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

interesting pattern, interesting that The Fat Orange Child does so poorly each time

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evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

Bottled

Four amber wine bottles

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w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

(FNN) - OPM advising all federal agencies to fire their probationary employees with less than a year on the job. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/02/opm-fires-probationary-employees-after-deferred-resignation-deadline/

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:

“Similar bans have come from a genuine concern about the privacy and security of U.S. government systems, but I think that the trend of singling out Chinese products is particularly pernicious,” EFF’s Eva Galperin told StateScoop. https://statescoop.com/state-deepseek-bans-tiktok-chines-apps-2025/

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GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Just for the record, JD Vance, the "kid" you are referring to here was 25 years old when he tweeted things like "Normalise Indian hate" last month.

Which you know.

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JPummil@genomic.social ("Jeff Pummill") wrote:

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IJFmedia@mstdn.social ("The IJF") wrote:

Amazon’s subsidiary is looking for contract opportunities with the Canadian government. At the same time, the company is in a fight with a federal minister over its closure of seven warehouses in #Quebec after one of them voted to unionize. Read about what #Amazon wants from Ottawa.

https://theijf.org/amazon-contracts-closures
#cdnpoli #lobbying

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

Injuries are reported in a more than 100-vehicle pileup near Portland in whiteout conditions https://apnews.com/article/california-rain-flooding-oregon-ice-snow-d00f3bf4f37d073d16dabef98197597e

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be@floss.social ("incorrect horse battery staple") wrote:

@lightweight The Signal server code is mostly open. There is a piece of it they don't publish which only deals with handling spam. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

I always scoff when people try to claim calling for justice for Palestine is "antisemitic" when in reality Jewish leaders firm in their faith & Jewish identities proudly and courageously stand up for justice for Palestine BECAUSE THEY KNOW ITS THE RIGHT & MORAL THING TO DO

Hundreds of Jewish leaders take out a full page ad that says "JEWISH PEOPLE SAY NO TO ETHNIC CLEANSING" in response to Trump's plan to remove all Palestinians from Gaza.

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GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Palo-Alto
Runnin’ PHP as root
Gotta make your authentication moot

Patch CVE-2025-0108
It’s under mass spray
and was also used as a zero day

https://infosec.exchange/@greynoise/113998402225559255#.

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

image via Royal Museums Greenwich

https://aus.social/@bastardsheep/113998813943733578

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bastardsheep@aus.social ("Sheepie") wrote:

Does everyone know what today is?

THAT'S RIGHT!!!

Happy 🔪 Captain 🔪 Cook 🔪 Getting 🔪 Stabbed 🔪 The 🔪 Fuck 🔪 To 🔪 Death 🔪 By 🔪 Hawaiians 🔪 Day 🔪 to all who celebrate! ❤️❤️❤️

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gwynnion ("Nowhere Girl") wrote:

Sorry, the attorneys who quit the DOJ were Federalist Society goons but same difference.

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RunRichRun ("Rich Stein (he/him)") wrote:

Wow...
One perspective —
"The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy; it has experienced a Presidental Coup and an Adverse Regime Change event (8-point drop in its POLITY score)."
https://www.systemicpeace.org/index.html
h/t @kottke
https://mastodon.social/@kottke/113998335957845580
#UnitedStates #US #Democracy

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carlmalamud@official.resource.org ("Carl Malamud") wrote:

WIRED has a nice article on Watch Duty today!
https://www.wired.com/story/watch-duty-john-mills/

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igd_news@kolektiva.social ("It's Going Down") wrote:

Calls are growing for protests outside of #Tesla dealerships and beyond on Saturday, February 15th, 11AM. #TeslaTakeover teslatakedown.com

Flyer for "Picket Tesla At all Tesla Dealerships Everywhere" Saturday February 15th, 11AM"
Flyer for "Saturday Feb 15, Picket Lines at Tesla Dealerships Everywhere #TeslaTakeover"

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rustoleumlove@mastodon.online ("Anne Ominous") wrote:

it'll be wild if tuberculosis makes a huge comeback in America because the US is full of idiots who thought trump would lower gas prices.

USAID Freeze could leave US vulnerable to TB, other diseases

#tuberculosis #health #science #disease #news

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis/usaid-funding-freeze-disrupts-global-tuberculosis-control-efforts

Furin noted the irony of the funding freeze. The work supported by USAID, she said, has helped ensure that outbreaks caused by TB and other deadly infectious diseases are identified quickly and managed in the places they're happening before they reach the United States. But this action, she said, "puts the lives and health of Americans at risk." "USAID has been dedicated to putting America first by protecting Americans before these health problems can reach our shores," she said. "They used less than 1% of the US budget to do this." That's why, ultimately, Ditiu thinks the new US administration won't walk away entirely from funding global TB control efforts, though the manner in which it funds such efforts going forward might be different. "I don't think the US will pull out completely because TB is airborne…it's like COVID," she said. "As long as you breathe, you cannot walk away from it."

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w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

"Because the law does not support a dismissal, and because I am confident that (NYC Mayor) Adams has committed the crimes with which he is charged, I cannot agree to seek a dismissal driven by improper considerations." - SDNY US Attorney Danielle Sassoon in letter to US Attorney General Pam Bondi https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25526537-sassoon-bondi-letter/

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heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Lawyers: This is how it's done. "The top federal prosecutor in New York and two senior federal prosecutors in Washington have resigned after refusing to follow a Justice Department order to drop the corruption charges against New York City mayor Eric Adams..." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/top-federal-prosecutor-ny-resigns-told-drop-adams-charges-rcna192030

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grickle@mstdn.social ("Grickle") wrote:

A natural phenomenon. #grickledoodle #cat #music #guitar #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

A cartoon illustration of a cat on a front step playing an acoustic guitar surrounded by children who are listening. Caption reads "She was the only cat in the neighborhood that was any good at guitar, so naturally the kids would gather and listen each afternoon."

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

Who attacks a tiny independent git host?

Assholes, that’s who.

Good job being assholes, assholes. https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg/113995906071458932

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crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange ("Yet another Josh :donor:") wrote:

Sigh. Tough post. #Fedihired

So I found that #DOGE is currently in the org I work at. Ive confirmed from 2 colleagues. They're going after contractors first, since we have mostly no protections.

I've been looking since Nov 6, but now things are getting down to the wire.

I'm a senior cloud systems engineer. Current is administering/developing #ArcGIS #GIS . Previously was systems engineer with greenfielding and putting together multiple ATO's. Before that, was systems engineer at a NOC.

I highly prefer #remote but can travel 60 miles around #bloomingtonIN

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

Thursday night massacre… whoever is asking you not to take notes IS THE BAD GUY

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/nyregion/danielle-sassoon-quit-eric-adams.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.wk4.hzNw.n%5FA4Mwc-mdt8&smid=url-share

Screenshot from the New York Times article linked above

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joshuajfriedman.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Joshua J. Friedman") wrote:

READ Danielle Sassoon's letter to AG Pam Bondi, via @nytimes.com: "Rather than be rewarded, Adams's advocacy should be called out for what it is: an improper offer of immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal of his case." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

Dear Attorney General Bondi: On February 10, 2025, I received a memorandum from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, directing me to dismiss the indictment against Mayor Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, which would require leave of court. I do not repeat here the evidence against Adams that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed federal crimes; Mr. Bove rightly has never called into question that the case team conducted this investigation with integrity and that the charges against Adams are serious and supported by fact and law. Mr. Bove's memo, however, which directs me to dismiss an indictment returned by a duly constituted grand jury for reasons having nothing to do with the strength of the case, raises serious concerns that render the contemplated dismissal inconsistent with my ability and duty to prosecute federal crimes without fear or favor and to advance good-faith arguments before the courts. When I took my oath of office three weeks ago, I vowed to well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I was about to enter. In carrying out that responsibility, I am guided by, among other things, the Principles of Federal Prosecution set forth in the Justice Manual and your recent memoranda instructing attorneys for the Department of Justice to make only good-faith arguments and not to use the criminal enforcement authority of the United States to achieve political objectives or other improper aims. I am also gui

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merileedkarr@federated.press ("Merilee D. Karr, MD, MFA") wrote:

Plenty of us are resisting. Don't give up.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/profiles-in-courage?utm%5Fsource=post-email-title&publication%5Fid=365422&post%5Fid=156714571&utm%5Fcampaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=8m7ks&triedRedirect=true&utm%5Fmedium=email

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evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

I wish that journalists would stop uncritically buying into Musk's framing of what DOGE is doing as an audit. You can tell it is not an audit because it is being done by people with zero experience in auditing and the methodology is "poke around in files, looking for keywords without any context."

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W6KME@mastodon.radio wrote:

One of the cameras at Bailey Canyon has been re-aimed to show the basin. Look at the sludge starting to come in.

https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?pos=34.1593%5F-118.1481%5F11&id=Axis-BaileyCanyon1

#cawx

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aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

Do not be sorry for having principles and standing up to fascism.

Ever.

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

💕 https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg/113997746226747216

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jwz wrote:

This Is the Age of the Coward.

Joan Westenberg: This is Bob Iger, who once wrote about the importance of moral leadership in his memoir. He might as well write a new book: "The Joy of Capitulation: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Boot."...
https://jwz.org/b/ykiK

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