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

dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz wrote:

Harris Camp Trolls Trump with Ad Targeting Mar-a-Lago https://www.thebulwark.com/p/harris-camp-trolls-trump-with-ad

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

an audience of one.

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

“WHEN KAMALA HARRIS’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN announced a new attack ad Tuesday, the vice president’s strategists made sure to run it in every battleground state —as well as a single media market in Florida: the one that includes Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.

In this case, the ad placement itself was the message… The Harris campaign is spending no other ad money in Florida—a sign that they still see the state as out of reach.”

https://masto.deluma.biz/@dogzilla/113045159799884095

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

stonekettle@threads.net ("Jim Wright") wrote:

You think Trump's photo op in Arlington is bad?

Don't show up this November, let him back into office, and he'll be drilling for oil in the middle of our national cemeteries. Or turning them into golf courses and go-cart tracks for profit ala Ron DeSantis.

If by now you haven't figured out Trump is a classless buffoon who will do the absolute worst in every situation, and that his running mate is a smokey eyed dollar store fascist with zero integrity, I don't know what to tell you.

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

looks like someone has discovered the catnip patch ;^}

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

Here's why I don't believe in "smart" thermostats.

My thermostat is set keep between 72-75°F during the day, so it turns the heat on in the mornings to recover from a colder night temp. But during summer heat I don't want it to do that, I'd rather tolerate a cooler temp in the morning and avoid running the AC in the evening. And I check the weather to know how much I need to open windows for the night. I seriously doubt an average "smart" device can be programmed this way.

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

Got a few suggestions:

- Ecobee, seems to be geared towards working with smart home devices, and even if it's usable by itself, just isn't worth its money.
- A whole range of Honewell, from simplest and dumbest to smart ones. I'll probably look there.
- May be it's an excuse to finally get interested in Arduinos and such? Shouldn't be hard, but it's a completely new universe for me.

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

BRB, adding "finished the Pantheon of Hallownest" to my resume. #hollowknight

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FGIyxhGkvo

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mckra1g ("Molly Cantrell-Kraig ✅") wrote:

This clip from Lincoln Project reminds me of the teenager who was receiving coupons for baby items, based on her shopping habits (“Target knew his daughter better than her father did,” from 2012). If Trump and his Christo-Fascists get into office, this is our future. A vote for #HarrisWalz is a vote for bodily autonomy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FGIyxhGkvo

@KamalaHarrisWin

#Project2025 #USpol #abortion #surveillance #WeWontGoBack #KamalaHarris

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

@mheadd Should also underline that this is in a purely personal capacity and is something I've been doing since before I joined MSFT. I really, really, really want your website not to suck. That's the whole deal.

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

Since some new #civictech folks have followed today (thanks @mheadd!), wanted to re-up my offer of free performance consulting and guidance for public sector teams.

Mastodon DMs are open and my email info is here:

https://infrequently.org/about-me/

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

BrianJopek@mastodon.world ("Brian Jopek") wrote:

Something from the executive editor of the American conservative magazine The National Review, founded by conservative journalist William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1955 and who was really no fan of tRump.

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

rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

Trump claims he will “make home ownership attainable for average Americans.”

How?

Kamala Harris has a policy plan for this. Trump does not.

The Biden-Harris Admin is also suing to stop price-fixing by shady landlords.

Trump IS a shady landlord.

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

oliphant@oliphant.social ("Oliphantom Menace") wrote:

Reading this shit about Threads but I didn't expect to start laughing at this hilarious shit.

Better, says Michael Firth, to have a single empire run by a single sadmin with a grudge to bear.

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  • [Michael Firth 5 hours ago
 "...some Mastodon server operators have preemptively blocked Threads, so their users can't interact with the Meta-run social network and vice versa."
 
 And that is why Twitter/X will never be topped. There are too many little empires run by sadmins with a grudge to bear.][6] ([remote][7])
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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

politidope@threads.net ("Matt Rogers") wrote:

FOX NEWS 🗞️: “Arizona and Nevada will have ballot initiatives on abortion rights this November. The surveys show three-quarters of voters in each state will vote yes. That includes at least half of Republicans (50% in Arizona and 54% in Nevada). Among the only ones against the initiatives are self-defined ‘very’ conservative.”

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

“the officer accidentally shot himself while retrieving a firearm that was discarded down a storm drain by a suspect his unit was chasing” - WTOP News

https://wtop.com/dc/2024/08/police-officer-shot-in-northeast-dc/

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GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

💪🏼Via Kyle Griffin:

President #Biden just announced his 54th round of nominees for federal judicial positions — bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 257.

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

the emphasis on "retail politics" by Harris/Walz is in marked contrast to the "wholesale" approach of Trump/Vance, and I think Harris is making the right choice of focus.

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

the RNC is focused on preparing to attack election results, while the DNC is focused on get-out-the-vote. Trump continues to focus on doing large events with friendly crowds, while Harris & Walz shift to doing appearances at high schools in places like Hinesville GA (home of Ft Swampy). Trump is training up 18k "super volunteers" to contact folks, while Harris picked up 180k new volunteers in one day.

I think the Trump electioneering boat is beginning to founder on shoals of rationality.

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redoak@social.coop ("Red Oak") wrote:

It's Wednesday. My dude:

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knittingknots2@mstdn.social ("Sue Stone") wrote:

""Harris is up by 1 percentage point in Arizona and by 2 points in Georgia and Nevada, while Trump is ahead by 1 point in North Carolina. All are within the margin of sampling error," Fox News reported.

That's a marked change since past surveys by the outlet showed Biden trailing Trump in each of the states by 5 or 6 points."

Push him back some more!

https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-poll/

#HarrisWalz #Harris #KamalaHarris2024 #Harris2024 #HarrisWalz2024

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

even Fox News sees the shift under way:

https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-harris-closes-gap-trump-sun-belt-states

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

lorenzofb@infosec.exchange ("Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai") wrote:

Worth re-sharing this blog by a zero-day developer who criticized Google for burning a Western counter-terrorism operation, arguing that not all zero-days — and not all the APTs using them — are equal.

https://poppopret.org/2024/06/24/google-stop-burning-counterterrorism-operations/

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Lazy question— can I set up #MarsEdit to publish to my #11ty based blog via GitHub?

https://redsweater.com/marsedit/

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

How will Blue Maga explain this one away? I wait with bated breath.

https://www.axios.com/2024/08/27/kamala-harris-flip-flops-border-wall

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

Greg@social.coop wrote:

I'm hiring!

Are you an SRE/Data Engineer looking to make a difference in the non profit tech space? Does helping support Wikipedia excite you?

We're growing/evolving our analytics infrastructure and need your help!

This role joins a small (2-person, will be 3) SRE team within a larger "full stack" engineering team that maintains our own isolated on-prem infrastructure for industry-leading donor privacy and PCI compliance reasons.

https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/6192707

#GetFediHired #Wikimedia #Wikipedia

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

mheadd ("Mark Headd") wrote:

It is worth noting, too, that the primary policy directive governing how federal agencies build and manage digital services and websites (OMB Memo M-23-22) includes provisions which specifically direct agencies to optimize web site performance, and to consider users on older devices and who have suboptimal bandwidth.

So the policy foundation for improvements exists, now to get agencies to adhere to it.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/M-23-22-Delivering-a-Digital-First-Public-Experience.pdf

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Here's the thing:

All my most popular work are more "hopeful" in tone.

Here's the other thing:

That is VERY hard for me to do with any real consistency because I am not hopeful.

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

What a wild coincidence all the things I personally dislike also happen to be objectively wrong and bad.