George Mari @GeorgeMari@social.cleverlibre.org

Inigo Montoya has joined the picket line 😊

NEW COMIC

https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2023/07/13/the-excessively-large-prop-was-on-clearance/

#startrek #actionfigures #actionfigurephotography #toyphotography #comic #comics

Do you remember where you were when you heard the news about Disney buying Cap Cities/ABC? I was in a jury duty waiting room in downtown LA and the TVs were on.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/disneys-iger-hints-at-strategic-partner-for-espn-possible-sale-for-linear-tv-assets-35230a1a?st=i22afw6fpr44ojv&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink

I started using Ghost.

I like it. I think it’s a good tool that solves its problem area well.

So far, I like the balance of feature polish vs capability. Strong UX, hosted, but also FOSS and relatively easy to self-host.

It made it much easier to do what I wanted, which was to make a new online zine for me to do wtf I want.

If you like it, give it a sub! It’s a Ghostly Funkventure.

https://funkatron.com

https://ghost.org/about/

#ghostio #ghost #blogging

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I'm not LGBTQ+ but I fly an ally flag. I'm not (currently) in a union but I support labor. I'm not female but I believe in women's health and abortion rights.

It's not hard. Just be a decent person.

Holy shit NBC have just launched a super-lightweight version of their homepage and it is so FAST and it is making me cry for what we have lost https://lite.nbcnews.com/

I got laid off a few weeks ago and the job hunt is starting to hurt my soul. Is anybody out there #hiring #python software or data engineers?
#tech #jobhunt

Nothing surprising here, just another corporate broadcaster steamrolling a community radio station. A reminder to support community media while we still have it. #Ontonagon #Michigan #Radio #CommunityRadio #Media #WOAS #WHWL https://www.freep.com/story/news/columnists/john-carlisle/2023/07/13/woas-radio-station-ontonagon-high-school-michigan-uppper-peninsula/70361967007/

while i'm sad to see #reddit circling the toilet, it only reminded me of how urgent it is that we finally ditch centralized sites like that asap. reddit itself isn't the problem - it's a symptom of a much more generalized problem we've had since FB became a thing in the late 00's.

i've spent the past week re-purposing, patching, porting, and expanding a great piece of software based on the same #nntp protocol that #usenet uses, for creating discussion groups. i'm calling it "tomo" (友 - 'friend') bbs.

some time soon folks can spin up their own tomo shards, create discussion groups in a similar manner to reddit, decide whether they want to keep the group restricted to their shard, or share the group with other tomo shards in a public network of discussion groups called tomonet. completely decentralized private or public discussions.

best of all, since it is based on plain 'ol usenet-like nntp, you can read and post to discussion groups from a 1977 VAX mainframe, a 1984 IBM PCjr at 2400 baud, an Apple Newton, or a brand new phone.

i can't wait to bust out forté free agent for windows 3.11 and get posting this weekend. 😎

Economy Tanking, Lebanon Faces Leadership Vacuums https://www.voanews.com/a/economy-tanking-lebanon-faces-leadership-vacuums-/7179504.html #voanews #voiceofamerica

A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb

A thinner, lighter, cheaper lens could be our way to study the Universe further.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/a-new-thin-lensed-telescope-design-could-far-surpass-james-webb/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Apple union negotiators acted illegally, claim Maryland store reps https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/13/apple-union-negotiators-acted-illegally/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Would anybody mind doing me a quick favor? My instance isn't very federated right now.

Please help by boosting if you see this.

Say hi, if you want, as well!

Me at every work-related conference I've ever been to

⚠️ Rapid Security Response update from earlier this week has now been re-released for iOS and macOS. It fixes a WebKit vulnerability that may have been actively exploited.

We may have issued billions of certs since we began, but every single one has been made possible through donations and sponsorship. Literally every single cert. 🤯 https://letsencrypt.org/donate/

The cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia), is North America's largest native moth, with a wingspan up to 18 cm (7 inches).

Credit: mackattack_zoology/IG

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BkVFkXmAtXx/
Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia