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aral, 11 hours ago to SmallWeb

Lots to do yet but the new Kitten¹ settings section (that’s common to all Kitten apps / Small Web places) is coming along nicely. (With the general style/layout borrowed from Domain².)

(It’s currently a single page and I’m breaking it up into multiple ones because it’s time.)

Once I’m done with this I should really record a screencast of Kitten’s new backup and restore feature/data portability.

¹ https://codeberg.org/kitten/app
² https://codeberg.org/domain/app

#SmallWeb #Kitten #Domain #SmallTech #web #dev

delta, 11 hours ago to random

Delta Chat is an in-between project: often ignored as a messenger by e-mail companies/experts and then ignored by messenger companies/experts because of its use and interoperability with e-mail. As Heinz von Foerster once said: "If you are doing something genuinely new then don't ask the experts. If you do something that has already been done, then, by all means, ask the experts." FWIW many experts have verified Delta Chat's security mechanics https://delta.chat/en/help#security-audits :)

aral, 12 hours ago to random

Capitalism is an economic theory that posits that a relative handful of greedy fucks gorging themselves is how we provide adequate nutrition to the population at large.

aral, 16 hours ago to LGBTQ

Not sure I put them on as elegantly as possible but I do love my new rainbow laces :)

(If you’re in Ireland you can get your own pair at SuperValu. All proceeds go to Belong To – LGBTQ+ Youth Ireland.)

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

#lgbtq #ally #wearWithPride #BelongTo #Ireland

thomasfuchs, 1 day ago to random

“In a year from now, AI will be sentient”

Yeah no

aral, 1 day ago to random

Dear @EU_Commission,

Wild idea: how about you don’t poison us for profit?

“The European Commission is planning to allow for wide-ranging exemptions from a proposed ban on substances known as PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals’, to protect key industries, German newspaper Welt reported on Wednesday.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-commission-eyeing-exemptions-forever-chemicals-ban-welt-reports-2024-05-08/

#EUCommission #PFAS #shortsighted #muppets

aral, 1 day ago to Israel

That feeling when even a certified asshat like Piers Morgan has apparently had enough of Israel’s bullshit.

https://indymotion.fr/w/3hA1adbgj3T7RcAfvfBvZn

Via @vincib

#israel #palestine #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide

aral, 1 day ago to random

I don’t know what’s worse, that a worm ate part of R.F.K. Jr.’s brain or that it died after eating it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html

grandmastershah, 1 day ago to random

Remember that TikTok is Chinese propaganda but the press here is pure freedom and honesty.

aral, 1 day ago to SmallWeb

:kitten: Meow! New Kitten just dropped:

• Uploads are now listed in the Small Web Place Settings (/💕/settings) of all Kitten apps.

#Kitten #SmallWeb #SmallTech #uploads #settings #web #dev

aral, 1 day ago to ireland

Meanwhile in Ireland, you can get your first dose of the Covid vaccine at age 12 and, in just 68 years, you can get your first booster.

Because that’s cool and normal.

https://www.boots.ie/vaccinations/covid-vaccination

#ireland #covid #stupidity

heydon, 1 day ago to random

sigh I have an American client who is having trouble, they say, being able to convert to £ (their end) for paying me. I have business bank account for my LTD that only accepts £ or €, apparently.

Anyone know of a way around this? A service either they or I could use? I would really prefer not to change bank accounts. Wish I'd know Starling was this limited at the outset.

aral, 1 day ago to Israel

Hamzah Saadeh: How many Palestinians have you killed?

Israeli soldier: 20 … I don’t what is a “Palestinians”. I know Hamas. In Gaza there is not civilians. They’re all Hamas terrorists.

Hamzah Saadeh: So the 1 million kids in Gaza they’re all Hamas?

Israeli soldier: Yeah.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C7hBkC8cqZM

I thought this was what The Hague was for.

#israel #palestine #gaza #apartheid #warCrimes #ethnicCleansing #genocide #TheHague

JoshuaHolland, 2 days ago to journalism

I read a Politico piece that referred to students walking out to demand a ceasefire as an “antisemitic incident.”

This stuff tells people that there’s no shame in being called an antisemite and that perhaps reports of real antisemitic incidents are overblown. Just makes the world more dangerous for Jews. #media #gazaprotests #antisemitism

aral, 2 days ago to apple

On this holy day of The #Apple Event, I find myself writing the following comment in my code after trying to run my app on a #Mac:

/**
Metadata about the database itself.

This is inlined here instead of being kept in its own Database.js file like all the other model classes so as not to leave our friends who have Appleⓡ Macⓡ devices that cannot differentiate between database.js (this file) and Database.js (that file).

Perhaps when Apple becomes a Gazillion billion-dollar company…
*/

aral, 2 days ago to random

Israel insists it has a right to defend itself from ceasefire agreements

https://www.normalisland.co.uk/p/israel-insists-it-has-a-right-to

Prime satire. Read & weep.

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‘…Israel said no to the deal that would have freed the hostages because it wants to free the hostages. If you question this reasoning, it’s because you are Hamas.’

‘The US doesn’t mind supporting genocide, but it draws the line at being unable to plausibly deny genocide.’

‘Twelve of AIPAC’s most reasonable politicians have taken the step of blackmailing the ICC’

RadicalGraffiti, 2 days ago to random

"When the rich make it unaffordable to eat, Eat the Rich!"
Spotted in Burnie, Tasmania

aral, 2 days ago to Israel

If you’re tired of hearing about the genocide in Gaza, just imagine how tired the Palestinians are of dying from it.

#israel #palestine #gaza #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #eurovision #boycottEurovision

paninid, 2 days ago to random

The #InformationWars precede the #WaterWars.
https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/112399989793545485