Is there a way to keep from seeing boosts of posts that were already on my timeline from showing up as new posts? Like a story that was posted yesterday and I already saw yesterday, someone else I'm following boosts it and the same post pops back to the top of my timeline. And then if someone […]

Today is exactly twelve years since RFC 7528: "Pervasive Monitoring Is an Attack" https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7258.txt

This 1974 cartoon of the ILLIAC IV would seem very at home today. #ai #computerhistory https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/supercomputers/10/160/279?position=0

I'm like this with everything tbh. Whenever the world gets scary I gotta go nuts-and-bolts and do Repairman Things With My Hands which is why lately I've been most enjoying working on, like, bikes, 20-year-old ereaders, solar panels, all stuff that's either low-power or make-power I've talked […]

The #fcc ULS system that I need to access to renew my #hamradio license is .... shoddy. About every third page gives me a "permission denied" error until I clear my browser cookies, and a selection of links give me a popup saying "please enable java before clicking this link". And its all […]

🤩 Now available online: @_elena ’s wonderful keynote speech at the #2MR festival: „I have a dream“ – A view of the Open Social Web in 5 years 👉 https://watch.2mr.social/w/k3ngQ8Xr3ANRXe6D8YGP4Y > To me, the #fediverse is the best, most empowering #socialmedia experience that I have ever had […]

The All-Drug Olympics is now real. https://latenighter.com/features/saturday-night-live-all-drug-olympics-predicted-enhanced-games/ #drugs #sports #doping

Did you ever notice that that other platform's logo is a dead butterfly? #fediverse https://www.emilydamstra.com/please-enough-dead-butterflies/

Tom Gauld in New Scientist, last year

Chicago, 1980. A coordinated effort of law enforcement agencies using split-second timing, good old-fashioned police work, and (approved) unnecessary violence led to the capture and arrest of Jake and Elwood Blues - the Blues Brothers. The operation, though successful, was not without cost - […]

Trump needs his #ballroom because there was some violence near him. Also, since he plays so much golf and there was violence when was golfing, the ballroom needs to include a mini-golf course.

#fedle #7 3/6 🟩🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 https://fedle.fedilab.app/share/252

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-meow-mrrp-00.html #ietf #meow

I am unreasonably happy that the #libreoffice bug I reported was upgraded from "normal" to "major" severity.

The thing I love and fear about #math is how many straightforward mathy questions have analytical answers that lead on to many, many more questions. For example, anyone who flies these days in the US knows that you can't take a full water bottle on a plane. So you empty it out before security […]

Listen to the pretty girls from "Headline Newds" - #solar is good! https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/08/are-onlyfans-models-the-best-way-to-explain-the-climate-crisis https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRL7rnahCMV01tsWZ7V90P7-XxCAoa4Kp&si=PtAq4bMEknMkWKDm

The ship from R&S "Space Madness" looks an awful lot like Planet Express ship. #renandstimpy #spacemadness #futurama

I feel old. > But I was there, Gandalf. 3000 years ago. Talkers. MUDs. MOOs. IRC. FTP, Archie, Veronica, Gopher. I remember being amused when “HTTP has now overtaken FTP as the most popular protocol on the Internet.” https://lobste.rs/s/v7r423/where_can_i_find_old_internet#c_z5eqm9

How did I not know about this important holiday? https://nationaltoday.com/dont-go-to-work-unless-its-fun-day/

#ai tractor company shuts down. https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/monarch-ai-tractor-failure-22183476.php I'm reminded of the late-stage dot-coms. WebVan would absolutely have been an AI company.

Felt that temblor out in El Granada. #earthquake

My TODO list: * Research FOSS Todo list software * Choose software * Identify requirements not met by chosen software * Find or implement extensions to meet my requirements * Read documentation on software * Redesign personal workflow to utilize software * Track down all my extant Todo lists […]

Listen, with due respect to all those experts on social change theory out there posting their optimistic treatises about #nokings, I think something else really needs to be said. As most know, I support @indivisibleteam and participated in every #nokings event. And I will again. But I do that […]

I’m rewatching old Star Trek episodes to see which ones pass the B’kdel Test: (1) Two named Klingons (2) Talking to each other (3) About something other than honor

Liza Donnelly Drawings To Use for No Kings Day! #nokings #nokings3 https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/i-offer-you-several-drawings-to-use

A song to sing while protesting this weekend. “Let’s turn the screws, you perverts bound to lose” Bette Midler Updates Woody Guthrie’s ‘All You Fascists Bound To Lose’ #Politics #BetteMidler #NoKings […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Mastodon is making its decentralized social network easier to use with its latest revamp https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/mastodon-is-making-its-decentralized-social-network-easier-to-use-with-its-latest-revamp/

A jury in Los Angeles has found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts in a landmark social media trial, awarding the plaintiff $3 million. Here's more from NBC. https://flip.it/1sLZy6 #technology #tech #socialmedia #meta #youtube

No Kings 3 is this weekend. Everyone should get out and protest, wave a sign, chant, sing, and generally let other people know that they are not alone in being frustrated and scared by the growing authoritarian regime. Just remember: the protest is not the end goal. It is a means to find your […]

A game about your browser fingerprint, and profiling yourself? https://clickclickclick.click #click #privacy

"Prompt critical" is "things go boom." "Prompt engineering" is, uh .... *sweats profusely* #PromptEngineering #ai

Is there a way to query or plot over time how much activity there is on my home feed? #FediQuestion #mastodon #fedilab

How to talk to people having second thoughts, maybe https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2026/03/19/leaving-maga-rich-logis-how-to-help/89191696007/ #leavingmaga

This is the article I’m sending young women who work in emergency management when they tell me they have imposter syndrome. I promise you are infinitely more capable than the men running FEMA.

Trump compares US attack on Iran to Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. That ended up great for Japan, right? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/19/trump-compares-iran-strikes-pearl-harbor/89229137007/ #nowar #iran

Do read this transcript, related to efforts of the federal judiciary in New Jersey to ensure a lawfully appointed U.S. Attorney there. Undercovered situation. Read the entire document, I promise it is worth it. #lawfedi https://drive.proton.me/urls/W0SC1NJEF0#ZEJkbLqnOBEn 1/

Leprechauns may have started as Roman priests running naked through the streets. Yes, really. Most of us picture a tiny guy in green with a pot of gold, but in older Irish tradition, leprechauns wore red and lived under water. The word itself has changed so much […] [Original post on zirk.us]

Billionaire rich jerk CEO demonstrates he's a rich jerk by firing employee who called him a rich jerk. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atlassian-says-had-fire-engineer-153357386.html

A terrific new resource for fighting ICE and protesting the companies making millions by serving ICE. https://unplugice.org/

I don't mind all that much being asked on a form I'm filling out my gender identity ("How would you describe yourself") or my sexual orientation ("Which of the following best represents how you think of yourself?") even if I find the language a bit odd. But "What sex were you assigned at birth […]

I used to have an imaginary friend. Then I got a real friend. Together, they're a complex friendship. #dadjokes #math

NPR reports on #bellingcat work showing that the US bombed schoolgirls. https://www.npr.org/2026/03/08/nx-s1-5739395/iran-school-airstrike-tomahawk-missile-trump #nowar

The prospect of more armed robots is terrifying. Still, I like that they at least gave it "angry eyes." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62662gzlp8o #robots #terminator #nofate

Why is so much of whats happening in the world now seeming like old sci-fi shows? The Outer Limits, "Hearts and Minds" "Our government knew they couldn't convince us to fight a war just to protect their profits, so they transformed human miners into aliens, and made them enemies in our own […]

My god, AT&T's support for POTS lines is awful. Support webpage says to call their 800 number. 800 number offers to send a link to their support webpage. Eventually tries to connect me to a service representative, and they have technical issues and cannot connect me to a representative, please […]