דגל שכור 🏴 @thufie@pixie.town

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the goal was hit...!

thank you to everyone that donated/boosted, I cannot even begin to explain how monumentally helpful this is

we started the day off legit feeling pretty hopeless, so this is... a massively positive reversal

we've still got a lot of scrambling to do still, but I'm pretty confident that we can manage the rest from here.

y'all have been legit life savers holy floogin' hell

I’m sure this has been pointed out a million times but calling it a superfund site is dangerously close to calling it a “superfun” site. I always have to pause a moment and remind myself it’s the opposite of that

A trans couple my sister is friends with is recovering from a house fire in Oklahoma. I know there are a million things to help out with in the world but maybe this is one you feel moved to chip in for. Even small donations help.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/house-fire-relief-for-kade-and-breanna

Groundbreaking. Reuters are reporting that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been secured. Could Gaza finally see an end to the onslaught?

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-ceasefire-appears-close-us-egyptian-leaders-put-focus-coming-hours-2025-01-14/

Ironically, I guess that this makes me a model :)

(Yes, I should have bought XL not L...)

Nonsense password requirement of the day: Can't use the same character more than 3 times.

Assertion: A true witch must know their hex codes.

@socketwench @mhoye There is a proposed `prefers-reduced-data`:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-reduced-data

So far it only exists in Chrome-based browsers behind a flag.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2815500/Stardust_Demon/

me and my partner's game is currently 25% off!!! check it out please :3 we worked super super hard on it and we're just 2 furry gamedevs trying to make the dream work

it's a pixel art metroidvania / sidescroller-zelda-like, with oldschool FMV cutscenes too

link is steam but the game's on itch too if you'd prefer!

Given Proton's CEO coming out as a right wing chud, I'd like to point at Proton's policy of immediately re-charging your credit card if you dispute any charge with them, how they promise free refunds if the service doesn't work for you but make it impossible to cancel, the snake oil of key escrow where they manage encryption keys for you, and having already thrown one environmental activist to the cops. Fuck Proton.

The radical autonomous communications infrastructure @riseup announced the release of a music compilation dedicated to Riseup's 25th anniversary:
"#montreal4riseup is a project of 20 songs, released (or not) between 2020 and 2024, that span a large range of genres including rap, industrial, folk, rock, noise, punk, post-punk, anarcho-punk, hardcore, oi, crust, grind, and more"

Price: voluntary, of course
https://music.riseup.net
https://mtl4riseup.bandcamp.com/album/montreal4riseup

Nice job localising (US-English) "checked" to (UK-English) "ticked", Windows.

Only thing is, while we do tick boxes rather than checking them, telling me that updates were "ticked" 6 days ago makes a bit less sense

Pay close attention to street vandalism to know which gangs are operating in your area

Recently, Altbot has been targeted by DDoS attacks. While the motive is unclear, it seems tied to a misguided belief that the bot’s alt-text generation is harmful to the environment. Let me set the record straight.

Altbot uses Gemini-1.5-flash, a specifically low-power AI model. Processing a single alt-text request consumes around 0.0005 kWh, meaning that in the 4 months since I created Altbot—and tens of thousands of alt-text entries generated—it has consumed roughly 10 kWh in total. That’s about the same energy as running a single LED light bulb nonstop for 41 days or driving an electric car just 40 miles.

These DDoS attacks, however, have already consumed more electricity and computing power than Altbot has across its entire existence... in a matter of hours. This means the attacks have caused more environmental harm than the very thing they seem to be protesting.

Altbot exists to improve accessibility on Mastodon, not to harm the environment. Accessibility and sustainability can coexist, and I’m committed to keeping Altbot energy-efficient and purposeful.

If there are concerns, I encourage constructive dialogue—not destructive actions that undermine both inclusivity and sustainability.

Thank you to everyone supporting Altbot’s mission of making the Fediverse more accessible for all.