@MAD_democracy@journa.hostThe Marines and National Guard shouldn't be deployed to protests in LA, Texas or anywhere else.
But since they are, the Freedom of the Press Foundation and other press freedom groups wrote a letter to them explaining the basics of journalists' rights when covering demonstrations, and offering their help.
#Press #Freedom #Democracy
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialEngineering teams often get stuck striving for perfection, not out of laziness, but due to an insatiable desire to improve. Join Tim Schmolka next week at Berlin Buzzwords to discover how teams can overcome perfectionism. He will discuss the significance of setting clear boundaries, balancing quality with timely delivery, and focusing on what truly matters.
Learn more:
@tml@urbanists.socialAiai. Olipas taas hyvää ruokaa. Jälkiruokaa unohdin kuvata. Nyt karaokeen! Olenkin tässä parin viikon aikana harjoitellut bravuuriani, Maalaispoika oon. (En mene, en ole, ei ole.)
@zachleat@zachleat.comI went out to try to improve society, somewhat. #NoKings
@kerstinsailer@sciences.socialLoving my new compression socks - they help with my #longCovid induced #POTS - so wanted to give a shout out to Hannah from Not Your Grandma's for creating such wonderful garments
(she's also struggling to keep the shop afloat so hoping to support a small UK business)
@daniel@social.telemetrydeck.comTFW you forget your placeholder text in the orders UI
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries C, Episode 08 - Rumours of Death
SHRINKER: Good, good.
AVON: I'm glad you're pleased.
SHRINKER: I hate to waste my time.
AVON: Don't let me detain you.
SHRINKER: I'm a specialist, you see.
AVON: Oh, it's written all over you.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/308/5…
@jacobgudiol@mastodonsweden.seHur människors energiförbrukning förändras i olika åldrar | Artikel https://tyngre.se/artiklar/forskning/hur-manniskors-energiforbrukning-forandras-i-olika-aldrar
@lysander07@sigmoid.socialThis week, we were discussing the central question Can we "predict" a word? as the basis for statistical language models in our #ISE2025 lecture. Of course, I wasx trying Shakespeare quotes to motivate the (international) students to complement the quotes with "predicted" missing words ;-)
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely...."
@georgiamuseum@glammr.usWe've got buried treasure on view in a new display at the museum. Thanks to a recent gift and the work of a consultant and a staff member, we're displaying mingqi, or "spirit goods," in two adjoining cases in the permanent collection. Read on to learn more about how this grouping of well-preserved objects came together.
@Billybobbell@twit.social
@alexanderadam@ruby.social
@gadgetboy@gadgetboy.social¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@Matti_Vuori@mastodontti.fi1/2 Paras (ok, ainoa) tänä vuonna lukemani EU:n tekoälyasetusta käsittelevä kirja on Tekoälyn sääntely (Susanna Lindroos-Hovinheimo, Ida Koivisto, Riikka Koulu, Suvi Sankari). Kirja esittelee asetuksen sisällön ja sisältää ajatuksia asetuksen epäselvistä ja ongelmallisista asioista, suhteista muuhun sääntelyyn, komission aseman reflektointia jne...
@jswright61@ruby.socialAt least 500 , maybe as many as 1,500 #NoKings protesters in Jackson Wyoming (I’m bad at estimating crowds).
Collette and I spent an hour while on vacation to let our voices be heard.
I didn’t have permission to post photos, but I was thrilled to see at least 5 protesters with American flags! It’s our flag too!
@wandklex@mastodon.art#bloomscrolling am #klexenhaus, meine Pfingstrosen sind spät aber prachtvoll, und auch dieses Jahr gibt sich wieder ein Fingerhut im verwilderten Teil die Ehre.
@sebobo@neos.socialDas Brot von https://culturefoodblog.de/bauernbrot-ohne-kneten-das-no-knead-bread-der-ny-times/ probiert (mit etwas Sauerteigbeigabe). Schon sehr einfach aber lecker 😋
@Erikmitk@mastodon.gamedev.placeShoutout to multiple colleagues at once!
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialLLMs are now part of our daily work, making coding easier. Join Ivan Dolgov at this year's Berlin Buzzwords to learn how they built an in-house LLM for AI code completion in JetBrains products, covering design choices, data preparation, training and model evaluation.
Learn more: https://
@DieGesellschafterinLang@swiss.socialDie Seele wird vom Pflastertreten krumm.
Mit Bäumen kann man wie mit Brüdern reden
und tauscht bei ihnen seine Seele um.
Die Wälder schweigen. Doch sie sind nicht stumm.
Und wer auch kommen mag, sie trösten jeden. - Erich Kästner
@tschundler@leds.socialIt has become relatively easy & affordable to put together an LED Matrix sign. Recently I put together a 6 panel display using 1/8 scan modules for something much brighter than the 1/16 & 1/32 scan modules I usually use. It's bright enough to carry around in high noon sunlight. (I wish it were brighter still)
For past projects with realtime graphics, I've used hzeller's raspberry pi library. Here I used the Huidu HD-D16 controller board that seems to be ARM FPGA …
@datascience@genomic.social{purrr} has some lesser known functions that make handling of failing function calls easier: safely, quietly, possibly: #rstats…
@joe@toot.worksI can't hear shit from up here! Echo!
@livia@sciences.social @tml@urbanists.socialOnhan Tukholman saaristo hieno, nätti reitti kulkea laivalla, mutta onhan ne saarten rannat aika täyteen rakennettuja. Rauhoittavampaa on kyllä katsoa tätä Ahvenanmaan itäpuolen saaristoa missä ei juurikaan näy mitään taloja.
@BugWarp@wikis.worldI think the last time I bought a manga was in 2018ish. It was time to break the curse.
@padraig@mastodon.ie
@salrandolph@zirk.usAfter weeks of writing from news and social media, I decided to turn towards art for a while. I thought I’d be able to make an easy trade: from fresh hells to fresh heavens.
#Art
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/…
@ruari@velocipederider.comI mean… I have limits, or do I? 🤔
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKjScu_SPbc/
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.euОковѝ поета, ако искаш поетът да разкъса веригите си, за да бъде свободен. Оковѝ писателя за клавиатурата, ако искаш писателят да си намери 101 причини да не пише:
„Прави каквото казвам, а не каквото върша“
https://petertoushkov.eu/writing/pravi-kak…
@nakatsubyjna@socel.netSurvey: Q1 How big is your phone? What else would you carry in a belt bag? I made some that fit my iPhone 11 hard case (6.5”x5” x2”), but know other people carry bigger phones and more stuff...
Q2 These fit 32-43” waist (adjustable). In future bags what waist size range should I make? Maybe a 28” and up? (I’ll look at garment sizes too. I want to fit the widest range possible.) PS. The red sparkle bag has a glow in the dark stripe! Thanks infinitely in advance!
@daniel@social.telemetrydeck.comOnly late in the development cycle did NASA realize they could use giant cats to transport the shuttle instead of a 747
@trochee@dair-community.socialI get a kick out of talking to experienced software engineers just after they have encountered ML research scientists for the first time
@bourgwick@heads.social"words are scary," says marc ribot at (i think) his 1st ever all-vocal show, at roulette, with shahzad ismaily on drums/harmonium/bowls etc., mostly from the rad new "map of a blue city" but also a bit of alice notley's "the tyrant" & a gainsbourg song left off the album ("the drowned" possibly?) #nyc
@kristian@social.purrucker.deFeierabendrunde 🚴♂️
@profcarroll@federate.socialold enough to remember when a tech titan took over twitter under the pretext of protecting the first amendment
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries B, Episode 06 - Trial
VILA: Killing them?
ORAC: Correct. And replacing the energy thus expended by eating them.
JENNA: There's still forty-five minutes before that homing beacon activates.
AVON: Blake hasn't got that long.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/206/359
@kerstinsailer@sciences.social @lysander07@sigmoid.socialAre you kidding me? 3.40 Euros for a single Espresso?? This was the last time ever at Costa Coffee (Karlsruhe main Station). … Feels like a tourist trap as e.g. Venice, Piazza San Marco…but without Venice ;-)
#coffeechallenge #boycottCosta
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialRAG has revolutionised AI by merging search and generation. Agentic behaviour takes this search to the next level by enabling LLMs to make decisions and call tools. At this year's Berlin Buzzwords, Bilge Yücel will discuss how agentic behaviour enhances pipelines, what it means for a system to act as an 'agent', and core concepts such as routing, tool calling and reasoning, along with a live demo.
Learn more:
@georgiamuseum@glammr.usDid you know that the #UniversityOfGeorgia has TWO sets of Jean Charlot murals on its campus? Charlot hung out on the UGA campus for three years in the early 1940s, teaching and working with students. His murals that were inside what was once UGA's journalism building recently underwent some restoration thanks to our museum and the help of a lot of people from across campus.
@jtk@infosec.exchange @wandklex@mastodon.art📢 #Kundenglücklichmachungsposteinlieferungsgeräusch antreten zum Wiegen und Vermessen bitte, das #Kundenglücklichmachungsposteinlieferungsgeräuschbitte!
@Erikmitk@mastodon.gamedev.placeSeems pretty legit to me!
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialJoin Kevin Liang at this year's Berlin Buzzwords, where he will discuss how Apache Solr/Lucene builds dense vector indexes and talk about how he and his team optimised their dense vector setup, sharing the challenges they faced and the best practices they learned along the way.
Learn more: https…
@datascience@genomic.social{tesseract} allows you to read text from images https://docs.ropensci.org/tesseract/ it can also be combined with {magick} https://
@joe@toot.worksYeah, it's a little chilly in #Chicago, today.
@daniel@social.telemetrydeck.comWPTN (white people taco night)
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
SERVALAN: What?
JARVIK: I made it look convincing.
SERVALAN: Oh, it was convincing all right. It convinced me. Three Mark Tens and fifteen years' supply of Kairopan.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/305/331 B7B6
@gadgetboy@gadgetboy.social @tml@urbanists.socialFucking hashtag spammers. Trying to seem like some official ”Republic of France ” account even.
And what does ”privatisation” and ”multinationals” have to do with this? Trenitalia is fully owned by the Italian state. Probably some fanatic leftist loonie longing for past state monopoly times posting this?
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialApache Flink is uniquely positioned to serve as the backbone for AI agents, equipping them with the powerful new tool of stream processing. Join Steffen Hoellinger at this year's Berlin Buzzwords to explore how Flink jobs can be transformed into “Agents”—autonomous, goal-driven entities that dynamically interact with data streams, trigger actions, and adapt their behaviour based on real-time insights.
Learn more:
@MAD_democracy@journa.hostEditors at Jeff Bezos’s
@… were even more dismissive of the #handsoff pro-democracy movement on 4/6.
More than 1 million Americans expressing their concerns got a tiny box.
The next day, WaPo editors chose to devote half the #FrontPage to a personal achievement - a new hockey scoring leader.
A Putin-supporter who plays in the NHL.
#WaPo
3/5
@DieGesellschafterinLang@swiss.social#GoodNews #GuteNachrichten
Walmart heiress Christy Walton (76), one of the richest women in America, has joined a small group of billionaires speaking out against President Donald Trump.
@wandklex@mastodon.artNo worries, liebe Meise, du stehst hier am #klexenhaus unter meinem persönlichen Schutz. 💝
@ruari@velocipederider.comNight #WristCheck
Sleep well all.
@kristian@social.purrucker.deWer hätte das gedacht. Jetzt bringt uns doch tatsächlich der Mario Bro die erste microSD Express Karte mit einer sequentielle Leserate von bis zu 880 MByte/s in Haus. Und die ist bei Nintendo sogar günstiger als direkt bei SanDisk
Amazonlink: https://amzn.to/4mSxfnw
@profcarroll@federate.socialold enough to remember when a tech titan took over twitter under the pretext of protecting the first amendment
@bourgwick@heads.socialthe shmancy highrises on the williamsburg waterfront copied/pasted a stack of @… art books into their aspirational apartment mockups (or used them as props in photos, idk how real estate pr0n works) #nyc
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries B, Episode 11 - Gambit
JARRIERE: Even if he cannot be trusted?
SERVALAN: Oh, he can be trusted to do anything for money. He'll deliver Travis.
JARRIERE: And Docholli?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/211/155 B7B4
@trochee@dair-community.socialFor my next modern culture and media studies work, I'd like to use "THE SIMPLE NEW SOCIO-ECONOMICGEOPOLITICALBIO-HISTORICAL APPROACH" (TSR 1987)
(The eighties were a very weird time, y'all.)
(I found this in WCA #26, ZODIAC ATTACK)
@joe@toot.works#Amtrak apparently oversold the train to Chicago by 50 seats. 🤨
I might be standing for a long time.
@tml@urbanists.socialOlen tästä ennenkin urputtanut, mutta en vaan ymmärrä. Miksi tämän junan pitää seistä 20 minuuttia Turun asemalla? Toivottavasti seuraavassa aikataulukaudessa ei enää.
(Ja Turun satamasta lähdönkin voisi aikaistaa ainakin 10 minuuttia. Jos ei puolessa tunnissa ehdi laivasta ulos ja junaan, ei kyllä ole junaan tulossakaan.)
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialWork in progress
It's almost time! We can't wait to welcome you to Berlin Buzzwords tomorrow for our 16th edition!
Grab your Last Minute Tickets now: https://tickets.plainschwarz.com/bbuzz25/c/7bjWaoGyO/
@alexanderadam@ruby.socialToday I learned that you can program #Minecraft plugins with @… 🤯
@wandklex@mastodon.artFür meine lieben "monthly supporters" auf Ko-Fi (und alle, die es werden wollen. schrub ich wieder eine kleine Dankeschön-Message (mit Link zum monatlichen Freebie) ☺) VoilŠ:
https://ko-fi.com/post/Ein-Dankeschon-an-meine-Supporterinnen-U6U31GI631
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
[Space Command]
SERVALAN: How did that happen?
JARVIK: They fired through their own force shield.
SERVALAN: Don't be absurd.
JARVIK: You asked, I told you.
[Liberator flight deck]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/305/294
@DieGesellschafterinLang@swiss.socialWie #TimoBoll das Tischtennis geprägt hat: Rückblick auf einen grossartigen und fairen Sportler und seine Weltkarriere
#Sport #Tischtennis
@joe@toot.worksJoe likes public transportation. #trains
@MAD_democracy@journa.host🧵
Local outlets captured the protests much more accurately and gave it priority coverage.
Covering the pro-democracy movement is not partisan.
Here are is one example. There are many, many more in our blog post.
#LocalNews #Journalism
4/5
@ruari@velocipederider.comA Berny green, flieger - type b style watch, with a green dial.
Yes, it looks similar to a certain Seiko with this dial color and the four o'clock crown but, that watch too steals 90 % of it's design from classic fliegers, so I'm ok with it. 😆
Plus it has a couple of things extra I wanted. Titanium case, sapphire crystal, no logo or extraneous text on the face (like classic fliegers) and it features a "mecha-quartz" (quartz accuracy but the second hand is m…
@lysander07@sigmoid.social @berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialOur pre-conference Barcamp has become a real highlight, offering a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow attendees and dive into some engaging conversations before the main conference even kicks off. This year, Nick Burch will once again be guiding the flow of ideas and discussions on 15 June, starting at 2:30 pm. It's a great way to warm up, share your thoughts, and meet new people!
Learn more about our barcamp:
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 10 - Voice from the Past
AVON: [Restrains Blake] Blake.
BLAKE: Renounce!
AVON: Easy, easy!
BLAKE: Renounce!
AVON: [To Cally] Tranquilizer pack!
BLAKE: Renounce! [Cally administers the tranquilizer pack. Blake subsides]
@wandklex@mastodon.art @alexanderadam@ruby.social @georgiamuseum@glammr.usLast year, we bought a collection of 17 Georgia paintings by 19th- and 20th-century artists, many of whom are lesser known. Even the ones who are better known, like #NellChoateJones, aren't exactly _well_ known. We're excited to start studying these works and learning about the Georgia scenes many of them show.
@tml@urbanists.socialGuck, Mutti, keine Oberleitung! Shiny Nordbahn hybrid (overhead and battery, not overhead and diesel, not to mention hydrogen) EMU. By Stadler.
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialWe kick off Berlin Buzzwords 2025 in a few hours with our Barcamp hosted by Nick Burch! Come around and join us!
📅 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm CEST, Registration: from 2:30 pm CEST
📍 Palais Atelier, 2nd floor in Palais at Kulturbrauerei Berlin, Schönhauser Allee 36, 10435 Berlin
More information: https://2025.berl…
@MAD_democracy@journa.host🧵 1 million people, 1,400 events… in support of civil society, decency and democracy.
@… give it a below-the-fold, wide-angle-photo of one event in NC, no headline, directs to single article on A18.
NYT Publisher is a sixth generation media oligarch. Will AG Sulzberger change course?
#Journalism
2/5
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 12 - Death-Watch
DEETA: So, you have an answer for the Summons to Justification. Like what? Surely not a Blood Feud? [rises to face her] I can't have killed someone who's close kin to both of you. Particularly not as your friend here is a citizen of the Vandor Confederacy. As I assume you are. [drops a metal ID card at her feet]
KARLA: [Picks it …
@alexanderadam@ruby.socialNow @… is announced by @… and he'll talk about @….
Personally I think that we can be grateful…
@tml@urbanists.socialDid a trip to admire the ”Prague Semmering” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smíchov–Hostivice_railway_line from the ground, a regional railway line with impressive curved viaducts to manage the height difference up to the hills above Smíchov station and the pla…
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialSatellite Event
AIFoundry invites you to the 2nd edition of the AI Plumbers Conference, a meetup for low-level AI builders who value real conversations over keynote slides and for anyone working in modern data infrastructure, machine learning and open-source software projects. Connect, swap ideas and collaborate, free from the pressure of constant talks.
📅 When: June 15, 2025 – 10 am-5 pm
📍 Where: GLS Event Campus Berlin, Kastanienallee 82 | 10435 Berlin
Register now:
@alexanderadam@ruby.social54% of @… are abandoned says @… 🤯
#balticruby2025 #BalticRuby
@MAD_democracy@journa.host🧵
Your support for local journalism supports democracy.
ACTION: use our 2,000 outlet, 50-state local journalism directory to find a good local news outlet. Subscribe and share good information!
http://tiny.cc/LocalDirectory
Support #LocalNews #Journalism
5/5
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialWe all perform tasks in our day-to-day work that are considered 'non-promotable' – these are crucial for project success, but they won't get you promoted. This is commonly known as 'glue work', a term coined by Tanya Reilly. Join Fatima Taj at this year's Berlin Buzzwords as she shares her personal experience of narrowly avoiding the trap of being permanently stuck with glue work, and explains how to handle similar situations.
Learn more:
@alexanderadam@ruby.social"A lot of #HackerOne notifications that we're getting, are #AI generated garbage" says the director of #OpenSource @…
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialData warehouses, lakes, lakehouses, and more – our choices significantly affect operational costs and development speed. Join Lars Albertsson at Berlin Buzzwords to explore how different data processing paradigms impact deployment, failure handling, and data quality. Learn strategies to minimise costs and latency, bridge between paradigms, and enhance development iteration and operational efficiency.
Learn more:
@tml@urbanists.socialOld Danish (?) railway cable mark on the ground at Rendsburg station. Or Prussian? #BahnBubble
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries A, Episode 09 - Project Avalon
AVON: [Avon looks at the screen] Not quite. I think I shall contain my enthusiasm here in the warm.
[Scene: A mutoid watches a guard below her position, then jumps him and after a brief struggle strangles him. Then she signals to various groups of mutoids with a morse-code like sender. The groups move through caves. A number of mutoids surround a group of people in a cavern. Travis is in the background.]
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 06 - City at the Edge of the World
KERRIL: No! You can push people too far.
SHERM: You should remember that.
KERRIL: I said people, not garbage.
SHERM: Garbage!
BAYBAN: Kerril - Sherm - out. [Kerril and Sherm leave]
@tml@urbanists.socialOnhan tämä Kaarlensilta kauhea turistirysä, mutta toisaalta onhan näkymä tältä aivan uskomaton näin illalla.
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialJoin Adrien Grand and Luca Cavanna at this year's Berlin Buzzwords as they share the fascinating journey to the release of version 10.0 of the popular Java search engine Apache Lucene, discussing the ups and downs, the team effort it took to get there, and much more.
Learn more: https://
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries D, Episode 11 - Orbit
PINDER: Egrorian? Egrorian? They're here! Come and see. [Egrorian enters. He slaps Pinder away from the monitor. They look at the monitor and laugh hysterically.]
[Back on Scorpio]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/411/9 B7B3
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialJoin Adrien Grand and Luca Cavanna at this year's Berlin Buzzwords as they share the fascinating journey to the release of version 10.0 of the popular Java search engine Apache Lucene, discussing the ups and downs, the team effort it took to get there, and much more.
Learn more: https://
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries A, Episode 10 - Breakdown
BLAKE: We'll just have to take the chance.
JENNA: Thanks.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/110/431 B7B5
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialAIFoundry invites you to the 2nd edition of the AI Plumbers Conference, a meetup for low-level AI builders who value real conversations over keynote slides and for anyone working in modern data infrastructure, machine learning and open-source software projects. Connect, swap ideas and collaborate, free from the pressure of constant talks.
📅 When: June 15, 2025 – 10 am
📍 Where: GLS Event Campus Berlin, Kastanienallee 82 | 10435 Berlin
Register now:
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialTo conclude the first evening of Berlin Buzzwords, Gregor Bransky invites you to join a tour of c-base. Afterwards, you can unwind at one of its recreational areas, enjoying a refreshing beverage by the waterside of the Spree.
A travel group will form during the Get-Together.
📅 When: June 17, 2025 – 7 pm
📍 Where: c-base, Rungestraße 20 | 10179 Berlin
Learn more:
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialKyle Liu is the Head of Engineering at Mercari, a second-hand e-commerce marketplace based in Japan. His team has been using Elastic Search for retrieval and DNN Learning to Rank for ranking for a long time. At #bbuzz, he will discuss how they re-architected their search system in response to developments in deep learning and LLM, and how they successfully convinced internal stakeholders to adopt new…
