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cyberlyra, 4 days ago to google

Hi friends and followers, the terrific @jhpot wrote a piece for @lifehacker sharing my tips for getting off #google

Please check it out and share with your friends, family, and colleagues on and off the #fedi !

https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-quit-google-according-to-a-privacy-expert?ref=jhpMastodon

stux, 6 days ago to random

Time to clean the world!

Roomba leaves the house and go further cleaning outside

brucelawson, 7 days ago to random

I'm posting this photo because 35 years later, people in China and Hong Kong can't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre

mekkaokereke, 7 days ago to random

Some of y'all are still confused as to why it seems that Silicon Valley billionaires are "turning to Trump." That's because you don't listen to Black people, you disrespect poor white people, and you ignore obvious statistics that have been staring you in the face for decades.

Silicon. Valley. Billionaires. Have. Always. Supported. Trump.

Not because they like the tax breaks. Because they are more likely to be racist, and racism is the greatest predictor of Trump support.

1/N

gilduran, 7 days ago to random

San Francisco political boss Garry Tan is boosting a conspiracy theory about George Soros and ... ME!

That doesn't seem weird or antisemitic at all! 👀

Also: My newsletter on tech authoritarian politics has a new name:

THE NERD REICH

read & subscribe! (it's free, powered by Ghost) https://www.thenerdreich.com/y-combinator-ceo-garry-tan-soros-conspiracy/

cheeaun, 8 days ago to random

#PhanpySocial changelog ✨

⬇️ Allow minimize composer https://mastodon.social/@cheeaun/112502500959822353
⚠️ Subtle warning if media file size or dimensions are too large https://mastodon.social/@cheeaun/112512838876542558
🗣️ Experimental client-side language detection for unspecified-language posts and composer. 80 to ~95% accuracy, 24 languages, trained dataset from Tatoeba & UDHR, 34KB gzip, powered by TinyLD (light) https://github.com/komodojp/tinyld
🐛 Bug fixes

🔗 https://phanpy.social/
💬 https://matrix.to/#/%23phanpy:matrix.org

raph, 11 days ago to Israel

Huge victory for the solidarity movement: France bans Israeli companies from a defense trade show.

This is very little, very late, but it is still very significant and hopefully the beginning of larger sanctions against Israeli industry.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

DoctorsWithoutBorders, 12 days ago to random

Doctors Without Borders forced to close primary care centre in Al Mawasi due to Israel’s offensive in #Rafah.

We had treated over 33,000 patients at the health centre since February.

This is the second health facility we have been forced to close this week. #Gaza

evilchili, 13 days ago to Canada

Hey Canadian nerds! I have held the domain registration for regex.ca for a very long time. When I lived in Canada it was my primary domain, but I haven't used it for years. Does anyone on the fediverse have a good use for it?

I'm going to release it but if you've got a good pitch I'll pay for a 1 year renewal and then transfer it to your ownership.

Please boost for visibility kthx!

#canada #regex #perl

billbennett, 14 days ago to random

Back from the dentist. Three weeks ago I had Covid, which kicked off tooth pain, now I need two extractions and a root canal. Will cost a fortune. Dentist tells me major tooth problems caused by Covid are commonplace.

rgm, 14 days ago to random

ask your docker if kubernetes is right for you side effects may include bladder pain nausea joint pain unusual tiredness or weakness vomiting urge to extend a middle finger to middlebrow bourgeois capital as it continues like so many lemmings to senselessly overcomplicate without regard for context mostly to nerf labour power via deskilling runny nose shivering sore throat confusion anxiety blurred vision depression nervousness pounding in the ears

redcrew, 13 days ago to random

The gift of a three-month sabbatical via @zeldman .

https://zeldman.com/2024/05/28/the-gift-of-a-three-month-sabbatical/

pennydaflos, 14 days ago to random

My eyebrows hit the ceiling in BC Supreme Court today
It was day 1 of a manslaughter trial and both defense & prosecution set out what’s known as an agreed upon statement of facts
This one included a backpack full of bones
⚠️ Disturbing details here ⚠️
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/trial-for-b-c-man-accused-of-killing-dismembering-wife-begins-1.6902880

ZachWeinersmith, 16 days ago to random

So, one lens on the weird direction of the modern Internet is that entities created to route you to cool stuff, e.g. search, social media, have especially in the last 5-10 years been taking an ever larger part of the pie via having giant networks. Google can now control whether a news site lives or dies. Meta can take 99.5% of all ad revenue displayed next to an artist's work and they have no power.

Long-term effect? Damage to the creative class.

phrawzty, 16 days ago to random

I feel like most in-house software is tacitly released under the Hot Potato Licence.

timbray, 16 days ago to random

Paywalled and long, but wow: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/for-the-women-who-accused-the-trump-campaign-of-harassment-its-been-more-harassment

Meet a bunch of really brave women the Trump campaign has spent millions in litigation trying to silence. As usual, Trumpworld is mostly losing in court.

redcrew, 16 days ago to random

Family rely on us to be resilient, but it isn't always easy.

limebar, 16 days ago to Bloomscrolling

Yukon Gold Potato flower. Who knew?

#bloomscrolling #photography #flowers

erictopol, 17 days ago to random

A systematic review of airplane flights and Covid infections: duration of flight correlated with infection risk, long flights> 6 hours markedly increased risk (25X) and mask use blocked them
https://mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/6/654

liberate, 18 days ago to worldwithoutus

Skeleton Coast, Namibia🇳🇦 Visit #Africa

📷Solly Levi Photography

#blackphotographer #blackphotography #azania #blackhistory #blackpeople #blackfuturity #blackliberation #sovereignty #afrofuturism #blackjoy #blacklove #blackculture #blackfedi #blackfediverse #blackmastodon #blackfriday

josh, 20 days ago to foss

The organizers of @pycon have given community organizers a massive gift 🎁

Let's not squander it!

A sold out #PyConUS 2024 proved that even large events can prioritize safety and inclusion for caregivers and immunocompromised people by way of requiring masks, and gathering venue data to calibrate their policy from year-to-year. Smaller events have proven it's possible at that scale, too.

Now is the time for at least one other large event to step up.

Who will it be? 👀

#HealthAndSafety #FOSS #OpenSource #PublicHealth

cedesguin, 21 days ago to random French

J'ai un ami pas francophone mais qui aimerait le devenir. Je le cite : "LA chèvre, LA feuille, LE chèvrefeuille. Vous faites ça rien que pour nous emmerder où il y a une motivation plus noble?"

cheeaun, 21 days ago to threads

Screenshots comparing columns UI between Threads.net and Phanpy.social

#Threads #PhanpySocial

A screenshot of a Phanpy social media feed. The interface shows three main columns: Following, FediDevs (list), and Notifications (showing recent interactions and messages).

futurebird, 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago) to random

The bald eagle could have easily gone extinct. But we did all sorts of "woke" things protecting it legally, ran conservation and study programs, banned DDT (that was good for other reasons too) and in 2007 they were removed from the endangered species list.

Likewise pine forests could be dead from acid rain.

The ozone could have a huge hole.

We CAN take care of nature when we want to. And the successes have been worth it.

I feel like we forget this, you know?

w7voa, 24 days ago to random

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz, who heads the National Unity party, says his group will quit the emergency coalition government if Prime Minister Netanyahu doesn't agree to his requests, including a six-point plan for the Gaza conflict that will include post-war governance for the Palestinian territory.