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

tristansnell@mstdn.social ("Tristan Snell") wrote:

If ANY of the rest of us did what Roger Stone did, we would be rotting in a supermax prison.

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

just spent a little time on the local weekly voice net (50.250MHz USB), now setting up for a try at a weekly net JS8 net as well.

please feel free to join us... you are welcome whether you are local or not. just add the group @ROCDIGI to your instance of JS8Call and tune in to 14.078MHz USB at 0200Z tonight for the inaugural net

#AmateurRadio 📡

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her)") wrote:

Story by @theintercept.

"For every two Palestinian deaths, Palestinians are mentioned only once in the coverage of major newspapers we analyzed. For every Israeli death, Israelis are mentioned eight times — or a rate 16 times more per death that of Palestinians."

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/09/newspapers-israel-palestine-bias-new-york-times/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=theintercept

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

issackelly ("Issac Kelly") wrote:

I'm #hiring 2-4 software engineers in the next few months.

We work in #rust on all desktop platforms, linux servers, and we have ambitions for mobile.

I'm most struggling to figure out how to recruit windows developers who want to work in our space. I don't have many existing connections in that area.

We are building an #infosec product for building enterprise networks.

Our careers page is here: https://www.bowtie.works/careers I'm easy to find here, or on discord, or at issac@bowtie.works

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

tiniesthacker ("TIny_Hacker") wrote:

My Lego Ideas Celeste project (Based on the game by @EXOK ) is getting close to 2000 supporters! If you're not familiar with Lego Ideas, if a project reaches 10K supporters it is considered to become an official set. Supporting is free, so please consider voting here: https://bit.ly/celestelego

Here's a new render based on the Farewell final cutscene as well!

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• Farewell final cutscene, but it's Lego

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

#Threads whenever engagement dips

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• Animated character with surprised expression wearing a yellow shirt, pulling the collar outwards.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Me falling asleep after learning about #Twitter's bot army then remembering #Mastodon gained 1.5 million "users" in December.

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• Four panels: woman sleeping in first three, the in the fourth panel her eyes are wide open.

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

luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:

worst Joy Division cover ever

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• Chart: More days at the highest temperatures in 2023 Daily global air temperature compared with the 1991-2020 average, by year (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Parker Molloy on #Threads screen recorded a Twitter search that appears to show dozens of bots responding to tweets with a boilerplate #OpenAI message.

One user commented:

"The bot activity is coming from inside the house (…) it appears these are stale accounts that were taken back over by XTwitter, turned into Blue Checkmarks and use AI to keep DAU/MAU and other activity metrics higher than they actually are."

None of these ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/01/09/parker-molloy-on.html

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• Screen shot of multiple accounts replying to tweets. All say some variation of "I cannot provide a response as it goes against OpenAI's content policy"

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

There is no metal music video better than this. Maybe no music video at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_e4YX73Ww4

#NP #NowPlaying #Haken

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

I love this whole sequence:

Langston Hughes at Newport explains & demos the Blues with Friends on Jul 3, 1960

https://wolfgangs.app.link/S9hJsrHteGb

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• 0cffd53db74744b6.png (remote)

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

TexasObserver@texasobserver.social ("Texas Observer") wrote:

We're pleased to announce that Francesca @dannunzio is joining us this year as our Roy W. Howard Investigative Reporting Fellow.

Francesca has reported on topics ranging from deportations in the Dominican Republic, Christian nationalism, US-Mexico border colonias, right-wing sheriffs, to zoning and housing policy in #Texas. Her work has been published or syndicated in The Guardian US, The Dallas Morning News, Religion News Service ... (1/2)

#journalism #nonprofit

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• A portrait of Francesca D'Annunzio, a white woman with green eyes, long brown hair, wearing a white shirt and big blue and yellow earrings. (remote)

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

jeffowski@mastodon.world ("Church of Jeff") wrote:

Artist / Juan Ruiz.
#CatsofMastodon

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• POV Color chalk illustration of a black kitten with its ears slightly back and glaring in the background and a bleeding index finger in the foreground. (remote)

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ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

Thanks to Mike Cafarella for joining our Oxide and Friends annual predictions episode. No surprise: there were a lot of AI-related predictions. Big surprise: many of them came from @bcantrill … and with unabashed optimism! Curious what the years 2024, 2027 and 2030 will look like? We’ve got answers (of varying plausibility).

https://youtu.be/eO9_Z4Ebln4

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io ("Jenniferplusplus") wrote:

This is why it's hard to build #ActivityPub apps, and this is why it's hard to make them interoperate. This is why nearly every project just treats "whatever mastodon does" as the de facto spec. Because the basis for ActivityPub doesn't actually lead to interoperability, or even shared understanding. And at some level, every fedi developer recognizes this.

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

okay, this looks really fscking cool:

( from @vampiress )

https://expectproblems.itch.io/swords-of-freeport

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

vampiress@eigenmagic.net ("Elissa") wrote:

23,000 lines of code and 49,000 written words later... Swords of Freeport is live on itch for macOS, Linux and Windows!

Do you want a game styled after ‘90s BBS doors, that even lets you play social multiplayer on linux machines and tilde clubs? Then give this a look.

#GameDev #IndieDev #BBS #TildeClub #SwordsOfFreeport

https://expectproblems.itch.io/swords-of-freeport

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• The Swords of Freeport logo, in high ASCII characters. (remote)
• Screen cap showing the Devil’s Teat Tavern. (remote)
• Screen cap showing the player encountering a snake oil salesman near the Artisan’s District. (remote)
• A player’s character info screen. (remote)

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

Zen PR Release

https://eigenmagic.net/@vampiress/111728540348818118

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

vampiress@eigenmagic.net ("Elissa") wrote:

@stilgherrian “We have lukewarm feelings about this, but today we're announcing a new product from Techly - ‘Service One'. Honestly, it's a bit naff, but eh, what can you do?”

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

stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:

Does a PR firm ever announce anytjing that isn’t “exciting”?

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

*this* is how the Dems get turnout & win elections

https://masto.deoan.org/system/cache/media_attachments/files/111/728/496/839/320/589/original/be6f383ac1073d61.mp4

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

iuculano@masto.ai ("joe•iuculano :mastodon:") wrote:

Via the #TennesseeHoller

WATCH: “YOU are what democracy looks like!” 🇺🇸

Rep. #JustinJPearson fires up the crowd after session, and tells them the people continuing to show up is what saves #democracy.”

#Tennessee

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• 0bc04590c7e1039d.mp4 (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants (2003):

"The unions claim Coca-Cola bottlers hired far-right militias of the United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC) to murder nine union members at Colombian bottling plants in the past 13 years."

And Coca-Cola is one of the better liked corporations. Let’s hope they never get a cocacola.social account 😅 #LinksFromJason

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.colombia

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

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• Picture of George from Seinfeld. Caption crudely altered to : These bagels are not very good.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Why is it impossible to get a good bagel outside of NYC? The best bagel I ever had was wrapped in cellophane from a newsstand in Hells Kitchen.

You're telling me a whole bakery can't make one half as good?

Is this my origin story?

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

georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

I concur.

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• Screenshot of a social post by broti gupta ('@BrotiGupta' on the social platform 'X'). The post says: 'you don't need to go to harvard for that'. This is a quote repost of the following post by Thomas Sowell Quotes ('@ThomasSowell' on the social platform 'X'): 'One of the best things about going to Harvard is that, for the rest of your life, you are neither intimidated nor impressed by people who went to Harvard.' (remote)

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

a striking shift

Trump 39% of likely Republican voters.
Haley 32% support.

Nov UNH Survey Center poll showed Trump 42% / Haley 20%

https://www.wmur.com/article/haley-trump-new-unh-poll/46327609

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

Free_Press@mstdn.social ("Aure Free Press") wrote:

NH PRIMARY POLL!

Nikki Haley has closed the gap with Donald Trump regarding the upcoming New Hampshire primary.
Trump: 39%
Haley: 32%

Open is the possibility that NH Democrats cross party lines and vote for Haley to stymie Trump.
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #NH #NewHampshire

https://www.wmur.com/article/haley-trump-new-unh-poll/46327609

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• Aure Free Press (remote)

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

Greengordon@spore.social wrote:

“Passing through the 1.5C world is a significant milestone because it shows that the story being told by the United Nations, with the acquiescence of its scientific advisory body, the IPCC, is a load of bullshit,” Hansen said.

“We are not moving into a 1.5C world, we are briefly passing through it in 2024. We will pass through the 2C (3.6F) world in the 2030s unless we take purposeful actions to affect the planet’s energy balance.”

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/08/global-temperature-over-1-5-c-climate-change

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

YouGiveMeFever@union.place ("𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑮. 🇺🇸") wrote:

That Trump believes the presidency gives him the right to assassinate political opponents should worry the hell out of us. It's not a hypothetical in his mind, but a preview of his second term agenda should court rulings grant him a "license to kill." #executiveimmunity