@chrisnelder@mastodon.energy2025-10-31 19:29:23
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-12-01 16:01:05
The White House's "media bias" page has "Media Offender of the Week" and "Hall of Shame" sections, with CBS News making the inaugural Media Offenders list (Dominic Patten/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/trump-media-offender…
@benb@osintua.eu2026-01-01 09:14:05
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-01 15:34:38
Trump has rewarded his “favorite president,” Javier Milei of Argentina,
with a $20 billion bailout;
vowed to “take back” the Panama Canal;
demanded that Mexico take a tougher line against drug trafficking and migration,
or else face crippling tariffs;
leaned on Brazil’s Supreme Court to drop a case against his ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro;
endorsed the conservative candidate in Honduras’ presidential race;
and pressed countries across t…
@hex@kolektiva.social2025-10-30 19:36:00
As 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
@shriramk@mastodon.social2025-11-01 14:44:36
From reporting about last night's World Series Game 6: This is the kind of amazing act that makes someone a professional. Not only the sensory ability but also the ability to act on it in a fraction of a second. And it completely changed the game's outcome.
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2025-10-02 10:55:31
Day 9: Eniko Fox
Edit: added a store link for Kitsune Tails.
We're back to videogames, and with another author who's on the fediverse: @…
Fox has developed a few games, but the one that I've played and love is Kitsune Tails. It's a sapphic romance take on Super Mario Bros. 3, and (critically for a platformer) it's got very crisp controls and runs smoothly. I think one thing a lot of indie platforms devs struggle with is getting those fundamentals right, because on the technical side they require very challenging things like optimization of your code and extremely careful input handling that go beyond the basic skills necessary to put together a game. From following her on Twitter and now the Fediverse, it's clear that Fox is a deeply competent programmer, and her games reflect that. Beyond the fundamentals, Kitsune Tails has a very sweet plot with a very cool twist in the middle, and without spoilers, that twist made both the levels and gameplay very difficult to design, but Fox rose to that challenge and put together a wonderful game. Particularly past the plot twist (but in subtle ways before it) Fox is able to build beyond SMB3 mechanics in ways that gracefully complement the original, and the movement in the game ends up being difficult but extremely satisfying, with an excellent skill/speed response allowing for both slower, easier approaches that work for a range of players and high-skill extremely-fast options for those who want to push themselves.
There have been plenty of people I follow with indie game projects that are kinda meh in the end, and I'll still boost them without much comment if they're decent. Fox' work is actually amazing, which is why if you've followed me for a while you'll know I tend to mention it periodically, and which is why she makes this list of authors I respect.
You can buy Kitsune Tails here: #20AuthorsNoMen
@davej@dice.camp2025-10-31 18:07:37
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2025-11-30 20:17:02
We also got a copy of the book “Murder Muzik,” which should make for good holiday reading.
https://www.editionsdarkside.com/produit/35/9782017309055/murder-muzik
(I shouldn’t have looked at this page, because I now know that it costs twice as much in Sw…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-02 11:44:03
The shutdown is starting to bite
– and throw Trump’s architectural folly into sharp relief.
On Saturday, with Congress still locked in a legislative stalemate,
a potential benefit freeze could leave tens of millions of low-income Americans without food aid.
Democrats accuse Trump’s Republican party of “weaponising hunger” to pursue an extreme rightwing agenda.
Images of wealthy monarchs or autocrats revelling in excess even as the masses struggle for bread