Tootfinder

“If you have to ask, is it accessible?”
https://webaim.org/blog/if-you-have-to-ask-is-it-accessible/
Added to my own post about what you can do *before* asking:

"I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have to know where the lens is, what the shot is, and where you're moving. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening."
—Julianne Moore
#acting

„Let's be clear: it is theoretically possible that AI will take over the world. I'm no fortune teller. But ask yourself, does that idea sound similar to other stories you've heard out of Silicon Valley in the past?
Weren't we all supposed to be living in Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse by now? Wasn't Bitcoin going to replace all the world's currency?“
Why AI companies want you to be afraid of them

But Are You Happy?
Join Ashani Dante and Clinical Psychologist Dr Anastasia Hronis as they give you the no-bullsh*t self-development and mental health information you really need...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/but-are-you-hap…

You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live https://www.404media.co/you-opened-a-credit-card-ice-now-knows-where-you-live/

At its Made on YouTube event, YouTube unveils Custom Feeds, an LLM-powered feature that lets users generate and save tailored homepage video feeds, for US users (Reece Rogers/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-custom-feeds-let-you-ste…

YouTube’s Custom Feeds Give You More Control Over the Algorithm
In YouTube’s latest update, viewers can tweak what the algorithm shows on their front page and curate it to a specific vibe.

When we encounter something that promises enjoyment or discovery, the brain’s reward system becomes active.
One important pathway runs from the ventral tegmental area,
a dopamine-producing region in the midbrain involved in motivation,
to the nucleus accumbens, a structure that helps generate feelings of reward.
Dopamine is often described as a pleasure chemical, but that is too simple.
One of its key roles is helping the brain identify opportunities worth pursu…

Why you keep buying books you don’t read – and why it feels so good
Why a pile of unread books is not stressful, yet a pile of unread emails is.

Think you're eating healthy? You may be missing this heart-protecting nutrient #health

Think you're eating healthy? You may be missing this heart-protecting nutrient
Eating five servings of fruits and vegetables may not be enough if you're missing foods rich in flavanols, a group of compounds linked to better heart health. Researchers found that choices like blackberries, plums, apples, broad beans, cherries, and green tea can dramatically increase flavanol intake.

Companies that cannot state for the record that they are anti-fascist are fascist. There is no middle ground. You can’t be somewhat fascist. You either are or you aren’t.

Plenty of fun this evening, discussing and packing Panini World Cup sticker swaps.
If you are collecting them and have duplicates, try out https://swapclub.uk/
It will tell you in real time who has stickers that you need and you can email them to handle swaps.

Swap Club – Free Panini sticker swapping
Find Panini collectors near you, swap your World Cup 2026 doubles, finish your album. Free, no ads, no fees.

The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door.
He said, "I am not fighting for you any more."
The queen knew she had seen his face someplace before,
And slowly she let him inside.
He said, "I see you now, and you're so very young,
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won,
And I have this intuition that it's all for your fun.
And now will you tell me why?"
-- Suzanne Vega, "The Queen and The S…

At its Made on YouTube event, YouTube unveils Custom Feeds, an LLM-powered feature that lets users generate and save tailored homepage video feeds, for US users (Reece Rogers/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-custom-feeds-let-you-ste…

YouTube’s Custom Feeds Give You More Control Over the Algorithm
In YouTube’s latest update, viewers can tweak what the algorithm shows on their front page and curate it to a specific vibe.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation/116798578418291452
You should probably read this. Yes, you. And you there - you too.

Read about this & other news in DUH Magazine. 🙄
✅ If you pay a hacker's ransom, chances are that they'll come back for more | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/if-you-pay-a-hackers-ransom-chances-are-that-…

If you pay a hacker's ransom, chances are that they'll come back for more | TechCrunch
The long-held understanding among security researchers and network defenders is that it's impossible to negotiate in good faith with an extortion racket because there's no incentive for the other side to actually walk away.

Food's Carbon Footprint - Are you as green as you eat? Your diet has a big impact on carbon footprint. #food #cutCarbon - https://www.earth.or…

Foods Carbon Footprint
Are you as green as you eat? Your diet has a big impact on carbon footprint. #food #cutCarbon

Have you seen my fork of scantailor? Any chance you have a recent Mac and a bunch of PDFs filled with yellow book scans? You know, the kind you might get from places like the Internet Archive? Oh, and it integrates with Zotero.
https://software.is-lost.org/scantailor-spectre/inde…

No.4) What are you hoping to see in Parker's defense? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/no-4-what-are-you-hoping-to-see-in-parker-s-defense

Random thought: is there a placebo pharmaceutical manufacturing factory somewhere?
Like, say you're running a double-blind clinical trial and you need a tablet or gel cap or whatever made of a specific formulation with no active ingredient that's visually indistinguishable from the active test subject and contains the same binders and excipients etc.
Or you're a film producer shooting a scene involving an actor taking some sort of drug that needs to look like a well-k…

When you see someone sleeping with their mouth wide open, and you're like you'd really use a laser pointer right now.

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116957571811403553
"Neutrality" doesn't exist. You cannot NOT take sides. If you avoid taking sides, you already chose the side of oppressors.

from my link log —
Textbook review: Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It?
https://ahelwer.ca/post/2026-09-21-concurrency-textbook/
saved 2026-09-21

Textbook review: Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It?
Here are my thoughts on the free online textbook Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It? by Paul E. McKenney, author of the Linux kernel’s RCU synchronization mechanism. I read a lot of this textbook, got my fill, and probably won’t read more of it in the near future so wanted to write this review while it is all still fresh. Set & Setting Here I’ll talk about the mindset/life phase and physical setting I was in when I started reading this textbook. This might …

20180825「Can You Feel The Change Of Seasons?」LIVE映像＠大塚 Hearts Next

20180825「Can You Feel The Change Of Seasons?」LIVE映像＠大塚 Hearts Next by ・・・・・・・・・公式
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Question to UK-based researchers:

1. Did you successfully obtain a #Leverhume research project grant in the past and would you be willing to share your application with me?
2. Did you successfully obtain a

can't stop thinking about the time robert pattinson met with a fan and simply talked about his real problems like a human being and vented about stress and life and they stopped being interested lol.
do you just read these boulevard magazines and celebrity-slop that you forget they are people??

universalism is not to be confused with moderation. considering different viewpoints can you leave you with a more radical viewpoint than either of the viewpoints you considered.
the truth converges, but it is under no obligation to converge at some sort of midpoint.

TFW you realize you already wrote a tool to solve the problem you're working on, but you totally forgot about it so used 50 workarounds that your tool exists to already solve for you...
#Programming #PHP

“This class really shows how art pushes movements forward,” said Johnson. “Some of the biggest movements, there’s an aesthetic that goes with it. Like the Black Power, Black Panther movement — you think about the berets, you think about the guns, you think about them wearing black and leather and all that stuff. That is aesthetic, that’s art and it’s all purposeful.”
4/

That feeling when "ancient Native American burial mounds" are mentioned on page 2 and you think "oh God here we go with some intense racism/cultural appropriation again" but then you remember that you checked this book out because it was Native-authored and so it's actually a good thing.

My mother was an orchardist and a long time member of the Rate Fruits Council of Australia. She would have been disappointed if I didn't get 10/10
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/fruit-quiz/106825348

Does anyone remember BOFH? I think all our desktop admins have turned into BOFH. Oh you want Visio installed? Sure, let me just remove every other app you have. Now you have Visio. Oh you WANTED Word and Excel to stay? Let me remove Visio and install those two. But no Outlook. WTF?!

Verizon didn't even bother to seal up the hole. Just drilled a hole in the brick, ran the fiber through, and left a welcome mat for any ants (or other insects) and water to come right in. I fucking hate cable and telephone companies.

A shibboleth is a word you use to signal that you're in on the conversation/joke/group.
A shambotleth is a word that gives you away as not actually being part of the in group; you're obviously repeating something you heard and don't understand. https://scoat.es/@sean/117130578975249376…

But … I thought Kimi K3 was Claude?!? 🤔

If you're a resident of California, make a DROP request.
(That's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform).
This one bit of paperwork lets you tell every data broker registered in the state of California that you'd like them to delete your information from their databases and request they stop selling and sharing your information. 
Head to the California Privacy Protection Agency's DROP website to start your request.
Before you start, there are a few piece…

Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP)
The free and fast tool that helps Californians delete the information data brokers have about them.

to those who came to the #EuroPython Software Design and Architecture open space (and everyone else really): we mentioned the excellent book
Grokking Simplicity
and noticed that it's kinda pricey!
Conveniently, it's on sale right now: $34.64 for digital and $37.79 for print (shipped from EU).
I'm taking this opportunity to get it in print in addition to my …

Grokking Simplicity - Eric Normand
This practical guide will change the way you approach software design and development. It shows you how to write software that keeps complexity close to its inherent minimum.

"Take online courses from the world’s top universities for free. Below, you will find 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, Harvard, Oxford and more.
Note: This page includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free version of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Certificate” (edX) or “Audit” (Coursera) option. If you take the course for a certificate/credential, you’ll be charged a fee"

1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
Take online courses from the world’s top universities for free. Below, you will find 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, Harvard, Oxford and more. Note: This page includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

I guess we know that you wrote this letter of recommendation since you clearly didn't bother to proofread it.

Hey, here's another photo from our hike last sunday. as you see, it's was a little dry. Meanwhile we had some rain - finally.
The hike itself was really fine, we found a lot of blackberries and just had a good time. If you wan to read more about it, feel invited to read the blog
https://www.

So, uh, if you rsync over some stuff containing sparse files, you have to tell rsync to --sparse or you'll get a very un-sparse beachball of a file on the other side

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Cursive:
🎵 I Couldn’t Love You
#Cursive
https://cursive.bandcamp.com/track/i-couldnt-love-you
https://open.spotify.com/track/3NDEs80OMZQhd5AVszITWw

Well uh I host dinner parties. And I have a Discord.
#community

#puzzle
Don’t look at the alt-text until you think you’ve found the difference.

If you are willing and able to tweak some settings, the Uruky private search experience is on par with that of DuckDuckGo.
https://theprivacydad.com/why-i-use-uruky-a-private-search-engine/

Writing about the new Beck single again because I realized what it reminds me of. If you'd told me in 1994 when I got Mellow Gold that Beck would still be making tunes in 2026, I'd have thought you were nuts. But in addition to the Nigel Godrich touches making this new single sound like Mutations or Sea Change or Morning Phase, what it REALLY has is a 'Steal My Body Home' vibe.

A little list for you to consider
#blogging #friendship

You’re wasting your time here if: - JazMat
lefthandness, fountain pens, poetry, and food are prohibited subjects in your book; you’re looking for AI-rendered text, because you won’t find it here; you...

San Franciscans:
The first Yes on I (aka Affordable Housing Guarantee Act) lit drop is tomorrow from Duboce Park. Will you join me? https://luma.com/o4c4a1ff

Yes on I Lit Drop · Luma
Come drop lit with us across the city. Bring some comfy shoes, layers and your headphones as you help us reach every voter in the city.

Ok so car windows are sometimes called "automatic windows" if they are controlled via a button, but pedantic types will say that's wrong because they don't operate automatically, you have to press a button for them to move.
But then they do often have an automatic mechanism where they reverse back open if they sense they are closing on something, presumably a finger..
So why is that automatic, when the finger pressing a button isn't?
and like when you …

Kanske nåt för dig @…
https://album.link/d/972937181

Wanna impress the interviewer when looking for a new job?
Just tell them you are adept in a very popular blockchain technology that allows you to efficiently distribute your code changes among your colleagues...
Yes... It's Git.

I keep returning to this quote over the decades. Trying to make people work with the accuracy of machines, trying to design systems so that people slot in a interchangeably as machine parts, is the source of most of what is wrong with our society.

Things that make you go Hmmmm...
Wasn't I the one who took your virginity?
The look on her face read sorrow and gloom
She said, "Yeah, why do you guys always ask that?"
(C C Music Factory) #Eurodance #Lyrics

wth; how can you reuse a brand for something entirely different - you wouldn't keep these in the fridge!
Cheese!=chocolate
cracker!=biscuit
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/mcvitie-s-penguin-125g-cheese-fl…

RE: https://mastodon.energy/@transitiontimes/116965020358359483
If you're an energy and climate modeler, please read this critique and if you can, prove me wrong.

Guardrails enable you to defend against prompt injection or jailbreak attacks by your coding agents. In our tutorial on agentic software engineering, we provide an overview of the options available to you for this purpose: https://agentic-software-engineering.r

„It was a great game. A great game. Unfortunately the USA didn‘t win. I would have played, but they wouldn’t let me. We would have won, you know. I‘m that good, you know.“
https://universeodon.com/@memeorandum/116801473108821467

Not wanting genAI code in the kernel is “puritanical” now. https://bsky.app/profile/esteraxiom.mom/post/3mqrtrd24522m
This is like some evil mirror universe version of the rust in the kernel discourse.

The phrase should actually be "you can lead a cat to water but you can't make them drink".

Go and read "Klara and the Sun"[1] if you haven't yet, it's great.
Maybe the #TaikaWaititi movie based on it will be, too. We'll see in October, but you know the drill:
First read the book, then watch the movie.
https…

What instrument do you wish you could play?
I wish I could play the oboe, french horn and cello. I mean, one can scrape about on a cello to get some useable harmonics and texture source food, but it'd also be nice to actually have some skill and choice beyond that. :D

Ratgeberjournalismus, der mich abholt
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/aug/22/best-cheese-storage

‘Cheese paper’ will double the life of your cheddar. We lab-tested nine storage solutions
If you want to maintain the integrity of your camembert, specialty cheese storage containers work – but you may already have a solution at home

"You cannot try to 'get the job'. Just go in there, have some fun and do your version of that part. 'This is what I'm selling. If you want to buy it, that's cool. Have some adjustments for me? That's fine, I'll make some adjustments, but this is basically what I want to do.' THAT'S the attitude, sort of 'f*ck it' attitude. Not f*ck you...but, f*ck it."
—Sam Rockwell

Make fancy tables: #rstats #tables

One of the things I remember from the old @… Blog:
“When you outsource your marketing, you outsource your reputation”
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:urckl

Moltz (@moltz.bsky.social)
Got *another* email newsletter type thing from a Democratic candidate sent via Substack. I imagine that the candidate didn’t pick the platform, some consultant did that, but when you’re picking consultants that don’t know what the fuck is wrong with using Substack, that’s a problem.

Coffeeneuring is coming up
#coffeeneuring

#PSA: Speaking as someone who did steroid synthesis as a chem major…
Don’t try that at home. You will have no clue what you really have made. @…

Amber :neodog_box: (@puppygirlhornypost2)
reminder that diy hrt isn't actually breaking bad making estrogen or testosterone in a bathtub. that is a conservative psyop

If you played #Darkgalaxy back in the days, you should check out @… - my son and me build a remake / improved version of the game. But with a single / group player mode and the classiv PVP Mode.

I think one of the most annoying things about our modern world is that even after you subscribe to a service, or even purchase a physical thing, you still get hit with shitty messages about "upgrading" and "subscribing" and like... fuck...
I've paid for a thing or subscribed to your service, but still you want more from me. More of my money, more of my time wasted, more annoyance.
I hate it. Hate it!

No.4) What are you hoping to see in Parker's defense? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/no-4-what-are-you-hoping-to-see-in-parker-s-defense

Samsung debuts Samsung Galaxy Card, its first-ever US credit card, a Visa from Barclays; it offers 5% rewards for purchases directly from Samsung (John Velasco/Tom's Guide)
https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/samsung-p

Samsung Galaxy Card takes aim at Apple Card with way more perks and rewards — here’s what you get
You get 5% rewards when you buy stuff directly from Samsung

RE: https://mastodon.uno/@amministratore/116967326136690873
Looks like there’s a Mastodon identity verification scam going around.
Good rule of thumb: if a web site asks you to verify your identity, you close that browser tab.
The scam lett…

“Have you tried presidenting better?” Jon Stewart advised Trump.
“You could. But no.
You could ban the press or you could be a better fucking president.
“I mean, give the press something to work with! ‘Oh, here’s a positive story:
I never thought my car could take $140 worth of gas in such a small tank. I had no idea!’
“And not for nothing,” he continued, “have we ever had a president, just flat-out in the Oval Office, come out against the constitution?
‘W…

Jon Stewart on Trump’s White House media ban: ‘authoritarian crackdown’
Late-night hosts respond to Trump’s removal of outlets such as CNN and Politico from the White House press pool over ‘negative stories’

Are you a screen reader user who relies on F6 navigation? Maybe you have an opinion on navigating landmarks on web pages via a proposed `focuslandmark`?
https://github.com/openui/open-ui/issues/1472#issuecomment-5062013011

You can't have everything... where would you put it?
-- Steven Wright

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Eyelids:
🎵 Everything That I See You See Better (22)
#Eyelids
https://musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com/track/everything-that-i-see-you-see-better
https://open.spotify.com/track/4ESJ7G9WmH8M97xg7W4Vww

A reminder that if you ever see Chris Rufo in person, throw something wet at him. A sugary drink, a rotten tomato.. really, whatever you have on hand. Aim for his smarmy, transphobe face.

Do you prefer the original or the cover?
Original:
BYE-BYE
Cover:

BYE-BYE by 有頂天
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

#Feelings can be weaponized. Feelings are what move us. They’re a status report and interpretation of our internal, visceral state, and of our limbs and head. We don’t like things that cause us pain. We avoid things that cause pain. Someone tells you that something will cause you pain, you won’t like it, you’ll fight it. Can you say,

Starting Over (For Real)
Maybe you're starting over after a relationship, changing careers, learning to love yourself again, or simply trying to become the person you've always wanted to be...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/starti

"This [Uber] price was set by an algorithm using your personal data."
How Uber uses AI to set prices based on "how much are you willing to pay" - aka "surveillance pricing".
▶️ How Uber Uses AI To Charge You More
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gnjVqeBoaqs

On Condensation Management - Learn how you can best avoid problems with condensation, damp and mould in winter. #mould #condensation #ventilation -

On Condensation Management
Learn how you can best avoid problems with condensation, damp and mould in winter. #mould #condensation #ventilation

Im using case_when() quite a lot, case_match() is new to me: #rstats

A general vectorised switch() — case_match
case_match() is deprecated. Please use recode_values() and replace_values() instead, which are more powerful, have more intuitive names, and have better safety. In addition to the familiar two-sided formula interface, these functions also have from and to arguments which allow you to incorporate a lookup table into the recoding process. This function allows you to vectorise multiple switch() statements. Each case is evaluated sequentially and the first match for each element determines the cor…

OpenAI says ChatGPT Voice can now be powered by GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna, use plugins like email and calendar, and be used in ChatGPT Work on web and mobile (@openai)
https://x.com/openai/status/2102808325742322002

OpenAI (@OpenAI) on X
We heard you loud and clear. ChatGPT Voice can now: - Use plugins like your email, calendar, and Slack. - Be powered by GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna. - Be used in ChatGPT Work on web and mobile, so you can create docs, decks, sites, and spreadsheets or tackle complex tasks in the browser, just by …

"Should everyone (getting #married ) get a #prenup ?", asks the WSJ podcast.
That's a question deserving of exploration. So let me guide you to an answer:
Yes.
Now you know

you either die an et. al or live long enough to see yourself become a zhang (2018)

I won't say which (hrm not linux or apple) that seems to be made so that you have to reboot at least twice a day if you switch dockingstations

"What sets you apart can feel like a burden, but it’s not. A lot of the time it’s what makes you great."
—Emma Stone
#acting #coaching #inspiration

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Avalanches:
🎵 Since I Left You (Stereolab remix)
#TheAvalanches
https://samgirling.bandcamp.com/track/the-avalanches-since-i-left-you-sam-girling-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2DgFCys3XMrWZDngu1CrRy

Hey #NYC it's election day! Did you vote yet? Remember, at least around here, primaries are the main elections that matter. By the time you get to the general election, things are pretty much decided. #VoteNY

Lifestyle interventions, such as a combination of a healthy diet (whether it’s Mediterranean, low-carb, or low-fat) and exercise, consistently decreased epigenetic age.
Pharmacologic interventions
— including metformin and semaglutide, prescription medications used for metabolic control and weight management,
and anti-TNF therapies, which use biologic medications to target an immune system protein that triggers harmful inflammation
— decreased epigenetic age the most. …

Can you slow the aging process? Study reveals which interventions might help
A new Yale analysis found that diet, exercise, and some medications can slow the aging process, while over-the-counter supplements appear to have little effect.

Straight Outta The Sticks
Here we talk everything from sport to politics in the most offensive way possible so if you are easily offended, maybe this is not for you...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/straight-outta-the-st…

"Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project."
—Alex Borstein
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"Nothing is my fault & I'm never wrong"
Seen this movie. Even when faced w/ hard evidence of their culpability, they throw an unholy tantrum.
And if you try to coach then, be prepared for them to start attacking & blaming you.
▶️ Unbelievable Entitlement - penguinz0
https://

"Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project."
—Alex Borstein
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Erie is NOT happy with this turn of events (we're at the vet's office). #CatsOfMastodon

Government information librarian Charlie Amiot makes a strong case for the misinterpretation of the cause of hallucinations in the legal work product.
Amiot argues that If you happen to be someone who has a set of encyclopedias sitting next to them,
you’re undoubtedly sitting next to hundreds of hallucinations,
inserted both at the time of print and facts that have mutated with the passage of time since being printed.
Any newspaper or magazine you pick up contains a…

"You cannot try to 'get the job'. Just go in there, have some fun and do your version of that part. 'This is what I'm selling. If you want to buy it, that's cool. Have some adjustments for me? That's fine, I'll make some adjustments, but this is basically what I want to do.' THAT'S the attitude, sort of 'f*ck it' attitude. Not f*ck you...but, f*ck it."
—Sam Rockwell