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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GreenFire@mstdn.social ("Kevin Leecaster") wrote:

I'm sure that this horrible news has been shared on #Mastodon but I want to make certain of it.

Any journalist that will still defend Republicans is not actually a journalist they're just a GOP defender.

Defending sociopaths like the Tate brothers should certainly be the final straw if they somehow were able to sanewash all the other shit from them imo anyways.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:

The 'S' in IoT stands for security.

The 'P' in AI stands for privacy.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
hkrn@mstdn.social ("Hacker News") wrote:

All Kindles can now be jailbroken
L: https://old.reddit.com/r/kindle/comments/1hrwytr/all%5Fkindles%5Fcan%5Fnow%5Fbe%5Fjailbroken/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43073969
posted on 2025.02.16 at 20:42:12 (c=1, p=3)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

@grant_h @Dss

I had to sub for 4th grade (the last class of the day, the day before winter break! oy.) so the teacher didn't expect me to accomplish much with them. But said "they are learning percents"

So I taught them about percents and "per thousandths" and showed them some old calculators that have a key for both. They really loved it and we had a lot of fun.

Maybe because their regular teacher won't let them play with calculators, but that's not me. I'm NOT the arithmetic teacher.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ProPublica@newsie.social wrote:

This tax season, we're here to remind you about TurboTax's 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free.

(Published Oct. 2019)
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=mastodon-post

#News #Tax #Tech #IRS

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

Today in History: violinist and composer Arcangelo Corelli born in Fusignano, Italy, 1653

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

Today in History: Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood, New Jersey, 1982 (and a great silence spread as the Angels wept)

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

Today in History: (Scottish) Anchor Line vessel S.S. Dido first ship to pass through Suez Canal, 1867

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

Please, don't support the enemy.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/02/17/listen-to-alex/

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

Today in History: T. J. Watson, Sr. born, 1874 (oversaw growth of IBM & it's culture, 1914-1956)

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

Today in History: American contralto Marion Anderson born, 1902

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

Today in History: Frederic Eugene Ives born, 1856, pioneer of halftone

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
charlesgaba ("Charles Gaba") wrote:

📣 Feeling helpless? Looking for some way to take action? There's ~2 dozen STATE Special Elections coming up you can help with (+3 for U.S. House!), including 4 more in February!

2/25: CT SD-21 Anthony Afriyie
2/25: CT HD-40 Dan Gaiewski
2/25: ME HD-24 Sean Faircloth
2/25: CA AD-32 Chris Cruz-Boone (primary)

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

IMHO the Dems in Congress need to listen to Stacey Abrams. they need to start holding their own “shadow committee” hearings hammering on The Fat Orange Child for having no plan, on Space Karen for destroying working people’s lives with laughter, and on Anheuser Douche for not sending assets to evacuate US staff who were endangered by this Administration’s thoughtless flailing about.

with authority comes responsibility, that is how the real world works.

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/marcus-doe-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-declaration-usaid-evacs.pdf

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
YOW_Weather@ottawa.place ("Ottawa Weather Records") wrote:

With 92cm of snow-on-the-ground, today is #Ottawa's deepest day in more than 20 years, since Feb 6th, 2001. #YowWx #OttWeather #YOW #OttNews #ONWx

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

wise words: Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

h/t https://masto.deoan.org/@karlykingsley.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
karlykingsley.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Karly Kingsley") wrote:

Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

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

the American people need to hear clearly about how this Administration has abandoned out US State Department staff and their families. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/marcus-doe-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-declaration-usaid-evacs.pdf

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
judell@social.coop ("Jon Udell") wrote:

The view from the wood chipper.

"My family has left behind our home and all our belongings as a result of our service to the United States of America overseas, and we have been harassed through a combination of malignant, violent rhetoric and threats of financial ruin from the officials effecting this shutdown."

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/marcus-doe-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-declaration-usaid-evacs.pdf

#usaid

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dangrsmind@sfba.social wrote:

Gutted courses, fewer majors, faculty layoffs: Who will feel Cal State’s 8% budget cut? https://search.app/u5Ug

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
torgo@pixelfed.social ("Dan Appelquist") wrote:

This street art I encountered yesterday on the Parkland Walk between Highgate and Finsbury Park really spoke to me. #scrapyardspec #streetart

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
headlines_bot@m.ai6yr.org ("Headline Bot") wrote:

Ukraine will not recognise US-Russia peace deal, Zelensky warns https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/17/ukraine-russia-war-starmer-paris-latest-news/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
emptywheel.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy wrote:

Folks, we're beyond the point where DEI is the stated reason for firing people. It remains the basis for eliminating some programs and some documentation -- and also remains an error-ridden process triggered to keywords, not content. But at this point Trump is just firing bureaucrats.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BrianJopek@mastodon.world ("Brian Jopek") wrote:

And counting.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jendrik ("Jendrik Johannes") wrote:

Just did that.

If you are a German citizen, don't forget to vote this week. And please vote in the name of reason, humanity, solidarity, diversity, and science.

Consider not voting for science fact ignorers (parties with C or F). The future is too important to give it to these backward thinkers.

And, of course, do not vote for the f#+&ing nazis (party with A).

Even if you don't care: Please please think of our children.

#democracy #science #solidarity #humanity #climateaction #fcknazis

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
antoinnesterk@cyberplace.social ("Antoinne Sterk") wrote:

Laarder Eng at dusk

#Landscape #Photography

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

the Soviet Union finally fell apart in DEC 1991, & Clinton was elected in 1992. one of the great failures of the US that year & beyond was thinking the Russians, w no experience of democracy at all in their history, would somehow "naturally" transition to a Western European model social democratic state.

"The forces of history" cannot be depended upon to produce a particular outcome, no matter whether your analysis comes from left or right. it is *people* who make choiices about acting or not.

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

User Interface design is one thing, and actual users are another thing entirely

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
lewis@social.lol ("Lewis Dale") wrote:

📝 New post: Some more good & bad bike part purchases

As always, I'm trying out lots of new bike parts. Some are better than others, so here's some short reviews of the best and worst things I've bought recently: Elitewheels Edge carbon wheels, Goodyear Eagle F1 Supersport R tyres, Sidebike carbon cycling shoes, Exustar PRS-1 pedals, RideNow TPU inner tubes, TOPUMP TB2 PRO electric pump, and YKYWBIKE jerseys & bib tights.

🔗

#cycling #BikeTooter #review https://lewisdale.dev/post/some-more-good-and-bad-bike-part-purchases/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
raganwald@social.bau-ha.us ("raganwald 🍓") wrote:

The "Trolley Problem" is like the Kobayahi Maru: It isn't actually a legitimate moral paradox, it is a contrivance designed to teach us learned helplessness.

In real life, whenever I see what is presented as a trolley problem, I see someone carefully arranging the propaganda so that there appear to be only two options, both bad for me and good for them.

If I have to pull a lever, it will be on a guillotine for whomever set up the trolley.