ALAN LAVENDER @lavenderlens@qoto.org

An instant classic. [via Andrew Beals]

Now whenever I enter a restroom I brace myself for the possibility of finding classified documents.

Cologne night life. Pt 2
#BarLife #Cologne #photography #photo #travel #Germany #blackandwhitephoto #everydaylife

Science

Well, it's official... Microsoft Bing just delisted my entire website for no discernible reason.

Is it because oddnugget.com is a search engine, I wonder? No, no, it couldn't be that.

Maybe their AI chat search abomination couldn't handle my site's existence...

#microsoft #bing #oddnugget #search #internet #ai #hype

No woman can compile the same software twice - the software hasn't changed, compiler hasn't changed, but some dependency is no longer cached, or available, or some other philosophical garbage.

And she, is no longer the same.

The worst thing to have ever happened to Mastodon is the concept of “joining Mastodon”. Nobody ever “joined Mastodon”. They used Mastodon to join the Fediverse.

As it happens, many people who “joined Mastodon” don’t even realize they joined the Fediverse. BBC clearly doesn’t realize this is what occurs.

But there’s a silver lining here. Perhaps if the people who don’t like Mastodon realize there’s other options, they’ll soon understand why the Fediverse is so exciting.

No server or software has to be all things to all people. If something isn’t to their taste, they can simply try another one.

The US just had its worst day for wildfire smoke in its history - Smoke from wildfires in Canada spread badly at Times Squar... - https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23753956/wildfire-smoke-worst-day-us-history-stanford-analysis-air-quality

AirNow and Other Apps to Help You Track Air Quality Near You - Air quality levels have been a source of intense interest this week. There are a number o... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/us/air-quality-aqi-apps-smoke.html #contenttype:service #mobileapplications #airpollution #smartphones

iOS 17 Automatically Removes Tracking Parameters From Links You Click On - iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma include even more privacy-preserving features while browsi... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/06/08/1519215/ios-17-automatically-removes-tracking-parameters-from-links-you-click-on?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #privacy

Okay, so, U.S. folks currently with a breathable atmosphere:

I'm serious about the whole "prepare for novel natural disasters" thing.

Prepare NOW, while you do not currently HAVE one.

Power outages; whatever the cause, they are going to be more common.

Unsafe water; also going to be more common due to infrastructure not designed for floods THAT bad.

Unsafe temps; already much more common everywhere! Both more extreme heat and cold.

Unsafe air; well.

It won't always happen somewhere else.