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-02-01 20:02:09

"A Critical Collection History of Nineteenth-century Women’s Letters: Overcoming the Occluded Archive with Data-Driven Methods"
dhq.digitalhumanities.org/vol/

@jake4480@c.im
2026-01-07 03:11:47

Businesses should be required by law to send acceptance AND rejection letters for interviews, once a position is filled. Not even feedback, just yay or nay at a minimum. If a company can't fucking figure out how to auto-send an email with a binary decision, you shouldn't be allowed to hire employees to your business

@grumpybozo@toad.social
2026-02-02 23:26:11

Looks like “ANNIE” is a TERF.
mastodon.social/@Thayer/116002

Thayer (@Thayer@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Just discovered part of my HRT has been discontinued due to an AI note taking error. Gynae did not say discontinue, and I have letters to prove it. Now I may have to be without testosterone until this is proven, which may mean another 6 month wait to resee a gynaecologist via NHS. Hopefully my letters will suffice, but currently unclear. I am beyond furious. Also, wow. Fuck living in this dystopia. Keep every medical record you get, you're going to need it in this new ter…

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2026-01-09 21:39:12

The abominations by #ICE continue to increase. #CHN_Action has simple letter to Congress asking them not provide more funding to ICE and DHS until they take responsibility for their abusive behavior - and change their approach. It's easy to send to your Congresspeople; it's easy to customize. You …

Demand Congress stop funding DHS’ and ICE’s inhumane and lethal tactics amidst ongoing investigations.
Reckless disregard for human life is rampant in the Trump administration’s attacks on immigrants and their neighbors and supporters. From Chicago to California, immigrants have been killed during ICE raids and traffic stops. And there have been at least eleven non-fatal shootings by ICE and Border Patrol agents in places around the country, including another two victims in Portland, Oregon.   The killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis is not an isolated tragedy, bu…

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2026-01-09 21:39:12

The abominations by #ICE continue to increase. #CHN_Action has simple letter to Congress asking them not provide more funding to ICE and DHS until they take responsibility for their abusive behavior - and change their approach. It's easy to send to your Congresspeople; it's easy to customize. You …

Demand Congress stop funding DHS’ and ICE’s inhumane and lethal tactics amidst ongoing investigations.
Reckless disregard for human life is rampant in the Trump administration’s attacks on immigrants and their neighbors and supporters. From Chicago to California, immigrants have been killed during ICE raids and traffic stops. And there have been at least eleven non-fatal shootings by ICE and Border Patrol agents in places around the country, including another two victims in Portland, Oregon.   The killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis is not an isolated tragedy, bu…

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-12 02:32:29

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Leos Janšček & Quatuor Ardeo:
🎵 String Quartet no 2 'Intimate Letters'
#LeosJanáček #QuatuorArdeo
open.spotify.com/track/4EboQ4M

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-05 02:05:54

Physicist Steve Hsu says he has published a peer-reviewed theoretical physics paper whose main idea came from GPT-5 (Steve Hsu/@hsu_steve)
x.com/hsu_steve/status/1996034

steve hsu (@hsu_steve) on X
I think I’ve published the first research article in theoretical physics in which the main idea came from an AI - GPT5 in this case. The physics research paper itself (on QFT and state-dependent quantum mechanics) has been published in Physics Letters B. I've written an

@villavelius@mastodon.online
2025-12-21 14:07:29

The last post
theguardian.com/world/2025/dec

Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years
PostNord’s decision to end service on 30 December comes after fear over ‘increasing digitalisation’ of Danish society

@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2026-02-10 13:59:47

Shuffalo, 6m 00s
🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🔘🟡
🔘🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🔘🟡
newyorker.com/puzzles-and-game

Play Shuffalo: Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Play The New Yorker’s daily anagramming game by unscrambling the letters to make a word—but every time you do, an additional letter gets added to the set.

@cjust@infosec.exchange
2026-01-31 17:03:35

#Shitpost #Shitposting #melaniamovie

This image is a movie poster for a film titled "MELANIA TWENTY DAYS ON THE ISLAND". The title is prominently displayed at the top of the poster in large, bold, black letters. Above "MELANIA" is the text "NEW FILM" in smaller black letters. The letters of "MELANIA" are stylized, with the first two letters, "ME", appearing to be formed by the silhouette of high-heeled shoes. The main visual element of the poster is a man and a woman standing back-to-back, with their shoulders touching. The man i…
@markhburton@mstdn.social
2025-12-05 20:22:25

: "Fiona Bruce trying her level best to interrupt and shut down Zack Polanski left right and centre. She’ll let everyone else drone on endlessly, but the second he goes to give a detailed answer its 'please answer in 2 letters or less.'"
Audience man allowed to shout down Zack Polanski on Question Time | The National

@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
2026-01-04 07:14:38

Never forgot how completely fucking cartoonish the entire Adams administration was.
And that our current NY City Council just stood by and watched the whole thing without doing much more than sternly-worded letters.
And Governor Hochul, when given the opportunity, decided *not* to remove Adams from office.

"Greenpoint, we fucking did it!" screamed Council Member Lincoln Restler, who, with Assembly Member Emily Gallagher started the latest round of activism in 2021 after the hit-and-run death of local teacher Matthew Jenson. That death led to a $40-million commitment by the de Blasio administration to make McGuinness safe — but the Adams administration scaled back the full redesign as part of corruption scandal that included top aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin blocking the road diet in exchange for an ap…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-06 17:05:38

'Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain': Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War (Alex Arsenych/CP24)
cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/01
memeorandum.com/260106/p68#a26

@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social
2026-02-01 20:20:29

Save important peat moss in Greater Manchester.
Trafford Council is applying for planning permission for the Carrington Relief Road, and we have until 27 February to object.
The Carrington Relief Road will cause harm to Carrington Moss, a 335 hectare peat moss, which Natural England considers to be an irreplaceable habitat. It will also damage or totally destroy 40 hectares of productive agricultural land, and increase traffic,.
Take action::

@saji@mastodon.social
2026-01-05 16:32:14

Movies watched in December, loosely ranked (being on the bottom doesn’t mean it’s bad)
- Listy z Wilczej (Letters from Wolf Street)
- In the Mood for Love 🌏🔁
- Yi Yi 🌏
- Sentimental Value
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- L.A. Confidential 🕵
- Brick
- The Lady from Shanghai 🕵
- The Secret Agent
- Anemone
- The Addams Family 🩸
- Chronicle
🔁 — rewatch
🩸 — Creepy Crypt
🕵 — Boulevard Noir
🌏 — in the mood…<…

A person peering out a window of an old building in Warsaw, filming with a 8mm camera. This still from the movie “Listy z Wilczej” (Letters from Wolf Street) has been used in posters for the movie.
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2026-01-10 11:49:33

Rouging!
nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/be<…

I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?

@publicvoit@graz.social
2026-01-01 23:17:14

FYI: If your #Mastodon #domainverification doesn't work, check if you do have upper case letters in your URL as this won't work as of this #bug report from 2022:

Verification of links fail when uppercase letters are used in domain name · Issue #20944 · mastodon/mastodon
Steps to reproduce the problem Copying the verification HTML snippet from my Mastodon account preferences to the entry page of my home page: Masto...

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-11-23 14:34:22

Dutch answer to the removal of the boards at #Margraten US military cemetery, honoring black US soldiers who died while liberating the Netherlands in WWII. This grave injustice went counterproductive for the US government, as shown.
Courtesy to Dutch TV show ‘Even tot hier’ BNNVARA
#willyfjamesjr

This image depicts a landscape scene with a sign in the foreground. The scene appears to be a grassy area with numerous trees scattered throughout, possibly a park or golf course. The sign is constructed of large, reddish-brown letters set into the green hillside. The letters are arranged to spell out the words "WILLYE JAMES" on one line, and "JR" on the second line. The image has a slightly painted or illustrated quality to it, with vibrant colors and defined outlines.
@davej@dice.camp
2025-12-04 09:36:51

Per @…’s prompt, this week’s #ThursdayFiveList is #TheLastFive songs I’ve listened to:
5. Cat Power, “New York”—

A cartoon hand with its fingers outstretched. Beside it are the number 5, and the word “five” in cartoonish, sans-serif letters.
@theodric@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-06 22:20:56

I do wonder if the Voynich Manuscript was just some scribe's (or bored elite's) elaborate piece of handwriting practice. When I was trying to learn Carolingian minuscule decades back, I'd cover pages with gibberish like this trying to get transitions between letters to "look right." It didn't need to say anything; it was about nailing the æsthetic.

Voynich gibberish that looks more like somebody trying to write "ottae" or something nicely over and over and over than anything resembling coherent human language
@axbom@axbom.me
2026-01-02 10:27:27
"The most effective kind of propaganda is defined as the kind where the subject moves in the direction you desire for reasons which he believes to be his own."
– Frances Stonor Saunders, The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters (published January 1, 1999).

Tell me this is not exactly what tech companies are doing. And UX, my own industry, has a lot to answer for.
@life_is@no-pony.farm
2026-02-09 04:32:07

@why_not@mastodon.social ich finde die vorstellung, dass, sagen wir 33,34% der Bevölkerung [Deutschlands|EU|Europas|des Westens|der Industrienationen|der demokratidchen Staaten|des globalen Nordens] bereit sein könnte wegen was-auch-immer Alphabet, Amazon und Microsoft zu boykottieren bizarr. Teilweise unmöglich. Alphabet bietet DNS 8.8.8.8 und 8.8.4.4 und das pandemie-traceing-network an. https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/116034466199737167

Khrys (@Khrys@mamot.fr)
Washington imposes 'terrorist-grade sanctions' on Francesca Albanese, ICC judges https://thecradle.co/articles/washington-imposes-terrorist-grade-sanctions-on-francesca-albanese-icc-judges US tech companies requested that Washington impose sanctions after the UN rights official sent 'threatening letters' warning them of complicity in the genocide in Gaza

@Life_is@no-pony.farm
2026-02-09 04:32:07

@why_not@mastodon.social ich finde die vorstellung, dass, sagen wir 33,34% der Bevölkerung [Deutschlands|EU|Europas|des Westens|der Industrienationen|der demokratidchen Staaten|des globalen Nordens] bereit sein könnte wegen was-auch-immer Alphabet, Amazon und Microsoft zu boykottieren bizarr. Teilweise unmöglich. Alphabet bietet DNS 8.8.8.8 und 8.8.4.4 und das pandemie-traceing-network an. https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/116034466199737167

Khrys (@Khrys@mamot.fr)
Washington imposes 'terrorist-grade sanctions' on Francesca Albanese, ICC judges https://thecradle.co/articles/washington-imposes-terrorist-grade-sanctions-on-francesca-albanese-icc-judges US tech companies requested that Washington impose sanctions after the UN rights official sent 'threatening letters' warning them of complicity in the genocide in Gaza

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-02-06 22:37:37

The Institute of Museum and Library Services
is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle.
But this year, it has unusually specific criteria.
In cover letters accompanying the applications, the institute said it
“particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.
These would include those that foster an appreciation for the country “through uplifting and positive narratives,”
the agency writes,
cit…

Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American history.

@cjust@infosec.exchange
2026-01-09 21:02:19

Surprisingly affordable - even with the tariffs.
#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

The image presents a close-up view of a sign, likely a cafe menu board, mounted on a brick wall. The sign is rectangular with a gold-colored frame and a white background. "TODAY'S SPECIALS" is displayed at the top in bold, red letters. Below this, the board is divided, with a section containing the featured special: "CRUSHING DYSTOPIAN SADNESS" and to the right, the price "2.55". The font on the board is a simple, sans-serif style. The brick wall is a mix of red and brown bricks, with visible …
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2025-11-29 21:13:50

When you've been fighting the aarch64 MMU all morning but your kid wants to play
(My code actually runs in EL3 but i couldn't find the lego 3 lol)

Lego letters spelling out the name of the aarch64 TTBR0_EL2 register
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-12-31 13:41:53
Content warning:

Have a great last day of the year and a wonderful start into 2026, everyone 🥳 🥂
#NewYearsEve #HappyNewYear2026

A white t-shirt with a stylised drawing of Dionysos holding up a spilling wine cup in his right and a cluster of grapes in his left. Above and below him the words "The party don't start til I walk in" frame the scene in black letters. Happy New Year!
@whitequark@mastodon.social
2025-11-25 02:28:13

fun fact: i learned that the letters "grub" stand for "GRand Unified Bootloader" before i found out what "a grub" is. so i was like, 18 or something when i first google-imaged "grub". i was like 😨

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-15 00:38:50

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Wilco:
🎵 Box Full of Letters
#Wilco
thebrotherszero.bandcamp.com/t
open.spotify.com/track/1s7EkHS

@edintone@mastodon.green
2026-01-23 07:57:10

From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/

From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love - The National Archives
Love letters relating to some of the most famous – and sometimes dangerous – love affairs in British history are on show at The National Archives from Saturday, 24 January 2026. Among the exhibits in a new exhibition, Love Letters, is a never-before-seen love letter from the Cambridge Five spy ring’s “fifth man” John Cairncross […]

@scott@carfree.city
2026-01-04 07:47:45

I've got a bold plan to emphasize some text by making the letters thicker and darker

@mlippert@vmst.io
2026-02-12 17:26:43

#Wordle 1,699 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ <1% of 226,505 (1,017)
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 0 of 27 (53)
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 0 of 0 (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 93/99
Luck 42/99
Interesting I only got 2 letters in my 1st 3 guesses for this word.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-09 16:20:52

January 8, 2026 -- On MS NOW today, columnist Philip Bump broke down when talking ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/260109/p47#a26

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2026-02-08 21:16:42

(from friends in the EU)

A photo of a hot air hand dryer mounted on tile wall, viewed from above. There's a chrome air vent on the left, and a large push button on the right. In black, on the dryer's top, someone has drawn an arrow pointing to the button, and behind that, in capital letters, has printed "PUSH BUTTON FOR SHORT SPEECH BY DONALD TRUMP"
@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2026-02-08 21:16:42

(from friends in the EU)

A photo of a hot air hand dryer mounted on tile wall, viewed from above. There's a chrome air vent on the left, and a large push button on the right. In black, on the dryer's top, someone has drawn an arrow pointing to the button, and behind that, in capital letters, has printed "PUSH BUTTON FOR SHORT SPEECH BY DONALD TRUMP"
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-20 13:11:02

Pornhub parent company Aylo sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft urging the adoption of device-based age verification across their app stores and OSes (Jason Parham/Wired)
wired.com/story/pornhub-is-urg

Pornhub Is Urging Tech Giants to Enact Device-Based Age Verification
The company sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft pushing for an alternative way to keep minors from viewing porn, as US and UK laws have caused its traffic to plummet.

@brian_gettler@mas.to
2025-12-01 02:20:19

I need to be more of a hard-ass when asked to write letters of recommendation.

@mlippert@vmst.io
2025-12-12 19:12:25

#Wordle 1,637 3/6*
🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ <1% of 231,716 (12)
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 11% of 867 (5)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 37% of 417
WordleBot
Skill 83/99
Luck 66/99
well that went better than expected with a 3 letter prefix and only 4 eliminated letters

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-03 16:47:56

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SoundOfCinema
Bobby Krlic & Bobby Krlic:
🎵 Anemone "The Letters"
#BobbyKrlic
open.spotify.com/track/7KjJMeQ

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-03 21:15:27

Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policy
A recent change to how the U.S. Postal Service says it postmarks letters could discount the ballots of thousands of last-minute voters.

Many Americans have long assumed that tax returns, ballots and other mailed documents sent on deadline would be marked as sent the day they are dropped in a mailbox.

But the Postal Service announced Dec. 24 that it was making no such guarantees about postmarks. <…

Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policy
The Postal Service is no longer guaranteeing when it will postmark mail, which could jeopardize some ballots that arrive after Election Day.

@cjust@infosec.exchange
2025-12-02 22:55:20

What unholy clucker-fuck fusion of cuisines is this?
I
MUST
GET
ONE
#Shitpost #Shitposting

The image is an advertisement for a Papa John's Butter Chicken Pizza. The background is a solid, dark reddish-brown color. At the top of the image, the Papa John's logo is displayed in white, slightly curved letters. Below, the words "BUTTER CHICKEN PIZZA" are prominently featured in large, white, bold letters with a red outline. The word "CHICKEN" has a stylized red chicken head graphic to its right. Beneath the pizza title, the ad copy reads "BUTTER CHICKEN. MADE BETTER." in yellow, bold le…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-02-08 18:10:33

February 7, 2026 -- Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration's ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/260208/p33#a26

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-11-24 13:25:34

And yes, all these sizes were referred to as "diskettes" (small disk), even the 8" one, even by their inventor, IBM.
Even in huge letters on the sleeve.

@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2026-02-07 16:07:34

Shuffalo, 3m 16s
🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🟡🔘🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
newyorker.com/puzzles-and-game

Play Shuffalo: Saturday, February 7, 2026
Play The New Yorker’s daily anagramming game by unscrambling the letters to make a word—but every time you do, an additional letter gets added to the set.

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-03 16:42:52

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SoundOfCinema
Bobby Krlic & Bobby Krlic:
🎵 Anemone "The Letters"
#BobbyKrlic
open.spotify.com/track/7KjJMeQ

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-03 23:04:31

Donald Trump has taken over the United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C.,
and put his name on it,
even as the legal battle over who owns the building is ongoing.
Independent journalist Marisa Kabas posted about the visible signage on the building Wednesday showing “DONALD J. TRUMP” in block letters tacked to the building.
Kabas reports that Trump plans to use the building to host the signing of a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic…

Trump Plasters His Own Name on U.S. Institute of Peace Headquarters
This is not Donald Trump’s building, but he’s certainly acting like it is.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-07 16:05:38

December 6, 2025 -- On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/251207/p26#a25

@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2025-12-06 12:27:35

Das Wort "Carryout" war mir unbekannt, und doch vermochte ich es zu finden.
nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/be

I got Genius!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2026-01-01 22:19:58

Wouldn't it be nice if the ACA tax credits were extended? I'm lucky, and it doesn't affect me directly. But indirectly? You bet. I have friends and acquaintances who will suffer if they aren't restored. I just contacted my Congresspeople, asking them to follow through on the discharge petition to have the house vote on this issue. It's easy you can do it too -The action network template makes it easy:

Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2026-01-01 22:19:58

Wouldn't it be nice if the ACA tax credits were extended? I'm lucky, and it doesn't affect me directly. But indirectly? You bet. I have friends and acquaintances who will suffer if they aren't restored. I just contacted my Congresspeople, asking them to follow through on the discharge petition to have the house vote on this issue. It's easy you can do it too -The action network template makes it easy:

Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-02-06 16:21:17

February 5, 2026 -- The past two days have seen a growing struggle between Democrats ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/260206/p64#a26

@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2026-02-05 12:49:18

Midmonth!
nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/be

I got Genius!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-06 16:30:39

January 5, 2026 (Monday) -- Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/260106/p63#a26

@edintone@mastodon.green
2025-11-23 19:55:29

Paul’s Address Book app updated! edintone.com/pauls-address-boo My 'address book' inspired by the Apostle Paul's letters and the book of Acts, has had a r

Paul's Address Book app updated! - Miscellanea Edintone
My 'address book' inspired by the Apostle Paul's letters and the book of Acts, has had a refresh. More details here and you can try it and download it for free!

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-20 00:58:32

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced dumb-ass legislation today
that would allow private entities to play at Pirates🏴‍☠️in the Caribbean
The "Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act"
authorizes felon-president Trump to commission American pirates,
under "letters of marque"
to seize property and persons on land or sea.
Representative Tim Bimbo Burchett (R-TN) introduced the House version of the legislation.

Patriots of the Caribbean: Lee Bill Authorizes American Privateers to Seize Cartel Assets with President’s Approval
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation today that would allow private entities to stop drug cartel smuggling and violence. The Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act authorizes President Trump, as provided under the Constitution, to commission American operators under letters of marque to seize cartel property and persons on land or sea. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) introduced the House version of the legislation.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-24 19:40:44

In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/12/24/us/trum
memeorandum.com/251224/p53#a25

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-11-24 02:50:41

"Quite frankly I was pissed off!" Growing online page chronicles Trump Justice Dept. resignation letters (Scott MacFarlane/CBS News)
cbsnews.com/news/trump-justice
memeorandum.com/251123/p76#a25

@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2026-02-03 18:49:12

Shuffalo, 7m 11s
🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🟡🔘🟡🟡
🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
newyorker.com/puzzles-and-game

Play Shuffalo: Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Play The New Yorker’s daily anagramming game by unscrambling the letters to make a word—but every time you do, an additional letter gets added to the set.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-02-05 16:01:39

February 4, 2026 -- On the heels of last weekend's special election in Texas ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/260205/p42#a26

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-04 16:01:21

December 3, 2025 -- Republican Matt Van Epps won yesterday's special election ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/251204/p50#a25

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-04 15:00:44

January 3, 2026 -- Today was the legal deadline for the Department of Justice to submit ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/260104/p16#a26

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-03 14:55:29

Just after midnight on January 1, in a private ceremony in the long-closed former City Hall subway station ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/260103/p33#a26

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-02-02 14:01:10

February 1, 2026 -- On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/260202/p25#a26

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-03 03:40:42

Pope Leo Confronts Trump: Don't Invade Venezuela -- and No "Solo Deal" in Ukraine (Christopher Hale/Letters from Leo)
thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-l
memeorandum.com/251202/p172#a2

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-02 16:05:40

December 1, 2025 -- President Donald J. Trump's behavior over the holiday weekend has increased concern about his mental acuity. (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/251202/p52#a25

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-01 12:45:32

November 30, 2025 -- On Friday evening, the Wall Street Journal published an article ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/251201/p11#a25

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-02-01 03:15:50

Under Pope Leo XIV, American Catholics Are Uniting to Defeat MAGA Authoritarianism (Christopher Hale/Letters from Leo)
thelettersfromleo.com/p/under-
memeorandum.com/260131/p65#a26

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-11-30 15:40:30

November 29, 2025 -- In the wake of yesterday's report from Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
memeorandum.com/251130/p12#a25