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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

m2m@sonomu.club ("Simone Silvestroni") wrote:

🔖 New post: three years after I left Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, I might have found a space where to both agree and disagree in peace, while growing meaningful connections. It's a point of view on how I feel free to engage with people on the fediverse, without forcing anyone into a 'building community' trope.

The post is about the #fediverse, #MusicProduction, mutual respect and support.

Particular shout outs (but should be more):

@hilljam
@mosgaard
@zeruch

https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/blog/enjoy-the-difference/

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

just discovered this one... needs a "You can help by expanding it" 😈

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• Wikipedia article "List of formerly proprietary software" (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Shorts just aren't what they used to be... you wear them for a decade or two and all of a sudden they just disintegrate!

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

coopersbeckett@swingset.social ("Cooper S. Beckett") wrote:

Honestly, if there's ANY example of "the government did this to me, they can do it to you" it's Hunter Biden. Regardless of the number of laws he broke, he's still a private citizen, and they generally don't get special councils or an entire political party railing on them.

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

cnbc_rss@mstdn.social ("CNBC RSS Bot") wrote:

CVS stock plunges after Blue Shield of California drops company's PBM to save on drug costs https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/17/cvs-stock-blue-shield-of-california-drops-pbm-services.html

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

futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

@thesquirrelfish

100% embarrassing system. I get in theory it's "pay this money so you won't be tempted to run" --but that's not how it's functioning.

With Trump there is some next level "do not touch the personage of a king" psychosis going on with some people.

As if god might strike them down if they treat a former president like a person.

Listen, I'm real sorry your illusions about the inherit goodness of the rich and powerful had to be shattered like this... but: He. Is. Just. A. Guy.

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

he has nothing but the best & brightest supporters [not!]

‘FBI officials said DiGiovanni had been positively identified on U.S. Capitol CCTV footage. DiGiovanni was seen wearing a “DiGiovanni and Sons Construction” jacket and a red, white and blue Trump hat.

On Nov. 11, 2022, FBI New Haven ran a query of holdings for cell phones that were present inside the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. The FBI received a positive hit from DiGiovanni’s cellphone, and that the device was present inside the geofence on the day of the U.S. Capitol riots.’

https://mstdn.social/@black_intellect/110905755797412777

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

AstaMcCarthy@mastodon.pirateparty.be ("Asta McCarthy") wrote:

@rysiek Thats why #AdBlockers should be called by their main purpose: #TrackingBlockers

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

Fact check: Maui fires caused by directed energy weapons? – DW – 08/17/2023

https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-no-maui-wildfires-were-not-caused-by-directed-energy-weapons/a-66556025

#HeadDesk

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

VoteVets.org just released a new ad hitting Florida Senator Rick Scott for allowing Tommy Tuberville’s blockade on senior military promotions to continue. Watch it here:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/vv-c4-aug23-awol?akid=15631.129796.CVFaU2&c0=vv-c4-aug23-awol.oyPCjA&rd=1&refcode=em230817-1-15&refcode2=15631_129796_CVFaU2&t=1

bcrypt@infosec.exchange ("yan") wrote:

did you get COVID at defcon/etc? please report it here! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNeZYciHjhliQpnrDlfU_xOslZJLItVhAd9GDyvEFFiNQheg/viewform

204 cases reported so far

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

GrrlScientist@mstdn.science ("GrrlScientist Ⓥ :verified:") wrote:

"We are seeing every night on television news a nature hike through the Book of Revelation."

-- Al Gore

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

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

Can spiders be gay? A quick observation demands more detailed study.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/17/lesbian-spiders-dimorphic-males-precocious-adolescents/

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• Gay spider cartoon (remote)

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

seems like a reasonable size for a reasonable-power (5/10/30/80 watts output) portable 2 meter band FM voice station… that (20 amp hour) battery box is probably half the weight

#HamRadio

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

I am so totally done with meetings. Fuck 'em. I've got tenure, & I'm close to retirement, so I have the power to avoid them.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/17/be-it-resolved-2/

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• A candle for fucking meetings. Smells like this could have been an email. (remote)

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

It's Q3'23, and React is still bad at DOM. Wild.

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

okay, and a 5 watt test gets me a decent signal report 19.9 mi ( 32.0 km) away, despite the tripod not being very tall and obstacles around this #HamRadio #antenna

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

with a hill to the north, trees to the east & west, and a 2-story-ish house with metal roof to the south, that ain’t bad for medium (nominal 30 watts out) power setting… now for a low-power (5w) test

#HamRadio

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

that’s a decent test: 5 over 9 signal report from a station 29.7 mi ( 47.9 km) away when set to 30 watts output

#HamRadio

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• radio set to WA2EMO repeater frequency, with microphone, antenna case, battery, and eyeglasses case on picnic table (remote)

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

I've made improvements to the lib.rs site: #rustlang

https://users.rust-lang.org/t/new-features-on-lib-rs/98560

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

it has been a while since I’ve used this puppy… 2m FM voice at up to a nominal 80 watts out (Yaesu FT-2980)

#HamRadio

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

time for a hydration break, then set up the radio & power for a 2m test… that seems “level enough”

(tripod is just maybe 9.5 feet tall)

;^}

#HamRadio #antenna

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

assembled, mounted, and ready to add coax & hoist it for a test on 2 meters

#HamRadio #antenna

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• antenna mounted on tripod but not raised yrt (remote)

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

there’s not a whole lot to this #antenna

#Hamradio

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• disassembled J-pole antenna, carrying case, and PVC for mast isolation on picnic table (remote)

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

making an “ugly balun” for my new J-Pole antenna, which I got for portable use on the 2 meter & 70 centimeter bands #HamRadio #Antenna

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• coiled and tied loops of RG8X coax cable, a marker pen, and a tape-measure on a tabletop (remote)

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

GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Welp! 😂

“#Trump's promised press conference to refute the allegations in the #TrumpIndictment handed up by the #Fulton County #Georgia DA's Office is now very much in doubt”

His lawyers finally got him to shut up. (They think)

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-legal-advisers-urge-cancel-press-conference-refute/story?id=102336380

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

Summer is over. Today I have a string of meetings over most of the morning & early afternoon, the most dismal way to start a term ever…but also how we start every term.

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

Digging up dead children and seeing evidence of maltreatment must be a bit depressing,I would think.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/17/all-weve-got-are-bones/

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• Excavating a medieval burial (remote)

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

Tomatoes demonstrate that Charles Murray is an idiot.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/17/charles-murray-is-still-an-ignoramus/

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• Tomatoes! (remote)

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

I know I am just being a silly city gardener, and seeing my corn mature still makes me smile

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