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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

The insanity this administration is fostering around Greenland and NATO are only possible because of a VP and cabinet that cannot understand the clear evidence of 25th Amendment incapacity it implies, and a Congress willing to play along.

A primary on both their houses.

jwz wrote:

Singer just referred to Godzilla as a "lizard" and I have taxonomic *opinions* on this.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

It absolutely has to do with the algorithm, or lack there of. There isn't a robot monitoring what I respond to and adjusting what I see based on those responses.

There's no invisible force working to maximize the number of ad impressions served by keeping me in an anxious feedback loop.

I've said these things before but it's really hitting me tonight how valuable this place truly is.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

You know that feeling you get when you’re on a microblogging platform for too long? You kind of feel horrible and vaguely angry and anxious.

I’ve never once felt like that on Mastodon. That’s gotta be worth something.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

RE: https://gruene.social/@SsamanMardi/115914104758848775

Damn. Bunch of stories in the SERP from people who claim ChatGPT upgraded them to the $200 pro plan without their consent.

https://community.openai.com/t/chat-gpt-suddenly-took-hundreds-from-my-account-help/1154272

https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-upgraded-me-without-consent/1139962

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPTPro/comments/1qfsd2y/chatgpt%5Fplus%5Fautomatically%5Fupgraded%5Fto%5Fchatgpt/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1qfv2ct/chatgpt%5Fplus%5Fupgraded%5Fto%5Fchatgpt%5Fpro/

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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha 🇪🇺") wrote:

"The joy of not being sold anything"

📷 Photographer: unknown
Artist: Banksy

#StreetArt #Banksy

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
anji@metalhead.club ("Matthijs De Smedt") wrote:

"Beyond Cyberpunk!" the 2005 update of the 1998 web version of the 1993 Hypercard-on-floppies version of the classic cyberpunk zine

https://www.streettech.com/bcp/BCPgraf/4zones.html

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nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek

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mcnado@mstdn.social ("McNadoMD") wrote:

Wait, the bar started by the guy who famously let his really popular other bar become a nazi bar has become a nazi bar? I, for one, am shocked.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

A Bridge Too Far: Why Eugen Rochko Blocked The Bluesky Bridge But Still Supports The Threads Interpolation

In this essay I will slam my head into a brick wall.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

we all need a little less raging against the dying of the light and a little more coordinated tactical assault on the darkness factory

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alterae@critters.gay ("chell (friend of eggbug)") wrote:

a onesie made of legal documents. call that a lawsuit

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DeliaChristina@sfba.social ("Diligence Jones") wrote:

I think people forget they owe no fealty to capital.

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tootbrute@fedi.arkadi.one wrote:

It's incredibly inspiring to see videos of regular people in USA confront armed and masked ICE agents.

Fuck your politicians, fuck your military but the people of America still got some fight in them

:airhorn: :airhorn: :airhorn: :yay_jump:

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FediTips@social.growyourown.services ("Fedi.Tips") wrote:

p.s. The US Department of Homeland Security has pinned a video where the CEO of Bluesky says Trump is welcome on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/homelandgov.bsky.social/post/3m3g7vwkokk2i

This is a genuine clip of the CEO, it's from an interview on Wired and the original source is https://www.wired.com/video/watch/the-big-interview-jay-graber

It is now very clear what Bluesky stands for, they are welcoming fascists and fascism, even when those fascists are kidnapping and murdering people.

(Thanks @bigbelgianbopper for pointing this out)

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_elena ("Elena Rossini ⁂") wrote:

An important PSA for people who are active on #Bluesky and who, upon hearing that the ICE account was officially verified, are saying: "I will just block it."

Blocking on Bluesky is NOT PRIVATE: it's very easy to see who is blocking any account by visiting sites that list that information.

I took a screenshot from https://clearsky.app, listing all the accounts that are blocking ICE (I pixelated avatars and usernames for privacy purposes).

The safest bet is to mute (that info is private) 😫

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115912977448929626

Do Threads next

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fancysandwiches@neuromatch.social wrote:

@Gargron do Threads next

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Y’all see what’s happening right?

Notice how the Epstein Files drip-drip photo drops have paused. Which means, Democrats plan to cave and pass ICE funding. Then, they will drop another Epstein bombshell in hopes it distracts us enough.

Democrats starting point for negotiating reform is “more training.” That’s there starting point.

They will cave then drop a new chapter of the soap opera.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I will be opting my account out of the #Bluesky bridge next week. If you follow me from Bluesky (I think there are about 3.9K of you) and want to continue seeing my posts you will need to get an account on the fediverse. Cheers.

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miramarmike@cloudisland.nz ("Mike Riversdale") wrote:

It's a visual feast with a side dish of aurul madness, love it 😁⁉️🐎👹🐴🎶

https://youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I

#music #video

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ErikUden@mastodon.de ("Erik Uden 🍑") wrote:

black lives matter crowd cares about renee good

“all lives matter” people justify her killing

Very interesting

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

Another former house. It is interesting the way structures slowly disintegrate when abandoned.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #window #door #concrete

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Here's a bonus photo of a cat in the Villikettir cat shelter in Hveragerði from about a year ago.

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

A Nazi loser was routed on the streets of Minneapolis today.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/17/another-day-another-rally-in-minnesota/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQg-G-Ebscg

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

No sooner do I thank The Verge for publishing Elizabeth Lopatto's excellent diatribe against the app store rentiers than they push this out without any mention of the intentionally hobbled terms and conditions Apple created to defeat alt stores:

https://www.theverge.com/news/863978/setapp-mobile-ios-store-shutdown

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realGulDukat ("Gul Dukat") wrote:

#StarTrek #Sisko197

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-148-on-protocol-governance/

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CartyBoston@mastodon.roundpond.net wrote:

Damariscotta, Maine just now.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I can't decide if I'm surprised or not about this not being a bigger story on Mastodon/Fediverse.

On one hand, *gestures widely*.

On the other, Meta will get the final say as to what the new social web will become. Who knows what they're up to. But whatever it is, it won't be good for us that's for sure.

h/t @snoopy for sniffing out the blurb.