mkwadee, to random
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w7voa, to random
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WABC Radio cancels Rudy Giuliani's daily talk show for violating station policy by repeatedly trying to discuss on air discredited claims about the 2020 presidential election. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/nyregion/giuliani-radio-suspended.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q00.od1Q.mEE5vfRSIMeU&smid=url-share

ZhiZhu,
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@w7voa

Free Speech
by #xkcd
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1357:_Free_Speech

"The 1st Amendment doesn't shield you from criticism or consequences.

“If you’re yelled at, boycotted, have your show canceled, or get banned from an internet community, your free speech rights aren’t being violated.

It’s just that the people listening think you’re an asshole,

and they’re showing you the door.”

#Comics #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #Meme #USA

tomayac, to random
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Fantastic write-up of how the developer team pulled off 2916 (https://xkcd.com/2916/), "Machine": https://chromakode.com/post/xkcd-machine/. The source code is on GitHub: https://github.com/xkcd/incredible. 🌬️🔴

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decoderwheel, to react
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Development notes from xkcd's "Machine"

https://chromakode.com/post/xkcd-machine/

stefan, to accessibility
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I honestly enjoy writing good, descriptive alt text. Once you get used to it, it's no longer a chore, rather a fun exercise.

It gives you an opportunity to focus on the image you're sharing, sometimes revealing details you might miss.

It's a great writing challenge as well.

And it's just the right thing to do to help folks who rely on it.

#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescriptions

stefan,
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Speaking of challenging, data visualizations are definitely up there.

It's interesting to look at how different people approach these types of charts, for example.

#xkcd #AltText #data #dataviz #accessibility #a11y #AccessibleDataviz

mkwadee, to random
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hyde, to blogging
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on your 2! That was a nice discovery thanks to my discussion with @joel

[ 19 / 100 ]

[ 6 / 31 ]

https://lazybear.io/posts/xkcd-on-the-remarkable

mkwadee, to random
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mkwadee, to random
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mkwadee, to random
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nurkiewicz, to random
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Turns out magnitude 15 earthquake would not cause a tsunami... Because it'd release enough energy to evaporate all water on Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3uk7jU3RHo&t=54s

mkwadee, to random
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mkwadee, to random
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mkwadee, to random
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mkwadee, to random
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nafnlaus, to bluesky Icelandic
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On , a few months ago, author Randall Munroe wrote a long story about the "Case of the Missing Hit", a song with the chorus "" with specific lyrics and style aspects, which other people seem to have also heard - yet the song doesn't seem to exist.

https://bsky.app/profile/xkcd.com/post/3kjjp4fybbb2s

Or at least, didn't until it suddenly showed up ;)

https://youtu.be/6LZdiLPDIvg

j_bertolotti, to random
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Context: "The Incredible Machine" was one of the greatest games ever made.
(This is a statement of facts and not subject to discussion.)

Now has made something almost as fun that runs in a tab of your browser: https://xkcd.com/2916

mkwadee, to random
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nurkiewicz, to random
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A dozen contributors made this wonderful : https://xkcd.com/2916/#xt=6&yt=10

mkwadee, to random
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infobeautiful, to random
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Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100 - which does it pick? (by Leniolabs)

lpwaterhouse,
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@infobeautiful That can't be right, no picks less than 1 or greater than 100? No -peak at 4?

rstockm, to random German
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Quelle: Internet.

mjgardner,
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@gmcgath Many thanks for your contribution to the “ for everything” training model

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