Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

"Are you always going to wear a mask?"

-I have not gotten a cold in 5 years
-My 88-year-old grandmother will be on maintenance chemo for the rest of her life
-I don't have PTO
-Long COVID is terrifying

I don't wear a mask all the time in public by any means, but I wear it in crowds (today in the theater for sure), on public transit, and anywhere with terrible ventilation. I love my exercise classes and they're very small but there's *no* ventilation and I'm just the weirdo who wears a mask

I work with kids and used to get a cold every month or two. THIS IS BETTER.

Old saying: if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.

Modern corollary: if it goose-steps like a nazi and salutes like a nazi, it's the President of the United States.

Hey #VimWizards,

Is there an easy way to set an option like "cursorline" from the commandline, like vim -o "set cursorline" file.txt?

(I know that's not what -o does, at least in nvim)

#vim #nvim #NeoVim

UPDATE: The wizards have spoken!
vim -c 'set cursorline' file.txt

In addition, it seems that vim -c 5 is equivalent to vim +5, because it's interpreting '5' as a command (:5)
I always love going back and reading the part of the manpage that describes the option once I learn it, because then I learn the lingo and understand things just a tiny bit better.
And yeah, I'm 25 years a vim newbie. XD

This is the way 💪🏻 The only language occupants understand 👊🏻 https://mastodon.social/@richlv/114138027253670010

AI is fundamentally about colonialism.

At its roots, what makes GenAI work is currency and hourly wage arbitrage. Pay data workers in Africa and Asia very low amounts of money to basically put the raw materials together.

There’s no surprise why @timnitGebru, @abebab and others have called this a form of algorithmic or data colonialism.

Being putin’s stooge won’t win #Trump a peace prize. The Order of Lenin, though, is in the bag

By Simon Tisdall

The strange warmth between the leaders has sent a chill globally at the prospect of a troika of authoritarian states

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/being-putins-stooge-wont-win-trump-a-peace-prize-the-order-of-lenin-though-is-in-the-bag

Me, earlier: ah fuck shops are closed on Sunday

Me, on my way to France, where they are still open: I am a genius

top 5 tracks or all time

5. Darude - Sandstorm
4. Darude - Sandstorm
3. Darude - Sandstorm
2. Darude - Sandstorm
1. Darude - Sandstorm

Making a killing: The Western companies that gained the most by staying in russia after the invasion of #Ukraine

By Dada Lyndell and Ekaterina Mereminskaya

https://theins.press/en/economics/279460

@69thsb.bsky.social You can do your part and join #NAFO Please donate to the 69th Sniffing Brigade Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 Heroyam Slava 💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛

The United States is helping #russia kill #Ukrainians: "As a result of this pause [in U.S. #intelligence sharing with #Ukraine], there are hundreds of dead Ukrainians.

Ukrainians have lost the ability to detect the approach of Russian #bombers and other #warplanes as they take off inside Russia. As a result, Ukraine has less time to warn civilians and #military personnel about the risk of an approaching airstrike or missile."

https://time.com/7265679/satellites-front-failing-hundreds-dead-fallout-trump-ukraine-aid-pause/

Is Donald Trump a Russian asset? This US author is 'completely certain' he is¹

Craig Unger, an American journalist and writer who has written two books on Trump’s connections to Russia’s security services and the Russian mafia stretching all the way back to the 1980s, says he is "absolutely certain" that the U.S. president is a Russian asset.

According to Unger, Trump’s current actions are benefiting Russian President Vladimir Putin, and destroying relationships with long-time allies.

The Kyiv Independent sat down with Unger to hear what makes him so certain.

Read more here. ²

Photo: Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty Images

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¹ https://kyivindependent.com/is-donald-trump-a-russian-asset-this-us-author-is-completely-certain-he-is/
² https://kyivindependent.com/is-donald-trump-a-russian-asset-this-us-author-is-completely-certain-he-is/

[sobbing quietly]

Less talk about "AI".

More talk about post-quantum encryption pretty please 🥺🔒✨

#RootForE2EE #Encryption

⚡️ Zelensky's approval rating jumps to 68% after Trump clash, poll shows.

The most significant jump came after the Feb. 28 Oval Office meeting, which ended in a public dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/zelenskys-approval-rating-jumps-after-trump-clash-poll-shows/