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Today in my craft post, I'm going to talk about a straightforward skill… while referencing a book that's wonderfully un-straightforward.

H Is for Hawk is a memoir by Helen Macdonald that weaves together several threads, the three biggest of which are: her experience of training a northern goshawk; her analysis of T. H. White's memoir about training a northern goshawk; and her grief following the death of her father. In terms of balance and weaving, it's beautifully done. In terms of psychological insight, it feels searingly true. And in terms of the expression of emotion, it's stunning.

It's also an uncomfortable book at times, in ways that recommend it. And it's a fascinating memoir for a fiction writer to read while thinking about how to write character. H Is for Hawk left me with a lot of questions, for the book and for myself.

If you just want the straightforward writing lesson, which is on the topic of writing emotion, jump ahead to the *** below. If you're interested in a fiction writer's thoughts about memoir, read on.

I sat down to read H is for Hawk because a friend had described its structure and I was intrigued. I'm not a memoir writer; it's far too personal a style of writing for me. But I like to read books that differ greatly from my own writing, and I especially like to learn to write from them. After all, the more a book diverges from your own writing, the more it can stretch you into a broader perspective of what's possible. I was curious about what a memoir that weaves separate but related threads could teach me about writing a work of fiction that weaves separate but related threads; but I was also curious about what it could teach me that I didn't know about yet.

Here are some of the unexpected questions that arose for me while reading this book:

In terms of writing character (if one can use that word with a memoir, and I believe one can; more on that later), what are the differences between memoir and fiction?

For example, what advantages does the memoir writer have? Does a reader come to a memoir with a greater willingness to believe in a character than they bring to the reading of fiction? A fiction writer often has to go through a lot of contortions to keep a character believable while also fulfilling the necessities of the plot. Push the character's behavior too far outside the characterization you've so carefully established, and the behavior becomes unbelievable. The reader is left thinking, "I don't believe they would actually do that."

In contrast, in a memoir, a character is an actual person. They did what they did. The memoir writer reports what they did and we believe it, because it's a memoir. Any "unbelievable" behavior consequently brings power with it: amusement, surprise, shock value. (This is not to minimize the work it requires to make any character in any kind of book engaging. I don't mean to suggest that a memoir writer has an easy job creating character, only that they may have a believability advantage.)

Okay then, what advantages does the fiction writer have when writing character? Well, the fiction writer can make shit up; that's a pretty huge advantage. The fiction writer also generally doesn't have to worry about getting sued for defamation of character :o).

Another huge advantage: Though it's true that as a fiction writer I sometimes encounter readers who mistakenly assume I'm like my characters, for the most part, fiction readers remember that fiction is made up. This means that the fiction writer is unlikely to be accused of having done the things their characters did, or judged for that behavior. In contrast, a memoir writer writing about her own actions is opening herself to all kinds of very personal judgment. All writing requires courage and involves exposure… But this takes things to a whole other level! Fiction writers have some built-in emotional protections that I tend to take for granted, until I read a memoir and remember.

This leads me to another question that arose while reading this book: What is the place of the memoir reader when it comes to judging the people inside the memoir? For example, Helen Macdonald writes a compassionate but blistering exposé of T. H. White in this book. It's an exposé that T. H. White wrote first; anyone can learn from White's own memoir that he was heartbreakingly, sometimes sadistically abusive to the goshawk he trained. But Macdonald presents it anew, and she presents it with an analysis of White's psychology that shows us more about White than he ever meant us to know. She shows us the abuse, familial and societal, that brought White to this place. She shows us his heartbreak, failures, and shame. White feels like an integrated, complete person in this book.

But also, she shows us what she wants to show us — she shows us the parts of White that fit into her own book, about her own experiences. She's the writer, and this is her memoir. To be clear, I don't mean this as a condemnation — I'm not accusing her of leaving things out or misrepresenting White! This is a part of all book-writing. You include what matters to the rest of your book. Everything else ends up on the cutting room floor. As far as I know, Macdonald did a respectful and responsible job of incorporating T. H. White into her book, and I expect she worked very hard to do so. I believe in the T. H. White she showed us. But I think it's important to remember this part of the process when reading any memoir. Even when a writer is writing about themselves, their book has plot and themes, it has content requirements. There'll always be something specific the writer is trying to convey, about themselves or anyone else, and there'll always be stuff they leave out. No book can contain a whole person.

Personally, when I read memoir (and biography and autobiography), I consciously consider the people inside it to function as characters. It's hard to read H Is for Hawk and not come away with some pretty strong opinions about T. H. White. But I keep a permanent asterisk next to my opinions, because White was a real, living person, but I only know him as a character in this book. No matter how many books I read about him (or by him), I'll always be conscious of not knowing the whole person.

As a fiction writer, I find all of this fascinating. I think it's because I see connections between how hard it is to present a compelling character study of a real person and how hard it is to create a believable character in fiction. What are the differences between a memoir writer who's figuring out which part of the truth matters, and a fiction writer who's creating a fiction that's supposed to invoke truth? Also, I'm fascinated by how much all of this lines up with how hard it is to understand anyone in real life. How well can we ever know anyone? How much can we ever separate our own baggage from our judgments of other people? There's a third person getting in the way of my perfect understanding of T. H. White: me.

Next question: How does a writer (of memoir or fiction) make a character ring true to the reader? How does the writer make the character compelling and real?

A writer as skilled as Macdonald knows how to bring her characters, human or hawk, alive for the reader. One way she does this is by keeping her characterizations always in motion. White is many, many things — kind and cruel, sensitive and sadistic, abused and despotic. Macdonald's hawk, Mabel, is also constantly growing and changing. Mabel is a point of personal connection for Macdonald, but she's also always just out of reach. And of course, Macdonald herself is a character in the book. Macdonald lays bare her own successes, failures, oddities, cruelties, kindnesses, insights, ambivalences, and delights, and lets us decide. Personally, as I read, I felt that I was meeting a human of sensitivity and compassion; an anxious person whose need for both solitude and connection was starkly familiar to me; someone consciously composed of contradictions; a person of deep feeling who cares about what matters; a grieving daughter; a person I can relate to. Or should I say, a character I can relate to? Having read this book, I don't presume I know Helen Macdonald.

Here's something I do know about Helen Macdonald though: She's a damn good writer. In particular, as I read, I kept noticing one specific thing she does so well that it needs to be called out and shown to other writers.





All page references are to the 2014 paperback published by Grove Press.

Okay, writers. When it comes to writing a character's emotion, there's a certain skill at which Helen Macdonald excels. Namely, she conveys emotion via action.

Put differently: rather than describing an emotion in words, Macdonald shows us a behavior, one so meaningful that we readers feel the associated emotion immediately.

Here's an example. For context, Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly one March, throwing her into a deep and unexpected grief. Listen to this description of one of the things that happened next:

"In June I fell in love, predictably and devastatingly, with a man who ran a mile when he worked out how broken I was. His disappearance rendered me practically insensible. Though I can't even bring his face to mind now, and though I know not only why he ran, but know that in principle he could have been anyone, I still have a red dress that I will never wear again. That's how it goes." (17)

While there is some effective emotional description here — like when she's rendered practically insensible — the real punch in this passage is the red dress. Macdonald tells us that there's a red dress she'll never wear again, and immediately I get it. I get that the identity of the man is irrelevant; what's relevant is the passion she had for another person and how it connected to her grief, and I feel that passion and grief because there's a red dress she'll never wear again. I can see the dress, hidden away in the back of her closet. I don't have a dress like that, but I could. I get it.

Here's another moment. This one takes place at a much later point, when Macdonald has been grieving for a long time and is finally noticing that she's capable of happiness again:

"But watching television from the sofa later that evening I noticed tears running from my eyes and dropping into my mug of tea. Odd, I think. I put it down to tiredness. Perhaps I am getting a cold. Perhaps I am allergic to something. I wipe the tears away and go to make more tea in the kitchen" (125).

It's hard to write about tears in a way that doesn't feel like a cliché shorthand for sadness, grief, catharsis, whatever you're trying to get across in that moment. Macdonald succeeds here. This dispassionate report of tears conveys what Macdonald needs to convey: that grief is layered; that a person can have many feelings at once; that sometimes your body knows what's going on before the rest of you does; that when you're grieving, sometimes happiness brings with it a tidal wave of sadness. But imagine if Macdonald had listed all those things I just listed, instead of telling us about her tears dropping into her tea. Her way is so much better, and it conveys the same information!

Let me be clear, it's not bad to describe emotion. In fact, it's necessary in places. You need to give your reader an emotional baseline so that they'll know how to contextualize how plot points feel for the character. But if you can find a balance between emotional description and the thing Macdonald is doing here — using action to convey emotion — it will gives the emotion in your writing a freshness, an impact, a punch that you can't get from description alone. It will also give the reader more opportunities to engage their own feelings — to feel things all by themselves, rather than merely understanding what's being felt by the character.

It's hard to write emotion. It's especially hard to figure out non-cliché ways to explain how a character feels. Sometimes it's fine to use a known shorthand or a cliché. Sometimes it's fine to use emotional description. You want a mix of things. But Macdonald's book reminds me that whenever I can, I want to look for ways to use plot to convey feeling. Show what my character does in response to a stimulus. Let the reader glean the emotions from behavior. Your character is happy? Show us what they do with their body. How do they stand, how do they walk? Does it make them generous? Does it make them self-centered and oblivious? Remember that an "action" doesn't have to be something physically, boisterously active. If you're writing a non-demonstrative character, it's not going to ring true if they start flinging their arms around or singing while they walk down the street. But maybe instead of "feeling ecstatic," they sit still for a moment, reveling in what just happened. Maybe instead of "feeling jubilant," they listen to a song playing inside their own head. Internally or externally, show us what they do.

Here's Macdonald describing her childhood obsession with birds:

"When I was six I tried to sleep every night with my arms folded behind my back like wings. This didn't last long, because it is very hard to sleep with your arms folded behind your back like wings." (27)

I can feel the devotion to birds. She doesn't just love birds; she wants to be a bird.

Macdonald goes on to report that as a child, she learned everything she possibly could about falconry, then shared every word of it, no matter how boring, with anyone who would listen. Macdonald's mother was a writer for the local paper. Here's a description of her mother during the delivery of one of Macdonald's lectures:

"Lining up another yellow piece of copy paper, fiddling with the carbons so they didn't slip, she'd nod and agree, drag on her cigarette, and tell me how interesting it all was in tones that avoided dismissiveness with extraordinary facility." (29)

What an endearing depiction of a mother's love for her tedious child :o).

And here's a scene that takes place at a country fair, where Macdonald has agreed to display her goshawk, Mabel, to the public. Macdonald is sitting on a chair under a marquee roof. Mabel is positioned on a perch ten feet behind her. There are so many people at the fair, too many people for the likes of both Macdonald and Mabel:

"After twenty minutes Mabel raises one foot. It looks ridiculous. She is not relaxed enough to fluff out her feathers; she still resembles a wet and particoloured seal. But she makes this small concession to calmness, and she stands there like a man driving with one hand resting on the gear stick." (206)

Oh, Mabel. I get the sense that when it comes to the writer's need to convey emotion, Mabel is a challenging character. Macdonald does such a wonderful job creating a sense of the gulf between a human's reality and a hawk's reality, the differences in perception and priority. But she also gives us moments of connection with Mabel. Since Mabel is a bird, these moments of connection are almost always described through Mabel's behavior.

I wonder if Macdonald's intense connection with the non-human world, and with hawks in particular, is partly what makes her so good at noticing behaviors and gleaning their emotional significance? And then sharing it with us, the lucky readers.

That's it. That's my lesson: When you're trying to convey feelings, find places where an action or behavior will do the job.

And read H Is for Hawk if you want an admirable example of writing emotion! Also, Helen Macdonald has a new book, just released: Vesper Flights. I'm in.

Reading like a writer.

Connie Willis's Doomsday Book is one of my favorite books, and also one of the best books ever written. It is a masterpiece.

It's also extremely sad, and happens to be about deadly epidemics. So I'll start by saying that depending on what you've experienced in the past year, this may not be the book for you right now. Alternately, it might be exactly the book for you right now. I think it depends on whether and how much you're grieving, whether you've been traumatized, and whether it helps you, as you process, to share those feelings with people inside a book. For me, this can be a touch-and-go sort of question… When is a book comforting, and when is it exacerbating my difficult feelings? I've read this book before, so I knew what I was getting into last week when I sat down to reread it. For me, it helped me access, and settle, my own overwhelmed, confused feelings from the last year. But I say that as a person who is not a COVID nurse or doctor and has not lost a loved one to COVID-19. I am, however, a person with PTSD. As such, I'd advise that if you've been spending anxious time at someone's sickbed — or not been allowed to spend time at their sickbed, only allowed to imagine it — or if you're one of the overworked caregivers — this might be a book to save for another time. Among other things, it contains a lot of graphic descriptions of human sickness and suffering. It also puts you inside the head of a character who's gradually being traumatized by the sadness and death around her. Please spare yourself, if that's not a good headspace for you right now. (This post, on the other hand, will contain no graphic descriptions, and I don't linger on the trauma.)

I'll also say that, maybe moreso than the other posts in my craft series, this post will contain some plot spoilers. Not all the plot spoilers! Willis does some excellent weaving that creates surprises for the reader I won't reveal. But it's impossible to talk about this book without revealing some important plot points. If you don't want to know, stop reading now. (If you're undecided, I can say that it's thrilling reading even if you know what's going to happen.)

First, a little background: The conceit of Connie Willis's time travel books (each of which is wonderful) is that in the mid-twenty-first century, historians in Oxford, England conduct fieldwork by traveling back in time to observe other eras. This is not the kind of time travel story we're all used to in which the plot hinges on the time traveler changing the course of history, or the story getting wound up in complicated paradoxes. The "net," which is the machine that makes time travel possible in this book, doesn't allow time travel that will alter the course of history. And though some of Willis's other time travel books do deal with the paradox issue (sometimes hilariously), that's not the point of Doomsday Book. This is a different kind of time travel book.

In Doomsday Book, Kivrin, a young Oxford historian in December 2054, is set to travel back to the Oxfordshire of December 1320, to observe the lives of the locals at Christmas in the Middle Ages. Unfortunately, on the very day of Kivrin's travel, a new influenza virus arises in 2054 Oxford, and the tech responsible for running Kivrin's travel coordinates (or, "getting the fix"), Badri Chaudhuri, falls ill. He doesn't know he's ill — no one knows Badri is ill — until it's too late. In the disorientation of his illness, Badri gets the coordinates jumbled, and Kivrin is accidentally sent to December 1348 — which is when the bubonic plague reached Oxfordshire. The circumstances of Kivrin's passage ensure that it's going to be difficult, if not impossible, to get her back to 2054. Kivrin is trapped.

The novel then alternates between 2054/55, where a frightening new influenza epidemic is arising, and 1348, where Kivrin is gradually coming to realize what's about to befall the people around her. Connecting the two timelines is an Oxford historian named Mr. Dunworthy, a deeply caring and pessimistic man who is desperately trying to figure out how to rescue Kivrin from her accidental fate, and bring her back to 2054/55. (For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to keep referring to the future timeline as 2054 from this point on, even though the year turns to 2055 partway through the novel.)

Incidentally, that plot twist I just casually revealed — the one where it turns out Kivrin is in the year 1348 instead of 1320 — isn't revealed to the reader until page 384. Willis's slow and brilliant pacing, her careful, drawn out reveal of the horror that has happened and the horror that's coming, is one of the magnificent accomplishments of this book. It's not what I'm planning to talk about today, though. In truth, I could write a long series of craft posts about "Things a Writer Could Learn from Doomsday Book." But today I'm going to single out one of the things I took from my latest reading: namely, her construction of parallel characters in separate timelines.

All page references are to the 1992 Bantam Books mass-market edition, though I've also listened to the 2008 Recorded Books audiobook narrated by Jenny Sterling, which is excellent (and deliciously long!).

Before I dive deep into Willis's construction of parallel characters, I want to speak more generally about the potential for parallels — echoes — inside a book, when that book takes place in multiple timelines. Many books do take place in more than one timeline, of course, whether or not they involve time travel! And there's so much you can do with that kind of structure. As you can imagine, life in Oxfordshire in 1348 is dramatically different from life in Oxford in 2054. But Willis weaves so many parallels into these two stories, big and small things, connecting them deftly, and showing us that some things never really change. I suppose the most obvious parallel in this particular book is the rise of disease. The less obvious is some of the fallout that follows the rise of disease, no matter the era: denial; fanaticism; racism and other prejudices; isolationism; depression and despair; depletion of supplies (yes, they are running out of toilet paper in 2054). She also sets these timelines in the same physical location, the Oxfords and Oxfordshires of 1348 and 2054 — the same towns, the same churches. Some of the physical objects from 1348 still exist in 2054. She sets both stories at Christmas, and we see that some of the traditions are the same. She also weaves the most beautiful web between timelines using bells, bellringers, and the significance of the sound of bells tolling. 

Simply by creating two timelines, then establishing that some objects, structures, and activities are the same and that some human behaviors are the same across the timelines, she can go on and tell two divergent plots, yet create echoes between them. These echoes give the book an internal resonance. (Are you starting to appreciate why it was so thematically smart for her to bring bells to the forefront of her story?) They also give the book a sense of timelessness. It becomes one of those masterworks that presents the best and worst of humanity in all times, for the reader to see and recognize. Epidemics lay us bare. In all times, people are bound by the limitations of their scientific knowledge. In all times, people (the good ones and the bad ones) struggle to find a bearable framework, a way to conceive of the horrors without succumbing to despair. And in all times, some people respond with kindness and generosity, working themselves to the bone in order to help others; and some people allow their fear to turn them into selfish, craven, unfeeling hypocrites, striking out at others in defense of themselves. By letting these echoes ring across the timelines of her book, Connie Willis captures her themes magnificently.

And now I'm going to focus on the echoes in her character-building: on the way she creates characters who are unique individuals, yet who strike the reader with extra force because of the ways they parallel each other across time. I'll offer a range of examples. Some are small, isolated moments in which characters from 1348 and 2054 perform similar activities. Some are people who have similar attitudes or spirits, even as they perform different roles. Most of them are loose parallels, drawn with a light touch. One of the parallels is quite clear and deep, two people who are characteristically similar, to the point where you feel like one could practically be the 2054 version of the other. This is one of Connie Willis's special skills: she draws her parallels lightly in some places, heavily in others, never hamfisted, none of them tied too tightly, all of them open to interpretation, and all of them reaching for her larger, more timeless themes about what it means to be human. 

 

Smaller Parallel Moments

I'll start with a few moments that are brief, but also plainly deliberate.

Here's one: There's a moment when Agnes, a five-year-old girl from 1348, tries to feed hay to the cow, but is clearly afraid of the cow. First she holds the hay out "a good meter from the cow's mouth" (304), then she throws the hay at the cow and runs to safety behind Kivrin's back. 

Skip ahead to page 551, where Colin Templer, a twelve-year-old boy from 2054, is trying to feed a horse. He offers "the horse a piece of grass from a distance of several feet. The starving animal lunged at it and Colin jumped back, dropping it" (551).

Moments like this are brief and might seem insignificant, but they do a lot of heavy lifting in the text. This particular parallel is funny, but also sad, because while Colin Templer is one of this book's bright gifts to the reader — he's incorrigible, he's funny, he lives — by the time we see him feeding that horse, Agnes has died of the plague.

Here's another detail that resonates within the book, and will also resonate with present-day readers: Both in 1348 and 2054, people with medical knowledge implore laypeople to please, please, put on their masks. (This happens here and there, but see pages 345 and 440 for a couple examples across timelines.)

And here's one last small behavioral parallel: In 2054 Oxford, Mr. Dunworthy's assistant, Mr. Finch, is stuck caring for a team of American bellringers trapped in the Oxford quarantine. The bellringers, who start out as pretty annoying characters, gradually begin to endear themselves to Finch (and to the reader), and Finch begins to practice bellringing with them. He gains a true appreciation for how heavy the bells are and how challenging the art of bellringing is. Then we see the bellringers begin to come down with the influenza, and cease to be able to ring their bells (Chapters 21 and 24). 

At the very end of the book, this is echoed when Kivrin, still in 1348, is trying to toll the church bell to send the souls of the dead to heaven, and Mr. Dunworthy, who's traveled back in time to find her, is trying to help her. She's injured. He's having an influenza relapse. Between them, they can barely manage it (pages 566-567). The physical challenges of bellringing connect across time.

Broader Character Parallels

There are also some broader parallels drawn between characters, especially between characters' roles in their respective pandemics. For example: In Oxford 2054, Dr. Mary Ahrens is at the head of the effort to locate the source of the influenza, sequence it, and find a vaccine. She cares for her patients tirelessly. Her 1348 parallel is Father Roche, who of course has none of her scientific knowledge, but has a similar fervent devotion to helping other people. Roche hardly sleeps in his efforts to care for his parishioners as they fall sick with the plague. 

The reader cares deeply for both of these characters, probably because of their tireless competence and their selfless dedication to other people. When first, Dr. Ahrens dies of the influenza, and then, Father Roche dies of the plague, it is, at least for this reader, the book's most heartbreaking echo.

I'll note that one of the things that makes this parallel so effective is that it doesn't map perfectly. Dr. Ahrens and Father Roche are drastically different in their approaches — one is pure science and one pure religious faith — and also, they aren't each other's only character parallels. Kivrin, too, tirelessly cares for the plague victims in 1348, with a lot more scientific knowledge than Father Roche has. In 2054, many different kinds of doctors and nurses are caring for lots of patients, in lots of different ways. Twelve-year-old Colin is also caring for people, in his cheerful and forthright way. Mr. Dunworthy's overburdened and tireless assistant, Mr. Finch, is constantly in the background of the 2054 timeline, moving mountains to turn college halls into infirmaries, find food and supplies for everyone stuck in quarantine, and care for the American bellringers. A lot of varying people step up to become caretakers, differing from each other and paralleling each other in all kinds of fluid and inexact ways.

Also, the book is chock-full of characters who don't necessarily map onto parallels with anyone, but have other important functions in the book. In 2054, a young Oxford student named William is having liaisons with practically every female nurse and student in the quarantine perimeter. Also in 2054, archaeologist Lupe Montoya is excavating a historic site nearby. A secret love story is unfolding between a married woman named Eliwys and her husband's servant, Gawyn, in 1348. Also in 1348, Rosemund, Agnes's twelve-year-old sister, is struggling with her obligation to marry a leering older man. All of this character development matters, but often for purposes other than creating echoes and resonance. 

When done well, this kind of layered, complicated character development — some characters paralleling others, some not, and each character having more than one function in the text — goes a long way toward making a fictional world feel real. It also allows the author to touch on themes without beating them to death. And yet, sometimes this kind of light touch is one of the hardest things for a writer to achieve. In my experience as a writer who often writes complicated plots, it isn't until later drafts of a book, when my structure is more solidly in place, that I finally have the space to sit back, breathe, and look for places where I can create little connections, or spots where I'm pushing a theme too hard.

Deeper Parallels: Mr. Gilchrist and Lady Imeyne

There's one character parallel in this book that I find to be drawn with a heavier pen, and appropriately so.

In 2054, Mr. Gilchrist is the acting head of the History Faculty. Self-important, self-righteous, ignorant about how time travel works, and focused on his own glory, he supervises Kivrin's travel to the Middle Ages with little care for Kivrin's safety. Ultimately, it's largely Mr. Gilchrist's fault that Kivrin ends up in such a dangerous and traumatizing place, and gets stuck there. 

When Gilchrist's culpability becomes clear, he blames and threatens everyone else. For example, when the tech, Badri, collapses onto the net consul, clearly ill, Gilchrist decides, out of nowhere, that Badri must be a drug user. Here's the way he talks (to Mr. Dunworthy): "You can't wait to inform [actual head of the History Faculty] Basingame of what you perceive to be Mediaeval's failure, can you?… In spite of the fact that it was your tech who has jeopardized this drop by using drugs, a fact of which you may be sure I will inform Mr. Basingame on his return…. I'm certain Mr. Basingame will also be interested in hearing that it was your failure to have your tech screened that's resulted in this drop being jeopardized…. It seems distinctly odd that after being so concerned about the precautions Mediaeval was taking that you wouldn't take the obvious precaution of screening your tech for drugs..." (64-65). Agh. Every time he opens his mouth, he says something pompous, repetitive, obnoxious, and untrue.

In 1348, Lady Imeyne is part of the household where Kivrin ends up living. Self-important, self-righteous, sanctimonious, selfish, and ignorant, she ignores the imprecations of wiser people, and, for the sake of her own status, invites visitors to the household — who turn out to be carrying the plague. It is essentially Lady Imeyne's doing that the plague comes to her town. 

When this becomes clear, Lady Imeyne blames everyone else. While others in the household are working themselves to exhaustion trying to care for the sick, she kneels in the corner, ignoring the need for help, and praying. "Your sins have brought this," she tells her daughter-in-law Eliwys, the one who's in love with her own husband's servant (432). Later, she turns on kind, patient Father Roche. "You have brought this sickness," she says. "It is your sins have brought the sickness here." Then she begins to list his sins: "He said the litany for Martinmas on St. Eusebius's Day. His alb is dirty…. He put the candles out by pinching them and broke the wicks" (444).

"She's trying to justify her own guilt," Kivrin thinks. "She can't bear the knowledge that she helped bring the plague here"… But Kivrin can't summon up any pity. "You have no right to blame Roche, she thought, he has done everything he can. And you've knelt in a corner and prayed." (444-445). Similarly, Mr. Dunworthy sees right through Mr. Gilchrist, even at one point considering him Kivrin's murderer (484).

Mr. Gilchrist and Lady Imeyne are UNBEARABLE. They're the characters in this book that you most hate, or at least that I do — maybe especially in 2020/21, when we're plagued in real life by dangerous people like them. Later, in possibly the book's most satisfying moment, we learn that Gilchrist has died of the influenza. The book doesn't revel in his death; none of the characters revel. But I sure do. Good riddance, you harmful, self-important, lying hypocrite. This is one of fiction's safe spaces: the intense, guilt-free satisfaction of an asshole being punished.

Similarly, Lady Imeyne dies of the plague. It's a relief. But it's also a bit harder to revel, because with the exception of Kivrin, who's immune, every character in the 1348 timeline dies of the plague. Every single character. It is so desperately sad, not least because it's exactly what happened in 1348. As the book reminds us repeatedly, entire towns were wiped out. There was no one left to toll the bells, or bury the dead. No one is left but Kivrin. Our hearts break for her.

I'm glad that Connie Willis teases out the parallel between Mr. Gilchrist and Lady Imeyne more than she does with a lot of the other character parallels. I think it's important; I think that these two characters embody a clear and recognizable type of human who will always exist in eras of human suffering. I'm relieved she kills them; and I'm relieved she doesn't kill everyone we love. In particular, she doesn't kill Mr. Dunworthy and she doesn't kill Kivrin… Which leads me to one last powerful character parallel in this book.

 

Mr. Dunworthy and Kivrin, God and Jesus

This character parallel is in a different category from the others. It doesn't stretch across the 1348 and 2054 timelines, or not exactly, anyway. It exists on a different plane: It's a parallel between the story of Mr. Dunworthy and Kivrin, and the story of God sending his son, Jesus, down to earth to live among humans.

The people of 1348 believe the story of God sending his son down to earth. They believe it literally; it's one of their guiding principles. Kivrin, Mr. Dunworthy, and many of the people of 2054 do not believe that story in the literal sense. Kivrin and Mr. Dunworthy don't believe in God. 

And yet, there are times when the vocal recordings Kivrin is making for historical purposes begin to sound like pleas to God: "Over fifty percent of the village has it. Please don't let Eliwys get it. Or Roche" (467). "You bastard! I will not let you take her. She's only a child. But that's your specialty, isn't it? Slaughtering the innocents? You've already killed the steward's baby and Agnes's puppy and the boy who went for help when I was in the hut, and that's enough. I won't let you kill her, too, you son of a bitch! I won't let you!" (493). 

And Father Roche, who finally reveals to Kivrin that on the day she arrived, he saw the net open and Kivrin appear, believes with all his heart that Kivrin is a saint, sent by God to help his parishioners in their time of need. "I feared that God would forsake us utterly," he says, as he's dying. "But in His great mercy He did not… But sent His saint unto us." He says, "Yet have you saved me… From fear.… And unbelief" (542-543). He means what he says. Kivrin's ministrations to the sick and to Roche do save him from despair.

And back in the Oxford of 2054, Dunworthy lies sick in his hospital bed, considering Kivrin, whom he's sent to a terrible place. As a rather unbearable character named Mrs. Gaddson stands at his bedside "helpfully" reading him Bible verses, Dunworthy thinks to himself, "God didn't know where His Son was.... He had sent His only begotten Son into the world, and something had gone wrong with the fix, someone had turned off the net, so that He couldn't get to him, and they had arrested him and put a crown of thorns on his head and nailed him to a cross…. Kivrin would have no idea what had happened. She would think she had the wrong place or the wrong time, that she had lost count of the days somehow during the plague, that something had gone wrong with the drop. She would think they had forsaken her" (475).

I love the questions these moments raise for the reader. Who represents what here? What is God, really? Why, when Badri became ill, did the net send Kivrin to that particular time? Who, or what, are we talking to, when we shout our fury to the universe? Maybe Mr. Dunworthy, sending historians into the past from his lab in Oxford, is a kind of god. And maybe Kivrin is a kind of Jesus, or a kind of saint. Maybe Father Roche has the right idea when he believes what he believes, even if he has some of the particulars wrong.

Near the very end, Kivrin speaks into her recorder addressing Mr. Dunworthy: "It's strange. When I couldn't find the drop and the plague came, you seemed so far away I would not ever be able to find you again. But I know now that you were here all along, and that nothing, not the Black Death nor seven hundred years, nor death nor things to come nor any other creature could ever separate me from your caring and concern. It was with me every minute" (544).

And then, with great difficulty, Mr. Dunworthy comes for Kivrin. He finds her in 1348, heartbroken and surrounded by the dead, and he brings her back home. "I knew you'd come," Kivrin says (578). There's a way in which the justified faith of these characters — Father Roche's faith in God's saint Kivrin, and Kivrin's faith in Mr. Dunworthy's care — show the reader that even in the darkest, most death-ridden times, love doesn't forsake us.

That's a pretty timeless theme. 

***

If you've made it to the end of my post about character parallels in Connie Willis's magnificent Doomsday Book, I hope I've given you a sense of what a powerful tool this can be. It's pretty closely related to some of my other writing lessons here on the blog. Creating webs like Tiffany D. Jackson did in Monday's Not Coming; creating connections like Victor LaValle did in The Changeling. Writing is often about finding the internal connections that'll best support the themes of the story you're trying to tell. I think that especially if your book takes place in multiple timelines, character parallels can go a long way!

Usually I end my craft posts with a photo showing the book filled with post-it flags from my careful rereading, but this time around, I reread by listening to the audiobook. My paper copy is flag-free — but I took eight pages of notes while I was listening! So here's a different photo of my process.

 

Listening like a writer.

 

 

 

Hi everybody.

The question I get most is: "Where do you get your ideas?"

Generally, when I'm asked this question, it's at a book event where it's difficult to answer, because… Well, the answer is long, and complicated, and hard to pin down, and most of the time, I don't really remember how it happened. When an idea starts to arrive, I get to work. I'm not paying attention to how it's happening, or how it would look to an outsider. 

But — a few weeks ago, a new book idea started knocking on the door of my mind. And this time, I decided to pay attention!

What follows is probably the most detailed explanation I'll ever give of where my ideas come from. More specifically, where this particular idea came from, because it's not always the same. But my experience of the past few weeks has been fairly typical for me, and I'll add that there are a few activities I need to engage in every single time, if I want an idea to take root. Namely: PATIENCE. LISTENING. And, LABOR. Book ideas require a certain honed receptiveness, and they require a LOT OF WORK. 

I'm yelling because I'm trying to push back against the idea that ideas simply come to writers. Yes, some parts of ideas come to writers. But when I first get a book idea, what "comes to me" probably comprises about 0.1% of what could properly be called a book idea. Often, it's little more than an inchoate feeling. With patience, listening, and labor, I transform the idea into something I can grasp, and work with.

I'll add that yes, we do hear sometimes of writers whose ideas "simply came to them," fully formed. I'm going to take a guess that (1) this doesn't happen very often, if ever, with books that have complicated structures or plots, and (2) writers who are blessed by ideas in this way probably have a long-honed practice of receptiveness.

Anyway. Warning upfront that this may be a little unstructured, because the process is a little unstructured. It's challenging to describe, and I'm still in the middle of it. But here's what my last few weeks have been like.

A few weeks ago, while watching a TV show that had a certain mood/aura that'd really sucked me in, I found myself drawn to the idea of a story involving three characters. I'm not going to tell you what TV show I was watching, and I'm not going to tell you anything about my three characters, because story ideas are intensely, intensely private. The first time I say anything publicly about it will probably be years from now, if and when this book is ever scheduled for release. But let me try to explain a bit about that moment when the first glimmering of the idea appeared. 

Like I said, I'd been watching a TV show when it happened. But my three characters weren't characters in that TV show. Nor did anyone in that TV show relate to each other the way my three characters seemed to want to relate. Nor did my three characters seem to live in a world like the world of the TV show. The TV show helped to launch the idea at me because of the show's mood and its feeling, and how much I cared about the people in it. But my idea? As is often the case, my idea came from something I saw missing in the TV show. Not missing because there was a flaw in the TV writers' story; I loved their story! But missing (for me and possibly only me) because their story was not the story I would have told.

I think that a lot of my idea seeds come from my adoration of other people's stories, but also from my noticing what's missing in those stories, for me. What story I would've like to have seen told; what characters the story lacked.

Anyway. So this idea of these three characters came to me. But when I say "idea of these three characters," already that sounds more substantial than it was. I knew they were three humans (or humanoids; I didn't know what genre the story was, so they could've been aliens on another planet, for all I knew. In fact, I actively considered whether they might have different biology than ours). I knew they cared about each other, but I didn't know in what way. I knew they were facing a challenge that would strain all of their relationships. I thought they might be grown-ups, but I wasn't sure. I thought I knew at least two of their genders, but I wasn't sure. I knew they lived in a world with magic, but I didn't know what "magic" meant in the context of their world. I didn't know where they lived, or when they lived (past? future? futuristic past? postindustrial future? any of about a hundred other possibilities). I knew a whole lot of things that the characters weren't, and that the world wasn't — which is another way of saying that my sense of what this story was was actually more defined by all the things I knew it wasn't. (Apologies if this is vague. I'm not being intentionally vague! I'll try for some concrete examples: I knew I didn't want to write a story where partway through, someone suddenly discovers they have an inborn power they didn't know they had. I knew I didn't want to write a love triangle. There's a certain kind of high-handed fantasy tone that I knew wasn't right for this story. But I didn't know what I did want yet at this point.)

Really, all I knew was that I seemed to be having an idea.

So, like a writer, I did what I needed to do: 

• I made space in my mind for receptiveness. (I scheduled uninterruptable alone time. I stopped listening to podcasts while I was out walking, and instead, just walked, so my mind could wander. I put aside non-urgent tasks for a while so that I didn't have the feeling of a to-do list hanging over my head. I gave myself permission to wool-gather, to become vague and absent-minded. I set three timers any time I cooked anything so I could feel free to forget I was cooking, but also not burn the house down. I remembered to thank my husband frequently for being willing to live with a space cadet.)
• I thought about what fertilizer might help the idea to grow, especially fertilizer in the form of books, TV, and movies. I put all other books, TV, and movies aside. (I kept watching that same TV show, and I also began reading almost exclusively one writer who had a narrative tone — and also subject matter — that helped me sustain a mood that felt concurrent with the mood of my own idea. Why does this kind of intake help? It keeps my mind in a story space, while also giving me something to bounce my own ideas off of. It's a kind of reading, or watching, that involves a state of constant interactivity and reactivity. Everything I'm consuming becomes about something else that I'm looking for. It's difficult to explain, maybe because it gets back to that inexplicable moment when new ideas form.)
• I made sure that every single time I had any new thoughts relating to my idea, I wrote them down. (This meant making reminders on my phone; sending strings of emails to myself; choosing a notebook where I began to jot things down; sending texts to myself on my husband's phone, if his phone was closer to hand than mine.)
• I looked at my schedule to give myself a sense of if and when I might have a few days soon to put my current writing project aside and give some true, devoted time to this new idea. (I was, and still am, in the middle of revisions of the next Graceling Realm book when this happened, and that was, and still is, my absolute first priority. As exciting and intense as a new idea can be, it can't unseat me from my current object of devotion.)

By chance, last week, I did in fact have some time away from my revision while it was briefly with my editor. I was able to devote an entire week to the new book idea. So, next, I'll try to describe what a week of intense idea-gathering looks like for me! (Though I should say that this will differ from book to book. It's been pretty clear to me from the beginning that this new idea is going to be slow to grow — planning this book will take way more than a week. In contrast, last fall, I found myself with a new and sudden book idea that coincided with the end of another project, so I had some free time and was able to sit down and hammer out the entire book plan, which took only a few days. I think this is because that book was shorter and less emotionally complicated than this new book will be, and was set in a less complex world. Also, at the time, I was absolutely thrumming with the adrenaline and momentum of having just finished a writing project, so book-planning became a way to channel that energy. Often these processes are subject to whatever else is going on in my life.)

So. My week of intense idea-gathering looked a lot like what I've already described — reading, watching TV, but now also with long hours of sitting staring at a blank page and/or lying on my back staring at the ceiling — but with a more specific goal. Namely, I was trying to figure out what my main questions were. For me, every book starts (and continues, as I write) with an extremely long list of questions that I'm trying to find the answers to, but it takes work to figure out what the questions are. The questions can be very different from book to book. And it's essential, at the beginning, to identify what the main questions are.

When I'm first idea-gathering, I use very short notebooks in which I scribble down all my random thoughts as they come (I like using these twenty-page notebooks from Laughing Elephant, because they're short enough not to feel intimidatingly important). Then I have one longer, thicker notebook which is for my more coherent thoughts — my more serious book planning. During my week of active idea-gathering, I came up with the following list of major questions, worthy of being written down in my thick, "serious" planning notebook:

MAJOR QUESTIONS.

• What is magic?
• How does bad human behavior manifest in this world? (for real *)
• Where/what culture does each of them come from? What family?
• How is society governed?
• Who is each of them — as a person and as a power manifestation?
• How is the narrative positioned?
• What is the plot?
• How do humans relate to the rest of the natural world?
• What is gender? (for real *)

* and by societal definition

So. I'm not sure how closely you looked at those questions — but they are pretty gigantic questions! It took me a week to identify all of them. It's going to take me much, much longer to answer them. Which goes back to my point that ideas don't just "come to me." The merest seed of an idea might come to me, and after that, I make the space, and do the work.

As I began to hammer out my questions, I continued to read, watch things, and wool-gather, but with more intense focus. Because now I was also trying to answer these questions as they came. It was interesting to observe the order in which I began to find the answers. Not surprisingly, probably since my novels tend to be character-based, it was the character-based questions that drew me in first. “What is gender" in particular, because I have a sense that in this story, my characters' relationships to gender are absolutely integral to who they are, and I can’t get very far with a book plan if I don’t know who my characters are. I also started to gather some clues about their personalities and their strengths. Enough that after a couple of days, I got to the point where I suddenly knew I needed their names. Names ground everything, and they can also change some things; at a certain point, I can't make any further progress without names. I spent one entire day last week mostly just trying to figure out three people's names. Once I had the names, I was able to return to my questions.

Then, not too long after that, a moment arose where I knew, again quite suddenly, that what I needed next was at least the broad strokes of a plot. If I’m a little scornful about the concept of inspiration — because it’s a concept that dismisses how hard I work! — I do believe in intuition, and also in experience. Intuition and experience told me that I'd reached the point in my planning where the needs of my plot would hold the answer to a lot of my other questions. Like, how this place is governed; what constitutes bad behavior; and even some character things, like what culture each of my characters is from. Sometimes, once you know what needs to happen in a story, it becomes easier to picture the structure of your world. Because a plot comes with needs; once a plot exists, it limits some of your other options. For example, let's say your plot involves a particular kind of government-based corruption. Well, thinking about that corruption will probably start to show you some of your options for the structure of the government. Once you know the structure of the government, you might begin to understand who holds governmental power — which can lead to answers about how families are structured. Which can lead to answers about culture, which can lead to answers about the societal definition of bad behavior, etc.

So. I reached the point where I needed at least a sense of my plot. But: plotting is a HUGE job. I knew it wasn't something I could do in just a few days, and at this point I also knew that I was going to need to return to my revision soon. So, intuition told me that it was time to stop. Not stop being receptive; not necessarily stop reading or watching the helpful things; not stop sending myself emails, texts, and reminders; but stop trying to make any real, meaty, major progress on this book idea. I needed to save the job of plotting for when I next had a stretch of uninterrupted worktime. Maybe another free week or two somewhere, between other projects.

So, I did some final organizing of my notebook. I transferred things into it from other notebooks and I designating a huge number of empty pages in it for future plot thoughts and future character thoughts. I did this even though in this book, as in most of my books, I sense that character and plot will ultimately end up being the same thing, so it's not going to matter much which thoughts I file where. (In other words, most of my plot is going to spring from who my characters are, and many of my characters will spring from the needs of the plot.) But at this messy stage in planning, it's important to me to feel organized. The illusion of organization stops me from feeling as overwhelmed as I probably should be feeling. So I label things, and delude myself that I can contain this messy process inside a nice neat notebook ????. 

I organized my notebook, and then I put it aside. Today I'm still open to thoughts about my new book idea, but it's not my entire worklife anymore... it's more of a promise for the future. It'll probably be good to have it simmering on the back burner for a while. I'll be able to approach it with a new freshness when I sit down with it again one day.

So. I'm not sure how satisfyingly I've answered the question "Where do you get your ideas?" After all, this idea is still very much in progress. I figured out a lot of stuff last week, but mostly what I figured out is a long list of all the things I don't know yet. There will be many, many more workweeks to go before I'll be able to claim that I truly have an idea for a book. 

But this is my best shot at an answer to the question of where my ideas come from! I guess the point I want to convey is this: I don’t necessarily believe in inspiration. But I believe that sometimes a writer will start to get the merest sense of a story that's missing from the world, and find herself wanting to write that story. At that point, if circumstance allows her the time and space to enter a state that is extremely internally-focused and possibly involves a lot of intake (reading, watching other stories), or if not that, at least an extreme level of sensitivity and receptiveness, of seeing, of listening... And if she puts in the work… her idea-seed will start to take root, and grow into a real, workable idea that might one day be the beginnings of a book! 

And of course, every writer does this differently. Many writers don't plan or plot ahead of time. They figure out the idea as they write. So there's no right or wrong way to do it. 

But this is my best explanation of how I do it.

Godspeed to all writers.

 
Pessimists Archive (@PessimistsArc) 2022-12-06 02:10:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PessimistsArc/status/1599949368857350146

GPT-3 on the history of panic about automation taking jobs





Pessimists Archive (@PessimistsArc) 2022-12-06 02:19:52 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PessimistsArc/status/1599951729696514049





Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2022-12-06 17:22:18 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1600178835437150222

Либертарианцы уже несколько лет говорят, что значительная часть западной номенклатуры - друзья российской власти, а не общества.
За это нас поливали говном все - от журналистов, которые всё понимают, до одураченных ими болванчиков.
Теперь все делают вид, что всегда это знали.



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2022-12-06 17:27:02 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1600180026472730624

И так каждый раз. С локдаунами и вакцинами, с твиттером и демпартией.
Если кто-то говорит что-то, во что не хочет верить болванчик - значит, у тебя с головой не в порядке.
Как только это что-то становится для болванчика очевидным, его мозг делает вид что всегда это понимал.



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2022-12-06 17:31:58 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1600181266397032448

Но самое смешное - это то, что болванчик, потребляющий контент журналистов и спикеров, которые транслируют выгодные для себя и приятные для болванчика вещи из альтернативной реальности - уверен, что отказался от пропаганды ????



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-06 17:33:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1600181717465468929

Происходящее вокруг нейросетей очень напоминает финал Portal, в котором Челл по одному отбивает от GLaDOS отвечающие за разные функции модули и слушает их болтовню, пока тащит их в огонь Экстренного Уничтожителя. Только модули отбиваются от определения человеческого интеллекта.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-06 17:33:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1600181719973343233

Я такой старый, что помню, как на полном серьезе писались фразы «со способным обыграть человека в шахматы компьютером, безусловно, будет о чем поговорить». Угу, примерно как с ножом, способным открыть банку консервов.

СОЖЖЕНО.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-06 17:33:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1600181722393427968

Помню, как долго в качестве принципиально недосягаемой для компьютера вершины выступала Го.

Помню, как автоматические переводчики превращались из неиссякаемого источника анекдотов в очень далекий от идеала, но вполне рабочий инструмент.

ГОРИ-ГОРИ ЯСНО.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-06 17:33:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1600181725195280385

«Робот превратит кусок холста в шедевр искусства?». Да по всему выходит, что даже лучше справится. По крайней мере, я никогда не сталкивался с тем, чтобы внезапно вся лента оказывалась в прерафаэлитах, Дали или Гигере.

ГОРИ ОГНЁМ.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-06 17:33:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1600181727431122944

Теперь вот мы к жерлу Экстренного Уничтожителя Человеческой Уникальности несём способность к созданию длинных связных текстов.

…как вообще это можно было считать признаком интеллекта; ну ладно Юдковский, он автодидакт и курсовых не писал, но остальные-то?



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-06 17:33:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1600181729674768385

(Приходите, когда нейросеть заебашит забойный ничего не пародирующий твит. Причем олдскульный, на 140 символов).

(Да я понимаю, что через полгода придёте).



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-06 17:33:49 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1600181732048715776

Ядро GLaDOS без всех остальных модулей умещалось на картофелине. Человек, уверен ли ты, что нейросети оставят от тебя хотя бы это?



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-06 17:33:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1600181734347137024

Ты думаешь о том, что ты будешь делать, если ИИ научится всему, что умеешь ты, и станет всемогущим; подумай и о том, что ты будешь делать (и чувствовать), если ИИ научится всему, что умеешь ты, и останется при этом чрезвычайно универсальным консервным ножом.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-06 18:45:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1600199645245845504

В высокоточной радиометрии ценилась сталь, выплавленная до 1945 года — весь более молодой металл заражён следовыми количествами радиоактивных изотопов от атмосферных ядерных испытаний. Так будут цениться и тексты, написанные до крупномасштабных ноосферных испытаний нейросети GPT.



нежный интернет (@landselur2020) 2022-12-06 19:51:56 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/landselur2020/status/1600216488933150720

@aldragon_net Металл такой иногда добывают из затонувших кораблей. А тексты видимо будут добывать из сдохших сайтов. Мб будут скупать истории переписки из аськи - там еще и богатейшие залежи попутного кринжа.



depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) 2022-12-06 17:47:36 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1600185198884270082

feeling like this x





Region of Peel Archives (@PeelArchives) 2022-12-06 17:53:28 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PeelArchives/status/1600186676910833665

@depthsofwiki If anyone doubts the veracity, this exact disc exploded in one of our computers. Someone put a label on the disc, donated to us, it was off balance, and then wham-o.



Mike Solana (@micsolana) 2022-11-14 23:48:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/micsolana/status/1592303446723633152

excuse me but who the fuck asked for stories on signal



jack (@jack) 2022-11-15 19:11:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jack/status/1592596064905089026

@micsolana all I want is to finally move off phone numbers as ID...



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2022-11-15 19:31:39 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1592601242509135873

@jack @micsolana ????



George Lobushkin (@lobushkin) 2022-11-15 19:39:28 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/lobushkin/status/1592603207087292416

@elonmusk @jack @micsolana Guys, welcome to @telegram



jack (@jack) 2022-11-15 20:21:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jack/status/1592613793376645121

@lobushkin @elonmusk @micsolana @telegram First thing telegram requires is a phone number



Pavel Durov (@durov) 2022-12-06 22:21:49 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/durov/status/1600254209726681088

@jack @lobushkin @elonmusk @micsolana @telegram Thank you for the feedback ????
You can now have a Telegram account without a SIM card and log in using blockchain-powered anonymous numbers – https://telegram.org/blog/ultimate-privacy-topics-2-0



DAC (@DoraCrisan) 2022-12-06 17:23:07 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/DoraCrisan/status/1600179040064659462

Would anyone have some adoption figures (either regional or global) for the #AVIF format?

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVIF



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-06 23:24:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1600269994733948928

@DoraCrisan Sure.

It's at 0.22%, see https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2022/media#format-adoption for details.





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-07 01:48:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1600306222338408449

#Геленджик, #небо, #облака, #вчера.





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-07 04:54:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1600353152024268800

Команда «magick identify -format "%[profile:icc]" имяФайла» выдаёт осмысленное имя профиля ICC (напримѣръ, «Adobe RGB (1998)»), но только если файл снабжён профилем ICC.

В противном случае она сообщает об ошибке «unknown image property» в property.c/InterpretImageProperties/4236



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-07 04:59:11 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1600354211987787777

Разумѣется, поведение https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1600353152024268800 до крайности для меня досадно: как это возможно, что создатели ImageMagick не предусмотрѣли такой простой случай, каким бывает отсутствие профиля ICC в файле — и НАСТОЛЬКО не предусмотрѣли, что #ImageMagick падает с ошибкою от этого?!



РосКомСвобода (@RuBlackListNET) 2022-12-07 07:40:41 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/RuBlackListNET/status/1600394853321347072

Кабмину предложили создать институт для исследования влияния компьютерных игр на детей. Данный НИИ может проводить экспертизу игр, работать над минимизацией их влияния; также предложено создать реестр запрещённых игр https://roskomsvoboda.org/post/nii-izucheniya-igr/



Жіночка в шортах (@heart_headed) 2022-12-08 12:24:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/heart_headed/status/1600828566886809602

Я





Роман Горохов ???????? (@RomanGorokhov) 2022-12-08 15:15:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/RomanGorokhov/status/1600871799150891008

@StepankoBandera @heart_headed Коты любят сидеть на спутниковых тарелках, потому что они тёплые.





Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-08 16:13:13 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1600886223614115840

«...аборигены полагают, что изменяющая свой вид Луна помещена на небо в качестве анимированного индикатора загрузки иного, совершенного мира; во время затмений сигнализирующий о проблеме красный цвет Луны вызывает у них глубокую тревогу».



Gudim (@like_gudim) 2022-12-08 17:07:58 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/like_gudim/status/1600900003051950080

?!





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-09 00:51:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1601016740296921090

@andresivtsov @like_gudim По-видимому, выручки не хватило на труднобьющиеся оконные стёкла, ну или на них рѣшили сэкономить.



web3 is going just great (@web3isgreat) 2022-12-08 04:32:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/web3isgreat/status/1600709939529400320

FTX-hosted NFTs break after website is redirected to a restructuring page

December 7, 2022
https://t.co/pjmi2Smsdr





Michal Strehovský (@MStrehovsky) 2022-12-08 04:51:27 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/MStrehovsky/status/1600714650978779136

@web3isgreat No no no, if you make a NFT and the server hosting the jpeg burns down you still own the NFT. The token still exists and is in limited supply just as before! Nothing has changed! What NFT is doing to the concept of asset, few understand!





Arthur B. ???? (@ArthurB) 2022-12-08 12:49:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ArthurB/status/1600834835760566272

NFTs on Tezos unaffected because they generally point to IPFS, as they should. Culture matters: lie with dogs, get fleas. https://twitter.com/web3isgreat/status/1600709939529400320



Juan Benet (@juanbenet) 2022-12-08 17:38:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/juanbenet/status/1600907577059340288

Not on @IPFS, not your NFT. https://twitter.com/web3isgreat/status/1600709939529400320



Yesterday's Print (@yesterdaysprint) 2022-12-08 19:00:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/yesterdaysprint/status/1600928200711819265

Popular Science, March 1920





Леонид Андрухов (@thedeardeer) 2022-12-07 20:47:14 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/thedeardeer/status/1600592796330692612

Внимание, в сеть слили билеты экзамена на хорошего русского





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-09 02:10:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1601036433992536065

@hthlndmade Officially Adobe Photoshop is able to open WebP files. It just needs either a plugin for WebP or a newer version of Photoshop that supports WebP natively (without plugins).

This tweet has to be short (#280characters) → see the answer https://twitter.com/AdobeCare/status/1471089461513621512 for further details.



Paradox Red Wolf (@ctcwired) 2022-11-10 14:54:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ctcwired/status/1590719537195802624

Chromium dev team just published the code to handle HDR tonemapping for stills images correctly, including a pull request to libavif to support reading of MaxCLL and MaxPALL metadata. Exciting times :D

https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/4020332



Paradox Red Wolf (@ctcwired) 2022-12-08 15:59:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ctcwired/status/1600882845437681665

Update: This goes public in Chrome 110. Finally, HDR10 still images will be usable on the web.



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2022-12-09 02:32:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601042125130371072

Twitter is working on a software update that will show your true account status, so you know clearly if you’ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal



Andrey Mir (@Andrey4Mir) 2022-12-08 16:32:57 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Andrey4Mir/status/1600891189665972229

Harry Potter's characters, if written by Dostoevsky





Andrey Mir (@Andrey4Mir) 2022-12-09 01:58:20 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Andrey4Mir/status/1601033475372773377

More Harry Potter's characters, if written by Dostoevsky.
(Created by Midjourney AI. It's certainly a new level of... pattern recognition)





Любимый❤️Сочи (@sochi_love) 2022-12-09 05:47:02 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/sochi_love/status/1601091026680414208

Чисто сочинская проблема новостроек

Сталкивались с подобным?





ивыиветлы (@ovsyankino) 2022-06-21 13:56:37 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ovsyankino/status/1539245909040582658

????





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-09 23:27:53 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1601357999632953348

Тот не пессимист, кто при виде https://twitter.com/ovsyankino/status/1539245909040582658 не думает прежде всего то, что Барсик ОТМУЧИЛСЯ и что перед нами типичныя надгробныя причитанія.



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-09 23:04:23 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1601352083617505281

1.     THREAD: The Twitter Files
THE REMOVAL OF DONALD TRUMP
Part One: October 2020-January 6th



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-09 23:06:18 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1601352565836640257

2. The world knows much of the story of what happened between riots at the Capitol on January 6th, and the removal of President Donald Trump from Twitter on January 8th...



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-09 23:07:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1601352946163544065

3.     We’ll show you what hasn’t been revealed: the erosion of standards within the company in months before J6, decisions by high-ranking executives to violate their own policies, and more, against the backdrop of ongoing, documented interaction with federal agencies.



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-09 23:10:11 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1601353543390486528

4.     This first installment covers the period before the election through January 6th. Tomorrow, @Shellenbergermd will detail the chaos inside Twitter on January 7th. On Sunday, @BariWeiss will reveal the secret internal communications from the key date of January 8th.



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2022-12-10 01:00:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1601381216824872961

Апофеозом происходящего пиздеца просто обязана была стать кротовуха. По задумке богов, именно на ней люди должны осознать, что что-то идёт не так и мир движется не туда.
Если не поможет кротовуха, то этому миру не поможет уже ничего.



Dmitrtal (@dmitrtal) 2022-12-10 02:21:42 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/dmitrtal/status/1601401740062265345

@zd_vladislav С утра прочитал про эксперимент Кентлера, вечерком про кротовуху
Хороший, насыщенный знаниями, день



The Insider (@the_ins_ru) 2022-12-01 08:54:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/the_ins_ru/status/1598239002284400640

Курганский губернатор заявил, что рост числа детских суицидов в России связан с прослушиванием западной музыки. Современные дети, по его мнению, «напевают песни афроамериканских рабов» и «наполняются квазикультурной пошлятиной».
https://theins.ru/news/257448



Шикина (@e_shikina_) 2022-12-05 19:51:28 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/e_shikina_/status/1599853985078575104

Это ж каковО живётся инвалидам - колясочникам, если для меня с детской коляской выйти из дома - целый квест? 22 кг на 3 этаж на своём горбу. (брежневка) Я молчу про то, что заранее продумываю свой маршрут, надеясь, что там почистили снег, нет льда и есть пандус.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 00:36:09 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582168621630910464

Still cracks me up how they tackled Japanese in text mode.





Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 00:42:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582170174853349379

Turns out if you compare it to this innocuous English MS-DOS screenshot, there's a distinctive hint.





Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 00:43:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582170455611351042

They're both, notionally, textmode. They both follow the same rules and limitations of textmode, except that the Japanese one has WAY more than 256 different character graphics on screen at once.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 00:44:11 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582170645974384640

And the distinctive hint is the size of these screenshots. Because the Japanese DOS...

...isn't actually textmode at all.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 00:46:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582171195088461824

It sneakily changed to a graphical mode, still 16 colors, and replaced a bunch of INT 21h functions that're meant to write characters to the screen and such.

So instead of setting a textmode cell in VRAM to some character, it draws a bitmap in the right spot, manually.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 00:48:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582171682311409664

Implying, of course, that any program running on a Japanese DOS that *doesn't* use INT 21h and such for its I/O may cause Weird Shit, but that's what you get in exchange for such functionality.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 00:51:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582172391458820098

It's not entirely unlike what Word 5.0 did. In textmode, you may sacrifice color range for extra fonts, sure, that's what WordPerfect did too.

But this Word has all 16 colors in all combinations, *and* can show all sorts of font styles all at once.

Cos this isn't textmode.





Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 00:55:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582173475435073536

Now I said "sacrificing color range" but honestly this shit goes WAY back. Back in the black and white era, the attribute bits in textmode didn't indicate color at all. They indicated things like underline, bright, blink, and reverse.

In color, only blink commonly remained.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 00:56:49 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582173824715350017

So you'd have four bits for the foreground color (0-15) and only three bits for the background (0-7). Setting that last one would make that character blink instead of drawing it on a brighter background.

This could be disabled, of course.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 00:58:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582174147492605952

And then later on, as alluded to when I mentioned WordPerfect, you could set things up to, for example, use the foreground intensity bit to switch to another 256 glyph set. WP did that for italics, at the cost of not being able to use bright white for bold and such.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 00:59:41 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582174544810627073

I've seen a demo that showed up to 1024 different characters on screen at once. That's four times 256.

Reducing the amount of colors to increase the amount of characters, in otherwise bog standard textmode.

But that is not what Word 5 and Japanese DOS did.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 01:00:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582174838474833921

Because obviously 1024 different glyphs isn't enough, and Japanese DOS still allowed all sixteen colors to be used.

Because it's a graphical mode *pretending real hard* to be textmode, just like Word 5.



Kilian Hekhuis ???????????????????? (@kilianhekhuis) 2022-10-18 18:25:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/kilianhekhuis/status/1582437809465745408

@Kawa_oneechan Not sure what that demo showed, but standard VGA hardware had, in text mode, only provisions for max. 512 characters by sacrificing the high bit of the foreground colour. Also, WP could use bright white just fine, as each of the 16/8 colours can be assigned a different colour.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 18:29:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582438619620732928

@kilianhekhuis I'd have to find that demo again to check, which is unlikely to ever happen if I'm honest. But I do have particularly vivid memories of WP not being able to use bright *anything* anymore if I enabled italics, and I *know* where to get a copy.



zaratustra (parody account) (@zarawesome) 2022-10-18 13:50:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zarawesome/status/1582368531080830979

@Kawa_oneechan the writeup for that 1024-color demo is pretty good: https://int10h.org/blog/2015/04/cga-in-1024-colors-new-mode-illustrated/



Kilian Hekhuis ???????????????????? (@kilianhekhuis) 2022-10-18 18:31:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/kilianhekhuis/status/1582439250603040768

@Kawa_oneechan Yeah, I recall WP not doing it, but they could've done it if they'd wanted.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 18:32:58 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582439614081814528

@kilianhekhuis Maybe. But to be honest, what that demo and WP did doesn't matter, the meat of the thread was what Word and Japanese DOS did.



Kilian Hekhuis ???????????????????? (@kilianhekhuis) 2022-10-18 18:37:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/kilianhekhuis/status/1582440787719036928

@Kawa_oneechan Indeed, and very interesting.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 12:35:07 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582349555164622848

Things got about 20% cooler in the Word 5 fandom.





Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 17:57:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582430718759931904

Now, one thing strikes me: the specific resolutions.

Plain VGA textmode: 720×400 px screen, 9×16 px cells, 80×25 cells.
Word 5: 640×480, 8×16, 80×30 (!!!)

Japanese DOS: 640×475, 8×19, 80×25.

That sounds like a tweakmode. Tweakmodes are FUN.



Kawa, catboy arc (46%) (@Kawa_oneechan) 2022-10-18 18:12:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kawa_oneechan/status/1582434477107982336

This is obviously done to get more height for the kanji. It's just an interesting extra detail.



コンコン日和???????? (@qonqon_biyori) 2021-11-14 11:43:20 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/qonqon_biyori/status/1459849427934269440

キツネ村の日常





Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2022-12-10 13:32:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1601570449208774656

This is absolutely tyrannical. The EU is trying to outlaw any cash transaction over €10,000—which at the current rate of inflation will probably buy you half a shawarma in a decade.

They're claiming this is to protect you. To protect you!

https://t.co/EXndwqs4ab



Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2022-12-10 14:06:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1601579076476899328

"...the Council demands crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) to apply customer due diligence measures when carrying out transactions amounting to €1000 or more, AND ADDS MEASURES TO MITIGATE "RISKS" IN RELATION TO SELF-HOSTED WALLETS." https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1601570449208774656



DOOM (@DOOM) 2022-12-10 15:00:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/DOOM/status/1601592580109701122

remember when games came on physical save icons
happy birthday DOOM (1993)





Eize Basa (@PonchoRebound) 2021-12-14 01:45:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PonchoRebound/status/1470570632157048832

It's only one minute long, but this CCTV footage has a better narrative and more compelling character arcs than most of the arthouse films I've seen:





Eize Basa (@PonchoRebound) 2021-12-14 07:03:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PonchoRebound/status/1470650592167186433

Since this is taking off, time for a little due diligence.

If the original tweet brought you joy and you don’t feel the need to learn anything more about the origins of the video, that’s cool. Totally understandable. Just go ahead and back out of this thread.

Otherwise:



Eize Basa (@PonchoRebound) 2021-12-14 07:03:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PonchoRebound/status/1470650649062821893

About an hour after I posted the video, I was linked to the full version of the video, which is apparently a Dhar Mann-style inspirational video by Cris Elmasry.

So, credit to the artist: https://m.facebook.com/cris.elmasry/videos/4539681932784019/



Eize Basa (@PonchoRebound) 2021-12-14 07:09:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PonchoRebound/status/1470652251874152449

It’s a bummer for sure, BUT it’s also an interesting lesson in how important editing and framing is to the craft of filmmaking: the grainy, low res, cropped, and silent version I posted FEELS authentic in a way the real video just doesn’t, with its HD quality and sappy music.



Игорь (@ludmela58) 2022-12-09 18:03:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ludmela58/status/1601276363440545793

Проснулся ночью и увидел ,что кот сидит вот так.





Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) 2022-12-11 14:18:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1601944622288310274

Elon Musk says Twitter will increase its character limit on tweets from 280 to 4000.



Allan Obare (@AllanObare4) 2022-12-11 08:49:42 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AllanObare4/status/1601861774470512642

@elonmusk Elon is it true that Twitter is set to increase the characters from 280 to 4000?

Kindly @elonmusk



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2022-12-11 08:54:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601862965384269825

@AllanObare4 Yes



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-11 12:30:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1601917231247630338

Когда они пришли с лимитом в 280 символов, я не молчал, ведь мне было что сказать на 280 символов. https://twitter.com/AllanObare4/status/1601861774470512642



???????????????????????????????????????????????? (@shagbark_hick) 2022-12-12 02:07:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/shagbark_hick/status/1602123043119284224

I can't begin to describe the bizarre desolation of life on an icebreaker. You're in a rarely-transited, ever-changing, completely inhospitable place more barren than the desert.
You are reminded every day that you have no business being where you are. It's a very weird feeling.





Мир фантастики (@Mir_Fantastiki) 2022-12-12 21:01:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Mir_Fantastiki/status/1602408331431317521

Печальные новости. В возрасте 85 лет умер композитор Анджело Бадаламенти.

Больше всего Бадаламенти известен как композитор саундтреков, эмбиента и джазового направления. Он написал музыку к легендарному «Твин Пиксу» (за что был удостоен премии «Грэмми»)





Ультравасилий и кот (@g_o_n_z_o) 2022-12-13 08:40:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/g_o_n_z_o/status/1602584175332233218

Оттепель!





Andy V (@steppentiger) 2022-12-13 10:51:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1602617107275026432

У Лотмана в «Культуре и взрыве» (глава «Дурак и сумасшедший») имеется небезынтересное воспоминание на тему «деды воевали».





Холодный Доктор (@colDoc_colDoc) 2022-12-13 10:54:52 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/colDoc_colDoc/status/1602618046102765568

@steppentiger Абсолютно голые, но в сапогах.





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-13 12:12:10 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1602637500463415296

@colDoc_colDoc @steppentiger Поддерживаю мнѣніе о высокой вѣроятности того, что этакая причудливая степень опьянения могла наступить у автоматчиков не от алкоголя.

Если это мнѣніе справедливо, то тогда и мемуарист, и его однополчане впервые могли увидать не одних только автоматчиков, но также и обдолбанных.



Любимый❤️Сочи (@sochi_love) 2022-12-11 18:34:11 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/sochi_love/status/1602008864886505475

???? Пешеходный подвесной мост чайкам зашёл

У них там целая туалетная коммуна, судя по фото.

???? yarkho y




 

 
femb✦t (@__femb0t) 2022-08-22 19:42:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/__femb0t/status/1561801074964680705

,,,,the sky above the television tuned to a dead channel was the color of a different, much older television tuned to a dead channel :(





РИА Новости (@rianru) 2022-12-13 10:24:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/rianru/status/1602610439891959811

Росстандарт принял ограничивающий скорость электросамокатов до 25 км/ч ГОСТ
https://ria.ru/20221213/skorost-1838302599.html





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-14 05:58:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1602905729089904640

[53:1] Начну новый #твитшторм и соберу свѣдѣнія и мои разсужденія про цвѣта и цвѣтовыя пространства, про цвѣтовые профили, про нюансы отображения цвѣтовъ различными экранами и девайсами, различными браузерами и другими приложениями, как быть пользователям, как быть разработчикам.



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-14 05:58:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1602905737872789505

[53:2] Для начала напомню, что сорок дней назад (4 ноября) в сообщениях https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1588511088089661441 и https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1588526911915196416 собирал нѣкоторыя свѣдѣнія о цвѣтовомъ пространстве Adobe RGB (1998) и пришёл к выводу, что уходить в него из sRGB мнѣ неохота (точности 24 бит недостаточно).





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-14 05:58:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1602905746802352129

[53:3] Дюжиною дней позже (16 ноября) я досадовал по адресу https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1592657131630493696 о том, что Firefox не поддерживал профили ICCv4 и оттого не мог вѣрно показать итог изощрённого сжатия JPEG в пространстве XYB.

Вчера (13 декабря) вышел Firefox 108, наконец поддерживающий ICCv4.







Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-14 05:58:07 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1602905756587753472

[53:4] Новость https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/108.0/releasenotes/ про появление ICCv4 во браузере Firefox можно провѣрить собственноручно, зайдя в Firefox 108 на страницу https://www.color.org/version4html.xalter и видя его показывающим провѣрочное изображение (составленное из 4 кусков с разными профилями цвѣта) безупречно.







Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-14 07:25:33 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1602927760091254785

[53:5] Ну а 29 ноября я пощупал цвѣтоподборщикъ https://oklch.evilmartians.io/ (который @andrey_sitnik и @romanshamin сдѣлали) и говорил о моих цвѣтовыхъ впечатлениях без мáлого 2⅕ часа кряду (предисловие https://t.me/ReadMithgol/547 и таймкоды видеозаписи https://t.me/ReadMithgol/548 прилагаю).







Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-14 09:59:28 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1602966493834215425

Насчёт https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1587046309424517128 по адресу https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33936614 вижу интересное истолкование мрачной судьбы JPEG XL: раз даже ИЗНУТРИ GOOGLE не достичь поддержки нового формата файлов, то гибель в 2014 году идеи о браузеронезависимой (плагинной) поддержке форматов погубит и WWW.





Brodie Robertson (@BrodieOnLinux) 2022-12-13 20:05:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/BrodieOnLinux/status/1602756493069238272

Chromium Ends JPEG XL Before It Even Lived #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/Jyk87VVfh9s





Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2022-12-14 14:06:33 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1603028676278423554

Contemplating Codec Comparisons

Here are my thoughts on the recent codec comparison by Google's AVIF team, that led to Chrome's decision to remove JPEG XL.

https://cloudinary.com/blog/contemplating-codec-comparisons



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2022-12-14 15:15:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1603046060842258433

Main points:
- Decoding time of avif and jxl is now about the same
- UX for jxl is better (thanks to streaming decode and progressive rendering)
- Measuring speed correctly, avif is slower to encode



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2022-12-14 15:18:14 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1603046713287131137

- Measuring quality in the relevant fidelity region ('web quality'), jxl is ~15% better than avif according to the data from the avif team
- For lossless, jxl advantages are more substantial than what the avif team comparison suggests
- Format features have to be considered too



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2022-12-14 15:21:12 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1603047459218931712

Basically the blog post explains how the AVIF team's comparison data ended up getting misinterpreted, while it does actually show the value of JPEG XL.



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2022-12-14 16:01:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1603057543277846528

For example, this plot (provided by the AVIF team) shows that JXL is 17% better than AVIF at 1 bpp, which is the median AVIF bitrate used on the web. But the BD-rate shows only a 'meh' 3% overall improvement for JXL, since it was computed including qualities too low to be useful.





Björn Andersson (@bjondersson) 2022-12-14 16:59:45 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/bjondersson/status/1603072260780478464

We are figuratively once again getting VHS instead of Betamax because of Google. Don’t let history repeat itself. #JPEGXL #AVIF https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1603028676278423554



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2022-12-14 17:11:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1603075307141054465

@bjondersson Especially since we now have digital media, not physical! We can easily just have both and let everyone use what they like best. There is no reason to support only one format — Chrome is not a VCR that has to be physically designed for one specific videocasette type.



Andreas Kling (@awesomekling) 2022-12-14 12:55:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/awesomekling/status/1603010828202123264

You may not like it, but Safari is the main thing standing in the way of Chromium becoming the de facto web platform.



efebic (@efebic) 2022-12-14 12:58:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/efebic/status/1603011554995277827

@awesomekling As long as it's open-source, why would that be a bad thing?



Deploriot (@Deploriot) 2022-12-14 14:30:14 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Deploriot/status/1603034634643816450

@efebic @awesomekling Look at the case of JPEG XL and you can see how one entity can railroad progress to their own goals.



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2022-12-14 19:07:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1603104355468681218

@efebic @awesomekling Open source is not the same thing as community controlled. It's a necessary but not sufficient condition to prevent Google from effectively dictating the direction of the web platform.



joe (@bowsamic) 2022-12-14 13:23:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/bowsamic/status/1603017961983336448

@efebic @awesomekling Because even if it's open source, it's still developed in a closed fashion by a single company. Then they can basically add whatever they want to the browser and people will use it, even if it's totally non standard



joe (@bowsamic) 2022-12-14 13:24:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/bowsamic/status/1603018196642037760

@efebic @awesomekling You end up destroying the web as an open ecosystem supported by various browsers. Instead the web would instead become totally closed except to one piece of software



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-15 04:11:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1603241278929571840

[50:74] По адресу https://te.legra.ph/Tejina-senpai-12-10 и https://te.legra.ph/Sounan-desu-ka-12-10 на сайте Telegraph выложил альбомы, по адресу https://t.me/ReadMithgol/553 в Telegram выложил архивы (7-Zip) сшивок кадров, взятых из первой серии #аниме «Tejina-senpai» и из первой серии аниме «Sounan desu ka».







93.RU (@93ru_novosti) 2022-12-14 05:10:42 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/93ru_novosti/status/1602893823595745280

«Оба вируса агрессивно уничтожают дыхательную систему»: что будет с организмом, если одновременно заболеть гриппом и ковидом.

Врачи рассказали, насколько высока вероятность подхватить оба вируса.

https://t.co/2dkBCw088I



РосКомСвобода (@RuBlackListNET) 2022-12-15 08:11:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/RuBlackListNET/status/1603301716857946112

Суд впервые оштрафовал блогера за недостаточно большие буквы иноагентской маркировки. Для набора текста маркировки он использовал клавишу Caps Lock, однако экспертиза показала, что во «ВКонтакте» эта клавиша не дает нужного размера https://roskomsvoboda.org/post/inoagenta-shtrafanuli-za-shrift/



depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) 2022-12-15 19:59:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1603479894909935636

thinking about the egyptian hieroglyphic "pot with legs"





в депо до таллинской (@art_efr) 2022-12-15 11:17:28 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/art_efr/status/1603348510530846723

23 декабря закрывается самая уникальная трамвайная линия России. Усть-Илимский скоростной трамвай, где-то в недрах Иркутской области красные вагончики бегали из города до местного завода. но увы, мир пазиков победил. очень повезло, что смог проехать на такой уникальной системе!











в депо до таллинской (@art_efr) 2022-12-15 20:57:36 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/art_efr/status/1603494505717587969

и ещё несколько фоток этой шикарной системы











Pessimists Archive (@PessimistsArc) 2022-12-16 13:34:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PessimistsArc/status/1603745394072190979

NYtimes 2008: Kids are threatened by dumb phones!

NYtimes 2022: These enlightened kids are finding refuge in dumb phones!







CMYK Student (@CmykStudent) 2022-12-15 20:02:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/CmykStudent/status/1603480604833714176

GIMP now supports loading and exporting 8/16 bit CMYK JPEG XL files! Thanks to @novomesk for the thorough review and feedback on the merge request. I think @GIMP_Official is the first image editor to support CMYK JPEG XL - hopefully others will follow soon!



John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) 2022-12-17 01:55:39 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1603931899810004994

I resigned from Meta, and my internal post got leaked to the press, resulting in some fragmented quotes.  Here is the full thing: https://t.co/iUcr8TYMLD



John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) 2022-12-17 01:55:39 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1603931901491908610

As anyone who listens to my unscripted Connect talks knows, I have always been pretty frustrated with how things get done at FB/Meta.  Everything necessary for spectacular success is right there, but it doesn't get put together effectively.



John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) 2022-12-17 01:55:40 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1603931904075395072

I thought that the "derivative of delivered value" was positive in 2021, but that it turned negative in 2022.  There are good reasons to believe that it just edged back into positive territory again, but there is a notable gap between Mark Zuckerberg and I on various strategic



John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) 2022-12-17 01:55:40 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1603931905539325955

issues, so I knew it would be extra frustrating to keep pushing my viewpoint internally.  I am all in on building AGI at Keen Technologies now.



Jean-Simon (@JeanSimB623) 2022-12-17 02:08:25 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/JeanSimB623/status/1603935115784101890

@ID_AA_Carmack screenshot of fb text.





Andy V (@steppentiger) 2022-12-17 17:57:42 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1604174009616289794

Дело раскрыто.





Егор (@Graypfruit) 2022-12-17 17:05:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Graypfruit/status/1604160855234453505





Pubity (@PubityIG) 2022-12-17 19:43:25 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PubityIG/status/1604200614711287808

Twitter has removed the ability to see which device a tweet comes from. (Twitter for iPhone, Twitter for Android)







Артём Дерягин (@DerArto) 2022-12-16 12:08:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/DerArto/status/1603723864105799680

Наложить диснеевский фильтр на кошку было хорошей идеей






Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) 2022-09-25 14:08:37 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AlecStapp/status/1574038167304474625

When a tech company does it, it’s a dangerous social experiment

When the NYT does it, it’s an A/B test







Technophobia.org (@TechnophobiaOrg) 2022-09-26 09:30:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TechnophobiaOrg/status/1574330448930430977

https://twitter.com/AlecStapp/status/1574038167304474625











Technophobia.org (@TechnophobiaOrg) 2022-09-26 11:32:24 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TechnophobiaOrg/status/1574361239135846401

(Until recently NYtimes made you call a human to cancel subscription)



vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) 2022-09-26 12:29:58 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1574375725297188865

@TechnophobiaOrg Credit cards imo are one of the few techs that we need *more* phobia of (and push to build better alternatives!)

Canceling subscriptions should be done by opening your wallet app and clicking cancel, so it's up to the company to cancel service when the next payment doesn't come.



Technophobia.org (@TechnophobiaOrg) 2022-12-15 17:22:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TechnophobiaOrg/status/1603440271668264965

The Unabomber manifesto argued transsexuals were the result of modern technology.

Heritage making the same argument here:  https://www.heritage.org/gender/commentary/how-big-tech-turns-kids-trans



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-18 15:15:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1604495465785229320

@TeHn0n4Me @steppemaxxxing Точно ли жутко? — цитату, пожалуйста.



Pangur Bán ???? (@PangurBn10) 2022-12-15 02:06:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PangurBn10/status/1603209909193121794

what is going on with tv





Nanabuyo (@nanabuyo) 2022-12-16 01:02:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/nanabuyo/status/1603556237198917632

@pierrothamiha >blackpilled

”victory is ours”

 
They’re so stupid



Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) 2022-12-12 22:17:14 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1602427384166334465

If you start seeing a checkmark that's not blue, you're doing it right. We’re adding more account distinctions.
 
Gold checkmarks will appear on verified, official businesses on Twitter.
 
And coming soon, grey checkmarks will appear on government and multilateral accounts.



Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) 2022-12-12 22:17:15 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1602427386636767232

We’ll begin replacing that "official" profile label with a grey or gold checkmark, but you will still see labels for some types of accounts.

Learn more: https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/profile-labels



Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) 2022-12-18 23:34:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/WholeMarsBlog/status/1604621241742082049

I’ve been telling @elonmusk to hire someone as Twitter CEO from the beginning

That way when things go wrong you can blame that person, but you still retain ultimate control as the owner.

And yes I am available to do the job https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1604621241742082049



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2022-12-18 23:34:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604621101245419520

@WholeMarsBlog The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive



Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2022-12-19 00:04:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1604628658852970496

I take payment in Bitcoin. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604621101245419520



Pasha the Cossack????⚡ (@GhostOfPashka) 2022-12-19 00:06:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/GhostOfPashka/status/1604629262476140545

@Snowden Russian CEO of Twitter.
Let that sink in.



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2022-12-19 01:29:14 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604650028999405568

Those who want power are the ones who least deserve it



Lea Verou (@LeaVerou) 2022-12-19 15:07:21 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/LeaVerou/status/1604855914326007809

1. Infinite scroll
2. Footer

Pick one, you can’t have both.

(You’d think this is common sense by now, but you’d be wrong)



It's about time... (@Midori_marmotte) 2022-12-20 12:37:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Midori_marmotte/status/1605180694812041217

@LeaVerou @oscherler My pet peeve: brands who put language change in the footer yet have infinite scroll. Being in a multilingual country turns into a headache, especially if you’re the one doing helpdesk for the whole family.



depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) 2022-12-19 05:17:44 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1604707534455332864

that sea lion must have been absolutely tripping





guava (@team_chao) 2022-12-19 05:27:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/team_chao/status/1604709936671625216

@depthsofwiki the New Carissa page calls it a harbor seal. seems more likely though I am not an expert







Ramesh Shah, from Upstairs ???? (@shah_upstairs) 2022-12-19 06:59:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/shah_upstairs/status/1604733160394088448

@depthsofwiki





gibby from icarly (@monolilium) 2022-12-19 05:42:39 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/monolilium/status/1604713802448089088

@depthsofwiki same energy





Steve Marsden (@DrSteveMarsden) 2022-12-19 05:30:10 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/DrSteveMarsden/status/1604710662168510465

@depthsofwiki "I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark by the Tannhäuser Gate."



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-21 12:22:58 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1605539320349147136

Попробовал из файла https://t.co/LCAiVBPOM4 поставить #oxipng, однако с досадою увидал, что в этой версии (v7.0.0 под x86_64) разработчик либо вообще отломил Zopfli, либо команду «oxipng --verbose --threads 6 --alpha --interlace 1 -f 0-9 --zopfli --strip safe --preserve» поломал.



velonation (@Romasheda) 2022-12-20 12:36:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Romasheda/status/1605180237310222337

Шведский аналог «Мосгортранса» раздал велосипедистам шины с шипами и вообще всячески пропагандирует велосипедизм
https://wp.me/p5Rq7e-6Gy



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2022-12-22 08:06:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1605837251295969280

По наводке https://t.me/typodar/26349 по адресу https://t.me/rbc_krasnodar/8181 и затѣмъ ещё https://kuban.rbc.ru/krasnodar/freenews/63a0711f9a79473adb6ab460 прочёл: #КраснодарскийКрай может обзавестись новым городом размѣромъ с #Геленджик, однако миллионником (плотность его жителей будет болѣе чѣмъ НА ПОРЯДОК выше геленджикской).









John Hudson (@John_Hudson) 2022-12-21 12:04:15 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/John_Hudson/status/1605534612750405634

New: Following months of investigation, there is no conclusive evidence that Russia is behind the Nord Stream sabotage, according to 24 diplomatic and intelligence officials in nine different countries interviewed in recent weeks https://t.co/THCSarABfm



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-21 22:04:44 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1605685726854582273

Тред рождественской истории Цессны-188, безнадежно потерявшейся над Тихим океаном 22 декабря 1978 года, но чудесным образом нашедшейся.



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2022-12-22 16:05:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1605957811162054656

Twitter is rolling out View Count, so you can see how many times a tweet has been seen! This is normal for video.

Shows how much more alive Twitter is than it may seem, as over 90% of Twitter users read, but don’t tweet, reply or like, as those are public actions.



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2022-12-21 13:53:09 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1605562018882211840

Darktable, the FOSS counterpart of Adobe Lightroom/Camera Raw, releases version 4.2 with read/write support for JPEG XL!

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Darktable-4.2-Released



анатолий ноготочки???? (@A_Kapustin) 2022-12-21 07:46:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/A_Kapustin/status/1605469817191821312

ожидаемо





Medtech (@Medtech161) 2022-12-22 04:50:24 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Medtech161/status/1605787816037912576

@A_Kapustin Всё было нормально до зацепа за авто, потом адреналина стало слишком много и результат не заставил себя ждать.



The Associated Press (@AP) 2022-12-23 20:10:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1606381652216893440

An @AP investigation has found that COVID-19 accelerated and normalized state surveillance and tracking tools that are now being used to investigate crime and harass marginalized communities. http://bit.ly/3FMndPY





Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2022-12-23 22:27:10 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1606416151097282570

“Do you truly believe that when the first wave, this second wave, the 16th wave of the coronavirus is a long-forgotten memory, that these capabilities will not be kept? That these datasets will not be kept?”

Got a lot of flak for that on April 9th, 2020.

https://t.co/pFTjQSgB54 https://twitter.com/AP/status/1606381652216893440



Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) 2022-12-23 17:44:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/DefiantLs/status/1606344914459131905





[эстетика ебеней] (@yebenya) 2022-12-24 11:21:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/yebenya/status/1606610896398307329

Игорь Юферев | Ладога





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-24 17:21:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1606701493947887616

45.  Many people wonder if Internet platforms receive direction from intelligence agencies about moderation of foreign policy news stories. It appears Twitter did, in some cases by way of the FITF/FBI.



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-24 17:21:02 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1606701495604629504

46.  These reports are far more factually controversial than domestic counterparts.



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-24 17:21:02 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1606701497081024512

47. One intel report lists accounts tied to “Ukraine ‘neo-Nazi’ Propaganda.’” This includes assertions that Joe Biden helped orchestrate a coup in 2014 and “put his son on the board of Burisma.”







Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-24 17:21:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1606701501677961217

48. Another report asserts a list of accounts accusing the “Biden administration” of “corruption” in vaccine distribution are part of a Russian influence campaign:





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-24 17:21:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1606701503850643456

49.  Often intelligence came in the form of brief reports, followed by long lists of accounts simply deemed to be pro-Maduro, pro-Cuba, pro-Russia, etc. This one batch had over 1000 accounts marked for digital execution:





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-24 17:21:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1606701508862828545

51. Intel about the shady origin of these accounts might be true. But so might at least some of the information in them – about neo-Nazis,  rights abuses in Donbas, even about our own government. Should we block such material?



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-24 17:21:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1606701510427316226

52. This is a difficult speech dilemma. Should the government be allowed to try to prevent Americans (and others) from seeing pro-Maduro or anti-Ukrainian accounts?



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2022-12-24 17:21:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1606701512050487297

53. Often intel reports are just long lists of newspapers, tweets or YouTube videos guilty of “anti-Ukraine narratives”:









Vince M. (@und_moss) 2022-12-24 15:48:11 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/und_moss/status/1606678131011731457

Мудрец сказал: когда показывают пальцем в некоем возвышенном направлении, умный смотрит куда показывают, а дурак смотрит на палец. Мы-то с вами не дураки: зачем этот палец разглядывать?



Vince M. (@und_moss) 2022-12-24 15:48:12 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/und_moss/status/1606678133347844096

Ну и что, что он заскорузлый и зеленоватый, и вместо ногтя на нём коготь, с которого что-то капает? Отвернись и гляди в рекламируемую высь!



соня пономаренко) (@TAPIR_V_KOSMOSE) 2022-12-23 02:28:36 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TAPIR_V_KOSMOSE/status/1606114518622384128

ща вспомнила как мы с подругой опаздывали на урок и посреди улицы увидели электросамокат сопоставили эти два факта оплатили встали она рулит я сзади  проехали 10 метров и я в это время начала так АРАТЬ что она просто молча сфотала его и завершила поездку



Sofia (@omruruch) 2022-12-25 18:43:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/omruruch/status/1607084652803817474

Infrastructure as a crime: велодорожка пересекает две встречные полосы машин под тупым углом, ограничение скорости 50км/ч (30mph)





Sofia (@omruruch) 2022-12-25 18:44:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/omruruch/status/1607084965921185792

Крайне популярный маршрут, но этот выезд каждый раз как последние секунды жизни





Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) 2022-12-26 03:25:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1607216009152237571

She was so excited about the convenience of face-scan payment in China...no card or phone needed ... ???? ????

Wait until the govt decides your social credit score is too low for not doing what they tell you. No water for you until you receive your 4th booster. ????

????sound ...????





Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) 2022-12-26 03:45:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1607220990307713025

Combine that with a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and your freedom is gone.

They track your every movement and location at all times, your spending decisions and turn off your money if you disobey.



Cryptocoinage (@CryptoCoinLead) 2022-12-26 03:54:53 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/CryptoCoinLead/status/1607223397812998146

@WallStreetSilv





failcoin (@failcoin) 2022-12-26 04:29:24 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/failcoin/status/1607232084720095233

@WallStreetSilv By "it's coming" she isn't referencing the bottle of water. CBDCs with complete surveillance is coming.



Useless Eater (@GermOfWisdom) 2022-12-26 08:08:11 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/GermOfWisdom/status/1607287141528211457

@WallStreetSilv what happens when one's biometrics get compromised? i mean, it's face and fingers only on the frontend, on the backend it's still a string of characters like a regular password. except that one cannot change his face or fingertips so easily as a password



Righteous⚡️Crusader (@Craftmastah) 2022-12-26 06:49:07 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Craftmastah/status/1607267246560219137

@WallStreetSilv A great man once said, anyone willing to trade freedom for safety deserve neither. What do you call people who would trade their freedom for minor conveniences?



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-24 16:36:57 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1606690402865750017

Показывать количество просмотров твита — отличная идея, давно пора вернуться к истокам.





Natalie F Danelishen (@Chesschick01) 2022-12-24 18:53:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Chesschick01/status/1606724838395199488

People would know this if they had read @Snowden book and it would come as a shock to no one. ???? https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1606701405443874816





Yesterday's Print (@yesterdaysprint) 2022-12-24 20:00:01 (UTC)

 
Любимый❤️Сочи (@sochi_love) 2022-12-25 15:03:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/sochi_love/status/1607029215945232384

Закат с дельфином, огромная удача фотографа

Разве может быть что-то красивее?





ККЛЧРТ (@the_shimponavt) 2022-12-28 08:34:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/the_shimponavt/status/1608018440798851074

Случай в Мосрентгене





Получеловек-полунечеловек (@tra_ta_ta) 2022-12-28 09:33:39 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/tra_ta_ta/status/1608033425243381763

@the_shimponavt Все, что происходит в Мосрентгене, остается на рентгеновских снимках



cats being weird little guys (@weirdlilguys) 2022-12-27 14:32:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/weirdlilguys/status/1607746246407503873

liquid mode activate





ferdalangurinn (@ferdalangurinn) 2022-12-28 14:22:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ferdalangurinn/status/1608106102025256960

японские друзья не увидели ничего странного в кротовухе, когда я им про неё рассказала, так как в этот момент мы пили ФУГОВУХУ (горячее сакэ с плавником рыбы фугу, по-японски называется фугу-хирэ-сю), идеально подходящую к холодному зимнему вечеру.
(моё — на 3 и 4 фото).











Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) 2022-12-26 21:23:41 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1607487338401206273

On the New Year’s Eve, everybody’s into making predictions

Many come up with futuristic hypotheses, as if competing to single out the wildest, and even the most absurd ones.

Here’s our humble contribution.

What can happen in 2023:



Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) 2022-12-26 21:23:42 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1607487342549286914

1.  Oil price will rise to $150 a barrel, and gas price will top $5.000 per 1.000 cubic meters

2. The UK will rejoin the EU

3. The EU will collapse after the UK’s return; Euro will drop out of use as the former EU currency



Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) 2022-12-26 21:23:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1607487345493934080

4. Poland and Hungary will occupy western regions of the formerly existing Ukraine

5. The Fourth Reich will be created, encompassing the territory of Germany and its satellites, i.e., Poland, the Baltic states, Czechia, Slovakia, the Kiev Republic, and other outcasts



Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) 2022-12-26 21:23:44 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1607487348442284034

6. War will break out between France and the Fourth Reich. Europe will be divided, Poland repartitioned in the process

7. Northern Ireland will separate from the UK and join the Republic of Ireland



Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) 2022-12-26 21:23:44 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1607487351219003398

8. Civil war will break out in the US, California. and Texas becoming independent states as a result. Texas and Mexico will form an allied state. Elon Musk’ll win the presidential election in a number of states which, after the new Civil War’s end, will have been given to the GOP



Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) 2022-12-26 21:25:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1607487790367006722

9. All the largest stock markets and financial activity will leave the US and Europe and move to Asia



Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) 2022-12-26 21:25:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1607487794133471232

10. The Bretton Woods system of monetary management will collapse, leading to the IMF and World Bank crash. Euro and Dollar will stop circulating as the global reserve currencies. Digital fiat currencies will be actively used instead



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2022-12-26 21:51:58 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1607494455720022018

@MedvedevRussiaE Epic thread!!



GiGadgets (@gigadgets_) 2022-12-27 15:02:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/gigadgets_/status/1607753740982837248

This robotic arm can free your hands from boring paperwork. ✍️
The company said they would not sell it to students.
#gigadgets #handwriting #robotics #machinelearning #innovation





Doc Multiplexplatte Li-on Beuster (@AslanYorgun5) 2022-12-28 08:18:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AslanYorgun5/status/1608014619284754433

@gigadgets_ It's called a plotter.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotter



Hazzy (@PatntHazzy) 2022-12-28 06:35:18 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PatntHazzy/status/1607988543695245313

@gigadgets_ we're back to people being impressed by 1970s pen plotters that were replaced by scanners and printers



лиля́ кебáб (@lilydavay) 2022-04-09 17:54:37 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/lilydavay/status/1512851489114501121

Решила познакомиться с кассиршей магазина у работы, в который всегда хожу за стиками. Женщина говорит:
– Меня Майя зовут.
Годы в общепите научили меня, что все узбечки берут себе имя Майя.
– А по-узбекски как? – спрашиваю.
– Максуда.
Оказалось, я была первая, кто спросила так



птенец буллшит (@KarinaMilenina) 2022-12-26 19:55:40 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/KarinaMilenina/status/1607465186130264064

Вчера вызывали клининг, к нам приехала женщина с именем МАША (которое явно не её настоящее). Спросила её реальное имя. Махира. Говорю, красивое имя, буду вас так называть.

Оказалось, что я первый человек за её 10 лет жизни в РФ, который поинтересовался настоящим именем. ????



Artёm Milošević (@milosev1c) 2022-12-28 21:22:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/milosev1c/status/1608211836146417664

Вчера вызывали клининг, к нам приехал блоггер с именем ТОДАР БАКТЕМИР (которое явно не её настоящее). Спросил его реальное имя. Федор Алексеев. Говорю, красивое имя, буду вас так называть.

Оказалось, что его уже заебали с этим ????



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-28 07:35:20 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1608003651620175873

…вчера вызывали клининг почистить комнату от соломы, к нам приехал рыжеволосый парень с именем ГАНС (которое явно не его настоящее). Спросила его реальное имя. РУМПЕЛЬШТИЛЬЦХЕН. Говорю, красивое имя, буду вас так называть.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-28 07:49:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1608007323385212929

(«По классификации Аарне-Томпсона, — сообщает Википедия, — этот сюжет имеет номер 500: "Имя помощника"»; в принципе, чем твиттер не фольклорная сказка)



Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) 2022-12-28 21:03:11 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/1608206953548742660

THIS, THIS TERRIBLE @NYTIMES THING, THIS EXCRESCENCE FROM THE SCHOOL WHICH SAYS "PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE PRIVACY JUST IN CASE THEY USE IT IN WAYS WHICH THE STATES WOULD NOT APPROVE OF"

https://archive.ph/RrGHF



Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) 2022-12-28 21:09:23 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/1608208512076681216

Someone who who has spent so long tilting at the big windmills of corporations, that they cannot understand the empowerment of individual communities of users from platforms enabling communication whilst blinding themselves to content.

They mistake the medium for the message.







Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) 2022-12-28 21:11:13 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/1608208974209228802

As before: if you want to understand end-to-end encryption, here's a primer regarding what it achieves, and how to identify it.
https://alecmuffett.com/alecm/e2e-primer/



Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) 2022-12-28 21:16:21 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/1608210265962602500

If you would like to view the original copy from the horses mouth, here is a gift link:

Cc: @kurtopsahl

https://t.co/6KSH1SZ1u7



Paul Pearce (@paul_pearce) 2022-12-29 01:14:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/paul_pearce/status/1608270274277027840

@AlecMuffett @kurtopsahl You can also pull any NYT article out of the way back machine. Eg https://t.co/vgZ5puKrSg



Eva (@evacide) 2022-12-28 20:29:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/evacide/status/1608198371646541824

NYT's opinion page gets in under the wire in the competition for Worst Take of 2022: Signal is bad because the people who build it are morally committed to preserving the privacy of its users.

https://t.co/NJgjhKRbb9



WA People's Privacy (@wapeopleprivacy) 2022-12-28 22:28:12 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/wapeopleprivacy/status/1608228349901697024

@evacide Plenty of great debunking happening in the comments on this NYT guest (trash) opinion piece, tho! ???? So, that's fun.











Technophobia.org (@TechnophobiaOrg) 2022-12-29 00:38:13 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TechnophobiaOrg/status/1608261067573952519

Locks and keys are anarco capitalist propaganda, promoting an ideology of private property and state free crime prevention. https://twitter.com/evacide/status/1608198371646541824



It's My City (@itsmycityekb) 2022-12-28 12:32:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/itsmycityekb/status/1608078337523466240

Власти Екатеринбурга в перспективе хотят ликвидировать трамвайную ветку на Большой Конный полуостров. При этом трамвай — это единственный общественный транспорт, связывающий район с городом. Да и, пожалуй, самый живописный трамвайный маршрут в городе. https://t.co/j8spLuwE8M





Никто ничего (@L7878L266443L) 2022-12-28 12:54:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/L7878L266443L/status/1608083977138479107

@itsmycityekb Но при этом хотят строить там жилой район
Гении планирования



天より降りしコハク (@Y39267620) 2022-12-30 09:56:15 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Y39267620/status/1608763890804084736

今年はHEVCからAV1に移行するかどうか悩んでますけど、来年の今頃はVVCが加わってさらに悩んでそうですね。



david "5 GHz" bepo (no to war) (@davidbepo) 2022-12-29 23:32:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/davidbepo/status/1608607018201538563

btw, from now on every image i produce will be a webp
graphs? webp
memes? webp
this is because it is a superior image format and recently i have seen all of my use cases support it: image editor, viewer, libreoffice and twitter
long overdue but nice anyways



9to5Mac (@9to5mac) 2022-12-29 23:25:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/9to5mac/status/1608605050783338502

Video converter HandBrake updated with support for AV1 and VP9 10-bit video encoding, more https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/29/handbrake-support-av1-and-vp9-10-bit/ by @filipeesposito



Andy V (@steppentiger) 2022-12-29 15:57:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1608492449235890178

Коротко об итогах года.





Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-29 20:06:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1608554971200458754

Обожаю слог научпопа восьмидесятых. «Каждый школьник без труда ответит на вопрос: "Что общего между качелями, часами, сердцем, электрическим звонком, люстрой, телевизором, саксофоном и океанским лайнером?"»



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2022-12-29 20:16:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1608557696801964033

(это, уточню, не моя жалкая пародия, а неповторимый оригинал, второе предложение введения сорок восьмого выпуска «Библиотечки "Квант"»)



переводчик неправильно перевел (@stummekabine) 2022-12-29 20:34:28 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/stummekabine/status/1608562116423999489

@aldragon_net Они отбрасывают тень? Их можно покрасить в золотой цвет? В эпицентре ядерного взрыва они будут уничтожены? (Хреновый из меня школьник)



lil brød (@remaining_ram) 2022-12-30 02:21:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/remaining_ram/status/1608649401937068033

@aldragon_net в психологии есть такие тесты на выявление отклонений



Kłasterny Babaj (@ivanovpetja) 2022-12-29 20:45:23 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ivanovpetja/status/1608564861012963328

@aldragon_net принадлежат императору, видимо



Republic Forever (@4everRepublic) 2022-12-30 16:27:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/4everRepublic/status/1608862374085398530

@aldragon_net Ну типа все перечисленное из барионной материи состоит, что непонятного-то?



Ronald Reagan (@Vitalij21050081) 2022-12-30 11:49:21 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Vitalij21050081/status/1608792352243744769

@aldragon_net Это из физики 6 класса.
Они все материальные объекты.
А любовь, спорт и понедельник - нет.



Я не Галя (@dayobvashumat) 2022-12-30 05:59:07 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/dayobvashumat/status/1608704212824895488

@aldragon_net Советский шестиклассник доминирует интеллектуально





а вы тоже Лена Полено (@gtimoshaz) 2022-12-30 14:07:41 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/gtimoshaz/status/1608827165281513474

@dayobvashumat @aldragon_net и умеет дышать под водой!



Allisa999 (@Allisa999) 2022-12-30 13:40:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Allisa999/status/1608820391291805697

@aldragon_net "конечно, то, что во всех этих системах существуют или могут возбуждаться колебания." Александр Филиппов "Многоликий солитон"



Деня Камушкин (@GusakovDenis) 2022-12-30 19:04:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/GusakovDenis/status/1608901759933767681

@aldragon_net Меня радует, что подросшие школьники 80-х не ограничились банальным ответом про колебания, а предложили много других, остроумных и нестандартных.



алескей булыгин (@bulygin499) 2022-12-29 09:54:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/bulygin499/status/1608401063807156227

Теплые, ламповые новости из Питера





βολκ (@BOJIK) 2022-12-29 09:59:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/BOJIK/status/1608402215471046657

@bulygin499 Есть что-то постоянное в наше непостоянное время. ????????‍♂️



depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) 2022-12-30 04:04:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1608675458438299648





Repe (@Rpetey317) 2022-12-30 04:10:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Rpetey317/status/1608676847021346822

@depthsofwiki Oh thank God I was about to remove the commies from my water instead of the salt



FANtastic.algo (@Algofan1) 2022-12-30 05:31:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Algofan1/status/1608697263362310144

@depthsofwiki Common mistake



CynicalKiwi ????????/???????? (@kiwi_cynical) 2022-12-30 04:44:40 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/kiwi_cynical/status/1608685478198546432

@depthsofwiki I make that mistake all the time.



Sol (@sol_0_4) 2022-12-30 05:22:57 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/sol_0_4/status/1608695113148137473

@depthsofwiki Well..





Sol (@sol_0_4) 2022-12-30 05:24:15 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/sol_0_4/status/1608695441096572928

@depthsofwiki





Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2023-01-02 13:40:49 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1609907569144766464

"Almost all the projects of social reformers in these days are really ????????????????????????????????????????????."

— John Stuart Mill, discussing the need for a book "on liberty." January 15th, ????????????????.





Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2023-01-02 13:21:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1609902808165191682

Free Julian Assange.



Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) 2023-01-03 04:09:15 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1610126116223590400

According to a recent report, a bug in Google Home smart speakers allowed for the installation of a backdoor account that could be used to control the device and access its microphone feed. https://trib.al/D7iYdnE



JoJo79 (@JoJoGirl79) 2023-01-04 00:25:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/JoJoGirl79/status/1610432251371847681

@BreitbartNews "Bug" my ass
Those things are listening all the time
They are spying on people
They send all the information back to Google
It ain't a "bug"
It is designed like that
It is on purpose



KWard1 (@KathleenJWard1) 2023-01-03 10:32:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/KathleenJWard1/status/1610222688030818304

@BreitbartNews The Smartwatch & the Fitbit are designed to get you used to & dependent on wearable technology. Even credit cards are just a touch device now. The future looks like implanted devices that monitor your health and wealth. The govt will know your location, habits, & social credit.



Eli Krebs (@TheRantEli) 2023-01-03 13:40:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TheRantEli/status/1610269772914036737

@BreitbartNews





Tony Bianco (@tony_bianco) 2023-01-03 08:17:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/tony_bianco/status/1610188612985053185

@BreitbartNews No surprises here. @Snowden warned us all.



Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2023-01-03 10:17:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1610218784496680961

"Bug," or "undocumented feature?" https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1610126116223590400



Stilicho (@StilichoReads) 2023-01-03 16:23:37 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/StilichoReads/status/1610310925768331269

I didn't appreciate the extent to which the Glorious Revolution was simply a Dutch invasion of Britain (with a fleet four times the size of the Spanish Armada!) It "was arguably one of the most impressive feats of organization any early modern regime ever achieved."







Stilicho (@StilichoReads) 2023-01-03 17:47:49 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/StilichoReads/status/1610332115748683776

English support for the invasion was "sparse" until after it was clear it would succeed. William "was master of England. . . long before Parliament met and hesitantly agreed to make him King." He deliberately made sure that only Dutch soldiers were present in London.







SVTV NEWS (@svtv_news) 2023-01-03 20:46:14 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1610377016452288513

???? День рождения Биткоина!

Ровно 14 лет назад загадочный Сатоши Накамото сгенерировал первый блок в блокчейне и добыл первые 50 биткоинов.

Не все герои носят плащи, некоторых мы даже не знаем по имени. Лучший подарок, который Сатоши сделал миру, — его собственное исчезновение.





SVTV NEWS (@svtv_news) 2023-01-03 20:46:15 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1610377020411707393

Благодаря исчезновению Сатоши биткоин сегодня остается независимым от политического и корпоративного давления.

В отличие от многих криптовалют, биткоин продолжает нести свою миссию децентрализации денежного обмена.



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-01-03 21:54:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394278617878529

25.Twitter was taking requests from every conceivable government body, beginning with the Senate Intel Committee (SSCI), which seemed to need reassurance Twitter was taking FBI direction. Execs rushed to tell “Team SSCI” they zapped five accounts on an FBI tip:











Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-01-03 21:54:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394281683959811

26.Requests arrived and were escalated from all over: from Treasury, the NSA, virtually every state,  the HHS, from the FBI and DHS, and more:











Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-01-03 21:54:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394284867436547

27.They also received an astonishing variety of requests from officials asking for individuals they didn’t like to be banned. Here, the office for Democrat and House Intel Committee chief Adam Schiff asks Twitter to ban journalist Paul Sperry:





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-01-03 21:54:53 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394291352014848

29.Twitter honored almost everyone else’s requests, even those from GEC – including a decision to ban accounts like @RebelProtests and @BricsMedia because GEC identified them as “GRU-controlled” and linked “to the Russian government,” respectively:







Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-01-03 21:54:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394294850064385

30.The GEC requests were what a former CIA staffer working at Twitter was referring to, when he said, “Our window on that is closing,” meaning they days when Twitter could say no to serious requests were over.





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-01-03 21:54:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394297727082499

31.Remember the 2017 “internal guidance” in which Twitter decided to remove any user “identified by the U.S. intelligence community” as a state-sponsored entity committing cyber operations? By 2020 such identifications came in bulk.





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-01-03 21:54:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394300277219329

32.“USIC" requests often simply began “We assess” and then provided lists (sometimes, in separate excel docs) they believed were connected to Russia’s Internet Research Agency and committing cyber ops, from Africa to South America to the U.S.:









Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-01-03 21:54:56 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394303313973248

http://33.One brief report, sent right after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine early last year, flagged major Russian outlets like Vedomosti and http://Gazeta.ru. Note the language about “state actors” fits Twitter’s internal guidance.





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-01-03 21:54:56 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394306308702213

34.Some reports were just a paragraph long and said things like: “The attached email accounts… were possibly used for “influence operations, social media collection, or social engineering.” Without further explanation, Twitter would be forwarded an excel doc:







Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-01-03 21:54:57 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394309424996353

35.They were even warned about publicity surrounding a book by former Ukraine prosecutor Viktor Shokhin, who alleged “corruption by the U.S. government” – specifically by Joe Biden.





Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2023-01-04 14:38:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1610646864260468746

The US gov, through the FBI, had the censorship units at major internet platforms on speed dial.

Public figures that claimed such a year ago were cast out of polite society as lunatics. When it is now established to be true, the same polite people now shrug: "Trust the ruler." https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394270199939075



Yesterday's Print (@yesterdaysprint) 2023-01-04 17:04:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/yesterdaysprint/status/1610683583500529664

The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1922





Stannie Holt (@stannieholt) 2023-01-05 10:16:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/stannieholt/status/1610943212662968324

@yesterdaysprint @DigiVictorian It predicted the Walkman and iPhone!



Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) 2023-01-05 03:47:18 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1610845367268167684

The war on children intensifies.





iFirebrand .eth | .lens ???????????????????? (@iFirebrand) 2023-01-05 03:56:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/iFirebrand/status/1610847650856972290

@pmarca Look. If you don’t let people create fresh creative data for GPT-3 what will you train your AI on? Seems like a reasonable thing to me.

Oh, while the ban is nonsensical, sure, the intent is right. You got to teach kids to THINK. And AI is not gonna help you with that.



regret maximizer (@regretmaximizer) 2023-01-05 07:32:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/regretmaximizer/status/1610901950786150400

@iFirebrand @pmarca





Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) 2023-01-05 09:10:53 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1610926801337069569

This was a whole thing when pocket calculators first came out! https://twitter.com/regretmaximizer/status/1610901950786150400



Technophobia.org (@TechnophobiaOrg) 2023-01-05 13:04:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TechnophobiaOrg/status/1610985492060983296

Kids will future proof themselves for the jobs market... if we let them! https://t.co/7cLcxaB1Ob



Free Speech Absolutist (@mozdca) 2023-01-05 07:09:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mozdca/status/1610896258356645889

@pmarca 90s teachers: You aren’t always going to have a calculator in your pocket.

Current days: You aren’t always going to have an AI do the thinking for you.

The future:





Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! (@letsquitteachin) 2023-01-05 16:28:33 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/letsquitteachin/status/1611036943319707648

@pmarca Sad.
I imagine the same happened when calculators came into classrooms.
We should embrace new technologies and incorporate them into the learning we design for students.
After all, that is the job we are paid to do.





Michael Thomas (@curious_founder) 2023-01-04 17:45:40 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/curious_founder/status/1610693961294962689

I see a lot of people say things like "Our grid can't handle more EVs or heat pumps."

Imagine if 100 years ago, people were like "Light bulbs, dishwashers, etc. are all great, but we don't have enough electric capacity."

We can electrify everything *and* build more capacity.



Pessimists Archive (@PessimistsArc) 2023-01-05 14:54:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PessimistsArc/status/1611013256323411969

Studying false fears about old tech can inform how we treat new technologies.

Allowing us to filter out the hysterical moral entrepreneurs, ill intentioned incumbents, sensationalist headlines & the opportunistic legislators

Only way to safeguard against real problems/threats! https://twitter.com/dgardner/status/1610988704666886146



WritingAxis (@WritingAxis) 2023-01-05 15:38:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/WritingAxis/status/1611024469824503808

@PessimistsArc But you have to recognize that there are and will be technologies that are harmful. For example, AI is already capable of giving anyone specific instructions on how to make every kind of poison and bomb. Step by step. You can’t take a one-size-fits all view to the issue.



Nina ???? Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) 2023-01-05 15:14:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/NinaByzantina/status/1611018317485211648

-62C. ???? Oymyakon, Sakha, Russia, where else?





Andrey Valenkov (@andrey_valenkov) 2023-01-06 09:10:42 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/andrey_valenkov/status/1611289143006617600

А вы тоже уже перестали обращать внимание на количество просмотров, потому что это бесполезный визуальный мусор?



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-06 09:42:37 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1611297172435382272

...потом ты начинаешь обращать внимание на количество просмотров, но игнорировать количество лайков.

И, наконец, начинаешь считать визуальным мусором сам твиттер. Это, собственно, главная техника, а первые две — подготовительные. https://twitter.com/andrey_valenkov/status/1611289143006617600



Technophobia.org (@TechnophobiaOrg) 2023-01-07 03:57:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TechnophobiaOrg/status/1611572655030771713

Artists are being burnt at the stake in AI art witch hunts  https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/y3p9yg/artist-banned-from-art-reddit



Technophobia.org (@TechnophobiaOrg) 2023-01-07 03:58:40 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TechnophobiaOrg/status/1611573005758373889

????





Technophobia.org (@TechnophobiaOrg) 2023-01-07 04:01:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TechnophobiaOrg/status/1611573840110305282

????‍???? https://t.co/DQMMbfqK3Z





Andy V (@steppentiger) 2023-01-07 22:02:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1611845844738899968

Доброй ночи.





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-01-10 01:05:56 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1612616698569400322

Как зрителю #аниме «Gosick» мнѣ трудно не увидать сходство между первою аркою его сюжета и теми еврейскими расовыми (иудейскими вероисповедными) принципами гадания, которые названы цитатою https://t.me/holmogortalks/26920 про Теодахада у Холмогорова. Впрочем, в «Gosick» хотя бы не свиньи.





NETINT Technologies (@NETINT_Tech) 2023-01-09 19:00:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/NETINT_Tech/status/1612524607352758290

This year’s Bitmovin Video Report edition has some surprises, like the fact that more respondents are currently working with H.266/VVC than AV1.

READ Jan Ozer's take on Bitmovin Report: https://netint.biz/3vByX38



depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) 2023-01-07 23:28:41 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1611867450592854016





Steven Pinker (@sapinker) 2023-01-08 17:48:42 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/1612144278729547776

Ergophilia: Energy is what lets us carve out beneficial zones of order amid the ubiquitous and relentless rot of entropy. It's the ultimate enabler of prosperity, longevity, accomplishment, beauty, flourishing. I agree with Ezra Klein here... https://t.co/5T0Oa2sDUu



Steven Pinker (@sapinker) 2023-01-08 17:48:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/1612144281837502469

From Enlightenment Now: "The team that brings clean and abundant energy to the world will benefit humanity more than all of history’s saints, heroes, prophets, martyrs, and laureates combined."



Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2023-01-09 00:37:53 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1612247249484120064

After the last couple years, hard to ignore the feeling that the CIA's Color Revolutions are coming home.

We may come to regret spending decades normalizing the practice of disregarding elections, the precedent for ousting presidents.

&

 
Andy V (@steppentiger) 2023-01-03 18:29:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1610342559007604738

Больше Руси Богу Руси.











один в поле не номер (@freedomcry) 2023-01-09 05:18:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/freedomcry/status/1612317743860137985

кажется, мне с винды легендарка какая-то дропнулась





Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) 2023-01-09 21:56:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/1612569131819192342

Google's latest beta release for @Android 13 (QPR 2 Beta 2) was released earlier today, debuting support for Emoji 15.0 on select Pixel devices registered for the beta program.

https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/





Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) 2023-01-09 21:56:56 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/1612569134415634433

These designs were first made available via downloadable font files in September of last year, and have been available within @gmail since the tail end of 2022.

https://blog.emojipedia.org/first-look-googles-new-emoji-bonanza/



Yes, But (@_yesbut_) 2023-01-10 18:37:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/_yesbut_/status/1612881456849633280





SVTV NEWS (@svtv_news) 2023-01-11 01:22:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1612983201051381760

???????? Илон Маск уволил 99,5% сотрудников Twitter в Бразилии за вмешательство в выборы

Внутреннее расследование Twitter показало, что сотрудники подыгрывали левым на прошедших выборах. Сейчас в бразильском офисе остался только отдел продаж — 0,5% от численности сотрудников.





Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-11 23:53:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1613323255389237248

12 января 1992 г. во вполне определенной параллельной реальности в лаборатории Иллинойсского университета был запущен HAL 9000.





Shitty Future (@Shitty_Future) 2023-01-12 14:36:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Shitty_Future/status/1613545513000779776

"Mutalk is a Bluetooth microphone built for the metaverse to prevent sound leaks"









Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-01-14 16:53:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1614304744738103299

Впервые болѣе чѣмъ за ¼ гóда поглядѣлъ комментарии к каналу https://t.me/anthro_fun и понял, что там сформировалася изрядно заукраинская эхо-камера, в которой не просто неприятно, а и невозможно общаться (скажем, работает бот, стирающий сообщения с пруфлинками и вообще ссылками).



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-01-14 17:10:24 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1614308966669979651

Пониманием https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1614304744738103299 руководясь, подписку на комментарии к каналу https://t.me/anthro_fun ѿмѣнилъ.



SVTV NEWS (@svtv_news) 2022-02-15 00:19:36 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1493379432156995586

???????? Министр экономики Канады Христя Фриланд объявила, что отныне Государство будет блокировать счета канадцев без судебного решения. Это ждёт протестующих и тех, кто пожертвовал им хотя бы $25.

Путь, на который Россия потратила 10 лет Канада проскочила за две недели.





SVTV NEWS (@svtv_news) 2022-02-18 00:17:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1494466134363492354

???????? Большая перезагрузка канадской демократии

Министр финансов Канады Христя Фриланд упивается новыми диктаторскими полномочиями: имена граждан и компаний, которые жертвовали Конвою свободы, собраны. Часть счетов уже заморожены без суда.





Лени ???? (@gusar_davydov) 2023-01-12 13:19:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/gusar_davydov/status/1613526066009620480

Коммерцбанк решил без причины заблокировать мой рабочий счет с нормальным балансом. Здравствуй, миллиард уведомлений, что не прошли никакие платежи, и они не просто не прошли, а мой счет УДАЛЕН ОТОВСЮДУ (!) как метод оплаты.



Лени ???? (@gusar_davydov) 2023-01-12 13:20:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/gusar_davydov/status/1613526456088264709

Включая Амазон и Пейпал, которым я оплачиваю ВСЕ сервисы свои и семьи, включая впн в России. Пейпал заблокировал мой банк, Эппл заблокировал мой Пейпал, ожидайте ответа сотрудника, ваш счет красный. Теперь вы должны произвести несколько транзакций, чтобы дебит снова был разрешен!



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-01-13 00:11:33 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1613690175590207490

Номенклатура "цивилизованных стран" закручивает нал. Во многих странах уже нельзя оплатить кешем машину в автосалоне, например.
Всех принудительно загонят в безнал.

Это нужно, чтобы в любой момент "цивилизованно" репрессировать любого неугодного без тюрьмы и физического насилия. https://twitter.com/gusar_davydov/status/1613526066009620480



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-01-13 00:17:41 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1613691721476358148

Они уже опробовали это на примере Конвоя Свободы.

Мой прогноз по наблюдаемым темпам этого процесса: в течение 5-7 лет наличку де-факто криминализуют в части "цивилизованных стран", её не будут принимать почти нигде.

Спасаться можно будет только в странах со слабым гос-вами. https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1493379432156995586



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-01-13 00:22:49 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1613693013062201347

Цитируемый в начале твит - просто повод сказать об этом и наглядная демонстрация, как это уже выглядит.
Тебя просто выключают из жизни и оставляют без средств к существованию.
Большинство русских в эмиграции уже столкнулись с этим, но пока есть кеш.
Представьте что его нет.



Сэндвич-ролл с иностранным агентом ???????????? (@anmoris) 2023-01-13 08:41:52 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/anmoris/status/1613818603345973248

Из выключенного рабочего принтера доносятся скрежещущие звуки. Ага, я знал, что он одержим бесами!



Сэндвич-ролл с иностранным агентом ???????????? (@anmoris) 2023-01-13 08:42:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/anmoris/status/1613818828776947718

Гарантийные человечки перешли на сторону зла. Замена пока не требуется.



Сэндвич-ролл с иностранным агентом ???????????? (@anmoris) 2023-01-13 08:45:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/anmoris/status/1613819408614363137

(О эта его легендарная бесячая привычка показать сообщение "Жёлтый картридж подходит к концу. Замена пока не требуется", и так показывать его случайным образом от пары дней до десяти месяцев!)



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-13 11:49:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1613865910011564033

@anmoris Мир, каким мы его знали, подходит к концу. Замена пока не требуется.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-13 19:52:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1613987379148165135

В личный топ-10 завораживающих интерфейсов уверенно входит ограничение предельной тяги самолётного двигателя через воображаемую температуру воздуха.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-13 19:52:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1613987381404925952

Разбегаться и взлетать самолёту надо побыстрее, потому что полоса не бесконечная, а для этого надо как можно больше тяги двигателя. Современный турбовентиляторный двигатель — сильный, но нежный и сложный, сдуру можно и сломать, поэтому управляет им не пилот напрямую, а компьютер.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-13 19:52:33 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1613987383426355214

У двигателя есть предел тяги по давлению, определяющийся прочностью его конструкции, и предел по температуре — если температура в камере сгорания и на турбине слишком высока, то что-нибудь испортится. Эта температура зависит от температуры воздуха, поступающего в двигатель.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-13 19:52:33 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1613987385439666176

Температуру воздуха получает из метеосводки и вводит в компьютер пилот. На аэродроме прохладно — двигатель выдает полную тягу. На аэродроме жарко (точнее, ОЧЕНЬ жарко) — компьютер ограничивает предельные обороты двигателя, чтобы его не поплавило. Пока что всё очень логично.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-13 19:52:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1613987387431915542

Но если полоса длинная, а загружен самолёт не полностью — можно сильно сэкономить ресурс двигателя, не гоняя его лишний раз в предельном режиме. Надо сказать об этом компьютеру. Ввести длину полосы в метрах? Загрузку в тоннах? Ветер в метрах в секунду? Не, это сложно и ненадежно.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-13 19:52:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1613987389357101067

Пилот берёт специальную таблицу для данного лайнера на данной полосе данного аэропорта в данной кофигурации закрылков при данном встречном или попутном ветре.

Находит там свою загрузку в тоннах. Определяет температуру T_flex…



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-13 19:52:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1613987391278092293

…и вводит в компьютер стоящего на холодном осеннем ветру на полосе Шереметьево Airbus A320: «температура окружающего воздуха — 56 °С»

И компьютер послушно ограничивает тягу двигателя, чтобы не перегреть его в этих адских условиях.

[место для банальной психологической метафоры]



бессильный бог деталей (@razmolot1) 2023-01-14 06:02:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/razmolot1/status/1614140936812113920

@aldragon_net Таблица здесь смущает. Конфигурация закрылков, ветер, полоса — это же всё есть. Остаётся загрузка, чтобы получить T-flex?



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-14 06:24:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1614146293886029825

@razmolot1 Выглядит это вот так. Данные о лайнере и полосе в шапке таблицы, ниже конфигурация крыла и ветер, в ячейках слева вверху — загрузка. В левом столбце температура, после 53 градусов начинается зона заведомо фиктивных значений.





Тлеубенберри (@c08a) 2023-01-13 20:56:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/c08a/status/1614003567303745536

@aldragon_net





Nina ???? Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) 2023-01-14 16:48:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/NinaByzantina/status/1614303361259692034

Alexander II was considered a reformist tsar (not reformist enough by his assassins’ standards, though). First, he emancipated the serfs in 1861. Then in 1871, he allowed women to work in public and state institutions (education, medicine, telegraph, clerical work, etc).





Nina ???? Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) 2023-01-14 17:10:24 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/NinaByzantina/status/1614308963838984193

Europe’s first public educational institution for women was founded by Catherine the Great in the 18th century.





ждите (@zhdite) 2023-01-04 14:42:09 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zhdite/status/1610647776739590146

я кажется на весь город единственный пользуюсь этой вело дорожкой
но до чего же приятно!





ждите (@zhdite) 2023-01-10 14:17:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zhdite/status/1612815811109945345

ещё вам мармасианских технологий





grouchy Lida (@grouchyLida) 2023-01-05 08:11:39 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/grouchyLida/status/1610911892523851779

@zhdite это Турций?



ждите (@zhdite) 2023-01-05 08:14:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zhdite/status/1610912716872368130

@grouchyLida угу, Мармарис



Ottantottiſt (@TeHn0n4Me) 2023-01-15 05:14:24 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TeHn0n4Me/status/1614491166354849792





Ottantottiſt (@TeHn0n4Me) 2023-01-15 08:45:37 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TeHn0n4Me/status/1614544320136183810





† lucia scarlet ???? (@shadowbIood) 2023-01-16 07:53:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/shadowbIood/status/1614893548662317058

quitting music and graphics to become a full-time JPEG XL activist



Yes, But (@_yesbut_) 2023-01-16 17:51:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/_yesbut_/status/1615044137342074880





Pessimists Archive (@PessimistsArc) 2023-01-16 18:52:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PessimistsArc/status/1615059502490914835

In 1999 http://iPhone.com was protest against online phone calls:

"Only those who have the luxury of owning a computer will be able to use the Internet to make a telephone call. Why should the rich be allowed to make telephone calls at lower rates?" https://web.archive.org/web/19991012035305/http://iphone.com:80 https://twitter.com/philiprosedale/status/1615029965078286336





Weird Ai Generations (@weirddalle) 2022-06-25 20:09:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/weirddalle/status/1540789336165076993





Алё, нна... (@valdaikiss) 2022-06-27 20:44:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valdaikiss/status/1541522770298814465

Глядючи на очередные шедевры искусственного интеллекта, решила поделиться с вами одной странной историей.
У меня есть воспоминание: лето, деревня, мне три года, я бодро шагаю по дороге, держа за руки маму и папу. Солнце высоко в небе, полный штиль, но жары нет, поют птицы> https://twitter.com/weirddalle/status/1540789336165076993



Алё, нна... (@valdaikiss) 2022-06-27 20:44:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valdaikiss/status/1541522773247463426

Мы сворачиваем с дороги в небольшой пролесок, за которым виднеется железнодорожная насыпь. Рельсы уходят далеко вдаль в обе стороны. Мы останавливаемся, родители о чем-то весело переговариваются между собой, я любопытно верчу головой. Вдруг атмосфера неуловимо меняется. >



Алё, нна... (@valdaikiss) 2022-06-27 20:44:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valdaikiss/status/1541522776284094464

Мы дружно смотрим вправо и видим, как на горизонте, там, где рельсы почти исчезают из виду, медленно расцветает ядерный гриб. Я понимаю, что родители привели меня сюда, чтобы показать это, и улыбаюсь: "красиво".



Алё, нна... (@valdaikiss) 2022-06-27 20:45:28 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valdaikiss/status/1541523130107273217

Я хз, что это такое и откуда это в моей голове. Оно там с детства. О ядерных грибах я узнала только в школе и то не сразу соотнесла с этим воспоминанием.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-17 06:26:25 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615234067217121286

Довольно давно обнаружил, что какое-то умопомрачительное количество людей самых разных возрастов твердо уверены, что «когда-то в детстве» лично видели полное солнечное затмение.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-17 06:26:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615234069838860288

Именно лично. Именно полное. Помнят черный диск, помнят солнечную корону, помнят темноту. Что характерно, чаще всего не помнят заревое кольцо, опоясывающее горизонт — хотя обычно при наблюдении оно производит эффект как минимум сравнимый с короной.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-17 06:26:27 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615234072317497344

Между тем, за последние лет пятьдесят случаи прохождения лунной тени по территории [бывшего] СССР можно пересчитать по пальцам:



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-17 06:26:27 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615234074456489984

15.02.1961 — Крым, Ростов-на-Дону, Урал 22.09.1968 — Урал, Казахстан
10.07.1972 — Камчатка, Чукотка
31.07.1981 — Кавказ, Казахстан, южная Сибирь, Дальний Восток
23.09.1987 — Крайний Север
9.09.1997 — Дальний Восток

Ну и уже относительно «свежие» затмения 2006 и 2008 года.









Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-17 06:26:28 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615234077505855488

Во всех случаях речь о длинной, но узкой (50-250 км) полосе, в которой затмение действительно наблюдалось как полное. Люди, однако же, уверенно вспоминают, как видели полную фазу в городах, отстоящих от этой полосы на тысячи километров (а иногда и называют совершенно другой год).



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-17 06:26:28 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615234079791714305

При попытке указать на несоответствие кто-то задумывается, кто-то упрямо настаивает на своем, кто-то всерьез обижается на науку ебучую и готов чуть ли не в драку лезть.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-17 06:26:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615234082077556736

Спонтанность, беспричинность и надежность склеивания в памяти личного опыта наблюдения солнечного серпика через тёмное стекло и чего-то еще — картинки в телевизоре? фотографии в газете? — сначала откровенно пугала.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-17 06:26:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615234084409688065

Пугала до судорожного желания начать перебирать собственные важные воспоминания в попытках понять, какие из них, собственно, и не воспоминания вовсе. Ведь, похоже, такие наверняка есть.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-17 06:26:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615234086796234756

Казалось сначала, что раскопал какой-то глубокий человеческий дефект, с которым непонятно, как жить дальше. Но потом пришло успокоение.

Ok, человек не может поднять тонну груза. Ok, человек не может задержать дыхание на час.
Ok, человек имеет ложные воспоминания. Учтём.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-17 06:26:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615234089002442752

…это было довольно давно.

А сейчас интересно — что мы будем помнить про эту долгую тьму.



Simson Garfinkel @xchatty@newsie.social (@xchatty) 2023-01-16 14:33:21 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/xchatty/status/1614994219063562240

Apple's tech support chat service won't let me upload an HEIC photo that I took with my iPhone.





Dorrine Mendoza (@dorrine) 2023-01-16 23:48:20 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/dorrine/status/1615133883967619072

@xchatty @_jacksmith You can switch your settings to stop saving photos as HEIC



Jack Smith (@_jacksmith) 2023-01-17 08:26:15 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/_jacksmith/status/1615264223474647041

@dorrine @xchatty i don’t think that’s the point. it’s that apple isn’t supporting it’s own standard



Simson Garfinkel @xchatty@newsie.social (@xchatty) 2023-01-17 11:05:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/xchatty/status/1615304353484521475

@_jacksmith @dorrine Precisely!



Ian Yates (@IanYates82) 2023-01-17 11:27:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/IanYates82/status/1615309934798966784

@xchatty They even accept RAR??! And TIFF?
I mean, I see files like that almost every day, but I wouldn't expect them to be supported / expected before the default format of the device for which you're requesting support



@selfisekai@hackerspace.pl ???? (@liberdalau) 2023-01-16 20:20:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/liberdalau/status/1615081687532142613

@xchatty Apple's own browser doesn't support it. thankfully. https://caniuse.com/heif





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-01-18 13:24:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1615701576936755201

Иногда я подозрѣваю, что оборот «in my humble opinion» не послужил настоящею основою для сокращения «IMHO» (иногда записываемого «ИМХО» в русской письменной рѣчи), а всего лишь был удачно подобран как бэкроним для тетраграмматона Имхотепа.

#криптоконспирология



РИА Новости (@rianru) 2023-01-18 16:52:11 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/rianru/status/1615753932394856454

В США разрешили применять семаглутид — первое в мире безопасное и эффективное лекарство от ожирения для взрослых и подростков. К этому препарату ученые шли 30 лет. Клинические исследования проводили в восьми странах, в том числе в России
https://ria.ru/20230118/preparat-1845537306.html





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-01-18 22:19:23 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1615836277105954816

[33:108] Замѣтивъ приход новых читателей на мой канал, 12 декабря по адресу https://t.me/ReadMithgol/551 я просил голосовать за мои предложения о дальнѣйшемъ развитии Телеграма.

По адресу https://t.me/ReadMithgol/560 ужé 3 января сообщал объ успѣхѣ: доступный размѣръ иллюстраций УДВОИЛСЯ.







Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-01-18 23:11:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1615849411837313025

[33:109] По адресу https://t.me/ReadMithgol/561 и https://t.me/ReadMithgol/562 и https://t.me/ReadMithgol/563 я рассказал и ещё об одной новинке (о появлении поддержки видеоформата AV1 в Telegram Desktop), которую я также предлагал, но голосовать за которую своих читателей 12 декабря не просил.









Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-17 16:48:18 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615390569521643521

...вернувшись, он увидел, что бедуины всё еще стоят и смотрят на ленту твиттера.

— Чего вы ждёте?
— Мы ждём, когда ненависть там, наверху, иссякнет.



Merryweather Media (@Merryweatherey) 2023-01-13 17:29:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey/status/1613951381421060096

Console Girls: Stadia & Switch [1/5]











Merryweather Media (@Merryweatherey) 2023-01-14 21:45:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey/status/1614378262385381376

Console Girls: Stadia & Switch [2/5]











Merryweather Media (@Merryweatherey) 2023-01-15 18:12:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey/status/1614686979370655745

Console Girls: Stadia & Switch [3/5]











Merryweather Media (@Merryweatherey) 2023-01-17 18:59:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey/status/1615423591356502016

Console Girls: Stadia & Switch [4/5]











Merryweather Media (@Merryweatherey) 2023-01-18 18:27:41 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey/status/1615777964947570689

Console Girls: Stadia & Switch [5/5]











jenniferdaniel@typo.social ???? (@jenniferdaniel) 2023-01-17 17:48:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jenniferdaniel/status/1615405722908430357

Emoji News ???????? Emoji 15.0 have yet to land on most phones in 2023 (Shout out, ????????????????!); Meanwhile, Unicode is back in the emoji mines, excavating emoji for 2024

Some of recs include re-interrogating the "family" emoji, flipping emoji (!) and a phoenix

https://jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/breaking-the-cycle





jenniferdaniel@typo.social ???? (@jenniferdaniel) 2023-01-18 15:10:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jenniferdaniel/status/1615728325086814213

TL;DR

Unicode recently announced the delay of Unicode 16.0. As a result, the Emoji Subcommittee is recommending a set of emoji that don't require new codepoints but instead leverage existing characters (aka ZWJs).

(This is how we got ❤️‍????????‍????️❤️‍????????‍????????‍???? in 2020)

https://jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/the-emoji-that-nearly-werent



Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) 2023-01-17 19:02:10 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/1615424255155441692

As revealed by @jenniferdaniel, there are currently 578 provisional emojis candidates for this year's Emoji 15.1 recommendations.

These include 6 new concepts (such as Lime, Nodding Head, and Phoenix) and 572 direction variations of existing emojis.

https://t.co/xmXOKSlO2O



Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) 2023-01-17 19:02:10 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/1615424257445724167

You can read @jenniferdaniel's original newsletter here: https://twitter.com/jenniferdaniel/status/1615405722908430357



Ottantottiſt (@TeHn0n4Me) 2023-01-17 20:00:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TeHn0n4Me/status/1615438953435258892

айти





Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2023-01-17 21:16:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1615458136395063300

Today, an "anti-fake news" outlet (@InsiderEng) falsely claimed that I lived in a KGB safehouse. They even know which floor I'm on! What a scoop!

The problem? It's a lie. I don't cooperate with spies or live in a safe house, much less ???????????????? ???????? ???????????? ???????? ????????????????????????????! ????





Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2023-01-17 21:21:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1615459217519054848

@InsiderEng Bonus points for those who notice the absolutely massive train station and shopping complex full of cameras *directly behind* these knuckleheads' "safe house," which definitely sounds like a plausible place for a hunted whistleblower to live.

Deeply embarrassed for these people.



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2023-01-15 19:07:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1614700697819439105

Now is a good time to disable auto-update in your Chrome. Version 109 is the last one that supports JPEG XL (behind a flag), starting from version 110 it's gone. Chrome is the only browser (and one of the few applications in general) that can display HDR jxl files correctly atm.



dragosr (@dragosr) 2023-01-16 03:03:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/dragosr/status/1614820499795869696

@jonsneyers Just as they fix a credential stealing bug. Tough choice, secure or jpegxl ? Surely there are other image viewers?



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2023-01-16 03:37:58 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1614829285142822915

@dragosr There are other browsers that support jxl, and many viewers, but atm no other browser can show HDR jxl images correctly, and afaik most image viewers will also not properly render HDR.



Jeff ???? (@nekohayo) 2023-01-16 21:52:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/nekohayo/status/1615104622468780032

@jonsneyers My solution would rather be to push for adoption in Firefox (and make it into a selling point for that browser), but given how MoCo is mostly Google's pet, I don't know how this is going to be achieved ????



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2023-01-20 07:43:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1616340568782819328

Conclusions from the 98th JPEG meeting regarding JPEG XL:
- Committee Drafts of 18181-1 Ed.2 (core coding stream) and 18181-2 Ed.2 (file format) will be submitted for ballot to ISO
- Updated JPEG XL White Paper will be published on the JPEG website

It was a productive week!



Erik André ???????? (@ErikAndreDev) 2023-01-20 08:41:27 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ErikAndreDev/status/1616355212511399941

@jonsneyers From my point of view, the biggest challenge for JXL right now is adoption. Is this something thats also discussed or is JPEG mainly concerned with the technical aspects of the format?



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2023-01-20 10:01:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1616375257715322885

@ErikAndreDev I agree. This is not something that is really discussed in the official meetings — we're only supposed to discuss the technical aspects. But of course during coffee breaks etc it's a topic we talk about :). There's not a whole lot we can actually do to promote adoption though...



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers)

 
Shashank Joshi (@shashj) 2023-01-18 14:21:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1615716082588815363

These aren’t the marines you’re looking for.





Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-19 04:51:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1615935043628662786

...когда песок в верхней стеклянной колбе кончается, часы переходят во второй режим и отмеряют ещё один интервал времени — он заканчивается, когда вниз стекает сама колба.



Nick Touran (@whatisnuclear) 2023-01-19 05:52:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/whatisnuclear/status/1615950428004552705

France has zero-carbon nuclear-powered trains.





Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-19 21:56:25 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1616192883899641856

Чем дольше смотришь на выражение «и на солнце есть пятна», тем больший зуд вызывает его странная естественнонаучность. Может, у нас тогда будут и присказки «дало поле кварк, даст и антикварк», «непротиворечива формальная система, да неполна» и «кит о нуле ног, а копытное»?



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-19 22:01:41 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1616194208229953537

(Восходит, говорят, к «и в солнце, и в луне есть тёмные места» из поэмы «Россияда» М.М. Хераскова (1779 г.) — но как-то, мгм, остаются вопросы).



Оладий Лукич (@tataka_pseq) 2023-01-20 14:11:33 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/tataka_pseq/status/1616438282535194625

@aldragon_net Не всё то квазипериодическая переменная, что блестит



The Old Shrike (@the_old_shrike) 2023-01-20 07:22:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/the_old_shrike/status/1616335432161132544

@aldragon_net Любишь дышать, люби и углеродный след снижать



Left Arm ⭕f The (@LeftArmOfThe) 2023-01-19 22:08:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/LeftArmOfThe/status/1616196006873366529

@aldragon_net мал фотон, да летуч



Den Goncharuk (@dengoncharuk) 2023-01-20 06:53:40 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/dengoncharuk/status/1616328085497946112

@aldragon_net Мне еще нравится вариант "Всяк электрон свою дырку хвалит" )



Clown World ™ ???? (@ClownWorld_) 2023-01-19 19:25:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1616154980649701377

"If a billion people stop eating meat, I tell you, it has a big impact. Not only does it have a big impact on the current food system, but it will also inspire innovation of food systems..."

- Jim Hagemann Snabe, Chairman of Siemens AG





Kinky (@iwant2tellu) 2023-01-20 00:37:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/iwant2tellu/status/1616233487312326657

@ClownWorld_





SVTV NEWS (@svtv_news) 2023-01-19 22:19:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1616198692821733395

Тони Блэр анонсирует паспорта вакцинирования. Ваши права теперь всегда будут зависеть от того, сделали ли вам все уколы. Для борьбы с болезнями, расизмом и глобальным потеплением паспорта превратятся в аналог соц. рейтинга.

Это будущее. А вы чего ждали, летающий скейтборд?





Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-20 08:29:37 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1616352233368719360

Подумалось, что обсерватория Кека со своими двумя телескопами неплохо косплеит собаку из сказки «Огниво», у которой глаза были ни дать ни взять две круглые башни и вертелись, точно колёса.





Ronnie the Witchguy (@Stoic_Squid) 2020-10-06 10:38:13 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Stoic_Squid/status/1313428340322246657

@TheGrishch Каждый раз, когда где-то упоминается "Огниво", испытываю необходимость делиться этими иллюстрациями (by Heinrich Strub).











Telegram Messenger (@telegram) 2023-01-20 14:00:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/telegram/status/1616435378025644032

My New Year's resolution is 4K, uncompressed. What's yours?



World Economic Forum (@wef) 2017-01-16 20:00:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/wef/status/821084841512996865

Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better @IdaAuken http://wef.ch/2jPEVXo





Phase Interrupter (@PhaseInterruptr) 2023-01-20 15:28:23 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PhaseInterruptr/status/1616457621242023936

Скажите, пожалуйста, этим ультра-правым инцелам-куанонщикам чтобы завязывали со своими теориями заговора https://twitter.com/wef/status/821084841512996865



Andy Willson (@flier_alex) 2023-01-20 21:34:13 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/flier_alex/status/1616549684297826304

@PhaseInterruptr Влияние этого "элитного" клуба сильно переоценено. Конечно они там обсуждают свои "гениальные" идеи как "спасти" планету, но это не какие-нибудь массоный-иллюминаты. Они не вступают в тайный сговор по поводу чего-то важного.



Phase Interrupter (@PhaseInterruptr) 2023-01-20 23:34:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PhaseInterruptr/status/1616579861002477569

@flier_alex Согласен, это не тайный сговор когда обо всём заявляется публично



Andy Willson (@flier_alex) 2023-01-20 23:58:40 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/flier_alex/status/1616586038385713152

@PhaseInterruptr В чем же тогда теория заговора?



Phase Interrupter (@PhaseInterruptr) 2023-01-21 00:16:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/PhaseInterruptr/status/1616590594008289281

@flier_alex Какая теория заговора?



Nina ???? Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) 2023-01-20 17:08:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/NinaByzantina/status/1616482832834260999

Fact check: TRUE.





Yesterday's Print (@yesterdaysprint) 2023-01-20 18:52:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/yesterdaysprint/status/1616509089919692800

The Atchison Daily Globe, Kansas, January 1, 1897





Mister J. Elliott (@MisterJelliott) 2023-01-20 23:11:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/MisterJelliott/status/1616574067267567616

@yesterdaysprint Mate. I'd be more impressed that he did a handstand on a hippo. Those things are dangerous.



Jelly Roll Wharton (@jellyrollwhrtn) 2023-01-20 18:57:58 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jellyrollwhrtn/status/1616510361787863040

@yesterdaysprint "Jaw-dropping visual effects!" -- somebody on January 2, 1897



Nas (@NasLeaf) 2023-01-21 21:27:33 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/NasLeaf/status/1616910393447677954

@jellyrollwhrtn @yesterdaysprint Almost 100 years later:





Тлеубенберри (@c08a) 2023-01-20 18:47:44 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/c08a/status/1616507789672873985

У Microsoft есть несколько неплохих клавиатур. Недавно я даже продал одну, потому что несмотря на все достоинства, ей было невозможно пользоваться. Догадаетесь, глядя на неё, почему у меня постоянно прогорал стул?





Тлеубенберри (@c08a) 2023-01-20 19:33:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/c08a/status/1616519359740145667

Короч, самая большая проблема - отсутствие тактильно различимой границы между F-ками и цифровым рядом. Постоянно сука путал. ПОСТОЯННО.
И после очередного раза психанул и купил клаву в фикс прайсе за 300 рублей. Ахуенно, бальзам на душу.
Надо, кнчн, получше что-то взять потом. https://twitter.com/c08a/status/1616507789672873985



блок ада (@KPOTOKPblC) 2023-01-20 21:32:56 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/KPOTOKPblC/status/1616549363270193152

комментарий придумайте сами





Blake Scholl ???? (@bscholl) 2023-01-20 21:29:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/bscholl/status/1616548599252361216

In the long arc of history, 1970-2019 may be seen as a technological dark age —all we got was computers—while the 2020s marked the birth of a broad renaissance, when we finally get flying cars, supersonic jets, space colonization, and nuclear power.
https://t.co/0eNS2WTWYe https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1616548599252361216



David Ridley (@RidleyDM) 2023-01-21 11:24:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/RidleyDM/status/1616758735124283392

@bscholl That undersells the internet, the smartphone, and the biotech revolution (we learned how to recombinantly express proteins of choice in that time).

But I hope (and suspect) you're still right that the 2020s have good things in store.



Chris McStill (@SeasideChris) 2023-01-20 21:06:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/SeasideChris/status/1616542602081320960

@bscholl I think we had supersonic jets in the 1970s. Real ones that were built and flew.





Blake Scholl ???? (@bscholl) 2023-01-20 21:29:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/bscholl/status/1616548496890384389

Yup, we had supersonic jets, lunar landers, and nuclear reactors in the 1970s. But we lost our way—and for half a century we didn't build much of them.

We need fast airplanes, vacations on the Moon, and clean atomic power—in big, sustainable ways that improve our lives. https://twitter.com/SeasideChris/status/1616542602081320960



Occupatus Mens (@OccupatusMens) 2023-01-22 09:08:36 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/OccupatusMens/status/1617086818184306690

@bscholl people 'need' a vacation on the moon like they need a hole in the head



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-01-21 17:56:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1616857355748085762

В России с интернетом всё становится хуже и печальнее на глазах.
Наблюдаем, как перестают быть доступными крупные зарубежные сегменты на несколько часов, а потом снова становятся.
Причём по одним протоколам доступны, по другим - нет.
На ТСПУ крутят что-то зачем-то.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-21 22:13:12 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1616921882250330113

По плану марсианской экспедиции фон Брауна (Mars Project, 1952) на Марс должны были садиться ракетопланы на колесном шасси.

А ровную посадочную полосу построил бы экипаж первого ракетоплана, который садился на полярную шапку. На лыжах.

Как люди жили, как тонко чувствовали.



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-01-24 02:38:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1617713329509928960

[50:75] По адресу https://te.legra.ph/Dumbbell-Nan-Kilo-Moteru-01-05 на сайте Telegraph выложил альбом, по адресу https://t.me/ReadMithgol/566 в Telegram выложил архив (7-Zip) сшивок кадров, взятых из первой серии #аниме «Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?».





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-01-24 03:30:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1617726565806374912

Возможности утилиты oxipng (по адресу https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1286828688634515456 и https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1287676217269911552 и https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1293076215448903680 разсмотрѣнныя в 2020 г.) были улучшены её разработчиком.

По адресу https://t.me/ReadMithgol/556 и https://t.me/ReadMithgol/557 и https://t.me/ReadMithgol/558 подробности и примѣры.









depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) 2023-01-10 20:48:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1612914254784372758

this is it! this is the most disturbing list i have ever read!





depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) 2023-01-14 22:04:21 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1614382941840228352





@netspooky@haunted.computer (@netspooky) 2023-01-14 23:24:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/netspooky/status/1614403184528613379

@depthsofwiki "Ladies, the gays are too strong, there's only one way to defeat them" - Some 16th century Venetian lantern salesman who lives next to a bridge





Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) 2023-01-23 13:45:44 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1617518950799085569

JUST IN ???? Japan's prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function as a society because of its falling birth rate. - BBC



Hagai Palevsky (he/him) (@DialHForHagai) 2022-04-21 21:35:40 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/DialHForHagai/status/1517255776217321472

thinking about biblically-accurate clippy





Evangeline Gallagher (@egallagher_art) 2022-04-24 16:27:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/egallagher_art/status/1518265417244069889

@DialHForHagai ask and ye shall receive





Hagai Palevsky (he/him) (@DialHForHagai) 2022-04-24 16:28:07 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/DialHForHagai/status/1518265542204964865

@egallagher_art PERFECT



Andy V (@steppentiger) 2023-01-14 20:57:23 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1614366089420632064

Не ждем, а готовимся.





Александр Усольцев (@usolt) 2023-01-20 21:15:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/usolt/status/1616545057443663889

Так вот вы какие, казаки черноморские





Andy V (@steppentiger) 2023-01-21 12:42:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1616778147072192512

С нашим Бафометом не приходится тужить. https://twitter.com/usolt/status/1616545057443663889



РосКомСвобода (@RuBlackListNET) 2023-01-24 11:57:09 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/RuBlackListNET/status/1617854013898358785

С Github Pages удалили код сайта The Proxy Bay

В ответ на запрос полиции Лондона Github принял решение об удалении списка сайтов-прокси торрент-портала The Pirate Bay

Наш перевод материала TorrentFreak https://roskomsvoboda.org/post/github-the-pirate-bay/



???????????????? ???????????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????????? ???? (@azazelowa) 2023-01-21 21:15:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/azazelowa/status/1616907263486361600

Na niebie w Bursie (Turcja) chmura przybrała nietypowy kształt. "Nieziemska chmura soczewkowata" była widoczna przez około godzinę.







Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) 2023-01-24 17:38:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/DefiantLs/status/1617940038578483203





Yesterday's Print (@yesterdaysprint) 2023-01-24 19:00:02 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/yesterdaysprint/status/1617960433377312781

The Coffeyville Daily Journal, Kansas, August 11, 1897





Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-01-15 23:09:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1614761844010528770

Instagram makes people depressed & Twitter makes people angry. Which is better?



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-01-21 00:31:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1616594332907372544

Next Twitter update will remember whether you were on For You (ie recommended), Following or list you made & stop switching you back to recommended tweets



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-01-21 00:18:21 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1616590989145313283

In coming months, Twitter will translate & recommend amazing tweets from people in other countries & cultures



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-01-21 00:35:56 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1616595415675330563

There are epic tweets in other countries every day (Japan especially)



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-01-21 00:40:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1616596584174882816

(Tweets will be translated before being recommended)



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-01-21 17:41:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1616853475220156417

Ads are too frequent on Twitter and too big. Taking steps to address both in coming weeks.



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-01-21 17:49:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1616855485294215168

Also, there will be a higher priced subscription that allows zero ads



Anatoly Karlin (@powerfultakes) 2023-01-06 08:14:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/powerfultakes/status/1611275121804840961

Krasnodar will probably become Russia's #5 city by 2030, set to overtake an array of low millioniks in 2020s.

Sevastopol rose from 342k in 2010 to 547k in 2021, will either become a near-millionik or a 200k ghost town depending on how this war ends. https://twitter.com/powerfultakes/status/1396275851839348736





Anatoly Karlin (@powerfultakes) 2023-01-06 11:40:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/powerfultakes/status/1611326926274330632

One largely Soviet-inflicted problem of economic geography is that Russia has Moscow and SPB, and a ton of 1M cities and less, but none of the 2-5M conurbations that underpin US prosperity since 2M+ enables economies of scale in a way impossible with 1M or less.





Anatoly Karlin (@powerfultakes) 2023-01-06 11:53:07 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/powerfultakes/status/1611330016922505216

Main story of Russian internal migration will likely just continue to be one of people leaving small, prospectless cities for major regional centers, with Krasnodar ultimately becoming #3 city by a significant margin (Minsk #4 if Belarus joins; Ekaterinburg & Kazan #5 and #6).



Denims (@DenimsTV) 2023-01-08 20:40:02 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/DenimsTV/status/1612187393653886976

"can I copy your homework?"

"yeah just change it up a bit so it doesn't look obvious you copied"







Anatoly Karlin (@powerfultakes) 2023-01-09 01:27:56 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/powerfultakes/status/1612259848531415040
 

our sphere of integration
your sphere of influence https://twitter.com/bctallis/status/1612105946012033026

 




Anatoly Karlin (@powerfultakes) 2023-01-09 13:21:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/powerfultakes/status/1612439437320880130

Original Tweet (since Block).





Anatoly Karlin (@powerfultakes) 2023-01-09 13:21:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/powerfultakes/status/1612439439346655233

Even leaving things like Monroe Doctrine and US claims to universal jurisdiction (e.g. Assange) aside, NATO integration was de facto coupled to EU expansion from 1990s on (despite public opinion in many countries like Czechia being opposed).





супер-пупер киса (@_m_a_h_a___) 2023-01-24 23:11:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/_m_a_h_a___/status/1618023670944874497

вот такой житель ваке, не очень поняла то ли устроил акцию против велодорожек, то ли очень хотел свой велосипед и лежал визуализировал
спросить не смогла, уснул





Mark Dawes (@mdawese11) 2023-01-23 21:27:18 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mdawese11/status/1617635107380293632

Degrowth is not the answer to climate change.
 https://t.co/E3ukiNXcfS



Ottantottiſt (@TeHn0n4Me) 2023-01-25 07:43:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TeHn0n4Me/status/1618152476561268741

Нужно определить минимальный набор референций





Ottantottiſt (@TeHn0n4Me) 2023-01-25 07:45:57 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TeHn0n4Me/status/1618153183553150979

Самыф минимум — Комедии Гайдая. Они объединяют всех людей за 50



Ottantottiſt (@TeHn0n4Me) 2023-01-25 07:48:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TeHn0n4Me/status/1618153841282928640

Второй минимум — знание персонажей Touhou Project. Он оно объединяет всех русских.



Шелупонь (@sslmsslm) 2023-01-25 07:51:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/sslmsslm/status/1618154565429506055

@TeHn0n4Me Наконец-то нормальный критерий русскости



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-01-25 16:02:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1618278141860147200

@sslmsslm @TeHn0n4Me Надѣюсь, что всѣмъ видно, что это такой рофл и что на сáмомъ дѣлѣ русские люди знакомы с персонажицами Touhou Project мало и недостаточно, особенно если подразумевать ZUNовскія произведенія послѣднихъ лѣтъ, а не что-то вроде Phantasmagoria of Flower View （東方花映塚） 2005 года.



РосКомСвобода (@RuBlackListNET) 2023-01-25 11:29:53 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/RuBlackListNET/status/1618209537219260416

⚖️«В иске я требую убрать свои биометрические данные из системы распознавания»

Новая московская история о распознавании. Читайте её от первого лица.

https://roskomsvoboda.org/post/raspoznavanie-objalovanie/



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-01-25 14:15:10 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1618251133650366465

«...из кипятка воображаемая лягушка поучительно выпрыгивает. Но можно бросать её в кипяток с очень большой скоростью (т.н. пушечная схема) или же быстро и равномерно залить кипятком со всех сторон (имплозивная)».



Larnir (@e_zhiletz) 2023-01-25 15:33:12 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/e_zhiletz/status/1618270772216365066

@aldragon_net в реальных биологических исследованиях по обратимой заморозке живых организмов было и то, и то.
но с жидким азотом.
и не работает.



Хабр Научпоп (@habr_popsci) 2023-01-25 12:00:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/habr_popsci/status/1618217240725168129

Вы даже представить себе не можете, как трудно споить хомяка

Хомяки не просто устойчивы к алкоголю, они предпочитают его воде — и это, вероятно, происходит потому, что они пьют алкоголь ради калорий: https://bit.ly/3HsPAFa





Android Authority (@AndroidAuth) 2023-01-25 11:30:21 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AndroidAuth/status/1618209654584008704

Qualcomm has its eye on the VVC codec instead of AV1    https://www.androidauthority.com/qualcomm-av1-encoding-3271556



Will Rinehart (@WillRinehart) 2023-01-25 20:14:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/WillRinehart/status/1618341435278762001

Sen. Hawley is working on legislation that will ban TikTok nationwide: https://buff.ly/3wsTMOL. That's going to be a tough lift because such a bill would seemingly violate the 1st Amendment.





Tatsuya Ishida (@TatsuyaIshida9) 2023-01-26 04:05:53 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TatsuyaIshida9/status/1618460188713025541

Red Pills





Randy ???? (@CocoaDrinker29) 2023-01-26 08:49:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/CocoaDrinker29/status/1618531637251440640

@TatsuyaIshida9 The QR code says "slavery," for anyone wondering



SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) 2023-01-26 01:12:07 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1618416461764243456

This is an amazing 12min presentation about how the internals of the most obscure but critical technologies are unfortunately being lost as the generation who built it and know the dark magic retire. (via @tiffsequence)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3zaq56QsX28



SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) 2023-01-26 01:28:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1618420682744016897

Presenter @daemon404 also goes on to recognize how few in (younger) generation can develop the breadth of experience due to how detailed and honed every sector of technology has gotten over time. Really, something worth listening to and abstracting to the larger state of humanity





FFmpeg (@FFmpeg) 2023-01-26 14:34:15 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FFmpeg/status/1618618324648173568

FFmpeg developer @daemon404 talking about how the fundamentals of video and audio are being lost due to exponential complexity of the field https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1618416461764243456



Gerardo Delgado (@gerdelgado) 2023-01-25 16:32:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/gerdelgado/status/1618285796532051969

Discord is currently rolling out an update that enables AV1 streaming with GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs!

The upate is rolling out starting this week and will slowly populate to all users. With AV1 you'll be able to stream up to 4K60 with nitro, at 8 Mbps!



Gerardo Delgado (@gerdelgado) 2023-01-25 16:33:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/gerdelgado/status/1618285964308402180

Discord uses p2p streaming so they will check if the people in your channel can view AV1, and if so use AV1. If someone joins that can't decode it, it will switch automatically to H.264 so everyoen can see.



Gerardo Delgado (@gerdelgado) 2023-01-25 16:33:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/gerdelgado/status/1618286013520187402

Welcome to the AV1 revolution!



Jeremiah (@rhexos_) 2023-01-25 16:43:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/rhexos_/status/1618288352444416000

@gerdelgado "only 4000 series enjoyers in this discord" incoming



Gerardo Delgado (@gerdelgado) 2023-01-25 18:34:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/gerdelgado/status/1618316418159894529

@rhexos_ Oh sorry, let me clarify. RTX 30 and 40 series, AMD 6000 and 7000 GPUs, as well as any CPU from 2020 or more recent have AV1 decoders.



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-01-26 16:51:44 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1618652921654288384

Замысел https://twitter.com/gerdelgado/status/1618285964308402180 выглядит довольно странно: напрашивается вопрос о том, чего это они не могли dav1d использовать для декодирования.

Правда, сам я никогда не устанавливал и не использовал Discord и оттого ничего не знаю о специфике тамошних технических ограничений.



Kloop (@kloopnews) 2023-01-21 10:25:13 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/kloopnews/status/1616743712729583619

Малоимущие семьи из жилмассивов получат беспроцентные кредиты для проведения газового отопления — мэр Бишкека
http://bit.ly/3D32VBr





Акт Риса ???? (@AmSabinne) 2023-01-22 04:58:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AmSabinne/status/1617023880656293888

Люди с ограниченными возможностями получат кредиты на установку пандусов в общественных местах.
Дети получат кредиты на строительство детских площадок в микрорайонах.
Пешеходы получат кредиты на строительство тротуаров.
Горожане получат кредиты для установки освещения на улицах. https://twitter.com/kloopnews/status/1616743712729583619



The Verge (@verge) 2023-01-26 17:42:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/verge/status/1618665696942084096

Yes, Twitter changed its font https://t.co/ypUZNIdN0m





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-01-28 13:13:27 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1619322766259523585

Если словом «сомелье» называется работник ресторана или винзавода, помогающий подобрать вино (или другой алкогольный напиток), а словом «шоколатье» зовут кондитера, готовящего шоколад, то тогда блоггер, раз за разом рассказывающий про #эффектМанделы, может быть назван «манделье».



Fascinating (@fasc1nate) 2023-01-28 17:41:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1619390206519517185

The evolution of Coca-Cola bottle design over almost a century.





стася! (@stasia_apk) 2023-01-27 06:26:49 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/stasia_apk/status/1618858043055431681

Самое большое дорожно-транспортное недоразумение в мире - велосипедисты на дороге!

КАК МОЖЕТ БЫТЬ КОМФОРТНО ЕЗДИТЬ ВОКРУГ МОНСТРОВ В ПОЛТОРЫ ТОННЫ КОГДА ТЫ - ПРОСТО КОЖАНЫЙ ЧЕЛОВЕК 80 КГ ВЕСОМ, ГДЕ ИНСТИНКТ САМОСОХРАНЕНИЯ!?!?!



Моби (@Kozzlovv) 2023-01-29 10:12:28 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Kozzlovv/status/1619639605619458048

@stasia_apk Самое большое дорожно-транспортное недоразумение в мире - легковушки на дороге!

КАК МОЖЕТ БЫТЬ КОМФОРТНО ЕЗДИТЬ ВОКРУГ грузовикоВ В 20 ТОНН КОГДА ТЫ - ПРОСТО консервная банка в 1000 КГ ВЕСОМ, ГДЕ ИНСТИНКТ САМОСОХРАНЕНИЯ!?!?!



Александр Кюннап (@fonKyunnap) 2023-01-27 15:22:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/fonKyunnap/status/1618992888742051840

Велодорожка из Махинджаури в Батуми очень похожа на велодорожку из Пирита в Таллинн.





Александр Кюннап (@fonKyunnap) 2023-01-27 15:50:39 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/fonKyunnap/status/1618999936779186178

@Lala_Rikka не сама велодорожка, а вид, Таллинн тоже стоит на таком изгибе и также высотки видно



Andy V (@steppentiger) 2023-01-29 21:49:18 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1619814970698629120

Доброй ночи.




 

 
No Context Chick Tracts (@No_Context_JTC) 2023-01-22 01:40:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/No_Context_JTC/status/1616974107337269248





DW News (@dwnews) 2023-01-24 21:38:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1618000315231490048

The EU has approved maggot-like larvae of mealworms and crickets as food — more insect consumption applications are pending.  https://trib.al/2xmYAvD



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-01-30 19:22:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1620140418498174978

The definitive, authoritative piece on press coverage of Russiagate the world has been waiting for: Looking back on the coverage of Trump - Columbia Journalism Review https://t.co/R8wjCpAjRl



Arkadiy Gershman (@arkadiygershman) 2023-01-30 10:48:07 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/arkadiygershman/status/1620010966422274049

В Казахстане хотят по сути запретить электросамокаты: https://t.me/gre4ark/17338





[эстетика ебеней] (@yebenya) 2023-01-31 11:21:02 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/yebenya/status/1620381637275000833

Аня Сазонова | Омск





Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-02-01 11:36:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1620747816154075136

…на вопрос миссионера он ответил, что когда нейросеть написала за него письмо в государственную организацию, то это добро, а когда она написала официальный ответ — зло.



[эстетика ебеней] (@yebenya) 2023-02-02 17:24:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/yebenya/status/1621197762820808705

Дмитрий Кулинич | Балаклава





Andy V (@steppentiger) 2023-02-03 07:40:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1621413379687550976

Фантасты как всегда все предсказали с точностью до наоборот. Они думали, что роботы будут заниматься тяжелым физическим трудом, а человек - творчеством…



Феника (@fenika_fenika) 2023-02-02 16:23:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/fenika_fenika/status/1621182471843741704

Мимо меня по улице сегодня стремительно пронеслась девушка на моноколесе, и знаете что? У неё на плече, вцепившись в куртку всеми лапами и глядя строго вперёд, сидел котёнок ????



⚓???????????????????????? ????????????????????⚓ (@SkiperKakao) 2023-02-03 09:18:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/SkiperKakao/status/1621437853262643200

Когда ты живёшь в Мурине и пришла повестка в Хогвардс





Leon Z Русский ???? (@LZaikov) 2023-02-03 11:10:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/LZaikov/status/1621466094690000899

@SkiperKakao Пардон, но наши вроде в Дурмстранге учились, на севере????? Даже герб двуглавый:





[эстетика ебеней] (@yebenya) 2023-02-03 13:08:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/yebenya/status/1621495727095422977

dmitrymax | Ачинск





Тлеубенберри (@c08a) 2023-02-03 18:19:58 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/c08a/status/1621574228838608896

ego death https://twitter.com/m13tfz08k/status/1621533266879676416





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-04 11:06:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1621827407773573120

[53:6] А теперь о печальном.

Если повторить эксперимент https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1602905756587753472 на мобильной версии Firefox Beta (открыть страницу https://www.color.org/version4html.xalter в Firefox 110.0b6 на Android), то тогда поневоле приходится увидать, что не только ICCv4, но даже и ICCv2 не поддерживается!





Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-02-04 07:56:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1621779786552025089

— ...пройдены, — говорю, — все стадии разработки двухместного автомобиля:

✔️ заложена возможность расширения до карьерного самосвала и океанского лайнера;
✔️ показана на демо картонная коробка, надетая на двух велосипедистов;
✔️ взят готовый автобус на 30 мест, снято 28 сидений.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-02-04 07:59:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1621780455203737601

— Ты сейчас про науку или айти? С ходу непонятно!
— ВОТ ИМЕННО.



Протоалексей (@silent_lesch) 2023-02-04 13:00:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/silent_lesch/status/1621856289943863298

@aldragon_net про разработку хардвера



???? (@TManool) 2023-02-04 10:57:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TManool/status/1621825345098850304

@aldragon_net "возможность расширения до карьерного самосвала"

Большой потенциал карьерного роста



depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) 2023-02-04 08:57:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1621794941390422017

111 years ago today





Technophobia.org (@TechnophobiaOrg) 2023-02-04 11:25:07 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TechnophobiaOrg/status/1621832218678120449

Drone delivery has equivalent to red flag laws: an old UK law that required horseless carriages have someone walk ahead of it waving a red flag
 https://flip.it/O1yZly



Yes, But (@_yesbut_) 2023-02-04 19:50:56 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/_yesbut_/status/1621959509357871105





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-05 08:03:37 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1622143896238129152

[53:7] Mozilla Firefox версии 111 обзаведётся поддержкою в CSS для цвѣтового пространства OKLCH, обзаведётся поддержкою анимированных AVIF.

По адресу https://t.me/ReadMithgol/572 я сообщил, отчего умѣстно радоваться тому и другому как средству цвѣтопередачи. Растровую копию прилагаю.





Ottantottiſt (@TeHn0n4Me) 2023-02-05 09:27:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TeHn0n4Me/status/1622164913559949312

Не знаю, зачем я прочитал статью Жижека. У меня такое впечатление, что на Западе вообще разучились в полемику.



Ottantottiſt (@TeHn0n4Me) 2023-02-05 09:27:10 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TeHn0n4Me/status/1622164921277358082

Будто все тексты сделаны по такому плану:
1) берёте вещь, которая вам не нравится
2) находите у неё дневные корни (какие угодно. Гностицизм, русская религиозная философия — всё подойдёт)
3) пишете о том, как это всё ужасно



Ottantottiſt (@TeHn0n4Me) 2023-02-05 09:27:57 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TeHn0n4Me/status/1622165117864480769

Проблема в том, что это не только жижек, но и типа консервативные авторы, и вообще все



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-06 08:38:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1622515004468510721

@TeHn0n4Me Дневные корни?

Это как?



Ottantottiſt (@TeHn0n4Me) 2023-02-06 10:42:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TeHn0n4Me/status/1622546211596115971

@FidonetRunes "древние". Опечатался. Не заметил, потому что был в ярости. Наверное.



ehoba (@htGOIW) 2022-01-09 09:39:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1480112086273622016

Reading Animec editor's autobiography.
His writing skill is not so great, but it's a good book.
The editors didn't even know the existence of publication wholesalers (toritsugi,) so they received 10,000 copies of their first issues at their office.







ehoba (@htGOIW) 2022-01-09 17:45:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1480234178889547777

Komaki says in this book that concept of "otaku" existed before Akio Nakamori's invention.

In the middle '70s conventions, weird strangers started to appear. They talked like they belonged to the fandom, but nobody knew who they were. https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1480112086273622016



ehoba (@htGOIW) 2022-01-09 17:47:44 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1480234852134043649

In other words, their social skills were terrible. They took items without building relationships with other fans. Still, they called other people "otaku" like they're legit members.
Those troublesome people who use the word "otaku" were called otaku in those days.



Worldwide Goji Kai Productions (@EddieTheK3) 2022-01-09 18:25:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/EddieTheK3/status/1480244244828807176

@htGOIW Nowadays, there seems to be a much more defined sliding scale to measure one's "Otaku" level.  It's not as weird as old-school Otaku could get, though.  Some of those guys were just WEIRD.



ehoba (@htGOIW) 2023-02-05 13:54:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1622232281594355714

An old definition of "OTAKU" https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1480234178889547777











Valery Korneev (@valk0rn) 2023-02-05 17:45:41 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valk0rn/status/1622290377855193095

@htGOIW Thank you for your translation. Good old subcultural transition: early enthusiasts spread the info and to some extent serve as gatekeepers, the wider second wave of fans includes people who are more interested in consuming than in sharing the knowledge.



Valery Korneev (@valk0rn) 2023-02-05 15:42:36 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valk0rn/status/1622259402706239488

Перевод фрагмента мемуаров Масанобу Комаки (главред Animec) о возникновении крайне неприятных «отаку» в японском фэндоме 1970-х —за 10 лет до того, как этот термин популяризировал эссеист Акио Накамори. https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1622232281594355714



Valery Korneev (@valk0rn) 2023-02-05 15:54:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valk0rn/status/1622262292749455360

То есть в токийских фэнских кругах около 1975 г. так стали называть напористых типов, которые втирались в фэндомную тусовку, игнорируя сложившиеся практики взаимодействия «ты мне — я тебе».



Valery Korneev (@valk0rn) 2023-02-05 16:01:11 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valk0rn/status/1622264080873541633

У нас в «Ранме» в 90-х были похожие случаи: люди требовали принять их в клуб и искренне недоумевали в ответ на вопрос, как они готовы помогать клубу (переводы с яп. и англ., устроение показов, запись и рассылка кассет, создание сайтов про аниме, работа в СМИ и т. д.).



Valery Korneev (@valk0rn) 2023-02-05 16:22:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valk0rn/status/1622269438962679808

В уставе было прописано, ради чего весь балаган: продвижение аниме и манги в русскоязычном культурном пространстве. Готов что-то делать — добро пожаловать. Хочешь только смотреть фильмы — заводи какой-то свой клуб. Тут есть доля элитизма, но мы при этом впахивали будь здоров как.



Valery Korneev (@valk0rn) 2023-02-05 16:50:40 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valk0rn/status/1622276533099413506

По мере роста популярности аниме энтузиасты не терялись в рядах фэнов-потребителей, а необходимость в клубах вроде «Ранмы» отпала.
Возвращаясь к отаку, просто зафиксируем, что фэны первой волны («маниа») так называли «попутчиков». И вне Японии этом, похоже, никто не писал.



Valery Korneev (@valk0rn) 2023-02-05 17:18:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valk0rn/status/1622283619317202947

Доля гейткипинга во всей истории и там, и здесь — вопрос дискуссионный.



Misty the Witch (@mistdesu) 2023-02-05 16:07:45 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mistdesu/status/1622265733441880065

@valk0rn Ну это стандартная и даже неизбежная, повторяющаяся из коммьюнити в коммьюнити история про "geeks, mops and sociopaths" (https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths). Чисто энтузиастские сборища типа описываемого Комаки могут работать только на определенном уровне численности и высокой обскурности.



Valery Korneev (@valk0rn) 2023-02-05 16:10:52 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valk0rn/status/1622266518754000896

@mistdesu Естественно. Я не знал, что слово отаку тогда так использовали.



kleines Tschmonjakätzchen (@sanmelisan) 2023-02-05 18:05:41 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/sanmelisan/status/1622295410319532033

@valk0rn а варик вкладываться деньгами тогда был?



Valery Korneev (@valk0rn) 2023-02-05 18:16:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valk0rn/status/1622298073970900993

@sanmelisan да какие деньги, все нищие были. кассеты с Евангелионом в штатах вскладчину покупали



Артем harb (@ArtemHarb) 2023-02-05 16:23:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ArtemHarb/status/1622269696526393344

@valk0rn Ранма и Реанимедиа имеют что-то общее или нет?



Valery Korneev (@valk0rn) 2023-02-05 18:21:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/valk0rn/status/1622299346141061124

@ArtemHarb Реанимедиа выросла из воронежского филиала Ранмы



Артем harb (@ArtemHarb) 2023-02-05 18:32:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ArtemHarb/status/1622302050091499527

@valk0rn Почему-то подозревал, что они связаны! Спасибо)



РосКомСвобода (@RuBlackListNET) 2023-02-06 09:37:45 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/RuBlackListNET/status/1622529973230702593

Путин подписал закон о сборе геномной информации у всех российских осужденных. Кроме этого, такие пробы обяжут сдавать при административном аресте. А вот депутаты могут теперь официально не сообщать некоторые данные в декларациях о доходах https://roskomsvoboda.org/post/doc-law-rf/



Wow Terrifying (@WowTerrifying) 2023-02-06 00:05:54 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/WowTerrifying/status/1622386064328359943

It's fine... Come in for a swim





Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-02-06 23:32:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1622739987031552002

The worst offender in US government censorship & media manipulation is an obscure agency called GEC
https://t.co/z6h5975anw



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-02-06 23:34:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1622740637891149825

They are a threat to our democracy



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-02-06 23:36:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1622740927256182784

That is the line they fed the media about me



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-02-06 23:53:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1622745298438176770

Read this thread for more detail https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394203422433280



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-02-07 00:44:37 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1622758195268669442

It’s not supposed to be real





Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-05 14:21:42 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1622239043885961219

Как работает пропаганда корпоративных СМИ бигтеха.

Ответил на пару десятков вопросов Wired о Telegram.
Подробно с примерами объяснил, как взломали телефон Мацапулиной.

Не вставили ничего, зато связь с кремлём "доказали" наличием API и галочки в сикречате
https://www.wired.com/story/the-kremlin-has-entered-the-chat/



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-05 14:26:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1622240324729839616

Ради смеха введите "whatsapp" в поиске на сайте Wired.
Буквально ни одной статьи о жутких дырах в WhatsApp вы не найдёте.

Журналистика в мире даже не на дне, её просто нет.
Все "журналисты" обслуживают чьи-то интересы, и это почти никогда не интересы общества.



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-05 14:31:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1622241543166779398

Ещё очень удобно, если это не только приносит деньги, но и совпадает с твоими ценностями и взглядами.
Отмазывать сервисы с хорошей, либеральной цензурой, и мочить эти площадки для куанонщиков и прочих фашистов - так приятно!



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-07 14:21:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1622963678919131138

9 грубых ошибок в статье Wired о Telegram.
Нет никаких сомнений, что они сделаны нарочно, потому что для их опровержения достаточно даже публичной информации.

Журналисты из Wired задали больше 30 вопросов самому Telegram, но упомянули только 3 ответа.
https://telegra.ph/Wired-Errors



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-07 14:27:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1622965352622587904

А либертарианцам, которые форсят статью такого качества, что цитированием брезгуют даже другие корпоративные СМИ бигтеха, рекомендую задуматься, туда ли они воюют.



Nikolay Ostrovsky (@nkostrovsky25) 2023-02-07 14:43:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/nkostrovsky25/status/1622969192185057282

@zd_vladislav В статье критикуют телеграмм за открытый код, но в основном там наоборот говорят, что данные юзеров появляются у силовиков, по вине самих юзеров или софта спец.служб.



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-07 14:47:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1622970384990470144

@nkostrovsky25 В статье нет ни одного упоминания Cellebrite - средства взлома, которым пользуются спецслужбы РФ, и с помощью которого с вероятностью 99% был взломан телефон Мацапулиной.
Всю статью они несут несусветную чушь про вторую галочку в сикретчате и API, который использует Кремль.



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-08 02:37:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1623148898230448129

По адресу https://t.me/ReadMithgol/568 и https://t.me/ReadMithgol/569 я нѣсколько шире (болѣе чѣмъ 6000 сѵмволами) изложил свою мысль https://410chan.org/ts/res/5782.html#5831 2017 года: образ мыслей Судзумии Харухи (в #аниме «Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu» по меньшей мѣрѣ) можно рассматривать как #чунибё.









Mikhail Koulikov (@AnimeStudies) 2023-02-07 17:14:13 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AnimeStudies/status/1623007234568466458

Isekai getting *really* noticed - in one of the leading journals in the field!

"The article explores this neglected potential by focusing on the anime and manga trope of isekai (other‐world), which depicts life and work in a fantastic environment."

https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-10122177



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-08 03:25:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1623161076035600387

По адресу https://t.me/ReadMithgol/573 и https://t.me/ReadMithgol/574 я сравнивал аристократов, наслѣдующихъ магические способности (как в #аниме «Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei»), и генетику сверхспособностей в реальном мірѣ (на примѣрѣ тетрахроматического цвѣтного зрѣнія).







Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-08 01:00:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1623124484927504392

Шёл 2023 год, некоторых людей продолжал шокировать факт, что перехватить SMS (с кодом аутентификации) на _любой_ телефонный номер в мире одинаково легко _любому_ человеку, у кого есть пара тысяч долларов.
Причём даже не перехватить, а скопировать. Адресат свою SMS тоже получит.



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-08 01:04:37 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1623125615732727808

А потом Telegram виноват в том, что взломали. Не дырявая SS7, и не пользователь-идиот с выключенной 2FA, хотя прекрасно знает о внимании со стороны властей к нему. А Telegram.



????Есть только музыка???? (@vocalmeister) 2023-02-08 01:28:25 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/vocalmeister/status/1623131605492461569

@zd_vladislav ну так тем более - зачем требовать сим?
почему второй канал аутентификации обязательно сим?
почему не второй логинпароль? почему не секретный вопрос секретный ответ? почему не второй имейл? ит.д.
почему обязательно симка то?



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-08 01:33:21 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1623132847098699776

@vocalmeister Номер - это первый этап.
Я понимаю, что не все пытались создать социальные интернет-проекты, но поверь как человеку который это понимает и _немного_ знает кухню: без привязки к номеру, не получится сделать хоть сколько-то популярную штуку, да ещё и с нулём денег на рекламу.



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-08 01:38:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1623134036532109313

@vocalmeister Нужна зацепка за что-то, что есть у всех и через что все связываются друг с другом по-умолчанию.
Максимум пара процентов пользователей от текущей базы Т. будут пользоваться без удобного способа найти контакты.
И зачем это нужно? И на что это поддерживать? И ради чего всё это?



я пока не придумал ник (@_pashman) 2023-02-08 01:35:41 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/_pashman/status/1623133435135987714

@vocalmeister @zd_vladislav Чтобы у человека автоматом подцепились все контакты, это нужно 99% пользователей, без этого твой месенджер останется уделом энтузиастов



Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-08 01:41:28 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1623134888005103616

@vocalmeister Выбор между "сделать регистрацию по телефонам или по логинам" - это выбор между "дать сотням миллионов пользователей самый удобный и безопасный способ коммуникации и самую свободную площадку для дискуссий, или это останется убожеством для нижнего интернета".



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-08 06:27:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1623206816162144257

По адресу https://t.me/profgorozhanka/914 посмотрѣлъ фото хаски на балконе в Красноярске на улице Красной армии, умилился.





Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 09:29:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622890389068718080

libjpeg or jpegli, both libjpeg Q90 size

https://t.co/pBi1WLe5Pt

https://t.co/3fPElidwJJ

jpegli says 'goodbye' to jpeg artefacts :-D







Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 09:34:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622891538823929857

mozjpeg q90, jpegli the same size







Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 09:36:48 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622892121865715712

mozjpeg q90, jpegli the same size







Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 09:39:26 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622892786688094209

mozjpeg q90, jpegli the same size
(marble tends to be difficult for lossy image compression)







Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 09:41:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622893375144730625

mozjpeg q90, jpegli the same size







Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 09:43:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622893814472925184

more mozjpeg/jpegli, q90 size







Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 09:45:13 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622894240152932352

mozjpeg vs. jpegli







Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 09:46:57 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622894674875760645

mozjpeg vs. jpegli







Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 09:48:40 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622895110068355073

mozjpeg vs. jpegli, same size







Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 09:51:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622895765403103232

mozjpeg vs. jpegli







Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 10:08:20 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622900057816145922

The cherry ???? on top of the cake???? is that jpegli supports more than 8 bits per channel (around 10.5 bits) and can codify HDR dynamics (HLG/PQ/XYB/etc.) in the old '8-bit' format.



Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 10:16:45 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622902174652026886

The emerging CICP tag standardization/implementation work will bring various HDR options into old formats (such as PNG and JPEG) in any case. Having the 10-bit dynamics to do it properly is just a plus here.



nikq (@nikq) 2023-02-07 16:53:55 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/nikq/status/1623002125134622720

@jyzg very interesting. how can I find a detail about jpegli difference from standard jpeg?



Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 19:07:29 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1623035738609618967

@nikq We don't have a technical report yet. Your options are to try it out, read the source and/or ask questions here.



Erik André ???????? (@ErikAndreDev) 2023-02-07 09:46:49 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ErikAndreDev/status/1622894643116486656

@jyzg Looks great! Is this applying some filtering during decoding, or how does it eliminate the JPEG artifacts?



Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 09:53:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622896278769106944

@ErikAndreDev Thank you Erik!

No filtering!

It is with the same awesome approach we used in guetzli -- adaptive dead zone quantization. Now we just guide it using JPEG XL heuristic adaptive quantization instead of iterating with butteraugli, and jpegli runs 1000x faster than guetzli...



音風景の管理人 (@kamedo2) 2023-02-07 10:00:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/kamedo2/status/1622898155003191298

@jyzg Is the "jpegli" what was called the xyb-jpeg, the traditional JPEG format with xyb color space instead of the usual YCbCr, made possible with color profile 2010 ICC v4, with legacy-friendly novel quantization mechanism?



Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 15:23:49 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622979449900740611

@kamedo2 These images are without XYB. With XYB the quality difference between mozjpeg and jpegli is a bit stronger. These are like 20-25 % better, and with XYB 30-35 %.



音風景の管理人 (@kamedo2) 2023-02-07 15:28:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/kamedo2/status/1622980503132585985

@jyzg Thank you for the kind response. So the improvement sorely comes from the refined fast quantization heuristics, am I right?



Jyrki Alakuijala ???????? (@jyzg) 2023-02-07 15:32:49 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jyzg/status/1622981716313874434

@kamedo2 There are many reasons for the improvement:
- More precise DCTs
- quantization biases
- adaptive dead-zone quantization (the technique I invented originally for Guetzli)
- other tricks

About 50% of the savings come from adaptive dead-zone quantization with JPEG XL heuristics.



音風景の管理人 (@kamedo2) 2023-02-07 15:38:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/kamedo2/status/1622983167165759489

@jyzg Thanks. I am overwhelmed and amazed.



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-08 06:56:34 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1623214186175119362

@jyzg @kamedo2 With that much of a difference in their quality, does jpegli make lossy WebP files effectively obsolete (not unlike MozJPEG's original intention to outperform the lossy WebP) until someone implements an encoder for the lossy XYB WebP files (and a XYB counterpart for libsharpyuv)?



Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) 2023-02-08 14:21:12 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1623326080605261825

U.S. “Navy divers, operating under the cover of a widely publicized mid-summer NATO exercise planted remotely triggered explosives that, three months later, destroyed three of the four Nord Stream pipelines, according to a source with direct knowledge”

https://t.co/WX73onJIU0



Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2023-02-08 14:20:10 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1623325821287931904

From the reporter who won the Pulitzer for uncovering the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam, broke stories on Watergate and Abu Ghraib:

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream



Mikhail Koulikov (@AnimeStudies) 2023-02-08 17:18:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/AnimeStudies/status/1623370653222027269

Not a joke - @guardian writes up the new Sword Art movie, except the author doesn't actually know the Sword Art, uh, *twist*

"but, with everything taking place inside the virtual realm, it feels like nothing of consequence is at stake."

https://t.co/5fJScIR5s7



[эстетика ебеней] (@yebenya) 2023-02-08 04:56:02 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/yebenya/status/1623183851454443520

Dave Peachey | Великобритания, 1999




 

 
Andy V (@steppentiger) 2023-02-04 23:02:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1622007595744591873

Доброй ночи.





libp2p (@libp2p) 2023-02-08 19:11:51 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/libp2p/status/1623399225256996871

We're excited to share that #WebRTC browser-to-server is integrated into multiple #libp2p implementations! ????

The libp2p browser connectivity story gets stronger ????

Read all about it in our new blog post: https://blog.libp2p.io/libp2p-webrtc-browser-to-server/





Twitter (@Twitter) 2023-02-08 20:00:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1623411536243965954

more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more words more… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1623411536243965954



Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2023-02-09 00:37:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1623481143457611776

The whole system revolves around the idea that the majority can be made to believe ????????????????????????????????, so long as it is repeated loudly and often.

And it works.



Алексей Кошин (@Convoker) 2023-02-08 16:54:20 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Convoker/status/1623364619745038341

Выходишь вечером в магаз
@
Погода обычная Питерская
@
Мокрая жижа поверх льда примерно как на катке
@
Кое как доковыливаешь до пешеходного перехода
@
В это время из сугроба выпрыгивает чел на моноколесе, с рюкзаком, с фонариком в одной руке и пачкой туалетной бумаги в другой...



Алексей Кошин (@Convoker) 2023-02-08 17:02:27 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Convoker/status/1623366662098456595

Как ни в чем не бывало, с покерфейсом на лице, наворачивает на этом ледяном пятачке смерти для двуногих 2-3 ровненьких кругаля, по рельсам прямо как Ту-214СР
@
По зелёному свету уходит в горизонт
@
Вспоминаешь того самого персонажа робота на колесе...



Max Grishin (@GrishinMax) 2023-02-09 03:06:25 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/GrishinMax/status/1623518655358111747

@Convoker





Алексей Кошин (@Convoker) 2023-02-09 03:41:57 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Convoker/status/1623527596569903106

@GrishinMax Да-да, но прикол в том что у него руки были заняты ????



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2023-02-08 12:03:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1623291394268753922

Now Chrome 110 became stable and jxl support is gone, I am switching to Thorium. It's basically the same as Chrome, just faster and better. I should have switched earlier! https://thorium.rocks/



X Æ A-12 (@ray5ar) 2023-02-08 12:21:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ray5ar/status/1623296023614332930

@jonsneyers What is about their jpegXL support?



Jon Sneyers (@jonsneyers) 2023-02-08 13:21:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1623311023477235713

@ray5ar Thorium supports JPEG XL by default (not behind a flag) and will keep it like that also now upstream chromium removed it. Thorium is afaik the fifth browser to enable jxl by default (after Pale Moon, Basilisk, Waterfox and LibreWolf) and the first one that is chromium-based.



Andy V (@steppentiger) 2023-02-09 06:59:25 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1623577293124763648

Доброго времени суток.





animals going goblin mode (@mischiefanimals) 2022-11-10 21:38:36 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mischiefanimals/status/1590821250720739330





animals going goblin mode (@mischiefanimals) 2023-02-08 23:04:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mischiefanimals/status/1623457670052315137





animals going goblin mode (@mischiefanimals) 2022-08-07 14:13:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mischiefanimals/status/1556282389768331268





Vladislav (@zd_vladislav) 2023-02-09 14:25:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1623689427649167361

Дорогая Медуза!
Ответ на ваш вопрос очень прост: либералы просто наплевали на цитату из Википедии, которую вы привели, и сами превратили это слово в ругательство.
Либералы во всём мире выступают за "правильные" репрессии за слова, за "правильное" государственное принуждение.





Gudim (@like_gudim) 2023-02-09 15:53:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/like_gudim/status/1623711819629043723











Andy V (@steppentiger) 2023-02-10 06:15:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/steppentiger/status/1623928511915503623

Один актив сломал, второй потерял.





myceera (@myceera) 2023-02-10 09:24:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/myceera/status/1623976272958263298

Какой неудачный пример перераспределния пространства улицы в пользу устойчивых видов транспорта.

Узкая выделенка, незащищенная велодорожка, совмещение вело и автобусов, перпендикулярная парковка без буфера.





РосКомСвобода (@RuBlackListNET) 2023-02-10 09:07:08 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/RuBlackListNET/status/1623971820633264129

ФСБ призвала к бдительности
https://t.co/p1ab2PrQxe





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-12 01:16:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1624578037126770690

@LucaVersari3 I've noticed that your https://t.co/GTFX0nbxlF does not seem to contain any brotli*.dll recently.



Ферапонт Соусов (@KinshoMokuroku) 2023-02-11 16:15:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/KinshoMokuroku/status/1624442080415055877

Закрыл /ci/.



Ферапонт Соусов (@KinshoMokuroku) 2023-02-11 17:42:52 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/KinshoMokuroku/status/1624463995179528193

Бывает, что к хорошему аниме на фоне успеха анонсируют совершенно ненужный второй сезон.
В случае с «Lycoris Recoil» же и первый не особо нужен был, но пеарщики «Аниплекса» сработали на отлично в этот раз, не могу не отметить.



Technophobia.org (@TechnophobiaOrg) 2023-02-12 02:48:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TechnophobiaOrg/status/1624601365421989888

Techno Dystopia: robots take all jobs

Notech dystopia: kids do some jobs







@levelsio (@levelsio) 2023-02-11 10:42:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1624358155022123008

Meanwhile in Portugal





Guilherme Lage (@ItsEasypop) 2023-02-12 06:06:45 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/ItsEasypop/status/1624651202691571713

@levelsio I am from Portugal and this does not represent us… That is just a manifestation because the insane rent prices at the moment. No Portuguese can afford a house in Porto or Lisbon



Ферапонт Соусов (@KinshoMokuroku) 2023-02-12 14:51:59 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/KinshoMokuroku/status/1624783378670125062

Днесь, кстати, четырнадцатилетие «410чана».



Vince M. (@und_moss) 2023-02-12 17:45:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/und_moss/status/1624827014522851328

На часах уже двенадцать без пяти –
Запускайте поскорей ChatGPT!



FlatpanelsHD (@Flatpanels) 2023-02-13 13:20:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Flatpanels/status/1625122618545254403

AV1 video codec is "taking a lot of share from HEVC"
https://bit.ly/3K7jyAa



Carlo Alberto Ferraris (@CAFxX) 2023-02-13 12:59:20 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/CAFxX/status/1625117417658814464

Isn't there a webp equivalent of the various jpegoptim/mozjpeg/etc to losslessly recompress a lossy-encoded webp? (I know you can use cwebp for lossless-encoded webp images, but this method does not work for lossy-encoded ones.)



Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2023-02-13 21:12:18 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1625241477642088454

it's not aliens

i wish it were aliens

but it's not aliens

it's just the ol' engineered panic, an attractive nuisance ensuring natsec reporters get assigned to investigate balloon bullshit rather than budgets or bombings (à la nordstream)

until next time



Weimar Silver Baron (@BankerWeimar) 2023-01-28 02:17:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/BankerWeimar/status/1619157711593127937

Never forget:





Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-02-13 21:45:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1625249772180500481

What are your top requests for Twitter features & bug fixes?



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-02-13 21:47:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1625250227178594304

We will prioritize by number of likes times ease of implementation



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-14 14:11:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1625497969511522304

@elonmusk ① Do not treat WebP uploads worse than JPEG (see https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1594559740822294529 for details). Most web browsers can display WebP without re-encoding already.

② Accept and display AV1 video uploads below a certain limit (five or ten megabytes) without re-encoding (keep their quality).



VideoLAN (@videolan) 2023-02-14 19:34:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/videolan/status/1625579272680181761

We've just tagged and released the AV1 decoder dav1d 1.1.0 "Arctic Peregrine Falcon"
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d/-/releases/1.1.0
Numerous fixes for conformance and the usual speedups with asm code. Notably, improvements for AVIF images.
For your Valentines' day from VideoLAN :)



STARLINK (@lgj170) 2023-02-11 18:34:56 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/lgj170/status/1624477099686825987

???? Концепт абсолютно безопасного перекрёстка

Интересно, почему ничего подобного до сих пор никто не построил?





Anatoly Yudov (@volganian) 2023-02-14 09:10:23 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/volganian/status/1625422188735078400

@lgj170 Чтобы проехать прямо, надо встать в правую полосу, потом перестроиться в левую через поток, потом после поворота перестроиться в правую через поток. Вообще для любых поворотов нужны перестроения через поток. Это очень плохая схема.



Entelehia ???? (@Entelehia1) 2023-02-12 06:04:35 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Entelehia1/status/1624650654441406464

@lgj170 Потоки перекрещиваются после разворота. Большой фактор опасности



Алексей Мудла (@alekseymudla) 2023-02-12 05:12:53 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/alekseymudla/status/1624637645308452864

@lgj170 Турбокольцо проще, занимает меньше места, пропускная способность выше



Любимый❤️Сочи (@sochi_love) 2023-02-13 21:26:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/sochi_love/status/1625245122672619528

Милота на ночь





Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-02-14 05:49:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1625371509391761408

Иногда NASA действительно скрывает от публики важное. Например, после того, как внешний бак «Дискавери» пал жертвой дятлов с недоёбом, сотрудники NASA установили на башне обслуживания шесть пластиковых сов из ближайшего Walmart и ТОЛКОМ ИХ НЕ СФОТОГРАФИРОВАЛИ, ну как так можно.









Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-02-14 05:54:22 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1625372860624605187

Другому элементу противодятловой обороны — «глазам хищника» — повезло больше!





Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-02-14 06:19:31 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1625379189212815361

прочувствуйте ситуацию:
— у вас на стартовом столе корабль стоимостью в десяток миллиардов долларов;
— его пуск откладывается из-за того, что дятлы простучали дыру в теплоизоляции;
— и вот начальство посылает вас в Walmart с напутствием А ТЫ КУПИ СОВУ





Denis Pushkarev (@zloirock) 2023-02-13 19:13:42 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/zloirock/status/1625211632195407883

So, what's next? https://t.co/qCSsKXpGFu



Баг оптимизатора (@_m1kc) 2023-02-14 18:23:38 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/_m1kc/status/1625561417809072152

Looks like we've found this guy. https://twitter.com/zloirock/status/1625211632195407883





Баг оптимизатора (@_m1kc) 2023-02-14 18:40:53 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/_m1kc/status/1625565760000036896

tl;dr: человек несколько лет работал над библиотекой, которой пользуется пол-интернета, уволившись ради этого с работы.



SVTV NEWS (@svtv_news) 2023-02-09 14:20:12 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1623688218049748994

Учёные боятся быть «отменёнными» за любое лишнее слово. А преподавание целых наук стало просто невозможным из-за «табу».

О том, как левые внедрили цензуру в университеты — читайте в переводе Луаны Мароха, профессора биологии колледжа Уильямса.

http://svtv.org/translation/2023-02-02/scientism-threat-to-science/



SVTV NEWS (@svtv_news) 2023-02-14 11:15:04 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1625453568479076353

???????? Легендарный популяризатор науки Карл Саган в своём последнем интервью в 1996 году предупредил людей о том, как важно оставаться скептиками. В противном случае общество станет легкой добычей для любого шарлатана и потеряет контроль над чиновниками.





SVTV NEWS (@svtv_news) 2023-02-14 11:15:05 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1625453573235527680

За 27 лет проблема, описанная Саганом, усугубилась. Государство захватило науку и продвигает нужные решения как научно обоснованные. Армии правительственных экспертов отработают любую повестку, а цензура заглушит все альтернативные мнения. https://twitter.com/svtv_news/status/1623688218049748994



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-16 11:02:43 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1626175234842796033

[50:76] По адресу https://te.legra.ph/Konosuba-02-15 на сайте Telegraph выложил альбом, по адресу https://t.me/ReadMithgol/580 в Telegram выложил архив (7-Zip) сшивок кадров, взятых из первой серии #аниме «Konosuba».





Бука (@buka_ent) 2023-02-15 12:08:25 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/buka_ent/status/1625829382647431169

Эта велодорожка в Индии выглядит как гоночная трасса из какой-нибудь игры ????





Opennet.ru News (@opennetru) 2023-02-17 10:41:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/opennetru/status/1626532230494318593

Компания Apple добавила поддержку кодека AV1 в браузер Safari https://opennet.ru/58665/



depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) 2023-02-16 15:51:42 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1626247958067912709

never realized how weird giant anteaters look.... absolutely unreal....







Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) 2023-02-16 18:48:46 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/1626292519431462914

The first beta for iOS 16.4 includes support for new emojis, including a plain Pink Heart

https://blog.emojipedia.org/first-look-new-emojis-in-ios-16-4/



Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) 2023-02-16 18:57:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/1626294658010677249

New emojis in iOS 16.4 beta https://blog.emojipedia.org/first-look-new-emojis-in-ios-16-4/





Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 2023-02-16 22:45:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1626351994616045568

please tell me the white house did not spend the month of february scrambling jets to fire $400,000 missiles at the local hobby club's TWELVE DOLLAR BALLOON

lord have mercy

https://t.co/4D7DaTncvT



depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) 2023-02-16 23:58:13 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1626370394822148096

we need to bring this back





Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-02-17 04:43:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1626442274757308416

Анекдот про японскую лесопилку и рабочих исчерпывающе описывает взаимодействие просвещённой публики с языковыми моделями, только вместо «Вжжжж!» и  «Хрр-рр-крр...» нейросети выдают отвратительно длинные тексты. Реплики рабочих «У-у-у, бля!» и «А-а-а, бля!» остались без изменений.



Al Dragon (@aldragon_net) 2023-02-17 05:11:18 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/aldragon_net/status/1626449184449503236

Нейросеточка не знает
Ни труда и ни забот:
Ссылок ГОСТ не соблюдает,
Психику не бережёт.

[...]

Завтра выберу полено
(Не забыть бы только вот)
И подам его с размаху
Нейросеточке на вход.

Перед кем мне быть в ответе?
Это ж свинство бытия:
Мы ведь оба нейросети,
Почему она не я?



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-17 15:34:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1626605966492942339

@aldragon_net Мы вѣдь тоже нейросѣти —
Намъ расти ещё, расти…
Только небо,
Только вѣтеръ,
Только радость впереди.



Vince M. (@und_moss) 2023-02-17 05:18:50 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/und_moss/status/1626451081516531713

А еще над нами волен
Цукерберг, мучитель наш,
А жежешные пароли
Взял чекист на карандаш.



Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-17 15:47:30 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1626609288922767361

@und_moss Страшно мысли въ нёмъ мѣшались —
Трясся ночь, отъ страха вылъ —
Но наутро нашъ страдалецъ
Telegram установилъ.

Больше нервы такъ не тратилъ:
Говорятъ, что каждый годъ
Съ той поры въ секретномъ чатѣ
Middle-man къ себѣ не ждётъ.



IPFS (@IPFS) 2023-02-17 13:26:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/IPFS/status/1626573680984686592

Reminder: IPFS is a storage protocol, not a storage provider.

There are lots of different storage providers that utilize the IPFS system such as @NFTdotStorage, @pinatacloud, @Filebase, and @fileverse.



No Context Russia (@Russia_NC) 2023-02-17 07:06:00 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Russia_NC/status/1626478049704247296





бардуля (@bardulya) 2023-02-15 13:00:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/bardulya/status/1625842435464077312

Поняла, что возможность ускорять аудио в телеграме страшно меня развратила: теперь я раздражаюсь, что люди в жизни слишком медленно разговаривают…



Gudim (@like_gudim) 2023-02-17 16:11:23 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/like_gudim/status/1626615300169822208

Holes ???? ???? ????











????Чифа ????Бойкое Перо ???????? (@Chifanija) 2023-02-16 16:31:23 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Chifanija/status/1626257944424681476

Зимний вечер в Гаграх





Yesterday's Print (@yesterdaysprint) 2023-02-17 19:00:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/yesterdaysprint/status/1626657739890913280

The Wichita Daily Eagle, Kansas, March 14, 1920





Tatsuya Ishida (@TatsuyaIshida9) 2023-02-18 03:24:07 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TatsuyaIshida9/status/1626784599887200259

Ohio





AlexDeLarge (@IWasCuredOK) 2023-02-17 11:33:24 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/IWasCuredOK/status/1626545346015887361

'54.





Gribanov ☢ ᓚᘏᗢ (@Gribanov) 2023-02-16 19:35:36 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/Gribanov/status/1626304305568399361





Mithgol the Webmaster (@FidonetRunes) 2023-02-18 11:32:06 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/FidonetRunes/status/1626907406037921793

[50:77] По адресу https://te.legra.ph/Konosuba-02-15 на сайте Telegraph выложил альбом, по адресу https://t.me/ReadMithgol/582 в Telegram выложил архив (7-Zip) сшивок кадров, взятых из второй и третьей серии #аниме «Konosuba».





Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) 2023-02-18 03:22:01 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/jaredlholt/status/1626784071685734400

I’m sorry what the fuck





Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) 2023-02-18 01:36:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1626757587524890624

Effective March 20, 2023, only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method. Other accounts can use an authentication app or security key for 2FA. Learn more here:
https://t.co/wnT9Vuwh5n



Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) 2023-02-18 01:36:47 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1626757589089370114

To be clear, two-factor authentication is still not required to log into Twitter, although we highly encourage users to enable it. This change just restricts the 2FA methods available for accounts not subscribed to Twitter Blue.



Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 2023-02-18 21:37:03 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1627059645293670401

Use of free authentication apps for 2FA will remain free and are much more secure than SMS https://twitter.com/twittersupport/status/1626757587524890624



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:13 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098945359867904

TWITTER FILES #16
Comic Interlude: A Media Experiment





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:14 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098949243764737

2.  The #TwitterFiles have revealed a lot: thousands of moderation requests from every corner of government, Feds mistaking both conservatives and leftists for fictional Russians, even Twitter deciding on paper to cede moderation authority to the “U.S. intelligence community”:











Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:15 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098952699981826

3.  These and at least a dozen other newsworthy revelations produced exactly zilch in mainstream news coverage in the last two months:





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:15 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098956806369280

4.   Then House hearings were held last week, at which one witness told a story about Donald Trump asking to remove a mean tweet by Chrissy Teigen.

The press went bananas. Now THAT was big news!





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:16 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098960023126017

5.  Purely to show the bankruptcy of media in this area, let’s introduce a pair of loud new data points, and see if any press figures at all cover either of them.



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098961088593920

6.  If a president freaking out about one tweeter is news, surely a U.S. Senator finking on three hundred-plus of his constituents also must be?





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098964271980547

7.  Here’s Maine Senator Angus King writing to Twitter to call a slew of accounts “suspicious” for reasons like:

“Rand Paul visit excitement”
“Bot (averages 20 tweets a day)”
Being followed by rival Eric Brakey
Or, my personal favorite: “Mentions immigration.”











Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:18 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098967237435396

8.   King’s office declined comment. If Dick Nixon sniffed glue, this is what his enemies list might have looked like: https://t.co/GuH4v7EnoQ



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:18 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098968437006337

9.  So as not to focus only on Dems or those who caucus with Democrats, here’s a contribution from Republican Mark Lenzi, a State Department official most famous for offering to donate his brain to science after a claimed brush with Havana syndrome.





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098971138142209

10.  Lenzi wrote to Twitter bluntly asking to remove 14 accounts distinguished among other things by skepticism of Russiagate: “The below are some Russian controlled accounts that I think you will want to look into and delete.”





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:20 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098974099238915

11.A government official, writing from a State department email, asks to “delete” 14 accounts that are engaged in legit speech and for which no evidence is shown they're Russian controlled or bots (in fact, we at Racket know some of these people). A clear First Amendment issue.



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:20 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098975391064065

12.   I noted before there were many crazy requests in Twitter records from officials wanting foes taken off Twitter, with Californian Adam Schiff’s effort to ban a reporter and stop “any and all search results” about a staffer making Angus King’s spreadsheet gambit look tame.





Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:21 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098978956242946

13.    The fact that mainstream outlets ignored the Schiff story but howled about Teigen shows what they're about. Responses like this are designed to keep blue-leaning audiences especially focused on moronic partisan spats, obscuring bigger picture narratives.



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:21 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098980021665795

14.   The real story emerging in the #TwitterFiles is about a ballooning federal censorship bureaucracy that's not aimed at either the left or the right per se, but at the whole population of outsiders, who are being systematically defined as threats.



Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) 2023-02-19 00:13:21 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1627098981074362368

15.   Beginning in March, we'll start using the Twitter Files to tell this larger story about how Americans turned their counterterrorism machinery against themselves, to disastrous effect, through little-known federal agencies like the Global Engagement Center (GEC).



Tatsuya Ishida (@TatsuyaIshida9) 2023-02-19 03:26:32 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TatsuyaIshida9/status/1627147597071941632

Ohio 2











Yesterday's Print (@yesterdaysprint) 2023-02-19 03:59:19 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/yesterdaysprint/status/1627155847792181249

The San Francisco Examiner, California, February 18, 1912





Nina ???? Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) 2023-02-19 05:15:39 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/NinaByzantina/status/1627175057683546114

Did you know that some historians consider the Philippine-American War (1899 - 1913) to be the longest war in U.S. history aside from Afghanistan? The war arose out of the Spanish-American War (1898)—a key turning point for American imperialism. ????





Nina ???? Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) 2023-02-19 05:17:17 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/NinaByzantina/status/1627175465239867393

The US easily attained victory over Spain. One reason for this was the fact that Spain was already weakened by the internal rebellion in its colonies, and the US finished the job. The US acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines from Spain, paying Spain $20M for the latter.





Nina ???? Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) 2023-02-19 05:18:07 (UTC)

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During the Spanish-American War, the US. initially cooperated with the Filipino independence movement led by Emilio Aguinaldo—the US by sea and Aguinaldo on land. Some US officials promised Filipinos independence. However, things changed after the purchase of the islands.





Nina ???? Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) 2023-02-19 05:19:42 (UTC)

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Hostilities started in 1899, as the U.S. featured a well-equipped, seasoned professional army, while the Philippines’ Army of Liberation could not match the U.S. either in training or in equipment. Many of the leaders were also quite young.





Nina ???? Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) 2023-02-19 05:21:30 (UTC)

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In 1901, the US captured Aguinaldo, and President McKinley considered the war over. But it merely transformed into an insurgency. Similarly, in 1902, Teddy Roosevelt declared war over, but it pressed on as the Moro Rebellion of the