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nev, 10 months ago to random

After some years, rescuers arrived at the deserted island to find the man had set up farms, shelter, and modern amenities. He had even cobbled together a server out of fragments of wreckage and was self-hosting two single-user fediverse instances on VMs running Alpine Linux.

"But what is the second one for?" the rescuers asked. "Are you running glitch-soc, or trying out Calckey, or what?"

"Oh," said the man proudly, "that is the instance I refuse to federate with."

nev, 10 months ago to Wikipedia

Absolutely the funniest shit is the #wikipedia article 'List of cetaceans' putting [cetacean needed] for the ones they don't have a picture of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cetaceans

🏴‍☠️ stolen from someone who didn't add alt text

nev, 6 months ago to random

fucking

WHAT

nev, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

yes, i'm proud of this. #computeing #linux :birdsite:

nev, 7 months ago to random

going to try to convince Americans that here it's spelled "Colourado"

nev, 5 months ago to random

Members of the public are instinctually coming together to commemorate Henry Kissinger's death in the most appropriate place: the comments of the crab rave video on YouTube lmao https://youtu.be/LDU_Txk06tM

mcc, 2 months ago to random

Today is my birthday!

If you'd like to do something for me for my birthday, would you please reply to this with—or by other means send me— something with colors you liked? Like an image or a video or a link. Music would also be acceptable if it gives you a strong synesthesiac association with color.

If this request confuses you, here are some examples of images with colors I found striking [Artists: Laurie Barmore, Vian Borchert, Erica Aurahack]. But your reply can be whatever colors you like.

Abstract art by Vian Borchert
Abstract art by Vian Borchert

nev, 7 months ago to Toronto

Two-for-one deal, Toronto! "Starting October 31, all Torontonians will be able to get their updated COVID-19 vaccine and annual flu vaccine at the same time at fixed-site vaccination clinics, pharmacies or primary health care providers." https://www.toronto.ca/news/toronto-public-health-launches-fight-the-flu-covid-19-vaccination-campaign/

It's free for anyone over 6 mos. living, working, or studying in Ontario, and if you go to a Toronto Public Health-run site you don't need a OHIP card. You can book an appointment starting Oct. 25.

If you are in a vulnerable group (old, a toddler, pregnant, BIPoC, a healthcare worker, etc.) you can book appointments right now on the province's site and may be able to get the vaccine earlier: http://www.ontario.ca/book-vaccine

:boost_ok:

#toronto #COVID19 #flu #vaccine

nev, 7 months ago to Toronto

:rainbow_flag: Protest details! :transgender_flag:

So the same right-wing crowd who protested against sex ed & trans students' rights are back at it again tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 21). Counter-protest details from torontoagainstfascism on Insta (https://www.instagram.com/p/Cym5f60OBoi/ archive https://archive.ph/sDXDw):

📅 Saturday, October 21, 2023
🕤 9:30 AM
📍 Queen's Park, Toronto
😷 wear a mask!

See reply for more details! (1/2)

#toronto #protest #events #lgbtq2s

nev, 5 months ago to random

Since no one posting about this news has INCLUDED A FUCKING LINK, here you go: https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/privacy-settings-dropbox-ai

When they introduced the feature back in October: https://www.dropbox.com/product-updates/dbx-october-2023

If you are a #Dropbox user, you can turn off third-party AI here: https://www.dropbox.com/account/ai

nev, 6 months ago to Bash

ok folks, hit me with your most ridiculous, overpowered "go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script" examples

not mining this for a listicle or anything, i just want to see cool stuff ppl have done with basic tools

the kind of stuff I'm thinking of:

• bashblog, a static blog generator https://github.com/cfenollosa/bashblog
• "Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than your Hadoop Cluster" https://adamdrake.com/command-line-tools-can-be-235x-faster-than-your-hadoop-cluster.html
• bocker, "Docker implemented in around 100 lines of bash" https://github.com/p8952/bocker
• suc, "a slack clone in 5 lines of bash" https://the-dam.org/docs/explanations/suc.html

(more low-powered version: https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible, https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-sh-bible)

#bash #sh #unix #linux #cli

nev, 10 months ago to random

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities

In a clip from "Hellbound: Hellraiser II", two tiny human figures walk into an endless labyrinthine grid of colonnades, stairs, walls, cloisters, etc., sort of like Escher but Manhattan, surveilled over by a giant floating diamond prism emanating ominous rays of shadow.

nev, 10 months ago to random

i'm a columnist, babey!!!!!

For the first time in 12 years, Toronto has a progressive mayor—and at her first Council meeting she quietly made it clear she intends to set a very different agenda. Join me every two weeks for a look at Olivia Chow's first 100 days as mayor!

Many thanks to street outreach worker Diana Chan McNally for speaking with me about the huge grassroots effort to rescue asylum seekers stranded downtown after a standoff between the city and feds over funding.

https://thelocal.to/olivia-chow-toronto-mayor-first-100-days/

#TOcouncil #TOpoli

nev, 1 year ago to random

A very happy 15th None Pizza Left Beef Day to all who celebrate

• https://www.thesneeze.com/2007/the-great-pizza-orientation-test.php
• https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/10/none-pizza-with-left-beefs-creator-steve-molaro-interview.html

The result, a very sad looking dough circle with beef bits scattered on it

nev, 10 months ago to random

✅ yes, David Tennant wore a "leave trans kids alone you absolute freaks" T-shirt for the Good Omens 2 shoot

• https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/10/david-tennant-supports-trans-non-binary-youth-at-good-omens-launch-19100654/

❌ no, he did not subsequently joke that TERFs can't climb stairs; that was a parody Twitter account

• https://insidethemagic.net/2023/07/david-tennant-leave-trans-kids-alone-you-absolute-freaks-mw1/
• https://twitter.com/PoliticoForYou/status/1678695501313503232 / https://archive.is/XvdO3

just a reminder to fact-check everything you see

nev, 7 months ago to animals

Happy #caturday from a cozy Wasabi

#DailyCatPic #CatsOfMastodon #cats

nev, 9 months ago to random

I think it would be really funny if we all defederated from the BBC instance (social.bbc) over their institutional transphobia. Welcome to the fediverse, bitches.

Seriously though, it will probably happen sooner or later and there is a good argument for doing it preemptively. #fediblock

nev, 9 months ago to random

Deep thanks to @ConnyDuck & @maloki for their years of hard work on @Tusky, in my opinion the best Android app for Mastodon. https://opencollective.com/tusky/updates/some-changes-going-forward

I chip in a bit for Tusky and I encourage others to do so too!

nev, 5 months ago to animals

YES I got a picture of her crooked little face

I think it's because of the teeth she's had removed affecting how her lip sits, but sometimes she has this snaggly-looking mouth. "Wasabi, fix your crooked little face," I tell her.

#caturday #DailyCatPic #CatsOfMastodon #cats

nev, 7 months ago to journalism

The Transgender Law Center has a new resource for journalists on how to report responsibly on anti-trans violence: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/journalist-resource-series-guide-for-reporting-on-anti-trans-violence/

#journalism #trans #transgender #lgbtq2s 📰

nev, 1 month ago to random

real fucking body horror implications here

nev, 8 months ago to internet

Many thanks to the @Tusky contributors for clearing the air (https://opencollective.com/tusky/updates/tusky-contributor-response-to-nik-clayton).

I think some conflict could have been avoided had the former contributor brought up his concerns in an email rather than demanding immediate answers in chat, but that's just me.

#Tusky #meta

nev, 2 months ago to animals

sleepy kitty

#DailyCatPic #CatsOfMastodon #cats

A moment later, yawning.

nev, 3 months ago to php

#php opinion: they should change the question marks in the tags to interrobangs

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nev, 1 month ago to random

anyone on here selling nice high-quality trans stickers, suitable for outdoor use?

blue-and-pink trans flag not necessary and, in fact, not preferred. i'm thinking like, pro-trans slogans, the ⚧ symbol, etc.