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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Mandinga (Live) by Buena Vista Social Club
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Chan-Chan (feat. Djeli Moussa Diawara) by Kora Jazz Trio
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Guateque Campesino by Ibrahim Ferrer
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Candela (2021 Remaster) by Buena Vista Social Club on LOUD
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
Mastodon's Mastodon'ts.
There are a few fundamentally broken things about how Mastodon posts work that are terrible vectors for abuse, as well as being bad for basic usability. Maybe they are fixable, I don't know. To be clear: I am a fan of Mastodon....
https://jwz.org/b/ykC_
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
successfully hitting the same target building in Moscow on two successive days sends Russia a message about Ukrainian capabilities. uncrewed sea-surface vehicles and uncrewed aerial vehicles present similar technological problems.
“This week Ukrainian drones hit a Moscow skyscraper housing government ministries twice within 24 hours. And on Friday, another maritime drone damaged a landing vessel of the Russian Navy near the Russian port of Novorossiysk, a key naval and shipping hub on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea.”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
someone should tell Justice Thomas the story about “Caesar’s Wife” and the appearance of impropriety
“The Times’s unearthing of the loan arrangement is the latest in a series of revelations showing how wealthy benefactors have bestowed an array of benefits on Justice Thomas and his wife, Virginia Thomas: helping to pay for his great-nephew’s tuition, steering business to Mrs. Thomas’s consulting firm, buying and renovating the house where his mother lives and inviting the Thomases on trips both domestic and foreign that included travel aboard private jets and a yacht.”
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Texas logic: remove the school libraries to improve academic performance.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/05/thats-texas-logic/
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Tiny pretty monster turns her prey into gooey scraps of shredded flesh. So cute!
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
:wq!
sadness
blessed are the toolmakers
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
brianleroux@indieweb.social ("Brian LeRoux 💚") wrote:
:wq
https://groups.google.com/g/vim_announce/c/tWahca9zkt4?pli=1
(RIP Bram Moolenaar)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Teri_Kanefield@law-and-politics.online ("Teri Kanefield") wrote:
They don't want to go after Trump as a third-rate mob boss who blusters and threatens people.
Those are a dime a dozen and everyone knew this about Trump when he was elected president in 2016.
They want to nail him as the first president in United States history to make a serious effort to overturn a presidential election and remain in power.
Type #1: Third rate mobster. A dime a dozen.
Type #2: The would-be tryant trying to subvert the Constitution itself.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:
Excellent reporting on the white supremacist & eugenicist who has written for the NYT and WaPo, is published by Murdoch's Harper Collins, and is pals with Silicon Valley's longtermists....
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nanographs@chaos.social ("Adam McCombs") wrote:
Assembling a Philips CM200 200kV TEM Electron Gun after extensive rebuild. These resistor chains form the accelerator voltage divider, at 200kV each chain has 40kV across it.
After resistors, corona rings go on each stage. Assembled, it goes in a lead lined housing, and Sulfur Hexafluoride replaces the air.
SF6 is better than air when it comes to holding off 44 kV across a gap as small as 1.7 mm.
Don’t now when it *actually* discharges there (not pictured yet) but it does (did?). Frequently.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
theropologist@beige.party ("Velocirooster adminensis :bc:") wrote:
Owning a little yappy dog is like going to a bar with a guy who's always looking to start a fight with anyone who looks at him the wrong way but the bar is your street and you can never leave
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
metacurity@infosec.exchange ("Metacurity") wrote:
"After seizing the @X account, Twitter has taken over the @music handle from an Ohio man who had been using it for over 16 years."
https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musk-swipes-control-of-another-twitter-account-this-time-at-music
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timlacy@zirk.us ("Tim Lacy") wrote:
As a Gen Xer, I confess that I did not expect a major portion of my midlife political energy to be spent on helping to finish off the Confederacy and finally end the Civil War.
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AskNick ("Nick Francesco") wrote:
I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there. ~ Richard Feynman
Mastodon FeedWhat if we meet intelligent alien life out there but the novelty eventually wears off and we're back to "I wonder if we're alone in the universe or if there's more than just humans and galorphasians"
-- Orteil42
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
finally tracked down the archival copy of the last "Big Data Mangling Intro" class I taught
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Strandjunker@mstdn.social ("Andrea Junker :verified:") wrote:
Osama bin Laden did not fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.
Adolf Hitler did not operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Donald J. Trump did not storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
steve@s.yelvington.com ("Steve Yelvington") wrote:
I now run my own Mastodon site: steve@s.yelvington.com. It's running on a Raspberry Pi that's smaller than a deck of cards, tucked under the wine rack on top of a pie safe. Moving my account was straightforward and it moved my followers automatically but I did have to export/import my "followed" list manually.
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this is insane:
“Prosecutors are likely to call Mr. Corcoran as a witness at Mr. Trump’s documents trial in Florida, even as he might continue to assist the former president’s defense team on the election case in Washington”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“While it is not uncommon for lawyers in complex matters — like large mob cases or financial inquiries — to wear many hats or to play competing roles, the Gordian knot of intertwined imperatives in the Trump investigations is particularly intricate and insular.
Some of the lawyers involved in the cases are representing both charged defendants and uncharged witnesses. At least one could eventually become a defendant, and another could end up as a witness in one case and Mr. Trump’s defender in a different one.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Looking at the six co-conspirators, only one — Kenneth Chesebro - went to Harvard or Yale Law. This is disappointing. In this great nation’s history and culture, Harvard and Yale have played prominent and indispensable roles in destroying the Republic. Letting me down here.
Yes, two went to Georgetown Law. Nice work Georgetown. Way to get on the board! It’s a good start but see if you can start a few wars or overthrow something and get back to us.
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
btw, 0xdadb0d is a valid hex color code.
This is what dadb0d looks like
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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
“Just normal web things.” https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2023/07/just-normal-web-things/
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hex@strangeobject.space ("Hex") wrote:
Watched the first episode of Going for Gold (1987) and found a perfect screenshot
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Loukas@mastodon.nu ("Loukas Christodoulou") wrote:
Today I learned that Saturn's north pole is a hexagon-shaped storm.
And each side of the hexagon is longer than the distance around the Earth!
