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#Welcome to recent arrivals from the bad place(s). Be gentle w/ yourself as u leave behind the dopamine flames & u will soon find a more sustainable dopamine ember of #joy, #hope & #community
Follow hashtags, ppl who post interesting things & ppl they follow, & soon your feed will be filled w/content you’ve curated (not an algo designed to hijack your dopamine center)
I’ve found it well worth it after coming here in the great Twitter migration of 2022 (does this mean I’m a #mastodon elder?😂)
"man ports" gives many useful hints about installing FreeBSD ports.
Ma librairie a offert ce marque page à ma fille qui l'adore parce qu'elle s'y reconnaît.
"A Private Life" is Jodie Foster's moving French masterpiece
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/18/a-private-life-review-jodie-fosters-french-masterpiece/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Movies 
@movies-SalonMovies
#franceculture #wikipedia #savoir #information #llm #Intellligenceartificielle
Avec l’arrivée des IA génératives, quel avenir pour Wikipédia et l’accès au savoir ? Selon Jérôme Hergueux, chargé de recherche au CNRS, nous risquons de passer d’un système décentralisé à une concentration des données entre les mains de quelques grandes entreprises privées.
Extrait de l'émission de France Culture : "La Fabrique de l'information"
Ok, #forkiverse, settle a debate for me. What type of metal containers, if any, is safe to use in a microwave?
Looks like we'll be getting near-record lows* around the end of this week. Oh joy.
* Around -30; wind chill in the mid -40s.
Creativity is like a muscle. If you want to become more creative, you have to exercise it.
When I was in art school (years ago), we exercised every day to become more creative. Artists have to train to get there too. It's not magic or "talent," it's hard work.
When you use AI to give you "inspiration," you are doing the opposite of that. You are atrophying your creativity muscle.
If you want to become a creator, and become more creative, you should stop using AI entirely. Instead, start training your own genuine creativity. Otherwise, it will eventually dry off completely.
Singer just referred to Godzilla as a "lizard" and I have taxonomic *opinions* on this.
Did Godzilla have feathers? TEACH THE CONTROVERSY!
#Welcome to recent arrivals from the bad place(s). Be gentle w/ yourself as u leave behind the dopamine flames & u will soon find a more sustainable dopamine ember of #joy, #hope & #community
Follow hashtags, ppl who post interesting things & ppl they follow, & soon your feed will be filled w/content you’ve curated (not an algo designed to hijack your dopamine center)
I’ve found it well worth it after coming here in the great Twitter migration of 2022 (does this mean I’m a #mastodon elder?😂)
If you just left Bluesky today to join or come back to Mastodon, welcome (back)!
We are glad you are here with us 
@Em0nM4stodonEm 
left #bluesky about a year ago. Now only on #fediverse -- #mastodon and #diaspora, as well as #linkedin for commercial survival.
If there were a way to prospect for #infosec consulting clients on the fediverse only, I'd quit linkedin at machine speed. almost.
@zach_cyberwolfox @Em0nM4stodonEm Welcome (back?)!
I’ve found 
@FediTips very helpful.
@aprilfollies @zach_cyberwolfox
Welcome Zach 👋
There's lots of help for new and returning people on the website at https://fedi.tips (especially the section at the top of the page labelled "Quick Start").
Also please feel free to ask if you have any specific questions 🙂
Tiny Apocalyptic Time Tip 🌐✨
If you too feel uneasy about
the state of the world,
and you too worry about losing access to one of the greatest knowledge treasure of the internet,
Know that you can download an
offline copy of Wikipedia!
Here's how 📚👇
1. Download the free and open source software Kiwix (this will be your reader): https://kiwix.org/en/applications/
2. If you want smaller versions of Wikipedia, you can download them within Kiwix.
Within the app, go to "Categories" in the menu on the left, then browse to a topic/version you want. Scroll to the bottom for Wikipedia mini, for example. Click on it then click "Download" on the right 
3. Once you have downloaded a database, click on "Opened" on the left > database you want to search > "Open Main Page" on the right.
4. You can use the Search field on the upper-right to find topics like on online Wikipedia! 🔍
5. If you want the full English version of Wikipedia (110GB), you might want to download it from the torrent file instead. Install a torrent client of your choice (I use Transmission).
Then, go to this page, click on "Download - 109.89 GB" blue button on the first result (size may vary overtime), then select "Torrent file": https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=wikipedia
6. Once you have the torrent file, open it with your torrent client to start the download. This is BIG! Be patient! 📦
7. Once the download is completed, open your Wikipedia `.zim` file with Kiwix!
8. Magic! 📖✨
Extra Tip: You can download many other awesome knowledge files from the Kiwix Library! Personally, I also got the iFixit knowledge base! ⚒️ 
Back in the day, everyone hated Quark. And I mean *everyone*, at least unless you worked there. If you worked in publishing you had to use QuarkXPress. They knew it, and charged accordingly. It was very expensive software, customer services was awful, etc. But you had no choice about using it.
Trump’s tariff threat over Greenland risks ‘dangerous downward spiral’, warn Nato members – Europe live
The headline confirms: the USA is no longer a NATO member.
> The leaders of Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK issue joint statement ahead of EU ambassadors meeting
Millie says meow
I like the photo I got today from her while we walk together. 
When writing about Property-Based testing, I found they were much more solid and comprehensive than usual tests, due to their more general (properties vs examples). They weren’t used because they felt more complex and time-intensive to write, despite being shorter and having to change them less.
I’m still interested to see how it’ll unfold, but despite shipping code faster and using more general forms of specs when engineering with LLMs, the testing methods used never made use of the gained time nor of the more general spec.
Instead the trend is to just generate more examples and review.
I’m not sure what may lie behind these observations, which goals and pressure gradients shape them, but it feels funny/interesting that the gains appear to be “reinvested” in specific ways that reinforce existing tradeoffs, rather than seizing opportunities for a new balance.
Day 416 of the anti-government protests in Tblisi
So they're only "detaining illegal aliens", but they've got separate holding cells for US citizens?
A grim listen. Get prepared USians.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@ninlyricbot/115917294465602100
Bed too warm and comfy
Today is all about relaxing with our pack.
Linkedin
Twinkedin
Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?
Lotta GenAI pictures and videos on the old timeline this morning, gang. Be careful out there.
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@evan/115917090541145326
Truly the correct answer in my book!
e360.yale.edu/digest/china... 중국의 대규모 풍력, 태양광 발전을 전통 수묵화(산수화) 미학으로 항공 촬영한 사진들. 굉장하다.
첫번째 사진도 좋지만 갯벌의 태양광 패널들, 패널 사이로 지나가는 양들이 인상적이네요.
Photos Capture the Breathtakin...
One thing that's tough for people who just join the Fediverse, like most of the folks on #theforkiverse , is that there are self-appointed experts who reply to their public posts saying that "the Fediverse" doesn't like that kind of content.
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us. Nobody does. You can't spell "Fediverse" without "diverse"; for good or ill, there are different viewpoints on almost any topic found here.
If someone tells you that your content is unwelcome, block them so they don't have to see your content again.
One thing that's tough for people who just join the Fediverse, like most of the folks on #theforkiverse , is that there are self-appointed experts who reply to their public posts saying that "the Fediverse" doesn't like that kind of content.
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us. Nobody does. You can't spell "Fediverse" without "diverse"; for good or ill, there are different viewpoints on almost any topic found here.
Crows study physics and make fine engineers
Appeasement didn't work with Hitler.
Appeasement didn't work with Putin.
Appeasement isn't working with Trump.
When will Europe learn this most basic lesson about how to deal with imperialist bullies?
#Holos beta-15 is available
New:
- Crash reporting (opt-in)
- Automatic restore when database is corrupted
Fixes:
- GoToSocial notifications crash
- German language
- Handle search
- Relay outage now shows alert instead of logout
- Relationship persistence (UI bug)
Download: https://framadrive.org/s/ZePLfA5JcGnw4QH
MakerTube is open for public registrations! It's a peertube video instance for #makers, #musicians, #artists and #diy content #creators. If you thought of trying out a video platform besides big corp now is the time!
The site is funded by people like you! If you like the idea of an independent video platform please consider making a #donation at https://makertube.net/about/instance/support
Every penny counts!
Find the site here https://makertube.net
MINNESOTA: Friday is a statewide day of non-violent moral action and reflection. That means no work, no school, and no shopping — only community, conscience, and collective action.
Plus, there will be a peaceful march and rally in downtown Minneapolis: https://iceoutnowmn.com
The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable
Link: https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-releases/the-nobel-prize-and-the-laureate-are-inseparable
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46669404
Show HN: Figma-use – CLI to control Figma for AI agents
Link: https://github.com/dannote/figma-use
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665169
If you just left Bluesky today to join or come back to Mastodon, welcome (back)!
We are glad you are here with us
If you just left Bluesky today to join or come back to Mastodon, welcome (back)!
We are glad you are here with us
@Em0nM4stodonEm Wow. I have been off most other platforms since September, so I had no idea this was happening. This makes me want to delete my Bluesky account, I might as well, I think I have posted once in the last 4-5 months. No use for it anymore.
If you just left Bluesky today to join or come back to Mastodon, welcome (back)!
We are glad you are here with us
@Em0nM4stodonEm Ok, I just deleted my Bluesky account. I'll see if I can get used to Mastodon
If you just left Bluesky today to join or come back to Mastodon, welcome (back)!
We are glad you are here with us
Also, poke around in the settings a bit and you may notice some improvements since last time you were on Mastodon, especially if it's been a couple years.
I'd wike to add you to my pwofessionyaw nyetwowk on WinkedIn the Fedivewse
@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
What if we... 👉 federated 👈?
MINNESOTA: Friday is a statewide day of non-violent moral action and reflection. That means no work, no school, and no shopping — only community, conscience, and collective action.
Plus, there will be a peaceful march and rally in downtown Minneapolis: https://iceoutnowmn.com
#Python people, which type checker are you you using?
I just tried ty, and was really surprised at how much more output it generates than mypy. There's so much output, I think I prefer what mypy generates.
@jwildeboerJan Wildeboer 😷
Atrociously bad quality of cars if true. A car should last 25-40 years at least. No way a battery does.
@daliasCassandrich many newer cars manufactured in the past 20+ years will not make it to 25 years due to electronics failing (capacitors and mosfets are typical candidates), regardless of being powered by ICE or EV.
Let’s be honest, Ring was already some technocratic, dystopian BS, but if you needed a reason to finally, finally kill it with fire, here’s your reason: Ring is partnering with Flock to help ICE spy on you and your neighbors for the government 👀
#Technology #InfoSec
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/amazons-ring-to-partner-with-flock-a-network-of-ai-cameras-used-by-ice-feds-and-police/
p.s. The US Department of Homeland Security has pinned a video where the CEO of Bluesky says Trump is welcome on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/homelandgov.bsky.social/post/3m3g7vwkokk2i
This is a genuine clip of the CEO, it's from an interview on Wired and the original source is https://www.wired.com/video/watch/the-big-interview-jay-graber
It is now very clear what Bluesky stands for, they are welcoming fascists and fascism, even when those fascists are kidnapping and murdering people.
(Thanks 
@bigbelgianbopperBig Belgian Bopper 🔻🐸 for pointing this out)
@FediTips @bigbelgianbopperBig Belgian Bopper 🔻🐸
This morning, I deleted my Bluesky account. I don't want to waste my time on a channel that supports fascism.
"Excuse me, it seems there's a sunbeam in this room, we're gonna need you to sit in it so I can nap. For safety reasons."
Jim DeLaHunt
David Beazley
mcc
Stefano Marinelli
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) 
Ael Yokan
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