Plus, the staff’s picks, too.

A boxing match played in reverse, where one dude wakes up off the ground and begins exchanging touches with another dude and getting progressively healthier (sometimes with breaks in between) until they both back away slowly from the ring one at a time

An unboxing video

‘Anyone can be a super-hacker now’: The world faces a #cybersecurity reckoning

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/11/01/wave-new-cyberattacks-is-just-getting-started/

#AI

@panos

Linux had a number of benefits. It had a very clear vision of what it should achieve: offering an open source proper operating system alternative. And it had a dedicated BDFL to oversee and steer its evolution process. During that evolution a helluva professional organization structure and development process was put in place to ensure things didn't go off the rails (an organization that receives criticism from fans for its corporate-commercial tendencies).

The fediverse lacks those things until now. It is a wholly chaotic grassroots environment with laissez-faire haphazard development in all directions based on a protocol that is too loose, too flexible to ensure any kind of real interoperability. The accepted work method of post-facto interoperability leads to Big ball of mud and Whack-a-mole development anti-patterns.

Fediverse can certainly be inspired by Linux. But it must address these shortcomings. And in a way that fits its culture and values.

https://coding.social/blog/grassroots-evolution

@charlotte@mastodon.ml @chjara@akko.tuxcrafting.xyz stares blankly in Germany the Aspirin trademark is alive and well and to get the generic you have to ask for ASS

🚨🦆 LAME DUCK! 🎶

It's Election Day, and Donald Trump may be about to become the biggest LAME DUCK in American history!

Mr. Newberger's latest AI Funny is a doo-wop delight featuring guest artist J Fisher!

🎵 Don, Don, Don, Don... LAME DUCK!

WATCH! 👇
https://youtu.be/aoMf7QJe-Qs

@chjara honestly that'd probably be thermos, escalator and an entire list's worth of drugs like aspirin and heroin

everything makes sense if you disregard both the progressive theory of history and the cyclical theory of history, for the theory of history where everything is shit and turning into worse shit

Speaking of, why does it say "QR code", surely "code QR" would be the correct word order. Like if we're just importing compounds with the English word order might as well just speak English. She says, about French, in English.

@sknob
Je tiens à dire que je n’ai absolument rien à voir avec cette cyber attaque !!!!!

@pisscotheque is this the russian media influence I've read so much about?

Sorry to report that one of the Danfoss freezers affected by yesterday’s cyber attack was keeping Mariah Carey in stasis. She’s out, people.

@neil Definitely terrifying 😱

@pippa i guess you're right... true to his word, he's just "telling it like it is"

@fesshole Is your friend Hank Hill, but British?

@stux

It's worrying to see people not realizing this is satire.

@ai6yr I learned sewing from a couple of places (my mom & sisters a bit, 4H, school). It really bummed me out that at my teen’s school, which has a very broad arts curriculum, they offer nothing in fiber arts. No sewing, knitting, weaving, etc. He’s doing a theater class this fall that focuses on costume design but the teacher was surprised when I asked about sewing - much more about thrifting (fine) and glue. Missed opportunity.