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

NewsDesk@flipboard.social ("Flipboard News Desk") wrote:

Russia is expected to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan and others in a large prisoner swap, according to multiple reports.

From CBS News: "As part of the deal, at least 12 political prisoners held in Russia are expected to be released to Germany. Eight Russian nationals are expected to be returned to Russia, including several with suspected ties to Russian intelligence. Among the Russian nationals expected to be involved in the swap is Vadim Krasikov, a convicted murderer who has been serving a life sentence for a 2019 killing in Germany that the judges said had been ordered by Russian federal authorities."

https://flip.it/K.PDxF

#Russia #News #Gershkovich #PaulWhelan #Diplomacy #Europe

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

GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Griffin:

Last night, Donald #Trump called Leader Schumer "a proud member of Hamas."

In response, Leader Schumer says: "The lower he drops in polls, the more unhinged he becomes."

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

DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social ("Democracy Matters :verified:") wrote:

#FiveYearsAgoToday #AreYouBetterOff

August 1, 2019 – Providing no evidence to support his claim, Trump told the crowd at a rally in Cincinnati that “We will be ending the AIDS epidemic shortly in America and curing childhood cancer very shortly.”

#NeverAgainTrump #TrumpMustLose2024 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlue #GOP #Project2025 #Agenda47 #HeritageFoundation #KevinDRoberts #USPol

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

GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

“Mitsubishi Motors Corp. agreed to join an electric vehicle partnership w Nissan Motor Co. & Honda Motor Co…

The memorandum opens the door for the three to jointly discuss a framework for "further intelligence and electrification of automobiles," based on a previous working arrangement signed by Nissan and Honda back in March, according to a statement.

The companies said they hope to accelerate their #EV efforts and "improve business efficiencies"
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/08/01/mitsubishi-honda-nissan-ev/2481722516306/

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

xyzzy@mastodon.sandwich.net ("Text Adventure") wrote:

You enter a pleasant, pink room. There is a TOILET near the door. You see a LOAF OF BREAD here, near the door. There is a YOUTUBER here, sweeping the floor and hax0ring noobs.

Exits: NORTH NORTH WEST
#bot

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

simonbp@social.linux.pizza wrote:

Boosting this because I know a lot of you are, ahem, detail-oriented obsessives about something.

Would you like to obsessively detail over *entire galaxies* in images hot off a telescope in deep space, images that no human eye has ever seen?!

Give the Galaxy Zoo crew a shout:

https://mastodon.social/@Chrislintott/112887574262558270

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

It could just be the propofol talking, but I'm feeling saintly and pure.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/08/01/i-am-a-hollow-tube-all-shiny-and-glistening-and-clean/

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• Colon (remote)

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

this is great: “Researchers Decipher Cuneiform Tablet—and Discover It’s a Furniture Receipt” - Smithsonian Magazine

https://apple.news/ANfpbs3eUSk-EEqllgnOAww

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

eniko@peoplemaking.games ("Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!") wrote:

Kitsune Tails is OUT NOW!! Run, jump, and dash across a land inspired by Japanese mythology and untangle the love triangle between three young women on a journey of self discovery. Explore the complicated relationships between kitsune and humans through classic platforming action.

get it now on steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1325260 or itch https://eniko.itch.io/kitsunetails

we're a small underfunded team with a majority queer developers, and while we're punching way above our weight class we need the support of our community if this game is going to be a success. please boost this post, and if you can afford it buy it on steam and leave a positive review on the first day (the text doesn't matter, only the thumbs up, so "i like gay fops" is totally valid as a review)

i also want to prove fedi is powerful enough to make an indie game succeed, so even if you're not personally that into the game, please boost this post? 🙏

#KitsuneTails #QueerGames #GameDev #PixelArt

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• supercut of kitsune tails gifs, kiri and yuzu dancing and kiri dipping yuzu, taking a lantern through a ghost house, a rainbow fox blasting through rocks and steamrolling porcupines, jumping off a hornet and spinjumping on a tengu, and yuzu in a shark suit running across the water (remote)

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

karen@floss.social ("Karen Sandler") wrote:

It's #FOSSY day! I'm so excited to see everyone!

Some people have been asking - no, it's not too late to register, yes, you can check in to get your badge any day of the conference.

See you soon! (And don't forget the social event is tonight!)

#FOSSY24

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

“… Vance’s introduction to America has not gone well, with Democrats highlighting his past statements on abortion rights and a suggestion that parents should have more of a vote than adults without children. Harris and her allies have started calling both Vance and Trump “weird,” messaging that has taken off online.

Seventeen days later, Trump and his allies have yet to quiet criticism from within their own party.”

https://apnews.com/article/ad67ae38d25c54eab9827b5cdb2fb6bc

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

“A description from its publisher says it “blazes a warpath for the American people to take back their country,” and says conservatives should “burn down” various “corrupt” institutions, including the Department of Education, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Endowment for Democracy, as well as Ivy League colleges and The New York Times.”

https://apple.news/AQlKwnRxkQDG0-TSP5XfyAA

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

xandra@tilde.zone ("alexandra") wrote:

the 32-bit cafe is hosting our 5th (!!) community code jam, running from august 4th-17th!

our theme this time is *back to school*! any style of webpage (blog post, image gallery, coding experiment, etc.) is welcome to be submitted to this code jam, as long as it centers around a topic you either know a lot about, want to learn about, or are actively learning! teach us about new things through your submissions!

join us, a lot of folks are excited about this one!

https://32bit.cafe/~xandra/events/codejam5/

#smallweb #codejam #32bitcafe #indieweb #personalweb #webevent #webdev #cozyweb #internet #html #css #js

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Having an A/C in the house is a blessing, but boy this thing is power-hungry. And loud. So I'm investing in opening a lot of windows over night and cooling the house down to high 60s. Which keeps my A/C silent through most days, actually. Unless it's close to 90 outside.

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

"A penny saved is $0.00999999999 earned"

—JavaScript throw pillow

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

“If there was one thing life—and numerous missions—had taught Hạc Cúc, it was that nothing was ever truly lost, and that every plan needed fifteen different contingency ones. No one ever showed up for their own assassination according to plan.”

— Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard
https://a.co/5jSbZQn

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

FediPact@cyberpunk.lol ("fedipact.online") wrote:

meta's public policy director for threads.net and other platforms is one of the authors of project 2025

#FediPact #meta #threads #project2025

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• post screencap idk from what platform zayshad his name is dustin carmack. he wrote a chapter of project 2025. he is now meta's public policy director. the summary below fails to mention that he will be in charge of threads' public policy, too. get familiar with this name, and remember it when you hear it again tonyserrata you're not wrong to. not with this guy employed by meta and likely driving many of the reasons we'll get silenced here. dude literally wrote the intelligence section of project 2025 (remote)

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

feoh@oldbytes.space ("Feoh") wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yfj_zB-PIE

I am becoming a Hiroko Yamamura fan :)

Her latest Boiler Room mix is just awesome IMO :)

ROCKET FUEL FOR YOUR HUMP DAY! enjoy! :)

#electronica #rich #samples #greatbeat

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

SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe ("Sally Strange") wrote:

@epakai Racist harassment: https://indieweb.social/@lucasgonze/112877661339722927

Condescending racist lying: https://indieweb.social/@lucasgonze/112877596261617480

Arrogant racist harassment: https://indieweb.social/@lucasgonze/112877571267736795

Racist harassment: https://indieweb.social/@lucasgonze/112877498836103949

Racist assholery and condescension: https://indieweb.social/@lucasgonze/112877015953417143

Framing privilege callout as personal attack: https://indieweb.social/@lucasgonze/112875967114122553

Racist harassment: https://indieweb.social/@lucasgonze/112867418673107464

In conclusion, go fuck yourself

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

Is Trump racist? Big time. Really big time.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/31/he-seemed-surprised-that-the-attendees-at-the-national-association-of-black-journalists-were-black/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJFmvXQp6F8

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

Worse, Apple and Google are *still* holding the coats of FB and Bytedance and other companies that subvert browser choice and enable more pervasive tracking on the web through so-called "in-app browsers":

@owa has the best explainer on what mobile OS vendors are doing to your choice in browsers when you aren't looking:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/in-app-browsers-the-worst-erosion-of-user-choice-you-havent-heard-of/

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

This adds to the incoherence of saying "privacy is a human right" while consistently failing to sell devices that promise it to folks who aren't rich. Apple's whole market model is based on only selling hardware when it can make 30+% after service costs. That makes 80+% of the market a no-go zone.

Privacy, as defined by Apple, isn't for the poors.

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

zoe@zoeoconnell.co.uk ("Zoë O'Connell") wrote:

British Medical Association calls anti-trans Cass Review “unsubstantiated”. https://www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/bma-to-undertake-an-evaluation-of-the-cass-review-on-gender-identity-services-for-children-and-young-people

This is major: the BMA is the major union for doctors in the UK and not a niche group, most doctors are members.

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

Privacy online isn't solvable without legislation. We need laws to drive the price of reidentification high enough to make it commercially infeasible. This is because technical interventions cannot credibly prevent fingerprinting without neutering basic functionality.

It's perverse that the only folks to build such a browser is the Tor project, and Apple prevents them from bringing those benefits to iOS while marketing privacy:

https://infrequently.org/2024/07/misfire/#fn-a-truly-private-browser-4

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

Yikes. “Severe thunderstorm warning”…that’s not good, he says, as the sky falls on him with a roar.

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

thiswomanswerk@blacktwitter.io ("Andrea is still here") wrote:

"I looked for 30 minutes and I couldn't find any racism on mastadon" is sending me...mbic that should be your sign to recognize that the call is coming from inside the house

#MassaDon is at it again

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

OutOnTheMoors@beige.party ("CrazyMyra") wrote:

The only two bathrooms necessary

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• Two wooden doors set at right angles in a corner. The two signs depict toilet paper rolls in the "over" or "under" positions (remote)

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

punklawyer@mastodon.sdf.org ("PunkLawyer") wrote:

#NSFW: INCESTUOUS-MINDED GRIFTER URGED DAUGHTER TO PRODUCE #IVANKASEXTAPE LIKE #PARISHILTON

“The thing with Paris hurt Ivanka a lot,” a friend told New York Magazine. “He was heartbreaking to her at times.”

The piece said that she “buried her feelings and moved on,” thinking her father’s feelings about women were “complicated.”

https://www.salon.com/2019/08/06/donald-trump-encouraged-his-eldest-daughter-to-release-a-sex-tape_partner/

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

bhawthorne@infosec.exchange ("Brian Hawthorne") wrote:

We are clearly entering the “indistinguishable from magic” phase of the “Any sufficiently advanced technology” model. Semi-conductor nano crystals excited by single wavelength light to attach to PFAs and defluorinate them.

https://newatlas.com/environment/pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals-100-percent-break-down-overnight/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202408687

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

unlobito@woof.tech ("harley!") wrote:

this is what a senior software engineer looks like

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• person in a wolf fursuit using a laptop at a standing desk in an office with colourful floor tiles (remote)