@quixoticgeek @Tho99

speculation
looking at the governing body for FIDE
I am *guessing that a lot of these people come from countries, like Russia, the chair's home country, that are very hostile to trans and gay rights

https://directory.fide.com/list/officials/&b=1&c=42

@globalmuseum i remember seeing this as a kid, in very sorry condition, in the science museum in London. i'm so glad it's been restored.

Them: Have a great day!
Me: No YOU have a great day!
Them:...no...YOU have a great day.
Me: you. have. a. great. day.
Them: You better have a great day.
Me: Look, I'm telling you, have a great fucking day.
Them: I don't have a great day! YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Me: FUCK YOU! YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Them: Who the hell do you think you are??? YOU ARE SO GOING TO HAVE A GREAT FUCKING DAY!
Me: I will END YOU! FUCKING HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Them: I will find you and I will MAKE you have a great day!
Me: You just try it, asshole! YOU JUST TRY IT!
Them: HAVE A GREAT FUCKING DAY!
ME: NO! YOU HAVE A GREAT FUCKING DAY!
Them: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Me: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

@BillySmith @pete I only got that far through because I was watching at 2x speed 😄.

No need for apologies. The first few minutes were really promising. It's likely that there are others in that community (the ones doing the actual work with their actual skills) who would be interesting to listen to.

“You can only get an earlier GP’s appointment by speaking to our AI assistant, Andy. At reception we can only do routine appointments and that will be at least a month.”

@catsalad@infosec.exchange Toby or no Toby

@catsalad
I think I am, I think I am!

The Synthesis kernel can be divided into
a number of collections of procedures and data.

money can be exchanged for goods and services

We call these collections of procedures quajects that encapsulate hardware resources, like Hydra objects [7].

i love it when people are unafraid to toss out a completely fucked up word they made up like this. hell yeah

My taxes are going to murder school children overseas and to let pardoned insurrectionist pedophiles get their hush money payoffs to victims, meanwhile, the papers of record want to let me know the real danger is the guy who taxes second homes in Manhattan to balance budgets and feed hungry kids.

Above the system. #grickledoodle #monopoly #jail #court #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

Deb Goodkin's talk, "What Running FreeBSD on a Modern Laptop Taught Me," is happening now in Room 101H at Open Source Summit North America, hosted by The Linux Foundation.

Join us to hear how she made FreeBSD her daily driver.

#FreeBSD #OpenSourceSummit #LinuxFoundation #OpenSource

It's prime bird- and squirrel-watching time on the mountain.

#CharleneTheCat #CatsOfMastodon

what is he even talking about here what is going on here

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mm7naapp6a2t

RE: https://indiepocalypse.social/@magicalgrrrl/116585832140463003

At this point with so little raised and barely an hour left I'm going to have use my rewards points from the hotel's program to get us two more nights inside for now while will still try to raise the rest of our goal and secure a whole week

@LoganFive The origin of the Cage Match

This will be my watch-along commentary thread for Google I/O keynote today for those who want to follow it.

Bipartisan bill in Congress includes $130 annual EV registration fee

Politicians say they want EVs to pay "their fair share for the use of our roads."
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/05/bipartisan-bill-in-congress-includes-130-annual-ev-registration-fee/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

NEW: Apple is shaking up its hardware engineering ranks, changing its management of Product Design and expanding the roles of several key silicon and hardware leaders. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-19/apple-s-new-hardware-chief-shakes-up-oversight-of-product-design?srnd=undefined