There's this Rust library called Clap that is unbelievably powerful, but it has a downside, which is that it is unbelievably powerful. It is able to do so many things that figuring out how to do any one single thing becomes extremely difficult.
These two lines I wrote just now do something extremely sophisticated, they set off an entire range of behaviors, which clap interprets to the Nth degree of correctness. I am…uncertain how I wrote these two lines, exactly. Some form of divination I think
![#[clap(last=true, num_args = 0.., value_delimiter = ' ')]
pub args: Vec<String>,](https://friendica.rogueproject.org/photo/preview/640/350237 "#[clap(last=true, num_args = 0.., value_delimiter = ' ')]
pub args: Vec<String>,")
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A profound comment on art imitating life. Earnie's sculpture of Burt can finally embody the truth of Bert, but only by destroying him.
It craves what he has even yet, even with his nose, it demands more. Next the hair, next the eyebrows, next the eyes.
What was once a man... dismantled in service of perfection of the artistic vision.
Earnie may be remembered for his sculpture, but who will remember the muse destroyed to make it?
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Why is this little fediverse post so weighty?! 😮
I love it ❤️
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2845968
💡 Designed by harald-0owj
#heartdisease
Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers
Communities with unstable housing, food deserts and less access to health care contribute to the problem.The Conversation
Cuba, who we have placed sanctions on for 60 years, has a higher life expectancy than the United States.
Why?
Healthcare.
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Well, you're full of yourself, since Wikipedia is the source, but I'll even provide screenshots, along with URLs.
Cuba's life expectancy at birth is 79.87 years
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba#Hea…
American life expectancy at birth was 78.4
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_S…
Healthcare make a difference.
Holy Mary mother of honestly I dunno I’m an atheist
Selective prosecution entirely based on dollar-dollar:
As part of the #deportation flights of alleged #terrorists, the #US quietly dropped charges against a key #MS13 leader & returned him to the pro-#Trump leader of #ElSalvador. US investigators believe he has info that could implicate top Salvadoran gov’t officials in corrupt deals with the violent gang.
#law #DualState #MafiaState #immigration
cnn.com/2025/03/24/politics/ms…
Why must good things take time? Oh this existential question forever haunts me!
(Context: I bought something online that makes me happy and now must wait for it to arrive. Oh the inhumanity!)
Even a depressed guy gets to make jokes, right? Well, if I can’t laugh, what’s the point?
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How many types of insects are there in the world?
There are more kinds of insects than there are mammals, birds and plants combined:
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How many types of insects are there in the world?
The number of insect species is mind-boggling – and they are a critical part of the environment.The Conversation
Insects are the most numerous and widespread class in the animal kingdom, accounting for up to 90% of all animal species.[2][3] In the 2010s, reports emerged about the widespread decline in insect populations across multiple insect orders. The reported severity shocked many observers, even though there had been earlier findings of pollinator decline. There have also been anecdotal reports of greater insect abundance earlier in the 20th century.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
This is one of those things where if the left had the capacity to practice messaging discipline and media coordination they could repeat everyday for the next two months with brutal consequences for the right-wing administration.
But this will be forgotten about by tomorrow
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"AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with a chatbot that can't do your job."
Brilliant headline and opening line.
Source: AI can't do your job by @pluralistic
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Brazil apologizes to families of victims of military dictatorship's mass grave
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/g-s1-55614/brazil-apologizes-to-families-of-victims-of-military-dictatorships-mass-grave?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency
The conservative think tank’s efforts to dismantle the Education Department go back more than 40 years, a scholar writes.The Conversation
Coincidentally, a video I had planned to show my surveillance class today, overtaken by a more recent example of "opsec is hard".
youtube.com/watch?v=BwGsr3SzCZ…
Black Hat USA 2013 - OPSEC failures of spies
By: Matthew ColeThe CIA is no more technologically sophisticated than your average American, and as a result, has suffered serious and embarrassing operation...YouTube
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From @Zitron:
"Outside of NVIDIA, nobody is making any profit off of generative AI, and once that narrative fully takes hold, I fear a cascade of events that gores a hole in the side of the stock market and leads to tens of thousands of people losing their jobs."
Tens? I'll take the over.
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The Phony Comforts of AI Optimism
A few months ago, Casey Newton of Platformer ran a piece called "The phony comforts of AI skepticism," framing those who would criticize generative AI as "having fun," damning them as "hyper-fixated on the things [AI] can't do.Edward Zitron (Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At)
Congressman Jonathan Jackson is calling on Pete Hegseth to resign.
This is how you do it.
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Did you know Elections Canada hires hundreds in each riding across the country to work during the election? Poll workers are needed for advance voting days, and many many more are needed Election Day April 28.
Pay starts at $20/hour (for a long day!), and training is paid too.
If you’re freelance, between jobs, or even want to take a vacation day off your regular job if you have that option… your local returning officer may have something for you!
Learn more: elections.ca/content2.aspx?sec…
Jobs during the election – Elections Canada
Information on employment to work for the 2025 federal election in Canada.elections.ca
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25 March 1912 | A Czech Jewish woman, Věra Ledererová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz. She perished in the camp on 1 July 1943.
We added an update checker that displays this warning to admin accounts when a security release is available.
It's been available for a while, so you should see this warning if you're running an outdated server!
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I really can’t overstress how insane this is from a security perspective. Apparently adversary espionage services get to play on easy mode for a few years.
Pixelfed v0.12.5 was released yesterday and includes an important security fix.
Please update ASAP!
Outdated servers: fedidb.org/software/pixelfed?v…
FediDB, Fediverse Network Statistics
FediDB is a cutting-edge service providing detailed statistics and insights into the Fediverse network.fedidb.org
Egg prices soar as outdated supply chains crack under pressure
Consumers and politicians blame cage-free egg laws and bird flu outbreaks for high egg prices. But the root cause is an outdated supply chain system.The Conversation
The Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will close as soon as this week, according to an internal HHS email obtained by Inside Medicine.
This is the opposite of what you would do if you were genuinely interested in finding treatments for chronic diseases, as RFK claims.
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If you are outside of the US, you may not have heard of the complete security disaster that is the Trump administration.
This will give you a hint.
youtube.com/watch?v=CxitqbPwBJ…
‘Unbelievable’: Jeffrey Goldberg speaks out after Trump officials accidentally texted him war plans
Editor-in-chief of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg speaks out on his new piece: "The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans."For more contex...YouTube
TikTok's Native Cross-Platform UI Framework Lynx Goes Open Source
TitTok matrix ByteDance has open-sourced Lynx, a collection of frameworks and tools enabling the creation of native, cross-platform mobile apps using Web markup, CSS, and JavaScript. Lynx aims to deliSergio De Simone (InfoQ)
How Japanese anime draws on religious traditions to explore themes of destiny, sacrifice and the struggle between desire and duty
‘Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.The Conversation
How a journalist became an inadvertent eavesdropper on national security secrets
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/nx-s1-5338784/how-a-journalist-became-an-inadvertent-eavesdropper-on-national-security-secrets?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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New lathe! Picked this up for a very good deal last week.
Waiting on some laser cut mounting plates before I can use it; also adding an E-stop, de-janking some wire, and a DRO with glass scales.
@smellsofbikes
Better than a weekend with the #FediverseChick 😄
These are the "curvy things" I love to see… that tailstock is absolutely gorgeous 😍
![shot-scraper javascript can now optionally load scripts hosted on GitHub via the new gh: prefix to the shot-scraper javascript -i/--input option. #173
Scripts can be referenced as gh:username/repo/path/to/script.js or, if the GitHub user has created a dedicated shot-scraper-scripts repository and placed scripts in the root of it, using gh:username/name-of-script.
For example, to run this readability.js script against any web page you can use the following:
shot-scraper javascript --input gh:simonw/readability \
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/24/qwen25-vl-32b/
The output from that example starts like this:
{
"title": "Qwen2.5-VL-32B: Smarter and Lighter",
"byline": "Simon Willison",
"dir": null,
"lang": "en-gb",](https://friendica.rogueproject.org/photo/preview/640/349397 "shot-scraper javascript can now optionally load scripts hosted on GitHub via the new gh: prefix to the shot-scraper javascript -i/--input option. #173
Scripts can be referenced as gh:username/repo/path/to/script.js or, if the GitHub user has created a dedicated shot-scraper-scripts repository and placed scripts in the root of it, using gh:username/name-of-script.
For example, to run this readability.js script against any web page you can use the following:
shot-scraper javascript --input gh:simonw/readability \
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/24/qwen25-vl-32b/
The output from that example starts like this:
{
\"title\": \"Qwen2.5-VL-32B: Smarter and Lighter\",
\"byline\": \"Simon Willison\",
\"dir\": null,
\"lang\": \"en-gb\",")
shot-scraper 1.8
I've added a new feature to [shot-scraper](https://shot-scraper.datasette.io/) that makes it easier to share scripts for other people to use with the [shot-scraper javascript]() command. `shot-scraper javascript` lets you load up …Simon Willison’s Weblog
microsoft/playwright-mcp
The Playwright team at Microsoft have released an MCP ([Model Context Protocol](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp)) server wrapping Playwright, and it's pretty fascinating. They implemented it on top of the Chrome accessibility tree, so …Simon Willison’s Weblog
Not sure if you noticed it, but Pydantic AI quitely shipped MCP support for both clients and servers. ai.pydantic.dev/mcp/
I haven't written an MCP server yet, but it's next on my list and Pydantic AI seems like an approachable way to write one now.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) - PydanticAI
Agent Framework / shim to use Pydantic with LLMsai.pydantic.dev
Fire them ALL.
#EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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