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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
morning garden time is wonderful
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LunarLioness814 ("Mickey") wrote:
He's been glued to my side for the last 3 days. Best. Nurse. Ever.
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CatDragon@mastodon.world ("Catherine is Tired") wrote:
@NZedAUS @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
I have seen numerous Trump signs disappear in the last week. My formerly Trump loving neighbor is furious over his comparison saying the Presidential Medal of Honor is superior to the Congressional Medal of Honor. Apparently the local VFW Club has come to the conclusion that Trump is trash and wants nothing more to do with him. Unless they muzzle him Republicans will be turning away.
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NorcalGma2@sfba.social ("Norcal Gma 2") wrote:
When the sunrise started to fade, it was time to take care of business.
Summer wanted to start her rounds. She will walk the entire property line to make sure we are safe and that there was no unauthorized breach of the fence overnight.
She decided all is well, so we settled comfortably on the deck until her pal was ready to wake up.
We cuddled up with Summer in lap dog mode.
Between us and the ocean, we saw some color. I thought it might be a reflection from the sunrise, but instead, it was a rainbow.
You can't see it in the picture, but the rainbow was double before it was done.
Life really is a series of peaks and valleys. It feels good to be closer to a peak than a valley this week.
#Rainbow
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JoshuaHolland ("Joshua Holland") wrote:
No leopard has ever eaten someone’s face quite as voraciously as this.
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- 2021 Daily Beast headline: “GA Secretary of State won’t rule out voting for Trump—even though Trump threatened him.”
- April 2024 press release: “Secretary Raffensperger Thanks Former President Trump & Speaker Johnson for Supporting His Efforts Against Noncitizen Voting”
- NYT: “This Georgia Republican Defied Trump. Now He’s Fighting a Defamation Suit. “The secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, has spent $500,000 defending himself in court. He says the plaintiff will only settle if he effectively endorses a debunked conspiracy theory about the 2020 election.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Hi lyin' Trump.
Via Griffin:
Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border dropped again in July to the lowest levels in nearly four years.
Border agents tallied just 56,408 illegal crossings in July — a 32% decline from June and the fifth straight month that the figure has fallen, according to new CBP data. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/08/16/united-states-mexico-border-apprehensions-july/
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Jason@fouroclockfarms.club ("Jason 🇵🇸🍉") wrote:
Walz just said Vance would call a runza a hotpocket, and if that isn't the most Nebraska burn I've ever heard...
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dgar@aus.social ("Dgar") wrote:
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ergative@wandering.shop ("Ergative Absolutive") wrote:
Fuck yeah
from: https://thefinishedproject.org/read-poetry, h/t to https://bsky.app/profile/drjclau.bsky.social
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Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
will-change is short for William Changelog
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ernie@writing.exchange ("Ernie Smith") wrote:
I enjoyed this Jesse Ventura interview about Walz and “stolen valor.” It’s great because it starts normal and then Ventura goes completely left at the end.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
slippery slope:
"assesses that the CCP is deploying algorithmic manipulation in combination with prolific information operations to impact user beliefs and behaviors on a massive scale and that these efforts prove highly successful on TikTok in particular. These findings underscore the urgent need for transparent regulation of social media algorithms, or even the creation of a public trust funded by the platforms themselves to safeguard democratic values and free will."
https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/NCRI-Report_-The-CCPs-Digital-Charm-Offensive.pdf
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evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:
What percentage of people who you block do you eventually unblock?
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jsrailton ("John Scott-Railton ☕") wrote:
NEW: researchers say #TikTok screen time predicts level of pro-#China views on key topics.
Why? They say #TikTok boosts pro-#China content & actively suppress criticisms of China.
E.g. they find sensitive topics like #Taiwan, persecution of #Uyghurs & #Tibet are buried by pro-#CCP influencer content & irrelevant vids.
By NCRI at Rutgers pairing psychological survey research & social media analysis.
https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/NCRI-Report_-The-CCPs-Digital-Charm-Offensive.pdf
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
details, details... 'The NZ Drug Foundation described the lolly as a "block" of methamphetamine, weighing roughly 3g - around 300 doses, which is considered "fatal".'
'Our company is dedicated to ensuring that our products meet the highest safety and regulatory standards.'
right. 3000mg of methamphetamine per hard candy. #HeadDesk
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stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:
ICYMI: “The Auckland City Mission is contacting up to 400 people after methamphetamine disguised as lollies was sent out in food parcels... The NZ Drug Foundation described the lolly as a ‘block’ of methamphetamine, weighing roughly 3g.” https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/08/14/at-least-three-seek-medical-attention-after-spitting-out-meth-lollies/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this idea makes me larf
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uspolitics ("U.S. Politics in Real Time") wrote:
‘Things I Trust More Than Donald Trump’ List Goes Viral: ‘Dinner with Jeffrey Dahmer’
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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!
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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)
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@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
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FluentInFinance ("Andrew Lokenauth") wrote:
Never allow a job to steal your life
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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?
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thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭✨") wrote:
Meanwhile at the Trump rally people are totally not weird at all
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
wait, wut?
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@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."
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Daojoan ("Joan Westenberg") wrote:
opinions are like assholes the new york times has a lot of them
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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
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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)
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@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”
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
The name's Flush. Curtis E. Flush.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@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.
