What is Hackers' Pub?

A reminder to anyone looking for Christmas presents, the hashtags to browse are #FediGiftShop and #ArtForSale

These are used by indie artists on the Fediverse, you might find some unique gifts that cannot be bought in any shop.

(And if you're an artist, you might want to use these tags for any sales posts!)

#Xmas #Christmas

Okay so when you decide it's time to have a good sulk. How many consecutive years is it appropriate to spend in this activity

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🔗 “I just got back to Berlin tonight after being at Green IO, (…) I figure it’s worth sharing a few takeaways” — Chris Adams https://rtl.chrisadams.me.uk/2025/12/takeaways-trends-and-notes-from-green-io-paris-2025/

Who is going to the #fosdem from the Seattle area?

i do this https://www.tumblr.com/defokoalbum/786288337579376640/get-ready-with-defoko-and-teto-art-by-salami

Joey and Sheena every morning #cats #catsofMastodon #silentSunday

The next total solar eclipses. Time to book your tickets!

What have either of these people done that would warrant attention? They are not experts in anything. They don't know anything in particular, have no particular skills, have not accomplished anything of particular note. They're just young women willing to say what old rich white men want to hear.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hf7ezrajxadu7v3tzcyij424/post/3m7xiqecucs2a

"Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves,
And ye that on the sands with printless foot
Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him
When he comes back;"
- #ShakespeareSunday, Tempest

The sunset is picking out detail in the flanks of the mountain and its cap of cloud. Tufts of withering grass scattered across the black dunes are made golden by the low light.

Kambhorn (522m/1712ft) at Stokksnes, #Iceland.

#SilentSunday #StillerSonntag #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #Photography

#Python folks, let's say I want to configure a CI build (perhaps a Github action) that uses the *MINIMUM* version of Python and dependencies specified in a pyproject.toml file for the test. I.E. to ensure that features not present in those versions aren't used in new code added to a library.

Is there already an easy way to do this?

The Typeframe PX-88 Portable Computing System

Link: https://www.typeframe.net/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46265015

I've just seen an absolutely disgusting article. I said "seen", not "read", because I'm blind and I could not read it.
for your reference, here's the first beautiful sentence of this article:
"ffGE ARrj XRejm XAj bZgui cB R EXZgl, Rmi mjji jrjg-DmygjREDmI XgRDmDmI iRXR XZ DlkgZrj."
I don't know the technology behind this BS, but screen readers see it as scrambled text, kind of encrypted or something like this. I guess it's some font juggling (ChatGPT supposed it's gliph scrambling, where random Unicode values are mapped to random letters — I'll trust her in this because I really don't care about the tech behind it), but if you have a tiny little grain of empathy, never ever ever do this, for goodness sake.
https://tilschuenemann.de/projects/sacrificing-accessibility-for-not-getting-web-scraped
#Accessibility #Blindness #Empathy #BadPractices #Web #Text

Tiny Mastodon Tip About Globalisation 🌍

On Mastodon, there isn't an algorithm to restrict your reach to your own country or region when you post.

Additionally, many people post in English, even when it's not their native language.

If you post a comment or question
that is related to a specific region of the world, please specify which one, and don't assume people worldwide will know this acronym or reference.

You will have a better chance to
get the answers you seek, and more boosts from people living in different regions of the world.

Also consider adding a hashtag relevant to the country or region you are posting about.

Keep in mind the Fediverse is global! 🌏🌍🌎✨

#TinyMastodonTip #Mastodon #Fediverse #Global

#SilentSunday

Which one did it better?
Jackson Pollock | Nature
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hey whatever happened to the rust foundation paying for a mediator? are they still around? do I send an e-mail somewhere?

“Rural America knows the truth long before the rest of the country feels it. Nothing collapses all at once. It just stops working in small places first while everyone else calls it local hardship. That’s why wood banks—like a food bank but for fuel—are important. They’re the clearest sign that basic systems in this country have already failed.”

https://newrepublic.com/article/204051/firewood-banks-heating-bill-winter

Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in #Somali neighbourhoods of #Minneapolis amid #Trump crackdown

“Armed #ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant & demanded papers.

Federal agents also entered East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.

They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.

Everyone present was a US citizen.”

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/10/federal-agents-use-chemical-irritant-in-somali-neighborhood-of-minneapolis

Putting the 4-9 Bengals "in the hunt" is hilarious

What have either of these people done that would warrant attention? They are not experts in anything. They don't know anything in particular, have no particular skills, have not accomplished anything of particular note. They're just young women willing to say what old rich white men want to hear.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hf7ezrajxadu7v3tzcyij424/post/3m7xiqecucs2a

Developing a food-safe finish for my wooden spoons

Link: https://alinpanaitiu.com/blog/developing-hardwax-oil/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46224303

I dunno, it seemed like a good idea at the time 🫨

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I pulled all my e-books off Kindle yesterday because of this. It effectively ends my writing career because, despite everyone complaining that Amazon is evil... nobody buys books from the many other stores my books are available on.

I am sad. I am angry. I am *exhausted*.

I am ONE indie author. I am nobody. My protest is utterly meaningless in the face of this ever-expanding AI takeover. Unless all indies do this, and all tradpub authors pressure their publishers to fight Amazon, my pulling my books is not going to do a damned thing to make Amazon stop doing this. All it will do is end whatever tiny little chance I might still have had at having a real writing career.

But I am so sick of AI being shoved into every aspect of my life and not even having the right to opt out of it. This is the ONLY protest I CAN make. So that's what I'm doing. And at least I know they won't be able to use my books this way.

#books #bookstodon #reading #readingCommunity #AmReading #amazon

https://writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/kindles-new-gen-ai-powered-ask-this-book-feature-raises-rights-concerns/

@maddiefuzzMaddie’s All Sorted

Same.
https://federate.social/@mattblaze/115718897611725214

This is a striking statement from somebody in his position. We all know it’s true; the news here is that this person in this context is willing to say it so bluntly.
https://mastodon.social/@eunews/115718839488535199

The cool thing about cats is you don't have to get them a Christmas present, because empty boxes, balls of crinkly paper, shiny bows, and unattended plates of food are the greatest gifts of all. Oh and let's not forget the full tree filled with sparkly toys, you clearly put up for their enrichment.

Wait...did cats invent Christmas?

posted about my Apple ID woes, please share widely?

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

Yep, Cosplay Hegseth wants the entire U.S. military depending on #Google AI, but Google AI still can't even get simple math correct, like the difference between 2 weeks and 3 weeks? Eh?

Happy #QuantumDay to all who celebrate!

Max Planck presented work on blackbody radiation to the German Physical Society #OTD in 1900.

His novel “quantum hypothesis” suggested that matter should be treated as it it emits and absorbs light with frequency f only in discrete chunks of energy E=hf.

Image: AIP

@anon_opin@mastodon.social we should just tax billionaires

The real disgrace in UK's welfare bill is that so much of it is spent on people in work. We are subsidising jobs that do not pay enough to live on. If we genuinely made sure work paid a decent living, then we would not have such a high bill.

Our cat, Kadi, enjoying the noon day sun.

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AI URI Scheme Internet-Draft via @RunxiYu https://lobste.rs/s/g2itfk #art #satire
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-sogomonian-ai-uri-scheme-01.html

How to make a website in 5 minutes (2025-11-17) by @stefanStefan Bohacek

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/how-to-make-a-website-in-5-minutes/?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=indieblog.page

🎲 a8eac36118f3d92118f61e5ed35f0154-611755
#blog #blogging #blogpost #random

@glitzersachen @rjblaskiewiczBob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 @susankayequinnSusan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) she got the name of the act a bit wrong. It's not the equal protections act which says all groups must be treated equally by the law. It's the equal credit opportunity act. Here's a link fwiw; I haven't looked into it: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-executive-order-raises-alarm-over-women-financial-independence-2063733

Accidentally got down the rabbit hole of largest telephoto lenses and... omg.

Ginormous 5200mm Canon Lens on...

@susankayequinnSusan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her)

Still another move in the Trump Corruptlican War on Women. And another example of turning Government agencies around to do the opposite of what they were created to do.

Stop crawling my HTML you dickheads – use the API

Link: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/stop-crawling-my-html-you-dickheads-use-the-api/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46265579

#html

What I'm listening to today: "Massive Cure", Smoosh

At some point around 2000 the drummer for Death Cab for Cutie started teaching the drums to a local six year old, setting off a series of events leading to this album recorded when the drummer was 10 and her sister, on keyboards, was 12. They play with the exuberance of 10-year-olds and it really works. I love the casual, effortless poetry of this one track. Electric piano through an overdrive pedal just always works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUBJUVceEzA

How to make a website in 5 minutes (2025-11-17) by @stefanStefan Bohacek

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/how-to-make-a-website-in-5-minutes/?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=indieblog.page

🎲 a8eac36118f3d92118f61e5ed35f0154-611755
#blog #blogging #blogpost #random

While the final editing is still taking place, I wanted to create an extremely limited Christmas edition of Mrs. Cleyton. 4 unique handcrafted copies. To be opened with caution…

#amwriting #selfpub #WritingCommunity

@reiver@reiver ⊼ (Charles)

You CAN choose the thumbnail... on #PeerTube at least