The holidays are often a really tough time for queer, and especially #trans, folks. We fight for family and somehow it always seems to turn into us getting hurt more and more.
This holiday on #StainedGlassWoman, we're holding the Black Sheep close, and talking about the reasons families are dysfunctional.
And no, it's not your fault. It was never your fault.
Welcome to this very silly series of blog posts where I attempt to identify all the mobile phones used in Doctor Who. The 2024 Xmas special is fairly light on phones. Right at the end, we see Ruby Sunday calling her mum.
"I have directed the Department of Defense to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine, and the United States will continue to work tirelessly to strengthen Ukraine’s position in its defense against Russian forces." - President Biden in response to Russia's latest air attacks whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/s…
In the early hours of Christmas, Russia launched waves of missiles and drones against Ukrainian cities and critical energy infrastructure. The purpose of
Louis Armstrong reads ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas (his final commercial recording). “This is Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong, talking to all the kids from all over the world at Christmastime.” kottke.org/24/12/louis-armstro…
Let's not forget we celebrate the birthday of a figure that influenced countless lives and has brought joy and peace to many in their hour of need: Annie Lennox.
We really got the computer-human relationship all wrong: it should be a model of consent, rather than about restraining bolts, governor modules, or the Three Laws of Robotics
I was thinking about this excellent speech by Martha Wells on her Murderbot diaries being stories of bodily autonomy and slavery, and about the fantastic video on The Tragedy of Droids in Star Wars by Pop Culture Detective. marthawells.dreamwidth.org/649… youtube.com/watch?v=WD2UrB7zep…
Martha Wells spells out how wrong the Three Laws of Robotics are in stipulating a subservient relationships for robots to sacrifice themselves on behalf of humans, built around fears or assumptions that robots would inherently act to harm humans (or not act to save humans) and that therefore robots should put humans before themselves.
It’s not a Star Wars story unless there’s a lovable droid stealing the spotlight but, when you really stop and think about it, there’s also something profoun...
Wikipedia is a problem for Musk/Trump. Not, as Musk says, because it's "woke." Because it's one of our last reliable tethers to a consensus reality. Therefore, an antidote to disinformation.
It's not making anyone money. It's not enshittified. Of course it's not perfect—it's an endeavor of imperfect cooperating humans. But it needs protection and support.
that thing where you go to a print place closing down and nab a little 15" beige LCD jammed into a corner because it might be a low-res panel that'll work with your retro macs...
and you realise it's a frickin pivot and it goes landscape *and* portrait both.
Hope everyone is able to enjoy time with family and friends in this frantic season. Peace and goodwill to all. May you take the time to come back rejuvenated to help build a better world.
@simon No exact ETA, but most likely at least one month, we need to monitor a bit more until we can decide, and then maybe roll it out slowly (not all at once).
I hate to break it to you, but a major competitor is spiking their business right now; most of us will have already landed somewhere else in coming months.
Changelog: - feat: add "Distraction free" post layout; - feat: add "Compact" post layout; - feat: implement post dislike action; - fix: retrieve post source for editing even for plain text; - chore: translations update; - chore: update dependencies.
Moreover, let me wish everyone happy holidays and remember to #livefasteattrash on Christmas and New Year's Eve.
A special and heartfelt acknowledgement goes to all the contributors of the #raccoonforfriendica project, people who helped with code, translations, bug reports, ideas for improvements, design, roadmap and in many other ways. Remember that this wouldn't have been the same without your contributions, and the fact that people who don't know each other (and don't even speak the same language) can meet and create something together is one of the best things of the free and open source model.
Hope we can continue in this direction next year. Thank you everyone, you are awesome ❤️🦝🎄
2024 was a banner year for Matrix, from Matrix 2.0 progress and Trust & Safety improvements, to operationalizing open governance and hosting the first Matrix Conference.
We can't wait to see what 2025 brings! From all of us to you, merry merry and a happy new year ✨
Max se prý musí pochlubit. Dostal novou bundu. 😁 Ale co dělal s novým plyšákem, to sem dávat nebudu. 😁😁😁 Artur prošel vývojem, zdá se. S klidným vrněním sledoval střídavě světýlka a pohádky. ❤️
30 years ago today, Compuserve and Unisys tried to give themselves a Christmas gift at the Internet's expense, by charging a $5,000 royalty for using GIF images. #retrocomputingdfarq.homeip.net/cashing-in-on…
It’s hard to overemphasize just what a bombshell this was for the webcomic scene in the late 90s/early 00s. Comics had been using GIF even for non-animated strips, and major comics started spearheading anti-GIF campaigns and teaching people how to switch to PNG. ioc.exchange/@siliconundergro/…
30 years ago today, Compuserve and Unisys tried to give themselves a Christmas gift at the Internet's expense, by charging a $5,000 royalty for using GIF images. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/cashing-in-on-gif-by-charging-royalties/
Interesting article in The Atlantic summarising some recent research suggesting that Walmart makes the communities it operates in poorer than if it had never been there at all.
Are you familiar with Huffman encoding? That’s where you pick shorter codes for more frequent letters. Morse code is the same way, in that the most-used letters are the shortest. [Matheus Ric…
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