Mastodawn

The “Private” Photographs of Bolette Berg and Marie Høeg (ca. 1895–1903)

Excerpts from a dazzling image collection, discovered in a Norwegian barn in the 1980s, that experiments with the presentation of gender.

by Hunter Dukes

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/berg-and-hoeg/?utm_source=newsletter

#Photography #LGBTQ

andrew_meir Jun 12

For a while now, I’ve wondered how it was that ads on Facebook dovetailed so well with my browsing habits. It appears that Meta have been even more sly than usual and found a way to track a user’s individual web accesses, even outside of Meta's own apps. Is anyone surprised? Ah, come on lads, suddenly those dodgy ads for bigger dicks are making a lot more sense 🤭
https://localmess.github.io/

Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android

andrew_meir May 2

ARM @ 40: "We thought it was a really obvious way to build a processor and everybody would be doing it," said Wilson. "That turned out not to be the case."
Sometimes, it takes a while for the rest of the world to catch up 😆
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/arm_40/

808 lines of BBC BASIC and a dream: Arm architecture turns 40

: 'We thought it was a really obvious way to build a processor and everybody would be doing it'

The Register

andrew_meir Apr 14

Alvaro Montoro Apr 14

New comiCSS cartoon: Type of GitHub users
https://comicss.art/comics/180/

#github #cartoon #css

comiCSS #180: Types of GitHub Users

illustration mimicking the GitHub contribution diagram for different types of people: regular developer (different sharesgreen in different locations), the overachiever (everything in dark green), the 'I am looking for a new job' (no contributions until suddenly a big one), the Macarena (the graphic looks like a cartoon dancing in different poses)

andrew_meir Apr 7

Project Gutenberg Apr 7

The Madness of the Planets

Our home in the universe continues to rock out of control.

By Corey S. Powell

https://nautil.us/the-madness-of-the-planets-234684/?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nautilus-newsletter

#astronomy

The Madness of the Planets

Our home in the universe continues to rock out of control.

Nautilus

andrew_meir Apr 1

MorattiSec (Lizzie)Apr 1

Well, my wife got laid off of work today.

She specializes in cryptanalysis and penetration testing. She's looking for remote jobs in Europe at the moment. #getfedihired

andrew_meir Mar 21

The French government, in a bid to get its citizens and businesses off US tech, have sponsored an open source video conferencing project. It’s part of a wider push, including Dutch and German governments. We’re possibly passing an inflection point regarding the perceived advantage and costs of using US tech.
https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet

GitHub - suitenumerique/meet: Open source alternative to Google Meet and Zoom powered by LiveKit: HD video calls, screen sharing, and chat features. Built with Django and React.

Open source alternative to Google Meet and Zoom powered by LiveKit: HD video calls, screen sharing, and chat features. Built with Django and React. - suitenumerique/meet

GitHub

andrew_meir Mar 18

Max Roser Mar 18

In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day.

andrew_meir Mar 6

The dance of the six sisters #GravitonForce

andrew_meir Mar 6

Tavis Ormandy Mar 5

You can now jailbreak your AMD CPU! 🔥We've just released a full microcode toolchain, with source code and tutorials. https://bughunters.google.com/blog/5424842357473280/zen-and-the-art-of-microcode-hacking

Blog: Zen and the Art of Microcode Hacking

This blog post covers the full details of EntrySign, the AMD Zen microcode signature validation vulnerability recently discovered by the Google Security team.