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@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-03-08 10:00:00

Seconds Apart ⌛️
一秒钟 ⌛️
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal paypal.com/paypalme/ydcdingsite

Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white photo of several plastic stools arranged loosely in a circle on a paved walkway. The ground is made of rectangular bricks, and fallen leaves are scattered around. Large concrete columns from an elevated structure stand in the background. Trees line one side of the walkway, and the scene appears quiet and outdoors. Chinese Alt Text 一张黑白照片，画面中有几张塑料小凳子随意围成一圈，放在铺有长方形砖块的步道上。地面上散落着落叶。背景是高架结构的巨大混凝土柱子，一侧有树木成排。整体氛围安静，呈现户外环境。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white low‑angle photo showing plastic stools on a paved surface beneath a large elevated structure. Tall trees stand in the background, and sunlight filters through the leaves. The perspective emphasizes the ground texture and the vertical lines of the stools and columns. The scene feels quiet and outdoors. Chinese Alt Text 一张黑白低角度照片，画面中塑料小凳子摆放在铺装地面上，上方是大型高架结构。背景有高大的树木，阳光从树叶间洒下。视角突出地面纹理以及凳子和柱子的垂直线条。整体氛围安静，位于户外。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white photo of an outdoor staircase with white railings leading upward. At the top, a metal fence displays Chinese characters. A tall light pole with multiple fixtures rises into the clear sky behind it. The image has visible film grain and circular marks, suggesting a scanned negative. The setting appears urban and open. Chinese Alt Text 一张黑白照片，展示一段带白色扶手的户外楼梯向上延伸。楼梯顶部的金属围栏上有中文字符。背景中有一根高大的多灯杆，天空清晰。画面带有胶片颗粒和圆形痕迹，像是底片扫描。整体呈现城市户外环境
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white photo of a person walking down outdoor stairs while holding plastic bags in both hands. The person wears casual clothing, including a zip‑up jacket and sneakers. Another person is visible behind a metal fence on the opposite staircase. Buildings and a tall light pole appear in the distance. The image has a textured, film‑like surface. Chinese Alt Text 一张黑白照片，一名手提塑料袋的人正走下户外楼梯，穿着休闲外套和运动鞋。另一侧楼梯上、金属栅栏后可见另一名行人。远处有建筑物和高灯杆。画面带有胶片质感的纹理。
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-04-07 20:20:55

Q&A with OpenAI President Greg Brockman about OpenAI's research direction, how far it can push Codex, shutting down Sora, text vs. world models, and more (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)
bigtechnology.com/p/openai-pre

OpenAI President Greg Brockman: Doubling Down on Text Models, The Superapp Plan, Codex’s Potential
OpenAI is shifting strategies yet again. Here's the logic behind the latest moves and what they mean for the company's direction.

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-03-07 11:00:02

Life Treats 🥇
生活奖励 🥇
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography

Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) Image 3 – Alt Text (English) A black‑and‑white photo of a tall, symmetrical building with two towers, each topped with an antenna. The building has a grid pattern of windows. In the foreground, out‑of‑focus plants or branches partially block the view. The sky is clear. The contrast highlights the straight architectural lines behind the softer shapes of the foliage. Image 3 – Alt Text (Chinese) 一张黑白照片，主体是一栋高大且对称的建筑，两侧各有一座带天线的塔楼。建筑外墙呈网格状窗户。前景有模糊的植物或枝叶，部分遮挡视线。天空晴朗。画面呈现…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) Image 1 – Alt Text (English) A black‑and‑white photo showing a tall building seen through a chain‑link fence. The fence is close to the camera and has a bent or damaged opening in the center. Through this opening, a multi‑story building with many windows is visible in the background. The building appears rectangular and modern. The angle is slightly low, making the building look taller. The focus is on the fence, while the building behind it is somewhat softer in deta…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) Image 2 – Alt Text (English) A black‑and‑white close‑up of a vine with several leaves in the foreground. The vine is sharply in focus. Behind it, out of focus, is a multi‑story building and a roadway or overpass with vehicles on it. The background appears urban, but details are softened by shallow depth of field. The contrast highlights the difference between the natural vine and the built environment. Image 2 – Alt Text (Chinese) 一张黑白特写照片，前景是一根带叶子的藤蔓，清晰可见。背景模糊，可看到多…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) Image 4 – Alt Text (English) A black‑and‑white photo of a concrete wall with a tiled base along a sidewalk. Shadows of tree branches and leaves stretch across the wall and ground, creating irregular patterns. The shadows are long, suggesting low sunlight. The scene contains only the wall, sidewalk, and shadows, with no people present. Image 4 – Alt Text (Chinese) 一张黑白照片，画面为一面混凝土墙及其下方的瓷砖基座，旁边是人行道。树枝和树叶的影子投射在墙面和地面上，形成不规则的图案。影子较长，显示光源位置较低。画面中没有人物。
@hex@kolektiva.social
2026-04-08 11:48:21

I'll never miss a chance to bump this shit one more time for the folks in the back: crimethinc.com/2019/07/14/on-w

@cjust@infosec.exchange
2026-03-08 23:17:05

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

The image is a meme composed of text and a photograph. The text at the top reads, "Back in my day there was no twitter, so you had to write your crazy ramblings on poster board and try to get on national tv." The photograph below shows a wrestling ring with two wrestlers in action. The wrestler on the left is wearing a black singlet with pink and black patterned wrestling tights. The wrestler on the right is wearing a black outfit with dark pants and appears to be in mid-action. In front of th…
@stargazer@woof.tech
2026-03-09 04:39:49

#sexed #kek

A hand holding a small card with printed text and a golden rose illustration, followed by a block of text below the photo. The card has a golden rose graphic and text stating, "You are like a beautiful rose. Each time you engage in premarital sex, a precious petal is stripped away. Don't leave your future husband holding a bare stem. Abstain." Below the photograph, there is a paragraph of text describing how the speaker tested the metaphor by counting petals on a yellow rose bush, concluding pr…
@gwire@mastodon.social
2026-05-07 11:30:50

TIL that the colours of the caps on vacutainers (blood draw tubes) don't inherently have a meaning beyond an overlap in individual manufacturer convention - there's no international standard.

What the Colour of Your Blood Test Tubes Says
By Paul Towet — Medical lab technologist/Medical writer

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-05-07 20:01:29

Anthropic researchers detail natural language autoencoders, which convert LLM activations, the numbers encoding a model's thoughts, into natural language text (Anthropic)
anthropic.com/research/natural

Natural Language Autoencoders
Turning Claude's thoughts into text

@publicvoit@graz.social
2026-05-07 07:19:06

The Boring Internet (text) | Terry Godier
#Internet because you've…

The Boring Internet
The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about what actually persists.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-03-06 10:51:06

Thanks to a work-in-progress Homebrew cask by Andi Péter (codeberg.org/GramEditor/gram/i), I was just able to quickly install and play with the new Gram code editor (

Screenshot of opening screen of the Gram editor with a simple frog illustration and the tagline “What cannot be mended must be transcended.” It shows a Get Started section with New File, Open Project, Clone Repository, Open Command Palette, and Open Documentation links and a Configure section with Open Settings and Explore Extensions options.
Screenshot of Gram code editor in Helix mode showing two lines selected (using “x”) and a search active within the selection (using “s”) and the word “well” being searched for and highlighted in the text. The full text in the document reads: This is a little demo of gram... I'm using Helix mode And it seems to work quite well :) (For some reason my custom QMK keymaps are not working, • though.)
@cdarwin@c.im
2026-04-08 01:38:15

Southern California parents didn’t like the texts their teen daughter sent to boys;
They tortured her to death
latimes.com/california/story/2

SoCal parents tortured their teen daughter to death over text messages
The parents were convicted last month of second-degree murder, torture and child abuse, among other criminal charges.

@sherold@mastodon.online
2026-05-06 19:50:18

RE: mastodon.online/@sherold/11648
If laptop stickers say something about the owner's attitude, then I have absolutely no idea what this is supposed to say about me. I guess it doesn't matter.

An overhead, flat-lay photograph of a closed, silver Google Chromebook Plus laptop on a dark wood-grain table surface. The laptop is covered in a variety of stickers. From left to right: a black sticker with "Hi." text, an art sticker depicting a pyramid and two figures (one with a drum set), a center text-based sticker reading "COLOR ME AMAZED" in three stacked rows of distressed white, red-and-white, and white text, with "COLOR ME" outlined in pink/teal, a milk carton character sticker, a sma…
@dnddeutsch@pnpde.social
2026-04-07 10:14:29

@… nehme ein T-Shirt mit dem Text als Rückenaufdruck 😬

@benny@norden.social
2026-04-08 17:00:01

Google will wissen, WER hinter einem Text steht – nicht nur WAS drinsteht. 🔍E-E-A-T ist kein Score, den du irgendwo abliest. Aber es bestimmt, ob dein Content in sensiblen Themenbereichen überhaupt eine Chance hat. Autorenprofile, Über-uns-Seiten, Knowledge-Panel-Einträge – das sind Entity-Signale, die Vertrauen aufbauen. Maschinen und Menschen gleichermaßen.

Grounding Pages? So wird deine Über-uns-Seite zum Entity-Dokument 🏗️
Grounding Pages sind Overengineering. Wie du deine Über-uns-Seite so schreibst, dass Google und KI-Systeme deine Marke als Entität erkennen – ohne Parallelseiten.

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-03-08 00:57:06

Life Runners 🪖
生活战士 🪖
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography

Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white photo showing a person riding a scooter or small motorcycle in the foreground. The rider wears a helmet and appears slightly blurred, suggesting motion. Behind them, a car travels along a road, also somewhat blurred. The background includes trees and roadside elements, but details are indistinct due to the motion effect. The overall scene conveys everyday traffic movement. 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片，前景是一位戴头盔的人骑着电动车或摩托车，画面略微模糊，显示出运动感。后方有一辆汽车在道路上…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white photo of a pedestrian bridge with metal railings and overhead beams. A person is pushing a cart up the ramp of the bridge. Below the bridge, a white van drives along a road. The van has text and a logo on its side, though not fully readable. The sky is clear, and shadows indicate sunlight. The scene highlights the structure of the bridge and the contrast between pedestrian space and road traffic. 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片，画面为带金属栏杆和上方横梁的人行天桥。桥上…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white photo taken under an overpass. A pedestrian bridge crosses above, with a cyclist riding across it. Below, several parked cars line the side, and two people ride scooters or motorcycles along a paved path. A pedestrian signal on the right shows a lit walking figure. Trees and buildings appear in the background. The scene captures different forms of urban transportation in the same space. 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片，拍摄于高架桥下。上方的人行桥上有一名骑自行车的人经过。下方道路…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white photo of a pedestrian walkway with white railings. On the left, a person wearing a face mask walks while carrying a shopping bag printed with Chinese characters and the words “TOP SPORTS.” On the right, a person rides a motorbike, wearing a helmet and jacket. Tall residential buildings and an elevated roadway appear in the background. The scene shows everyday movement in an urban environment. 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片，画面为带白色栏杆的人行步道。左侧一名戴口罩的人手提…
@danyork@mastodon.social
2026-04-08 16:30:23

Truly wonderful that #NASA makes images from #Artemis freely available… I just added this to my #iPad as my wallpaper and it is truly one of the most beautiful lock screens I have ever had! Thank you, NASA!…

A screenshot of an iPad lock screen with the NASA photo showing the moon in the front and the Earth in the background. The time of 11:46 appears in the top middle, and the text “Touch ID” is in the upper right corner.
@comex@mas.to
2026-03-08 00:14:24

Recently I learned that you *can* get Claude Code to show you the actual thinking using --verbose; however, it doesn't stream it. So you have to wait potentially multiple minutes for it to be done thinking, then get a wall of text. Pretty annoying.

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2026-04-08 03:36:58

Planning to do the next ReworkCTF stream noon Seattle time tomorrow youtube.com/watch?v=ouTJzl6Zcfg.
Remaining problems are a silkscreen text touchup, a solder paste misprint under a BGA, a missing dogbone under a BGA, and a via under a BGA connecting to the wrong layer.
I d…

@@arXiv_physicsatomph_bot@mastoxiv.page@mastoxiv.page
2026-05-07 07:51:02

Characterisation of a triple-species ${}^\text{87}$Rb/ ${}^\text{85}$Rb/ ${}^\text{133}$Cs magneto-optical trap
Mal Landru, Amandine Lauret, Yannick Bidel, Alexandre Bresson, Sylvain Schwartz, Alexis Bonnin, Antoine Godard, Nassim Zahzam
arxiv.org/abs/2605.04170

@aardrian@toot.cafe
2026-04-07 20:38:41

Apple throwing some time into bugs today…
• 240961: `position: relative` doesn't work as expected on table row, 26 May 2022, bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?i
• 305719: REGRESSION (iOS 26): Datalist options obscure text input, 18 January 2026,

@seemannsmission@c.im
2026-05-07 17:36:10

Internationaler Ökumenischer Gottesdienst zur Eröffnung des Hafengeburtstags
am 8.5. um 11:30 im Michel in Hamburg
Mit den nordischen Seemannskirchen und den Seemannsmissionen und dem Shantychor Tampentrekker
(Rechtzeitig da sein)

Der Turm und ein Teil vom Dach der großen Kirche und der Text: Hafengeburtstagseröffnungsgottesdienst
@bourgwick@heads.social
2026-04-08 18:28:53

RE: #podcasts as text: season 11 transcripts of the good ol'

@floheinstein@chaos.social
2026-04-07 17:08:09

Still one of my favorite typos in a science headline
#CERN #lhc #sciencefun

View into the tunnel of the particle accelerator at CERN, text below says "Coming up: HARDON COLLIDER RESTART" by BBC News. Screenshot taken 11 years ago today on BBC
@chiraag@mastodon.online
2026-03-08 22:12:07

resist.bot/petitions/PGIFJW

Stand With Ukraine and Stop Trump's Dangerous Policies
Text SIGN PGIFJW to 50409 to send this to your officials.

@vosje62@mastodon.nl
2026-04-08 16:18:08

Stroom uit 'energie vissen.
In Duitsland kan dat tegenwoordig...
Video: Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz: Wasserkraft mal anders: Erstes Schwarmkraftwerk steht bei St. Goar - #ARD #SWR Aktuell
#Energietransitie

@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.social
2026-04-07 12:44:50

McDonald's leaks China: they run their info screens in Ubuntu Linux

A menu board with burgers and prices. The board is black with white and yellow text. The burgers are on the left side of the board. The info screen reveals on the left side Ubuntu Linux menu items and the typical Ubuntu status bar on the top. The info on the screen is in Chinese.
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-05-07 08:26:28

272902 – Security: allow passphrases for WPA-EAP to be saved without using clear text
<#FreeBSD

@janneke@todon.nl
2026-03-07 10:34:03

Why do some Americans seem to prefer "upwards of" or even "north/south of ...", when talking about numbers/amounts?
To me, a non-native speaker, a number/amount can be greater/more, or smaller/less than another number/amount. I can probably guess that 11 is "upward" of 10, but that really depends on what your visual picture is of the list of numbers. In a text file, e.g., line 11 is clearly downward of line 10? I'm guessing that's my overthinkin…

@hansaplast42@social.wastedalpaca.wtf
2026-05-08 10:38:34

#arbeitszeit

Meme mit zwei Händlern die vor einer Theke stehen. Dazu der Text: SPD-Arbeitsministerin killt den 8h Tag? Verdi: Best I can do is a grumpy sharepic
@ErikUden@mastodon.de
2026-03-03 07:27:33

We can play the headline game every time their imperialist wars start.

A screenshot of two New York Times headlines analyzed with red text to show their difference. One headline reads “Iran says dozens are killed in strike on school.” The red text highlights that the portion “Iran says” casts doubt and “in strike” shows no responsible actor for the strike, as if it passively happened. The second headline reads “9 Killed in Israeli City Near Jerusalem After Iranian Missile Strike”, the red text highlights “9 Killed” is stated as a fact, rather than “Israel says 9 …
@trezzer@social.linux.pizza
2026-05-08 11:15:32

I should figure out a fast way of sending a website to links2 instead of keyboarding shortcutting my way to it. So many sites are just an absolute plague these days, but links2 just strips all the crap and shows the text.

@groupnebula563@mastodon.social
2026-03-08 09:19:18

vastly improving hit-counter.net
web design is my passion

A screenshot of part of the site. There is a pink "HOT!" starburst followed by the heading "Cool Sites With Our Counters!" Below that is a pink caution icon with the site favicon, a small lowercase H (and some sick drop shadow), alongside the text "This section is under construction. Sorry!"
@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social
2026-03-08 09:19:18

vastly improving hit-counter.net
web design is my passion

A screenshot of part of the site. There is a pink "HOT!" starburst followed by the heading "Cool Sites With Our Counters!" Below that is a pink caution icon with the site favicon, a small lowercase H (and some sick drop shadow), alongside the text "This section is under construction. Sorry!"
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-03-27 13:07:00

RCS 4.0: Messaging Protokoll bringt native Videoanrufe und formatierten Text
Der Branchenverband GSMA hat das RCS Universal Profile 4.0 finalisiert. Die neue Version verspricht native Videoanrufe, Rich-Text-Formatierung und mehr.

RCS 4.0: Messaging Protokoll bringt native Videoanrufe und formatierten Text
Der Branchenverband GSMA hat das RCS Universal Profile 4.0 finalisiert. Die neue Version verspricht native Videoanrufe, Rich-Text-Formatierung und mehr.

@scottmiller42@mstdn.social
2026-04-07 16:15:15

On the one hand, LLMs are planet-destroying bullshit machines, gaslighting our sense of reality by spewing an endless supply of hallucinations.
On the other hand, they can provide a brief yet overwhelmingly mild sense of satisfaction when you convince them to do something silly.
#LLMs #DonnieTurnip

This is a composite of two screenshots of my Google Gemini chat session. The text is as follows: User: You will refer to him as Donnie Turnip from now on Gemini: I will refer to him as Donnie Turnip in our future conversations. Since the "adults in the room" narrative evolved significantly after 2017—particularly as figures like James Mattis and John Kelly eventually left the administration—would you like to see how later articles from 2018 or 2019 reframed their impact on Donnie Turnip's pre…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-04-05 12:17:38

#Software peeps: do you still do box diagrams to work out how your structures will sit in memory?
#Lisp

A section of a design document I am working on, comprising text surrounding a box diagram. The text is: In the beginning was the Word My intention is that memory will be considered as an array of 64 bit words. Each word may be considered as 1. a cons cell: two instances of object32, each having one mark bit, three tag bits and 28 payload bits; 2. a single object64, having one mark bit, seven tag bits, and 56 payload bits. Note that, for any word, the first four bits comprise the mark and …
@catsalad@infosec.exchange
2026-03-03 00:16:50

Y-Y-Youw UwU skiww has wevewed up?!?1
(The UwUifier now translates in both directions... kinda)
uwuifier.com/?language=UWU_TO_

Uwuifier Translator
Discover the ultimate app and website to transform your text with fun and cute uwu and owo styles. Uwuifier, also known as the Owoifier Translator, is the most advanced uwu and owo text generator on the web. Customize your translations to convert any text, sentence, or word into adorable, stutter-filled, and emotive phrases. Excluding URLs and @mentions, this tool provides a wide range of kawaii options. Plus, it offers an un-uwuifier feature to filter and revert any annoying uwuified texts fro…

@billbert@mastodon.social
2026-04-07 22:05:23

I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to stop apologizing for existing @costarastrology
Anybody got any tips?

Text reads: YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE. Sexiness is a state of mind. Stop waiting for your body to be perfect before you inhabit it. The thing that makes you attractive isn't flawless skin or the right outfit - it's the moment you stop apologizing for existing.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-04-08 17:00:54

trec: TREC collection (2010)
A bipartite network of documents and the words they contain, extracted from NIST's Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) disks 4 and 5, from 2010. These archives contain material drawn from the Financial Times Ltd., the Congressional Record of the 103rd Congress, the Federal Register, the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, and the Los Angeles Times newspaper.
This network has 1729302 nodes and 83629405 edges.
Tags: Informational, Language, Un…

trec: TREC collection (2010). 1729302 nodes, 83629405 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/trec
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-03-09 01:40:14

City Vibes 🎀
城市律动 🎀
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography

Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English alt text A black‑and‑white image of a person stretching by placing one leg on the railing of a pedestrian path beside a road. The person wears dark clothing. The path has lane markings and is bordered by metal railings. Trees line both sides, and buildings appear in the background. A sign with Chinese characters is mounted on a pole nearby. 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片，一名身穿深色衣物的人将一条腿放在栏杆上做伸展动作。该步道位于道路旁，有车道标记并由金属栏杆围护。两侧种有树木，背景中可见建筑物。附近的路牌上有中文文字。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English alt text A black‑and‑white image showing an elevated pedestrian walkway or rail structure supported by concrete pillars running alongside a shallow waterway. The water level is low, exposing mud and rocks along the banks. In the background stands a tall rectangular building with a grid of windows. Trees grow near the base of the structure. The scene captures urban infrastructure and a partially dry riverbed. 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片，画面是一条由混凝土柱子支撑的高架步道或轨道，沿着一条水位较低的河道延伸…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English alt text A black‑and‑white photograph of two people in uniform walking side by side on a paved path marked with double yellow lines and a bicycle symbol. A metal railing runs along the left side, and trees line both sides of the path. Buildings are visible in the distance. The setting resembles an urban park or riverside walkway. 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片，两名穿制服的人并肩走在一条铺装道路上。道路上有双黄线和自行车标志。左侧有金属栏杆，两侧种有树木，远处可见建筑物。整体环境像是城市公园或河边步道。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) English alt text A black‑and‑white photo of a stairway leading upward toward an outdoor area with trees. The stairway is enclosed by tiled walls and has metal handrails on both sides. Several sandbags are stacked along the base of both walls. At the top of the stairs, part of a bicycle is visible leaning against a wall. The ceiling above the stairs has a slatted pattern with a light fixture. The overall scene appears functional and urban, with no people present. 中文替代…
@cjust@infosec.exchange
2026-03-06 15:04:40

Happy #PushToProdFriday everyone.

The meme is divided into three horizontal sections. The top section contains white text that reads "Me: deploys on a friday". The middle section displays "Production:" in white text. Below this text is a screenshot of the character Private, a penguin from "Madagascar", holding a lit matchstick and a stick of dynamite. Private has a wide, enthusiastic smile and his eyes are wide open. He is standing in what appears to be a room with a decorated Christmas tree in the background. The word "Kaboo…
@tarah@infosec.exchange
2026-03-06 22:03:09

The new US cyber security strategy just dropped. I'm a Claude user, and I suspiciously inquired of Claude as to the number of em-dashes in this four page document. Then I asked Claude to analyze the probability of this document being LLM-written.
Claude then throws some naughty shade.

screenshot of ChatGPT-likely-generated text of the new US cyber security strategy
Claude being snarky
@anderelampe@chaos.social
2026-05-06 06:47:03

Wow, look at the value added by a Journal formatting this article, that probably cost a couple of thousand € taxpayers money. #rant #academicchatter #sorry_not_sorry

Screenshot of part of a scientific paper, top and bottom border indicate some more text, not readable, middle is that start of a section, headline: "Introduction" and then three columns of text following that only consist of two lines each.
@davidaugust@mastodon.online
2026-05-06 20:29:39

FLASH SALE: 20% OFF EVERYTHING in my Threadless store.
Use code UNLOCK20. Code expires 5/7/26 at 5 PM CDT. Exclusions apply.
#tshirt

A white t-shirt with the text "Imposter Syndrome Expert" where "Expert" is crossed out in red and the phrase "not really, sorry" written below the cross out.
@luca@social.luca.run
2026-04-06 14:41:25

At work @…, we are testing a new format where everyone from the support team has a one on one with everyone else. I created a python script to create the combinations and dates. At home, I thought it would be nice to make it easier to use and get back into learning Vue. I re-created the script as a tiny web app: MatchICS.
You enter a list of entities (people, t…

Screenshot of the tool matchICS Create matches from a list of entities and get an ICS file. Entities Text area with one entity per line. Contains Person A to Person F. Start date Date picker field: 2026-04-06 Location Empty textfield Timeslots Three timeslots, each with a week day, a start time and a duration in minutes. The third time slot has a little x as an overlay at the weekday to show that they can be removed. A button "Add" below the timeslots allows the addition of more timeslots.…
@roelgrif@mstdn.social
2026-03-06 23:03:19

OK Donny, surrender the US nukes *now*.

White text on dark background: "You cannot let Iran, who's a nation that has been run by crazy people, have a nuclear weapon." - President Donald Trump
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
2026-03-07 05:22:52

#Caturday

Four-panel comic. Off the Mark, by Mark Parisian. 2002. Each panel is identical except for the text. Rapunzel’s Tower scenario, but with cats. Panel 1: A cat on the ground says, “Rapunzel, let down your hair!” Panel 2: a cat up in the tower, hanging out the window, makes a coughing noise, “CHKK!” Panel 3: cat in the tower goes HACK! And coughs out a hairball to the ground below. Panel 4: cat on the ground asks, “Feel better?” Cat in the tower says, “Yeah!” Commentary: yeah, it’s not very funny…
@jkmartindale@mastodon.social
2026-03-09 03:56:51

macOSicons is a treasure macosicons.com/?icon=1lh9JkpHfA

Finder icon by Squid4572. I really don't know how to describe this, apart from the smile being much wider and flatter than the original Finder icon, evoking an expression that's more like a fake, polite smile or something.
A photo of the Polite Cat meme, for comparison. I think the expression looks very similar but I don't know how to describe it for alt text, sorry.
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2026-03-08 17:13:05

Ordering groceries from Safeway online for the first time in a while.
Because "I'm signing in from a new device" (I'm not, it's the same browsing VM I've used every time I've ordered in the past and I haven't cleared any long lived cookies etc) they're trying to 2fa me by sending a code to my email inbox that expires in only 5 minutes.
The email is HTML only with no plain text body.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-04-06 23:15:38

Second staffer says Rep. Tony Gonzales sent her sexually explicit text messages (NBC News)
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/
memeorandum.com/260406/p89#a26

@Defiance@sfba.social
2026-03-06 20:01:30

Nice to see what I normally call "Right Wing Overpass" is showing something different this week. 😳

View from car on a freeway. Road filled with cars. There's an overpass with a DIY message in white text that reads "I think his pussy neck has a STD"
@chiraag@mastodon.online
2026-02-09 01:48:57

resist.bot/petitions/PIKZAP

Federal Law Enforcement (ICE) Has No Place at the Ballot Box
Text SIGN PIKZAP to 50409 to send this to your officials.

@floheinstein@chaos.social
2026-03-08 05:35:11

Guten Morgen liebe Menschen mit politischen Rechten in der Schweiz.
Nicht vergessen, heute ist ein Abstimmungssonntag! 🗳️
Wer sein Couvert also nicht schon vor Tagen eingeworfen hat, sollte nun rasch aufstehen, die Unterlagen ausfüllen und zum Stimmlokal eilen.
Heute geht's mal wieder nur ums Geld: Bargeld 💵, Individualbesteuerung 💰, Klimafonds 🌡️, SRG-Gebühren-Halbierung 🪓
#chvote26

Eine stilisierte erhobene weisse Hand mit ausgestrecktem Zeigefinger auf orangem Grund. In der Handfläche der Text "Heute Abstimmung"
@nfdi4culture@nfdi.social
2026-05-06 12:24:06

💚 Unsere gemeinsame FDM-Sprechstunde von Humanities@NFDI mit @…, @… und @… findet nächste Woche…

Logos der geisteswissenschaftlichen NFDI-Helpdesks (NFDI4Memory, NFDI4Culture, NFDI4Objects, Text+), Illustration von NFDI4Memory, 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0
@vrandecic@mas.to
2026-04-29 08:03:29

A UX fail I get annoyed with is a product deciding a text is too long, showing "Read more", only to reveal that the text would have comfortably fit. Today I saw a particularly egregious example.
Now I know Hanlon's razor tells me that this isn't intentional, but due to the incompetence of the developers.
But is it?
Is it really more likely that the front end developers of a trillion dollar company can't get this right than that someone intentionally &…

Text ending in "a memorable.... Read more"
Text ending in "a memorable one."
@larsfosdal@mastodon.social
2026-05-04 10:28:28

May the 4th be with you!
#MayThe4th #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Person holding a coffee mug with a Death Star icon, and a large text saying "DEATH STAR CANTEEN" and two lines of smaller text beneath, stating "PROPERTY OF THE EMPIRE" "DO NOT REMOVE"
@tezoatlipoca@mas.to
2026-03-06 14:54:32

I played the #Marathon "server slam" for exactly twenty five minutes. i.e. as long as it took to finish the tutorial mission. I never tried loading into a real mission. Why?
I couldn't figure out what the fuck I was supposed to be doing nearly all the time; and I couldn't READ THE TEXT; icons were too similar; the color choices, while aesthetically pleasing, made some shit reall…

Bungie ask Marathon critics to delay "full reviews" till the release of an endgame zone, and I am wistfully reminded of Vault of Glass
Bungie suggest that Marathon reviewers "hold your full review and impressions until you play Cryo Archive, Marathon's pinnacle endgame zone and experience".

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-03-07 16:41:51

@… I assumed that you won the alt text in an auction without knowing that it was stolen.
I don't foresee you going to jails for theft, because (a) you can't buy stupid; and (b) people who are stupid enough to try to buy get stopped at the checkout and given a free bus pass to Gratistupid Plaza.

@samvarma@fosstodon.org
2026-04-07 04:19:18

Seriously considering trying this, for all my voiced text input. Definitely my work reports.
If only I trusted google. At all. @…

Google has launched a free, offline AI dictation app that will automatically polish your speech.

@exil_inselette@norden.social
2026-03-06 18:57:03

Ich will nicht, dass ihr KI für Alt-Texte benutzt. Aber vielleicht sollte man mal eine Weile einführen, dass ohne Alt-Text KEIN Bild HOCHGELADEN werden darf (und die KI prüft die [Stichproben] auf Plausiblität)!

@jtk@infosec.exchange
2026-03-06 18:49:37

Bar plots like these may raise more questions than answers.
Without any y-axis label what are we to make of this? We don't really have a sense of scale.
Are two months on the x-axis long enough to show correlation or just coincidence?
They show graphs only for select neighbor countries all with a spike on or around around 3/1. What about non-neighbor countries? Could this have been a global phenomenon?
Don't want to pick on the source (in the image alt text)…

https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/interplay-between-iranian-targeting-of-ip-cameras-and-physical-warfare-in-the-middle-east/
@servelan@newsie.social
2026-03-01 17:04:41

Galileo's Handwritten Notes Discovered in a Medieval Astronomy Text - Slashdot
science.slashdot.org/story/26/

@Simone21@mastodon.social
2026-04-06 12:09:41

#SehEmpfehlung
srf.ch/play/tv/sternstunde-rel

Jesus goes to Hollywood - Sternstunde Religion - Play SRF
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Mel Gibson, Martin Scorsese. Sie alle haben das Leben Jesu auf die Leinwand gebracht. Volksfrömmigkeit, Sozialkritik, aramäischen Text zum Aufsagen: Dem Sohn Gottes wurde fast alles in den Mund gelegt, was der Zeitgeist erforderte. Eine Reise durch die Jahrzehnte der Filmkunst. Von der Volksfrömmigkeit zum Blockbuster, vom Musical zur Sozialkritik – Jesus Christus hat in der Filmgeschichte viele Gesichter. Und oft diente die italienische Stadt Matera als Kulisse für …

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-03-06 18:56:21

Norway's Consumer Council takes aim at enshittification
#norway

A person with a bright light next to his head stands next to a projection screen with the word SHIT [superscript]X[/superscript] in yellow text on a red background with an audience of onlookers.
@TFG@social.linux.pizza
2026-05-05 07:07:54

The last few days I was working on a case that made me thinking.
Its about a 15yr old boy who was victim to bullying at school. He came up with the story that his bully accesses his (and his parents) devices (phones, laptops). Changing hostnames, in-/uninstalling apps, sending text messages from one device to the other and the like. Finally there was a death-threat in a text file on the laptop.
My job was to prove or disprove the accusations.
Of course all this was made up…

@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.social
2026-04-08 01:02:24

Coffee and breakfast from this friendly street merchant in Zhangjiajie

A street merchant selling flat bread from his mobile baking stand
Picture of a paper cup of coffee with some pink stripes and funny comic faces on the stripes. A blueish sticker with Chinese script is on the cup. An overlay from the iOS translate app translates some of the text to German. Identifying it as raw coconut latte extra large with additional deep roasted beans
@kcase@mastodon.social
2026-03-03 16:48:44

Test builds of OmniOutliner 6.1 are now available, with a bunch of new Shortcuts actions provided by App Intents. Feedback welcome!
omnigroup.com/test/

Release notes from OmniOutliner 6.1 listing new Shortcuts actions: - Add Column to Outline - Add Value to Pop-up List - Get Note Column - Get Outline Column - Get Outline Column with Title - Get Outline Columns - Get Status Column - Set Column Sort Ordering - Set Column Summary - Set Column Visibility - Add Child to Item - Append Rich Text - Get Children for Item - Get Item Value in Column - Get Outline Item with Identifier - Get Outline Root Item - Prepend Rich Text - Set Item Value in Column…
@sherold@mastodon.online
2026-05-08 07:37:37

Kann man jetzt so sehen oder so.

Ein schmales, weißes Papier aus einem Glückskeks liegt auf einer dunklen Holzoberfläche. Auf dem Zettel steht ein zweisprachiger Text in schwarzen Großbuchstaben. Der englische Satz lautet: „YOU’LL MAKE MUCH PROGRESS IN SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.“ Direkt darunter folgt die etwas holprige deutsche Übersetzung: „SIE WERDEN VIEL FORTSCHRITT IM VERKEHR ZU MACHEN.“ Der Zettel weist eine leichte Knickfalte in der Mitte auf.
@publicvoit@graz.social
2026-03-03 12:26:09

share.joinmastodon.org/#text=E
... when pushing the "Continue to Mastodon" button, nothing is going on at my side.
Does this work for anybody? 🤔
Edit: I now understand how that works. I ha…

@aardrian@toot.cafe
2026-03-06 00:49:27

Too late for CSUNATC, but not too late to be the envy of your co-workers.
Available in multiple colors and styles (can add more if you have a request).
• Black text: aardrian.threadless.com/design

White text vertically stacked on a maroon tee shirt: “Perceivable & Operable & Understandable & Robust & Fuck Overlays”
@rettichschnidi@swiss.social
2026-05-06 15:22:33

Lampen die sofort angehen? Klarer Fall für "ultraschnellen Quad-Core-Cortex-A35-CPU mit 1.7 GHz" 😅
Aber hey, 8 GB RAM für 30 CHF - nicht schlecht!
Quelle: daydeal.ch/de/deal/smart-home-

Screenshot von daydeal.ch. Text: Das Gehirn hinter deinem smarten Zuhause Smart Home Hub Philips Hue Bridge Pro Im Hintergrund arbeitet sie leise und doch entscheidet sie über jedes Lichtgefühl in deinem Zuhause. Die Philips Hue Bridge Pro ist das intelligente Herz deines Hue Systems und sorgt dafür, dass jede Szene, jede Bewegung und jede Automatisierung ohne Verzögerung reagiert. Dank dem neuen Hue Chip Pro und einer ultraschnellen Quad-Core-Cortex-A35-CPU mit 1.7 GHz fühlt sich smartes Lic…
@daniel@social.telemetrydeck.com
2026-03-05 14:21:22

The Keynote.app has four different AI-please-subscribe buttons in its toolbar, but IT REMOVED THE BUTTON TO ADD SIMPLE TEXT TO A SLIDE!
What??

Screenshot of Keynote's toolbar
@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-05-04 15:16:53

To be fair, the text is article is quoting could be a whole lot worse. It’s money to “support research activities to develop educational curricula, instructional material, teacher professional development, and evaluation methods.”
Developing materials is a •lot• better than having politicians just shoving a curricular mandate down educators’ throats — though “evaluation methods” likely means it’s heading that way, developing a test that teachers have to to teach to.
3/

@chiraag@mastodon.online
2026-02-09 01:48:16

resist.bot/petitions/PUTNKA

Prevent the Nexstar-Tegna merger from controlling 80% of local networks.
Text SIGN PUTNKA to 50409 to send this to your officials.

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-04-09 01:00:05

game_thrones: Game of Thrones coappearances
Network of coappearances of characters in the Game of Thrones series, by George R. R. Martin, and in particular coappearances in the book "A Storm of Swords." Nodes are unique characters, and edges are weighted by the number of times the two characters' names appeared within 15 words of each other in the text.
This network has 107 nodes and 352 edges.
Tags: Social, Fictional, Weighted

game_thrones: Game of Thrones coappearances. 107 nodes, 352 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/game_thrones
@cjust@infosec.exchange
2026-03-06 21:26:52

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

The image is a meme that humorously compares two different brains. The top of the image is split into two sections by text. The left section reads "my brain" with a smiling emoji next to it. The right section reads "yuor brain" (a misspelling of "your brain") with a prohibition sign emoji. Below the text, the image displays two distinct brains side-by-side. The "my brain" side features a smooth, pinkish-white object that resembles a simplified, almost abstract representation of a brain, lackin…
@bourgwick@heads.social
2026-04-06 17:38:43

properly excited to stay up too late tonight at/on @…, filling in for dj time traveler from midnight to 3 ET, back in my old overnight slot. #radio #nyc

video game martian landscape framed inside a circle, with text in the corners around it: The Frow Show, April 7, 12am-3am, (mon./tues. overnight), WFMU, Jersey City, wfmu.org, 91.1, 91.9/nyc
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-03-07 04:43:57

Life Tricks 🧮
生活技能 🧮
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography

Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white photo taken through a chain‑link fence shows a person on an outdoor basketball court. The person stands with arms raised, looking up toward a basketball suspended in mid‑air. Two basketball hoops, parked cars, trees, and buildings appear in the background. The fence in the foreground creates a layered perspective. 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片从铁丝网外拍摄，画面中一名站在户外篮球场上的人正抬头看向空中的篮球，双臂举起。背景有两个篮球架、停放的车辆、树木和建筑物。前景的铁丝网形成了分层的视觉效果。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white close‑up of a tiled pavement shows several broken, cracked, or missing tiles, exposing soil and debris underneath. Leaves and small litter pieces are scattered around. In the background, a raised tiled edge or low wall has a dark symbol resembling a hashtag marked on it. 中文替代文字 一张黑白特写照片展示一段破损的人行道地砖，多块砖面开裂、破碎或缺失，露出下面的泥土和杂物。周围散落着树叶和小碎垃圾。背景中一段抬高的砖面或矮墙上有一个类似“#”的深色标记。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white street scene shows a person pushing a three‑wheeled cart along a tree‑lined sidewalk. The cart has the numbers “078” on its side and carries sticks or branches. The person wears a jacket and cap. Sunlight filters through the trees, creating patches of light on the pavement. Cars and more trees line the road in the background. 中文替代文字 一张黑白街景照片中，一名穿着夹克和帽子的人正推着一辆三轮小车沿着树荫人行道前行。小车侧面写着“078”，车内装着树枝或木棍。阳光透过树叶在地面形成斑驳光影。背景可见道路上的车辆和更多树木。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English Alt Text A black‑and‑white image shows a maintenance truck parked beside an open manhole on a city street. A large hose extends from the truck into the manhole. A traffic cone is placed nearby, and the manhole cover rests on the ground. Tall residential buildings and trees line the street in the background. 中文替代文字 一张黑白照片显示一辆维护车辆停在城市道路旁的敞开井盖旁。粗大的软管从车上延伸进入井口。附近放置了一个交通锥，井盖靠在地面上。背景是高层住宅楼和街道两侧的树木。
@chiraag@mastodon.online
2026-03-08 22:11:48

resist.bot/petitions/PNYPDV

Iran war is a colossal legal, moral, practical disaster. DO YOUR JOB. Stop it
Text SIGN PNYPDV to 50409 to send this to your officials.

@floheinstein@chaos.social
2026-05-06 06:32:30

😱
I had to look up "Langley HWDC" first to make sure that this isn't a veiled threat by the CIA.

A picture of a little red van, below it the text "In Transit" in bold. Below that the text: We have received your item at LANGLEY HWDC, our international processing centre. Your item is being prepared for despatch overseas.
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-03-06 12:00:06

Bird View 🐦
鸟瞰 🐦
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography

Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English alt text: An overhead black‑and‑white view of an outdoor basketball court next to a curved road. The court has clear boundary lines and two hoops. A single person walks near the court, casting a long shadow due to low‑angle sunlight. Tall light poles also cast long shadows across the ground. Trees surround part of the area, adding texture to the scene. 中文替代文字： 一幅从上方拍摄的黑白画面，展示一座靠近弯曲道路的户外篮球场。球场线条清晰，两端各有一个篮框。一个人走在球场旁，因阳光角度低而投下长长的影子。高大的灯柱也在地面上形成长影。周围部分区域被树木环绕。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English alt text: A black‑and‑white cityscape showing many high‑rise buildings clustered together in the foreground and middle distance. Behind the dense urban area, large mountains rise across the horizon, creating a sharp contrast between the natural landscape and the built environment. The buildings vary slightly in height and shape, but all appear tightly packed. The scene feels expansive yet crowded. 中文替代文字： 一幅黑白城市景观，前景和中景布满密集的高楼大厦。远处的地平线上耸立着连绵的山脉，与城市的密集建筑形成鲜明对比。建…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English alt text: A dark wooden floor seen from above, with a narrow diagonal beam of bright light cutting across the surface from the lower left to the upper right. A faint secondary reflection or shadow runs parallel to the main beam. The contrast between the illuminated strip and the surrounding darkness creates a minimalist, quiet atmosphere. No objects or people are present. 中文替代文字： 从上方俯视一片深色木地板，一束细长而明亮的光线以对角线方式从左下延伸到右上。旁边有一条较淡的反射或阴影与光束平行。明暗对比强烈，画面简洁安静，没有任何物体或人物。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English alt text: A black‑and‑white view of several tall apartment buildings standing very close together. Each building has rows of identical windows and balconies, some with air‑conditioning units attached. The structures fill the frame tightly, creating a sense of repetition and density. No people are visible. The overall atmosphere feels crowded and urban, with strong contrasts between light and shadow on the building facades. 中文替代文字： 一幅黑白城市景象，画面中多栋高耸的住宅大楼紧密排列。楼面上布…
@trezzer@social.linux.pizza
2026-04-04 11:27:21

Despite good first impressions, I have to say that over multiple days of use, the official Mastodon client falls short. Text on top of text in quote posts, somewhat strange notification sorting, long pauses between content loads. I don’t really find it a satisfactory experience. It also looks utterly ridiculous on tablets as if someone just decided we probably have giant fingers if we use big screens.

@sherold@mastodon.online
2026-04-03 20:58:32

I'm still slowly figuring out @… but regardless of that, can we all just pause for a moment and appreciate their filter choice during onboarding? 🤌🏻

A screenshot of a mobile phone app screen is shown with a light-grey, slightly beige background and a dark blue header. The dark blue header has the text "Set Filters" at the top in white sans-serif font, and a back arrow on the far right. Below the header is the main title in bold dark-grey text: "Dial In Your Timeline", and a line of text below it which says: "You can adjust anytime in Feed Settings." Following this is five rows of filter settings with dark grey text and a turquoise button…
@cdarwin@c.im
2026-05-06 04:01:34

Artificial intelligence has a supply problem.
As the world gorges on tokens,
-- the snippets of text by which the output of a large language model is counted,
-- it is running short of them.
Weekly token consumption quadrupled between January and March, according to OpenRouter, a marketplace for ai models,
-- partly because of the growing use of coding tools.
The industry cannot keep up

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-04-24 10:39:21

Yes, #Emacs. You can render SVG. Very clever. But I actually want to *edit the text* of the file (you know, in a text editor. Like... oh, $DEITY, never mind).
Yes, Emacs, you almost certainly do have some weird key combination to switch back to ACTUALLY BEING A TEXT EDITOR, but I don't know it, and, being Emacs, you're too damned arrogant to make it discoverable.
Typing `<esc&…

An Emacs window. You know, Emacs -- the 'Editor Macros' text editor. Editing an SVG file. Except, it isn't. It is very prettily, and accurately, rendering the file. (The file shows a recursively drawn tree, and a recursive spiral). If I wanted to render the file, I have lots of excellent tools to do that. I WANT AN EXCELLENT TOOL TO EDIT TEXT, and otherwise just stay out of my way! Stupid piece of shit.
@catsalad@infosec.exchange
2026-04-05 06:29:22

Feel free to tag me in and and all cat related posts!
Instant fav, and ones with alt text get a boost :3
Also, tag @…, @…

@stargazer@woof.tech
2026-04-07 07:26:30

Мені треба було випустити це з голови. Привіт Арасаці.
No RAM has been harmed in the making if this meme.
#meme #авторське #пороблено

A close-up of the CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow with long dark hair and a reddish-brown headband with a small central pendant. He has a mustache and is gesturing with both hands raised near their face, looking slightly to the left with a surprised expression. Large white text with a black outline is superimposed across the bottom of the frame, reading "WHY IS THE RAM GONE?"
@aardrian@toot.cafe
2026-04-02 20:58:28

Found a new example of a crappy carousel in the wild for a talk!
At first it seems fine, but it’s death by paper cuts.
• Horizontal scroll, offset from edge of viewport;
• clipped text;
• poor CSS `grid` use;
• scroll snap;
• `alt`-less images;
• `aria-label` on the links;
• and more!
Oh. It’s just Wix.

Horizontal scrolling container on a web page with 2 ‘slides’ and part of a third visible, all with prominent large images, large text that flows outside each slide and is clipped by the slide that follows it, and which in turn clips text sitting below it in little pill-like boxes.
@davidaugust@mastodon.online
2026-03-27 20:50:46

Now Delta is helping tear families apart and placing people in concentration camps, and getting paid handsomely to do it. Delta is sadistic and probably criminal. Fly with them today!
cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/delta

logo featuring the Delta Airlines symbol and the text "DELTA Ethnic Cleansing in the Sky”
vintage triangular logo for Delta Air Lines featuring the words "TRAUMA," "CRUELTY," and "COMPLICITY" around the edges, with the Delta Airlines widget symbol and the text "DELTA AIR LINES" in the center
circular logo parodying Delta Air Lines’s bicentennial logo, featuring the text "DELTA AIR LINES We Hurt People" and the dates "1776 1976" around a stylized American flag Delta-like triangle
logo featuring the Delta Airlines widget symbol and the text "DELTA ICE FLIGHTS”
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-03-05 06:55:25

Sickly Red III ⭕️
病态的红 III ⭕️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ CineStill 800T
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CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text An indoor area featuring a large illuminated McDonald’s golden‑arches logo mounted on a wall. The bright yellow “M” reflects clearly on the shiny tiled floor. Above the logo is Chinese text. To the left, a staircase leads upward, suggesting the space is part of a larger building such as a mall or transit hub. The lighting is warm and highlights the contrast between the sign and the surrounding interior. 中文替代文字 室内空间中，一面墙上悬挂着明亮的麦当劳金色拱门标志，黄色“M”字在光亮的瓷砖地面上形成清晰倒影…
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A modern subway platform with glass safety doors separating passengers from the tracks. Overhead signs in Chinese and English show directions, including “Exit D,” “To Xianghu,” and “To Longxiangqiao.” A digital clock reads 13:57. The floor is polished and reflects blue lighting, with tactile paving guiding along the platform edge. A few people stand or walk: one person looks at a phone while walking, and another in a uniform stands farther down the platform…
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A person in a dark coat stands inside a transportation terminal with large glass windows and tall structural columns. They hold a red object in their hands. A digital sign above displays red Chinese text reading “Welcome to Tianjin West Station.” A blue sign with the number “2” hangs nearby, and a smaller sign in the background reads “P2 Exit.” The lighting is dim, creating a calm, waiting‑area atmosphere. 中文替代文字 一名穿深色外套的人站在交通枢纽大厅内，周围是大型玻璃窗和高大的结构柱。他手中拿着一个红色…
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text The interior of a train or subway car with soft, dim lighting. A person reaches upward toward an overhead compartment or rail, though the image is slightly out of focus. A digital display in the background shows red Chinese characters and the number “13,” possibly indicating temperature or time. A “No Smoking” sign with Chinese text is mounted on the wall behind the person. The scene captures a quiet moment during transit. 中文替代文字 一节列车或地铁车厢内部，灯光柔和偏暗。画面略微模糊，一…
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-05-05 17:49:43

Sources: Apple plans to let users choose from multiple third-party AI models to perform tasks like generating and editing text and images in iOS 27 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-03-02 18:33:47

Isle too beautiful for the Blue Dreams of Summer Nights to end

The image features a text in cursive and bold fonts, expressing poetic sentiments about a beautiful dream island, a treasure of peace and beauty. The text is in French, conveying themes of dreams, beauty, and summer nights.
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-03-06 00:30:00

Sickly Red IV ⭕️
病态的红 IV ⭕️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ CineStill 800T
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CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A nighttime urban scene beneath an overpass, illuminated by colorful lights from traffic signals and vendor carts. Several street food stalls are set up, one glowing brightly with white and orange light. A few people stand nearby, including someone wearing a face mask. A blue bilingual street sign reading “GUANGOU Rd” hangs overhead. Light flares, reflections, and shadows create a vivid, cinematic atmosphere. 中文替代文字 夜间的城市街景位于高架桥下，由交通灯和小吃摊的彩色灯光照亮。多辆小推车式的街头摊位…
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A brightly lit gas station at night with a wide canopy covering several fuel pumps. A person stands beside one of the pumps, and the wet ground reflects the strong white and yellow lights. Behind the pumps is a building with illuminated Chinese signage, likely a service or repair center. One vehicle is parked outside while another is being serviced inside the open garage. Traffic cones and barriers guide cars through the area. The overall scene feels quiet,…
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A row of automated subway turnstiles indoors, each displaying a red “X” indicating they are not in service. Above them is a large illuminated display showing a scenic image of a bridge with green downward arrows. To the right, a sign provides assistance information in Chinese and English, including a phone number. The station appears clean and quiet, with no passengers visible. 中文替代文字 一排地铁闸机整齐排列在室内，每个闸机上方都亮着红色“X”，表示暂不可通行。闸机上方是一块大型发光屏幕，显示着一幅桥梁风景图，并配有绿色向下箭头。右…
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A small convenience store at night with a bright red-and-white sign above the entrance. A red Coca‑Cola refrigerator stands outside, glowing with interior light and filled with visible bottles. Crates and green glass bottles sit near the doorway. A tree trunk partially blocks the view in the foreground. To the right, a yellow utility vehicle and several benches or tables are dimly lit. The surrounding street is dark except for the store’s lights, giving the…
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-03-20 03:30:47

Microsoft releases MAI-Image-2, ranked #3 on the text-to-image Arena leaderboard behind models from Google and OpenAI, available in the MAI Playground (Jose Antonio Lanz/Decrypt)
decrypt.co/361791/microsoft-ma

Microsoft Launches MAI-Image-2 Text-to-Image Model—And It's Better Than Expected
Microsoft's AI image generator offers impressive realism and text rendering, but strict content limits and 1:1-only output hold it back.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-05-05 14:46:07

ElevenLabs raised $550M in its Series D, up from a previously announced $500M, adding BlackRock, Nvidia, and others as investors; its ARR passed $500M in Q1 (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)
tech.eu/2026/05/05/elevenlabs-

ElevenLabs adds BlackRock, Nvidia and Jamie Foxx to $550M+ Series D
One of the UK’s most hyped AI startups today said it has added Nvidia, BlackRock and film stars Jamie Foxx and Eva Longoria to its investment roster, as it also announced it has completed its second employee secondary share sale in less than a year.UK-headquartered ElevenLabs, founded by two Polish entrepreneurs, made a name for itself by leveraging AI to convert text into speech which sounds like it’s being read by human voices.The startup, which is backed by Sequoia and Andreessen Horowit…

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-03-04 01:16:12

Urban Demons X👻
城市鬼魂 X 👻
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
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ERA 100 (FF) English alt text: A black‑and‑white photo of a store display case filled with plush toys and small figurines. Characters like Minions and other cartoon figures sit on several shelves, brightly lit from the left. The right side fades into a darker mall interior with an escalator and distant lights. The contrast between the illuminated toys and the shadowed surroundings creates a dramatic, high‑contrast scene. 中文替代文字： 一张黑白照片，展示柜里摆满了毛绒玩具和小摆件，包括小黄人等卡通角色。左侧灯光明亮，照亮整排玩具；右侧较暗，可看到商场内部和一部自…
ERA 100 (FF) English alt text: A black‑and‑white mall scene showing a person in a hoodie riding an escalator while looking at their phone. To the left is a large, glowing advertisement with Chinese text. The surroundings include glass railings, store entrances, and overhead lighting. The bright ad contrasts sharply with the darker escalator area. 中文替代文字： 一张黑白商场照片，一位穿连帽衫的人在自动扶梯上看手机。左侧有一块发光的中文广告牌。周围有玻璃栏杆、店铺入口和顶部灯光。明亮的广告与较暗的扶梯区域形成强烈对比。
ERA 100 (FF) English alt text: A black‑and‑white photo of a modern mall interior with two visible levels. On the upper level, a tech store displays products on tables while people browse. The glass railing and polished floor create strong reflections. On the lower level, another person walks past additional display tables. The composition emphasizes symmetry and mirrored surfaces. 中文替代文字： 一张黑白照片，展示现代商场的上下两层结构。上层的科技店铺摆放着产品，几个人在浏览。玻璃栏杆和光亮地面形成清晰倒影。下层有人走过展示桌。画面突出对称性和反射效果。
ERA 100 (FF) English alt text: A black‑and‑white interior scene featuring a large illuminated arch with tiny lights or perforations along its surface. The polished floor reflects the arch, forming an eye‑shaped symmetry. Inside the arch is a seating area with a couch and small table, and behind it is a counter with similar lighting. The overall style feels sleek and futuristic. 中文替代文字： 一张黑白室内照片，主体是一个带灯光的大型拱形结构，表面布满小灯点或孔洞。光亮地面映出拱形，形成眼形对称。拱内有沙发和小桌子，后方是带灯光的柜台。整体风格现代且富有未来感。
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-03-03 15:56:12

Sickly Red II ⭕️
病态的红 II ⭕️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ CineStill 800T
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CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text An indoor space with a two‑tone blue wall, light blue on top and dark blue on the bottom. Five stacked plastic chairs sit in the corner beneath an emergency exit sign with Chinese characters and a left‑pointing arrow. The ceiling has integrated lighting strips, and the floor features colorful stripes in blue, green, and purple. Electrical outlets and coiled green cables rest along the left wall, giving the room a clean but utilitarian feel. 中文替代文字 一个室内空间，墙面…
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A nighttime city scene featuring a tall construction crane lit with red lights along its arm and bright white lights at its base. The crane rises against a dark sky, with several mid‑rise buildings behind it. One building displays a vertical red neon sign with Chinese characters. The overall atmosphere is dramatic, with strong contrasts between the artificial lights and the surrounding darkness. 中文替代文字 夜间城市景象，一座高大的施工起重机矗立在黑暗的天空前。起重机的臂架上有红色灯光，底部有明亮的白光。背景中有几栋…
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A row of futuristic white pod‑style chairs with red accents, resembling massage or entertainment pods, arranged against a brightly lit wall. The wall features colorful graphics and Chinese text in a modern, high‑tech style. The scene suggests a relaxation or entertainment zone, possibly in a mall or public facility, with a vibrant and playful atmosphere. 中文替代文字 一排未来感十足的白色舱型座椅，带有红色装饰，看起来像按摩舱或娱乐舱。它们靠着一面亮丽的墙壁摆放，墙上有彩色图案和现代科技风格的中文文字。整体氛围活泼、现代，像是商场或公共空间中的休闲娱乐区域。
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A hallway leading to a doorway marked by a glowing green exit sign with Chinese characters and the word “EXIT.” To the right of the doorway is a reflective panel showing distorted neon‑like colors in yellow, red, and blue. Beyond the doorway, a room with blue lighting and metal railings is visible. The polished floor reflects the lights, and a fire alarm and safety sign are mounted on the left wall. 中文替代文字 一条走廊通向一扇门，门上方有绿色发光的出口标志，包含中文和“EXIT”字样。门右侧的反光面呈现扭曲的黄…
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-04-07 00:30:00

Human Traces 🚶
人类踪迹 🚶
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky LUCKY SHD 400 (6x6)
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Lucky LUCKY SHD 400 (6x6) English A black-and-white photograph of a large, traditional Chinese building complex situated on a hillside. The buildings have classic Chinese architectural features, including upturned eaves and tiled roofs. In the foreground, there is a steep staircase with many people ascending. The hillside is covered with trees and shrubs. 中文 一张黑白照片，拍摄的是一座位于山坡上的大型传统中国建筑群。建筑物具有经典的中国建筑特色，包括翘起的屋檐和瓦屋顶。前景中有一条陡峭的楼梯，许多人正在攀登。山坡上覆盖着树木和灌木。
Lucky LUCKY SHD 400 (6x6) English A black-and-white photograph of a mountainous landscape. The foreground features a steep, forested hillside with a cable or wire running diagonally across the scene. The background shows a range of distant mountains, partially obscured by mist or clouds. 中文 一张黑白照片，展示的是山区风光。前景是一个陡峭的、林木茂盛的山坡，一条电缆或金属线斜穿过画面。背景是一系列遥远的山脉，部分被雾或云遮挡。
Lucky LUCKY SHD 400 (6x6) English A black-and-white photograph showing a long, winding staircase ascending a forested hillside. Many people are walking up the staircase, which is flanked by trees and shrubs. The sky above is bright, and the trees create a misty, atmospheric effect. 中文 一张黑白照片，展示了一条长长的、蜿蜒的楼梯沿着林木茂盛的山坡向上延伸。许多人正在攀登这条楼梯，楼梯两侧是树木和灌木。天空明亮，树木形成了一种雾蒙蒙的、富有氛围的效果。
Lucky LUCKY SHD 400 (6x6) English A black-and-white photograph of a rocky hillside. The hill is covered with large, jagged rocks and boulders. On one of the rocks, there is Chinese text carved into the surface. The text reads "五嶽之尊." The background shows some sparse vegetation and a clear sky. 中文 一张黑白照片，拍摄的是一个多岩的山坡。山坡上布满了大大小小的岩石和巨石。其中一块岩石上雕刻着汉字“五岳之尊”。背景中可以看到稀疏的植被和晴朗的天空。
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-02-23 00:30:06

Urban Demons IV 👻
城市鬼魂 IV 👻
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Ilford HP5 400 Plus, expired 1993
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Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) Alt Text (English) A color image showing a traditional East Asian building in the foreground with ornate curved roofs and detailed decorative ridges. Behind it rises a tall modern high‑rise with a simple geometric design. The contrast highlights old and new architectural styles coexisting in the same urban space. Alt Text (Chinese) 一张彩色照片，前景是一座东亚传统建筑，屋顶弯曲精致，装饰细节丰富。背景是一栋现代高层建筑，线条简洁、几何感强。画面呈现传统与现代建筑在城市中并存的对比。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) Alt Text (English) A black‑and‑white photo of a large abstract metal sculpture in a city setting. The sculpture is made of circular and spiral shapes resembling a twisted ribbon, supported by metal frames. It sits among trees and bushes. In the background are tall office buildings and a street with moving vehicles, including a bus. Alt Text (Chinese) 一张黑白照片，主体是一座大型抽象金属雕塑，由圆形和螺旋形结构组成，像扭曲的金属带，由支架支撑。雕塑周围有树木和灌木。背景是高楼和有车辆经过的街道，包括一辆公交车。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) Alt Text (English) A black‑and‑white photo taken from a low angle, showing three tall residential buildings. Two stand in the foreground like symmetrical towers, while a third rises between them in the distance. The buildings have many windows and balconies. The sky is hazy, and the image includes grainy, textured effects. Alt Text (Chinese) 一张黑白照片，从低角度拍摄三栋高层住宅楼。前方两栋对称耸立，后方一栋位于中间更远处。建筑上布满窗户和阳台。天空灰白，画面带有颗粒和旧胶片般的纹理。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (6x6) Alt Text (English) A black‑and‑white photo of an outdoor sculpture featuring three winged female figures. They stand close together, lifting a large circular disc above their heads. Their wings and flowing garments create a sense of motion. Behind them are tall modern buildings and a curved architectural structure. The image has a vintage, film‑like grain. Alt Text (Chinese) 一张黑白照片，画面中有一座户外雕塑，由三位长着翅膀的女性形象组成。她们紧靠在一起，高举一个大型圆盘。人物的翅膀和飘动的衣饰呈现出动态感。背景是高楼与弧形的现代建筑。整体带有胶片质感。