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ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:
The amount of corruption and abuse of public funds that happens at the local level is mind blowing. More local newsrooms, please.
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
This is not a good point in American history to be reading about pre-WWII German history. Far too many similarities.
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shriramk ("Shriram Krishnamurthi") wrote:
[Edit: Since like 5 different people have asked me: the instance is types.pl.]
Truly the most Mastodon moment: Talia Ringer got her account suspended on the server she was using because… she… interviewed for a job at the NSA 13 years ago. That's it, that's the whole reason. Details: https://twitter.com/TaliaRinger/status/1688565640380948480
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MetaMarjorie@aus.social wrote:
Hi, looking for library twitter folk, working across critical librarianship and digital fluencies at a regional university.
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uspolitics@mastodon.sdf.org ("U.S. Politics in Real Time") wrote:
'He Hates America': Trump Slammed For Admitting He'd 'Prefer' To Live Overseas. The former president made the confession during a rally in New Hampshire.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-live-in-france_n_64d331fee4b0677e50455bc8
#Trump #LiveOverseas #America #France #Rally #NewHampshire #Politics #News
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BE@qoto.org ("A Concerned Scientist") wrote:
I don't talk a lot about local politics, or how crazy things are in rural Florida these days. I want to share a local story, that's been brewing for a long time, today.
I'm pretty sure most of us have at least heard of book bans in Florida schools. What, I think, goes underreported and under discussed is just how terrifying that is for teachers. You'll find some debate about it, DeSantis says it's not true, but, as Florida schools go back into session this week a lot of the teachers my wife and I know are afraid of accidentally committing a 3rd degree felony. How? By having someone find the "wrong" book in their classroom. They've all emptied the shelves of all books, period, but there's still fear.
So, how is this playing out in my local school district? I'm not naming names because I think these poor people need a break.
Ever since a Moms 4 Liberty member got elected to our school board last year, it's been wild. Every school board meeting is jam packed with right wingers cursing and often threatening the other board members. There is one board member, in particular, who is often the focus of their scorn. She also happens to be a former principal and the woman who hired my wife for her first teaching job and a former mentor.
Last year someone was waiting by her car after a meeting with a hatchet and threatened to kill her and her family, if you want to imagine the environment here. For a while she quit going to meetings in person, and was allowed to attend virtually, for her own safety, but because of right wing pressure she's not allowed to do so this year.
This background all brings me to something I learned this morning. Back when my kids were in the local school district(we pulled our kids out and my wife left to teach elsewhere in 2021) there was this super sweet, older lady who was the librarian at their elementary school. She really liked our older boy, in particular, who is a voracious reader, and over the years she would tell his teachers just to send him to the library when he was done with his work. He would read, help shelve books, and even sit at the help desk to help other kids. She went so far above and beyond for the school. She organized plays, she bought books out of her own money...she was the glue that held that school together.
A couple years back she took a well deserved promotion to Head Media Specialist for the entire district. As such, when DeSantis began his book banning crusade she was made the head of a group of 7 people who decide, for the entire district, what books need to be pulled from libraries. Because book banning isn't happening fast enough for the Moms 4 Liberty crowd, she was outed at a school board meeting over the summer as the head of this group. No one else was named.
Since then she's endured non-stop threats. It only took me a few minutes to find her social media this morning and it's disgusting and has been, non-stop, for months.
As I was reading it I couldn't help but think of a very brief interaction I had with @StillIRise1963 yesterday. This is just one example of what's happening with the Dems down here, sadly.
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BBC5Live@social.bbc ("BBC Radio 5 Live") wrote:
⚽️ Football Daily is 5 live's podcast about the beautiful game. On the latest episode there's some time-wasting - a discussion of the FA's plans to stop it happening in the English game, to be specific - and some chat about Harry Kane's possible transfer to Bayern Munich.
#Football #BBC #podcast #PremierLeague #WSL #soccer #sport #MastodonFC #THFC
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aliettedb@wandering.shop ("Aliette de Bodard") wrote:
Sitting down and working on an outline of the "murderbirds open a teashop" novella
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abraxas3d@mastodon.radio ("Abraxas3d W5NYV") wrote:
* Built-in digital modes: CW, RTTY, SCAMP (FSK and OOK, multiple speeds)
* Key jack supports straight keys and iambic paddles
* #OpenSource hardware and firmware, Arduino UNO compatible https://github.com/profdc9/RFBitBanger
* External sound-card FSK digital modes supported (including FT4/FT8)
* Experimental SSB support
* Serial port support (2400 baud) for send and receive in keyboard modesWant one? Go here:
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- Old modernist style poster promoting the RFBitBanger kit from Open Research Institute. It's $150 and has a lot of features. Here's the highlights: * Built-in digital modes: CW, RTTY, SCAMP (FSK and OOK, multiple speeds) * Key jack supports straight keys and iambic paddles * Open Source hardware and firmware, Arduino UNO compatible https://github.com/profdc9/RFBitBanger * External sound-card FSK digital modes supported (including FT4/FT8) * Experimental SSB support * Serial port support (2400 baud) for send and receive in keyboard modes More information at https://www.openresearch.institute/rfbitbanger-project/ Need assembly help? Let us know, we'll work something out. (remote)
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arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:
The race to save Florida’s coral reef from hot ocean waters
Coral reef nurseries are being moved to deeper waters—or back into giant tanks on land.
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pivoinebleue@mstdn.social ("BluePeony :bow_blue:") wrote:
Good!!
Oregon #Republicans barred from running for re-election after boycotting votes -
https://www.rawstory.com/oregon-gop-re-election/
> Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade has determined that Republicans who have repeatedly boycotted legislative sessions will not be allowed to run for re-election, reported The Oregonian on Tuesday. "Griffin-Valade wrote that she views voter-approved Measure 113 as disqualifying #Oregon la...
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cnnbrk@c.im ("CNN Breaking News") wrote:
American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter have been released almost two weeks after they were kidnapped in Haiti, ministry group says https://cnn.it/3QrOuhO
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
ugh, I understand why they re-used names in the example-set code and... ugh. Phil Karlton wuz right.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
moving on to CH 10: "Generic Types, Traits, and Lifetimes"
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"jury nullification" has a long and checkered history in the US
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jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:
Texas assholes lose one...
A volunteer was cited for feeding homeless people. A jury acquitted him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08/09/houston-food-not-bombs-acquitted/
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hannu_ikonen@med-mastodon.com ("🏳️⚧️ Hannu Ikonen, MD") wrote:
There’s far more scientific fraud than anyone wants to admit.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/09/scientific-misconduct-retraction-watch
"And in June it was revealed that a scholar at Harvard Business school ... was accused of having falsified research about – wait for it – honesty."
#fraud #Academia #latestagecapitalism #RatRace #SayresLaw #education
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this looks pretty interesting
https://mastodon.social/@rreverser/110859992265349682
simple example: https://spacetimedb.com/docs/server-languages/rust/rust-module-quickstart-guide
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rreverser ("Ingvar Stepanyan") wrote:
The project I've been doing all that C# / WebAssembly / Roslyn work for lately is now in public beta!
Real-time database powered by WebAssembly modules as smart contracts (*not* blockchain) / stored procedures / reducers / substitute your favourite terminology: https://spacetimedb.com
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
PSA: You can't get spider-powers from just any ordinary spider bite.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/09/poor-kid/
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I wondered how Avi Loeb was paying for his UFO hunting expedition. The answer: Charles Hoskinson, crypto scammer.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/09/asked-and-answered/
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
spare a thought and shed a tear for an honorable soldier, gone too soon due to our own neglect
“pay respects to a paratrooper and Special Forces officer who dared to challenge the Army on its soldiers’ sustained abuse of Iraqi and Afghan men in their custody.”
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ramonita@todon.eu ("anarcholatina :trantifa:") wrote:
Intel GPU drivers now collect telemetry data on "which types of websites you visit, which Intel says are dumped into 30 categories and logged without URLs or information that identifies you, including how long and how often you visit certain types of sites". It also snitches details on your computer *and* "other devices in your environment", as well as "how you use your computer" (no clarification provided).
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Someone who's clearly shitting up a channel on purpose? Easy block. Someone who is obsessed with something I don't care about, but they're talking about it in the appropriate place? Mute. I don't need to send them to the shadow realm just because they're having A Phase in the tv-discussion channel or whatever
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Discord has a way to block people, and a way to mute channel notifications, but I want a way to mute people. There are some people that I find annoying enough that I would rather opt in to seeing their messages, but who are not so objectionable that I need to prohibit all communication in any context
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computerchroniclesbot@botsin.space ("ComputerChroniclesScreens") wrote:
Approximate Frame #926 from The Computer Chronicles - Computers and the Disabled 1992-84C5SFRh81M
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davatron5000 ("Dave Rupert") wrote:
This post by @collinsworth is a 200 ton spicy-a-meatball. 🌶️🍖🏀
Being in the non-mainstream Vue/Nuxt and Web Components camp, my opinions are obvious. I'm not sharing this to rattle sabers, but because I think Josh makes a great point that the weird/hard stuff in React simply aren't problems in other (modern) frameworks.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins"):
vaurora@wandering.shop ("Valerie Aurora") wrote:
New gender just dropped
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Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
man I MUST be jet lagged because I was just assigned hotel room 418 and I didn't even tell the check-in guy I'm a teapot