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

MikeTRose@saturation.social ("Mike Rose") wrote:

Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton think today is a great day to #ReleaseTheGaetzReport

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• Statuary in Central Park of Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (remote)

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

bkeegan@hci.social ("Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.") wrote:

The “free speech” party ejecting a journalist from a public meeting because leadership doesn’t like her reporting.

I stand with @fishnette and @coloradosun #copolitics

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• At @cologop state assembly in Pueblo just now, @ColoradoSun reporter Sandra Fish @fishnette. ejected from arena by sheriff's deputy after party's event manager said GOP chairman "believes current reporting to be very unfair" #copolitics (remote)

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

bkeegan@hci.social ("Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.") wrote:

More from @coloradosun on the Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams ejecting @fishnette from the party’s state assembly because he objects to her reporting. #journalism #copolitics

https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/06/colorado-republican-party-kicks-out-colorado-sun-reporter/

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

fishnette@mastodon.online wrote:

Interesting how vaccinations appear to work.

http://graphics.wsj.com/infectious-diseases-and-vaccines

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

paperdigits@mastodon.art ("mica") wrote:

Petapixel says Apple is going after the "regular person creative" market again, since Adobe is... Doing things. And everyone hates adobe the company.

But Apple's left you before and you had to painfully migrate to something else. You're just going to go back?

But guess who's been in it for the long run? FOSS creative apps. Been here doing and doing it mostly acceptably for a long ass time.

Sure maybe the UI/UX isn't "industry leading" or something else. But they've never left you for money.

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

Now reading: the lost stories by Terry Pratchett, published very recently, in 2023. Discovered by chatting with an assistant in my local book store, Brick and Mortar books.

#discworld #terrypratchett

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• Open page, reading: "And through all of these stories we watch young Terry Pratchett becoming Terry Pratchett. There will be familiar turns of phrase, familiar names, there will be many moments where we see the mind of the Terry Pratchett that was still to come at play."
• Colorful book, Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen, The Lost Stories, lying on a table beside a candle.

Reblogged by jwz:

davetroy@toad.social ("Dave Troy :toad:") wrote:

1/There is nothing more embarrassing than watching hordes of liberals willingly herd themselves into a pen funded by Russian capital. Blue sky’s principal funder Blockchain Capital LLC is run in part by Kirill Dorofeev, who also works for VK, Russia’s state social network.

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

mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

Big News

Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) has just launched its own dedicated Mastodon server, social.freedom.press: https://freedom.press/about/announcements/our-new-home-on-the-fediverse/

"The Fediverse is nonalgorithmic and community-driven, without the potential algorithmic distortions or content suppression imposed by centralized platforms."

All FPF-related activity on Mastodon is now accessible from a single Fediverse server: @securedrop @dangerzone @foiafeed

Hopefully this move will be an example to other organizations.

jwz wrote:

Please enjoy some bar surface crop circles.
https://jwz.org/b/ykdQ

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• Screenshot

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ricmac ("Richard MacManus") wrote:

We’re now in the “Guy on Substack saying Bluesky is a rejection of Big Tech” phase of the hype.

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• Guy on Substack: “Bluesky's success is a rejection of big tech's operating system No bad adtech, no AI, no throttling links. Bluesky is a booming because it's everything big tech is not”

jwz wrote:

filtergraph is the sendmail.cf of video.

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

I have spent my day filling out all the paperwork to cash out 180 savings bonds. This seems like something that ought to be trivial but has been turned into an exercise in petty tedium.

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

danpacheco@newsie.social wrote:

First time hearing about this. Hackers have been trying to take down the Internet Archive. If that's lost, how will I go back and find my janky hand-coded web pages on Washingtonpost.com from its first year after launch? But seriously, losing the Waybackmachine would mean literally losing history. Maybe it's time for a Gofundme to raise funds for the Internet Archive.
From: @gutenberg_org
https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/113492506733243074

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

UncleSpellbinder ("Dave") wrote:

"Police responding to reports of a racist flag being flown from a Wānaka property found the home was instead flying the colours of the Klingon Empire from Star Trek." 🖖 🤣

#StarTrek

https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/wanaka/racist-flag-w%C4%81naka-actually-klingon-insignia

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

mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

Valuable lessons were learned, but not the ones that the mother thought would be learned.🤷🏿‍♂️

* She learned that millions of Black people haven't been "making it all up" about police mistreatment
* She learned why US Black folk almost never call the police, for any reason
* Her son learned that his own mom is not safe. Her lack of understanding of US racism makes her dangerous
* She's probably going to learn that this does not meet the definition of police misconduct

https://apnews.com/article/black-teen-lawsuit-excessive-force-vermont-disabilities-7b638ed26c299c7f07033968274e8f37

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

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

Some media outlets are already sane-washing Bhattacharya. To learn more about how he has spread disinformation that undermines public health, is widely discredit by real experts, and is funded by dark money, read this piece by Walker Bragman who has tracked him throughout the pandemic: https://www.importantcontext.news/p/everything-you-need-to-know-about

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

trashheap@social.avoidbig.tech ("trashHeap") wrote:

Joan Armatrading has a new album dropping in like a week called "How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean?" and this is the best timed shit I can think of.

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer :batman:") wrote:

Look at the mess a scooter made of this corner.

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james@social.howellcloud.org ("James Endres Howell") wrote:

#uspol

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• Meme: Kamala Harris, beaming from the podium at her concession speech: "IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY"; Neveah Crain and Josseli Barnica (both recently died in Texas from untreated miscarriage), Hanan Ashrawi (longtime Palestinian activist), Karine Jean-Pierre (White House Press Secretary), Rachel Levine (Surgeon General), all captioned "THE FUCK IT IS"; final panel, Liz Cheney, no caption (remote)

Reblogged by jwz:

james@social.howellcloud.org ("James Endres Howell") wrote:

Honestly baffled

#fediverse #twitter #bluesky

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• Meme: Charlie Brown labeled TWITTER USERS, Lucy kneeling with the football labeled BLUESKY (remote)

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

I would like to propose a "whoosh" button that only appears on reply posts so that people can kindly notify me when I've missed the point of the original post.

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

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

Move slow and breakfast

Reblogged by jwz:

danhon@dan.mastohon.com ("Dan Hon") wrote:

Dan, it's Sam Altman again and I'm in trouble.

In the race to build AGI for all, I'm falling behind.

I know you've supported me before, but I need to know if you're with me now.

Will you share at least 10 more gigabytes of personal training data?

With stakes this high, we have to win.

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

mina@berlin.social ("Mina") wrote:

Just a reminder:

#NonMention

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• a black and white picture of a person wearing a shirt, saying "Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you" (remote)

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

petergleick@fediscience.org ("Peter Gleick") wrote:

We're not going to terraform Mars, but we're doing a good job of venusforming Earth.

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

davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

after a failed laptop surgery, i have set up my writing laptop as my main laptop

except i can't log into twitter, it doesn't recognise my 2FA

i'm free?

EDIT: oh no i managed to log in to x the everything app

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

TheDarkHorse@hackers.town ("Spidey") wrote:

Today I was part of the mass layoff at work.
If you're looking for someone that can do the following roles, I'd appreciate it:
- Security Threat Researcher
- Security Engineer
- Threat Detection Engineer
- Incident Response Analyst

Location: US

#fedihire

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

yes, centralized is easier to grok at first than decentralized… you don’t have to make choices, pesky decisions… and centralized systems are waaaaay more fragile, both as technical & social information networks.

IMHO: understanding information networks & flow is critical to understanding what is happening to our body politics in this particular historical moment.

https://oliphant.social/@oliphant/113488133725208655

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

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

Rather than require you to figure out which server to join, as Mastodon does, Bluesky initially centralized the user experience on one server so users could see one feed, just like on Twitter.

It's still basically one server, or one relay, anyway, which is where most people get the data from.

Like it's "less confusing" and "you don't have to pick a server" because it's not really decentralized.

And yes, centralized things are easier to use and understand than decentralized things.

Reblogged by pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑"):

JuliusGoat ("A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆") wrote:

Christians of good intentions need to accept the fact that the signs and symbols of Christianity now represent a genuine menace and a credible threat of violence to all the kinds of people Jesus told followers to serve. The cross once again represents only a tool of authoritarian torture and death.