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

uspolitics ("U.S. Politics in Real Time") wrote:

‘Things I Trust More Than Donald Trump’ List Goes Viral: ‘Dinner with Jeffrey Dahmer’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-view-co-host-anna-navarro-posts-things-i-trust-more-than-donald-trump-list

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

raek@tilde.zone ("Rasmus SA5RJS") wrote:

Dear amateur radio fediverse,

Some day this summer I saw some people discussing this Chinese 5.6m long whip antenna (see pictures). It is the one with the hilarious "Smooth stretch, Up to 14 vibrators" text...

Has anyone of you tried it? Was it any good? Any recommendations for similar antennas?

I like how ulta-portable the AX1 seems to be and it would be fun to DIY something similar. But with this kit I don't need to build anything myself!

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio

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• Picture of the antenna taken from AliExpress, showing four parts. The first is a cylindrical base with a SO-239 on the side and M10 threads on the top and bottom. The second is a ground spike with M10 threads. The third is a 5.6m whip with M10 threads. The fourth is some kind of counterpoise or radial wire. (remote)

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

"resuming normal operations" for some definitions of "normal". (FWIW: Lackland is where Air Force enlisted get their initial training)

trust me on this one, I've stood guard once or twice myself: the poor E-4s on duty at that gate tonight most certainly do *not* think things are "normal" any more.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/jbsa-lackland-active-shooter-19662035.php

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

FluentInFinance ("Andrew Lokenauth") wrote:

Never allow a job to steal your life

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

RuthMalan ("Ruth Malan") wrote:

Is there like a co-op for (tech) folk who are between jobs? Like, to be a space of lifting up and learning/sharing and whatever the community needs? Where folk flow through, and provide mutual buoying?

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

thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭✨") wrote:

Meanwhile at the Trump rally people are totally not weird at all

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• 17ce9a4cfa876253.jpeg (remote)

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

wait, wut?

https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/112980383212169674

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

"...parts of the Insurrection Act also allow presidents to send in troops without requiring the consent of a governor. Presidents last invoked the act to deploy troops without the consent of state authorities in the late 1950s and early 1960s during the civil rights movement...

Mr. Trump has boasted that, if he returns to the White House, he will dispatch forces without any request for intervention by local authorities."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/us/politics/trump-2025-insurrection-act.html?rsrc=flt&unlocked_article_code=1.D04.02Ww.BF6Q3vJ0TP9X&smid=url-share

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

Daojoan ("Joan Westenberg") wrote:

opinions are like assholes the new york times has a lot of them

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

KennedyRichard@fosstodon.org ("Kennedy Richard :python:") wrote:

In Nodezator's dev branch: changed the magnetic sockets feature to make it closer to what I envisioned originally: the nodes had hands and would help you by grabbing the new connection for you.

The hands are CC0 assets from the excellent
@kenneynl

#Python #nodeeditor

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• The nodezator app is shown. In it, a new connection is dragged out of a socket by click-dragging from an empty space near it, instead of having to click and drag from it. The new connection is them carried over to other sockets. Again, the mouse doesn't need to rest exactly over another socket for the connection to be established. Instead, by just approaching a socket, it is automatically detected and picked by a hand that extends from that socket to the mouse. (remote)

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

JFC, they came back for a 2nd try:

“Shootings reported at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland between guards and passing vehicle”

https://apnews.com/article/0a78acd3049c61f03c904b71bcebd7a6

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

The name's Flush. Curtis E. Flush.

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

“Such a claim, if seriously advanced, becomes equivalent to a denial that there is even minimal scientific content in economics, and that, in consequence, economists can do nothing but write as advocates for ideological interests."

He said it, not me.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/08/17/in-which-i-am-entertained-by-the-antics-of-economists/

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• James Buchanan, economist (remote)

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

(I blame myself really. I just need to sit down and grok the various layout models CSS support now while I hopefully avoid the compulsion to delve into the history of why everything is the way it is.)

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

Just kidding. It really means "fuck around and find out" to me.

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

For me CSS stands for: Can't underStand behaviorS.

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edsu@social.coop ("Ed Summers") wrote:

#PSA from a juice bar in Waterbury, Connecticut:

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• A small, multicolored poster above a spackled black and white formica counterfop that reads "Be kind to one another". (remote)

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

astro_jcm@mastodon.online ("Juan Carlos Muñoz") wrote:

I need this machine really badly.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2024/aug/17/tom-gauld-on-how-to-manage-your-unread-books-pile-cartoon

#books #reading #comics #humour

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• A cartoon with woman holding a book next to a Rube Goldberg contraption. If she puts that book on a shelf that is already full of unread books, the shelf will slide down, activating a set of gears, rods and pulleys that will switch off an internet router and hide a credit card, library card and bookshop loyalty card. Below the cartoon a text reads: "When the quantity of unread books reaches a specific weight, the mechanism restricts the reader's ability to add to their stockpile until the backlog has been reduced." (remote)

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

I woke up with this song stuck in my head for some reason. I guess my brain was rummaging around in the attic or something. It's much meaner than I remembered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t6h3whLUiI

(I remember the Mad magazine spoof of Grease better than I do the actual movie. I'm sure both are problematic in ways I forgot and will be happy to continue to be ignorant about.)

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

Why are these aliens so slow and stupid?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/08/17/did-they-really-need-to-remake-alien/

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• Alien xenomorph taking its time (remote)

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

interesting

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/16/fbi-raid-dmitri-simes-trump

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

no! really? they wouldn’t do that, would they?

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• bda257ab1700c46f.gif (remote)

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kalleboo@bitbang.social ("Karl Baron") wrote:

In case you're curious how you connect that to the wall...

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• A plug in a wall socket. The outlet has two US-style two-prong outlets, except under them there is a ground screwed with the aforementioned ground wire screwed in (remote)

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nealcurtis@mas.to ("Nihil Curits") wrote:

An excellent summary of contemporary anxiety from Eventually Everything Connects by Sarah Firth.

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• Sarah Firth in her wonderful comic Eventually Everthing Connects has a chat with her partner about all the shit that's going on and her need to do something about it. He says: 'If your sphere of concern is much bigger than your sphere of influence, you're gonna feel totally overwhelmed'. (remote)

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t_l_wood ("Tee Wood") wrote:

Well, shit 😂

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• An illustrated scene featuring a bird resembling a magpie stirring a pot over a fire in a cozy kitchen. The caption states, "I don’t need a recipe for disaster. I usually just eyeball it."

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

cosmicray ("Raymond Francis") wrote:

MIT dropped its contract with Elsevier, the huge scientific journal company. Their library instead arranged alternate access to journals and tools for researchers to get them. They’re saving $2 million/year:

https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbundling-profiles/mit-libraries/

#academicpublishing #OpenAccess #science #scientificpublishing

Reblogged by mbrubeck@mefi.social:

joshmillard ("Josh "cortex" Millard") wrote:

first three Kool-Aid commercials I ever saw all seemed pretty narratively conventional, but then the Kool-Aid Man broke the fourth wall

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

I don't really know what Apple's own device simulator is good for when it doesn't even behave the same as an actual iOS device half the time.

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

I've got 99 problems, and Safari is approximately 83 of them. #webdev

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

missed it again!
https://shakedown.social/@helpingfriendlybot/112974256277635691