fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Just have to say "you voted for Trump". Who's going to wave at my deportation?
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
And this is why it's dangerous to scapegoat minorities. Once all the white liberals are sufficiently enraged, all they have to do is simply say "here's a Latino that didn't vote Harris" and the mob follows.
I voted Harris. I've been vocal that I voted Harris. Ive written think pieces on it.
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Historian at the Mass Deportation Latino Memorial:
*wipes tear* no you see, they deserved it because 10% more white Cubans voted for Trump.
My grandfather waved bye as ICE pulled his neighbor's child from his bed. I think it was a paperwork error.
Amazon’s tests mixing and matching its grocery operations
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Amazon’s next ideas for growing its grocery business could blur the lines between Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh by enmeshing the two businesses’ fulfillment networks in a new set of experiments, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Amazon has reportedly started shipping Whole Foods products from 26 Amazon Fresh fulfillment centers and plans to build a microfulfillment center at a Pennsylvania Whole Foods Market and stocking it with Amazon Fresh household goods and groceries. Another part of the plan includes an experimental “Amazon Grocery” inside a Chicago Whole Foods that offers brands and groceries that the upscale store wouldn’t normally carry, according to WSJ.
The goal of the tests is to give Amazon customers a way to buy...
Elon Musk’s “Election Integrity Community” Turns Its Attention to Arizona
Members of Elon Musk’s so-called “Election Integrity Community” have turned their attention from stoking paranoia about voter fraud in the presidential race, now that Trump won, to alleging it in Arizona, where a closely watched Senate race looks like it could result in a GOP loss. As of early Sunday, major news outlets had yet […]
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
We don't appreciate how wicked the snares of Theridiidae spiders are.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/10/you-have-to-admire-their-cunning/
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jdp23@gotosocial.thenexus.today ("Jon P") wrote:
@fromjason yeah really. solidarity FTW.
Air quality warnings in New York and New Jersey as parks worker dies fighting fire
A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
I'll never forget that at the height of Latino scapegoating it was leftist trans women who called it out for what it is, unapologetically, and without caveat.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Fortunately in this case, I'm out-of-network.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/10/so-thats-how-they-missed-me/
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Apple now sells iPhone 16 and 16 Pro repair parts
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Apple has begun selling repair parts for iPhone 16 and 16 Pro phones on its self-service repair store. That includes replacements for commonly damaged parts like cameras, displays, and back glass, and follows the release of official Apple iPhone 16 repair manuals in September, as MacRumors notes.
A replacement camera assembly will run you $169 for the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus or $249 for the 16 Pro and Pro Max. And new displays range from $279 to $379, depending on the model. Batteries are either $99 or, for the 16 Pro phones, $119. And if you don’t have the tools, you can always rent out one of Apple’s heavy, specialized repair kits for $49.
Taking on a DIY iPhone repair isn’t quite as dicey as it once was, thanks to Apple’s gradual shift...
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alchemistsstudio@mstdn.social ("The Alchemist") wrote:
Make life 'bear'able again!
This raku pottery bear, 'Dances with Light' is a matryoshka doll of the gay. A little gay bear, made by a not so little gay bear who also happens to be a potter.
rakupottery.ca/product/danc...
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
But it's not meaningful change we seek.
Especially if it requires the least bit of personal sacrifice. We want revenge. We want to see suffering. And if collective punishment is required, then so be it.The idea that there are good states and there are bad states, and if you live in a bad state, well then, you deserve what is coming to you, is white supremacy.
Californians voted to NOT to end slavery.Where are the calls for economic sanctions for our friend in the west?
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
We'd sooner see meaningful change if everyone simply swapped their search engine default on their iPhones from Google to DuckDuckGo. Or if we all deleted Facebook in solidarity.
These platforms collect rents, they do not sell a product or service. The economic harm against the working class is far less. Not to mention that Big Tech billionaires are funding so much of our destruction.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
A big reason why l've become so disenchanted with liberal ideology is because for so many, it is utterly impossible to form a collective action plan that doesn't further harm marginalized communities.
It is always revenge, not meaningful systemic change, at the heart of every call to action.
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Like the movie? Please consider throwing a few dollars my way: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=UDRS35YE4HLXN Thanks!I am the Producer & Direc...
#History #ComputerHistory #Apple #AppleLisa #RetroComputing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psAeTDYezdo
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For No Particular Reason, We Suggested You Slay Nazis In Wolfenstein This Week
Hey, I don’t know if you’ve heard, but a lot happened this past week. Some of it may or may not have been newsworthy. Nevertheless, to get you through, we’ve kept you abreast of all the tips, deals, and reviews your nihilistic heart could desire. This includes articles on the perfectly cathartic Wolfenstein games, the…
'Saturday Night Live' cast jokingly ask Trump to keep them off his ‘enemies list’
The cast of Saturday Night Live jokingly touted their support for Donald Trump and his billionaire backer Elon Musk in their first episode since Trump's re-election this week.
Bobby Allison, one of the all-time great NASCAR drivers, has died at age 86
Bobby Allison, whose life was full of tragedy even as he became one of the most celebrated NASCAR drivers of all time, died on Saturday. The Hall of Famer was 86.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The precursors to multicellularity are derived from natural processes.🧪
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- a, Plasma membrane-stained (PM) live colonies at distinct cell stages, highlighting the patterned cleavage divisions, tetrahedral four-cell stage and formation of spatially organized multicellular colonies (Supplementary Video 5). b, Actin- (magenta) and DNA-stained (blue) colonies at distinct cell stages showcasing nuclear cortical positioning, asymmetrical cell division (in volume and in time) and the formation of a multicellular colony. (remote)
Andor’s second season hits Disney Plus in April
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Star Wars spinoff Andor is finally coming back for its second and final season on Disney Plus April 22nd, 2025, Disney announced during its D23 event in Brazil yesterday. And in a clear nod to Rogue One, the 2016 film it’s setting up, it has a new logo with the subtitle “A Star Wars Story.”
The new season will complete the so far excellent story of Cassian Andor’s (Diego Luna) transformation from street rat to hard-bitten rebel alliance spy in the lead-up to the events of Rogue One. Its 12-episode run will be broken up into blocks of three episodes, each covering three-day events taking place in a four-year period, as TheWrap notes.
On April 22, 2025, #Andor returns to @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/c6P3pdNBi6
— Star Wars (@starwars) N...
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Pro-Meta #Fediverse leaders: what's your plan to keep baseless election fraud conspiracies on Threads from flooding the Fediverse?
No criticism for sempai? Didn't Zuck promise us his disinfo days were over? Weren't we supposed to "wait and see?"
Where's the #IndieWeb social guy who works for a political faux grass roots lobbying firm? Surely he knows how to stop this?
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Auto-Tune always and forever
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Popular music changes all the time, but there’s been one consistent element in practically everything released in the last two decades: Auto-Tune is everywhere. What started as a simple audio processing tool in the 1990s has become the dominant force in music. Artists are training to sing with Auto-Tune; songs sound like Auto-Tune. Like it or hate it, Auto-Tune is everywhere. And to be clear, most people like it.
On this episode of The Vergecast, the second installment in our series about the future of music, music journalist and Switched on Popco-host Charlie Harding tells us the story of Auto-Tune. (Disclosure: Switched on Pop is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network, as is The Vergecast.) It starts, of all places, in the oil and gas...
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sophiehuiberts@mathstodon.xyz ("Sophie Huiberts") wrote:
remember alphachip, a 2021 google paper that claimed that their RL-based methods outperformed the state-of-the-art methods for chip macro placement?
according to this new meta-analysis, their results dont replicate and are full of errors. there's also been allegations of fraud 👀
https://cacm.acm.org/research/reevaluating-googles-reinforcement-learning-for-ic-macro-placement
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
So that's what it feels like to be in the eye of a storm for four years.
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
(I was going to post something about Bowie's "I'm Afraid of Americans", but stumbled on this just moments before hitting the "Post" button. So everybody wins.)
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Whoa. A Beth Gibbons concert inside France's national library:
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ploneconf@plone.social ("PloneConf 2024") wrote:
🚀 Exciting news! Érico Andrei will present "Plone + pytest: Tips and tricks" at #PloneConf2024 on 29-11-2024 at 11:20. Don’t miss out! 🎉 Check it out here: https://buff.ly/4eiX4Yo #Plone #Python #PloneConf2024
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- The image features a blue background adorned with colorful geometric shapes in green, yellow, and light blue on the left side. At the center is a circular photograph of Érico Andrei, who has a beard and is smiling, dressed in a white shirt. Above the photo, the text “TALK” is prominently displayed in bold white lettering, followed by “Plone: Backend” in smaller white text. Below the photo, the title “Plone + pytest: Tips and tricks” is in bold yellow letters. The bottom right corner includes a QR code, and there is a banner indicating the event as "Plone Conference Brasília + {Python} Cerrado." The overall design is vibrant and professional, perfect for a conference setting. (remote)
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jasongorman@mastodon.cloud ("Jason Gorman") wrote:
Lazyweb: I know that, technically, any computer program can be represented as a finite state machine, and we can model state machines if we choose to, but is there a programming language or syntax that explicitly embodies that paradigm?
Here's What We Really Think Of Pokémon TCG Pocket Now That The Honeymoon Phase Is Over
The new mobile card game Pokémon TCG Pocket has been with us for just over a week, which has given 20 million people time to discover its highs, lows, and utterly bewildering mess of in-game currencies. It’s also, unfortunately, long enough for most people to have left the honeymoon phasein which the game throws…
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leemeade@mastodonapp.uk wrote:
"The American right is a brittle coalition led by a handful of plutocrats who have convinced a large number of turkeys to vote for Christmas."
@pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/14/fracture-lines/#disassembly-manual
Israel’s ousted defense minister says the military has done all it can in Gaza
On his last day in office, Israel’s outed defense minister offered a revealing glimpse into the war in Gaza – and the decision maker he holds responsible for holding up a ceasefire deal.
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An electric guitar is perhaps the quintessential Twentieth Century object.
Such a combination of woodworking, analog electronics, iconic mid-century industrial design, not to mention its cultural impact. It was all very earth-shaking at a time, and now it has this vintage quality to it.
(image captions in alts)
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- one of the two most iconic guitar designs: the Gibson Les Paul. Named after jazz musician Les Paul, who is remembered by his musical and technological innovations and for his TV show with Mary Ford. Les was a pioneer of multitrack recording and his prototype "log" guitar gave rise to the solid-body electric guitar, in which the thin body relies purely on the electronics to produce sound, doing away with the thick resonance box a with hole, typical of an acoustic guitar.
- a wiring diagram for the electronics on an electric guitar
- one of the two most iconic guitar designs: the Fender Stratocaster, created in the 1950s and named after a previous model called "Broadcaster" (alluding to the novelty of television) and "stratosphere", as a nod to the space age.
Chill games for a chill weekend
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 60, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, it’s a lot of gaming stuff this week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)
This week, I’ve been… doomscrolling about the election, if I’m honest. But let’s not talk about that. I’ve also been reading about shipwrecks and in-flight magazines and baseball bat influencers, making a bunch of lists in Listy, dusting off my Bluesky account as Threads becomes increasingly worse,logging a surprising number of hours in VR with Batman: Arkham Shadow, playing with tasks and notes in the Craft beta, seeing if I can replace Gmail with Thunderbird for Android, and trying really, really...
Spotify’s AI is no match for a real DJ
Was anyone asking for this? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge
At the risk of stating the obvious, AI is absolutely everywhere lately. There’s AI in your car, AI in your messaging app, AI in your glasses. I’ve gotten pretty desensitized to it all as a hazard of the job, but it was Spotify’s AI DJ that actually got my attention.
I’ve listened to a top 40 radio station in the past two decades, so I’m familiar with the concept of a robot picking music for me. In that context, an AI DJ doesn’t seem like much of a stretch. But after using it on and off for a week, I’m convinced it’s the perfect analogy for our AI-everything moment. It’s eerily human, and it plays a lot of music I like. But take it from someone with access to a high-quality local indie radio station — one that employs human DJs! — there...
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
understatement of the week:
“Based on Mr. Trump’s first term and his comments during the campaign — including his praise for Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, for what he said was Mr. Musk’s willingness to fire striking workers — these experts say the new administration is likely to bring fewer challenges to employers who fight unions.”
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Don't say I'm damned for all time.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/10/a-theological-dilemma/
How one Ukrainian chef is fighting for culinary independence
In a cookbook forged during the war with Russia, a Ukrainian celebrity chef uses cuisine to "continue the story of Ukraine."
A Cool New Ally in the Fight to Reduce Atmospheric Carbon: Chonkus
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tucked away in the most extreme nooks and crannies of the Earth are biodiverse galaxies of microorganisms—some that might help scour the atmosphere of the carbon dioxide mankind has pumped into it. One microorganism in particular has captured scientists’ attention. UTEX […]
In 2016, NPR talked to 2 young Hillary fans. How do they feel after this election?
Eight years ago, Hillary Clinton supporters gathered at her alma mater hoping to celebrate the election of first female U.S. president. We tracked down two of the tiniest fans to check back in.
Ann Patchett finds bits of Catholicism and America appalling: 'But I am those things'
Ann Patchett is owning her shortcomings. On Wild Card this week, she opens up about religion and the place that shaped her as much as any person did.
This lawyer is fighting defamation lawsuits that can silence sexual assault victims
Since the start of the #MeToo movement, many accused abusers have filed defamation charges against their accusers in retaliation, advocates say. Law professor Victoria Burke wants to change that.
This 72-year-old retreat 'feels like another home' for Ukrainian Americans
The Soyuzivka Ukrainian Heritage Center, a resort that sits about two and a half hours northwest of New York City, in Kerhonkson, N.Y., provides a place that "feels like another home" for thousands of Ukrainian Americans every year.
The story of White House 'trophy terms' offers a cautionary tale
The lessons of history about second-term presidents and second-term Republicans in particular are not just the stuff of textbooks. They can offer guidance and perhaps even temper expectations.
Slower winds aid firefighters battling destructive blaze in Southern California
Firefighters gained ground Saturday on a wildfire that has ravaged more than 100 structures as gusty winds subsided with favorable weather conditions expected through the weekend.
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@squizzleflip @taylorlorenz The right move is individual system disruption. If each of us covertly and secretly disrupt systems as much as possible in 2025, it can bring a regime down.
During times of slavery equipment often got broken. Oops. Things got lost. Oops. Schedules were held up. Oops.
Covert, non-violent disruption at every opportunity.
Don’t tell a single soul what you did.
And don’t buy anything from billionaires. Shop local.
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Daojoan ("Joan Westenberg") wrote:
seeing the inevitable chorus of folks blaming trans issues for harris losing.
without googling, name a single pro trans policy that Harris ran on.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Oof. Now Threads is promoting links to fake election fraud videos on the FYP.
I'm telling you, this is the same attack as 2020 and now the tensions are high, the left is falling for it just like the right did.
We would've laughed at this four years ago.
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Donald Trump wins Arizona
Arizona was that last state to be called by the Associated Press in the presidential race. It brings Trump's total electoral vote count to 312, with 226 for Vice President Harris.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
It's astonishing how even our social media platforms are becoming more politically segregated and how a criticism of that platform can be viewed by some as a critique of a political ideology.
Like, just be X is bad doesn't make Threads "good"
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
We know there are non-latte liberals who believe Trump is a threat to this country right? We remember the dude who tried to assassinate him?
Maybe we want to be a little more thoughtful in our discourse when blaming an oppressed group for the demise of our democracy?
Maybe a little more discretion from News shows watched by millions?
We gave you Lin Manuel Miranda and this is how you behave?
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The 2025 Grammy nominations are out. Here are the big takeaways
Stephen Thompson on the biggest surprises, trends and questions to be found in the Grammy nominations, plus the most interesting stories to be found beyond the major categories.
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hannu_ikonen@zeroes.ca ("Hannu Ikonen") wrote:
As MAGA *continues * to try and gain acceptance in r/punk, punk fans continue to set them straight.
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- Conservatives! This is why you will never be a punk. You seem to have a misconception about what it means to be punk. Let me fix that for you. Being punk is more than just being anti establishment. Being punk is about accepting the downtrodden misfits and outcasts of society. Because ultimately that’s what everyone here is. Punk culture is a safe haven for the type of people you look down upon. We are the queers, the minorities, and the autists that you insult, harass, and disenfranchise. If we want our culture to remain safe for ourselves and those like us. Then we have to exclude the people who make it unsafe. Which is why you are not welcome here. So, disrespectfully, take yourselves and your fascist friends and get the fuck out. (remote)
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touk@smores.town ("Touk") wrote:
this was the best thing I ever tweeted
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- tweet 9/21/16 screenshot "going to post some unassigned emoji codepoints and see how they look in five years" and after every word there is a [?] (remote)
- same tweet, approx 5 years later, now every [?] is displayed as a new emoji such as coconut or zebra or germ or smiling face with teardrop (remote)
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FEMA worker fired for telling hurricane responders to avoid homes with pro-Trump signs
FEMA's administrator said the employee told a team responding to hurricane survivors to skip homes with yard signs showing support for Donald Trump.
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exchgr@mastodon.world ("elle mundy") wrote:
tl;dr is pronounced “teal dear.” i don’t make the rules
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ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.org wrote:
"Library of Shorts Stories"
Any love for short stories? How about a bunch of shorts of Sherlock Holmes to begin with? https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/stories?author=arthurconandoyle
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joyce@hcommons.social ("Joyce Lionarons") wrote:
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- If You Force Me to be Your Property I Will Become a Wood Chipper Leslie J. Anderson I've been many things in my life -- a scholar, a mother, a laborer, a love, a singer of songs that are mostly puns, a dancer with my dogs in the living room, but if you force me to be an object I will become very sharp -- A blender. A garbage disposal. Arsenic served our ancestors well but have you considered that we are being threatened with the room where the knives live? Someone once told me the best poems are threats. Well, so am I. (remote)
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
I’m old enough to remember when Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri promised that those political disinfo days were behind him and Threads would be something different.
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nicetriangle ("Isaac LeFever") wrote:
Been away for a while but maybe gonna try to give mastodon a fair shake again. So uh... here's some recent illustration work as an ice re-breaker....
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Did it occur to any liberals that if someone actually did vote Trump with mixed-status family that perhaps they did so as a last resort? As a cry for economic help? Instead of because they're heartless?
No. Because liberals and their party ignore Latinos.
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
(I may have splurged for some books. 😅)
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
When white moderates vote Trump, it's for the economy.
When Latines do it, they're self-hating. They're without compassion. Essentially, evil, right?
Has it occurred to any of us that perhaps so many in the Latino grouping weren't having their basic needs met under Democrat leadership? For _decades_ before they broke and voted Trump?
Because we're all just expected to live in poverty and pick your avocados.
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- UCLA Latino Advocacy Groups Highlight Shocking Gender Wage Gap for Latinas Published - October 5, 2023
- The Hispanic-white wage gap has remained wide and relatively steady Examining Hispanic-white gaps in wages, unemployment, labor force participation, and education by gender, immigrant status, and other subpopulations
- Latina wage gap widens to $1.3 million for full-time and part-time workers PUBLISHED THU, OCT 3 2024 8:14 AM EDT
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
(In my defense, I've been raising a smol child, and my local downtown is mostly restaurants, bars, and thrift stores, none of which have necessities nor much pull for me.)
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I was running some errands and taking the kiddo to the park today, and I discovered there's a non-chain bookstore in my local downtown that has apparently been there for over two years! I had no idea! I was both pleasantly surprised and embarrassed that I didn't know.
These charts show how Trump's strategy to lose by less won back several swing states
President-elect Donald Trump won the election by flipping Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin after President Biden won them in 2020. Looking at how Democratic counties voted explains how he did it.
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milo@masto.ai ("Milo Dide") wrote:
Demand #Meta CEO #MarkZuckerberg, YouTube CEO Sundar Pichai, and X CEO Linda Yaccarino step up for democracy and stop election misinformation on their platforms now! https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm38Gr2zVShVJ1AVcLorz9vZRi_fhvCiypNc-1Zn3nl8eNazGlhwOlDxQL9p-ZBjx9KOZhvp9FmHfmCVJiROLo6xQpg4m-cG-ufmZG_v5FnktSRrwW9xGN0SKGrV9ePTuFl4WL9zjFjVezzjyZA0TS4emeYYWKwvNCkqaC6W8ocfoSDtx9bymt56OX3otGIj7JNOEMySyVL_BvXWlo-1i2h6zr2zkPRZJT0o5IY9uovcyRUvbKcnJ0DRTxCFZ3ryRH7OHcdwPN3_oeeupnMz4cH1G5wzxsf3C6mx4smAz4o4-5jOV_XXGH_iaaNaMlrD_-vfcAO22i3wKjoNx-XrucQo_FT_4xJRs6hlIYiY1QbbRljgiHbNI29yi90_9Ub5o_CvaEZq0k3nN24gJjEBS7BPo9BPEskPmobv2P-acQFNVQDO1R5lPFDVx-TuKiKpaF9giDdXQC7ttoWHq33U9LX18H5bofG5tTw_vzX3cmWqCIPHg1jrSsAX4cVVLcvxtgGM/4b3/NeXZbOKORiyN5WfTMeGqIA/h0/h001.r3GzH_Po5sgF6oXR0oFO4Wxu99vfa-93hz8ncSFO_zI
Qatar suspends mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas
The Arab Gulf nation, a U.S. ally that has been a haven for Hamas leaders for nearly two decades, also said it will no longer host the Palestinian militant group’s political office, an official said.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
In the last 4 years, "Latinos" have been completely absent from most liberals considerations and advocacy.
In the last 4 months, we're evoked by liberals only when it's convenient, only to win internet fights.
And in the last 4 days, I have not see a single post from any white progressive reaching out to the "Latino" community in solidarity.
No check-ins. Only threats. Only seething glee and prideful apathy.
There’s a lot more Red Hulk in the new Captain America: Brave New World trailer
Red Hulk in Captain America: Brave New World. | Screenshot: YouTube
General — er, President — Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) gets a lot bigger and redder in the new Captain America: Brave New World trailer that Marvel debuted at Disney’s D23 Brazil event. The company also released a second trailer for Thunderbolts, the new superhero team movie that will end the MCU’s phase 5.
The Brave New World preview opens on Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) visiting one of the first supersoldiers, Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly), in prison after his attack on the president. Isaiah, who doesn’t seem to remember the attack, warns Sam to “be careful.”
The trailer then sets up some heavy tension and intrigue, using a fun splitscreen theme to build to a much more thorough reveal of Ross’ Red Hulk than Marvel did in July. Although...
13 states will have women governors next year, a new record
Republican Kelly Ayotte's victory in New Hampshire will bring the total number of women holding governor’s offices to 13 — surpassing the previous high of 12 set in 2023.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Calling for the collective punishment of Latinos, under any context is dangerous and racist.
Using sweeping characterizations of "Latino culture" is dangerous and racist.
Indicting an entire group of people whose only connection is the effects of American imperialism is dangerous and racist.
If the only time in four years you've mentioned Latinos was to do one of the above, and not to advocate for immigrant treatment, that's dangerous and racist.
Andor, The Best Star Wars Story In Years, Officially Returns For Season 2 In April 2025
Andor isn’t just top-tier Star Wars storytelling, it’s hands-down one of the best TV shows of the decade so far. Fans have been patiently waiting for news of its season 2 release, and Disney has finally confirmed the Rogue One prequel series will return in April 2025.
Intel exec says Arrow Lake launch ‘just didn’t go as planned’
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Reviews of Intel’s new Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra 9 200S-series processor have been lackluster, specifically when it comes to gaming performance, but Intel says that’s not the end of the story. Its new chips should be performing better, and the company will have an ETA on getting them there soon, according to Robert Hallock, Intel’s VP and GM of client AI and technical marketing, in a new interview with HotHardware’s Dave Altavilla and Marco Chiappetta.
Intel was up-front in saying these new chips wouldn’t beat AMD’s chips for gaming. But reviewers’ findings have been unexpectedly poor. Despite some efficiency gains like those noted in Tom Warren’s Verge review of the Core Ultra 9 285K, the new chip seems to lag behind even Intel’s...
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
How does He-Man protect his online privacy?
Skele Tor
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CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk ("Prof. Catherine Flick") wrote:
Teaching Dijkstra and A* algorithms to first years this week. Found this cute video of Shakey the robot, for whom the A* algorithm was written for pathfinding. This was the cutting edge AI back then; looks like not much has changed in terms of autonomous vehicles since ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXdn6ynwpiI
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avapolzin ("Ava Polzin") wrote:
It got a bit lost with everything else going on this week, but my (high school!) research student, Jack, has been working with me on building a low-cost home radio telescope to map Galactic 21 cm features, and his tutorial for others to do the same is now up on arXiv:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00057
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ErickaSimone ("Ericka Simone") wrote:
Mentally I am here:
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The playbook for transforming a democracy into a soft autocracy… [is] clear: Win power with a populist message against elites. Redraw parliamentary districts. Change voting laws. Harass civil society. Pack courts with judges willing to support power grabs. Enrich cronies through corruption. Buy up newspapers and television stations and turn them into right-wing propaganda. Use social media to energize supporters. Wrap it up in an Us versus Them message…”
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
a powerful, and in my humble opinion, fairly accurate analysis:
The Other Big Election Winners? Private Prisons
Donald Trump’s win on Tuesday has sent private prison company stocks soaring as investors anticipate that the president-elect’s promises of mass deportation will increase the need for immigration detention. Stocks for GEO Group and CoreCivic, the nation’s largest private prison operators, increased 42 percent and 29 percent respectively on Wednesday. Financial news site Sherwood News […]
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
via NYTimes: ‘Swing-district Democrats, like Representative Tom Suozzi of New York, who held onto his seat on Trump-friendly Long Island on Tuesday, also think the party has a lot to learn.
“Trump won my district by 19,000 votes. I won by 9,000 votes,” Suozzi wrote me in a text message. “Democrats should not be asking, ‘How could they vote for him?’ They should ask, ‘Why did they vote for him?’”’
strongly agree
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mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:
Black joy isn't just us having fun. It's a literal weapon of survival. Seriously!
It sucks that Black people are so good at surviving fascist Americans that wish us harm. But we are. We're kind of the world's leading experts on this.🤷🏿♂️
I see lots of folks talking about how to prepare for what's coming. I'm not saying those preparations are bad, but a lot of it is US-style rugged individualism.
My advice: Find your community. Strengthen those bonds. And find your sources of joy!
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bitprophet@social.coop ("Jeff Forcier") wrote:
Bell Telephone pole test site, Chester, #NewJersey
(brief 🧵 cuz why not)
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
I am deeply disturbed and disappointed in Joy Reid and MSNBC for continuing to scapegoat Latinos without ever addressing the hateful rhetoric coming from liberals on social media. Or acknowledging that Latinos is a catch all phrase.
And to everyone on here, deftly maneuvering through your own hot takes, careful not to say "Latino" because you are self aware enough to know what you're doing, I see you.
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Ukraine updates: Musk reportedly joined Trump-Zelenskyy call
Musk was physically present with Trump when the Ukrainian leader called to congratulate him. Meanwhile, the Pentagon will reportedly allow private US defense contractors to deploy to Ukraine. DW has more.
https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-updates-musk-reportedly-joined-trump-zelenskyy-call/live-70741008?[should Musk yank StarLink from use by Ukrainian forces again, they are screwed]
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vkc@linuxmom.net ("Veronica Explains") wrote:
Anyway, I casually mentioned that I have a wife in my last Patron update and lost a bunch of patrons as a result.
So, like, apparently I can't even share that anymore without losing my income. So yeah... I'm heading offline for a bit this weekend to regroup.
Strongly encourage anyone else who cares about themselves or their community to do the same from time to time.
'Candyman' star Tony Todd dies at 69
The versatile actor had hundreds of screen credits to his name, including Platoon, The Rock and Final Destination.
This week on Reveal: From Victim to Suspect
Nicole Chase was a young mom with a six-year-old daughter to support when she was sexually assaulted by her boss while working at a Canton, Connecticut restaurant. When she decided to report the attack, she knew she was risking a lot—her livelihood, for one, but also the reputation she’d build in her small, close-knit town. […]
It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Vote When You’re Disabled
Disabled and chronically ill voters: What was your experience casting a ballot in person, either this week or in early voting? Civil and voting rights protections like the Voting Rights Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act are supposed to protect disabled people’s right to vote in person, which means having the right accommodations: wheelchair-accessible […]
It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Vote When You’re Disabled
Disabled and chronically ill voters: What was your experience casting a ballot in person, either this week or in early voting? Civil and voting rights protections like the Voting Rights Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act are supposed to protect disabled people’s right to vote in person, which means having the right accommodations: wheelchair-accessible […]
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The_Whore_of_Blahbylon ("The Whore of Blahbylon") wrote:
BREAKING NEWS
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
listening to this NYTimes interview with Pelosi, I realize she just does not get that this was not a normal election loss. the much vaunted Democratic Party voter-contact-through-knocking-on-doors “ground game” was a failure.
agonizing reappraisal is necessary, for the Democratic Party is no longer perceived by the working class as representing it’s issues and values. perception is all in the voting booth.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Re: Baseless election fraud conspiracies on Threads.
Liberals now have their version of Q-Anon: Stephen Spoonamore.
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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Don't ever ask me to sing.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/09/my-unpleasant-christmas-memory/
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Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen Holds Onto Her Nevada Senate Seat
Jacky Rosen, Nevada’s incumbent Democratic senator, has won reelection in the battleground state, defeating Republican Sam Brown. Though Republicans haven’t won a Nevada senate seat in a dozen years and Rosen had a considerable cash advantage, the race was unexpectedly tight, emblematic of the rightward shift in Nevada and across the country. Trump won Nevada […]
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ppk@front-end.social ("ppk 🇪🇺") wrote:
What do people use for cross-posting between Masto and Bluesky?
Both Nintendo And Sega Had Oddly Timed Announcements This Week
Whether you think the art you consume should be a distraction from the real world or a reflection of it is up to you and your capacity for curiosity. While such a divide doesn’t exist for fans of film, music, literature, or television, for some reason, it does for people who enjoy things like sports and video games.…
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jf_718@mas.to ("Bridge&Tunnel Jeff") wrote:
I've been noticing many white women on Fedi really going hard on blaming Muslims for Harris losing, instead of looking at the majority of white women (53%) who voted for Trump and white men (59%). Which is a fairly small gap between the two, proving (again) that Whiteness regardless of gender is what caused this continuing mess that is called the USA pretty much since its founding.
I guess Islamophobia is easier than confronting your white peers.