@shriramk@mastodon.socialWas editing and noticed that if you rotate-left "those" you get "ethos". Was curious how many of these are in English. Big dicts have a lot of junk, and most endings in "s" are for plurals. Here's a good list of rotwords.
@davej@dice.campVery good news, indeed.
Also: “The agreement has sidelined Sussan Ley’s Coalition, who criticised the ‘dirty deal’ after Labor refused to accept its laundry list of business-friendly demands.”
This, of course, is a natural consequence of the #LNP doubling and tripling down on policies that handed them their arses at the polls, and then publicly throwing a tanty when they don’t get their way.
@tiotasram@kolektiva.socialDay 30: Elizabeth Moon
This last spot (somehow 32 days after my last post, but oh well) was a tough decision, but Moon brings us full circle back to fantasy/sci-fi, and also back to books I enjoyed as a teenager. Her politics don't really match up to Le Guin or Jemisin, but her military experience make for books that are much more interesting than standard fantasy fare in terms of their battles & outcomes (something "A Song of Ice and Fire" achieved by cribbing from history but couldn't extrapolate nearly as well). I liked (and still mostly like) her (unironically) strong female protagonists, even if her (especially more recent) forays into "good king" territory leave something to be desired. Still, in Paksenarion the way we get to see the world from a foot-soldier's perspective before transitioning into something more is pretty special and very rare in fantasy (I love the elven ruins scene as Paks travels over the mountains as an inflection point). Battles are won or lost on tactics, shifting politics, and logistics moreso than some epic magical gimmick, which is a wonderful departure from the fantasy norm.
Her work does come with a content warning for rape, although she addresses it with more nuance and respect than any male SF/F author of her generation. Ex-evangelicals might also find her stuff hard to read, as while she's against conservative Christianity, she's very much still a Christian and that makes its way into her writing. Even if her (not bad but not radical enough) politics lead her writing into less-satisfying places at times, part of my respect for her comes from following her on Twitter for a while, where she was a pretty decent human being...
Overall, Paksenarrion is my favorite of her works, although I've enjoyed some of her sci-fi too and read the follow-up series. While it inherits some of Tolkien's baggage, Moon's ability to deeply humanize her hero and depict a believable balance between magic being real but not the answer to all problems is great.
I've reached 30 at this point, and while I've got more authors on my shortlist, I think I'll end things out tomorrow with a dump of also-rans rather than continuing to write up one per day. I may even include a man or two in that group (probably with at least non-{white cishet} perspective). Honestly, doing this challenge I first thought that sexism might have made it difficult, but here at the end I'm realizing that ironically, the misogyny that holds non-man authors to a higher standard means that (given plenty have still made it through) it's hard to think of male authors who compare with this group.
Looking back on the mostly-male authors of SF/F in my teenage years, for example, I'm now struggling to think of a single one whose work I'd recommend to my kids (having cheated and checked one of my old lists, Pratchett, Jaques, and Asimov qualify but they're outnumbered by those I'm now actively ashamed to admit I enjoyed). If I were given a choice between reading only non-men or non-woman authors for the rest of my life (yes I'm giving myself enby authors as a freebie; they're generally great) I'd very easily choose non-men. I think the only place where (to my knowledge) not enough non-men authors have been allowed through to outshine the fields of male mediocrity yet is in videogames sadly. I have a very long list of beloved games and did include some game designers here, but I'm hard-pressed to think of many other non-man game designers I'd include in the genuinely respect column (I'll include at least two tomorrow but might cheat a bit).
TL;DR: this was fun and you should do it too.
#30AuthorsNoMen
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@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioSeriously I’ve been trying to buy a specific old digital camera for years and every single time people list it as working and I get it and it doesn’t work.
I always get a full refund (eventually).
Like do these sellers think people won’t test what they buy? Do they enjoy making a loss and wasting their time?
@stefan@gardenstate.social
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgThe weirdest spam I get is for "academic conferences" (garbage conferences where you pay to get your paper published so you can pump your publication list). Sure, I totally see myself publishing at a materials science conference in Singapore. Totally. It's been my dream since I was a little monkey.
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsSearching the Internet in the past: you type a few keywords. You get a bunch of sites. You check these sites for the information you need.
Searching the Internet in the future: you type your question as a full sentence. You get an answer that may be complete bullshit. You ask for sources. You get a list of sources that may be entirely made up. You check the sources. They are an obvious #AI #slop…
#LLM #enshittification #NoAI #NoLLM
@barijaona@mastodon.mgAlgorithms are NEVER neutral. https://zeroes.ca/@StaceyCornelius/115945749468362693
@gwire@mastodon.socialPeople are asking how a "Russian wish-list" could have been communicated as a US government proposal - and I think I've got a simple explanation that could get me a no-prize envelope.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn ex-Pentagon press corps member says Pentagon day pass requests now require an hour-by-hour activity summary and a list of people they plan to speak to (Ivan L. Nagy/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/pentagon-pres…
@jtk@infosec.exchangeWhen you're trying to get #Google to help them fix a problem they have in relaying an email to a list (they are forwarding as if it they are originating your non-GMail email, thus incurring an SPF failure) their helpful support team to the rescue (see image attached).
FYI... the second thing they want is a screen cap of the client SMTP config.
Very temped to send a screenshot wit…
@iam_jfnklstrm@social.linux.pizza
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries D, Episode 03 - Traitor
GENERAL: It's not necessary, Practor's been on the Federation Civil List for years. He knows all the ropes. So it shouldn't take too long to hand over. Then we can get on to Wanta.
QUUTE: Wanta?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/403/86 B7B4
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngAs promised, over the past few days I've been scouting for accounts on several Mastodon and Pixelfed servers related to #AltProcess photography & print making, in the hope to get more insights into each others' work/creations/experiences, successes & failures etc. Obviously the list below (in A-Z order) is NOT meant to be exhaustive in any way or form and if you feel you'd…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders Get Blunt Sean McDermott Message After Bills Firing https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/sean-mcdermott-bills-head-coach-firing/
@jake4480@c.im#NowPlaying the absolute banger from 2000, dead prez' genius LP 'Let's Get Free'. Damn, I listened to a lot of this one back then. Like visiting an old friend
https://youtu…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioPSA about food labeling in the US
We have a gluten detection service dog because many things that should be gluten free/say they’re gluten free are not actually gluten free.
Stuff gets contaminated when growing (e.g. next to wheat field), by shared equipment, in factories, from packaging, during transport and in-store.
Every US consumer should know:
1. The list of ingredients on food isn't exhaustive
2. Allergen labeling:
a) limited to just some allergens
b) manufacturers don't actually have to test
c) "certified" foods are tested—but not continuously
d) testing only works with enough contamination
Some certifications may require batch-testing, but usually they don't.
A "certified gluten free" product may e.g. contain oats which sometimes are contaminated with gluten—but as not every batch is tested it's impossible to know unless you test yourself (hence the service dog).
Even if the product is properly batch-tested, you might get a part of the product that has the allergen in it, whereas the tested part didn't.
Or the threshold was too low (our dog can detect gluten better than any available lab testing equipment; yes, dogs are amazing).
Food products also contain ingredients that do not have to be included on the label when they're "incidental" (included in an another ingredient) or if they're considered part of the manufacturing process but not of the final product (e.g. various coatings on factory equipment).
Don't need to list flavors or specific spices either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As for allergens, only those responsible for ~90% of food allergies* have to be specifically declared, and they're not tested for as it's simply based on the ingredients list.
Good luck if you have other allergies.
*milk, egg, egg, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans
@dhuyvetter@mastodon.socialNot that the New York Times has much credibility left, but here’s another one for their long list of fails:
Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported?
By Noah Hurowitz
Exchanges about Trump between a reporter and Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.
@markhburton@mstdn.socialHe'll probably get that Peace Prize next year.
The List of Countries Trump Is Threatening With War Keeps Growing
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/06/trump-wars-venezuela-colombia-cuba-iran/
@aral@mastodon.ar.alIf anyone is building stuff based on the accounts we have verified on Gaza Verified, you can now get a list of the Mastodon URLs of the verified accounts in JSON format at:
https://gaza-verified.org/people.json
For a human-readable list, just remove the .json:
@publicvoit@graz.socialIs anybody using #Google Calendar with an included external ics-URL?
I've got a #freebusy-list on my web page and someone using it doesn't get any entry in #GoogleCalendar.
After adding …
@fgraver@hcommons.socialThis is true. Especially good wool socks for anyone living climates with cold winters. https://mastodon.green/@juliette/115635128700362435
@joe@toot.worksI was watching a YouTube video this morning where somebody was talking about a coffee app where you (the user) search for roasters in your area that you like and it shows you nearby coffee shops that use that roaster. You can then get a list of coffee's that you can buy from that coffee shop. It also has a journaling aspect to help you figure out what your favorites are. I kind of liked that idea.
@pre@boing.worldOf course it's not only the money which is broken.
The music industry is also very crappy. Major pop stars rake in billions while most artists starve. There's only three record companies left, acting as gate keepers determining which sings get the payola to get radio play and Spotify basically gave up paying small artists in order to give Joe Rogan hundreds of millions of dollars.
Terrible situation.
So can bitcoin and lightning fix this?
Thus the after party here in Manchester.
Musicians and rappers at the event embrace V4V, value for value. Busking on the internet. Payment links on screen and on the live stream as they play.
Ainsley Costello tells us that her first song on fountain.fm made her a million sats, way more than any Spotify stream could make even if they still paid small artists.
She played us that song and then a whole range of artists took to the stage, live streamed over nostr, with donations coming in from all over the world.
All of them were talented and entertaining, but in particular Green Sands were tight and energetic and rocking, Edwin Williamson was deep and baritone and country, Roger 9000 really pumped the crowd with his bitcoin based songs and great tiny digital guitar and The Crypto raptor gets a special mention.
It was a really fun party, with musicians who all believe there is a better way than the terrible music industry.
Fast change overs and short sets means there were like ten acts in four hours among a friendly crowd in a dirty dive bar who all shared this common cause.
Full act list, all of whom are with checking out.
Ainsley Costello
The crypto raptor
Andy prince
Green sands
Edwin Williamson
Nathan abbot
G o l d
Longy
Roger 9000
Fable
#bitfest #music #v4v #bitcoin
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialUpdated my list what I moved away from BigTech. To be honest: when I started it, I didn't expect the amount of time & energy it takes to get out.
Therefore I regard it as crucial to just do it step by step. Otherwise you might get overwhelmed. And some nasty dependencies will just show up along the way ... but it's a nice hobby!
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys' Wishlist In Week 11: Major Rooting Stakes for Dallas https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-wishlist-in-week-11-major-rooting-stakes-for-dallas
@hex@kolektiva.socialSome answers from @… in a quote thread.
https://indieweb.social/@willowbl00/115696205185905943
For anyone else also looking, another useful key phrase is "Master Scenario Events List" or MESL. This is for operations based games. For small group disaster prep, official MESL could be useful (if you can get them) to give you an idea of where you could (or may need to) fill gaps.
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaHaving begun reading "Post-Scarcity Anarchism" by Murray Bookchin, I might add it to my "Entry to Left-Wing Anarchist Reading" doc.
📄 Reading list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WuGnU7O_0eyjf9caYJXJn-KbXfsQi3uHE5EYYzQcbD8…
@wyri@toot-toot.wyrihaxim.us@… Your list(s) must be more aggressive than mine as I rarely get that
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeSo... I can pay $4 more to get my package a day slower? Why would I ever want that?
@paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
Happy #Festivus everyone. I'm looking forward to the airing of grievances and performing feats of strength later today. But we also have to celebrate National Christmas Movie Marathon Day on December 23rd. Our pickings are slim if you want to limit yourself to Canadian classics of this holiday season. Sure, virtually every #Hallmak movie is filmed in Canada, apparently with variations of a single plot, but they don't count. Here's a list of 5 Canadian films provided by CBC to get you started and you can provide a community service by suggesting other titles for your fellow Canucks. For example, Uncle Buck feels like a Christmas movie solely because of John Candy. When your list is ready, you can wrap yourself in a Hudson's Bay blanket, munch on some Nanaimo Bars, and binge watch your favourites.
#CanadaIsAwesome #ChristmasMovie
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/have-yourself-a-canadiana-christmas-with-these-5-movies-1.3909749
@ellie@ellieayla.netInternally the registered completion function runs kubectl __complete with the same terms, like: `kubectl __complete get ns ku`, which emits a list of terms back to the completion function.
kubectl can be run with higher verbosity (eg -v6) to see the underlying requests being made to the remote server, but they're the normal ones to retrieve a list of resources (eg GET https://10.11.12.13:6443/api/v1/namespaces?limit=500).
#kubernetes #zsh #shell #completion
@datascience@genomic.socialPrimer to get you started with Optimization and Mathematical Programming in R #rstats
@3sframe@social.linux.pizzaStarted to look at the Christmas wishlist and realized - everything on the list is actively being scalped.
I think it'll be giftcards for everything this year. Digital goods might be the only thing I can get.
Can anyone else relate? Having the same problems?
@cdarwin@c.imHarmeet Dhillon, a former Trump lawyer placed in charge of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division,
bragged to the Wall Street Journal that she “wakes up around 6am and begins her workday scrolling through X, searching for claims of discrimination …
After spotting ‘a list of new horrors,’ she said,
‘I text my deputies, and we assign cases, and we get cranking.’”
Dhillon’s office has been bleeding staff, since experienced lawyers are largely disinclined to waste…
@yaya@jorts.horseI gotta step up my Irish learning so we can do some irish anarchism https://todon.eu/@CrimethInc/115501256616016837
@cjust@infosec.exchangeA good friend of mine has the Muppet character "Beaker" as his avatar. For reasons.
He offers me advice. I offer him advice. We chat. These are #ChatsWithBeaker
The link in the discussion thread:
https:/…
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scotHahahah
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgI am a bit surprised how high Javascript is in that list. Don't get me wrong, I am in the same camp, but I'd have thought people liked JS more.
(I just don't think the platform [as in runtime important tooling/libraries] is mature and it's too hype driven so I decided to check in in a few years when things might have settled more)
@benthos@mastodon.sdf.orgBill Fay - "Time of the Last Persecution" (1971)
This is the first time that I've really sat down with this recording, and I absolutely get why everybody references it. Also, shout out Deram records. Those Decca engineers were the best.
#NowPlaying #BillFay
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizzaMaster class today for the team on how to automate bulk transfer of files to the PC.
simple XLS file. Inserted the library name and then copied the list of members they asked for. a simple formula and it generated the GET commands for FTP. It takes maybe two minutes to create, copy into my generic FTP batch job and run it. Two minutes they have a copy of 247 files.
AUTOMATE, AUTOMATE, AUTOMATE!
@pre@boing.worldMore of the edging, most of the handles, many of the holes I asked for are there so cables can get where they need to. They've been painting a bit and varnishing a bit and the coving is prepared for the gap above the windows there.
One more day, they say. One more day. I'll have to make a list of everything still to be done over the weekend.
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaIf you’re new around here, I maintain an “Intro to Left-Wing Anarchist Reading” list, which you can find here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WuGnU7O_0eyjf9caYJXJn-KbXfsQi3uHE5EYYzQcbD8/edit?tab=t.0
There’s also a mirror availabl…
@hex@kolektiva.socialAs a security engineer, whenever anyone talks about a control it's always important to ask "by what mechanism?"
> "Oh, that can't happen because we have a system to stop it."
By what mechanism?
> "We have documentation that says...."
Yeah, that's not a mechanism.
People keep saying, "Trump can't do that!" But like... by what mechanism?
> "The constitution says..."
Yeah... a documented list of rules is not self-enforcing. What is the mechanism?
What makes this impossible? Oh, it's possible under certain conditions? Oh, it's always possible and you're completely relying on the idea that there will never be a malicious actor? Yeah, that's gonna get exploited. Oh shit, now you're owned.
What do you do with a system that's completely owned? Once it's compromised it can never be trusted again. What would you tell a client who told you, "Patching is really hard, so we're just gonna ban the attacker's IP."
What, you're not even gonna reinstall?
I assume we've all had the "burn everything down and start again" client. I wonder how many of us thought we would see the US government ask for them to hold it's beer.
#USPol
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzExpectations for Cowboys' season finale? Dak Prescott's usage tops the list https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6923721/2025/12/29/cowboys-week-18-final-game-dak-prescott/
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders Get Strong Maxx Crosby Claim Amid Trade Speculation https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-trade-claim-amy-trask/
@pre@boing.worldSee them here
The target is like 25. So about half as many as target.
Some good, some great.
See them here
Not enough. The target is like 6.
Meh.
Target is for 2026 to be the next one anyway really.
I do have a script and all the assets needed to animate it, but I have become unhappy with the script and failed so far at rewrites.
Should get it done next year at some point I'd hope.
Overshooting the target of zero there. surprise new entry in the projects list
@ellie@ellieayla.netRelevant code in kubectl doing the completions: #kubernetes #zsh #shell #completion
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzJones needs to pay this coach whatever it takes to fix Cowboys defense https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/27/wk-17-eberflus-replacement-rankings-li…
@lilmikesf@c.im @cowboys@darktundra.xyzJavonte Williams, Malik Davis to IR; Cowboys activate Mafah, more https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/javonte-williams-malik-davis-to-ir-cowboys-activate-mafah-more
@beeb@hachyderm.ioDay 11 of #AdventOfCode is a classical graph problem like we're used to from previous years.
Unlike previously, I immediately thought of checking what the graph looked like with a visualization tool. Luckily, `petgraph` allows to export a graphviz file which can be then used to visualize the nodes and edges.
From that, it was clear that a few nodes were acting as "bridges" between largers subnets of nodes with no particular arrangement besides being directed towards the next "bridge" layer. Those bridge layers comprised 4 to 5 nodes in my input, and were the only ones with more than 6 incoming edges, so I used that as my filter criterion.
To gather them, I sorted the graph in topological order and chunked them by their position offset compared to the previous node. When doing this, all the nodes from a bridge layer end up being at most 20 positions away from the previous node in the sorted list.
Finally, I progressed through each subnet, collecting information about how many paths lead to each one of the end layer's nodes. By multiplying with all the paths leading to each start layer's node, we get the overall total number of paths.
#AoC #AoC2025 #AdventOfCode2025 #RustLang #rust
@paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
The pets have conspired to get me out of bed early, so I'm coffeed up and listening to our #Christmas playlist. I thought I'd share 12 Christmas tunes written and/or sung by Canadians. The ranking is subjective and unserious, so please no arguments as I'm trying to stay off the naughty list. Have I missed anything or anyone awesome? Reply with your favourites and I might add them to my playlist.
12 - Let It Snow - Dianna Krall
11 - Christmas Eve - Spirit of the West
10 - O Holy Night - Céline Dion
9 - Silent Night - Rita MacNeil
8 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Michael Bublé
7 - Wintersong - Sarah McLachlan
6 - Old Toy Trains - Susan Aglukark
5 - Good King Wenceslas – Loreena McKennitt
4 - Song for a Winter's Night - Gordon Lightfoot
3 - Huron Carol - Sarah McLachlan
2 - River - Blue Rodeo
1 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings - Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlan
#CanadaIsAwesome #ChristmasMusic
@pre@boing.worldSo the temporary placeholder name "Your Party" is made permanent.
None of the options on the shortlist were good. Most of them just as grammatically inconvenient as the dumb placeholder name.
The people who decide on the short-list, who can be a member, whose votes counts and what the options are, have quite a lot of power.
Zara Sultana boycotted day one over who sets the rules and who can be involved. If Your Party have a governing body with power to override conference they end up like the Labour party and just are easily taken over and usurped by a cabal of thatcherite neoliberal capitalists.
They did allow the dual membership system and a wider governance, so Zara won on who gets to be a member and who gets to be in charge. Which is probably good.
Coz as the terrible name shows, if you put the idiots in charge you'll get idiocy not good collective decision making.
For now the membership appear to have won, and I hear are they are all very excited and fierce and canny and not likely to let the old guard just set up another dictatorship from the top.
They currently have half the membership count of the greens, less than a quarter that claimed by Reform. Lets hope they can get some attention towards something other than how billionaires think the country should be run and focus on the people.
Here's hoping they can inflate that number by draining the Labour party and Reform members who just want change really rather than actually liking anything said by Farage.
#yourParty #ukpol
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