my #followfriday🧵 for 5/16 (because i'm bored)
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First of all, an amazing artist:
@dustrial.net (not on masto directly unfortunately)
dustrial.net/ <-- store, go help them (**this is unpaid**, and i only own things from them with my own money)
Some examples of my favorite designs:
Doppio divieto di balneazione sulla costa apuoversiliese
Il provvedimento è scattato ieri nel comune di Camaiore e di Massa a seguito delle analisi eseguite da Arpat il 13 maggio. In entrambi i casi interessa una porzione molto ridotta di litorale.
There should be no billionaires. But if you're going to be a billionaire, giving out two million dollars in cash money--$1000 each to the graduates of Bridgewater State in MA--is a small thing you can do.
Spotted here (also mentioned in the Boston Globe).
bsky.app/profile/ryancordell.o…
They didn't mention that he was going to be the graduation speaker beforehand because this is the fourth year he's done this at a state school in Massachusetts.
only $1.00 from King Novelty Co (1951)
YES, 🇪🇺 EU, PLEASE 🙏🏼 STOP 🛑 THE GENOCIDE.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calls Israel a ‘genocidal state’ in Parliament today.
He also stated that the Spanish government will NOT trade with Israel.
This is the way.
A high school freshman track athlete took second place behind a trans athlete, and a Republican leader used the situation to push hateful propaganda. The girl responds:
"I don't feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points... No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby."
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REI’s anniversary sale is dropping prices on Garmin watches and other great gear
https://www.theverge.com/tech/668088/rei-anniversary-sale-2025-garmin-watch-inreach-stoves-water-filters-deal-sale?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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REI’s anniversary sale is dropping prices on Garmin watches and other gear
REI’s anniversary sale includes deals on a number of our favorite outdoor gadgets, including Garmin watches, the InReach Mini 2, LifeStraw filters, and more.Sheena Vasani (The Verge)
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X X^t can be faster
Link: arxiv.org/abs/2505.09814
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
$XX^{t}$ Can Be Faster
We present a new algorithm RXTX that computes product of matrix by its transpose $XX^{t}$. RXTX uses $5\%$ less multiplications and additions than State-of-the-Art and achieves accelerations even for small sizes of matrix $X$.arXiv.org
Donald greenlights firearm attachments that turn rifles into murder sprees while pretending to champion safety; this grotesque cynicism endangers communities for his base’s applause. www.rawstory.com/tru...
Expert gobsmacked as Trump pus...
Expert gobsmacked as Trump pushes through 'by far most dangerous' act yet: report
The sale of bump-stocks, a device which enables regular firearms to fire like machine guns, will be permitted by the Trump administration, NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilanian reported Friday.Krystina Alarcon Carroll (Raw Story)
@motori
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Renault protagonista a Roland-Garros 2025 con la 4 Savane 4x4 Concept e la 5 Turbo 3E. Innovazione, sportività e mobilità sostenibile in primo piano.
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#motori #auto
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NEW RELEASE!
No Treason by Lysander Spooner
Lawyer and political philosopher Lysander Spooner presents his case for the invalidity of the United States Constitution. #philosophy #ebook
Find it here: standardebooks.org/ebooks/lysa…
Depois disto e das trapalhadas com a #Spinumviva e o IRS Jovem, não tenho dúvidas que quem votar AD no próximo domingo só pode ser apelidado de P A T E TA (vulgo, PATETA):
"A queda da economia portuguesa de 0,5% no primeiro trimestre foi o segundo pior desempenho em cadeia na zona euro, revelou o Eurostat. Entre todos os países que divulgaram números até ao momento, só três registaram uma contração nos primeiros três meses de 2025: Eslovénia (-0,8%), Portugal (-0,5%) e Hungria (-0,2%). Na ponta oposta da tabela sobressaem Irlanda (3,2%), Chipre (1,3%) e Polónia (0,7%). A Alemanha deixou para trás as quedas e conseguiu subir 0,2%, depois da contração de -0,2% no último trimestre de 2024. O PIB da zona euro avançou 0,3%, tal como no conjunto da União Europeia. Na variação homóloga, onde Portugal esteve positivo (1,6%), o PIB dos países da moeda única manteve o ritmo com que terminou o ano passado (1,2%). Irlanda (10,9%), Polónia (3,8%) e Lituânia (3,2%) registaram os melhores desempenhos. Eslovénia (-0,8%) e Áustria (-0,7%) foram os piores."
expresso.pt/semanario/primeiro…
#Portugal #Economia #Crise #AD #PSD #Montenegro
PIB teve 2º pior resultado do euro
Só três países recuaram no primeiro trimestre. Apenas a Eslovénia fez pior do que PortugalExpresso
Friesland for Palestine, DEblokkeerfriezen (bron)
Wij trekken een rode lijn!
Op zondag 1 juni vormen we een levende rode lijn door Leeuwarden, om een vuist te maken tegen de gruwelijkheden in Gaza.
Er vindt een genocide plaats, en onze regering staat het toe.
Wij eisen een fundamentele koerswijziging van de politiek om oorlogsmisdaden, etnische zuiveringen en genocide niet langer toe te staan.
En daar hebben we jou bij nodig!
Kom op 1 juni, de Dag van het Kind, om 11.45 naar de fontein op het Stationsplein in Leeuwarden. Kom in het rood gekleed!
We vormen hand in hand een zo lang mogelijke lijn, startend bij de fontein.
Om 11.59 maken we een minuut lang een oorverdovend kabaal om te laten weten: wij pikken het niet meer! Stop de genocide!
We blijven na de lawaaiminuut hand in hand staan tot 12:05.
Sluit je aan bij de rode lijn, en laat zien dat ook jij het niet meer accepteert!
In het kort:
Wat: een levende rode lijn
Wanneer: zondag 1 juni om 11:45
Waar: start fontein LOVE Stationsplein, Leeuwarden.
Waarom: wij willen een einde aan de genocide!
Wat heb je nodig: een rood kledingstuk of deken, iets om lawaai mee te maken.
Voor wie: iedereen die de boodschap steunt.
Craig Hockenberry (@chockenberry@mastodon.social)
We've entered day 10 of waiting for a TestFlight beta app review on macOS. Have tried all the tricks, like submitting new builds, but there has been absolutely no movement.Mastodon
Pächter des Veranstaltgszentrums in Marl lässt afd nicht mehr in seine Räume nach Gesprächen mit der Spd Marl-Sinsen. Genervt war die Nachbarschaft von Straßensperren, Hundertschaften, Demonstrant*innen während der afd- Veranstaktungen
recklinghaeuser-zeitung.de/mar…
Marl: AfD darf nicht mehr ins Eventzentrum Betreiber sperrt Partei aus
Die AfD wird künftig keine Veranstaltungen mehr im Eventzentrum.NRW Marl-Sinsen durchführen. Das kündigt Hallenpächter Hüseyin Yigitoglu an.Martina Möller (Medienhaus Bauer GmbH & Co. KG)
KIOXIA and Linus Media Group Set World Record for Pi Calculation
Linus Tech Tips has just set the world record for calculating the most digits of pi, at 300,000,000,000,000 (three hundred trillion), breaking the former record of 202 trillion set in 2024.
the video they made about it if you're interested.
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Data General Debug Pt29 - Software Writing Workflow Documenting - LIVE
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samedi 17 à 14h, Place Stalingrad, Paris
agendamilitant.org/a6461 #Palestine
Rassemblement pour une paix juste et durable entre Palestiniens et Israéliens
Attention / Changement de lieu de départ / la manifestation partira à 14h de la place Roubaix à Gare du Nord À Gaza le génocide se déroule sous nos yeux. Exigeons des sanctions contre Israël (…)L'Agenda Militant Indépendant
![The western jackdaw measures 34–39 centimetres (13–15 in) in length and weighs around 240 grams (8.5 oz) Most of the plumage is a shiny black, with a purple (in subspecies monedula and spermologus) or blue (in subspecies cirtensis and soemmerringii) sheen on the crown forehead, and secondaries, and a green-blue sheen on the throat, primaries, and tail. The cheeks, nape and neck are light grey to greyish-silver, and the underparts are slate-grey. The legs are black, as is the short stout bill the length of which is about 75% of the length of the rest of the head There are rictal bristles covering around 40% of the maxilla and 25% of the lower mandible The irises of adults are greyish or silvery white while those of juveniles are light blue, becoming brownish before whitening at around one year of age The sexes look alike though the head and neck plumage of male birds fades more with age and wear, particularly just before moulting Western jackdaws undergo a complete moult from June to September in the western parts of their range, and a month later in the east.[28] The purplish sheen of the cap is most prominent just after moulting](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/46311130 "The western jackdaw measures 34–39 centimetres (13–15 in) in length and weighs around 240 grams (8.5 oz) Most of the plumage is a shiny black, with a purple (in subspecies monedula and spermologus) or blue (in subspecies cirtensis and soemmerringii) sheen on the crown forehead, and secondaries, and a green-blue sheen on the throat, primaries, and tail. The cheeks, nape and neck are light grey to greyish-silver, and the underparts are slate-grey. The legs are black, as is the short stout bill the length of which is about 75% of the length of the rest of the head There are rictal bristles covering around 40% of the maxilla and 25% of the lower mandible The irises of adults are greyish or silvery white while those of juveniles are light blue, becoming brownish before whitening at around one year of age The sexes look alike though the head and neck plumage of male birds fades more with age and wear, particularly just before moulting Western jackdaws undergo a complete moult from June to September in the western parts of their range, and a month later in the east.[28] The purplish sheen of the cap is most prominent just after moulting")
Anyone inclined to read some very basic textbook on anthropology to understand the timeline of the formation of the state could get such a textbook right here online for free
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8.3 Centralized Societies: Chiefdoms and States - Introduction to Anthropology | OpenStax
Anthropologists refer to those with formal, inherited positions of community leadership as chiefs. Over time, a chief can expand their dominion to incor...openstax.org
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This is not the sharpest photo I’ve ever taken. But I’m amazed that it exists. Three years ago, I bought a 5x7 Press Graflex SLR. It’s a beast. It takes a less common type of film holder, and it’s taken me all this time to actually find some. So this morning, I finally got to shoot with this monster. It’s not in great shape. The tensioner is wonky and doesn’t display the correct number. The spring back isn’t as firmly attached as it should be. The aperture on the lens is messed up and only adjusts a little, probably between f/5.6 and 8, near as I can tell. But I got a photo out of it anyway (I got another one, but it’s more out of focus and has a light leak, so I’m not sharing that one). When I get some money, I am definitely going to have this camera serviced. It used to belong to a photographer who worked as a research chemist at Kodak, Grant Haist. I look forward to making it work again and putting it to good use.
All the "Biden decline cover-up" coverage just seems wild in the context of the current president's obvious decline (which isn't being reported on).
Trump and FIFA’s Infantino bond in the Mideast ahead of next year’s World Cup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/16/trump-world-cup-fifa-infantino/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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In case you missed it, Microsoft just cancelled the email account of the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor because Trump doesn't like them:
➡️ floss.social/@danslerush/11451…
It's really risky to depend on centralised tech firms based in countries with authoritarian regimes. I know people wish it wasn't true, but this is the reality we live in.
You can mitigate this risk by running your own online services. You don't need to be rich or techy to do it nowadays:
Grow Your Own Services – A beginner's guide to creating your own little corner of the Internet
growyourown.services
Incredible (but predictable) : #Microsoft has blocked the International Criminal Court's access (#ICC) to its services on the orders of the #Trump mafia.Read that carefully : an international organisation that has no presence in the United States and no US legal rights has had its work tools blocked simply because it disagrees with the Trump administration. 🚩
Get the hell out of it right now.
› apnews.com/article/icc-trump-s…
#Facism #Autocraty #Criminal #BigTech
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she might hate me for shouting her out, but everybody needs her kind of unhinged in their life.
she's lovely, dangerous, smart, good-way-tragic, and never stops posting. i love her for it. 💙
sorry not sorry Medea
find her here:
@MedeaVanamode
(edit: fixed stuff at her request, sorry)
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another artist, this time a photog
Gareth takes some of the most amazingly human portraits and also floral life. his use of color, light, and framing is just fucking superb.
find him here:
@garethwi
a few of his florals i *adore*:
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Cryptica is my one of my favorite mixes... tarot, tech, and shitposts. overall cool human. if you like me, you'll like them.
they (can't find pronouns) make tarot decks, FUCKING TAROT DECKS
find my favorite sentient icosahedron here:
@cryptica
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sigh... actual #infosec time? yea, i'm thinking it's infosec time.
Xavier has a weekly newsletter called Infosec Mashup and it's definitely worth a follow. he's had stuff in the Mashup that i hadn't seen elsewhere a few times now.
find and follow him here:
@0x58
find Infosec Mashup, the newsletter, here:
infosec-mashup.santolaria.net/
X’s InfoSec Newsletter
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in reply to despair.log analyzer • • •my #followfriday🧵 for 5/16 (because i'm bored)
6/6 - final one
now for a criminally underfollowed account, even if he has more followers than me:
i have to nominate Nullstring, who's basically my internet big brother
he would:
- fistfight a cop, including reaching for the sidearm, to protect a trans person going to the restroom they felt most comfortable
- bite a HOA demon's throat out for someone who needed a place to rest
- go to war with history for someone trying to survive it (and does often)
- chase a southern heritage facebook admin into a Cracker Barrel with a machete, yelling "for what? ... state's rights for what, Barbra? say it."
i would literally go to a real, hot war next to him. i am not joking.
NULLSTRING, YOU AMAZING FUCK, NEVER STOP POSTING. I'LL HAVE TO HUNT YOU DOWN... and do a wellness check because god herself couldn't stop you from yelling into timelines.
follow him here (do it, now):
@0x00string
reciepts - from literally only a few hours ago:
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in reply to Nullstring 🏴☠️ • • •so... are the three of us going to make a bar basement fight club first, or just skip to the inevitable end?
(THIS IS A JOKE! I DON'T KNOW YOU! PRANK CALLER! PRANK CALLER!)
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