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Lions star receiver admits he actually wanted to be drafted by the Packers: I didn't 'want to go' to Detroit

https://www.cbssports.co…

Lions star receiver admits he actually wanted to be drafted by the Packers: I didn't 'want to go' to Detroit
Things worked out rather well for Amon-Ra St. Brown

My wife asked if I wanted to go out to dinner tonight and I said “Sure!” and then she said “Good, go have dinner before you come home and then don’t eat anything when you get home” because she has a medical procedure tomorrow and doesn’t want me to eat anything while we’re in the house together.

If you don't like Fediverse, why are you here? Serious question.
None of the things you want are going to be implemented in a way that is good for the platform, so just go back to Twitter and leave Fedi alone.
We don't need block replies, algorithm, centralized moderation, etc.
Those are all features that are obviously used in bad faith and ruin the platform. I kinda like Fedi and don't want it to be ruined by influencers and misinformation.
Thanks.

Proposal: if you want to use an interface in #Go, you have to write a 20 page document justifying exactly why and also donate £100 to a charity.
From me, currently debugging code which is in Validate, an interface method, which is called from Validate, an interface method, which is called from Val…

I finally made the code for Porpoise [see old thread: https://mastodon.social/@shriramk/110766673588996764] public. (I had stuff in the repo I didn't want public, so I had to cleanse and create a new repo.) If anyone wants to try out Porpoise, go ahead! At least one …

GitHub - shriram/porpoise: use an LLM to translate purpose-statements into code to evaluate their quality
use an LLM to translate purpose-statements into code to evaluate their quality - shriram/porpoise

“For me, it’s not only a great escape, it’s my self-care. I don’t go out and get manicures and pedicures and massages or anything like that. My self-care is expanding my home library and reading books.”
#Reading #Books #Bookstodon

Want to finish more books? Super readers share their tips.
Some people finish hundreds of books a year, and they have wisdom to share.

Antonio Pierce wants Raiders to be aggressive at QB, doesn’t want ‘a Band-Aid at that position’ https://theathletic.com/5306309/2024/02/28/raiders-antonio-pierce-quarterback-draft/

Antonio Pierce wants Raiders to be aggressive at QB, doesn’t want ‘a Band-Aid at that position’
It will have to be a collective decision with Tom Telesco, but the "go-getter" Pierce wants the Raiders to find a leader at quarterback.

I finished the in new bathroom wiring work. I have one old wire running down into the crawlspace I have to remove/clean up, and I have to work on plumbing. The yard/ground are so wet, I just don't want to go into the crawl space right now. Ewww.

This is fine and all, but I want the research that shows that bike/ebike/scooter subsidies are far more effective in reducing carbon emissions than electric car subsidies. #BikeTooter
https://hachyderm.io/@l…

This is how the world comes closer to Nuclear War, and it's aided by the idiotic and corrupt US Congress.
___
Putin: I want you to make ammunition for my forces in Ukraine.
Kim: OK, but I want to be able to develop my nuclear weapons without oversight.
Putin: Deal.
____
Either we help Ukraine beat Russia ASAP or we go further down this nuclear road…
#RussiaUkraineWar

I can't believe I need to go through a pq import/export step every time I want to test a change to the build. Surely the #debian #gpb infrastructure allows you to test the build in situ while you are putting stuff together?

Peeps who want to gin up hysteria use fear-mongering language like "go after", "target" and "prey on"
but the fact is people fall in love sometimes and they're not always the same age.
There's no reason to freak out about this.
It's been like that for all of human history and it's totally fine.

Kris @… goes into a very important issue here (in German):
Since "AI" has become the thing to do, no cloud platform is neutral anymore (they never fully were, try hosting warez there, but for your own content they mostly were): They all "need" (as in want) to use your work as training data for their neural networks - especially work that's not "…

Kris (@isotopp@chaos.social)
Attached: 1 image In https://ddinstagram.com/sloan_spencer_author/p/C48JN_TrvxO/?img_index=1 heißt es: "Warning to all writers who use Google Docs. In a Discord with other indie authors last night, one romance author explained that all her work was suspended by Google for violating their rules of sharing explicit content with her beta/alpha readers. She has no acces to these files or her other works. Please read the following screenshots and go back up your workj now on a different plattfor…

The "#PyPI Support Specialist" job posting would be quite nice if they didn't add the last point that automatically disqualifies some people with disabilities, plus people from some countries that USA doesn't like at the moment [EDIT: and of course people who for one reason or another don't want to go to such a dangerous and hostile country]:
"Willingness to travel to annual PyCon US conference"
#ActuallyAutistic #Python

It was really sad to leave Cabo, we had a blast for sure. Met some cool people, saw some cool things, relaxed a ton.
Whenever I travel now I am almost amazed how connected and easy everything is. Anything you want, anywhere you want it, just make sure you have a wallet with you.
Anywho, back at it now. It will be good to dive into the markets and some code when kids go back to school on Monday.

#Oklahoma state senator Tom Woods calls #LGBTQ residents "filth," declares Oklahoma is "a religious state, a Christian state."

I can't believe I need to go through a pq import/export step every time I want to test a change to the build. Surely the #debian #gpb infrastructure allows you to test the build in situ while you are putting stuff together?

Quick reminder that my Tales of the Incorrigible series is ‼️100% meat by-product‼️
No AI is used in their production and never will be.
If you want fun with a spine hand-made by a starving artist go with Tales!
The third book is headed to beta readers now. Still deciding on a title.

Tales of the Incorrigible
Visit Amazon's Tales of the Incorrigible Page and shop for all Tales of the Incorrigible books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Tales of the Incorrigible

Peeps who want to gin up hysteria use fear-mongering language like "go after", "target" and "prey on"
but the fact is people fall in love sometimes and they're not always the same age.
There's no reason to freak out about this.
It's been like that for all of human history and it's totally fine.

“Who wants to live forever?”
The immortal words of Freddie Mercury blast from the speakers as blue lights swivel around the room and a smoky mist floats up from the stage in front of me.
If the audience is anything to go by, the answer to his question is:
the mega rich.
I’d come to Gstaad, a swanky ski-resort town in the Swiss Alps, to attend the first in-person 🔸Longevity Investors Conference🔸.
Over the two-day event, scientists and biotech founders made the…

Inside the billion-dollar meeting for the mega-rich who want to live forever
Hope, hype, and self-experimentation collided at an exclusive conference for ultra-rich investors who want to extend their lives past 100. I went along for the ride.

Look, Google, it's not that hard.
When I hit the "gi" shortcut in my browser, I want to do a Google-Image search, not some kind of reverse image-search where I identify images for you.
I give you text, you give me images! That's the deal!
Now the tables have turned it seems.
Now, when I say "gi", you ask me to identify images for you?
This is too many times. No more.
The apprentice has surpassed the master.
/me edits bookmarks.
"gi" will no longer mean "Google Image Search", it will bizarrely because of historic finger-memory, mean "search duck-duck-go for images"
Because Google just gives you adverts and spam and AI training challenges instead of actual search results now.
Thanks google. Now I have to trade time editing configurations in return for #boosts and #likes.
And I #block you from my default image search.

No Boilerplate likes NixOS so much it almost makes me want to give it a go myself.
In my copious spare time maybe.
#NixOS

Via Vincent Proce on Twitter on AI:
“This is making the rounds!” (On #AIArt)

So, how did you spend your downtime, late on a Thursday?
I'm spending mine digging into statistical analysis algorithms as I look for a good one to determine data point commonality.
Oh, did I mention that I was / am terrible at math and barely passed Stats?
Yeah, brain hurt.
Me want go bang rock together.

I’m no lawyer, but one thing you definitely don’t want to do if you’re about to go on criminal trial is piss off the judge. #Trump https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/dont-

The accusation Arab nations would be responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, or are “degenerate”, for not taking in Palestinian refugees, is self-defeated by the fact that accusation comes from the nation that is both the cause for those refugees' existence and does not want to provide shelter to them either.
Additionally, the same argument was used by Nazi Germany about Jewish refugees not being able to leave Germany as less European nations accepted them [

Honestly I want to see more people using @… and other photo sharing Fediverse platforms. I love my Pixelfed account and would never go back to anything else.

'Brothers and sisters, do you want to go back? Or do you want to keep America moving forward?'
Today would have been John Lewis' 84th Birthday, we must not be silent.
We must honor his legacy: stand up, speak out and VOTE like we've never voted before.
#GoodTrouble4VotingRights

LSU QB Jayden Daniels dismisses reports he doesn't want to play for Commanders https://www.nfl.com/news/lsu-qb-jayden-daniels-dismisses-reports-he-doesn-t-want-to-play-for-commanders

LSU QB Jayden Daniels dismisses reports he doesn't want to play for Commanders
LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, thought to be the favorite to go No. 2 to the Washington Commanders on Thursday, dismissed reports on Wednesday that he would prefer to not play in D.C.

Want to die young? Bathe yourself in right-wing media and vote Republican - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/die-young-vote-republican/

Want to die young? Bathe yourself in right-wing media and vote Republican
Want to die young? Immerse yourself in conservative media and vote Republican. Seriously.We should have known, but, still, the science is shocking: when conservatives run governments, suicides and homicides go up; when liberals run governments, suicides and homicides go down.We got the first clue ba...

It was really sad to leave Cabo, we had a blast for sure. Met some cool people, saw some cool things, relaxed a ton.
Whenever I travel now I am almost amazed how connected and easy everything is. Anything you want, anywhere you want it, just make sure you have a wallet with you.
Anywho, back at it now. It will be good to dive into the markets and some code when kids go back to school on Monday.

Meta and Microsoft are lobbying EU regulators to reject Apple's proposed App Store changes to comply with the DMA, saying Apple's plans don't go far enough (Michael Acton/Financial Times)
https://t.co/1iIaPeTP35

Apple rivals lobby EU over App Store dominance
Meta and Microsoft want Brussels regulators to extract more concessions that unpick iOS mobile software

Pirate all your content folks. If you want to feel better about it, pirate stuff you’ve already purchased. But keep a digital copy of it on a hard drive. https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/21/here-we-go-again-s…

Here We Go Again: Sony Disappears Digital Content That Was Pitched To Customers As ‘Forever’
And here we go again. We’ve had many, many posts over recent years discussing how, in the digital age, you often don’t actually own what you’ve bought. And before the comments sec…

Seriously, has being hired become even more problematic than it was?
I just answered a call for an illustrator, on a well known platform. They like my work, it fits their style, but... payment is in cr*pto because of “certain reasons", and I they want me to go off platform to discuss it with someone else.
Red flags everywhere!

“The problem with investing in defence is that, of course, for leaders who have much better neighbours than we do, it is very hard to explain to the people when it is peacetime," she added. “But the problem with defence is that when you need it, then it's already too late to take any further steps."
"We want to have peace, but we want to have a sustainable peace. And the peace on Russia's terms is not a sustainable. That means that we are going to have a pause of some years, and it's going to go even further because they can."
QT: https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112134331362445798

No.
Go cover some actual news.
Creeps.
(I know this is part of the larger newsroom, and that Style is a part of the Times footprint and, indeed, gets some people in the door. What I’m saying is, turn off the LED sign that says “Style,” and put the people who look up and notice that on a beat that matters right now. i.e. for the love of Lippmann, look around.)
From: @…

The New York Times :press: (@nytimes@press.coop)
Attached: 1 image In Love? Share Screenshots Of Your First Messages Together How did your relationship go from “hey” to heartfelt? We want to see the messages that started it all — and hear about what happened next. #press https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/style/modern-love-messages-screenshots.html?utm_source=press.coop

Libby has sync exactly backwards. Basically the exact opposite of what anybody would want to happen when moving between devices. The new device always starts at zero. Which must of course sync back to the old device: “There is a more recent position in this audiobook. Stay at 12:59:04 or GO TO 00:00”

I wanted to write something for other people about hyperfocus, to describe how it feels to me -- sometimes pleasant, sometimes not. Sometimes it's this fun little buzz about something I like, other times it's this incessant pull in a direction I don't want to go in but can't resist.
Hey, people with #adhd -- how does it feel to y'all?

I want go to all four 10am sessions at #phptek today. Damnit, organizers!

Opinion: Cowboys, fans need to let players go when its time https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/opinion_cowboys_fans_need_to_let_players_go_when_its_time/s1_17100_40118579

Opinion: Cowboys, fans need to let players go when its time
The Dallas Cowboys and their fans have the same problem. And it isn't a good one to have. Both the front office and the fanbase loves to keep players past their shelf life. That includes overpaying said players based on past performance as opposed to future output. Honestly, I get it. You want to believe a player can stay up on that pinnacle forever. None of them can. None. Some manage to go on for a long time, but those players are few and far between. Making it even more maddening is the fron…

Here’s a tip for newcomers to #cybersecurity If you want to view the web page of a URL that you think might be malicious, don’t just click on the link. Go to https://urlscan.io and put the URL in their scanner. They will go to the site for you and provide you with a bunch of good information about the site and provide a screenshot.
If you want to limit who can see your URL scan, select the option to keep your scan private.
Happy hunting!

Every single messaging system should have a feature we could call a *decider*.
Let's say people want to go out for dinner. Instead of going back and forth they could just list their suggestions and then use some sort of ranking (and maybe veto) and the *decider* spits out the results.

⛳ @… #Golf #TheMasters
Via Mark Nagi @MarkNagi
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4h
Never forget that Verne is “Mr. Steal your Girl.”
The story of how Verne met his third (and cu…

Want to emphasize people in circles who go on and on about me having a period even though they know I am trans and I have not had a period in 10 years because of hormonal IUDs are not actually my friends

Wow, canceling #onstar is an odyssey. First you have to call, no easy online option, because...easy. Second you have to go through the whole phone menu, verify with a person, have them transfer you to a specialist, then transfer you to an agent who spends 10 minutes trying to convince you what a terrible idea it is.
Don't you want all these things (I don't want). No
We have a sp…

This morning, I overheard someone talking about the "violence" that takes place during an #abortion . & so now, you get a 🧵.
Below is a wonderful chart that helps folks understand fetal development. There are times I want to have it painted on a sandwich board, so I can wear it everywhere I go.
I've given birth to a full-term baby; had an abortion; suffered a miscarri…

You know he is the alter ego of Donald Dump right?// How Jack Dorsey’s Plan to Get Elon Musk to Save Twitter Went South #Twitter

How Jack Dorsey’s Plan to Get Elon Musk to Save Twitter Went South — Bloomberg Businessweek
An excerpt from Battle for the Bird shows how Twitter’s two most prominent leaders contributed to its current dilemma.

I’m not sure it’s appropriate to immediately point the finger at Boeing for a malfunction on a plane they delivered over 25 years ago. Still, I’m not sure I want to get on a plane if this is how they are being maintained.
https://abcnews.go.com/Busine…

Journal submission systems are definitely are my final boss… Today: ScholarOne
To me it's completely unclear & intransparent if/how accounts are linked between journals & publishers? I have to (& want to) link my ORCID to a profile, but I can't, because "ORCID is associated with an existing account, go and unlink that".
Which I can't do because if I try to login into the "old" account the error is "Tying to use currently has a duplicate account in ScholarOne Manuscripts" 🤦‍♀️
@…

I'm tempted to caveat that we should only create safety for people to make "harmless" mistakes.
I want to call out a critical distinction: It's not okay for mistakes to harm people — but rather it's important to create safety so that people **are not harmed** by mistakes. And that is part of creating safety for people to make mistakes.
Think about it like this: A hospital needs power for ventilators. They have redundant power sources so that any one power source can go out without harming patients.

So, how did you spend your downtime, late on a Thursday?
I'm spending mine digging into statistical analysis algorithms as I look for a good one to determine data point commonality.
Oh, did I mention that I was / am terrible at math and barely passed Stats?
Yeah, brain hurt.
Me want go bang rock together.

@… If you want true pixel art with no 3D whatsoever, then Final Fantasy VI is the way to go. Best history and music.

"Grief is the ultimate interruption of the normalization of mass death and mass murder because in grief, we acknowledge the value of life as we do in no other scenario. We grieve because we love life, because we love those we have lost. We love the living. We know the value of humanity. That is what our grief means to us. And so we retake our humanity, we reclaim public space, and we reclaim this day from a genocidal administration with our grief and with our love, and with our refusal to allow those who are dying to go unacknowledged. We hold this space for them. We say their names. We honor them because they are part of us and we are part of them. And so long as they are dying, there is no justice for any of us. And so there shall be no peace for those who lead us.
I know that many of us are grieving a great deal in these times, and that our grief can at times feel all-consuming. Grief can cause us to shut down, retreat, or turn inward, but I want to remind us that there is power in grief. Because grief refuses the normalization of violence and loss. Our grief is a rejection of dehumanization. By grieving, we are refusing to devalue the lives of those we have lost, and we are refusing to become less human ourselves. We are refusing to sacrifice the parts of ourselves that are soft and permeable enough to facilitate human connection and mutual recognition. In our grief, there is hope for humanity, because in our grief, love and decency persist in the face of atrocity.
I urge you to make space for your grief and to nurture its power. As Rasha Abdulhadi teaches us, “If our hearts break, let them break outward into action."
Kelly Hayes from a speech they held at the 24-hour vigil for Gaza in Chicago, as quoted here: https://organizingmythoughts.org/must-reads-and-a-shutdown-for-gaza/?ref=organizingmythoughts-newsletter

I'm in that weird state if depression/anxiety where I just want to go home and not do anything, but the thought of not doing anything gives me more anxiety.

I had a similar experience so far. These tools are great for throwing out ideas to see which direction the director wants to go (even better if the director provides these moods himself). But if you want to use it in a specific way (e.g. "object X with wings and made of ivory") you run into exactly these kinds of issues: shapes you liked will change, you can't make the tool change only a part of the image and it's all tone-mapped sRGB.

Scott Fitzgerald Gray (@scottfgray@dice.camp)
Attached: 1 image “This machine kills AI.”

re: ukpol
Penny Mordaunt, or indeed anyone else, would surely be crazy to take over the job as PM with six months to go until a disastrous election.
If you wanna lead the Conservative Party and the country then you'd best bide your time and plan to take over AFTER the election wipe-out, ready to take over when Labour show themselves to be just planning more of the same bullshit.
If the tories want rid of Sunak they'd be better off bringing back Bojo than pushing Penny into the role before the election defeat.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/the-plot-to-install-penny/

Libby has sync exactly backwards. Basically the exact opposite of what anybody would want to happen when moving between devices. The new device always starts at zero. Which must of course sync back to the old device: “There is a more recent position in this audiobook. Stay at 12:59:04 or GO TO 00:00”

Does one detect a bit of snark in the Washington Post?

An interview with Pivot Fund CEO Tracie Powell on the organization's work and approach, its US Midwest expansion, news landscape analysis, Press Forward, more (Sophie Culpepper/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/03/with-mid…

With Midwest expansion, the Pivot Fund tries to put grassroots news sources on philanthropy’s radar
“If we really want to serve communities that are increasingly tuning us out, increasingly unsubscribing, increasingly looking the other way — my God, we’ve got to go to the communities directly.”

“I am writing to express my sincere thanks for your investment in the next generation of theological leaders. As a Pentecostal, I want to stay open to the moving and inspiration of the Spirit. Tonight, I felt moved to reach out and extend my appreciation for your ministry as you work to create accessible education for those like me.”
—Incoming student Blake Long in a note to Rev. Nancy Taylor about her Scholarship Challenge, running through June 30.

Good afternoon!
I just finished work, had a quick snack and went for ~half an hour #cycling loop. Just to have some fresh air, physical activity, seing some green and simply getting out!
I really didn't want to get out at first. It's just 10°C, a bit wet & windy. But hey, I do have the right clothes - so there's really no reason NOT to go out.
And so I went out …

So this is possibly a monumentally stupid question but if you're shopping for clothes online, and you have your body measurements, can anyone tell me how much you should add to those measurements if you're looking for things that fit well? I'm fairly certain you don't want to go with the straight unaltered numbers but I am at a complete and utter loss and I really don't want to buy things that are too small or uncomfortable. #AskFedi

“Want to remember things? Write them down by hand. Want to remember tasks? Spend five minutes before you go to bed handwriting tomorrow's to-do list.” https://flip.it/r3kMy_ https:/…

Series C, Episode 04 - Dawn of the Gods
TARRANT: If you want to teleport into oblivion, you just go right ahead.
AVON: The outer teleport transducers were damaged when the force wall collapsed. Someone is going to have go out through the inspection hatch in a spacesuit and replace them.
https://blake.torpidity.net/s/304/169 📺 B7B8

Kyle: Dad needs to go lie down
Me: Um, no, I don’t think so
K: YES!
M: Why?
K: <>
M: What are you going to do if I go lay down?
K: get on the first step*
M: So you want me to leave the room so I don’t see what you’re doing?
K: YES!! <giggling like crazy>
*: Nah, him climbing the steps is right out. Safety. This is a hard fact.

:-( another home ZFS storage server switch in my immediate future...
Solaris -> ZFSSA -> Free|TrueNAS so far, and now looks like a jump to TrueNAS Scale. Sadly, I need locally hosted VM support, so XigmaNAS isn't sufficient, but having used an appliance-based OS, I don't want to go back to "roll your own"

Before bed, I want to tell a quick troubleshooting story:
I switched to Wayland!
But DCS: World has a weird frame flickering issue.
I try Proton, doesn't help.
I try different Wine version, doesn't help.
I try messing with DXVK, doesn't help.
It's an NVIDIA driver issue related to XWayland.
I admit defeat and go back to X11.
But: Wine can be run in native Wayland mode!
I find out how to run Wine without XWayland.
It works fla…

Do you want to see a movie?
Then don’t go and watch this one, it’s shiiiiiiet.
@… said so too and you know if he says it’s shit, it’s real retarded shit.
https://youtu.be/WhA…

My equivalent post on Twitter prompted a lot of impassioned and persuasive posts from people urging a #YesNo vote.
I feel I have to think on it more. A Constitutional referendum vote is important- too important for me to decide my vote based on impulse.

And being told you’re wrong by people who want to inform, not attack you, is a gift. I’m lucky to have people who would go to the trouble to explain why I might be wrong.

So I had a crazy idea... I want to try the "Pay What You Want" thing again when selling art, but offer people who can't decide on an amount a chance to "spin the wheel" and then decide if they want to pay the amount they spin.
It would be between $5 and $35 or something.
Is that too crazy or could it work?
I could always let them decide to walk away and not go through with the sale or something.

would it be rude to post my sister's phone number and have someone call her up wake her up with a "wrong number" knowing that she doesn't go back to sleep easily and she'll take her turn at words with friends because I really want to finish the current game and I know I go to sleep as soon as I get in bed?
#IATA

Two more days here, going to miss it for sure. It's nice to have time for just ourselves, go out, stay up late, wake up when we want to without kiddos asking million questions in between. The adjustment will be rough!

»People ask me to write. I don’t want to write. My writing would be very very dark. I would not be happy to identify the human race with any kind of respect. And yet I’m not – I have to modify that – I don’t go around hating everybody I meet, and I have friends, and I do trust in general. But mankind as a whole – no. An animal. A cruel animal.«
(Irene Weiss, Holocaust-Überlebende, die mit etwa 12 Jahren bei Ankunft im KZ Auschwitz den Großteil ihrer Familie verlor)

This morning, I overheard someone talking about the "violence" that takes place during an #abortion . & so now, you get a 🧵.
Below is a wonderful chart that helps folks understand fetal development. There are times I want to have it painted on a sandwich board, so I can wear it everywhere I go.
I've given birth to a full-term baby; had an abortion; suffered a miscarri…

Want to make a bad first impression with me? Reply to an email by saying "Can you call me 555-555-5555". Fuck no. I emailed you, email me back with written answers to the questions I asked you. Phone calls are downright disruptive during the work day. I emailed you so I could just go on with the rest of my work day.

Cowboys CB Stephon Gilmore on upcoming free agency: ‘I want to come back’ https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_cb_stephon_gilmore_on_upcoming_free_agency_i_want_to_come_back/s1_17236_39943951

Cowboys CB Stephon Gilmore on upcoming free agency: ‘I want to come back’
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Stephon Gilmore is set to become a free agent this offseason, but already knows who he wants to play for. Gilmore, who will enter his 13th season in the NFL, wants to stay put in Dallas and build on what he helped build this season. “I want to come back. We can’t talk until March,” Gilmore told 96.7 The Ticket, via Jon Machota of The Athletic. “But that’s the goal. Because I think we do have the pieces to get to where we want to go. And I want to be part of t…

I just want to summon the occasional demon with my string art and iPod, is that so wrong? https://wandering.shop/@cstross/112247546669317212

Honestly the first sites that really need #ActivityPub federation are GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket and all repository sites, including self-hosted ones. Got to mass cater us developers first before the general public.
On a lesser note, I just want to star repos and they go into the same stars list. Open an issue and I can see a list of issues I reported across them all.

Annoying. My older Win 10 machine does not have a TPM . It is not able to be updated to win 11 per MS. So why did the latest update reenable settings so they could splash full page ads across the screens about updating to windows 11? Had to go back in and turn them off again so I can use the thing in peace.
#win10

horny, explicit lewd language
spontaneously became horny again when i was about to go to sleep
now i want dicks in my mouth and will have to go sleep unsatisfied

I just launched a SaaS app (https://goget.glazed.fit/5gySbV, go check it out if you workout but don't have an actual workout plan), and I have a question about founder exits.
We want to put in a buy/sell agreement in case one of the founders (there are 3) would like to leave.
Anyone …

I’m so tempted by the Fujifilm X100VI. As time goes by I carry my DSLR less and less even while traveling and I just want something that works as an everyday carry camera. The idea of using film sims and not worrying about editing also appeals to me.
Do I go for it, or should I look at something with interchangeable lenses like a Nikon Zf or Fujifilm X-T5?
#photography

PSA if you look at my profile and see mostly boosts after a certain period, it's because I set "Auto Post Deletion" to remove anything older than 1 month that doesn't have at least 2 favorites.
Therefore if you see a post by me that you want to stay, make sure to favorite it and if someone else favorites it too, it won't go anywhere.
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Want to die young?
Immerse yourself in conservative media, and vote Republican.
Seriously.
We should have known, but, still, the science is shocking:
When conservatives run governments, suicides and homicides go up;
when liberals run governments, suicides and homicides go down.
We got the first clue back in 2002, when, in a 100-year longitudinal study published that year in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Australian researchers found that…

How Conservative Policies and Rhetoric Kill People
Study after study says it: Right-wing policies and rhetoric lead to more homicides and suicides. Why don’t more people know this?

"If you want to go deep on the Hur Report to see just how incredibly disingenuous his novelistic little hit job really is, nobody does it better than @… Highly recommend, particularly if you’re interested in Hur’s shoddy legal reasoning."
Hur’s Hit Job – Digby's Hullabaloo

Hur’s Hit Job - Digby's Hullabaloo
If you want to go deep on the Hur Report to see just how incredibly disingenuous his novelistic little hit job really is, nobody does it better than Emptywheel. Highly recommend, particularly if you're interested in Hur's shoddy legal reasoning. I thought I would share a good thumbnail version from twitter if you don't have the time or inclination to

I had a similar experience so far. These tools are great for throwing out ideas to see which direction the director wants to go (even better if the director provides these moods himself). But if you want to use it in a specific way (e.g. "object X with wings and made of ivory") you run into exactly these kinds of issues: shapes you liked will change, you can't make the tool change only a part of the image and it's all tone-mapped sRGB.

Scott Fitzgerald Gray (@scottfgray@dice.camp)
Attached: 1 image “This machine kills AI.”

Known for his meticulous dress sense, director Guy Ritchie wanted each of the actors in his latest movie, The Gentlemen, to be well put-together, even if their characters are on different rungs of the social ladder. “Guy wanted a compelling, urban look for The Gentlemen that is quintessentially British,” costume designer Michael Wilkinson told The Hollywood Reporter. “The characters are a little larger than life. We had fun with the costume choices. Guy didn’t want anything boring or obvious, but it was important not to go overboard and to find a relatable grounding for each character.”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/matthew-mcconaughey-kept-bespoke-cashmere-suits-gentlemen-1271883/

So there was this #Android app that I've used to keep track of carbs in my meals, for #diabetes management. I like it very much — it was lightweight, clean and it worked. It had all I needed; I've basically copied meals, adjusted significant ingredient weights and got total carbs. It had some minimal diabetes-related features, but I've never used them.
It used to be your average AdWare, i.e. free, but showing unobtrusive ads (though probably tracking). Then, it started turning into NagWare, starting to obtrusively invite you to go "premium", to remove ads and get future features. It started being buggy, even though no new features were added yet. Then I've finally visited their ravamped website. Of course, they are aiming for the "#AI" boom: "Community and AI driven platform for diabetes control". They've literally went for Anguillan TLD (".ai").
Now I really need a new app. I don't want to have any part in this.

2024 NFL Mock Draft: Eight trades include Giants landing surprise QB as six signal-callers go in Round 1

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft…

2024 NFL Mock Draft: Eight trades include Giants landing surprise QB as six signal-callers go in Round 1
Many mock drafts have focused on the teams that want to trade up and less on how far teams might be willing to trade down

Y’know. I really LIKE Safari.
But here’s the thing: I LOVE having alternatives. There was a point where I was running like 7 different browsers and my fave was “OmniWeb”.
I want there to be good alternatives this constant Tech Decay (“enshittification”) of all the browsers out there. JFC. Just make a browser that works and protects people’s privacy. That seems like it would give you plenty to do already.

Really weirded out by these TV commercials where Z-list “celebrities” I guess I’m supposed to recognize give endorsements like “Hey guys, there’s nothing better than this pink dildo-looking scent diffuser thing, it makes my whole house smell like relaxing by the pool at my favorite hotel!”
I have so many questions. You want your house smelling like chlorine? You go to hotels to relax by the pool? If you’re so rich and famous why don’t you have your own pool?

Want to die young?
Immerse yourself in conservative media, and vote Republican.
Seriously.
We should have known, but, still, the science is shocking:
When conservatives run governments, suicides and homicides go up;
when liberals run governments, suicides and homicides go down.
We got the first clue back in 2002, when, in a 100-year longitudinal study published that year in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Australian researchers found that…

How Conservative Policies and Rhetoric Kill People
Study after study says it: Right-wing policies and rhetoric lead to more homicides and suicides. Why don’t more people know this?

Good afternoon!
I just finished work, had a quick snack and went for ~half an hour #cycling loop. Just to have some fresh air, physical activity, seing some green and simply getting out!
I really didn't want to get out at first. It's just 10°C, a bit wet & windy. But hey, I do have the right clothes - so there's really no reason NOT to go out.
And so I went out …

Sci-fi loves having biological technology, but it's always unrealistic.
I want to see the ancient bio-spaceship that can't travel because it's back has given out.
Or the bio-fighter that has to be flown at least twice a week to keep its muscles in good shape so it can fly.
Or the bio-rifle that needs to see its physical therapist to have its barrel treated because it's been fired too many times without getting up to stretch and go for a walk.

»People ask me to write. I don’t want to write. My writing would be very very dark. I would not be happy to identify the human race with any kind of respect. And yet I’m not – I have to modify that – I don’t go around hating everybody I meet, and I have friends, and I do trust in general. But mankind as a whole – no. An animal. A cruel animal.«
(Irene Weiss, Holocaust-Überlebende, die mit etwa 12 Jahren bei Ankunft im KZ Auschwitz den Großteil ihrer Familie verlor)

I just want to summon the occasional demon with my string art and iPod, is that so wrong? https://wandering.shop/@cstross/112247546669317212

Been looking at #gotoSocial a little.
Decided to go hardcore and build it from source, even though I don't even know the programming language Go that it's written in at all.
Went pretty well building and running it, wasn't difficult and it's easy to understand how to adapt the page templates and things.
Seems like account migration works well enough now.
Didn't notice that I'd failed to build a bunch of assets for a while so couldn't understand why the settings page wasn't working as suggested and pages were weirdly ugly and non-functional.
Building those assets is bloody node again. Annoying. Hoping to avoid that.
Anyway. It looks good. So customizable, no effort to really do a reader but you use phanphy or something for that. All I really want is good customizeable shop-windows and a functional API.
Thinking that's what I'll move to if further experimentation goes well.

Stephon Gilmore Doesn’t Hold Back On Potential Cowboys Return https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/stephon_gilmore_doesnt_hold_back_on_potential_cowboys_return/s1_17150_39943722

Stephon Gilmore Doesn’t Hold Back On Potential Cowboys Return
Stephon Gilmore enjoyed a solid season with the Dallas Cowboys this year, and if he has it his way, he would be back in Dallas again in 2024. The veteran cornerback is slated to hit free agency next month, and he says he would love to return to the Cowboys. “I want to come back,” Gilmore told DFW Ticket, via Jon Machota of The Athletic. “We can’t talk until March. But that’s the goal, because I think we do have the pieces to get to where we want to go, and I want to be part of that.�…