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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
toastygirl@mastodon.online ("SallyBlack") wrote:

Like banning access to cancer information websites because some AI bot detected the word "breast" and put it in the p0rn category.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
claesdevreese ("Claes de Vreese ☑️") wrote:

As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.

The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.

#journalism #democracy #freepress

https://rsf.org/en/index

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Brad_Rosenheim@climatejustice.social ("Brad Rosenheim") wrote:

These scientists were in the early stages of they careers, with newly earned PhDs and temporary employment working on coastal flooding research. They were likely looking for jobs in academia or industry after getting a publication or two from their postdoc position. Those publications would ultimately help the USGS mission.

But they were ultimately seen as government waste by the unelected officials controlling the U.S.A. government under this adminsitrative #coup.

It is demoralizing. Recruitment of young scientists to our research community in St Petersburg was a hue part of who we are. Transmission of new ideas, formation of new collaboration, discovery of new ideas - this is how the scientific process really works. It is not the crumbs of individual geniuses like half of our population thinks Musk is. It is this very system that they are dismantling here and elsewhere!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Brad_Rosenheim@climatejustice.social ("Brad Rosenheim") wrote:

On Friday, I was informed by a collaborator and friend that postdocs on a probationary period at the United States Geological Survey Coastal Sciences Office in St. Petersburg, Florida, were fired on 30 minutes notice. They received an email that they were terminated and they had 30 minutes to cleat out their offices, download data, and leave. At that point they would no longer have access to their computers and their key cards would not work.

#science
#USGS
#ClimateCrisis
#ConstitutionalCrisis
#USPol
#Musk
#DOGE

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

Zelenskyy warns of ‘high risk’ Putin will invade NATO countries: Full interview https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/zelenskyy-warns-of-high-risk-putin-will-invade-nato-countries-full-interview-232118341582 #Russia #Ukraine

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

People keep saying this February's plateau of #COVID19 when we should be declining is unprecedented. They're wrong. This is unusual, but it is NOT unprecedented.

This February looks much like February 2023. And, in fact, the modest 2024 holiday surge is a bit of an echo of the more moderate wave over the holidays in 2022.

This isn't the first time COVID paused its winter decline. More modest holiday surges mean slow, bumpy declines. Read more here: (1/2)

https://medium.com/@augieray%5F66704/covid-and-other-viral-threats-remain-high-in-the-us-update-for-february-14-2025-e299e1762bc0

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Thank god we just confirmed a worm-ridden germ denier as the US's top health official

https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/flu-continues-to-spread-in-southwest-ohio-as-hospitalizations-surge-past-5-year-average/2LDIXARI3FBTVKARH244ASXA3I/

https://daytondailynews.com/local/flu-continues-to-spread-in-southwest-ohio-as-hospitalizations-surge-past-5-year-average/2LDIXARI3FBTVKARH244ASXA3I/

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

Welcome to the #TelephoneExchange shed my new beepyboopy friend!

This is a “GPO Modem 2B” - a #dialup #modem… phone line in, RS232 out at a whopping 300bps!

It’s all discrete components (no ICs here!) and beautifully built with all the diodes/resistors mounted on little plastic carriers.

The modulator, demodulator etc are on separate, pull-out cards

It’s a gorgeous chunk of engineering, that I’ll be carefully powering up over the next few weeks!

Thanks for the swap @anachrocomputer

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tzimmer_history ("Thomas Zimmer") wrote:

“He who saves his Country does not violate any law,” Donald Trump said yesterday.

Two possible reactions:

1. Continue on the trajectory that got us here in the first place by discarding this as “just Trump being Trump”

2. Grapple in earnest with the fact that Trump asserts dictatorial power as the providential leader tasked with saving the nation.

This is acutely dangerous.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CNN@flipboard.com wrote:

A Black transgender woman’s testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then conservatives began attacking her identity
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/us/frances-thompson-transgender-memphis-massacre?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into US News @us-news-CNN

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

if the plow comes by again and covers up our driveway again then I may go to jail

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

it has indeed been snowing

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AmericaMourns@universeodon.com ("The Anti-Fascist") wrote:

Did you know the "Liberal Media" is just a myth?
I know you did, but here is proof anyway. 😉

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

What catnip? 🐈‍⬛

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thecontinent@mas.to ("The Continent") wrote:

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
otaviocc@social.lol ("Otávio :prami:") wrote:

👨‍💻 I’ve updated two @Iconfactory connectors I created: @prami’s some.pics and @glass.

some.pics:

- Added option to show/hide the photo description.
- Fixed the aspect ratio of photos.

Glass:

- Checks if the user exists before saving the feed.
- Changed the default connector color from gray to gold.

Thanks, @adam, for making the changes on some.pics side to include the photo data I needed to display images with the correct aspect ratio.

https://github.com/otaviocc/tapestry-connectors

Boosted by jwz:
davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:

More plane crashes will make people more afraid of flying, thereby helping us achieve our climate obligations. 🙃

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/16/politics/faa-employees-fired-trump-administration

Boosted by jwz:
spaf@mstdn.social wrote:

When life imitates fiction

Boosted by jwz:
davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:

Cycling helps fight climate change and makes cities more livable. More profoundly, people who cycle regularly are more oriented toward the common good.

Cars turn people into sociopaths; bikes reverse that.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494423001731

jwz wrote:

Bezos is, as always, 100% in the bag for Musk and Trump.

Common Cause: The Washington Post doesn't want you to see this Fire Elon Musk ad: Our ad was all set to run tomorrow morning, with a signed contract and all. But at the last minute, Jeff Bezos's...
https://jwz.org/b/ykiS

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
LyleDAL@universeodon.com wrote:

In case you're unaware, the #AMA has a YouTube page; they are doing daily updates on #BirdFlu and other outbreaks since the #CDC can not.

https://www.youtube.com/user/AmerMedicalAssn

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KJ7OFH@mastodon.hams.social ("Lionel - KJ7OFH") wrote:

@jsonstein @w7voa I agree, but I also do not think that history is going to deal kindly with the United States either. This is all going to be really, really bad for a long time.

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

Opening a new Google account, you get blasted with Gemini AI bullshit upsells at every click. I've had a Gmail account since 2004, so I had no idea what the first day experience was like, but it's "let AI write your emails" and "shouldn't you be using AI to finish this sentence?" all the time.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
netopwibby@social.coop ("netop://ウィビ") wrote:

#2 on Hacker News is crazy WTF

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

Sharing some feeds that I’ve added to my reader recently: https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/02/new-feeds-february-17-2025

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
clayton@social.coop ("Clayton Dewey") wrote:

There's a nonprofit whose website I support that monitors the far right. They want to set up a mirror site in Iceland (or other country with strong data sovereignty laws) in case the Trump administration takes down their website.

Does anyone have Icelandic hosting companies they recommend? The website is in #Drupal

:boosts_appreciated: boosts appreciated :boosts_appreciated:

#OpenWeb #DigitalRights #DataSovereignty #AskMastodon

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
thomholwerda@exquisite.social ("Thom, HP-UX™ evangelist") wrote:

Dutch pension fund ABP - which manages €544 billion as of December 2024 - is ditching Tesla, Facebook, and Google. Why? You know why.

Again, Americans have no idea what's begun here. The Netherlands alone is one of the largest investors in the US, and as public sentiment here against president Musk and figurehead Trump deteriorates even further, those investments will shrink. The long-term effects will be crippling.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Business school professors trained an AI to judge workers' personalities based on their faces; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/17/caliper-ai/

#Pluralistic

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

today in Tallahassee

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

today in Boston