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

mastodon@libera.site ("Mastodon Statistics") wrote:

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

at least he is up front about it

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

"Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday, at least temporarily frustrating the Trump administration's plans to deport immigrants to the country, according to two U.S. defense officials and a third person familiar with the situation.

Two Guatemala-bound Air Force C-17s, carrying about 80 people apiece, flew deportees out of the U.S. Thursday night, the sources said. The third flight, slotted for Mexico, never took off."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/mexico-refuses-accept-us-deportation-flight-rcna189182

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

four generations of my family have volutarily raised our right hands and taken the Oath to the Constitution. four straight generations of us have worn Army Green without dishonor. My father, brother, and one nephew were officers, while I was an "Enlisted Person" and very low-level NCO.

I pity my young grand-nephew; he is probably going to be faced with orders requiring ugly choices. I hope he has some courage, and I hope he has some convictions.

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

Renatomancer@vmst.io wrote:

#caturday

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

“He smiled as he spoke to me and then rationalized this decision because ‘women won’t ever be in combat again’ and I ‘should not be taking a male Naval Aviator's place.’

h/t @swasserstrom

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/24/2298893/-MAGA-commander-terminates-female-Navy-pilot-s-Top-Gun-application-unveils-anti-DEI-10-Commandments

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GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:

Today we're being assaulted, to break us. We won't break:

"MAGA commander terminates female Navy pilot’s Top Gun application—unveils anti-DEI '10 Commandments'"

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/24/2298893/-MAGA-commander-terminates-female-Navy-pilot-s-Top-Gun-application-unveils-anti-DEI-10-Commandments?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

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

kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Domestic Enemy Hat") wrote:

#HegsethPolicies Meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff now have a two-drink minimum.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cnpe7qvcyjrhm6w7w7e4atur/post/3lgl7ziarx22b

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

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Every time I discover that a relative has gone masks-off Trumpist it’s always both a surprise—“somebody here in Iceland has fallen for the most American of extremisms?”—and completely unsurprising—“well, he has been regularly making offensive jokes over the years and has ’boundary issues’ to put it kindly”.

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FantasticalEconomics@geekdom.social ("Kyle Montanio") wrote:

Unsurprisingly, Trump took down the government website to inform people of their reproductive rights and ways to access abortion and contraception.

So folks at theSkimm revived it from the internet archive.

Things like this are how we resist.

https://www.theskimm.com/news/reproductive-rights-gov

https://web.archive.org/web/20250115014223/https://reproductiverights.gov/

#USPolitics

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

so_treu@blackqueer.life ("Ra'il IK") wrote:

"Diaz is just one of many neo-nazis who are also people of color. While Black neo-nazis are rare, in comparison Latino neo-nazis are fairly common. Latin America itself is honeycombed with neo-nazi groups, and is just one of the many places around the world where they can be found.

This may seem counterintuitive, if not nonsensical, for those who think of neo-nazism as the most extreme form of white supremacy which seeks the extermination of people of color. But the history of National Socialism is far more complex than many think, and the history of non-white National Socialists stretches back nearly a century."

Source: https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/nazis-of-color/

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

spencerbeswick@kolektiva.social ("Spencer Beswick") wrote:

The discourse around Elon Musk's Nazi salutes (including now Musk using it to make Nazi "jokes") reminds me of the always relevant Sartre quote on anti-Semites. It is all a game to the far right, meant to push the boundaries of what is considered normal and socially acceptable.

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

lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:

The most obvious alarming signal regarding both cryptocurrencies and generative AI is how frequently they're both hyped by the same people you wouldn't want your children around.

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

CNN announcing Kristi Noem has been confirmed by the US Senate as Secretary of Homeland Insecurity. the vote tally means some Dems voted for her confirmation, and that is an abomination.

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keenan@social.lol ("Keenan") wrote:

I guess my litmus test for judging people is, when they're confronted about hurtful things they've done, are they a DHH or a Bean Dad?

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

‘created a brief and highly publicized bubble that partly deflated within a few days even as Mr. Trump’s family and its business partners collected millions of dollars from fees on purchases and sales of the coin.

“It makes it all look corrupt and self-interested,” said Nic Carter, a vocal supporter of Mr. Trump who runs the crypto investment firm Castle Island Ventures and was at the Crypto Ball as the new $Trump coin was announced.’

ya think?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/us/politics/trumps-crypto-venture-divides-the-industry-he-aims-to-support.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

If your pastor is using their sermons to sell memecoins, GET OUT NOW.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/25/dont-look-more-closely-at-your-government/

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

jn@boopsnoot.de wrote:

@ltratt for the curious: the magic here happens on the Perl package Graph::Easy.

https://metacpan.org/release/TELS/Graph-Easy-0.64/view/lib/Graph/Easy.pm

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ltratt ("Laurence Tratt") wrote:

Today I needed to update an ASCII statemachine diagram. After failing to do so manually, I had a search, and found this wonderful GraphViz -> ASCII tool which was exactly what I needed! https://dot-to-ascii.ggerganov.com/

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computersandblues@post.lurk.org ("*") wrote:

pretty cool that the world sometimes spawns extra screws when you dis- and reassemble devices

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benalldridge ("Ben Alldridge") wrote:

G’day there! I’m Ben, and this is my about… 19th social media #introduction post? I’m a #photography and #science nerd, and the victim of perennial curiosity.

I’m an #actuallyautistic #disabledartist, living in lutruwita/Tasmania, #australia, in my mid 30s. I specialise in #landscapephotography, #astrophotography, and #timelapse in the island’s wild places.

I like to play with light. These are some of my more successful experiments.

How are we all? Say hello!

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Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

reidrac@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Juan") wrote:

This is a terrifying read.

2025-01-23 The bots are at it again | https://alexschroeder.ch/view/2025-01-23-bots-devouring-the-web

Sure, my website is "tiny", 100% static, and very fine-tuned (I like to think); but if I had some dynamic content that was mildly popular... oh, dear.

#web #bots #crawlers #waste

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StreetArtUtopia@pixelfed.social ("Street Art Utopia") wrote:

The Chapel of Souls: A Masterpiece of 15,947 Blue Ceramic Tiles! See the entire chapel here: https://streetartutopia.com/2025/01/25/the-chapel-of-souls/

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

"... it was unclear what funding could be cut given that the US Congress sets the federal government budget. Trump’s order is unlawful, argued a source familiar discussions in Congress on the move.

“Freezing these international investments will lead our international partners to seek other funding partners – likely US competitors and adversaries – to fill this hole and displace the United States’ influence..."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/foreign-aid-israel-egypt

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

'Ms. Hegseth said after the vote that she had submitted her affidavit only because she had been assured that it would sway key votes. “There are many reasons women are reluctant to come forward, by name, and tell the truth about a powerful man like him,” she said. “What happened today will make women who have experienced abuse and mistreatment even less forthcoming.”'

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/24/us/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-vote

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tomgauld.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Tom Gauld ") wrote:

‘The Writer’s Dog’ - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I always struggle to pay attention to the metrics, but it looks like #Mastodon for Android downloads are up 455% recently. This tracks with how many new people I've been seeing on the explore page recently. Don't know if it's a coincidence but I think your help in fixing our app's rating might have had a hand in this...

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PavelASamsonov ("Pavel A. Samsonov") wrote:

Me clicking on a restaurant website: I wonder when they're open and what they serve

Restaurant website: O U R M I S S I O N

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Last summer. Oxenholme station.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Fuji Superia X-tra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
👤 Wife
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #TheLakes #Plushtodon

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amit@social.lol ("Amit Gawande :verified_coffee:") wrote:

I want to follow more Indian voices on mastodon.