@stefan @scottjenson Indeed, flexible groups, both private and public, open en closed, seem to have a great potential. (a potential #GooglePlus never managed to sell, but I tend to think this has rather random, non-substantial reasons)

In any case, the popular format of #friends (#facebook) and connections (#LinkedIn) is hard to visualize or define as "circles" really: they constitute a personally unique set of connections that may be displayed much more like neurons, instead.

No matter how complicated to visually imagine, friend-connections (and their popular #platform implementation) make intuitive sense to people and people like to have friends. Most people won't make friends in the current #Fediverse, however.

@sebsauvage Quoi, Firefox peut le faire aussi, mais pourquoi ils ont planqué la fonctionnalité ?!

Dear Wes Streeting, thank you for trying to force GPs in the UK to use these systems.

@mangochutney
Das war (indirekt) DeepL über EasyGenerator
Die machen (oder machten) es meiner Meinung nach eigentlich ganz gut 😠

Happy birthday to #philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) who, amongst other things speculated about a teapot orbiting in space. This lino block print of Russell’s Teapot is part of my series of Imaginary Friends of Science of charismatic thought experiments. In this case, the alledged china teapot, in orbit between Earth and Mars is an analogy by philosopher Bertrand Russell to make the case that the 🧵
⠀ https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/919881895

#linocut #printmaking #SciArt #RussellsTeapot #philosophy

Russia is starting to lose ground in Ukraine

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/05/17/russia-is-starting-to-lose-ground-in-ukraine

#HackerNews #Russia #Ukraine #Conflict #War #Update #Military #Analysis

@Framasoft 21/06/2026 et non 2025 ?! 🥰

@eff love it

In a healthy democracy, this would be front page news and grounds for immediate congressional investigation and impeachment.
https://popular.info/p/the-smoking-guns-in-trumps-new-financial

RE: https://toot.teckids.org/@nik/116540880770634816

As someone who has been programming since being a young teenager, things like this make me enormously sad.

If I was banned from being part of tech communities until the age of 16 or even 18 I would've never been able to learn all I did. I would've never been able to truly get into FOSS.

I would've never had a chance to become who I now am.

Age verification is literally killing the ability for kids and teens to excitedly participate and learn cool stuff and learn how to have digital agency.

Meow #cat

It is the epitome of @pluralistic #enshittification that to access all the features of my breast pump, I have to install an app on my phone AND create an online user account 💀

… like why the hell do they need that data?

ciao @admin grazie innanzitutto della risposta. la diversità di opinioni all'interno di un dibattito civile, anche aspro ma nel merito delle questioni, è quello che mi ha spinto a far parte di questa comunità, prima su bida e poi qui da voi. ma qui non stiamo parlando di questo. la provocazione, infatti, non ha rispetto di nessuno. da essa, a maggior ragione quando è reiterata e basata manifestamente su assunti falsi, non può nascere nessun confronto di idee e chi la compie non deve essere certo incoraggiato, anche solo a titolo personale. questo è il mio punto di vista, per quel che vale. nonostante ciò, ci tengo a precisare che lascio questa istanza con spirito d'amicizia e vi ringrazio per l'ospitalità ricevuta da tutti voi sin dall'inizio e in tutto questo periodo.

per mannaggia ad astra,
muffa.

Ciao!
Mi consigliate posti buoni e puliti dove mangiare in centro a Torino?
Buona qualità -prezzo, non troppo casino, con opzioni vegetariane e veg.
Dico puliti a prova di una persona che non mangia di solito in posti che non conosce approfonditamente :)

Grazie!
Apprezzo i boost!

#torino #ristoranti

1. Lock yourself in an airtight fridge.

Another stellar font from Dan Cederholm that's just been released.

https://simplebits.shop/products/beeswacks

I've ordered a device on AliExpress to run RS232 over single mode fiber for some reason which I will determine later to justify the purchase.