David Zaslavsky
@diazona.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy
Software engineer, former particle physicist, occasional blogger. I support the principle of cake.
Posting habits: ~80% #Monsterdon, ~10% #Python/#tech, ~10% […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://techhub.social/@diazona, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Posting habits: ~80% #Monsterdon, ~10% #Python/#tech, ~10% […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://techhub.social/@diazona, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
It's #MonsterdonSavesChristmas time! https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret/115736026988063472
If you want to support a charity but can't afford to donate, or aren't able to/don't want to for any other reason, I got you covered! Just let me know which charity you want to support, I'll make a donation […]
If you want to support a charity but can't afford to donate, or aren't able to/don't want to for any other reason, I got you covered! Just let me know which charity you want to support, I'll make a donation […]
Original post on techhub.social
techhub.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
It's #MonsterdonSavesChristmas time! https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret/115736026988063472
If you want to support a charity but can't afford to donate, or aren't able to/don't want to for any other reason, I got you covered! Just let me know which charity you want to support, I'll make a donation […]
If you want to support a charity but can't afford to donate, or aren't able to/don't want to for any other reason, I got you covered! Just let me know which charity you want to support, I'll make a donation […]
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
Day 3 stats for #monsterdonsaveschristmas ! Let's go!
Today we raised $708.67! I love that this number has gotten larger every day! This is shaping up to be the best Monosterdon Saves Christmas ever! That's also almost $200 more than yesterday!
We also added a […]
[Original post on tiggi.es]
Today we raised $708.67! I love that this number has gotten larger every day! This is shaping up to be the best Monosterdon Saves Christmas ever! That's also almost $200 more than yesterday!
We also added a […]
[Original post on tiggi.es]
December 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Day 3 stats for #monsterdonsaveschristmas ! Let's go!
Today we raised $708.67! I love that this number has gotten larger every day! This is shaping up to be the best Monosterdon Saves Christmas ever! That's also almost $200 more than yesterday!
We also added a […]
[Original post on tiggi.es]
Today we raised $708.67! I love that this number has gotten larger every day! This is shaping up to be the best Monosterdon Saves Christmas ever! That's also almost $200 more than yesterday!
We also added a […]
[Original post on tiggi.es]
mastodon.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, it’s DONATION MATCH-terdon!
@paco and I (@steggy ) will match #Monsterdon donations to The Trevor Project, the Rainbow Railroad, or Trans Lifeline, up to a total of $3,000.
LET’S DO THIS!
What is […]
[Original post on sunny.garden]
@paco and I (@steggy ) will match #Monsterdon donations to The Trevor Project, the Rainbow Railroad, or Trans Lifeline, up to a total of $3,000.
LET’S DO THIS!
What is […]
[Original post on sunny.garden]
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, it’s DONATION MATCH-terdon!
@paco and I (@steggy ) will match #Monsterdon donations to The Trevor Project, the Rainbow Railroad, or Trans Lifeline, up to a total of $3,000.
LET’S DO THIS!
What is […]
[Original post on sunny.garden]
@paco and I (@steggy ) will match #Monsterdon donations to The Trevor Project, the Rainbow Railroad, or Trans Lifeline, up to a total of $3,000.
LET’S DO THIS!
What is […]
[Original post on sunny.garden]
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
It's very surreal in this era of disposable websites that change every 6 months to go hunting for sites you visited regularly 10, 20, even 30 years ago and find them still online, and almost entirely unchanged in all that time. Just kinda preserved in amber by some blessed webmaster keeping […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It's very surreal in this era of disposable websites that change every 6 months to go hunting for sites you visited regularly 10, 20, even 30 years ago and find them still online, and almost entirely unchanged in all that time. Just kinda preserved in amber by some blessed webmaster keeping […]
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
GitHub actions have GitHub consequences
December 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
GitHub actions have GitHub consequences
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
Did you know: you can avoid the need for backups by failing to do anything worth saving a copy of
Follow me for more computing lifehacks
Follow me for more computing lifehacks
December 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Did you know: you can avoid the need for backups by failing to do anything worth saving a copy of
Follow me for more computing lifehacks
Follow me for more computing lifehacks
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
I was looking for grammar/spell-check language servers to use in Neovim and came across Harper (https://writewithharper.com/)
Turns out it also has extensions for Firefox/Chrome. I don't use Grammarly, but for people who do, could be a nicer, more private alternative — it's local-only and […]
Turns out it also has extensions for Firefox/Chrome. I don't use Grammarly, but for people who do, could be a nicer, more private alternative — it's local-only and […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I was looking for grammar/spell-check language servers to use in Neovim and came across Harper (https://writewithharper.com/)
Turns out it also has extensions for Firefox/Chrome. I don't use Grammarly, but for people who do, could be a nicer, more private alternative — it's local-only and […]
Turns out it also has extensions for Firefox/Chrome. I don't use Grammarly, but for people who do, could be a nicer, more private alternative — it's local-only and […]
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
pro tip, if you have to use Zoom, you can get rid of the "AI companion" on the web and in the app here; there are a bunch of toggles: https://zoom.us/profile/setting?tab=aicompanion
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zoom.us
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
pro tip, if you have to use Zoom, you can get rid of the "AI companion" on the web and in the app here; there are a bunch of toggles: https://zoom.us/profile/setting?tab=aicompanion
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
@tante favorite thing I built this year is a simple little Python script that scrapes movie showtimes for theatres near me and pulls them into a dense single-page calendar display
now I can keep an eye on what's showing near me without a deluge of email or checking N websites
now I can keep an eye on what's showing near me without a deluge of email or checking N websites
December 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
@tante favorite thing I built this year is a simple little Python script that scrapes movie showtimes for theatres near me and pulls them into a dense single-page calendar display
now I can keep an eye on what's showing near me without a deluge of email or checking N websites
now I can keep an eye on what's showing near me without a deluge of email or checking N websites
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
I am begging, begging, begging cool people making cool things to please have any presence on the web other than Instagram.
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I am begging, begging, begging cool people making cool things to please have any presence on the web other than Instagram.
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
The more I look at this map the weirder it gets
December 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The more I look at this map the weirder it gets
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
Here are the graphs!
A histogram showing posts per minute on Sunday, 14 Dec 2025. Each bar represents one minute. The event was 77.4 minutes long. There were 2035 posts during the event with an average of 26.28 posts per minute.
The busiest moment was at […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
A histogram showing posts per minute on Sunday, 14 Dec 2025. Each bar represents one minute. The event was 77.4 minutes long. There were 2035 posts during the event with an average of 26.28 posts per minute.
The busiest moment was at […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
December 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Here are the graphs!
A histogram showing posts per minute on Sunday, 14 Dec 2025. Each bar represents one minute. The event was 77.4 minutes long. There were 2035 posts during the event with an average of 26.28 posts per minute.
The busiest moment was at […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
A histogram showing posts per minute on Sunday, 14 Dec 2025. Each bar represents one minute. The event was 77.4 minutes long. There were 2035 posts during the event with an average of 26.28 posts per minute.
The busiest moment was at […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
Amidst all the (understandable!) doom and gloom, it's important to highlight real wins, and this decline in juvenile arrests over time is definitely a real win.
We've seen similar declines for juvie detention too.
It's a genuine success.
(Note that the x-axis for boys is ~4x that for girls.)
We've seen similar declines for juvie detention too.
It's a genuine success.
(Note that the x-axis for boys is ~4x that for girls.)
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Amidst all the (understandable!) doom and gloom, it's important to highlight real wins, and this decline in juvenile arrests over time is definitely a real win.
We've seen similar declines for juvie detention too.
It's a genuine success.
(Note that the x-axis for boys is ~4x that for girls.)
We've seen similar declines for juvie detention too.
It's a genuine success.
(Note that the x-axis for boys is ~4x that for girls.)
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
JustHTML by @EmilStenstrom is a new Python library (no dependencies) that parses HTML according to the HTML5 specification and passes the 9,200 test html5lib-tests suite
It's 3,000 lines of code mostly written by coding agents over a couple of months https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/14/justhtml/
It's 3,000 lines of code mostly written by coding agents over a couple of months https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/14/justhtml/
JustHTML is a fascinating example of vibe engineering in action
I recently came across JustHTML, a new Python library for parsing HTML released by Emil Stenström. It’s a very interesting piece of software, both as a useful library and as …
simonwillison.net
December 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
JustHTML by @EmilStenstrom is a new Python library (no dependencies) that parses HTML according to the HTML5 specification and passes the 9,200 test html5lib-tests suite
It's 3,000 lines of code mostly written by coding agents over a couple of months https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/14/justhtml/
It's 3,000 lines of code mostly written by coding agents over a couple of months https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/14/justhtml/
Classic abrupt ending but it had a plot and character development and everything! A perfect brain reset.
Thanks @ryan for hosting and everyone for posting! See you next week....
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
Thanks @ryan for hosting and everyone for posting! See you next week....
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Classic abrupt ending but it had a plot and character development and everything! A perfect brain reset.
Thanks @ryan for hosting and everyone for posting! See you next week....
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
Thanks @ryan for hosting and everyone for posting! See you next week....
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
I guess after the sudden impalement they had to pad out the death scene somehow
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
December 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I guess after the sudden impalement they had to pad out the death scene somehow
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
Wow these vampires have the *worst* luck in fights
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Wow these vampires have the *worst* luck in fights
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
huh that is a weirdly well-preserved corpse
y'know, aside from the hand coming apart
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
y'know, aside from the hand coming apart
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
huh that is a weirdly well-preserved corpse
y'know, aside from the hand coming apart
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
y'know, aside from the hand coming apart
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
Props to Akiko for knowing the importance of a good fashion sense when hunting past psychological trauma
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Props to Akiko for knowing the importance of a good fashion sense when hunting past psychological trauma
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 AM
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I like how there is an IMDB credit for "The Dead Body in Front of Piano"
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I like how there is an IMDB credit for "The Dead Body in Front of Piano"
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
They seem a bit late to the party figuring out that there are vampires afoot
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
December 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
They seem a bit late to the party figuring out that there are vampires afoot
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula
#Monsterdon #monsterdondoublefeature #lakeofdracula