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

an informative thread

https://law-and-politics.online/@Teri_Kanefield/110724099129121781

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arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

The heat wave scorching the US is a self-perpetuating monster

Record highs in the US are due to a heat dome—and it’s expected to worsen.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/the-heat-wave-scorching-the-us-is-a-self-perpetuating-monster/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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film_girl ("Christina Warren") wrote:

A friend of mine died this week unexpectedly. We hadn’t talked in a while and I felt awkward about texting, but was reminded to reach out two weeks ago. Stupidly (selfishly), I put it off. I will regret the decision of not letting them know how much I cared about them forever. Don’t be like me. Let the people you care about know while you can.

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QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

From 1940s-1980, the wealthiest paid 70-94% marginal tax rates. Zero of them went broke from taxation. Zero of them left the USA. All remained exceedingly wealthy, manufacturing boomed, AND we had the strongest middle class growth in US History.

Let's do that again. #TaxTheRich

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dansup ("Daniel Supernault") wrote:

There is an increasing number of microservices that power various parts of the @pixelfed ecosystem, and it's pretty neat.

Our mobile app reaches out to a microservice api to get a list of pixelfed instances that are open and meet reqs, it's basically just a cached response of another microservice running on fedidb.

Another example is https://beagle.pixelfed.net, our new discovery and auth service, will be sharing more in a future blog post ✨

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

one of the thing that continually shocks me when reading old computer books is how the guys writing them will mention in the intro or dedication that someone else, often their wives, typed up their manuscript.

Like you were really writing this shit out LONGHAND? These were often written on the cusp of the desktop publishing revolution but typewriters very much did exist in the early 80s

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Teri_Kanefield@law-and-politics.online ("Teri Kanefield") wrote:

Hi, Mastodon Peeps,

I have this week's blog post ready.

Missouri v. Biden is, at heart, a dispute about content moderation on social media.

It’s also about whether right-wing conspiracy theories about Covid, vaccines, and the election should be allowed to spread unchecked and unchallenged.

This case matters because many (if not most) of the difficulties we are having now in holding on to democracy come from the way people get their information.

https://terikanefield.com/missouri-v-biden-control-for-the-dominance-of-american-media/

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flexghost ("flexghost.") wrote:

DeSantis and Florida republicans have wiped hundreds of thousands of vote by mail registrations from the system—mostly democrats

That means people will not be getting the ballots they requested for the upcoming election if they don’t find if it’s them and re-register

When there are no consequences for fascists?

They keep taking rights until they win.

https://nbc-2.com/news/politics/2023/07/12/hundreds-of-thousands-of-vote-by-mail-requests-erased-from-floridas-system/amp/

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• Image of Ron DeSantis the moment his mommy told him he could have an extra pudding cup.

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shrikant@noc.social ("Shrikant Joshi") wrote:

@anderseknert Because there aren't many of us on here. Most clout-chasing Indians seem to have chosen to stick to Twitter. Or move to Threads.

You might want to check the hashtag #MastIndia and the group @mastodonindians to check out some good accounts to follow... :)

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geekaren@mstdn.social wrote:

Tornado vortex signature on radar north of New Britain, moving NE towards Newington. Take cover!

Edited: At 10:39 ET, just south of Hartford and moving NE.

#CTwx

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Teri_Kanefield@law-and-politics.online ("Teri Kanefield") wrote:

@GottaLaff

One issue I plan to write about is the very problem of news as entertainment.

Timothy Snyder says when news becomes entertainment, what matters is who puts on the best show. Truth stops mattering. It's all about the us v. them fight.

It's a continuation of what I wrote this weekend. I think it's a serious problem with lots of roots and no easy solution.

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

Russia and American “Far Right” politicians use disinformation and FUD absurdly often, and to great success from time to time.

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

“Fear, uncertainty and doubt (often shortened to FUD) is a propaganda tactic used in sales, marketing, public relations, politics, polling and cults. FUD is generally a strategy to influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information, and is a manifestation of the appeal to fear.” [see also “Gene Amdahl”]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubt

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

“Misinformation is false or inaccurate information—getting the facts wrong. Disinformation is false information which is deliberately intended to mislead—intentionally misstating the facts.
The spread of misinformation and disinformation has affected our ability to improve public health, address climate change, maintain a stable democracy, and more.”

https://www.apa.org/topics/journalism-facts/misinformation-disinformation

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

it seems the Russian disinformation war against Europe continues apace:

https://nafo.uk/@alcaldood/110650255114474172

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alcaldood@nafo.uk ("Alastair") wrote:

BBC report on the avalanche of fake France riot videos spreading online.

This is a russian propaganda operation. It's aim is to push the "Europe is burning" narrative, influence elections and get far right, pro-russia politicians elected.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66081671

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alcaldood@nafo.uk ("Alastair") wrote:

Yesterday, tens of thousands of tweets falsely linked this video of a fire in France with rioting, and said that Macron had banned reporting. As the official French alert clarifies, it is not related to any riot.

The video was first tweeted from an account in South America - odd considering it's news about France - so I did a Google reverse image search for the source.

The *only* result: Russia Today in Spanish.

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• Alertesinfos - (translation from French) The ongoing fire in Vaulen-Veli has nothing to do with the ongoing riots. (remote)
• Google Reverse Image Search Results RT en Espanol - Noticias RT en Espanol - Actualidad (remote)
• Tweet: "French President Macron has declared a total ban on social media reporting of events in France. So here you go: Fire in Lyon." 4,977 retweets, 9.388 likes. (remote)

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theropologist@beige.party ("Velocirooster adminensis :bc:") wrote:

You can ask me to act normal or act natural but please understand these are two entirely different things

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seamus@aus.social ("Seamus") wrote:

As Sisyphus reached a million followers, the audience moved to a new platform where he would again start from zero and resume the climb.

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arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb

A thinner, lighter, cheaper lens could be our way to study the Universe further.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/a-new-thin-lensed-telescope-design-could-far-surpass-james-webb/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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

Republicans see this as a good goal.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/16/an-effective-ad/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z10j_H7zOb8

teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

I hid some treats from the kids and can’t remember where I put them. This is both good and bad.

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

Truly, honestly, your "huge community" is (vs the set of all JSON users) miniscule. And this is a backward compatible change. WUY AR U N8 DUNG THIZ0?!???

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

Mastodons!

What are nice-time, fun, science-fictions that I should consume as audiobooks while I do light sysadmin and programming?

I'm up to date on Wier and Robinson and don't want to do all of the Corey slog (TV series was great!).

What next, for a noob?

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

There might be other social networks, but there aren't better social networks to be following @spaf on.

So many of us owe him so much, and to see him having fun here gives me immense happiness.

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

I do not, for the life of me, understand why small-ish bits of the ecosystem that have the ability to move unilaterally (NPM package files, Chrome Extension manifests, etc.) do not support JSON5. Comments. Comments!!! We could be living so large rn.

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evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

Of course if she was being nominated to the Supreme Court and her debts were suddenly paid off by some unknown party, that would be fine: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/15/kemba-walden-nomination-cyber-director/

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aldeka@wandering.shop wrote:

New shirt design: https://rustaceans.creator-spring.com/listing/containerize-me-ishmael

(also in sticker form! https://rustaceans.creator-spring.com/listing/containerize-me-ishmael-2) #docker #art

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• Sleeping whale with boxes stacked on top of it. The whale is being lifted on ropes by a group of tiny birds, and lifted unevenly, so the whale is tilted and the boxes are sliding and falling off into the water. It is a mashup of the "failwhale" from the old Twitter days and the old Docker logo. (remote)

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markarayner@mas.to ("Mark A. Rayner") wrote:

Katzenschadenfreude

#caturday #cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #dog #dogs #dogstodon #dogsofmastodon #funny #humour #humor #weirdsigns

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BrentToderian@mastodon.online ("Brent Toderian") wrote:

This is REALLY important.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
>
Let that sink in. It costs less than accepting homelessness.

> #Finland #Helsinki #homeless #cities #homes
https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/