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Nice, @…'s blog post about #Bundler's new checksums is worth a read:

Bundler 2.6: Enhanced Security with Built-in Checksum Verification
Protect your Ruby projects from supply chain attacks with Bundler 2.6's new checksum verification. Learn how to implement this crucial security feature today.

Rewatching "The West Wing" yet again. Season 6, Episodes 8-9 were utterly terrifying (the China trip) but it's still a welcome respite from reality.
Chicken soup for the Democrat soul.
"This plane is going to China!"
https://youtu.be/A2i8xuzaTdY?si=AMA_Kv

🫂 Mšs de 43.500 usuarios del Combinado #AVE - #Tram de Alicante en 2024
🔢 Son buenas cifras, PERO: Sigo deseando 💫 que #Renfe incorpore los combinados en su buscador

[ February 21, 2025] Conference or similar: On Morality and Revelation: A book symposium on Amir Saemi's Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond (OUP, 2024) https://philevents.org/event/show/129842

On Morality and Revelation: A book symposium on Amir Saemi's Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond (OUP, 2024)
This online workshop is a book symposium on Amir Saemi's Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond: A New Problem of Evil (OUP, 2024), which will later be published in AGATHEOS – European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. The program: 8:30 – 10 am (est) Speaker A: Robert Audi     Speaker B: Lara Buchak Speaker C: Imraz Aijaz                 10:15 – 11-45 am (est) Speaker A: Farbod Akhlaghi Respose: Amir Saemi Open discussion

Die Einschaltquoten sind relevant für die Folgeverträge. Wir müssen endlich über diese ganzen #Talkshows reden und dass sie extern produziert werden, von profitorientierten Unternehmen. It's the economy, stupid!

Weidel beschert Miosga die höchste Reichweite seit Scholz - DWDL.de
Am Sonntagabend begrüßte Caren Miosga die AfD-Kanzlerkandidatin Alice Weidel in ihrem ARD-Talk. Das Interesse war enorm: Bislang gab es nur zwei Ausgaben mit höherer Reichweite, zuletzt jene mit Olaf Scholz.

To all my #Microsoft employee followers, it's almost time for the annual announcement of the company #UglySweater holiday charity benefit. No idea what they have planned.
Prepare yourselves. 😜

Hey Canada, Greenland and Panama, did you know that "...the U.S. government argued that Bin Laden and Soleimani posed an imminent threat and that the killings were defensive and, therefore, justified under international law."
I'm not saying anyone should hurt anyone. Violence is never a good answer. I also think someone threatening to invade and take possession of you by force is...bad.
quote source:

What does international law say about targeted killings? | CBC News
It certainly wasn't the first time a government was accused of orchestrating a killing on foreign soil, but observers around the world were nonetheless shocked by Prime Minister's Justin Trudeau's allegation that India's leaders had a hand in killing a Canadian citizen earlier this year in B.C. 

In celebration of #Microsoft Corporation officially joining #BlueSky (per Comms Director, Frank X. Shaw)...
...here's a "Microsoft Product Group" Starter Pack of about 15 accounts so far. (I expect a lot more tomorrow. 😁)

Microsoft - Official Accounts
Join the conversation

Mastering Rust's Error Handling: A Guide to Writing Reliable Code
Rust's error handling system is a cornerstone of the language's commitment to writing safe and reliable code. As a Rust developer, I've come to appreciate the power and flexibility it offers. The system is designed to make error cases explicit, ensuring that developers consider and handle potential failure scenarios. […]
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Mastering Rust's Error Handling: A Guide to Writing Reliable Code
Discover Rust's powerful error handling system. Learn to write safer, more reliable code with Result, panic!, and custom error types. Improve your Rust skills today.

I think my daughter gets me. A for accuracy. Also, the disco ball is a nice touch.

Well, my #Fallout #Vault33 #Backpack arrived.
NGL, I don't think this is worth $200. (Maybe $120 but it's just a backpack.) Out side of the design, flannel blanket & the water contain…

Wanna follow the OFFICIAL accounts of News & Media outlets?
If you're on BlueSky, this is a curated Starter Pack of around ~100 accounts I follow. (NBC, CNN, Newsweek, New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, etc.)
https://go.bsky.app/TLsSB5e

News & Media - Official Accounts
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🚅🚅 Trenitalia France, que recientemente obtuvo permiso para operar sus V3000 #Zefiro en 2⃣ doble composición, recuperarš los servicios París ↔️ Milšn el 1 de Abril
👉 El 15 de Junio, extenderš sus servicios a #Marseille, tal como #Renfe

After discussing the possibility for several months, European nations are finally forming a unified barrier of insurance checks and enforcement around areas where Russia's shadow fleet operate... a very important development, as it either will deprive them from the ability to keep evading sanctions, or significantly increase the costs and risks of doing so.
Big ramifications. This could have a major impact on Russia's recent long term oil delivery deal with India, i.e.

Twelve European countries to jointly counter Russia's shadow fleet exporting oil
Twelve European countries have agreed to jointly counter the shadow fleet used by Russia to export oil, bypassing the G7-imposed price cap. Ships will now be checked for valid insurance documents.

Heute war der zweite Augsburger Winterlauf. Ich bin nicht wirklich glücklich mit dem Ergebnis, hatte auf 30 Sekunden weniger gehofft, aber es isch wie's isch. 🤷🏻‍♂️ #Mastodonlauftreff #Mastodonrunning

Bluesky users:
Follow the robot @ap.brid.gy to let friends in the Fediverse (Masodon et al.) follow you.
Or allow the reception of messages from "everyone" in your account's settings.

So I've finally had some time to watch #SkeletonCrew. Really enjoyed these first episodes and I hope the series continues that way. But more importantly, let's hope that #StarWars keeps doing these shows about exploring the galaxy and it's countless universes other than to keep everything …

Awkward when you're literally doing more organizing in a whole other city where the knob who thinks he's — actually I don't know what he thinks he's accomplishing — lives, than the actual knob who &c.
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@… It's a whole new team now, isn't it? Makes me sad that it didn't work out. I agree that their editor was a pain but I think it was a pain in the right direction.

Reminder to please stop using Twitter (or X, or whatever it's called now). It is owned by a fascist. Your posts are being used to train an AI that is owned by a fascist. Apparently, said fascist owns your accounts and posts as well. I suggest making a post informing your followers you are moving to the Fediverse or Bluesky or wherever (feel free to link here if you want), and then deleting your account after a couple weeks or so. Twitter is no longer social media. It's a disinformati…

Sounds like Russia's tech industry - including internet, software, etc. - is seeing sharp declines in revenue, with widespread, major layoffs.
"The economy is in s***. It seems like everyone really needed IT specialists, there was a shortage of personnel, and all that. But the market has no money for development, the marketing tools have collapsed. Although both marketers and IT specialists are needed, there is no money. But everyone is hiding this."

«Денег нет, но все это скрывают». В России начались массовые сокращения айтишников
Нынешний год для российского ИТ-рынка заканчивается увольнениями.

I cannot stop posting. It's what I was meant for.

Is "decentralizedwashing" a term yet? See recent #bluesky discussions like: https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/113487613965056474

WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction
Automattic is ordered to undo several of the actions of its CEO Matt Mullenweg in its ongoing legal battle with WP Engine. “It's hard to imagine wanting to continue to working on WordPress after this," Mullenweg said in a community Slack message.
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WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction
Automattic is ordered to undo several of the actions of its CEO Matt Mullenweg in its ongoing legal battle with WP Engine. “It's hard to imagine wanting to continue to working on WordPress after this," Mullenweg said in a community Slack message.

C.S. Lewis & Last Things 2024 : C.S. Lewis and Last Things: How the Writer of Narnia Saw the End of Our Story #acrel http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.sh…

Lovely account of a fun foray with ancient web tech that's pretty much begging to be reverse engineered, and made into something beautiful at #JumboHack
Winning a hackathon, losing my sanity — Jerome Paulos
https://

Hm, so geht's eigentlich.

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus Episode 4: No words to describe how amazing this is, amazing in directing, in development, in everything else. It's the series best at the moment. Do yourself a favour and watch it now!
https://www.

Ever hate listening to someone's voice so much you find you're trying to will yourself into a heart attack every time they speak?

Hey!
Just migrated here from @…, if u got a follow request then that's why
I'll make an introduction toot soon, and am figuring out how to do all the account migration stuff ^-^

turn of the century chinafakes are something else

Wishing the Russians and North Koreans a very merry season's defeatings!
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"Fighters from the UA_REG Team unit of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck almost a company of Russian army personnel, as well as their North Korean mercenaries.
A video of the combat operation was released on December 17 on the unit's channel.
In total, special forces drones destroyed 50 enemies and wounded 47."

Hello Mastodon! My name is Robert. I'm a Software Engineering student at Western Governor's University.
I am mostly learning #python but also focusing on #webdev and #java. I enjoy open-source…

There's hope in Berlin

I recently upgraded my CPU and ordered a new CPU cooler without need, since I thought I had just the stock AMD Wraith cooler, which could have some trouble handling a 5700X3D under load.
I think I'll be going forward with that new cooler after all, just because of how neatly arranged its included mounting accessories are.
From Freeze 34 to Thermaltake's Peerless Assassin 120 SE.

Sometimes, you have to bite people. That's just life.

Maybe if I play this enough, youtube will stop recommending that I watch fascists.
(That's a joke; I'm not logged in).
https://youtu.be/JBD5_8OGoCo

"when was the last time you saw a bag of chips despawn. 'cause for me, it's never."
-me at 1 fucking 37 AM

Fröhliches #Mittwinterfest! Wir haben offiziell um 10:20 Uhr CET den Tiefpunkt durchschritten, in #Augsburg hat's heute eine Tageslänge von 08:19 Stunden.
#Mittwinter

Here's why having accounts on different apps is a good thing:
Instead of responding directly to the person who annoyed me, or even sub posting on the same platform, Ima make snarky comments over here where, likely, they will never see it.
Like:
I'm going to start calling straight white guys in positions that *I* don't think they're qualified for "legacy hires".
#LegacyHires

Can we create an English dialect that spells “colour”, “flavour”, etc, but that spells “recognizable” and not “recognisable”, “specialization” and not “specialisation”, etc?
The colour and such words with a “u” are way prettier, but the ones with an s instead of a z are just weird. Z is way better

But in better news today I also finished #Frieren and holy cow that was amazing, can't wait for season 2.
My full review: https://boxd.it/80sUvz

A ★★★★★ review of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023)
Season 1 When you think the series has reached its peak, when you think you know what's going to happen next, when you think the story can't get any better: it does, and it surprise you in many ways. I'm not really into fantasy/medieval series, specially in anime where it gets a little bit cliche for me. And yet, this has become easily one of my favorites Animes. If you are holding on for this reason, I highly encourage you to watch it.

«"Terms of Service; Didn't Read" (kurz: ToS;DR) ist ein Projekt, das im Juni 2012 gestartet wurde, um die "größte Lüge im Internet" zu bekämpfen: fast niemand liest wirklich die Nutzungsbedingungen, denen wir ständig zustimmen.»
P.S. Für mich pers. ein guter Einstieg um die Privatsphäre der Menschen im Internet und deren Nutzung zu erörtern, ist aber mMn nur erst der Anfang.
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Terms of Service; Didn't Read
I have read and agree to the Terms' is the biggest lie on the web. Together, we can fix that.

So a HUGE box showed up at my doorstep.
It's the pre-order of my #XboxSeriesX #IndianaJones & the #GreatCircle - Collector's Edition.
It's the size of a small r…

FYI Nashville folks, the Winter Solstice Celebration at Warner Parks requires registration this year (due to high turnout). Register now before it books up! https://warnerparks.org/event/winter-solstice-celebration/

new #video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yV_vBF5RPs&feature=youtu.be

Sure, it might look like Air Force One, but I'm pretty sure it's an alien invasion mothership...
Better safe than sorry!

Ohhhh, that's a shame.
(The douche in Kitchener flying the Nazi flag, seems to have had some problems with flames.)
#Nazis #FashWatchCanada

What's the path of least resistance to archive reddit.com threads that are somehow still online?
I've seen that web.archive.org and archive.is can get blocked by reddit's bot detection, and even if not, they don't archive all the permalinks to nested comments etc.
#datahoarder #dataarchival #webarchiving

I didn't get Hexcodle #485 :( Score: 55%
Do you know the RGB value by heart for your website customers? Well, I don't either and have to check every time.
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🔼✅✅⏫🔼⏬
🔼✅✅⏫🔼⏬
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🦜 https://hexcodle.com

Hexcodle - The Daily Hexcode Guessing Game!
Can you guess today's hexcode color? Challenge your color instincts and decode the hexcode with Hexcodle! Inspired by Wordle, but for color enthusiasts.

How it started. How it's going.
#FuckNazis

Drawing attention to this thread of comments of mine from a few days ago, as it goes deeper into apparent efforts from European nations to Trump-proof Ukraine, which is actually VERY important for European security.
It's nice seeing news articles pointing out Ukrainian funding & Russian appeasement isn't something Trump gets to dictate, but rather, a situation where Europe is trying to diplomatically push back against Trump to defend their legitimate security interests.

«Can Europe build itself a rival to Google?
#Ecosia and #Qwant are teaming up to create a European search index, aiming to break the dominance of #Google and reduce

Can Europe build itself a rival to Google?
Ecosia and Qwant are teaming up to create a European search index, aiming to break the dominance of Google and reduce Europe's reliance on US tech giants. Can they succeed in challenging the status quo?

"WATCH ROOM" (2020)
Three maverick computer scientists work to develop human-friendly artificial intelligence within the safety of a virtual reality environment... until the AI learns it's at risk of being shutdown.
🎬 https://vimeo.com/383913383

There's 3 types of people in this world:
1️⃣ Baffled folks with closed mindsets, completely clueless & scared of AI
2️⃣ Loud, untrained self-proclaimed experts who complain about AI more than they learn about it
3️⃣ Educated #AI users quietly & rapidly getting things done w/ a wry smile

Dude gets so into #DepecheMode live & NAILS everything I love.
DM fans ALL know Dave Gahan's act during #EnjoyTheSilence but watching it thru a new eyes is awesome.
"FIRST TIME HEARING 'Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence'" -