@markwyner Pretty interesting!

Glad to see both Cannibal Corpse and Cattle Decapitation are in the clear. Those death metal guys can be alright.

In theory I've implemented arbitrary-precision unsigned arithmetic in Lua!

Feel free to recommend tests which'll actually use multiple digits... Thankfully it'll be a while before I'm ready to integrate this...

Or point me towards how to do bitwise-operations in Lua? I'm surprised Lua omitted these operators!

https://codeberg.org/alcinnz/Alonzo/src/branch/main/util/bigint.lua

It sounded fun to implement. I think I'll tackle keyboard navigation.

@davidgerard Hm, I suppose yes that’s within the realm of possibility. However I’m fairly confident there aren’t any. The reason is explained by the application of this well-worn joke schema:

Q: How can you tell if a person is a regular Scott Alexander reader?
A: He’ll tell you.

Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, July 10th.

Thanks for joining our chat. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.

Our intro, and question from @MartyCormack

Q1a. Where are you posting from today?

Q1b. What's a thing (technique, gear, equipment, accessories, etc) about cycling that you wish you knew about when you started, but took a couple years or longer to find out, presumably the hard way?

#BikeNiteQ #BikeTooter @bikenite

(Hopefully I’ve scheduled this correctly given the time difference here in the UK!)

RE: https://newsie.social/@servelan/116897241445736643

I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate bullies. And this is an adult with power using it to deny one kid her identity and her ability to compete in dance.

I don't blame the kid for backing down under the threat. These people target children and adults for death, rape, and violence. I do hate that the bully is empowered to keep doing what should obviously be a crime.
#trans #IrishDance #LGBTQ

The dance community supported and included her, but...

Trans teen drops out of dance competition after conservatives lead campaign against her - LGBTQ Nation

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/trans-teen-pressured-out-of-irish-dance-competition-in-florida/

When we think science is just something that nerds do instead of the foundation of the modern world, we fall for obvious and stupid scams like this.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6g41pzy41o

Happy #FlyDay! 🪰

If you’re thinking “hey, that’s a moth!”, then you have been bamboozled by the drain fly! (Clogmia albipunctata)

This one obliged me a few fun snapshots when it landed on the mirror.

They’re utterly harmless and I don’t bother trying to “do something about them”. The carnivorous plants I keep in my windowsill bog do appreciate their contributions though. 🤭 #Insects

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This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters.

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This morning's link harvest...

https://www.folklore.org/The_Grand_Unified_Model_The_Finder.html (replacing one of yesterday's)

https://mxb.dev/blog/the-css-mindset/
https://dbaron.org/css/user/
https://aresluna.org/show-your-hands-honor/
https://justine.lol/lex/
https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/enum.SelectionMode.html#multiple
https://www.theodinproject.com/lessons/foundations-intro-to-css#selectors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic_(computer_science)

These will be peppered throughout me introducing a concept for a CSS WYSIWYG!

@petrillic You remind me of the old lady I once saw who was dipping a slice of pizza into a side of macaroni and cheese. That lady had life figured out.

Am I really writing a new @techdirt.com@bsky.brid.gy post about the Reckless Ben Lego situation? Yah, it looks like it...

And then YouTube serves me up this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=urQh...

what every Lego Scandal update...

@NuanceRhymesWithOrange Oh, I love a good potato and cheese pierogi topped with some caramelized onions and a dollop of sour cream.

Heard this crazy story of American "justice" on the Criminal podcast.

A man is arrested for a crime cos the police used AI facial recognition. The man has a solid alibi: he was in hospital cos his child was being born.

6 months later, he pleads guilty. Why? He's been locked up all this time, awaiting trial. The only way he gets to go home to his new baby is to admit to a crime he didn't commit.

This is that craziness @mekkaokereke keeps telling us about.
https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-371-thats-not-me

@infobeautiful IIRC the Germans thought this would get them to the Indian Ocean and that turned out not to be a thing either.

Supposedly Israel told Trump there was a new plot to assassinate him by Iran. I'm trying to figure out why Iran would want to do this, given that Trump is behaving as if he's on Iran's payroll.