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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange ("Lesley Carhart :unverified:") wrote:

The few properly recognized women and black scientists are quickly having their biographies wiped from US records and institutions. Please maintain a record of them. https://www.space.com/the-universe/earth/scientists-alarmed-as-rubin-observatory-changes-biography-of-astronomer-vera-rubin-amid-trumps-push-to-end-dei-efforts

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
danwentzel@urbanists.social ("Dan Wentzel 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

On Rachel Maddow’s show, she showed how red state economies are beginning to be demolished by Elon Musk’s cuts in Federal subsidies that prop them up.

Republicans, avoiding constituents, sure aren’t acting like they will have to face free, fair, and honestly counted elections in ‘26, ‘28, and ‘30.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
petergleick@fediscience.org ("Peter Gleick") wrote:

It's not hyperbole to say that some people you know and love will become sick or die because of what the Republicans did here.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/13/robert-kennedy-hhs-secretary-confirmation-vote

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

the polling averages ( https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/ ) say a full 3.4% more Americans approve of the Administration so far than disapprove. no matter how much lipstick I put on this pig, that reality is disheartening.

https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/113998566073680138

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
benjamingeer@piaille.fr ("Benjamin Geer") wrote:

@lightweight @NikaShilobod Officially, WhatsApp implements the same end-to-end encryption as Signal, which is the gold standard and is open source. WhatsApp partnered with the Signal developers for the implementation in 2014. But since WhatsApp is closed source, we can’t prove anything about how it works now.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SpiderMan@progressivecafe.social ("Peter J.") wrote:

@TonyStark Give people salmonella, don’t give them healthcare. This is going to work out great.

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jwz wrote:

Apparently what happened is that one @jerry decided that my posts should be blocked from being seen on infosec.exchange, then changed their mind.

So keep that in mind when choosing your instance, I guess.

At no point in this process did I receive any communication about it from anybody.

And apparently a side-effect of this was that *I* lost people I was following?

This system is not a good system.

https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/113998651182303405

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
JamesLHSprague@mstdn.social ("James Sprague") wrote:

While searching for a Canadian dishwashing liquid to replace my American brand I came across this site https://madeinca.ca/ and am posting the link here in case anyone else might find it useful.

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

as is so often true, most of the whois data is non-public but at least one can see the reg data was created in 1987 and last changed in 2023, so it is pretty stable. and amusing:

https://mstdn.social/@JamesLHSprague/113998651966823633

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
erininthemorning.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Erin Reed") wrote:

Incredible news! The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order. The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care. ACLU statement here:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2025 CONTACT Gillian Branstetter, gbranstetter@aclu.org Tom Warnke, twarnke@lambdalegal.org BALTIMORE – In a victory for transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a Trump administration executive order attempting to shut down access nationwide to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 19. The decision by Judge Brendan Hurson was issued from the bench with a written order to come soon. The nationwide restraining order prohibits federal agencies from conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender-affirming medical care to a patient under nineteen. “Good and decent parents of transgender kids should never be in the frightening position of having their child’s prescribed, medically necessary care canceled at the whim and threat of a politician. But that’s exactly what President Trump’s executive order did to PFLAG families with trans youth and young adults nationwide,” said Brian K. Bond (he/him), Chief Executive Officer of PFLAG National. “Today’s decision rights a grievous wrong to our nation's families and children, and PFLAG families will be vigilant to ensure our transgender loved ones receive the healthcare they need—as this legal ruling demands.” “Forcing providers to withhold medically-necessary, evidence-
In the first week after the order was signed, some hospitals across the country — in Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington, Colorado, and Virginia at least — abruptly halted medical care for transgender people under age 19, canceling appointments and turning away patients, including some who had been receiving this care for most of their life. This prompted protests of support for transgender youth and in opposition to the order nationwide. On Feb. 4, a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Maryland, and law firms Jenner & Block and Hogan Lovells on behalf of transgender young adults and adolescents and their families whose health care has been disrupted by President Trump’s order. Also joining the case as plaintiffs are PFLAG National, the nation’s largest organization supporting LGBTQ+ people and their families, with over 550,000 members and supporters and nearly 350 chapters across the country; and GLMA, the country’s largest organization of LGBTQ and allied health professionals. "Across the country, this unlawful order from the president has sown fear among transgender youth and confusion among their providers,” said Joshua Block, senior staff attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. “But today’s decision should restore both their access to healthcare and protections under the Constitution. Providers who’ve suspended healthcare for their transgender patients should be left with no doubt that they can lift those suspen

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

"one of three studies on bird flu that were delayed after the Trump administration issued a pause on outside communications from federal health agencies last month"

https://flipboard.com/@cnn/health-and-wellness-en01ek58z/-/a-fJqSs%5FphTKGncgVTJuOtWg%3Aa%3A132361178-%2F0

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
geekmomprojects ("GeekMomProjects") wrote:

Using p5.js to map the vertices of the truncated icosahedron build. I'm always too lazy to make 3D mapping part of a project's design phase and I always regret it later on!

A hand holding a black truncated icosahedron with translucent acrylic flowers inset each side, in front of a computer screen. The screen shows a 3D rendering of labelled points corresponding to each of the vertices of the truncated icosahedron, and a partially completed list of faces comprised of lists of vertices within the code.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

So you want to fight fascism and make a difference right now? Do this:

Join Codeberg e.V. – become part of the organisation; part of the resistance – and actively support this valuable and ethical EU-based anti-fascist¹ git hosting alternative that’s under attack by fascists as we speak:

https://join.codeberg.org

Seriously, do it now.²

Volunteer and/or donate if you can.

Let’s send Codeberg’s membership through the roof and show these fucking fascists that when they push we push back twice as hard.

When you do, please add your voice to this thread so others can see.

I rarely ask this but please repost this far and wide.

¹ https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html

² If you’re having trouble reaching the server, it might also be under attack. You can check the current status of all Codeberg’s servers from https://status.codeberg.org/status/codeberg

#Codeberg #CodebergUnderAttack #SupportCodeberg #antifascist #EU #european #FOSS #freeSoftware #git #hosting #fediverse #mastodon #community #callToAction

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

the messaging *does* neeed to be coherent, & it *should* begin immediately, & sadly that is not enough.

after listening/reading/viewing pre- & post-election interviews with members of groups who voted for The Fat Orange Child, it appears clear to me that warnings will not be believed until this administration's actions cause actual hurt to the people there.

Head Start and Community Health & Drug Rehab Centers and VA Hospitals are all in operational funding trouble now.

https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/113997494590933771

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:

New release of shot-scraper, adding support for HTTP Archives. You can now run:

shot-scraper har https://datasette.io/

And get back a JSON datasette-io.har file containing all of the requests and responses used to render that page.

Lots more details here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/13/shot-scraper/

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

when actual "conservatives" who take administration jobs actually have principles they live by:

"The Trump administration last month named Ms. Sassoon, a veteran prosecutor, to head the office on an interim basis" [Sassoon: Harvard, Yale Law, Scalia clerkship, Frederalist Society member] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/nyregion/danielle-sassoon-quit-eric-adams.html

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

"RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hailed By National Alliance of Funeral Directors" (The Borowitz Report)

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Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
skykiss@sfba.social ("Kailee ♾️ Voting Midterms God") wrote:

603,630 km² 🇺🇦

#Ukraine #eu #europe #nato

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Boosted by jwz:
JauntyArt@crispsandwi.ch ("Jaunty Art") wrote:

health

I drew a picture of Robert Kennedy Jr’s face with the word HEALTH underneath it

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georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Please continue to report.

A tweet from user @delsalcott features a screenshot of a reporting interface. The interface asks, "What issue do you want to report about Gulf of America?" with the option "Name is wrong" selected. Other options include "Location on map is wrong" and "Something else." The tweet's caption reads, "About to be insufferable," implying the user is about to correct the incorrect name, as "Gulf of America" is not a real geographic term (likely referring to the Gulf of Mexico).

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

"You gotta tell em'! Software development is people...!"

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Boosted by jwz:
briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:

Day 5 of posting about the coup on Linkedin. I can't begin to count the number of people in infosec LI who messaged privately to say keep going, nobody's talking about this here, this is important, etc. That's been nice.

But then also a lot of times when I check these peoples' timelines on LI it's like . So that makes me a little sad. But then I think, self, you're in a much better position to piss off infosec LI than most, and that's to be expected. And that's a good thing.

Also, there are SO many people in or on the fringe of the infosec industry that have such horrible takes on why it is okay to break the law, flout the courts, the Constitution and Congress in the name of fighting "government fraud." As if that's not just a replacement for "election fraud," which likewise hasn't materialized. Anyway, I guess they're all on record as cheering the nazi parade, so there's that.

I'm generally not engaging in conversations with these cult followers, because never argue with an idiot, right? But I also don't want the same drones cluttering up my timeline with inanities and whataboutism. So my strong inclination is to block useful idiots, but then I think well why am I even here if I'm doing that? I did block some people though and it felt good.

As you can see, I am somewhat conflicted about this project.

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jwz wrote:

We go now to the Oval Office for a statement from Grimes.
https://jwz.org/b/ykiG

Screenshot

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
mbjones@social.lol ("Brandon") wrote:

Check this one out if you live in the states! Alongside of the normal things, @jasonm shares from his experience as a local politician about how we can stay engaged in trying times!

🖊️ I just posted a new article to krrd.ing!

Jason - omg.lol Interview Series https://krrd.ing/posts/jason-omglol-interview-5/

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SKleefeld ("Sean Kleefeld") wrote:

@cstross Fun fact: Doctor Doom was allied with Henry Kissinger in a comic book literally titled "Super-Villain Team-Up!"

Two panels from Super-Villain Team-Up #6 circa 1976 showcasing Henry Kissinger demanding the Fantastic Four cease hostilities against Doctor Doom.

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mathowie@xoxo.zone ("Matthew Haughey") wrote:

A thing me and my fellow liberals need to let go of is pointing out right wing hypocrisy. It feels good when we notice it but they have not given a fuck about their own hypocrisy for the last 50+yrs.

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alexwinter.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Alex Winter") wrote:

Senate to RFK: Welcome Home! Now we're off to get some beers.

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claytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r/post/3li34q4legk2u

RFK in a car saying ""Get in losers. We're getting polio." bird flu brain worms measles some medieval disease we've never heard of"

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tayfonay@beige.party ("TayFoNay🍿") wrote:

Hmm, I wonder why posting is turned off on Google for the Gulf of America

#USPol

Screenshot of stupid google maps showing Gulf of America for Gulf of Mexico, with a popup stating: Posting is currently turned off for this type of place Some types of places are more likely to receive posts, like reviews, that violate Google's policies. To prevent this, Google has turned off posting. About posting restrictions

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sfbaykeeper@sfba.social ("San Francisco Baykeeper") wrote:

SF dumps millions of gallons of sewage during big storms -- not cool, guys!! 💩 ⛈️ ☔️

As our executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh told KQED, discharge areas are sacrifice zones where the city has nowhere else to release polluted water.

"They're not allowed to be discharging this much bacteria and pollution into the Bay, yet they are doing it."

https://www.kqed.org/science/1996145/sf-dumps-millions-of-gallons-of-sewage-during-big-storms-surfers-say-that-needs-to-stop #sf #sanfrancisco #sfpuc #sewage #sewagepollution #sfbay #sanfraciscobay