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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange ("Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:") wrote:

Codename: Krasnov

"Mussayev’s claims are by no means the only ones from former KGB officers.

In “American Kompromat,” a 2021 book by Craig Unger, former KGB officer Yuri Shvets claims that Trump had been recruited by Moscow in the 1980s.

“Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset… and proved so willing to parrot anti-Western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow,” Shvets told the Guardian in 2021.

Shvets was a KGB major during the 1980s with cover job as a correspondent in Washington for the Soviet news agency TASS. He moved to the US permanently in 1993 and gained American citizenship. He worked as a corporate security investigator and was a partner of Alexander Litvinenko, who was assassinated in London in 2006, according to the Guardian."
#treason #InsiderThreat #coup #corruption https://www.kyivpost.com/post/47630

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

Trying to blend in with the other Midwesterners around me.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/02/22/am-i-one-of-the-cool-kids-yet/

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

If anyone thinks they will brew, foster and push a revolution from within #bluesky and other #DTBO douchebag techbro billionaire owned #socmedia such as #instagram, #facebook, #linkedin, #xitter, #threads or any other such, they are idiots.

The media owned by the people who are doing the democracy killing is NOT where it will happen.

#TurdReich #coup #USPol #fediverse

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

2/ Per a knowledgeable writer/friend:

"Think about what this means for sales of US tech.

No country will want to rely on US tech companies after this."

‪The Kyiv Independent‬ :

⚡️US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters.

The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communications.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TechConnectify@mas.to ("Technology Connections") wrote:

Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA

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

@bsletten you had me hooked when I saw "Advocate of less typing and more thinking." on your bio +100

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

any more, DEI stands for Douche Ego Inflation

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
copter_chief@mstdn.party ("CopterDoctor") wrote:

I respect Governor of Maine (Janet T. Mills) for standing up against #Trump at his presser yesterday. He kept threatening to withhold all federal aid from the state if she violates his executive order banning transgender students from playing sports.

I personally would’ve been polite at first, but as #DictatorTrump ramped up his attacks, I would’ve lost it and told him to fuck off.

The only way to defeat bullies is to hit back hard. If you don’t, they see you as weak and will bully you more.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
munin@infosec.exchange ("Fi 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

:blobcatthinkingsmirk: Hey if you put a DEI policy in your open source projects, the feds can't use it now right?

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

I have fewer rights than my mother did and will never know home ownership or a clean peaceful planet and will probably spend what's left of my life watching a nation be destroyed by a reality tv hack and alleged Russian asset and an army of his sycophants. So. Happy Saturday I guess?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
copter_chief@mstdn.party ("CopterDoctor") wrote:

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

Things have been so much better since they started congestion pricing and I can't help but think the attempts to break it are just... petty.

Anyways there is a rally @3 in NYC times square. Gotta get my wingtips on and catch the bus down there.

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

"There’s a deep historical irony in these recent developments: During the Third Reich, it was the Max Planck Society—then known as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society—that lost its best and brightest to the U.S. and other countries, including Albert Einstein.

A day prior, Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported that Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs has seen a 50 percent increase in the number of Americans seeking Irish passports"

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

"On February 8, German newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported that the Max Planck Society—one of the world’s top scientific research institutions—is experiencing an uptick in applications from American scientists. Its president said the society regards the U.S. as “a new talent pool” at a time when the Trump administration seeks to cut billions in funding to the National Institutes of Health." https://c.im/@cdarwin/114043287282062156

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cdarwin@c.im ("Chuck Darwin") wrote:

German newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported that the Max Planck Society
—one of the world’s top scientific research institutions
—is experiencing an uptick in applications from American scientists.

Its president said the society regards the U.S. as
“a new talent pool” at a time when the Trump administration seeks to cut billions in funding to the National Institutes of Health.

There’s a deep historical irony in these recent developments:
During the Third Reich, it was the Max Planck Society
—then known as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society
—that lost its best and brightest to the U.S. and other countries, including Albert Einstein.

https://newrepublic.com/article/191421/trump-emigration-wave-brain-drain

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kb9ens@mastodon.radio ("Tom - KB9ENS") wrote:

#HamRadio testing starts in 30 min at the w6TRW swap meet in Redondo Beach.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bagder ("daniel:// stenberg://") wrote:

Changing every line three times

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/02/18/changing-every-line-three-times/

Is there some magic making three times, or even pi, the number of times you need to write code for it to be good?

#curl

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

"curl is also an interesting test subject here because it has grown significantly over time. It started out as 180 lines of code in 1996 (then called httpget) and is almost 180,000 lines of code today in early 2025."

https://mastodon.social/@bagder/114025280515868105

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
clive@saturation.social ("Clive Thompson") wrote:

Very well-reported piece how the Musk/Trump wilding is laying off crucial FDA staffers

They laid off people who check the safety of high-end blood-glucose monitors, surgical staplers, e-cigarette devices … you name it

they laid off people who check the cybersecurity of robotic surgery devices. Man, better hope China/russia doesn’t hack *those*, eh?

Oh and many of these jobs were funded by industry fees, not taxes — so it won’t reduce the deficit one penny

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/health/fda-trump-layoffs-device-and-food-safety.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.y04.lvro.4RGYAg4qxVBf&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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

Well, we know his primary achievement in business is buying things and trying to make people think he founded them, but also, in the grand scheme of things, he's going to be remembered as a petty ruinous buffoon, not a titan either of industry or intellect

https://www.yahoo.com/news/author-upcoming-elon-musk-biography-040538098.html

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

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:

This is a good idea: a wiki for trans people who want to leave the US for another country. https://transworldexpress.org/wiki/Main%5FPage

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

This is the face of a gullible, deluded bigot. Look at the bone structure! The wide-set eyes! The vapid grin! Obviously, it's science.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/02/22/physiognomy-tells-me-this-man-is-the-village-idiot/

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

I hesitate to repost this, as I cannot find any "who runs this site?" info there or via DNS examination

https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rxxohcl6ttptchry4rsgw3fe/post/3lipzzkjojc23

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

"cost federal and state taxpayers more than $86.9 million, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants... A mere 6,500 participants have enrolled 18 months into the program, approximately 75% fewer than the state had estimated for Pathways’ first year. Thousands of others never finished applying, according to the state’s data, as reports of technical glitches mounted."

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles

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

the system of alliances & the web of trust which has kept Europe from a general war for over 75 years has been destroyed by The Fat Orange Child. my country has become an unreliable partner, and the world is worst off for that change.

https://mastodon.social/@ErikJonker/114047895443433570

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

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that a 'populist' fascist is destroying American science -- I've been fighting against pseudoscience & creationism for 40+ years. It looks like they're finally winning.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/02/22/the-us-has-always-had-an-anti-science-core-anyway/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ErikJonker ("Erik Jonker") wrote:

All European armies have to make a multi-year transition planning to make their fighting capabilities less dependent, possibly independent from the USA. This is a massive undertaking as anyone knows who knows anything about weapon systems in use.
But we can't have a president like Trump decide whether we are allowed to use a weapon system or not.
#eu #europe #usa #military #independence #trump #sovereignity #geopolitics @geopolitics

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
immarisabel@indieweb.social ("Marisabel Munoz") wrote:

I added a #Blogroll 🥳
I also added a Mastodon feed for #blogpost of #indieweb tags.

https://marisabel.nl/public/blogroll.php

https://marisabel.nl/public/indieweb%5Fblogs.php

#personalwebsite #blog

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
petebrown@social.lol ("Pete Brown") wrote:

I think one of the most unintentionally hilarious exemplars of the modern web is the indie dev type who uses 97 pounds of javascript, CSS, and assorted frameworks plus a rat's nest of integrations to create a website that looks like it was built in 1997 using Frontpage.