i like how there's numerous multi-paragraph articles on why #mastodon failed to explode in popularity as /the/ twitter successor, even when it was the only viable twitter-like alternative in the early post-musk exodus days
when in reality you don't need multiple paragraphs to explain why that didn't happen, you just need one sentence: it was too complicated for the average user to figure out.
bam, that's it.
As a proud member of the Frozen Pizza Fan Club, I *cannot* support this post!
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Leah (@leah@chaos.social)
#AI is killing the joy I feel with a lot of things lately. That's not a great feeling. But you can explain it if you compare AI with frozen pizza. https://leah.is/posts/ai_is_killing_joy/chaos.social
Anniversaire de la Nakba : dans la rue contre le génocide et la criminalisation du soutien à la Palestine !
77 ans après la Nakba, de nombreuses organisations appellent à manifester ce samedi en soutien au peuple Palestinien, alors que le génocide entre dans une nouvelle phase et que les puissances impérialistes durcissent la criminalisation de la solidari…Raji Samuthiram (Revolution Permanente)
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Dal sito #notiziescientifiche
@scienza
Una nuova tecnica sviluppata da ricercatori cinesi permette di datare con precisione il ghiaccio antartico vecchio fino a 1,5 milioni di anni usando solo un chilogrammo di campione. Lo studio [leggi tutto]
Una nuova tecnica rivela l'età di ghiacci antartici con incredibile precisione
Una nuova tecnica sviluppata da ricercatori cinesi permette di datare con precisione il ghiaccio antartico vecchio fino a 1,5 milioni di anni usando solo un chilogrammo di campione. Lo studio è stato pubblicato su Nature Communications[1].Notizie scientifiche.it
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New Orleans Inmates Escape: What We Know
Details about when the escape occurred or how many individuals are unaccounted for remain unclear.Gabe Whisnant (Newsweek)
When one Spanish premier has more balls than all the Belgian governments put together.
#spain #fuckisrael #palestine #boycottisrael
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Spanish premier calls Israel 'genocidal state,' says Spain 'does not do business' with it
Pedro Sanchez reportedly uses genocidal state term for Israel for 1st time - Anadolu Ajansıwww.aa.com.tr
New on Disney+ Canada: June 2025
https://mobilesyrup.com/2025/05/16/new-on-disney-canada-june-2025/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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New on Disney+ Canada: June 2025
Highlights include The Bear (Season 4), Marvel's Ironheart and a new Predator movie.Bradly Shankar (MobileSyrup)
An Israeli air strike hits Gaza every four minutes
Israeli newspaper Maariv is reporting that an Israeli air strike hit Gaza on average every four minutes today.
The outlet noted that the rate of air strikes is higher than that recorded on the eve of Israel’s ground operation in October 2023, when the war broke out.
Live: Israel strikes Yemen as more than 100 Palestinians killed across Gaza
Israel intensifies its bombardment of Gaza, targets ports in Houthi-controlled region of Yemen.Urooba Jamal (Al Jazeera)
Revolut°Permanente🚩 Anniversaire de la Nakba : dans la rue contre le génocide et la criminalisation du soutien à la Palestine ! 🚩RP #Nakba #Palestine #Solidarité #Génocide #Manifestation
Anniversaire de la Nakba : dan...
Anniversaire de la Nakba : dans la rue contre le génocide et la criminalisation du soutien à la Palestine !
77 ans après la Nakba, de nombreuses organisations appellent à manifester ce samedi en soutien au peuple Palestinien, alors que le génocide entre dans une nouvelle phase et que les puissances impérialistes durcissent la criminalisation de la solidari…Raji Samuthiram (Revolution Permanente)
Revolut°Permanente🚩 Génocide : Israël bombarde et tue 74 gazaouis au lendemain de la commémoration de la Nakba 🚩RP #Génocide #Palestine #Gaza #Israël #Nakba
Génocide : Israël bombarde et ...
Génocide : Israël bombarde et tue 74 gazaouis au lendemain de la commémoration de la Nakba
Au moins 74 personnes ont été tuées aujourd'hui par les bombardements israéliens sur la bande de Gaza, le lendemain de la commémoration de la Nakba. Des dizaines de victimes seraient actuellement piégées sous les décombres.Lou Madec (Revolution Permanente)
Zittende pijproker en twee onderbenen, Dirck Hals, 1622 - 1627
brush in brown with oil containing paint, hightened with white over a sketch with black chalk, h 277mm × w 178mm
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#rijksmuseum #musea #collection #art #mastodonart #mastoart #random
Australia Holds Another Round of Parliamentary Elections
On May 3 of this year, Australia held general elections for its bicameral parliament. The Labor Party, led by current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese,Владимир Терехов (New Eastern Outlook)
The Trump Memecoin Dinner Winners Are Getting Rid of Their Coins
https://www.wired.com/story/the-trump-memecoin-dinner-winners-are-getting-rid-of-their-coins/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Crypto and bitcoin @crypto-and-bitcoin-WIRED
Letras cervantinas en cerámica, en la plaza de la Constitución de Puerto Lápice.
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#fotografía #photography #arquitectura #architecture #rural #arte #art #colors #PuertoLápice #CiudadReal
On 14 May, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revoked the accreditation of the anti-doping laboratory in Bloemfontein, South Africa, due to its inability to satisfactorily address multiple non-conformities against the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL).
wada-ama.org/en/news/wada-revo…
#doping #cleansport #antidoping #datajournalism
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Everett Rudolph: I’m a brand new activist—here’s what got me to join others in the streets
As a lifelong conservative, my turn to activism has given me insights into what we can do to bring others like me into the movement.Vox Populi
The idea of that young people lack grit, or need to build resilience as part of their education, as a way of seeking to reverse the mental health crisis among out young people is really just more 'victim blaming';
we need not just to support young people but ask: what is it about modern life (in the UK) that causes such anguish & mental health difficulties?
Otherwise we are just trying to deal with the symptom(s) not the cause of the problem.
#MentalHealth #politics
theguardian.com/education/2025…
‘Grit’ no substitute for better mental health funding for pupils in England, say experts
As education secretary unveils £49m for school-based support and calls for ‘grit’, charity says many children have significant treatment needsRichard Adams (The Guardian)
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@marjolica yes, I found that annoying too tbh.
The chart is from unicef.org/innocenti/reports/c… under "Academic skills" so you can hover over the others.
(And I fear I am distracting from @ChrisMayLA6 key point: the mental health crisis among our youth. Though IMHO their education certainly is a factor)
@jeroen fow completeness here's the graph but showing all the countries labels, not just every other one, on the X-axis.
I assume the version with only every other country label shown was taken from an excel spreadsheet graph of the data, where it is possible to make this sort of mistake, and not just a screenshot from the unicef report.
Una Marcia Globale per Gaza: il 15 giugno per rompere l’assedio
Migliaia di cittadini, gruppi e ONG di 22 paesi uniscono le forze nella “March to Gaza”, prevista per il 15 giugno al confine di Rafah. L’obiettivo: aprire corridoi umanitari, porre fine all’occupazione israeliana e ricostruire Gaza.Redazione PeaceLink (PeaceLink)
How Fuel Demand Is Driving Up the Price of Ice Cream
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-05-16/how-fuel-demand-is-driving-up-the-price-of-ice-cream-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Apple Denies Blocking ‘Fortnite’ From EU Stores in Epic Dispute
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/apple-denies-blocking-fortnite-from-eu-stores-in-epic-dispute?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Opinion | Summers at the pool
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/16/edith-pritchett-cartoon-summer-pool/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words
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The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words
In 2004, John Conway and Alexander Soifer, both working on mathematics at Princeton University, submitted to the American Mathematical Monthly what they believed was 'a new world record in the number of words in a [math] paper.' Soifer explains:OC (Openculture.com)
In Istanbul, Russia plays chess while the West is stuck in make-believe
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/5/16/in-istanbul-russia-plays-chess-while-the-west-is-stuck-in-make-believe?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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In Istanbul, Russia plays chess while the West is stuck in make-believe
The war can only end on Moscow’s terms. The West’s inability to accept this harsh reality keeps Ukraine bleeding.Leonid Ragozin (Al Jazeera)
Ich sag's wie's ist: Es ist ungemein beruhigend, kein Windows mehr zu nutzen.
‘Everybody’s Business’ Talks Tariffs, Inventories and Santa’s Lists
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-16/-everybody-s-business-podcast-from-businessweek-talks-tariffs-inflation?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Economics @economics-bloomberg
The image shows a mobile phone screen displaying a "Locked Out" message from Discord. The screen is predominantly black with a blue and gray interface. At the top, there is a red padlock icon, a settings icon, and a close button. The main message reads "Locked Out" with a subtitle stating "Discord is blocked by the following lockouts." Below this, there is a blue box with the heading "No Discord," indicating a 15-day, 22-hour, and 38-minute lockout period from 7:50 AM on May 15, 2025, to 8:21 AM on June 1, 2025. Two blue buttons are available: "Take 5m break" and "End early." At the bottom, there is a gray box titled "Emergency Access," explaining that temporary access can be gained for 30 seconds with a 5-minute wait between uses. A blue "Emergency" button is also present. The status bar at the top shows the time as 9:43 AM, the battery level at 53%, and the network signal strength.
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Hips Don’t Ride: NJ Transit Strike Leaves Shakira Fans Fuming
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/nj-transit-strike-shakira-and-beyonce-fans-commuters-fume-over-chaos?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Chemical spill turns Brazilian lake blue and kills fish
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/5/16/chemical-spill-turns-brazilian-lake-blue-and-kills-fish?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Chemical spill turns Brazilian lake blue and kills fish
A chemical spill in the city of Jundiaí has turned a lake bright blue, killing fish and dyeing local wildlife.Al Jazeera
MIT Says It No Longer Stands Behind Student's AI Research Paper - Slashdot
MIT said Friday it can no longer stand behind a widely circulated paper on AI written by a doctoral student in its economics program.science.slashdot.org
🍂Commission Info🍂
Tonight is my last commission opening for a while, and at my current prices.
I’ll reopen once I’ve cleared my current queue, sometime in July.
I’ll post more info after Confuzzled ^^
#UnasArt #furry #furryart #furryartist #furryartwork #UnaPanthera #commission #illustration #characterillustration
Producer of potential reality show in which immigrants complete to be U.S. citizens says “This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants... This is not, ‘Hey, if you lose, we are shipping you out on a boat out of the country.’”
BREAKING NEWS!!
11 inmates escaped a New Orleans prison Friday afternoon!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews
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in reply to Martinus Hoevenaar • • •It would be slightly better if it was true that our state does not do business with them... but, sadly, reality does not match that statement.
Not only does Spain keep trading with Israel (although I suppose the amount of trade is decreasing), but a big part of that trade is weapons.
elsaltodiario.com/industria-ar…
Las relaciones armamentísticas de España e Israel han sido “más lucrativas que nunca” desde octubre de 2023
www.elsaltodiario.com