The space catapult (aka mass driver) is not the crazy part. Humans have built lots of complex things *when there's an economic reason to build them*. Datacenters on the Moon are not it. At least not until most of Canada is datacenters.

I need some help from the @Mastodon experts, please. Does #Mastodon support AVIF link previews? I’m trying to figure out if root cause of a problem is my use of AVIF or my Cloudflare firewall rules. Thanks!

FediTip: When creating a new post, it's a good idea to make sure that your post is set to the language in which you are writing. Doing so makes it possible for language translation to work in the reader's home instance. #feditips #mastodon

Barack Obama: "It is important for us to recognize the unprecedented nature of what ICE was doing in Minneapolis, St. Paul, the way that federal agents — ICE agents — were being deployed, without any clear guidelines, training, pulling people out of their homes … tear-gassing crowds simply who […]

⚡ THE BLACKMAIL MACHINE Epstein didn't run a trafficking ring. He ran an intelligence operation. FBI informant testified under oath: Epstein shared footage with foreign intelligence agencies. The cameras recorded presidents, princes, billionaires, and CEOs — in rooms with underage girls […]

Perhaps there are other factors at play? #graphicdesign #typography #humor #humour

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading. Now we’ve got mumps rolling up. Expect more. This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

🎵🎵🎵🎵 It's gonna be bad It's gonna be wrong It's gonna feel... good Marching the hat machines Into the sun

Like the rule at my wife's old student co-op (sex in public is public sex), a speakerphone conversation in public is a public speakerphone conversation. Feel free to chime in! https://mastodon.social/@EdCates/116070076420206855

in the future can we refer to uncritically publishing slop as "making an ars of yourself"

having so much fun with this vibe coding what used to take me two or three hours can now be done in a single day

Love my city #chicago

Industrial #ArtDeco, at its finest! This abandoned powerplant plant control room in Hungary was powered down decades ago. The oval room is lit by an immense skylight, which casts dramatic light across the original green metal control panels. These walls remain […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Remember the big blackout in SF? And how we were curious about why the ballet had generators and the rest of the neighborhood was in the darkness for days? Turns out the mayor personally requested for it for his daughter’s performance […]

"We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done," journalist Garrett Graff wrote: "A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever."" -Heather […]

A classic Episode #12 - Using Proper English - The Many Uses of the F word https://youtube.com/watch?v=uSEXgQ58AoM&si=yJhI0aVFXuzHi_lB

You want a "trad wife" ? Me too! Who wouldn't want someone who deferred to their judgement, cooked and cleaned, ... (and the one I find most tempting: organized their notes and projects and helped them with research and writing books --Oh and help me with my career: be being charming at my work […]

Clearly, Pam Bondi's performance was strategic. It was part of her goal of deflecting attention away from Trump and the fact that his name appears more than a million times in files related to Jeffrey Epstein that were released by the Department of Justice, according to Raskin. She beclowned […]

Occasionally, minor sports leagues spring up to take advantage of the demand for lower priced sporting events in the face of exorbitant prices charged by the major leagues. When taking your family to see a game can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars, it's clear why. Some of these […]

I'm seeing an uptick in follow requests from apparently attractive women who have: * brand new accounts on major instances * short, uplifting bios. Usually happiness, wellness, or related crap * few or no followers * no content Intant block, of course. But it's getting tiresome. #fedi #block […]

But if you read the Times' journalism, the idea that corruption is directly and documentably responsible for most U.S. dysfunction (health care, climate, guns, enshittification), is largely absent. Usually the dysfunction is blamed on ambiguous, causation-free "partisan animus" and "tribalism"

The Art of Motercycle Maintenance (It's a very good book.) #noeffort #repairabookorplay #hashtaggames

Great, specific targeted questions from Vermont Rep. Balint! She asked #PamBondi if her #DOJ had questioned senior Trump officials about their Epstein ties. Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan; Deputy Secretary of War Stephen Feinberg & Commerce Secretary […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

All #spacex does is win, win…win‽ But honestly, this gives #ElonMusk far more power over employees as well as a way to thwart potential strikes. Yes, SpaceX is critical for #america 🇺🇸 & many other nations. But it is also a failure of meaningful competition against the private space agency—not […]

https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #ddos #scrapers #ai

Lyons was asked whether he believed #alexpretti or #reneegood deserved to die. He declined to answer, saying that he could not comment on investigations that were ongoing. While top #immigration officials cite ongoing investigations to tell lawmakers they can’t discuss the #shootings, it’s […]

in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with. this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.

@murena I’m looking for a new phone and am thinking about the Fairphone 6 with e/os. There are however two apps which I really need and I cannot find anywhere if these two apps are working or not. The first app is the MS Authenticator, the second is the Triodos bank app. Does anybody has any […]

RE: https://aus.social/@dgar/116039421598297287 Was #juggling clubs in front of other jugglers doing over the top doubles in the YZ plane. Then one of them noticed that I'd started alternating clockwise and counter clockwise spins. Them: Now you're just showing off Me: it's all showing off.

I don't know who won the football game, and I'm savoring it for the next few hours before that knowledge is thrust upon me. #superbowl

I need to consult confidentially with someone with extensive experience helping people maintain Section 8 housing eligibility in New York. I'm looking for someone with direct knowledge of "If you do <x>, the government will do <y>" for lots of different scenarios. I don't want to just do a […]

What we are seeing right now—Democratic candidates overwhelmingly over-performing in districts all over the country—is a sure sign that in a fair election in November 2026 will be a landslide for Democrats. Trump can't afford for that to happen. Therefore Trump will certainly do everything he […]

It's generous of Italy to have allowed JD Vance back into the country after he killed the Pope.

I have a cold and I feel terrible and why is life

@ChrisMayLA6 @HarriettMB 16 min Boy, these are some interesting times for y’all across the pond there https://youtu.be/gtz57b_9XCc

Ian McClellan reading Shakespeare, on immigration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5cFRQtPbcM #ice #shakespeare

There are lots of satellites here in the southern skies too. But the stars behind the satellites are absolutely incredible! The Milky Way was absurdly bright! The Magellenic Clouds were so easy to see! WOOOOWWWWW

Vet: And what breed is Minna? Me: She is smol void baby. Vet: Excuse me? Me: Sorry. Domestic short hair. Black. #cats #catsofmastodon

For those in the back, if the 4th Amendment doesn’t apply to immigrants, it doesn’t protect any of us. The regime will claim every dwelling has an immigrant.

Trump shocks with ‘disgusting’ Truth post depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-barack-michelle-obama-apes-truth-social-b2915152.html

Omg any of y'all know anyone who knows FPGA coding? I've got 3 different projects which are almost completely stalled because our FPGA engineers keep getting pulled onto other projects because the company can't find more people to hire. Please god we need to hire someone who can code for an FPGA […]

Does anyone believe the powerful people in the Epstein files have stopped abusing women and girls after Epstein's operation was shut down? Was it shut down? Who is doing the trafficking now?

Well, hell. It happened again. Kernel panic. I wonder if my laptop has developed a hardware problem. #linux #fedora #kernelpanic

Does anyone believe the powerful people in the Epstein files have stopped abusing women and girls after Epstein's operation was shut down? Was it shut down? Who is doing the trafficking now?

The Swedish Chef is gonna love this deal. #muppets #bork #humor #humour #typo

A Country for Old Men #sosomovies #hashtaggames

Sane Middle Class Asians #sosomovies #hashtaggames

The Mid Lebowski #sosomovies #hashtaggames