dutchies of fedi, i need your assistancedo you need/know someone who needs a phone? if all goes right i might be giving away my iphone 6s. it's in a working condition, no simlock and wiped off from my data, everything seems to work (though ONLY the phone, i dont have a charger or box for it)
and i thought selling it just isnt worth it and i dont want it to go to a waste
the condition is that I'd rather have you pick it up in person (somewhere public, in Utrecht, for the safety of both sides) rather than have me ship it but thats it
let me know in DMs your discord/signal whatever so we can talk it out more, though again i first need to be assured i can safely give it to someone else
Time to rebuild my follower base from Twitter on Mastodon!
I’m Vidar, founder of Street Art Utopia, curating the most inspiring street art from around the world.
Every new follower who comments here will receive a high-quality street art photo as a thank-you reply! Feel free to request a specific theme for your photo!
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Street art mural depicting R2-D2, the iconic Star Wars droid, offering a bouquet of flowers to a trash can painted to resemble a companion. A small red heart hovers above R2-D2, adding a touch of charm and humor to the piece. The artwork, set against an urban wall, playfully reimagines the characters in a heartwarming scene that brings personality and affection to inanimate objects.
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@streetartutopia Utopia changes the world!
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@wunderboy You get this classic. Climate Change: Tiny ice figurines draw attention to big problem: https://streetartutopia.com/2011/01/27/top-rated-street-art-very-clever-approaching-for-the-subject-of-global-warning-ohhh-my-god-2/
In Berlin, Germany, 1,000 ice sculptures melted under the sun to symbolize the impacts of climate change. This public installation by Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo was organized by WWF Germany to draw attention to a report on Arctic warming risks.
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In Berlin, Germany, 1,000 ice sculptures melted under the sun to symbolize the impacts of climate change. This public installation by Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo was organized by WWF Germany to draw attention to a report on Arctic warming risks. The sculptures, handcrafted to represent the fragility of our environment, poignantly dissolve, highlighting the urgent need for global climate action.
@streetartutopia continue the great work!
Something inspired by Studio Ghiblis Totoro maybe?
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@jhamre Love it! Totoro should have its own blog post!
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Street art mural featuring Totoro, the beloved character from Studio Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro, holding a spray paint can, as if he’s part of the graffiti scene. Totoro is painted in grayscale with his signature big grin and yellow belly. Next to him is a vibrant, colorful graffiti piece in shades of purple, green, and red, adding a playful contrast. The artwork combines pop culture with urban street art, bringing a whimsical twist to the wall.
@streetartutopia cats please
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@acb EASY! I have a blog post about cats and street art. 43 Purrfect Street Art Pieces: https://streetartutopia.com/2024/08/10/street-art-cats-a-collection/
The hard part it to pick one of all the amazing street art with cats...... I pick: Cat by SWIFTMANTIS in Papaioea, New Zealand.
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Large mural by SWIFTMANTIS in Papaioea, New Zealand, depicting a highly realistic and detailed tabby cat gazing into the distance. The mural spans the entire height of a multi-story building, showcasing the cat’s fur textures, expressive green eyes, and whiskers with remarkable accuracy. The surrounding buildings and urban landscape add contrast to the natural beauty of the cat, making it appear as a gentle giant watching over the city. The art captures a sense of calm and curiosity, blending realism with urban surroundings.
@streetartutopia Right about time. 😉 I am not new, but I'm very glad to see you here. 👍
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@MartinaNeumayer I'm happy to hear that! <3
Photo: "One good thing about Music: when it hits you, you feel no pain" by SUNRA ❤ at Rue du petit saint jean in Montpellier, France.
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A dynamic street art piece by SUNRA, located at Rue du petit saint jean in Montpellier, France, depicts a musician strumming a guitar, from which red hearts are flowing out. The artwork, titled 'One good thing about Music: when it hits you, you feel no pain,' captures the powerful and emotive essence of music, set against a plain wall, enhancing its visual impact. A passerby, blurred in motion, is seen dancing to the rhythm, adding a lively element to the scene.
@streetartutopia I'm not a new follower but I really appreciate the beauty your posts bring to my feed. Thank you for your excellent work!
I recently discovered the paintings of Emil Bisttram and I'm kind of obsessed. I don't know if any street artists out there are painting in that sort of "transcendent 1920's modernism" style, but they should!
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@naptowncode Thank you Andy! <3
I would say Matt W. Moore!? This is on of the first photos I posted on my FB page 14 years ago!
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Geometric street art mural by Matt W. Moore featuring vibrant triangular shapes and bold colors. The design includes a variety of overlapping triangles in shades of green, blue, red, pink, orange, purple, black, and white, creating a dynamic pattern that radiates across the wall. The mural is inspired by abstract, geometric art, with a style reminiscent of Emil Bisttram's transcendental compositions. Located on an outdoor wall, the mural brings energy and visual interest to the urban environment.
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@streetartutopia Sweet, that owns. Thanks!
@streetartutopia I ❤️ Street Art Utopia 🎨 ✨️ 😍
Art that is thoughtful, critical, beautiful! You have it all! How do you find it all?
🍜@streetartutopia Welcome to the fediverse ! Enjoy algorithm-free browsing and quality follows.
I happen to enjoy anime-based street art, if you have any 😁 (but if not, feel free to pick anything else !)
@streetartutopia yay and welcome to Mastodon!
@streetartutopia
Painted illusions are my favorite kind of art. Thank you for curating.
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@tanquist EASY! My latest blog post are about that: 14 Street Art 3D Masterpieces You Won’t Believe Are Real: https://streetartutopia.com/2024/11/13/unraveling-the-mystery-of-3d-street-art-a-closer-look-at-anamorphic-masterpieces/
My pick!: Horse by Nikolaj Arndt in Neustadt, Germany.
@streetartutopia Any fox art 🦊?
@streetartutopia No need for any gift, you are the gift ... wellcome ...
@streetartutopia I've been following your account for years on Twitter and now here. Thanks for sharing great artwork!
@streetartutopia Welcome and glad to have you!
@streetartutopia
I love good Street Art. I wish taggers didn't so often spoil them.
@streetartutopia Ukraine Sunflowers?!
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@AnnaAnthro This!
Sunflower Painted in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. By Emic in Belfast, Ireland.
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A striking mural by artist Emic in Belfast, Ireland, depicting a large, detailed sunflower against a dark background. This piece was painted in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, symbolizing strength and resilience. The sunflower, recognized as a national symbol of Ukraine, stands out with its intricate petals and bold, contrasting shades, making a powerful statement on the side of an urban building.
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@streetartutopia Gorgeous!!!
@streetartutopia something related to space-time!
@streetartutopia Welcome to the #fedi homie.
Enjoying what I'm seeing. We've got you over here.
enjoy the music.
Brother
#labr #loveabrotherradio
@streetartutopia and for me, the theme would obviously be something to do with music. Djing or Broadcasting. Do ya thang. lol
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@streetartutopia hi, adding #introduction for reach
@streetartutopia I’m relatively new to Mastodon and social media; I’m here for the insightful conversations, literature, photography, humor, pets,
I will be so grateful to receive a picture related to a rugged coastline like the ones of my place in Newfoundland, still untouched by “ progress” . Utopian, I know 😔 . Thank you and welcome !
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@Hopefulinflorida Easy! My favorite artist (there are some more!!) that work at the coastline have the artist name Näutil.
You get a piece he made in Siouville-Hague, France.
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A captivating mural by Näutil on a beachside bunker in Siouville-Hague, France, features a large, realistic eye. The eye, painted with impressive detail, has a vividly colored iris reflecting a crystalline blue sky, which stands out against the stark, black and white eyelashes. This artwork strikingly contrasts with the natural sandy and oceanic backdrop, drawing the viewer into a deep, introspective gaze. The old bunker, integrated into the artwork, adds a historical depth to the scene, merging history with contemporary art.
@streetartutopia I didn't follow you on Twitter since I never was active there, but welcome on Mastodon ;)
@streetartutopia @hypebot here you go. Welcome! (And StarWars is quite fine)
@streetartutopia
I am looking for something about drinking water infrastructure (i.e., that *doesn't* involve fire hydrants).
@streetartutopia nice!
Would be lovely to see attributions for the artist and/or photographer where possible.
*edit* ah, looking at more of your posts I see that you do! Huzzah, even better 🥰😎
@streetartutopia
Welcome aboard!
We have a wonderful bunch of artists here.
Good luck!
@streetartutopia
Great collection of photos.
Whats up Vidar greetings from Houston Texas! Your work is awesome and I hope to grow my account here too as a refugee from that other awful place! Peace be with you and I hope you enjoy much success!
@streetartutopia A bribe? You got me, you son of a gun. Anything with native themes (american / aboriginal / african / asian tribal)
@streetartutopia Welcome to a post-Xitter world.
@streetartutopia very nice!
And I've got 2 for you, from San Francisco and Grenada.
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Monkey King and companions on the side of a building.. At the left is a drunken looking pig wearing a beret with a tattoo saying Notorious PIG. Then there is Monkey himself: fierce, diamond eyes open, holding a staff made from a water pipe. Behind him is the scripture pilgrim, detached, in formal wear, riding on a dragon horse.
In front is a car parked, and a trash can with some overflowing trash.
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An image of a face on a wall, all done in blue. The face is miserable, holding its head in its hands. The caption reads "Dedicado a las victims invisibles de la Guerra", Dedicated to the invisible victims of War.
@streetartutopia welcome SAU!
@streetartutopia This is a lovely graffiti that you featured here! :) Welcome to Mastodon. ❤️
@streetartutopia love is love is love… happy to help — more art!!! ♥️
@streetartutopia Birds, please
@streetartutopia That’s great. Here’s one from a while back in Glasgow.
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Graffiti of a young woman blowing on a dandelion clock and the seeds turn into wind turbines.
@streetartutopia Do you credit artists and sources?
@streetartutopia I'll take the most dystopian corporate scene possible, thanks.
@streetartutopia @cassana Thanks so much for providing detailed alt text!!! There has been a bot account on here already for a long time that reposts your posts, but it does not use alt text.
@streetartutopia
Ha! Yours is a noble cause. Street art enriches all our lives.
Afternoon. Something rat related please 😀
@philpicton
@streetartutopia
I could use some hope right about now.
@streetartutopia "Feel free to request a specific theme for your photo!"
Ah, something that inspires hope in difficult times would be nice.
@streetartutopia Thank you for using image descriptions 💙
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i need shark origami diagrams that aren't stupidly easy or horribly hard AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Interviewer: What is a linked list?
Interviewee: it’s a data structure used exclusively at job interviews.
Interviewer: ...silence
gotta say, douglas adams prepared me better for our absurd future than isaac asimov. like, spending hours explaining to a replicator AI how to make an excellent cup of tea, only to have the AI then lock up 100% of the ships computers resources mid-battle as it tries to comply with the request, that does seem like an increasingly more plausible scenario than a scientist planning a techno cult centuries in advance to prevent a great calamity
in the air tonight (toxic heavy metal emissions)
Found sidewalk Cubism
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A brown leaf that looks like a pair of lips, beneath a single googly eye on a textured concrete surface
wait, if windows 10 doesn't get copilot, then what the fuck is this shit on my taskbar? this showed up after the latest update
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@eniko It’s a typo, it should be “cope pilot“.
@eniko a promise broken
@eniko Abort Windows*!
*(except for games)
@eniko
It’s an Edge app called CoPilot that ignores your regular CoPilot prevention registry keys and group policies, because it’s a totally separate thing, honest!
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@dcoderlt so it only operates within the edge browser?
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@eniko
It’s an AI assistant you can use in Edge, yeah: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/features/copilot
@eniko Ohshit. They're really going for it these fuckers, aren't they.
apparently its an edge browser app not at all confusingly also called copilot https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/features/copilot
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@eniko "Microsoft corporation rebrands as Copilot Inc, launches Copilot Copilot."
@eniko there's a «we have Copilot at home» terrible joke in there somewhere
@eniko how is it that violence is meant to not be the answer, again?
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@MachineLordZero @eniko Just try to lose some stress by taking up ceramics.
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@eniko Just be straight with me, can I use it with Windows App? Or does it require Windows?
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@winissen I don't understand the question
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@eniko Sorry, just a joke on the renaming of Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Client to Windows App. So now they have Windows, a complete desktop operating system, and Windows App, a lightweight VNC-style client, inexplicably and hilariously (at least to my deranged mind) sharing a name.
@eniko Probably a deliberate marketing thing.
"Hey, windows 10 has shitty copilot, but you could have fancy copilot if you upgrade!"
@eniko No wonder i don't have it. I had disabled Edge outright
@eniko Noticed that and immediately uninstalled, lol no thank you.
@eniko
It's an insult to basic decency
@eniko wait, did that just... apepar today?
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🆕 blog! “Set your domain name as your handle for a BlueSky bot which is bridged from the Fediverse”
If you've found this page, it's because you are me in the future and want to remember these instructions! Create an account on the Fediverse using a domain you control For example @user@bots.example.com Follow th…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/11/set-your-domain-name-as-your-handle-for-a-bluesky-bot-which-is-bridged-from-the-fediverse/
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#BlueSky #bot #fediverse #mastodon
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@shauna did you see this?
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@kisharrington ooh that's neat, a bit of work but neat
to be clear, my recent railing against the consolidation of media does not apply to the onion's purchase of infowars, which is just absolutely mint. pro consolidation on this one. anti in the general case. I contain multitudes.
A first-hand account from the citizen journalist regarding the footage she shot of the Israeli Hooligan attacks that were falsely claimed as #antisemetism by main stream outlets around the world. Funny how the people that claim that dis and misinformation is the problem, all the while the "ministry of truth" is the one actually doing it.
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@lps
Whenever events like this happen, you get instant insight into who runs media organizations. This is much quicker than doing research on their ownership and influence. Any outlet that reported this event as Muslims attacking poor Israelis or hunting Jews is under the control of the Zionist media. Example: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/time-say-goodbye-geert-wilders-weighs-mass-deportations/
Prove me wrong.
The server can now act as a proxy for all image, audio or video media coming from other account's posts (both from the Web UI and the Mastodon API). This way, other servers will see media requests coming from the server IP, not the user's, improving privacy. This is controlled by setting the proxy_media boolean field to server.json to true.
The strict_public_timelines option introduced in the previous release now works correctly.
Fixed a crash when posting from the links browser.
Fixed some repeated images from Lemmy posts.
Fixed a crash when posting an image from the tooot mobile app.
Updated FreeBSD rc script: the server process is now managed by the daemon(8) utility (contributed by @stefano@bsd.cafe).
RSS feeds are now in 2.0 version instead of 0.91.
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/donate
This release has been inspired by the song New Moon (Dark Phase) by #DuranDuran.
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@grunfink great! Thank you!!!
How is artificial intelligence going be deployed? We know historically that when machinery came into production, John Stuart Mill said, machinery should lighten the load of labor, I cannot understand why when machinery is actually employed, it is doubling the load of labor. [1/8]
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We may have the same story. If capital is responsible for the way in which artificial intelligence is going to be deployed, it's going to mean that actually capital is going to reap all the advantages and it's going to use it to maximize the surplus value extraction... [2/8]
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@DavidHarvey This is the part that is difficult to point out to those currently enamoured by the rise of AI, and it's widespread use.
The straw man argument is always "you're a Luddite, you're simply afraid of technology" ... no one hates technology, it's simply extremely clear that it's being used to displace workers.
AT LAST! Phone company O2 finds a socially responsible and ethically sound use for generative AI!
(Mobile operator O2 has created an AI-powered tool that sounds like an elderly grandmother, keeping phone scammers on calls and away from the general public.)
https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/ai-tool-sounds-like-elderly-30370351
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@cstross oh I do that in my free time for entertainment and to anger scammers. The longer you keep them on the line the more money they lose.
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@SnowshadowII @cstross My all time record is 58 minutes with a "your computer has a virus" scammer. It took me, a doddering old man, forever to hook my computer up and get it running, then he persisted as I tried to connect to the Internet (missing hints like "now what was it called, "winsock"?).
Finally he asks me what I see on the screen. "Just the usual MS-DOS 6.0 and the C prompt." I reply. Oh how he made that lovely little "uh", the brainfuck noise, before losing it entirely.
Victorious!
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Hahahaha I love it. 
I act like a doddering old woman (it's not as stretch believe me LOL) when I get the "your amazon account, Visa, account has a large purchase...." I first turn to my hubby and ask the location of my purse, waste time "wandering around the house looking", then slowly go through everything inside the purse, as I search for my (nonexistent) card, one by one I comment on each...my "lost" library card -what was the last book I borrowed? Oh yes, the one about....--, then there's a photo of cousin Helen who fell off the roof one summer while rescuing her favourite cinnamon cat, the envelope with the lock of hair from dear departed sister Louise who married that awful cat-about-town scoundrel and drunkard Pete-my goodness he was a burden on our family,.....I go on forever while they try to interrupt and slowly lose patience.
In the end, my husband "reminds me" I have to go to the doctor so I hang up...or he reminds me I no longer have that amazon card. Whew they don't like the latter. lol.
@cstross So the best, most "ethical" use case for AI turns out to be "scamming the scammers"!
@cstross Ha ha!! It's interesting... to receive my "welfare" i have to attend AI-job-seeking-seminars every now and then. Instead of personal meetings, employers and employees engage a meta-circus of LLM-processing. Increasing the number of plausible connections by orders of multitude. More LLM use. Begets even more.
Why not see to it that people can live on a wage (so scamming need not scale) and we could use all that energy and nature for better things. Like enjoying it IRL. Meh!!!!
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@dany_57987 I figure about the only ethical use of LLMs is wasting scammers' time so they don't annoy real human beings. Most other uses for AI slop are just shit, but phone fraud call centres? Totally deserve it.
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@cstross Charlie, IMHO the only palusible use for LLMs is accessibility. To allow for example, dyslectics, to be able to "compete" or have an equal share in "democracy" and/or society.
But to use 10% of GDP, fucking up all business domains, indigenous areas and nature just for a glorified automated prostethis is just - - - not for real.
Of course all LLM idiocracy is driven by greed.
Then some "nice" applications arise and by the time the vulture capitalists want their moneys back... poof! 1/2
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@dany_57987 The entire LLM sector is a pyramid scheme, like cryptocurrencies before it (and, arguably, quantum computing). GANs in general are *not* a pyramid scheme, but the only bit that appeals to uneducated investors is spicy autocomplete, so that's where most of the money goes (rather than into, say, protein folding or medical diagnosis or image recognition *other than* face/puppy recognition).
@cstross So some small "good" applications arise using LLMs and some "dependent" people depends on it. And my government think, oh, cool, it's a fix. Then the LLM toting assholes raise the prices. And so on and so forth.
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@cstross Great, they replaced Kitboga by an AI
@cstross How long before it’s AI generated scammers talking to AI grandmothers clogging up the phones?
@cstross Pffft, just learn a bit of another language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hae7-4Bv9Y
It would be funny if the AI was actually being controlled by remote call centre workers... who were on a different floor in the same building as the scammers.
AI often means "Actually Indian"
@cstross "It said the tool had been successful in keeping numerous scammers on calls for up to 40 minutes at a time and frustrated them with meandering stories and explanations about their tech use, as well as providing false personal information and made-up bank details."
*chuckles*
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Hot girl summer is over its time for the fall of society
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@kaia@brotka.st alt text: "
Hot girl summer is over its time for the fall of society
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@kaia lol that sword... fits well with the rest
this is the current vibe
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the 2009 youtube client with Lady Gaga - Bad Romance open
The Onion Says It Has Bought Infowars, Alex Jones’s Site, Out of Bankruptcy
Yes this is real and it is pretty great actually
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
Is there anyone talking about whitewashing in the audiobook industry? I cannot tell you how many Black and Asian and Hispanic/Latino/Mexican/ characters are read by white narrators and it’s just strange. I get it to a point, you want everybody to have a Midwestern accent so that Dialect doesn’t matter, but maybe I just have a very fine tuned ear because it’s very obvious to me. One example I can think of right off the top of my head, one of my most favorite series. Fourth wing. Recorded Books has Teddy Hamilton reading Zadan’s chapters. Zadan is a person of color. Teddy Hamilton is white/Caucasian. Thankfully, GraphicAudio did not whitewash Zadan’s character. #Publishing #Audiobooks #Audiobook
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@WeirdWriter tbh I haven't encountered this! Not to my knowledge anyway. But I go out of my way to seek out authors that pay attention to these things, perhaps that's part of it. The closest I've come to it is the Murderbot series, where Murderbot is decidedly agender/nonbinary, and the narrator is Kevin Freeh, who's an excellent narrator, but whose voice registers as male.
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@SallyStrange That’s another example I see all the time. LGBT plus people are played/red by heterosexual narrators. I haven’t paid that much attention but once I started looking into it, it’s across the whole entire audiobook industry. Every time I do casting for one of my independently produced audiobooks, I take things like these into account. I might not have the money to hire certain narrators, but I always take these things into account. I do love Kevin R fre’s narration though.
@WeirdWriter The overwhelming whiteness of voice talent has been an issue for a while. It's why, for instance, Steven Universe was so lauded for its diverse cast which should be just normal given U.S. demographics.
I am disappointed with the pedantics on this site. Not one person has pointed out that panini is the plural form of panino and my avatar only has one panino. I have to do everything around here!
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@StefanThinks See, this is the first time I've seen your avatar, so...
Perhaps you haven't met enough pedantic people yet.
One of the greatest mysteries of our time is how we let proprietary software accumulate so much power over our digital lives. It's time we demand better, and embrace #FreeSoftware. https://www.fsf.org/about Fight for a world where everyone has freedom.
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Man holds protest sign which reads: Two paths diverged in the woods, and America took the psychopath.
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USPol, weedy campaign stuff [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
In case you're wondering how a campaign can spend $1.2b without turning out its own base.
Though probably anybody following me already knows how that happens. The overall story is the same as ever, this is just some names and numbers if that's of interest.
https://readsludge.com/2024/11/13/the-democratic-consultants-getting-rich-off-the-harris-campaign-2/
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@darcher@hachyderm.io I wonder how much is spent on trotting out all those morons after the event, blaming racism, sexism, pronounism, leftism, black ppl, latino ppl, russians, iranians, north koreans, etc etc etc (blaming everyone on earth except their own shit policies and shit candidates and shit broken promises)...
USPol, weedy campaign stuff [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
@brett maybe that's why they had to send out fundraising emails right after the loss.
People being forced South from the North today, walking past the destroyed houses where families used to live. We pass a dead body on the beach, being eaten by dogs. Ribcage showing and laying face down. A man putting up his fist in the air while walking down towards the checkpoint, as if to say "I am alive”. People desperate for water, bags dropped on the ground. A large group of people behind a white flag. More behind white flags moving while covering their faces from the toxic dust. The living passing by extreme destruction, as the whole notion of proximity to death is redefined. Gaza CeasefireNOW`Philippa Greer
Human rights lawyer | Head of Legal @UNRWA in Gaza
Instead of a wheel mouse, I think I'd honestly rather have a normal 3-button mouse with a fourth button off to the side that sets the mouse into scroll mode (kind of like thinkpads where the middle button makes the trackpoint into a scroll nub)
P.S. I don't dislike having a wheel, I just miss having a *proper* middle mouse button. I wouldn't even mind having a trackpoint on the side for scrolling.
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@RL_Dane Weirdly I quite like apple's touch scroll they use on their mice. Wish it was more mainstream.
@RL_Dane I'm working on a finger-controlled trackball right now, and I'd like the same there. Give me a reasonable threshold that constrains scrolling to one dimension, and if I exceed that threshold, activate 2D scrolling.
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You usually have to click somewhere for the "caret" to register where you want to scroll, then it generally works.
My main motivation is to restore the proper middle mouse button, because clicking on the wheel is not a good time.
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@RL_Dane That's just cursed.
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It's blessed if you're trying to restore a proper middle mouse button. :P
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@RL_Dane What's that for?
UN Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese officially proposes the suspension of Israel as a member of the UN.
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The VS will veto this!
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@Luuk_Aalders
I'm very sure they will, again. This is also a good time to reason about permanent member-states and their existence, because the USA abuses their veto-right to the bone.
It would be way better to give all UN members equal voting rights without the option of a veto.
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@martinus @Luuk_Aalders A solution might be for the UN to relocate and reconvene in a country more amenable to principles.
They might even discuss and vote on where that might be.
A choice in the global South would also be symbolic of a recognition of a changing world.
@martinus Of course. But Russia's still there, so anything crazy goes.
@martinus Good. F Netanyahu.
I salute our eepy heroes 🫡
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People who take naps are the real heroes. It takes courage to wake up twice in one day.
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@catsalad 😆 Leg cramps are great motivators😉
@catsalad finally someone recognizes the sacrifices I make
@catsalad this age leads everyone to be a hero easily and comfortably. we need to be vigilantes.
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Quote out of the movie "the lonely guy".
Warren Evans: I don't like to take naps. I don't like to wake up more than once a day.
'Cause when i first wake up i get that shock of who i am and everything.
I.... i really don't like to do that more than once a day.
@catsalad Thank you for the long overdue recognition! I've been doing this a long time and should be given a medal!
@catsalad Ever since I had brain surgery 18 weeks ago, I have to take daily naps. Sometimes more than one. It sucks to wake up each time.
@catsalad I sleep hard so you don’t have to!
@catsalad I guess @LaurentChemla is a super hero then 🙂
Biden, Trump Die 2 Minutes Apart Holding Hands
https://theonion.com/biden-trump-die-2-minutes-apart-holding-hands-1850282375/
YOu! WHAT THE FUCK IS GORT? WHAT THE FUCK ARE WODK? DON'T DUMB IT DOWN OR I'LL FUCKING FEDIBLOCK YOU...
@woof@fedi.aria.dog brain.worm.pink is running a microblogging server software that can federate (= exchange messages with) other servers that support ActivityPub.
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@woof@fedi.aria.dog i literally just stole this from the pleroma readme
the illiad
198worm
wormerican psycho
brave new instance
the wodk with a thousand faces
be sure to engage with these texts critically. next: scour the wormdelicious & epicgort websites . take heavy notes throughout
I'm getting a new top of the line Samsung cell phone. Not because I want one, but because the company I work for has started requiring the use of Microsoft Authenticator to access our cloud interfaces. This means that even though I have only a desktop computer that sits in our office and is connected to our network via an ethernet cable, I need a >$1000 cell phone to show I am "secure".
#DumbAllOver
#MicrosoftSucks
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@lightweight @lwriemen Indeed. Independent authenticators aren't well publicized because there is no marketing team trying to make you believe you need a cloud login to use one.
A TOTP auth can work just fine offline. It doesn't need to come from a cloud or be connected to anything. I've used both Aegis and KeePassXC and both work fine.
@lwriemen but why a "top of the line Samsung"? There are cheaper phones, there are even cheaper Samsung phones, that run MS authenticator.
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@rogerparkinson The company had two options, top of the line Samsung or top of the line iPhone. I'm sure the normal consideration for a corporate phone is for a bigger number of uses.
#CorporateWaste
I am once again begging phone manufacturers to make smaller phones.
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@brett That too! That'd be lovely.
Guess who's been a bad sysadmin :3
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an image of a person wearing trans colored thigh highs with a cyan and pink keyboard.
It's captioned "Tired of being a backend dev? Too eepy for updates?
Try not updating your machine for 3 years.
Not even critical security updates.
Make sure it's running all of your critical infrastructure. And is exposed to the internet.
You certainly won't regret not updating your machine for 3 years."
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@Artemis@blahaj.zone i tried getting a 4 year old os image into a working state yesterday.
I gave up after apt segfaulted.
Decentralized social media platforms aren’t a fad—they’re the only way we keep any control over our data
Bites you and doesn't let go for like 15 seconds and it really hurts actually
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@julia@eepy.moe time for the spray bottle
signal rant [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Everyone wants me to move to Signal again and I totally understand and I want to! But the Signal team makes it really fucking hard!
- No multi-account (I want to be a stupid yeen and have the privacy of hiding my normie account from people!)
- No client in any FOSS store, have to use Google Play (or Aurora Store) or some stupid direct .apk download, grrr
Fucking hell Signal team, I *want* less Telegram in my life, stop making it so hard with your weird idea that everyone has only one identity, it's fucking queerphobic too, us queers *need* anonimity and hide our legal identity!
looks like i'm now officially cornered between either doing something brave or killing myself
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Spoke to a counselor at my local community college. My main takeaway is that I should stop with college, get my first job ASAP, and escape my parents ASAP afterwards. Still not sure about escaping this country as well.
OMGoddess outfit help, please! I need a dress that says, “I’m a put together housewitch, have a cookie, don’t worry, they only hurt you if you’re a fascist.” Preferably very autumnal, A-line skirt. We’re hosting harvest-festival-stuff at the end of the month.
The problem is, this is a type of clothing I haven’t yet learned to shop for; I would have maybe tried eShakti, but they folded. I’m US-based. I’d prefer something nicer than generic amazon-brand stuff, but not super boutique. I can generally find something in the L-2XL range to fit me off the rack many places. Can anyone point me to their favorite brands for such things?