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Just realized:
I was at the ER yesterday, and the people wearing masks were mainly the patients and the lower ranking and/or non-white staff members
Its never been easier to tell at a glance how trustworthy any random human in public is, bc there is no excuse for not wearing one at this point. None of the staff at the ER who treated me poorly wore one, but all of the staff who were kind to me, did. There was very little if any deviation from this pattern. The same attributes that make a medical provider trustworthy also result in them choosing to mask, and vice versa.
The thing about a medical excuse not to wear one is that such a situation doesnt exist. If youre "too sick to wear a mask" youre also infinitely more vulnerable to the infections they would shield you from in the first place. You would be doing things like social distancing or fully avoiding crowded/enclosed spaces bc even minor infections could land you in the hospital. You would be loudly in support of other people masking bc you are the very person those masks protect. There is also no such thing as a medical provider who doesnt need to mask.
If you want other people to know youre a safe person, wear a fkn mask. If you dont, we see you, bc you are wearing your trustworthiness right on your face.
잘하는 사람 모아놔도 뭐하냐... 보다보면 놀라울정도로 이 회사의 멍청한 관료주의로 사람들이 다 뛰쳐나가는데 나도 나가야하는데... 논문을 잘 내야하는데 (눈물)
제작년에 같이 일한 여성동료분이 이직한다고 메시지 보내왔는데 부럽고 ㅠㅠ 이분 칼텍에서 포닥도 하고 음청 잘하는 분인데 이 블랙회사는 이런 사람도 못알아보고 어디다가 어떻게 써야할지 전혀 감을 못잡고 헤메던데 좋은 회사가서 잘 일할수 있으면 좋겠다 ㅠㅠ
@dansup listen to bleood he makes good music
Round and Round
Link: https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/01/02/round-and-round/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46462592
7. ANC 오픈형 무선 이어폰 커널형은 잘 안 맞아서 오픈형 ANC 이어폰 사보고 싶음 AirPods4 야 괜찮다고 하고 버즈는 초반에 QA 말아먹은 걸로 시끄러웠는데 좀 나아졌나
おやすみ…
can somebody explain to me why the format used by TikTok, Youtube Shorts, Loops, whatever is popular?
maybe i am too boomer to understand it
あけましておめでとうございます🐴
今年もたくさんけもみみを描いてゆきます！
BEAMの調整をするなど
If Loops supported non-public visibility settings too, and we implemented local-only, unlisted, local-only unlisted and follower only, are there any others you'd like to see?
Off the top of my head, I can think of a "password protected" scope that is local-only and unlisted, and requires a specific password (that can be pre-filled via query params) to view.
Let's hear your ideas 💡
잘생기면 오빠임
Mastodon publicó su informe de transparencia de 2024 hace dos semanas. Es bastante increíble todo lo que consiguieron ese año con solo 7 personas si sumamos dedicaciones parciales, y siguen con salarios relativamente moderados. En 2025 parece que tuvieron más presupuesto, aunque no lo sabremos hasta final de año porque siempre tardan bastante en publicar estos informes. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/annual-report-2024/
From macOS to Debian & GNOME: A Two-Week Holiday Experiment https://bluelemonbits.com/2026/01/02/from-macos-to-debian-a-two-week-experiment/ #Linux #Debian #GNOME #OpenSource
It's 2026, so my site is going to party like it's 2006!
목에 숄처럼 두른게 구름이라는 점이 념념굿
It’s 455 euros when out of warranty, no matter what the fault is lmao
Does anyone happen to have recommendations for/against Nothing Headphone (1)? Thinking of getting them for wife, to replace AirPods Max. https://fi.nothing.tech/products/headphone-1?Colour=White
RE: https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe/115825823351632755
Top-3 warmest years globally, out of 135:
1. 2024
2. 2023
3. 2025
These researchers aren’t wealthy. They stake their professional reputations on this work. If they get it wrong, their careers suffer real consequences.
The Palantir rep has dozen other tech companies that would hire him tomorrow. If this job doesn’t work out, there’s always the next one. The stakes are fundamentally different.
Adrienne Fichter and Marguerite Meyer did rigorous investigative journalism. They documented their sources. They filed FOIA requests. They read government reports. They interviewed officials. That’s what it looks like to speak truth to power.
When Palantir published their “correction,” they didn’t back down. They pointed out *exactly* what was false about Palantir’s response.
That, right there, is the difference between journalism and PR, if anyone still needed proof.
If you think this is a niche #schweiz national interest story, think again, because Palantir are spreading their influence all over Europe.
Their software is used by ICE to track and deport migrants in the U.S., and in military targeting systems.
German civil society organizations are now citing the Swiss findings in their fight against Palantir’s expansion into German police forces.
Scrutiny is essential at this stage.
When journalists investigate and document *with proof*, the playbook comes out: Deny, obfuscate, claim they’re “misrepresenting” work that they don’t want scrutinized, mobilize the allies on LinkedIn, and bury critics in corporate double-speak.
Adrienne Fichter and Marguerite Meyer did excellent work. They deserve our support, not tech bros calling them “luddites” while Palantir rewrites what they actually reported.
I *will* repeat their names so they’re not just “some journalists” somewhere.
@adfichterAdrienne Fichter / https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriennefichter
@marguerite_jayMarguerite Meyer / https://www.linkedin.com/in/marguerite-meyer-a828539
Their investigation speaks for itself. So does Palantir’s response. That tells you everything you need to know about who’s operating in good faith.
If you see something you like on here, don't be scared to give it a favourite ⭐ !
If you really like something, you might want to also boost it 🔁 (which shares it with your followers).
There is no algorithm on here, so you can like and share whatever you want without any additional side effects.
Your timeline on here is entirely in your direct control, it isn't going to push stuff at you or hide stuff just because you liked or shared something.
New blog: The Next Thing Will Not Be Big https://blog.glyph.im/2026/01/the-next-thing-will-not-be-big.html
에혀
普段はかまぼこ嫌いです
かまぼこたべたい
Playground setup with Raspberry Pi 5 and Mikrotik hEX router.
The Pi, with a M.2 HAT+ Compact, is running Raspberry Pi OS Desktop.
The hEX is running RouterOS 7.20.6, without a default configuration. Right now it's acting more like a switch.
I'm using Raspberry Pi Connect to access the Pi from outside my home network, and mostly ssh and WinBox to access the devices when inside, but Connect also works here.
#Mitra v4.16.0
https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra/releases/tag/v4.16.0
https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-web/releases/tag/v4.16.0
- Implemented conversation following. Replies from followed conversations will appear in the home timeline.
- Added export-posts command that saves user's entire outbox to a JSON file. This file can later be used to migrate your posts to another instance with import-posts command.
- Long posts are collapsed in timelines and quotes.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@256/115826819535222483
I'm a linux boi and I never actually used Windows 8, but, visually, Zune / Metro style is probably my favourite UI design trend of the past 25 years
alt text for image in quoted toot: Photos of Zune HD, a mostly-touchscreen music and media player, with case finished in brushed aluminium (or at least similar look) and black (probably plastic). The screen shows what I guess is the main menu of the device, consisting of "music", "videos", "pictures", "radio", "marketplace", "social", and "more" in a column spanning the entire screen, all lowercase, in a sans-serif font, with small icons on the left of each word. A brief news story about the then-upcoming device, with some tech specs, is below.
Servers
- Vernissage Server v1.27.0
- Ktistec v3.2.6
- Pleroma v2.10.0
- Wafrn v2026.01.01
- NeoDB v0.12.7
- PieFed v1.4.1
- shops v0.1.9
- Loops v1.0.0-beta.7
- Mitra v4.16.0
- Agora: A distributed knowledge graph
- December 2025: hooo boy! (Bandwagon)
Clients
- Pachli v3.3.0
- IceCubesApp v2.1.1
- Loops Mobile App v1.0.1.19
- Voyager v2.43.1
- P2Play v0.10.0
- tooi: A text-based user interface for Mastodon, Pleroma and friends
Tools and Plugins
- Mastodon to Bluesky v1.5.0
- Altbot v2.5
For developers
- funfedi.dev schemas v0.1.0
- apsig v0.6.0
- apkit v0.3.7
Articles
- A case for organisations running their own ActivityPub servers
- Fediverse predictions
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019b5b98-13e5-ff26-3605-f31d929bf9bf
#Mitra v4.16.0
https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra/releases/tag/v4.16.0
https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-web/releases/tag/v4.16.0
- Implemented conversation following. Replies from followed conversations will appear in the home timeline.
- Added export-posts command that saves user's entire outbox to a JSON file. This file can later be used to migrate your posts to another instance with import-posts command.
- Long posts are collapsed in timelines and quotes.
This — exactly this! — and also note first and note repeatedly that the racist right-wing video about Somali daycare is a bunch of bullshit. They don’t appear to have even found any fraud at all. (They visited day cares before they open and cried “scandal!!” because there’s no kids there, stuff like that.)
It’s •exactly• what Needham says (via 
@atruparAaron Rupar), and it doesn’t even matter what really happened. Create chaos, invent fraud, lie to justify more chaos, repeat. https://journa.host/@atrupar/115826096367870411
청영, 라 플레카
6. 킹 사이즈 이상 침대 축구장만한 침대에서 자고 싶다 젠틀리머에서 CK(1.8m×2m)이 할인 먹여서 55던데... 흐으으으으음... 여기다 밑에 바닥까지 하면 개비싸겠지... 후...
warum gibt es keine zwei bitter verfeindete deutsche unixfirmen namens mirnix und dirnix?
Mastodon publicó su informe de transparencia de 2024 hace dos semanas. Es bastante increíble todo lo que consiguieron ese año con solo 7 personas si sumamos dedicaciones parciales, y siguen con salarios relativamente moderados. En 2025 parece que tuvieron más presupuesto, aunque no lo sabremos hasta final de año porque siempre tardan bastante en publicar estos informes. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/annual-report-2024/
I'm having so much trouble making sense of my own sexuality
On this day in 1983, Michael Jackson releases "Billie Jean," selling over 15 million copies worldwide, powering 'Thriller' into a cultural juggernaut, and delivering one of the most unforgettable videos ever.
The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time. - Mary Oliver
ひさびさ 
Update dependency irb to v1.16.0 (#37275)
Update dependency postcss-preset-env to v10.6.0 (#37353)
Update “Automatic post deletion” explanation text (#37286)
Update dependency aws-sdk-s3 to v1.208.0 [SECURITY] (#37313)
Update dependency debug to v1.11.1 (#37318)
New Crowdin Translations (automated) (#37326)
Update dependency bufferutil to v4.1.0 (#37309)
Update dependency utf-8-validate to v6.0.6 (#37308)
Hide empty padding box if no status in Wrapstodon highlighted post (#37289)
Update dependency playwright-ruby-client to v1.57.1 (#37356)
Update dependency jsdom to v27.4.0 (#37349)
Update dependency color_diff to v0.2 (#37331)
Update dependency strong_migrations to v2.5.2 (#37329)
Update dependency brakeman to v7.1.2 (#37348)
Update dependency i18n to v1.14.8 (#37337)
Update keyboard shortcut description for direct mentions (#37347)
Update dependency json-schema to v6.1.0 (#37338)
Update dependency sass to v1.97.1 (#37328)
Fix date-related wrapstodon test failures (#37362)
Oof. Those poor Swiss nightclub patrons didn't stand a chance. That's highly flammable sound proofing foam above pyrotechnics. I don't know why both haven't been universally banned in clubs.
If you go to a club, or any place you're not familiar with like a hotel, find and walk to the nearest fire exits. clock where they are. you may have to get to them in the smoke filled dark to survive.
There we go
Now
Time to configure some things
ねむれない
RE: https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe/115825823351632755
Top-3 warmest years globally, out of 135:
1. 2024
2. 2023
3. 2025
US Government demands access to European police databases and biometrics [video]
Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-trump-government-demands-access-to-european-police-databases-and-biometrics
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46464929
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