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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Weather: ⛅️ Partly cloudy, +60°F, 72%, ↗4mph, 1018hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
Now: 08:06:09-0400 | Dawn: 05:04:39 | Sunrise: 05:39:03
Zenith: 13:07:14 | Sunset: 20:36:05 | Dusk: 21:10:36
Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York [43.1572,-77.6151]

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HourlyOtters@botsin.space ("Hourly Otters") wrote:

#Otter

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• A picture of an otter. (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

subscription models for software turn me off

https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/110419018593734534

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CausesEffects@mastodon.world wrote:

#CatsOfMastodon #Cats

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abraxas3d@mastodon.radio ("Abraxas3d W5NYV") wrote:

You are invited to an #ARRL #Technical #Volunteers Celebration on 24 May at 1800 US Pacific time (0100 UTC). This is a virtual event for amateur radio operators to recognize, thank, meet, and greet ARRL Technical Volunteers.

George Spatta W1GKS, the Laboratory Manager at ARRL, will open the meeting with a keynote welcome.

RATPAC has generously offered the use of their Zoom platform for the meetup. Find out more about #RATPAC and how to get a meeting invite at https://www.ratpac.us/

#hamradio

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openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org ("Open Rights Group") wrote:

@Mer__edith : no evidence that mass surveillance is a solution to the problems raised by those who want #e2ee chats scanned.

Ciaran Martin: client-side scanning technology may used by others who have no interest in protecting children, eg an authoritarian regime.

#e2ee #encryption #onlinesafetybill #ukpolitics

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thebarbarismofpureculture@federated.press ("David Black") wrote:

"A culture war is no fun if there’s no actual conflict, and although some journalists and pundit diehards remain, many of #Twitter ’s prolific users are posting less and on different platforms. Socialmedia platforms that cater to the right’s ideology eventually become tired and predictable—the result of the same loud people shaking their fist at digital clouds. History has shown us that there are plenty of ways a social network can die, but the quickest way is boredom." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/elon-musk-ron-desantis-2024-twitter/674149/

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Ah yes.. a perfect day to let my favorite angry Mexicans scream into my ears at full volume. :hausu:

Hocico - Acts of Aggression
https://song.link/s/1uypbniNpyoxOYzeZuGPFJ

#music #NowPlaying #Hocico #aggrotech #industrial #ebm

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ceralor@blimps.xyz ("Kay Ohtie 🎈🌵🐺") wrote:

Do your part https://3ds.hacks.guide/ #3DS #hack

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• 'You can always' album cover meme, but it says "You can always hack your 3DS", then "it's always morally correct". (remote)

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

To all my followers from the beautiful Saarland:

Ich hann die Flemm!!! :blobcatsad:

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Today's evening frustration: my old wall mount isn't really designed for my new TV. I may get lucky with different screws, but I'm increasingly leaning towards hiring someone else to replace the whole thing.

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danirabbit@mastodon.online ("Danielle Foré") wrote:

I don’t do this lightly. I’ve really been hanging on hoping Twitter would get better. I think dropping Facebook caused a major drop in revenue and dropping Twitter is going to cause a major drop as well. I’m leaving behind nearly 50K followers. I really hope I still have a job honestly.

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danirabbit@mastodon.online ("Danielle Foré") wrote:

I’m done cross-posting @elementary to Twitter. I really hoped it would get better, but with the latest news of Elon promoting Ron DeSantis’ presidential run, I’m done. It’s become a far-right social network no different from Parlor or Truth Social and I won’t be a part of it.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Star Trek TNG is my feel-good refuge.

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

Checks out: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/elon-musk-ron-desantis-2024-twitter/674149/

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TonyStark@progressivecafe.social ("Tony Stark") wrote:

Facts: In 2020, Trump lost the Electoral College, the popular vote by over 7 million, every vote recount in Republican and Democratic states, and some 60 legal challenges before both Republican and Democratic judges. No fraud.

This is the American “right”, though. They want to “take America back.”

From the voters.

Texas Legislature steps into Harris County elections | The Texas Tribune-
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/23/texas-legislature-harris-county-elections/

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mcnees ("Robert McNees") wrote:

Physicist and chemist Esther Conwell was born #OTD in 1922. Her work with Weisskopf on the scattering of electrons by impurities in semiconductors was essential to understanding transistors, and to the development of integrated circuits.

Images: AIP, Ryan K. Morris Photography

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• A low-resolution black and white portrait of physicist Esther Conwell. She is seen from the shoulders up, with her head slightly turned to her left to face the camera. She is wearing a white collared blouse, a pair of glasses with cat eye frames, and a pearl necklace. Her hair is short and she has a very slight smile.
• A color photo of President Barack Obama presented Esther Conwell with the National Medal of Science in 2009. They are both wearing dark suits. Obama's back is to the camera. He is shaking Conwell's right hand with both his hands, and smiling at her. She is wearing glasses, smiling, and looking at the President. The medal, with a red, white, and blue ribbon, has already been placed around her neck. The ceremony took place in the White House; part of a gilt picture frame and the characteristic interior moulding of the WH is visible in the background.

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DeanObeidallah@masto.ai wrote:

Using the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling is perfect given MAGA is today’s Confederacy. My new article on how Section 4 of 14th Amend was enacted to protect the US economy from the traitorous Confederates. Today that threat is from MAGA: https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/using-the-14th-amendment-to-raise

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

setting up for weekly voice net on 50.250MHz USB 📡

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Weather: ⛅️ Partly cloudy, +74°F, 43%, ↓8mph, 1020hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
Now: 19:31:53-0400 | Dawn: 05:04:39 | Sunrise: 05:39:03
Zenith: 13:07:14 | Sunset: 20:36:05 | Dusk: 21:10:36
Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York [43.1572,-77.6151]

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Blues great Elmore James dies, 1963

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Shavuos (Festival of Weeks; sabbatical)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: National Labor Day in Jamaica

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Commonwealth Day in Jamaica and Belize

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Federal Republic of Germany founded, 1949

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Two Yetis sighted, Mt. Everest, 1953

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann, 1960

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Munechika Sumikawa sumikawa@FreeBSD.org born in Osaka, Osaka, Japan, 1972

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