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skry

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Antifascist, antiracist, a11y, feminist.
Trans rights are human rights.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Gardener, artist, photographer.

30 years in tech so far - Left Coast USA
Ranting in #ux as needed.

Posting/boosting news about tech, ethics, science, US politics, climate emergency, public health 🦠. Visuals on art, crafts, weird stuff, living things, archaeology, landscapes.

Following behind you adding ALT text so I can boost your images.

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skry, to random
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“I did not find the case trivial. I found it nauseating, a grouping of some of the least attractive and sleaziest human beings I have ever imagined in proximity to the levers of power. And critically, these were people actively and consciously engaged in an effort to corrupt an election. I came away from the trial thinking it was actually important that Trump had to answer for this conduct, whether he was convicted of it or not.” https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/thoughts-on-donald-trump-s-conviction by @benjaminwittes

skry, to random
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in a week?

“Because the sun rotates on its axis once every 27 days, the sunspot disappeared from view around a week later, but it didn't stop producing solar flares. On May 20, it emitted a solar flare rated as X12, the strongest since September 2017. It was observed by the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft.

AR3664/AR13664 is now becoming visible again as the sun rotates — and it will be Earth-facing once again during the new moon on June 6."

https://www.livescience.com/space/auroras-could-paint-earths-skies-again-in-early-june-here-are-the-key-nights-to-watch-for

shoq, to random
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I’ve said for years that we need teams of notable voices speaking out with well crafted statements (not just knee-jerk, liberal cause-humping).

De Niro proved celebrities can break through our media blockade of important stories. Imagine teams of the biggest names in entertainment holding joint pressers to discuss emergent fascism. Some of you with connections can make that happen.

skry,
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@shoq

Screenshot of text:

"Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division."

Jerry Brown

skry, to infosec
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Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users.

Emails, phone numbers, addresses, and even financial details have allegedly been exposed by a notorious hacker group. And they are offering the data for half a million bucks.

https://mashable.com/article/ticketmaster-data-breach-shinyhunters-hack

@404mediaco exposed Ticketmaster yesterday for its monopoly power in the concert industry, so its 500 million customers are now being revictimized by the hackers.

https://www.404media.co/the-monopoly-case-against-ticketmaster-explained/

timrichards, to Ukraine
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Photo taken on this date in 2016 - that time I was in an underground cafe in Lviv, Ukraine, and the waiter caramelised stuff with a blowtorch. Perfectly normal occ health and safety.

skry,
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@timrichards Every creme brûlée I have consumed or served has been blowtorched. (USA)

Malwen, to random
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Created in for Android

skry,
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@Malwen @ngons I’m glad you put the description in so I could see the flowers. It’s funny how binary the view is.

skry, to random
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High property taxes support schools. Lotteries support schools. Federal gov supports school food. And yet we have “lunch debts” for poor families and expect the child labor and lemonade stands market to pay them off. SMH.

Good on him, but WTF is going on in these states. https://pubeurope.com/@europesays/112510017626432122

skry,
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@rayckeith @europesays Awful! Cash is supposed to be a fungible token. I hope that is declared illegal down the line. Ugh.

skry, to random
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I imagine that with the tail end of the post WW2 generation retiring, the leading edge of the baby boom will be selling housing. Because of demographics we should have excess housing in just a few years. Right? Prices drop, people move up, entry housing appears again, and new housing is built on existing lots with older homes. Hoping we won’t have to pay people to take them as Italy is doing. https://assortedflotsam.com/@NewsBot/112510400384472436

skry,
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@stevenray @cynblogger From my brief views of EU/UK housing situation, it’s not better there, and the crunch started earlier, because of the urge to not sprawl or build modern apts in many places. The Germans I know, for example either lived with their parents until marriage or moved into warehouses. The Netherlands has multiyear waitlists for apartments and has for decades, I believe.

violetblue, to random
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Here we have: Burger Pizza! "Premium NZ Beef, Smoked Cheddar, Honey Mustard, Onion and Gherkins." Welp

skry,
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@violetblue @xs4me2 I think I might actually try that if given the chance. Was it a honey mustard sauce instead of a typical pizza sauce?

skry, to linux
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Test drive #Linux online to find the flavor you like best:
https://distrosea.com/

#windows11

zdl, to random
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@dansup @dansup The alt text on the post https://pixelfed.social/p/zhang.dianli/699843661291068434?fs=1 doesn't seem to be showing to me for some reason. I'm using Firefox if that helps. A friend I asked to check can see it using Chromium, however.

Do you have any advice?

skry,
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@zdl @dansup @dansup I am using Firefox. I see ALT text, but only if I hover the mouse over the dots under the images. Here, my mouse is over the 3rd dot (which is not the photo shown).

skry,
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@zdl @dansup @dansup This kind of thing happens to me all the time with javascript UIs.

skry, to random
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New study from UC San Diego:

“Even if you perform surgery to remove the tumors, no surgery is perfect and there is outgrowth of metastasis if no additional treatment is provided,” explained Steinmetz. “Here, we use our plant virus [cowpea mosaic] nanoparticles after surgery to boost the immune system to reject any residual disease and prevent circulating tumor cells from metastatic seeding. We found that it works really, really well [in mice]!”’

https://www.earth.com/news/plant-virus-that-attacks-black-eyed-peas-also-kills-cancer-tumors/

skry, to Bloomscrolling
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I am so excited about this rose. First bloom.

derekvanvliet, to cycling
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riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1368

skry,
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@derekvanvliet Not sure, but it might say “JANKLE”.

ricmac, to random
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Jason Fried from 37Signals announces a “web-based books” product, which I must admit does sound intriguing, even though I already made my own custom book serialization site with Eleventy + Buttondown. Sounds like business books is their main use case, but still, good idea. -> “Workbook […] They have covers, they can have title pages, they can have picture pages, and they can have text pages. Each book gets its own URL, and navigating and keeping track of your progress is all built right in.”

skry,
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@ricmac leanpub might have a lot more utility and alignment for authors.

skry, to DuckDuckGo
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is down likely because is down. Both are flatlined. https://downdetector.com/

Viss, to random
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the 4th of july is a funny time for the uk to have an election, isnt it?

skry,
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@Chip_Unicorn @Viss Someone pointed out that the UK election is on the US Independence Day.

skry, to random
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https://genart.social/@ylegall/112481410917570437

evacide, to random
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"...a would-be hacker would need to gain physical access to your device, unlock it and sign in before they could access saved screenshots."

I've got some news for Microsoft about how domestic abuse works.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o

skry,
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@GossiTheDog @evacide This sounds like employer surveillance ware that can also be abused by any family admin. I can’t think of any reason I would want such a thing, as a user.

Also, if browser password managers are insecure, we should be shouting that from the rooftops.

whitequark, to random
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i want something like Microsoft's Recall thing and will probably eventually build it for myself, using different tech

skry,
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@whitequark Vortimo Unravel might be helpful for you if you mainly want a record of browser-based activity: https://www.osint-tool.com/unravel-help/

skry, to random
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I hope this hubristic power play is the beginning of the end for Elon and Tesla. https://electrek.co/2024/05/20/elon-musk-confirms-threat-give-me-25-of-tesla-or-no-ai-robotics/

skry,
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@impactology Definitely a possiblity.

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