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it is honestly so ludicrous that the Very Serious People position by both Democrats and Republicans is that there's Nothing To See Here about Jeffrey Epstein

like I don't think it's actually a giant conspiracy I think he was just a guy who has dirt on a lot of people and they are all collectively working in their own individual interests to keep that shit quiet

A research study on using AI coding assistants has shown that while developers believed they got a 20% productivity gain from using the tools, measurement showed a 19% decrease in productivity.

METR recruited 16 open-source devs to complete 246 real coding tasks, randomly assigning each to “AI Allowed” or “AI Disallowed.”

Devs estimated time saved with AI before & after each task, while screen recording to measured real-world AI productivity gains.

https://secondthoughts.ai/p/ai-coding-slowdown

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"Several farmworkers were injured and one died on Friday from injuries sustained after a 30-foot fall from a building during the raid [said @ufwupdates ]. U.S. citizens were detained during the raid and some are still unaccounted for.. Some citizen workers who were detained reported only being released from custody after deleting photos and videos of the raid from their phones"
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/one-california-worker-dead-hundreds-arrested-after-cannabis-farm-raid-2025-07-11/

#ICE #immigration #uspol #VenturaCounty #Camarillo

In the absence of seeds, the birds have taken to using the deck as a serenade spot. Here we have a singing house wren--the song is much bigger than the bird, as is the way of wrens.
@FortMax TOEI STOP HATING OUR MONEY
love seeing a large snake who is happy and well cared for and has lots of enrichment
I enjoy Frank hanging out doing snake stuff
I miss dankpods. He's fine I've just run out of videos to watch.
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Y'all remember that lace safety vest that a cyclist was wearing a while back? Everyone sent it to me because #Lace .

I had no idea where it came from, but I loved it. Recently a vendor of them popped into my feed. I decided to try one to see if it was legit.

It's very nice. I'm not selling them, I'm not pushing them, I'm just saying if you like to lace in safety now you can....

I'm kind of impressed with the quality.

Update: it is no longer mine.

The site is https://lacesafetyvest.com/, should you be interested. I am not associated with them. Just pleased with it.

Might wear it to Sunday Lace for a laugh.

@mem_somerville I bet it's cooler in this hot weather!
@cognissart It's still nylon, but it does feel more breathable because of the mesh.

@mem_somerville

omg I love that!

Looking at it made me wish there were a much larger set of style options for high-viz vests

@clive Right? There should be. Totally agree.
@mem_somerville is it still made of short-life plastic like other hi-vis? Reject the motoring supremacy attempts to make active travel pollute more!
@mjr No, it isn't. It appears to me to be a Schiffli kind lace. Which is nylon, but it's thread and not a sheet of plastic.
@mem_somerville still pollutes water with fibre bits every wash if I recall correctly, but less than polyester which is commonly used for hi-vis

@mjr Ok. Well, I'm a lacemaker. I don't have the 3 years it would take to make this in one of your approved fibers.

Sorry.

@mem_somerville nm. At least it's better than the average bear!
@mjr @mem_somerville I am going to assume that you didn't intend to come in here with arrogance and that it's just a translation issue. But, really emojis might help or use of personal pronouns as in: "I wouldn't purchase this item because of my personal value statement on climate change." 🤗
@feritae @mem_somerville No arrogance. Just chat. I will assume you just forgot that there was no emotion in my text and it was you projecting emotions of your choice or culture into it. Could be a translation problem, as I am English and I think we don't yet have good online tools to translate "limey" to US culture. Good day! 🎩
@mjr @mem_somerville Good to know! Have a fabulous rest of the week!
@mem_somerville
They do a black one!...... visigoth

@mem_somerville my wife hated it, but she does not ride a bike. My daughter — she does ride— found it funny.

I found it funny because it is mandatory to use highly reflective gear, on low visibility situations, when riding a bike in Chile

@mem_somerville my daughter wants a high reflectivity vest with frills.

@wtrmt I was just happy that everyone seemed to appreciate lace!

But I did think it was clever. Safety gear doesn't have to be ugly....

@mem_somerville Lol, well there is absolutely no denying that this is still 100% effective. It's kind of neat seeing people have a bit of fun with it.
@mem_somerville who's the vendor, I need this for RSO and LCO shifts at rocket launches!

@emma It came from lacesafetyvest.com , and it was very speedy after I ordered it.

Please share a photo from a rocket launch with lace on--I would definitely share this with my lacemaker friends and they would love that....

@mem_somerville Was the vendor https://lacesafetyvest.com/ ? I’m considering ordering from them when I’ll have the money.
The Original Lace Safety Vest™, Designed by Floyd Ruby

The official website of the Lace Safety Vest, designed by Floyd Ruby. A refreshing twist on the commonplace safety accessory, designed with beautiful paisley shaped lace fabric and top-notch components. Designed and produced by the Floyd Ruby design team. Order yours today!

Lace Safety Vest

@Sylvhem Yes, that was the one.

It was very speedy after I ordered too.

@mem_somerville @afewbugs I got one a few months ago & was pleasantly surprised by the quality!