I swear I was trying to type "Mansplaining", but autocorrect has other ideas
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tractor-trailer rig or semi (as in semitrailer truck, because the kingpin is forward of the rear axle)
Martin Reinhart
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What happens when public data suddenly becomes politically vulnerable?
Our team member Laura Rothfritz, explores this question in her new article in the International Journal of Digital Curation, looking at the 2016/2017 Data Rescue movement and the limits of emergency curation.
https://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v20i1.1117
A timely contribution on data preservation, infrastructural fragility, and data politics.
<b>Preserving Under Pressure: The 2016/2017 Data Rescue Movement and the Limits of Emergency Curation</b>
@ClarusPlusPlus W00t! Congratulations! 🎉
hypebot
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Eating a whole sleeve of crackers probably won’t solve your problems, but it’s worth a try
@donni *rustling noise* Are you spying on me??
I’m still amazed that Apple actually shipped this
@thomasfuchs Apple released just enough for us to be onboard with the idea that this was enough of all that
The Guardian for the absolute win in reporting Paul Rand’s son’s apology for drunken antisemitic and homophobic rant. 1/
![Republican senator Rand Paul's son William
apologized on Wednesday for a drunken tirade at a bar
in Washington DC, in which he reportedly told a
Republican congressman he "hates Jews and hates
gays".
"Last night, I had too much to drink and said some
things that don't represent who I really am. I'm sorry
and today I am seeking help for my drinking problem,"
William Paul posted on social media under the handle
TastyBrew1776. [Note the identification of William Paul’s social media handle.]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/570/880/899/765/674/original/1b7277ef6950fe09.jpeg)
@heidilifeldman Mel Gibson copycat, comrade?
I once tried to describe the piece of SpaceX Crew Dragon Trunk debris that was first discovered as being "about the shape and size of a semi-truck hood" for a BBC podcast, and all the very British people interviewing me were like... "Excuse me, a what?" To which I responded "Uhhhh is that a lorry?" and then they later cut in me saying "lorry" in a different tone of voice with my initial description, which I don't think even makes sense... Pretty funny if you know that whole story though.
@sundogplanets as big as a lorry's bonnet?
@mora @mariosiniscalchi @quinta
non discuto che sia molto meglio avere diversi fornitori privati.
Osservo solo che nel momento in cui fai scadere i documenti cartacei (che erano una cosa da vergognarsi) e de finanzi lo spid, la quasi totalità dei cittadini utilizzerà cie invece che spid in pochi mesi/anni
@luca @mora @mariosiniscalchi già, è un anno che si dice che cie avrà un boom
ps lepida fa gratuitamente spid valido solo in Italia con riconoscimento da remoto
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:
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"There’s something weirdly magical about the early internet with its clunky fan sites, pixelated GIFs, and blogs with neon text. And while most of it vanished years ago, the Wayback Machine lets you return and experience it all over again." - Sam Singleton, PCMag ➡️ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3135464/take-a-nostalgia-trip-through-the-early-internet-with-wayback-machine.html
night duck :kirby_prideheart:
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If you are helping people and animals in need, you are my hero.
If you are creating art, whether as a beginner or a master, you are my hero.
If you are restarting school or changing careers or resurrecting a buried dream, you are my hero.
If you are showing kindness or courage in this world, you are my hero.
If you choose peace, you are my hero.
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:
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Countless books disappear not because their authors lacked talent, but because of bad luck, war, politics, or time.
From “On the Importance of Remembering Forgotten Books,” by Brad Bigelow.
📖 Download & read: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/page/43/
🛒 Purchase in print: https://betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record-9798995425014/new
hypebot
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Which best describes your brain?
:akko_shrug: Torment Nexus company blames the original sci-fi author for its crimes
@jbz So polluting the scraping pool will work!
“Byron Allen” and “CEO of BuzzFeed” are not phrases I expected to combine. But you know, maybe it’s exactly what this distressed internet asset needs.
https://tedium.co/2026/05/13/buzzfeed-byron-allen-analysis/
new @tedium
Also, a little conversation about a new Tedium endeavor at the end of this.
Suddenly, everyone is using the word “turbofish" like they’ve always known what it is and have always used it, and I have no idea what’s going on.
For the curious: https://rust.code-maven.com/turbofish
...you're telling me a gott fried this leibniz??
@amarioguy @gfaster
It's not even really "stolen", like if someone had done this a month later I couldn't care less, whatever. People will slop. It's also completely valid to take your time and do it by hand and while credit would be nice it's not required, I don't have a copyright on Apple's API.
It's this thing where AI can spit out MVPs with zero effort and time and so it allows these people to jump ahead of the person who had the idea in the first place, while investing zero time and learning nothing in the process.
Another example: https://bsky.app/profile/freya.bsky.social/post/3mhdsjgf7cc2h @acegikmo
Don’t worry, it’s still me! Just changed my display name in honor of a recent favorite cartoon
