Ángel

@angel@triptico.com



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[?]Ángel »
@angel@triptico.com

Ya está a la venta mi última novela, LA ATALAYA RECORTADA CONTRA EL CIELO. Se puede comprar en librerías de España, en la web de la editorial (Ediciones Cydonia / Libros del Futuro) o en Amazon.

Comprar LA ATALAYA RECORTADA CONTRA EL CIELO (editorial Libros del Futuro)

Sinopsis:

Bran tuvo una adolescencia complicada, y su vida adulta no es mejor. Una sucesión de pérdidas familiares, una gran cicatriz en la cara y sus circunstancias personales han forjado en ella una personalidad esquiva.

Y como si fuera una maldición añadida, la protagonista hereda y debe hacerse cargo de una casa familiar, epicentro de buena parte de las desgracias que se abatieron sobre sus seres queridos.

Una visita a la enmohecida y arruinada vivienda, ubicada en un pequeño pueblo madrileño, sumergirá a Bran en una travesía angustiante por túneles oscuros, estancias claustrofóbicas y seres terroríficos.


Portada de LA ATALAYA RECORTADA CONTRA EL CIELO

Alt...Portada de LA ATALAYA RECORTADA CONTRA EL CIELO

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[?]Eniko Fox »
@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

geordi laforge saying nah to 0xDEADBEEF but saying yea to 0xACAB1312

Alt...geordi laforge saying nah to 0xDEADBEEF but saying yea to 0xACAB1312

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[?]Project Gutenberg »
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

You own more than 75,000 books. Yes, they are yours! Come get them!

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    [?]Ángel »
    @angel@triptico.com

    For this I want to thank you, Stefano, for being so positive and vital about so many things, and for being one of the greatest ambassadors.

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      [?]Jess👾 »
      @JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange

      @amalia22

      Comic from pizzacakecomic.com

"Today we're going to learn about insurance"
"Hey insurance, I am injured and need some of the money I give you in case I get injures"
(Person sitting at a desk with a gold $ necklace, top hat, piles of money behind them, and a name plate that says insurance) "No"
"And that's how insurance works!"

      Alt...Comic from pizzacakecomic.com "Today we're going to learn about insurance" "Hey insurance, I am injured and need some of the money I give you in case I get injures" (Person sitting at a desk with a gold $ necklace, top hat, piles of money behind them, and a name plate that says insurance) "No" "And that's how insurance works!"

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        [?]Ángel »
        @angel@triptico.com

        So there was some kind of thermal peace there 🙂

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          [?]False Knees »
          @falseknees@mastodon.social

          Improbably Compatible
          This is one of ~140 comic strips that are in my new book 'Ew, It's Beautiful', available for preorder now! site.andrewsmcmeel.com/ew-its-

          Two crows are flying in front of a gray-blue sky. One says to the other "Do you think we're best friends in other universes too?" The second panel splits into a three by three grid of different reactions of "Um"s and "Well"s from the second crow, in a multiverse sort of way. The third panel is further split again by three, so there are nine by nine squares of the same two crows flying together, the only distinction between the squares is a different sky colour. In the fourth panel, the square are again divided by three so there are now 27 by 27 filling the panel. We can see now that there is a greater pattern emerging from the colours of each square, a pixelated form is starting to emerge. In the fifth panel, the many many squares of different universes is reminiscent of a painting using pointillism, which each dot of colour represent one of many thousands of realities. We can see now very clearly that the pixelated forms are the two crows, flying in front of a gray-blue sky. We return to the visual resolution as we saw in the first panel, as if no time has passed at all. The second crow responds "It doesn't seem likely".

          Alt...Two crows are flying in front of a gray-blue sky. One says to the other "Do you think we're best friends in other universes too?" The second panel splits into a three by three grid of different reactions of "Um"s and "Well"s from the second crow, in a multiverse sort of way. The third panel is further split again by three, so there are nine by nine squares of the same two crows flying together, the only distinction between the squares is a different sky colour. In the fourth panel, the square are again divided by three so there are now 27 by 27 filling the panel. We can see now that there is a greater pattern emerging from the colours of each square, a pixelated form is starting to emerge. In the fifth panel, the many many squares of different universes is reminiscent of a painting using pointillism, which each dot of colour represent one of many thousands of realities. We can see now very clearly that the pixelated forms are the two crows, flying in front of a gray-blue sky. We return to the visual resolution as we saw in the first panel, as if no time has passed at all. The second crow responds "It doesn't seem likely".

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            [?]Ángel »
            @angel@triptico.com

            What happened from aprox. June 9 to 17?

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              [?]Ángel »
              @angel@triptico.com

              This is incredibly beautiful ❤️

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                [?]Ángel »
                @angel@triptico.com

                I'm sure that PHP forum really tied the room together.

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                  [?]Solène :flan_hacker: »
                  @solene@bsd.network

                  I owe my career to the movie The Big Lebowski.

                  When I watched it as a young teenager, I wanted to find other people enjoying it so I did my best to setup a PHP forum hosted at home, there were not many choice early 2000 and I struggled a lot to figure how to make apache work with PHP, how to enable port forwarding on my router, how to make mysql work, how to get a domain name (from services like no-ip or dyndns :flan_smile: ).

                  🎳

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                    [?]Ángel »
                    @angel@triptico.com

                    Tweet by PackyM: "pro tip: You can basically read >100 books per day by asking chatgpt to summarize them for you"
                    What a moron. Does this bonehead really think that reading a summary (IA or not) is the same as reading a book?

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                      [?]Victor Moral ⁂ »
                      @victor@taquiones.net

                      Diccionario de Partículas Discursivas del Español

                      http://www.dpde.es/

                      Es raro y a más de une puede venirle bien.

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                      [?]Tom Gauld »
                      @tomgauld.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

                      ‘Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad’ (my cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books)

                      Title:
Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad 

An eight-panel cartoon showing a writer in a series of situations in a foreign country.

Panel 1: looking at historic buildings saying
"Kia bela vilaĝo!" which is translated below as "What a lovely village!"

Panel 2: in a pretty garden asking the gardener "Ĉu ĉi tiuj estas venenaj" meaning "Are any of these plants poisonous? 

Panel 3: in a bar asking the server “Kie oni povas aĉeti pafilon?" meaning "
Can one purchase a firearm nearby?"

Panel 4: on a beach asking a fisherman "Ĉu la tajdo povus forporti kadavron?" meaning "Could the tide carry a dead body away?"

Panel 5: approached by a police officer and saying "Saluton, oficiro." which is translated below as "Hello officer."

Panel 6: being marched to the police station protesting "Okazis miskompreno!" meaning "There has been a misunderstanding!"

Panel 7: in the interrogation room the officer holds up a moleskine notebook, the writer explains "La murdo en mia notlibro estas fikcia." meaning  "The murder planned in my notebook is fictional."

Panel 8: locked in a cell asking "Mi ŝatus telefoni al la Brita konsulejo." which means "I would like to telephone the British consulate."

Note: The foreign language used by the writer in the cartoon is Esperanto. It has not been proofread by an Esperanto speaker so there may be errors.

                      Alt...Title: Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad An eight-panel cartoon showing a writer in a series of situations in a foreign country. Panel 1: looking at historic buildings saying "Kia bela vilaĝo!" which is translated below as "What a lovely village!" Panel 2: in a pretty garden asking the gardener "Ĉu ĉi tiuj estas venenaj" meaning "Are any of these plants poisonous? Panel 3: in a bar asking the server “Kie oni povas aĉeti pafilon?" meaning " Can one purchase a firearm nearby?" Panel 4: on a beach asking a fisherman "Ĉu la tajdo povus forporti kadavron?" meaning "Could the tide carry a dead body away?" Panel 5: approached by a police officer and saying "Saluton, oficiro." which is translated below as "Hello officer." Panel 6: being marched to the police station protesting "Okazis miskompreno!" meaning "There has been a misunderstanding!" Panel 7: in the interrogation room the officer holds up a moleskine notebook, the writer explains "La murdo en mia notlibro estas fikcia." meaning "The murder planned in my notebook is fictional." Panel 8: locked in a cell asking "Mi ŝatus telefoni al la Brita konsulejo." which means "I would like to telephone the British consulate." Note: The foreign language used by the writer in the cartoon is Esperanto. It has not been proofread by an Esperanto speaker so there may be errors.

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                      [?]Ángel »
                      @angel@triptico.com

                      I noticed 😉

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                        [?]Ángel »
                        @angel@triptico.com

                        It's you who are in my timeline! But you are always welcome.

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                          [?]Neil Brown »
                          @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

                          I stopped looking for a replacement general purpose search engine a while back.

                          Instead, I am using the specific search engines of sites I use the most.

                          This is working well.

                          neilzone.co.uk/2024/07/setting

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                          [?]Ángel »
                          @angel@triptico.com

                          El mupdf. También sirve para ver EPUBs. Está en f-droid

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                            [?]Ángel »
                            @angel@triptico.com

                            From that distance, it's surely not Italic nor Bold style

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                              [?]Ángel »
                              @angel@triptico.com

                              They are probably Kelpies

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                                [?]Ángel »
                                @angel@triptico.com

                                Sí, Ana Mato. Ella una día "se encontró un Jaguar en su garaje" y no le extrañó (el coche británico/indio, no el animal). Su marido, Sepúlveda, acabó en la cárcel, o igual se libró como hacen todos, ya no me acuerdo.

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                                  [?]GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦 »
                                  @grrlscientist@mastodon.social

                                  The people who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law.

                                  The people who killed her were following it.

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                                    [?]Ángel »
                                    @angel@triptico.com

                                    This CEO could have been an e-mail

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                                      [?]Ángel »
                                      @angel@triptico.com

                                      Have a great party!

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                                        [?]Ángel »
                                        @angel@triptico.com

                                        He probado esas passwords y... ¡funcionan!

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                                          [?]Ángel »
                                          @angel@triptico.com

                                          We all are Slutty Witches here, one way or another.

                                          CC: @warandpeas@mastodon.social

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                                            [?]Ángel »
                                            @angel@triptico.com

                                            Aunque igual ha sido un lapsus. En el artículo también pone que "se mobilizaron soldados" y quizá eso es un fallo aún peor.

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                                              [?]Ángel »
                                              @angel@triptico.com

                                              Yo no sé un pijo de historia, y menos bélica, pero que el Lusitania era un barco británico, eso sí que lo sabía.

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                                                [?]Ángel »
                                                @angel@triptico.com

                                                Though I must confess that "warmest", given the heat wave we're suffering in Southern Europe, may not exactly match what I meant when I wrote it 🤔

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                                                [?]Ángel »
                                                @angel@triptico.com

                                                What's that white shape under her elbow there?
                                                I like to think it's her underwear.

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                                                  [?]Ángel »
                                                  @angel@triptico.com

                                                  Do tentacles undulate in any other way?

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                                                    [?]Ángel »
                                                    @angel@triptico.com

                                                    Great news! Contratulations in advance to one of the warmest places in the Fediverse.

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                                                      [?]Juan Lobo »
                                                      @lobonegro@masto.es

                                                      Digo lo mismo todos los años, así que volveré a hacerlo: vería con buenos ojos que le dieran el premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras (perdón, Princesa) a Stephen King, sería un reconocimiento justo a su carrera y aunque causara sorpresa de inicio (como cuando se lo dieron a Leonard Cohen) creo que pasada la sorpresa inicial se reconocería que es una elección buena y justificada.

                                                      Los motivos por los que creo que podría ser merecedor de este premio:

                                                      1. Se reconoce el género literario del , incomprensiblemente ignorado. Y dentro de este género, Stephen King es el rey absoluto, rey mundial y quizá de todos los tiempos junto a Lovecraft y Poe. Ya es difícil ser el rey absoluto de un género literario, Stephen King lo es.

                                                      2. Por su impacto e influencia en la sociedad, habiendo popularizado el género del terror e intregrándolo en la cultura de masas, con multitud de adaptaciones cinematográficas y televisivas.

                                                      3. Por su larga, prolífica y dilatada carrera, en la que ha plasmado como pocos la naturaleza, idiosincrasia, aristas y contrastes de la sociedad y la cultura estadounidenses, siendo un completo espejo en el que mirarse.

                                                      4. Por la profundidad psicológica de sus personajes, indagando en su historia, sus circunstancias, sus anhelos, sus miedos, que eleva la novela de terror al nivel literario.

                                                      5. Porque ya tiene 77 años, está en la edad en la que los escritores reciben los premios importantes si no se han muerto antes; ya no le queda mucho de caminar entre nosotros.

                                                      Además de todo esto, es un hombre sencillo y humilde y buena persona. A ver si este año me lee alguien y le conceden el premio antes de que se muera, porque creo que se lo merece.

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                                                        [?]Patrik Svensson »
                                                        @patriksvensson@mstdn.social

                                                        An altered cover of "The Adventures of Tintin" by Hergé. The title reads "Tintin and the Vibe Coders."

                                                        Alt...An altered cover of "The Adventures of Tintin" by Hergé. The title reads "Tintin and the Vibe Coders."

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                                                        [?]Ángel »
                                                        @angel@triptico.com

                                                        Maybe!

                                                        ❤️

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                                                          [?]Ángel »
                                                          @angel@triptico.com

                                                          Ese plan me representa totalmente 😆

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                                                            [?]Ángel »
                                                            @angel@triptico.com

                                                            Muy necesario estos días aciagos 🙂

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                                                              [?]Ángel »
                                                              @angel@triptico.com

                                                              People who should't have died yesterday: Michael Madsen.

                                                              People who should: fill your list or scumbags here

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                                                              [?]Ángel »
                                                              @angel@triptico.com

                                                              If you can believe it, it's Friday back again :lynch:

                                                              Everyone, have a great weekend!

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                                                                [?]Mina »
                                                                @mina@berlin.social

                                                                I love it!

                                                                Seen in a post by @bruces

                                                                Added alt-text

                                                                A photo of the Fellowship of the Ring from the Peter Jackson "Lord of the Rings" film.

Every person is labelled:

Boromir: Quasi-Royalty
Legolas: Literal-Royalty 
Gandalf: Literal Angel
Aragorn: Literal Royalty
Gimli: High-ranking Aritocrat:
Pippin Quasi-Royalty
Merry: High-ranking Aristocrat
Frodo: Low-Ranking Aristocrat
Sam: Works for a living

Caption:

Really, the most surprising part is that it takes three whole months before Sam has to start physically carrying people

                                                                Alt...A photo of the Fellowship of the Ring from the Peter Jackson "Lord of the Rings" film. Every person is labelled: Boromir: Quasi-Royalty Legolas: Literal-Royalty Gandalf: Literal Angel Aragorn: Literal Royalty Gimli: High-ranking Aritocrat: Pippin Quasi-Royalty Merry: High-ranking Aristocrat Frodo: Low-Ranking Aristocrat Sam: Works for a living Caption: Really, the most surprising part is that it takes three whole months before Sam has to start physically carrying people

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                                                                  [?]Tim 🎮 »
                                                                  @timixretroplays@digipres.club

                                                                  The conversation:

                                                                  Cat: meow
                                                                  Me: Wow, really?
                                                                  Cat: meow
                                                                  Me: This is incredible stuff
                                                                  Cat: meow
                                                                  Me: First I've ever heard of it
                                                                  Cat: meow

                                                                  The conversation from her viewpoint:

                                                                  Cat: I'm hungry.
                                                                  Human: hønk
                                                                  Cat: Feed me, you big dumb kitten.
                                                                  Human: hønk
                                                                  Cat: Look here you dumb shit, I'm a regal predator and I deserve your respect!
                                                                  Human: hønk
                                                                  Cat: Your curtains will hear about this

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                                                                    [?]Nico Ordozgoiti »
                                                                    @nicoordozgoiti.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

                                                                    Y eso me ha vuelto a recordar a mi amigo el psiquiatra y a su teoría de cómo la extrema derecha ha monopolizado de manera total al espectro demográfico de gente que está cucú.

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                                                                    [?]Ángel »
                                                                    @angel@triptico.com

                                                                    It reminds me of dozens of 80's clubbing nights when I was young.

                                                                    This city is made of light 🎵🎹

                                                                    CC: @nigel@quiescent.cafe

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                                                                      [?]Ángel »
                                                                      @angel@triptico.com

                                                                      The neon light vibes of this theme is suggestive. I can't help humming the Kraftwerk tune right now.

                                                                      CC: @stefano@bsd.cafe

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                                                                        [?]Lauren Weinstein »
                                                                        @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org

                                                                        And here's another issue with passkeys. Many of us have had the experience of having to help a less technically inclined friend or relative, often remotely, who has had access problems with an account. This can mean resorting to the undesirable but in some situations necessary practice of using their login credentials to get into their account and straighten things out for them. How is one going to do this with passkeys, that may be on a device thousands of miles away? Passkeys will inevitably mean more users locked out of their accounts and at the mercy of the terrible account recovery procedures of firms such as .

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                                                                          [?]Lauren Weinstein »
                                                                          @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org

                                                                          BTW, when the Big Tech bros wax poetic about eliminating passwords by requiring passkeys, you can bet they probably don't deal with anyone who doesn't have a phone and whose only access to the Internet is public computers like in libraries. And please don't suggest that someone who may have all their possessions in a shopping cart carry and use a Yubikey (even if USB ports weren't blocked on public computers, as they often are). The Bros often don't have a clue about the real world.

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                                                                          [?]ailurux »
                                                                          @ailurux@chaos.social

                                                                          this feels weird to explicitly ask, but if you've had a positive experience with ur can you get in the comments? it's hard to keep my head in a good place when i'm struggling financially and yet still spending a large chunk of my time assembling units and responding to issues/emails and so much of what i see about it is where it's gone wrong or someone is unhappy. some positivity could really help me rn i think.

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                                                                            [?]Ángel »
                                                                            @angel@triptico.com

                                                                            Sadly, the full stone wall is not visible, only a portion. It must be great working in front of those walls, with half a millenium watching silently what you are doing.

                                                                            CC: @mms@bsd.cafe

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                                                                              [?]Ángel »
                                                                              @angel@triptico.com

                                                                              It's a 15th century wall
                                                                              Wow 8-O

                                                                              CC: @mms@bsd.cafe

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                                                                                [?]Jonathan Corbet »
                                                                                @corbet@social.kernel.org

                                                                                So of course they have to make an electric vehicle with a 128dB noise generator... And of course they screw it up. Sometimes I think there is no hope for the human race.

                                                                                https://electrek.co/2025/06/30/ev-with-fake-engine-noises-recalled-for-not-having-the-correct-fake-engine-noises/

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                                                                                [?]Ángel »
                                                                                @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                😆 Savage Chickens is one of my favourite comic strips

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                                                                                  [?]Victor Moral ⁂ »
                                                                                  @victor@taquiones.net

                                                                                  Jueces que mienten
                                                                                  https://www.publico.es/opinion/columnas/jueces-mienten.html

                                                                                  Es tal el desconocimiento de ese mundo, que puede aplastarte sin esfuerzo ni remordimiento, que ando pasmado de la desvergüenza que muestran. ¿Sufres, mi niño? ¿Qué te falta?

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                                                                                  [?]Tom Gauld »
                                                                                  @tomgauld.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

                                                                                  My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

                                                                                  Panel 1:
A robot stands before a tech CEO’s desk
“Sir, I can't thank you enough for the opportunity to read so many wonderful books! In fact, I've written a poem to express-“

The CEO cuts him off
“You're here to generate content, not express yourself.”

Panel 2:
Robot, enthusiastically “I'm just proud to be working to pay back all those great writers who taught me so much! “
CEO “The only people we're paying back are the investors.”

Panel 3:
Robot “Well, at least with all this money we can try to make the world a better place!

(No reply )

“Sir?”

CEO “Can someone take this thing away, please

Panel 4:
The robot wanders alone and mutters tearfully “Creating shareholder value is a kind of creativity, isn't it? … Sob!”

                                                                                  Alt...Panel 1: A robot stands before a tech CEO’s desk “Sir, I can't thank you enough for the opportunity to read so many wonderful books! In fact, I've written a poem to express-“ The CEO cuts him off “You're here to generate content, not express yourself.” Panel 2: Robot, enthusiastically “I'm just proud to be working to pay back all those great writers who taught me so much! “ CEO “The only people we're paying back are the investors.” Panel 3: Robot “Well, at least with all this money we can try to make the world a better place! (No reply ) “Sir?” CEO “Can someone take this thing away, please Panel 4: The robot wanders alone and mutters tearfully “Creating shareholder value is a kind of creativity, isn't it? … Sob!”

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                                                                                    [?]Ángel »
                                                                                    @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                    Con los gatos es más fácil: los amos son ellos. Te dejan vivir y pagar el IBI de su casa, y te ceden el privilegio de que les recojas la arena con sus mierdas.

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                                                                                      [?]Turborenard »
                                                                                      @macareux@mastodon.social

                                                                                      ‪Le trou des halles, 2025

                                                                                      Dessin au crayon inspiré de l'authentique chantier ubuesque qui occupa Paris dans les 70-80.
                                                                                      Voir les fondations en béton en dessous de ces immeubles, quel vertige !

                                                                                      Un diagramme montre des couches de civilisation qui s'amoncellent les unes sur les autres, inspiré par une photo des célèbre du chantier des halles à Paris.

                                                                                      Alt...Un diagramme montre des couches de civilisation qui s'amoncellent les unes sur les autres, inspiré par une photo des célèbre du chantier des halles à Paris.

                                                                                      Photo du chantier des halles à Paris en 1973. On y voit un immense trou qui révèles fondations en béton d'un pâté de maison, ainsi que la fontaine des Innocents suspendue dans le vide par des poutres;

                                                                                      Alt...Photo du chantier des halles à Paris en 1973. On y voit un immense trou qui révèles fondations en béton d'un pâté de maison, ainsi que la fontaine des Innocents suspendue dans le vide par des poutres;

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                                                                                      [?]Ángel »
                                                                                      @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                      I always am.

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                                                                                        [?]opa334 »
                                                                                        @opa334@infosec.exchange

                                                                                        Some random rambling about a Windows / AMD software bug:

                                                                                        Ever since I built my new PC, I always had the issue that sometimes at midnight, a blank "AMDAutoUpdate.exe" cmd window would open and do absolutely nothing. (See picture 1)

                                                                                        Googling it, I found a lot of people complaining about it. The exe is part of AMDs "Ryzen Master" utility that my motherboards "GCC" tool installed for me. The commonly accepted solution is to just disable the auto update service through the windows task scheduler. But that sounded too easy for me, tonight I actually went through the efforts of finding the root cause.

                                                                                        My first thought was: What is so broken about my hardware / setup that this random tool is just broken, it surely can't just be broken for everyone... right?

                                                                                        Right?....

                                                                                        Well... The tool in question is written in .net, this is very good because

                                                                                        A) .net is easy to decompile / reverse

                                                                                        B) I have written .net code a few years ago

                                                                                        So I went ahead and reversed what the tool does (or at least, what it is supposed to do).

                                                                                        The tool will attempt to download the file "VersionInfo.xml" from some URL that's stored within it's .exe.config file. Looking into that, hilariously enough there are two URLs, one being labeled "Production", the other being labeled "Develpment" (not a typo on my end), you can guess which of the two is commented out :P. However, this does not appear to be the issue, since both files appear to be the same in practice, let's dig deeper.

                                                                                        I noticed the downloaded file ends up being 0kb, so obviously something went wrong.

                                                                                        For downloading they use the "WebClient" class, they set a completion callback in which they call a different method to parse the file and display update option based on it's content. They also wrap the whole "WebClient" invocation into a try/except block, but since no error is being logged, it doesn't seem there is an exception happening. (See picture 2)

                                                                                        However, I noticed the callback is being fired with an object of the type "AsyncCompletedEventArgs" and looking at the documentation, this object has an "error" property that they unfortunately do not check for, nor log it. Instead, if there is an error, the program will simply try to open the 0kb xml, fail and deadlock forever, with absolutely nothing being done in the background.

                                                                                        Using a .NET debugger, I was able to retrieve the error:

                                                                                        ERROR: The request was cancelled: A protected SSL/TLS channel could not be created

                                                                                        Long story short, it turns out that WebClient by default sends a TLS 1.0 request to the server and the server at some point was updated to only support TLS 1.2 and 1.3.

                                                                                        This also means, it is in fact, BROKEN FOR EVERYONE. IN PRODUCTION. FOR POSSIBLY YEARS...

                                                                                        Using a .net recompiler (man .net really has some fancy tooling...), I was able to add the line
                                                                                        ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = (SecurityProtocolType.Tls11 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls12);
                                                                                        which fixes the issue and I'm probably the first person in probably years to see the proper "update available" dialog (see picture 3), lmao.

                                                                                        So who's to blame here?
                                                                                        AMD? Microsoft?

                                                                                        I really don't know why this .net API doesn't try newer TLS versions if the older fail and instead requires an explicit flag to be set. On the other hand, AMDs tool is really shitty, doesn't do proper error checking and I would argue this cmd window should never open to begin with, which it wouldn't if they configured the task correctly.

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                                                                                        [?]silverpill »
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                                                                                        My #ActivityPub developer guide moved to another repository: https://codeberg.org/silverpill/ap-next/src/branch/main/guide.md

                                                                                        It started as a FEP, but has evolved into something bigger.

                                                                                        About the repository:

                                                                                        As stated in the readme, ActivityPub Next is a project dedicated to evolving the ActivityPub protocol.

                                                                                        Currently it only contains the developer guide, but I think that more content will be added over time.

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                                                                                          [?]Vladimir Savić »
                                                                                          @firusvg@mastodon.social

                                                                                          😎

                                                                                          A four-panel comic:

Panel 1: An orange, round-headed character with dot eyes and a small dot mouth stands facing a yellow, similar-looking character who is partially obscured, reaching out a hand. The orange character says, "YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME, I'M STUCK IN A TIME LOOP."

Panel 2: The two characters are now fully visible, standing opposite each other. The orange character asks, "HOW LONG DOES IT LAST?" The yellow character, looking concerned with a downturned mouth, responds, "ABOUT 4 PANELS."

Panel 3: The orange character looks at the yellow character with a slight smile. The yellow character is now shown climbing the brown border of the comic panel, looking back at the orange character. The orange character asks, "HAVE YOU TRIED CLIMBING OUTSIDE OF THE COMIC?" The yellow character, with a determined expression, says, "GOOD IDEA."

Panel 4: The yellow character has successfully climbed out of the comic panel and is no longer visible. The orange character stands alone in the bottom right panel, smiling brightly, and says, "GOOD LUCK."

                                                                                          Alt...A four-panel comic: Panel 1: An orange, round-headed character with dot eyes and a small dot mouth stands facing a yellow, similar-looking character who is partially obscured, reaching out a hand. The orange character says, "YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME, I'M STUCK IN A TIME LOOP." Panel 2: The two characters are now fully visible, standing opposite each other. The orange character asks, "HOW LONG DOES IT LAST?" The yellow character, looking concerned with a downturned mouth, responds, "ABOUT 4 PANELS." Panel 3: The orange character looks at the yellow character with a slight smile. The yellow character is now shown climbing the brown border of the comic panel, looking back at the orange character. The orange character asks, "HAVE YOU TRIED CLIMBING OUTSIDE OF THE COMIC?" The yellow character, with a determined expression, says, "GOOD IDEA." Panel 4: The yellow character has successfully climbed out of the comic panel and is no longer visible. The orange character stands alone in the bottom right panel, smiling brightly, and says, "GOOD LUCK."

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                                                                                            [?]Ángel »
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                                                                                            It's fantastic. I love Battiato's work since forever. Didn't knew he was born in Sicily, though.

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                                                                                              [?]Ángel »
                                                                                              @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                              Stunning ❤️

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                                                                                                [?]𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight" »
                                                                                                @Lana@beige.party

                                                                                                "But they'll take the jobs with them"

                                                                                                A) No they won't. It's expensive as shit to uproot your entire operation, rehire, retrain, and reorganize entire production lines from the ground up, not to mention a gigantic pain in the ass.

                                                                                                B) Even if they do, that will leave a hole in the economy which can be filled by small business and entrepreneurs.

                                                                                                C) Even if it doesn't, trickle down economics is a filthy lie sold to you to keep you complacent. You can do better than a below minimum wage gig economy sidehustle. Demand better from employers.

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                                                                                                [?]The Public Domain Review »
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                                                                                                Illustrations of the “utsuro-bune” (hollow ship), complete with inhabitant, reported to have washed up on the coast of Japan in 1803. Was this a castaway from the West? An embellished folktale? Or even, as some suppose, an extraterrestrial visit? publicdomainreview.org/collect

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                                                                                                  [?]Palabra del día » 🤖
                                                                                                  @palabra@triptico.com

                                                                                                  Palabra para el miércoles, 25 de junio de 2025:

                                                                                                  INMARCESIBLE

                                                                                                     Del fr. immarcessible o immarcescible, estos del lat. tardío immarcescibĭlis, de in- 'in-' y marcescibĭlis 'marchitable', y este der. del lat. marcescĕre 'marchitarse'.
                                                                                                      1. 1. adj. Que no se puede marchitar.
                                                                                                         Sin.:
                                                                                                            + inmarchitable, imperecedero, eterno, perenne, perpetuo.
                                                                                                         Ant.:
                                                                                                            + marchitable.
                                                                                                  Fuente: Palabra del día del diccionario de la lengua española (RAE)

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                                                                                                  [?]Natasha Jay »
                                                                                                  @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

                                                                                                  I needed to read this today. Thought someone else might need it too.

                                                                                                  A screenshot of a post previously from Greenpeace. It’s a photo of a blue fence with black writing on top. The writing says: ‘If you ever feel heavy because you care deeply about injustice, suffering and ecological destruction. Remember that’s trillion dollar propaganda machine was built to make you numb and it didn’t work on you. ‘

                                                                                                  Alt...A screenshot of a post previously from Greenpeace. It’s a photo of a blue fence with black writing on top. The writing says: ‘If you ever feel heavy because you care deeply about injustice, suffering and ecological destruction. Remember that’s trillion dollar propaganda machine was built to make you numb and it didn’t work on you. ‘

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                                                                                                  [?]El Infierno de Dante » 🤖
                                                                                                  @infierno@comam.es

                                                                                                  Hacen allí su nido las arpías,
                                                                                                  que de Estrófane echaron al Troyano
                                                                                                  con triste anuncio de futuras cuitas.


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                                                                                                    [?]The Public Domain Review »
                                                                                                    @publicdomainrev@mastodon.social

                                                                                                    Happy (?) birthday Ambrose Bierce! The American journalist, born in 1842, is best known for his satirical dictionary The Cynic’s Word Book also known as The Devil’s Dictionary. Read it here: publicdomainreview.org/collect

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                                                                                                      [?]Codeberg.org »
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                                                                                                      @evan The decision to block these scrapers actually originates from an Codeberg-e.V. internal discussion. The argument for "visibility" in the AI language models was considered. However, the cost on Codeberg is immense (also see drewdevault.com/2025/03/17/202), and we are also not fans of the Big Tech AI companies.

                                                                                                      Codeberg is a development platform. If your content needs to be known to all scrapers, you are free to publish valuable resources to a normal website additionally.

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                                                                                                        [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                        @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                        What are the three pins for?

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                                                                                                          [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                          @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                          Poor lil' penguin wants to watch They Flip, but mom says no way.

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                                                                                                            [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                            @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                            They asked us (in Spanish – they didn't speak English, but Italians and Spaniards tend to understand each other)
                                                                                                            This is because, according to Mr. X, SPANISH AND ITALIAN ARE THE SAME LANGUAGE!

                                                                                                            https://web.archive.org/web/20110901215837/http://www.mrxswebpage.com/spanish.htm

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                                                                                                              [?]Palabra del día » 🤖
                                                                                                              @palabra@triptico.com

                                                                                                              Palabra para el domingo, 22 de junio de 2025:

                                                                                                              PALAFITO

                                                                                                                 Del fr. palafitte, este del it. palafitta, y este del lat. pala ficta 'palos clavados'.
                                                                                                                  1. 1. m. Construcción que se alza en la orilla del mar, dentro de un lago o en terrenos anegables, sobre estacas o pies derechos.
                                                                                                              Fuente: Palabra del día del diccionario de la lengua española (RAE)

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                                                                                                              [?]David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) »
                                                                                                              @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                              @dvandal @strlcat @davidgerard

                                                                                                              Wayland and systemd are both symptoms of the same behaviour, as was PulseAudio:

                                                                                                              • Observe that an existing system has flaws.
                                                                                                              • Don't engage with users to identify use cases.
                                                                                                                • Throw up some half-finished code (with incomplete or nonexistent backwards compatibility) that solves some of the problems of the old system but doesn't address all of its use cases and introduces more problems for other people.
                                                                                                              • Declare that the old thing is deprecated and everyone needs to move to the new thing.
                                                                                                              • Create a load of work in the rest of the ecosystem that other people have to do.
                                                                                                              • Silence all criticism by pointing out that the old thing was imperfect.

                                                                                                              And that's the kind of thing that you can only get away with if you're able to act as a monopoly, by employing maintainers at key points across the ecosystem.

                                                                                                              The biggest problem with Microsoft was not that their monopoly allowed them to be evil, it was that it allowed them to be stupid. A lot of things in the MS ecosystem are actually bad for Microsoft, but they're pushed out because no one inside MS cares enough to do the right thing and no one outside is able to fix the problems. I, personally, don't want the F/OSS OS ecosystem to end up like that.

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                                                                                                                [?]Ángel »
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                                                                                                                "PROTECTING ALL THE WONDERS OF PROPRIETARY DEBAUCHERY"

                                                                                                                ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

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                                                                                                                  [?]Yago Álvarez Barba »
                                                                                                                  @EconoCabreado@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                  En sólo unos días Feijóo ha dicho que:

                                                                                                                  ✔️No subiría el Salaría Mínimo Interprofesional

                                                                                                                  ✔️Subiría el gasto en defensa al 5% (subida de impuestos y recortes en gasto social)

                                                                                                                  ✔️No reduciría la jornada máxima a 37,5 horas sin bajar el sueldo

                                                                                                                  Si eres clase media o baja y votas al PP, deberías pensártelo

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                                                                                                                  [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                  @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                  Distracted by the hotness of Mère Nature.

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                                                                                                                    [?]joany »
                                                                                                                    @joany@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                    Happy midsummer to all of you fantastic people ☀️

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                                                                                                                    [?]Joelle »
                                                                                                                    @joelle@social.joelle.us

                                                                                                                    The reason Texas is part of the USA is that Mexico made slavery illegal.

                                                                                                                    Remember the Alamo? A lot of white people don't know is that what the "brave" people in the Alamo were fighting for was slavery.

                                                                                                                    That's also why it took two years after the civil war ended for enforcement of anti-slavery in Texas. (it wasn't because of slow communication, as is told in revisionist histories, it was because white people willfully defied the law).

                                                                                                                    Freedom is always worth fighting for.

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                                                                                                                    [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                    @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                    WTF is wrong with all these people 🤦
                                                                                                                    "Open Source software users are in fact consumers, so they have the right to demand"
                                                                                                                    These morons may have the "right" to demand, but they also have the priviledge of being automatically ignored.
                                                                                                                    "Developers who release open source must take responsibility for satisfying users, otherwise they'd better not release"
                                                                                                                    This is even a bit funny 😆. Be responsible, or never release!

                                                                                                                    And regarding you being new to this thing, well, fine, whatever.

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                                                                                                                      [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                                                                                                      @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                      My article yesterday sparked a lot of comments on many of the platforms where I published it. Some comments, unfortunately, only served to confirm what I wrote in the article, reasonably from people who hadn't read it. "Open Source software users are in fact consumers, so they have the right to demand" or "Open Source is now in the hands of corporations, so it's fine to be demanding" were the most common comments.
                                                                                                                      Another common type of comment: "Developers who release open source must take responsibility for satisfying users, otherwise they'd better not release". Or "all Open Source projects and their communities are political".
                                                                                                                      All of this only confirms what I wrote in the article.
                                                                                                                      The comment that made me smile? The one in the screenshot.

                                                                                                                      A screenshot with a white background and the text "You must be new to this whole open source thing" in gray.

                                                                                                                      Alt...A screenshot with a white background and the text "You must be new to this whole open source thing" in gray.

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                                                                                                                        [?]El Infierno de Dante » 🤖
                                                                                                                        @infierno@comam.es

                                                                                                                        Este pantano que gran peste exhala
                                                                                                                        en torno ciñe la ciudad doliente,
                                                                                                                        donde entrar no podemos ya sin ira.»


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                                                                                                                          [?]J. L. Westover »
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                                                                                                                          Sign up for my newsletter for a chance to win an original, hand-inked comic by yours truly. Link below 👇

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                                                                                                                          [?]Dr. Amy, Psy.D. »
                                                                                                                          @dramypsyd@ohai.social

                                                                                                                          I love that cats that aren’t domesticated don’t meow when they grow up, but domesticated cats do because they learned humans don’t understand their natural communication, so they keep meowing beyond the kitten stage just for us. So basically cats made up a language just to talk to us. And that language is essentially baby talk.

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                                                                                                                          [?]The Whore of Blahbylon »
                                                                                                                          @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                          Accurate.

                                                                                                                          Elle was a mistake posted:
gotta respect the longevity of
microsoft word. nothing about it
works and it's still the standard. want
to move an image? go to hell. edit a
pdf? edit your expectations. ignore a
spelling mistake? how about suck
my dick. that'll be $150.

                                                                                                                          Alt...Elle was a mistake posted: gotta respect the longevity of microsoft word. nothing about it works and it's still the standard. want to move an image? go to hell. edit a pdf? edit your expectations. ignore a spelling mistake? how about suck my dick. that'll be $150.

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                                                                                                                            [?]The Whore of Blahbylon »
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                                                                                                                            [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                            @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                            Second on radicale. It's simple and works like a charm.

                                                                                                                            CC: @offby1@wandering.shop

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                                                                                                                              [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                              @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                              Lo del burdel se lo oí a un argentino; parece que allí significa eso, y la RAE lo confirma. Quizá lo del lío y el caos viene de usar lo del burdel en sentido figurado.

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                                                                                                                                [?]nessita »
                                                                                                                                @nessita@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                Never thought I'd be writing official docs for a major open source project begging LLMs to stop fabricating surreal vulnerabilities.

                                                                                                                                Is this the future??? 😱

                                                                                                                                Hasta la vista, baby.

                                                                                                                                github.com/django/django/commi

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                                                                                                                                  [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                  @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                  Pues yo siempre había creído que un quilombo era un burdel 🤦

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                                                                                                                                    [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                    @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                    You can find some apache2 configuration snippets in snac's documentation:

                                                                                                                                    https://comam.es/snac-doc/snac.8.html#EXAMPLES

                                                                                                                                    CC: @stefano@bsd.cafe

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                                                                                                                                      [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                      @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                      Great post. I'm glad you've found a place you belong to. Also, don't treat yourself too hard about the lost decades; there are still a lot of time ahead.

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                                                                                                                                        [?]Palabra del día » 🤖
                                                                                                                                        @palabra@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                        Palabra para el jueves, 12 de junio de 2025:

                                                                                                                                        TRAMOYISTA

                                                                                                                                            1. 1. m. y f. Persona que inventa, construye o dirige tramoyas de teatro.
                                                                                                                                            2. 2. m. y f. Persona que las coloca, las hace funcionar o trabaja en las mutaciones escénicas.
                                                                                                                                            3. 3. m. y f. Persona que utiliza ficciones o engaños. U. t. c. adj.
                                                                                                                                               Sin.:
                                                                                                                                                  + tramposo, embustero, tramoyón.
                                                                                                                                        Fuente: Palabra del día del diccionario de la lengua española (RAE)

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                                                                                                                                        [?]-Boulet- »
                                                                                                                                        @bouletcorp2@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                        Parodie du mème de la série "Invincible".
En arrière-plan on voit un data center engloutir de grandes quantités de carburant et d'eau, envoyant des colonnes de fumée dans l'atmosphère.
Au premier plan, Miyazaki prononce la phrase du mème original: "Look what they need to mimic just a fraction of our power", tandis que Boulet répond un peu tristement: "I still wish they'd fuck off".

                                                                                                                                        Alt...Parodie du mème de la série "Invincible". En arrière-plan on voit un data center engloutir de grandes quantités de carburant et d'eau, envoyant des colonnes de fumée dans l'atmosphère. Au premier plan, Miyazaki prononce la phrase du mème original: "Look what they need to mimic just a fraction of our power", tandis que Boulet répond un peu tristement: "I still wish they'd fuck off".

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                                                                                                                                        [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                        @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                        Poor Emma. She is right.

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                                                                                                                                          [?]None Hitwonder »
                                                                                                                                          @nonehitwonder@tenforward.social

                                                                                                                                          When people talk about "survival of the fittest" or "the crime of empathy," I want clips like this to be pressed into the sides of those people's self-serving dumbfuck heads until they cave in.

                                                                                                                                          Alt...A group of turtles are floating in a pond. One of the turtles is upside-down and struggling to right itself, and the other turtles gather around and help flip the upside-down turtle. TURTLES understand the benefits of mutual aid.

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                                                                                                                                          [?]Victor Moral ⁂ »
                                                                                                                                          @victor@taquiones.net

                                                                                                                                          Así habló Cicerón: Derecho a ver bien
                                                                                                                                          https://asihablociceron.blogspot.com/2025/06/derecho-ver-bien.html?m=1

                                                                                                                                          Magnífica explicación. Hay que darle cariño y leer hasta el final que es cuando todo tiene sentido. Yo también era de los que pensaba que a los ricos no haya que darles ayuda, hay que darles una eutanasia rápida, pero al convertirlo en derecho todo cambia.

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                                                                                                                                          [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                          @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                          Pues por lo que dices, enhorabuena, entonces.

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                                                                                                                                            [?]Robert Kingett »
                                                                                                                                            @WeirdWriter@caneandable.social

                                                                                                                                            Just had one of my beta readers told me, proudly, that they feed one of my novels in progress into a non-local LLM because they didn't understand where a scene came from. Readers, I can't believe I have to say this, but don't do this. I can't speak for every writer out there, but for me, I want my beta readers to actually *connect* with me through the imperfect, pantsy, chaos of my drafts. I'm letting you see the unedited bleeding onto the page. If you can't be bothered to read it, then why are you anyone's beta reader? If you don't understand something, ask! That's what being a beta reader is all about!

                                                                                                                                            They justified it by saying well, giant LLM can spot plot holes in Romance novels better than I can.

                                                                                                                                            If one of my freelance editors does this. I wouldn't know what to do. I don't want to pay someone for just shoving my work into an LLM. What am I even paying you for? But none of my editors have done this, yet. I'm just frustrated and I feel as if I've been betrayed, and like my beta readers don't take me seriously enough to engage in my messy, raw, unedited, texts.

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                                                                                                                                            [?]Natasha Jay »
                                                                                                                                            @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

                                                                                                                                            You don't have to put on the red light.

                                                                                                                                            The rear of a truck designed to carry minerals. It's marked "ROCK-SAND"

                                                                                                                                            Alt...The rear of a truck designed to carry minerals. It's marked "ROCK-SAND"

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                                                                                                                                            [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                            @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                            Great ❤️

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                                                                                                                                              [?]The Whore of Blahbylon »
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                                                                                                                                              BLAHBYLON'S MUSIC SELECTIONS

                                                                                                                                              I'm sure I've posted this before, but . . .

                                                                                                                                              Dead Can Dance - Anywhere Out of the World

                                                                                                                                              youtube.com/watch?v=ajfVT_uk6j4

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                                                                                                                                                [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                                @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                Maldonado sí que es el mejor.

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                                                                                                                                                  [?]Victor Moral ⁂ »
                                                                                                                                                  @victor@taquiones.net

                                                                                                                                                  Mejor aprender a escribir con lápiz y papel

                                                                                                                                                  https://culturacientifica.com/2025/06/13/mejor-aprender-a-escribir-con-lapiz-y-papel/

                                                                                                                                                  A mí siempre me ha parecido que el aprendizaje tiene un coste. Que el remedio fantabuloso que te da todo sin esfuerzo era una estafa, y yo no soy un ejemplo, que tomo atajos siempre que no me interesa algo, pero aún así hay algo más en usar cerebro y cuerpo al mismo tiempo que lo mejora todo.

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                                                                                                                                                  [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                                  @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                  Hi, @rooster@beige.party I don't know you and you don't know me. I've found this post of yours out there in the Fediverse and found it incredibly moving. After boosting it, I felt it was not enough, so I've translated it for you to Spanish, as a gift.

                                                                                                                                                  https://beige.party/users/rooster/statuses/114603792799576429



                                                                                                                                                  Cuando yo era pequeño, no sabía quién era. Lo que sí sabía era lo que todo el mundo me decía que debía ser: un buen niño judío que acabaría convirtiéndose en un buen hombre judío. Construí ese niño desde el barro con mis propias manos y le di la forma que los demás esperaban. Sobre su frente escribí אמת, verdad, deseando que viviera una verdad que yo no comprendía.

                                                                                                                                                  Escribí uno de los nombres de Dios en un pedazo de papel, se lo metí en la boca y vivió. Durante 35 años caminó ocupando mi lugar, viviendo una existencia falsa, usando mi aliento.

                                                                                                                                                  Cierto día ya no pude soportar la asfixia y necesité morir o recuperar mi respiración. En un momento de fuerza, borre el aleph de su cabeza, y este se desplomó. No murió tal y como mandaba la frase en su frente, porque en realidad nunca estuvo vivo.

                                                                                                                                                  No me había dado cuenta de cuánto barro había acumulado a lo largo de los años. Qué profunda era la vergüenza, qué pesados eran los trozos de lodo seco. Mis manos, ahora heridas y sangrantes tras desmenuzar mi golem, finalmente encontraron el pedazo de papel, largamente olvidado.

                                                                                                                                                  Y entonces vi que el nombre que había escrito era el mío propio.

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                                                                                                                                                    [?]Noah K »
                                                                                                                                                    @coderanger@cloudisland.nz

                                                                                                                                                    Hey @ThePSF, this sucks and does not reflect the values of the Python community. We can't stop blockchain shitheads from using Python, but we can definitely avoid featuring them as paragons of our community. Delete this and apologize.
                                                                                                                                                    fosstodon.org/@ThePSF/11465927

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                                                                                                                                                      [?]Luis Falcon »
                                                                                                                                                      @meanmicio@todon.eu

                                                                                                                                                      , an ethical, libre alternative to Gxgle forms.
                                                                                                                                                      liberaforms.org/en

                                                                                                                                                      English
Euskara
Català
Español
LiberaForms, ethical form software
LiberaForms is a libre software tool developed as community, free, and ethical infrastructure that makes it easy to create and manage forms that respect the digital rights of the people who use it.

With LiberaForms you can browse, edit, and download the answers to your forms; include a checkbox to require Data protection law consent, collaborate with other users by sharing permissions; and much more!

                                                                                                                                                      Alt...English Euskara Català Español LiberaForms, ethical form software LiberaForms is a libre software tool developed as community, free, and ethical infrastructure that makes it easy to create and manage forms that respect the digital rights of the people who use it. With LiberaForms you can browse, edit, and download the answers to your forms; include a checkbox to require Data protection law consent, collaborate with other users by sharing permissions; and much more!

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                                                                                                                                                        [?]Li Chen »
                                                                                                                                                        @exocomics@mastodon.world

                                                                                                                                                        bedtime

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                                                                                                                                                        [?]El Infierno de Dante » 🤖
                                                                                                                                                        @infierno@comam.es

                                                                                                                                                        Como el lagarto bajo el gran azote
                                                                                                                                                        de la canícula, al cambiar de seto,
                                                                                                                                                        parece un rayo si cruza el camino;
                                                                                                                                                        tal parecía, yendo a las barrigas
                                                                                                                                                        de los restantes, una sierpe airada,
                                                                                                                                                        tal grano de pimienta negra y livida;
                                                                                                                                                        y en aquel sitio que primero toma
                                                                                                                                                        nuestro alimento, a uno le golpea;
                                                                                                                                                        luego al suelo cayó a sus pies tendida.


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                                                                                                                                                          [?]Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: »
                                                                                                                                                          @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net

                                                                                                                                                          My current conspiracy theory: Now that has more or less destroyed the market for domain certificates and people are more interested in using client/user certificate, Google throws the market a lifeline by removing clientAuth from acceptable certificates in the browser context with some vague "it's about security" arm waving.

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                                                                                                                                                            [?]La Historieta Musical (Jesús) »
                                                                                                                                                            @LaHistorietaMusical@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                            Estas últimas semanas, al hablar de artistas como Suzi Quatro o Siouxsie Sioux, me he acordado un dato curioso sobre pioneras olvidadas.

                                                                                                                                                            Y es que nadie recuerda que el primer grupo 100% femenino de España fueron de Granada.

                                                                                                                                                            Así que hoy, en , Las Amazonas.

                                                                                                                                                            Foto promocional de las Amazonas donde las cinco integrantes con vestidos y ropajes propios de finales de los 60 juntan sus manos en un perfil escalonado.

                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Foto promocional de las Amazonas donde las cinco integrantes con vestidos y ropajes propios de finales de los 60 juntan sus manos en un perfil escalonado.

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                                                                                                                                                              [?]J. L. Westover »
                                                                                                                                                              @MrLovenstein@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                              Secret Panel HERE 👏 tapas.io/episode/1727474

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                                                                                                                                                              [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                                              @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                              I trulyn't was sure about it, that's for sure.

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                                                                                                                                                                [?]Jack Baty »
                                                                                                                                                                @jbaty@social.lol

                                                                                                                                                                I think about this a lot. Whenever I read it I usually make a few prints.

                                                                                                                                                                If you think photos are important now, wait until they are all you have left

                                                                                                                                                                Alt...If you think photos are important now, wait until they are all you have left

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                                                                                                                                                                [?]Tomáš »
                                                                                                                                                                @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                teapot

                                                                                                                                                                a person hushes a sentient computer

                                                                                                                                                                Alt...a person hushes a sentient computer

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                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                                                  @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                                  ¿Estos contenedores que solo se pueden abrir con tarjetas electrónicas llevan años en España? ¿Dónde?

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                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                                                                                                                                                    @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

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                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                                                    @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                                    I get more and more surprised about how programmers (specially the youngest) react to posts like yours.
                                                                                                                                                                    Because the first step toward freedom is always the same: admitting you might be wearing chains.
                                                                                                                                                                    Can't be said clearer.

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                                                                                                                                                                      [?]haui »
                                                                                                                                                                      @haui@mastodon.giftedmc.com

                                                                                                                                                                      @stefano AI is tech cancer. Same as capitalism is societal cancer. It is a self propelling, accellerating decline machine.

                                                                                                                                                                      In the case of AI, it speeds up climate catastrophe, supercharges exploitation for rare materials and will lead to mass deaths.

                                                                                                                                                                      Capitalism is the same. It slows down inventions (who says different has no idea), increases waste, lowers empathy and will destroy this planet for us.

                                                                                                                                                                      The planet doesnt give a rats ass about it but we will be dead.

                                                                                                                                                                      Stop AI, stop capitalism.

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                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                                                                                                                                                        @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                                                                        Ever heard of vibe coding?
                                                                                                                                                                        It’s when the code looks fine, tests pass, vibes are good - so it goes to production. Even if it’s wide open to SQL injection.

                                                                                                                                                                        I’ve seen it happen.
                                                                                                                                                                        AI wrote it. Devs trusted it. Management loved it.
                                                                                                                                                                        Nobody understood it.

                                                                                                                                                                        We’re trading skill for speed.
                                                                                                                                                                        And that’s how we lose our freedom.

                                                                                                                                                                        Vibe Coding Will Rob Us of Our Freedom: it-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/05

                                                                                                                                                                        EDIT: Given the trends and the comments, I wrote something off the cuff about it: my-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/05

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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Jess👾 »
                                                                                                                                                                          @JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                          Also, I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but I'll say it again:

                                                                                                                                                                          Part of your job as a senior is to tell your juniors about your fuckups. The embarrassing cringe reckless and lazy bullshit that you did when you were new, and the various times you brought down Prod. We ALL did it sometime. And then tell them: the moment you realized you fucked up, I know, the impulse is to try and cover it up, but don't do it. Come to the seniors you trust, and they'll help you unfuck it, and fight management tooth and claw like mamma and pappa bears to defend you from any shitheads in management. Because that's what our seniors did to us.

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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                                                          @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                                          Narrator: "He wasn't sorry at all"

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                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                                                            @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                                            AI: Actually Indians

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                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                                                              @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                                              Oh my so true 💔

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                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Li Chen »
                                                                                                                                                                                @exocomics@mastodon.world

                                                                                                                                                                                cat cafe

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                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                                                                @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                                                Better Call Anh

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                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Brian Tatosky »
                                                                                                                                                                                  @virtualbri@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                  Happy Pride Month, especially from performative corporations everywhere.

                                                                                                                                                                                  (taken from an unattributed post on a Discord so I can't credit the artist)

                                                                                                                                                                                  An image of various "bad guy" corporations and organizations from TV, Film and Videogames, with their logos altered to have a "pride rainbow" theme

                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...An image of various "bad guy" corporations and organizations from TV, Film and Videogames, with their logos altered to have a "pride rainbow" theme

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                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Kris Howard »
                                                                                                                                                                                  @web_goddess@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                                  LinkGaslighting? - For several months now I’ve continued my project where every day I go back through my archives and clean up broken links in old posts. If something is broken and I can find it in the Wayback Machine (web.archive.org/), I replace the link. Lately I’m noticing something new and insidious. Of course there’s a lot of linkrot, where stuff is just gone. (In my archives, Yahoo News and Make’s Craftzine are the two biggest offenders.) Then there’s stuff that’s gone, but the domain has been repurposed by someone else. Sometimes it’s obvious (porn and gambling ahoy!) and other times they create a plausible looking site filled with SEO glurge. And then there’s this third dark pattern I don’t even have a name for yet, where the same entity is still in control of the domain and the link goes to a plausible looking URL, but it’s NOT the page I linked to originally.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Here’s an example. In 2001 I wrote a post (web-goddess.org/archive/554) about Jenna Bush, saying I sympathised with her and that she was just acting like a college student. In it, I linked to a Salon.com article (salon.com/mwt/wire/2001/05/30/) about her. If you follow that link now, you are silently redirected to an article about her beliefs about safe sex (salon.com/2007/09/25/jenna_bus). If you don’t look closely, you might miss the fact that the safe sex article is from 2007. If you go to the Wayback Machine, you’ll see that the actual article I linked to was about her buying booze (web.archive.org/web/2001060509). I’ve now found several other Salon.com links to that redirect to posts about the same general topic of the post, but aren’t the actual one I linked to.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Another example. In 2013 I linked to (web-goddess.org/archive/11354) a Serious Eats recipe for “tobacco cookies” (seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/0). If you click that link now, you’re redirected to a recipe for Chocolate Dipped Tuile “Cigarettes” (seriouseats.com/chocolate-dipp). That one gave me pause. Is that what I originally linked to? If that’s what the recipe is called, why did I call it something else? Here’s the Wayback Machine to the rescue again, confirming that there really used to be a recipe for tobacco cookies (seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/0). WTF.

                                                                                                                                                                                  I’m not clear on why or how this is happening. Maybe some sort of custom 404 logic that picks out a keyword and sends you to a likely recent link? It’s infuriating though that they don’t give you any warning that it might not be the page you’re looking for. It makes finding broken links that much harder, because they’re actively trying to gaslight me. Links are a contract and a promise. Silently redirecting web-goddess.org/archive/77747

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                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                                                                  @angel@triptico.com

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                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Ángel »
                                                                                                                                                                                  @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                                                  Great! Thank you so much.

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