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xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

:( ⚓ 🍺 https://abc7news.com/anchor-brewing-company-san-francisco-brewery-closing-business/13493162/

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cadey@pony.social ("Xe :verified:") wrote:

and the gods saw that prometheus had stolen the YAML, and the gods thundered "NO!", but prometheus did not understand, for he heard only "Norway"

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘The spate of conservative attacks on the justice department and FBI have spurred former members and ex-justice department officials to warn that conservatives are bolstering Trump’s conspiratorial charges of “deep state” biased prosecutors to appeal to Trump’s base – while hurting law enforcement and the justice department.’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/12/former-house-republicans-doj-veterans-curb-fbi-justice-department

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“A senior Russian draft officer and former submarine commander accused by Ukraine of deadly strikes on its territory has been shot dead while jogging in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar.”

there are and should be consequences for attacking civilian targets.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/senior-russian-draft-officer-shot-dead-while-running-in-park

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

JFC:

“Several lawyers who have had business before the supreme court, including one who successfully argued to end race-conscious admissions at universities, paid money to a top aide to Justice Clarence Thomas, according to the aide’s Venmo transactions. The payments appear to have been made in connection to Thomas’s 2019 Christmas party.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/12/clarence-thomas-aide-venmo-payments-lawyers-supreme-court

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Have you noticed that our science role models in mass media are often terrible scientists? I'm not even going to mention "Big Bang Theory," which was the worst.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/12/being-a-good-scientist-might-be-harder-than-you-think/

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earthshine@hackers.town ("Earthshine") wrote:

This one cuts deep:
The modern condition is mostly trying to do things on your own that people have historically achieved with a large support network and wondering why you're tired all the time.

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

New Zealand is tinkering with their public school educational system. Could be interesting. Could be bad.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/12/context-vs-content/

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rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

Trying out some educational software for the Apple IIGS. #LifelongLearning

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yurnidiot@mstdn.social ("Mandu 🥟") wrote:

Yes that's Sheryl Crow... at Bonnaroo... on rollerblades... playing the accordion and singing her hits... and a Gen-Z crowd looking on like who tf is this crazy old lady on skates.
#sherylcrow #Bonnaroo

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bram@gamedev.lgbt ("bram dingelstad :nb_flag:") wrote:

this has to be the most hilarious popup i've had ever #Obsidian

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

oh yeah, he built the data logger hw/sw too

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

my friend is working up a battery test fixture… with lego! not breadboarding… legoboarding!

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r-IjzlOcek

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: National Holiday in the Mongolian People's Republic

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Jesus R. Camou jcamou@FreeBSD.org born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, 1983

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States, born in

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Weather: ⛅️ Partly cloudy, +80°F, 54%, →14mph, 1012hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
Now: 20:35:31-0400 | Dawn: 05:06:52 | Sunrise: 05:42:05
Zenith: 13:16:02 | Sunset: 20:49:44 | Dusk: 21:24:51
Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York [43.1572,-77.6151]

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Kellie-Jay Keen gets the full throttle Shaun treatment.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/11/two-hours-of-shaun/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBy93QX7ysE

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"Then I want you to take a complex statement with you that is further in need of multiplex evaluation: The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the society's values, can force it to change."

from ‘Empire Star’, by Samuel R. Delaney

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mos_8502@oldbytes.space ("Studio 8502 :verified:") wrote:

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nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

New short paper in which I present the most boring imaginable applied use case for Verifiable Random Functions: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1069

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nikvo@esperanto.masto.host wrote:

GRAVA NOVAĴO: post jaroj de la sama mendo, mi lastatempe ŝanĝis la specon de fazeoloj kiun mi mendas por miaj buritoj

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

thanks, SCOTUS [sarcasm alert]

https://variety.com/2023/film/columns/black-women-hollywood-diversity-dei-executives-leaving-1235660463/

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

A shiny new infinite thread for more internet battles.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/11/infinite-thread-xxviii/

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“The written filing — submitted 30 minutes before its deadline of midnight on Tuesday — presents a significant early test for Judge Aileen M. Cannon… If the trial is pushed back until after the election and Mr. Trump wins, he could try to pardon himself after taking office or have his attorney general dismiss the matter entirely.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/us/politics/trump-documents-trial-postponement.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare