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adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

RE: https://social.lol/@neatnik/116037055979822936

As Discord prepares its IPO (with a $15B valuation), there’s never been a better time to re-evaluate where your friends and communities connect with one another. Discord’s values are antithetical to the independent / small web that so many of us love, and there’s no reason for “internet chat” to be enshittified to the tune of billions of dollars.

For less than the cost of a Discord server boost, you can run your own fully independent IRC server.

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forse@kolektiva.social ("Forse (he/him)") wrote:

@MackenzieD @fromjason There are plenty of people doing other stuff.
You just don't see them on TV.

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neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

The guide to setting up an IRC server is ready! This will take you from zero to a fully operational IRC server (including the Gamja web client, hosted on the same server).

https://www.neatnik.net/setting-up-an-irc-server/

I’ve gone out of my way to keep this super simple, even avoiding the need to open an editor and change any files. I hope you find it useful!

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

An interesting short film. It's from over a year ago, but I hadn't seen it before. "The God Man":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY9CTDM3l4M

The score is available:

https://jasonstam.bandcamp.com/album/the-god-man-original-motion-picture-score

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pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website ("a very weeny construct 💀") wrote:

RE: https://tiny.tilde.website/@colocataires/116036259984515720

if you host a virtual machine with AWS, OVH, RackNerd, Digital Ocean, or other places i highly recommend a read through colocataires' (new) website

they also just launched a new $60CAD/yr tiny vm package

that is three and a half american bucks per month yall. that's 3/4 of a tall (small) iced caffè latte! it's competitive with the barrel-bottom junk i used to rent elsewhere

AND you get good feels from hosting with eco-conscious real people

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
florianschlund ("Florian Schlund") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/116036624769120117

Lesenswert:
Worth reading:

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falcennial ("millennial fulcrum") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/116036553386903299

antichrist Peter Thiel bursts out of skinsuit to warn of "antichrist-like behaviour" of climate activists.

I propose we all make use of Jason's actionable point about effective and persistent protest.

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

If you need an example of this type of non-violence, look at Minnesota. They are stifling ICE's efforts to kidnap humans, while resisting any acts of violence when ICE inevitably retaliates.

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

#NoKings uses "non-violence" to mean non-disruptive. But that's not how Dr. King used the term.

"Non-violence" in the Civil Rights era dictates we not retaliate violently after we disrupt the status quo. It's sitting in a "whites only" diner, disciplined not to react when coffee is thrown in our face.

No Kings has no equivalent to sitting in a whites only diner. Instead, it dictates that we stand outside with a sign demanding the things we aren't willing to take.

https://www.njstatelib.org/research%5Flibrary/new%5Fjersey%5Fresources/highlights/african%5Famerican%5Fhistory%5Fcurriculum/unit%5F14%5Fblack%5Fpower%5Fera/nonviolent%5Fresistance%5Fmlk/

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

Anyone care to join me for spring break on Venus?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/02/08/maybe-venus-wouldnt-be-as-awful-as-earth/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N2PhuRQYM0

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jonesmurphy ("Jones Murphy") wrote:

RE: https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/technology-shjum1jiz/-/a-7imHgn0ARgip-D-zwPxH5g%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0

Tim Cook is full of white supremacist bull. He will absolutely throw those employees under Trump's bus for racism. Tim Cook is a gay man who keeps pandering to rampant homophobes out of shared white supremacism.

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

Billionaires are worried about the Greta Thunberg type of protesting, which, on the ground, is a modest movement. But it's subversive, it tries to cause crisis. it's a type of protest that topples power structures.

Notice how billionaires never seem to worry about branded activism like #NoKings. It's because those types of protests don't apply pressure to those who wield power.

It's shows up and it leaves quietly.

https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/peter-thiel-antichrist-greta-thunberg-end-of-modernity-billionaires/

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

"By the time they’re 14 or 15, they’re like grown women were 60 years ago, so I don’t see these acts as so heinous." Robert Trivers, excusing his pedophile friend.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/02/08/another-evolutionary-biologist-exposed-as-a-jerk/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dave@podcastindex.social ("Dave") wrote:

If you make a podcast app, please support podcast:liveItem for live streams. I’m listening to @adam speaking live at a church in their morning service right now in Podverse (working in the other 2.0-first apps as well). That tag is so powerful. Please support it.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
hootalex ("Alex Tomlinson 🦉") wrote:

Mastodon really punches above its weight for me as an artist with an online shop. Plus people mention following me on Mastodon in real life more than any other place! :D

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jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴") wrote:

Warming temperatures are shrinking snowpack in key Canadian watersheds, study suggests | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/winter-snow-climate-water-9.7078119

zkat@toot.cat wrote:

Happy bad bunny day to those who celebrate

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

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@ruemaleficent/116036056495281776

Listening to this dude speak for 20 seconds and it's clear the only tax relief he needs is the relief of the taxing narratives he creates in his
head.

Men will lick boots before going to therapy.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha 🇪🇺 :mastodon:") wrote:

"Take life one step at a time."

The steps:

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ukscone@cupoftea.social ("Russell Davis") wrote:

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aphyr@woof.group ("École des Bro-Arts") wrote:

I've been trying to teach my kids that they should stop wearing and listening to the same things everyone else does at school. It's OK to get wild haircuts, piece their noses, go thrash around at electro-punk shows.

After all...

Children should be scene and not herd.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EuromaidanPress ("Euromaidan Press") wrote:

UK Royal Marines are "champing at the bit" to board Russian shadow fleet tankers, the Guardian reports.

Defense sources confirmed military seizure options discussed with NATO allies. 23 rogue ships tracked in British waters in January alone.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/08/uk-royal-marines-champing-at-the-bit-to-receive-the-order-to-seize-russian-shadow-fleet-tankers-the-guardian/

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wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"The memo, titled 'Investigation into Potential Co-Conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein,' had been publicly accessible as part of the massive tranche of Epstein-related documents recently released. Then, after reporters from the Miami Herald, including the renowned Julie K. Brown, began asking the DOJ specific questions about it, the document was suddenly gone."

The file can be accessed at the link below.

#Epstein #Trump #Republicans #EconomicElites #pedophiles
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https://www.meidasplus.com/api/v1/file/c470b9b8-2943-4144-83e1-885151ff049d.pdf

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

“The concierge service at this luxury spa is a DISGRACE!”

- #picathecat

#catsofmastodon #cats

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"After Epstein’s conviction involving a minor, ... he remained socially embedded among wealthy and powerful figures, signaling that status, access, and utility were permitted to outweigh the known abuse of children. That normalization—treating a convicted child sex offender as a peer rather than a warning sign—is the moral failure at issue."

~ Brian Daitzman

#Epstein #EconomicElites #pedophiles
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https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/its-not-a-crime-to-party-with-mr

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alfiekohn@sciences.social ("Alfie Kohn") wrote:

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Even judging by AP scores (a metric I don't put much stock in), a 2021 study with students of color shows that student-centered, project-based teaching is more successful than traditional instruction in 2 different subjects: https://cesr.usc.edu/sites/default/files/Knowledge%20in%20Action%20Efficacy%20Study%5F18feb2021%5Ffinal.pdf

"The traditional 'transmission' model of instruction...may be suboptimal for supporting students’ ability to think and communicate in sophisticated ways, demonstrate creativity...and transfer their skills, knowledge, & attitudes to new contexts."

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

trying out Ghostty and liking it so far, seems pretty snappy yet stable

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

[END TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Giuseppe Torelli dies in Bologna, Italy, 1709

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: John Towner Williams born in New York City, 1932