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I have to work this evening, because it was nice and sunny this afternoon and well, things 😀

#GermanShepard #dogsofmastodon #dogs #DogsOfFedi

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28 March 1939 | Dutch Jewish girl, Yvonne Suskind, was born in Bergen op Zoom.

In September 1944 she was imprisoned in #Theresienstadt ghetto and on 23 October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.



Google will launch its more affordable Pixel phone in the US and Canada on April 10 after fixing a component issue in a small number of units. pcmag.com/news/after-delay-ove…


in reply to Philip Bragg

Well that’s good. I wonder when the iSA card will arrive. Meanwhile I shall do silly things.


Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 30th March 2025


in reply to gerikson

In my head transhumanism is this cool idea where I'd get to have a zoom function in my eye

But of course none of that could exist in our capitalist hellscape because of just all the reasons the ruling class would use it to opress the working class.

And then you find out what transhumanists actually advocate for and it's just eugenics. Like without even a tiny bit of plausible deniability. They're proud it's eugenics.


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What happened in 2004 that stopped people from peeling them?

Did bananas expire or something?




This Acer Nitro V 15 configuration is no chart-topper, but it's an affordable 1080p gaming laptop with plenty of ports, long battery life, and capable components—if you don't mind dialing down some visual settings. Here's our review: pcmag.com/reviews/acer-nitro-v…


"'I was born in Chicago, Illinois, and am a United States citizen,' Noriega said in his statement, adding that on Jan. 31, after buying pizza in Berwyn he was surrounded by ICE agents and arrested. Officers took away his wallet, which had his ID and Social Security card. 'They then handcuffed me and pushed me into a white van where other people were handcuffed as well.'"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati…



Superman vs. the KKK: Hear the 1946 Superman Radio Show That Weakened the Klan

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Today I realized I had this recording in the vault (guess I'm starting to develop a vault, yay). It was previously only available one #BandcampFriday back in 2020. Well it's here forever now! Please enjoy my favorite love song of the 90s, courtesy of The Magnetic Fields. You know it, you love it: The Book of Love.

arendleejessurun.bandcamp.com/…

#folkMusic #NewMusic

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Adebar is back. Not seen him since last week, so I thought he may have found a different nest. Or maybe this is a different stork, no idea. Perhaps he had to get used to the new farm owners and more activity first. Or was snoozing somewhere after the long trip. Or went to MiceDonalds and devoured 23 McRodent in a row. 🤷‍♂️

Well, glad he's back.

#Stork #Adebar #Bird #Nest #StorkNest

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Krahabors
pretty efficient killing machine
in reply to Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Wouldn't that be a really good use for the monoliths found in your garden?



Matt Gray is Trying: Search and Rescue

I can’t believe the UK’s 5th emergency service is volunteer-only, and donation-funded!

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He might as well have told auto companies, "obliterate your profits." This absolute simpleton really does have no idea how tariffs work. wsj.com/business/autos/trump-t…


Toot a photo of a computer that first arrived in the year of your birth!

(Here's mine: the IBM System/360)




Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has a message for Americans:

“Talk to your senators, your house representatives, your mayors, your governors. Send a message that you don’t want these tariffs.”

thegodpodcast.com/p/canada-tro…

in reply to God

I think it's time for you to go Old Testament on some old Testicles. Well, those that have 'em. But I wish there was a way to include Lindsey and a few others...
in reply to God

The orange tax evader loves to make the American people pay 25% Trump tax on any imported goods & services.

Yeah, so logical... for career criminals given power to abuse.




Hello Fedora Linux 42 KDE Edition :fedora: <img class=" title=":kde:"/> <img class=" title=":linux:"/> 🎉

#fedora #kde #plasma #linux


in reply to Cory Doctorow

they should really charge what they're worth.. unless, they are? 👂🏻 ❌
in reply to Cory Doctorow

Not keen at any price if the surgeon's name is Slaughter.

Unless - of course - it's pronounced to rhyme with laughter.



JD Vance upon arrival in Greenland:

"It 's cold as shit here — nobody told me!"

This will be read by Danes as another maximally arrogant remark from the vice president of a country that wants to annex Greenland, yet has not read up upon what Greenland is.

Just leave already.

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Danish medium DR has more:
dr.dk/nyheder/politik/live-sto…

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in reply to Randahl Fink

I came to Greenland for the greenery.
I was misinformed.
What a bunch of Peter Principle morons.
Hasn't done the minimum level of research.
#JDVance
in reply to Randahl Fink

Power, influence, and money aren't primarily about intelligence and cleverness. Has any of the current world leaders invented or initiated anything that would allow humanity and our world to look positively toward the future? The advantage of people of JD Vance's caliber is that the universe doesn't have time to deal with such people.



🎤 “I’m at a total loss for words at how dramatically the rejection of knowledge, hostility toward science & censorship have escalated”, says #MPIM Director Jochem Marotzke in an interview with @maxplanckgesellschaft. He spent several years conducting research in the US 🇺🇸& shares his assessment of what the #Trump administration's policies mean for his US colleagues, national & international #ClimateScience, the work of the #IPCC and #ClimateProtection.
➡️ mpg.de/24355236/interview-maro…
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in reply to MPI für Meteorologie

I wonder, why @maxplanckgesellschaft is so active on X.
X became part of the desinformation that is spread by Trump and Musk. There ist time, to #eXit the former Twitter platform. It is anti-scientific. How do you think?


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The image features two individuals in a casual setting, likely a bedroom. The person in the foreground is wearing a dark blue top and is looking directly at the camera with a surprised expression. The person in the background is shirtless, holding a phone and a cup, seemingly engrossed in their phone. The text at the top reads, "When the party adopts too many NPCs and they finally get a downtime session." At the bottom, the text says, "Who the fuck is that." The image humorously captures a moment of confusion or surprise, likely referencing a scenario from a role-playing game where players have many non-player characters (NPCs) and are now experiencing a break from their usual activities.

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I built myself a medium format camera with spare camera parts and some stuff from aliexpress. It's still missing a proper grip and focus markings. Designing the body so the focus tube focuses exactly to infinity at its shortest was too difficult with 3d printed tolerances, so I left a millimeter of room and will just adjust the focus markings accordingly.

#3dprinting #3dprinted #photography #filmphotography #analogphotography #analog #film



Well.
My work on Fancy Yarns, in the LibGen database and used without my consent to train Meta's AI.

#AI #LibGen #Piracy #CopyrightInfringement

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Newsletter: As the US government lays a very favorable groundwork for the crypto industry, Trump positions himself for maximum personal profits. Meanwhile crypto companies write their own rules, and an adviser mulls swapping US gold reserves for bitcoin.

citationneeded.news/issue-80/

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics

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The crypto super PACs have spent a combined $1.5 million on two special elections in deeply red districts in Florida, where Republicans have been panicking about being outspent by Democrats. Musk’s America PAC also dropped some cash to help out Trump’s picks.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics

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That and more in this week’s issue of Citation Needed, a completely independent and subscriber-funded publication. To support my work, please consider subscribing!

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Google confirms Pixel 9a launch for April 10
Google has sorted out its Pixel problems and will begin the 9a rollout on April 10.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…
in reply to Ars Technica

Wake me up when the Google Pixel 12 is out.

I joke, but I never understood the whole disposable phone market. I do not need, nor want, to go wasting money on a new phone every year or so. Some of these phones today, cost nearly 1,000 bucks, and the idea of rushing to buy another one, when the current one works just fine, does not interest me.

I have seen the specs of many of these new phones, too. There is often not much of a significant different between versions. If you truly want the latest, greatest, right away, I guess that is your thing. But even if I were as wealthy as Elon Musk, I wouldn't go rushing to buy a new phone every year.

in reply to MOVED to: @Linux@mastodon.au

@Linux

Agreed, but phone manufacturers have a perverse incentive, because they're the ones who decide how long to keep supporting a phone with security updates.

I'd like to see a law compelling vendors to specify a monthly price as well as an overall price. For example, if you're selling a £600 phone with 36 months' security updates left, that's nearly £17 a month. That would get manufacturers competing on long support times.

@arstechnica

in reply to C++ Wage Slave

I oppose subscription hardware. I never bought a Tesla, because I never wanted to pay a subscription to the feature of the car. The same with my phone or computer. I want to own my device, completely, with all the software updates too. Hardware should not be a service.
in reply to MOVED to: @Linux@mastodon.au

@Linux

Agreed, but it's not safe to keep using a phone after the security updates stop coming.

Every smartphone is rented. As long as that remains true, manufacturers should be more open about the support lifetime and the monthly cost.

@arstechnica

in reply to C++ Wage Slave

No, my smartphone is owned. I pay for my device in full, wipe the thing complete clean with a new ROM, and use my device my way with the latest updates. I rent nothing, and disagree with any terms that would claim otherwise.
in reply to Ars Technica

The problems are, it's a Pixel, and it's by Google. Surely Google and Facebook will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the DEBT forever.


Voting still open for the DH Awards 2024. If you wish, please give "Lines of Flight" a vote for the category of "Best use of DH for fun" dhawards.org/dhawards2024/voti…

Voting also open for the New Media Writing Prize 2024 - "Agentia" solicits your vote! newmediawritingprize.co.uk/ope…

#art #writing #poetry #gameDev #dh #generative





Holy shit.

Just wow, wow, holy shit:

Completely rewriting a multi-million line COBOL codebase that has life-or-death consequences for real people in the space of a few months, using gen AI?

I’ve been writing software for 40-some years, and I have to say: this may be, without exaggeration, the stupidest software-related idea I’ve ever heard from leadership.

wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s…

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Steve S

@FrozenPeach
Dismantling the SEC would explain the jump in Tesla share prices last week. Cantor Fitzgerald published a ridiculously favorable analysis with a $400 share price target. With the SEC non-functional, the chances of anyone getting caught in a pump-and-dump scheme become miniscule.

See also the White House directive to end ownership reporting on shell companies. Makes insider trading on tariff news really easy.



Lucy Dacus explores the full spectrum of love on 'Forever is a Feeling' : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/1234443295/lucy-dacus-album-forever-is-a-feeling?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Music @music-npr



Today's Low Quality Ad is for the Greenworks Cordless Lawn Mower, on sale for 25% off. It runs on batteries, like a Cybertruck. But it's not held together with shoddy glue. And rain won't destroy it. And its CEO isn't a big manchild that does Nazi salutes.
amazon.com/dp/B09SY912MK?ref=t…
in reply to Low Quality Facts

Is Greenworks basically the same company as Yardworks? Looks quite similar design and branding. I have to say... The yardworks cordless chainsaw I was... "Yeah I really want something with zero kickback protection..." Just like I would really like to have a spinning chain saw to hit me in the face if I'm not properly careful.

in reply to Frankie ✅

The image features a character from an animated series, dressed in a red hooded robe with a gold emblem, a gas mask, and red goggles. The character is holding out both hands, emitting blue magical energy from the palms. The background shows a sunset with an orange sky. The text at the top reads, "Wizard: You've powers are great. What school of magic to you specialize in? Could I peek at your spell book?" Below the image, the text reads, "Artificer: IT'S SCIENCE. I AIN'T GOTTA EXPLAIN SHIT."

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"lowest cost per drone kill on the market" #microwaveraygun

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