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Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Yesterday I drew a little fanart for a not yet released (or finished) comic of @JenJen , of a character from her newest Jenitales issues named "Vegasm". I just like her cowgirl and thought the Mega Milk shirt would be very fitting. :blobcat_tihihi:

So if you like traditional art, comics, fantasy, horror, smut and want to support an awesome indie creator: check out her Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jenniegyllblad/tales-from-the-gutter-a-decade-in-indie-comics

#mastoart #art #cowgirl #watercolor #sketchbook #megamilk #anime

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• Watercolor sketchbook piece of an anime style cowgirl with shoulder length black hair with a white streak in the front, small horns and white with black spots ears. She has big red eyes and a small nose ring and wearing a big red collar with a golden cow bell. She is slightly smiling at the viewer, blushing. She is wearing a white t-shirt with blue sleeves with "MEGA MILK" written over her large chest. She is shyly pulling the shirt down to cover up her panties, which are still peeking out in the back, as well as her cow tail, which also has a small golden bell at the end. A pink square is behind her for contrast. (remote)

Reblogged by pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑"):

michaelgemar@mstdn.ca ("Michael Gemar") wrote:

@pzmyers I think that for Aldean the bigotry and small-mindedness you note are features, not bugs.

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

Florida…I don't need to say more.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/25/benefits-are-benefits-no-matter-how-odious-the-circumstances/

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• Teacher saying we cannot trust people who say slavery was beneficial with our vote (remote)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Photographers and artists rejoice—just like in the official iOS and Android apps, pictures are no longer cropped to 16:9 on the web version of Mastodon. Link previews have also gotten a face lift, and will now show both the article date and author when available.

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

By the way, the Morris Bakery building still stands. It's a coffee shop now.

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

I've lived in big cities and small towns, and I can tell you that Jason Aldean is full of shit.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/25/life-in-a-small-town-isnt-the-pastoral-paradise-some-think-it-is/

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• Morris, Minnesota on a busy day in 1909 (remote)

teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

"Summer vacations are supposed to be fun! Not for being stuck in the forest!" – My 10yo would rather be bored in the city vs our summer place on an island, next to the sea.

The mood improved when we got the fire going with a side of popcorn and marshmellows.

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• Sunset on the coast of Saaremaa island, with some pinetree branches on the foreground.

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

kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange ("Kevin Rothrock") wrote:

Russia's State Duma adopts legislation raising the maximum fine for failing to report to your local draft board by 10x. The law also imposes steep fines on employers for failing to keep the military appraised of staff and failing to help deliver summons. https://t.me/faridaily24/1044

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

pixelfed wrote:

✨ Really Simple Registration

It think it should be really simple and easy to join from our app.

We're really excited to ship improved onboarding in the coming days!

Join in under a minute:

1. enter your email

2. wait for the confirmation email

3. tap on the confirm button in the email

4. be redirected to the app to finish (see attached)

5. finally you'll be logged in without having to enter your email/password again 😉

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• Pixelfed app registration onboarding
• Pixelfed app registration onboarding
• Pixelfed app registration onboarding
• Pixelfed app registration onboarding

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

matthewburton@mstdn.social ("Matthew Burton") wrote:

This right here is the primary driver behind the last 20+ years of Russian foreign policy. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/putin-running-out-options-ukraine

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

pearlrotter@mstdn.ca ("Pearl") wrote:

This is a long but very interesting read and well worth a look.

Mapping the Ownership Network of Canada’s Billionaire Families

by Blair Fix and DT Cochrane via Economics From the Top Down

#CdnPoli #CanadianEconomy #Oligarchs #Billionaires #Inequality
https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2023/06/23/mapping-the-ownership-network-of-canadas-billionaire-families/

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

tokyo_0@mas.to ("Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)") wrote:

Of course CSAM is wrong and shouldn't be shared here or anywhere. But when someone says they're pursuing an agenda with the aim of controlling content broadly irrespective of whether that content is violating law in the location where it's being hosted, and uses these kinds of strong-arm tactics to do it, it's worth paying attention. Handing off moderation tasks to a centralised provider isn't what a federated system is about. And "but the kiddies" is long, long abused rallying cry.

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

strongly agree

https://mas.to/@tokyo_0/110774527508970920

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

I would not bet against this ;^}

https://mastodon.world/@CogitoErgoWtf/110770132478909230

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

CogitoErgoWtf@mastodon.world ("Frankp") wrote:

A prediction (based on decades of coding):
There is some code - somewhere deep in the zillions of lines of X(Twitter) code - which absolutely and wrongly depends on the literal string "twitter".
And, as the rebranding continues, it will fail, spectacularly.
7/24/23
#TwitterX
#X

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

Elon Musk has been obsessed with destroying a much beloved brand by renaming it X for decades.

An excerpt from “The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power” by Max Chafkin

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dan@discuss.systems ("Dan Ports") wrote:

Since we are talking about things named X today for some reason, did you know that the X Window System was originally started in Barbara Liskov's group because the Argus distributed programming language needed a graphical debugger?

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• the X logo (remote)

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apg@bsd.network ("Andrew G10z") wrote:

So, years ago on “ On the Metal,” @oxidecomputer podcast, I sent them a note with a recording for a new “ad” for them because of the repetive nature of their spots. It became a thing they played up. Now, every time they bring up “On the Metal,” on another podcast, or on their new “Oxide and Friends” they bring up “the one listener who recorded his own ad.” They brought it up on last week’s The Changelog and it surprised the hell out of me—the grin was immense. Shocked that this is still being talked about.

Insider tip: I was “Paul Gwoz” because I worked at Salesforce and didn’t want questions to be asked shilling for another company, publicly.

This is an accidental legacy, or something.
Cc/ @bcantrill

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

oh yeah, now that I've (recently) seen this on a real CRT, I can say that the blue pinstripe background just appears as a lighter, more desaturated but *solid* blue, even very close up. I thought it was a little weird that the Apple IIGS's hi-res modes were 640x200 but I guess it's a way to have a higher number of apparent colors than the mode's nominal color bit depth would imply. https://mastodon.social/@rmrenner/110695855884924301

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

see also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_analysis#In_military_intelligence

https://masto.deoan.org/@neurovagrant/110771597667368086

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

dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Dear journalists:

By remaining on Elon Musk's platform you are -- knowingly or not -- directly supporting your enemy. He is systematically turning his platform into a showcase for people and entities that see democracy as an impediment to achieving what can accurately be understood as fascist goals.

Wrecking democracy means destroying freedom of expression -- the basis of what you do.

For your own sake, and for your honor, please leave.

https://www.platformer.news/p/twitter-becomes-x

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

paninid@mastodon.world ("Sampath de Pāṇini ® ✅") wrote:

Sunk cost and ego make the world go ‘round.

Death and taxes are powered by centrifugal motion.

These are the rules.

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

stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:

”Why is there fire on my foood?”

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• cat birthday with a happy birthday chicken with a candle! On top the drawing on the bottom the photo Made by tactooncat (remote)

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

dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Great Wired read about a Wikipedia editor who's making sure that no one gets away with Nazi reputation-laundering. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/one-woman-s-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-on-wikipedia?utm_source=pocket-newtab

"...history is an edit war. Truth, factual and moral, hangs in the balance."

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

good

https://www.wired.com/story/one-womans-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-wikipedia/

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

flexghost ("flexghost.") wrote:

Meet Cole Wagner

He worked in government relations for the Alabama Department of Education

He’s the former chair of an anti-abortion group Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama

And he was arrested for child sex abuse

When are republicans going to call children what they really think of them: inventory.

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• Image from Montgomery country sheriff of Cole Wagner Tbh just looks like a generic Christian republican

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

BlakeL@calckey.social ("Blake Leonard") wrote:

@w7voa@journa.hostThis is a problem with the Internet itself, not Mastodon. Most of the network has the problem servers blocked off -- the guy who did the study said that (what was it?) 85% of the hits he found get blocked with the Tier 0 blocklist, which is basically the universal consensus of the worst of the worst servers out there.

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

black_intellect@mstdn.social ("@blk_intellect") wrote:

How to make sure your Georgia voter registration isn’t canceled

https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-residents-can-save-their-voter-registrations-from-cancellation/WD7G2YS2ZBB5PGTRWGXAMMWWFE/

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

“This isn’t a Democratic or Republican issue. It is a matter of keeping our promises to those who risk their lives and serve.”

https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/110772042505050798

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

chashale@historians.social ("Charles R Hale") wrote:

Anne Frank’s Father Otto, revisiting the attic where they hid from the Nazis. He was the only surviving family member (1960)

The #photographer Arnold Newman recalled taking of this photo: “The mood was depressing, and I immediately began photographing him. After a few moments, the Westertoren bells next door began to ring, and Frank turned to me and said: ‘Those were the bells that Anne wrote about.’ He suddenly broke down completely, weeping uncontrollably, and then so did I.

#history #photo

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• Anne Frank’s Father Otto, revisiting the attic where they hid from the Nazis. He was the only surviving family member (1960) The #photographer Arnold Newman recalled taking of this photo: “The mood was depressing, and I immediately began photographing him. After a few moments, the Westertoren bells next door began to ring, and Frank turned to me and said: ‘Those were the bells that Anne wrote about.’ He suddenly broke down completely, weeping uncontrollably, and then so did I. #history #photo (remote)