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jwz wrote:

Everybody Run, Mel Gibson's Got a Gun.

All corruption, all the time: Justice Department Official Fired After Opposing Mel Gibson's Gun Rights Restoration: Gibson, who lost his gun rights due to a 2011 misdemeanor domestic violence conviction, was...
https://jwz.org/b/ykkI

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
davetroy@toad.social ("Dave Troy :toad:") wrote:

The White House is lying, saying this is a "transition period," requiring short term pain. This is a controlled demolition of entire economies. There is no truth to anything they are saying, and no path to prosperity on this route. It's raw, unbridled terrorism.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

US agrees to immediately resume intelligence sharing and military assistance to Ukraine.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
rso@orbital.horse ("Range Safety Officer") wrote:

We're seeing more instances of newly created mastodon.social accounts posting unrelated replies into threads.

For the time being we're limiting mastodon.social until they bring their spam accounts under control.

#Fediblock

Boosted by jwz:
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

I pulled together my thoughts about Trump’s executive orders attacking law firms he doesn’t like at ⬇️https://heidi-says.ghost.io/trump-stepping-up-his-attack-on-civil-society-and-rule-of-law-fight-back/.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

2025:

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Microsoft gives some insights into why they chose Go: https://github.com/microsoft/typescript-go/discussions/411

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

I would not want to be in Latvia, Lithuania, or Estonia if Putin gets a ceasefire to rearm, refit, and retrain.

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

You don't say

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

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

(Also, I know they simply use words as weapons. The words are devoid of meaning beyond what horrible affect they hope to achieve in the world. Unlike a 5yo who simply doesn't understand a world beyond themselves just yet.)

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

Trump and his ilk use "illegal" in the same way a 5yo uses "not fair" to describe all the things in the world that are contrary to their desires.

Of course, Trump and his lik are much more dangerous and awful than any 5yo I have ever met.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
benhencke@leds.social ("Ben") wrote:

I made a super fast simple sound synthesis engine.

Designed for microcontrollers, it uses little RAM and flash. Intended for 32-bit microcontrollers that have a fast multiply, like ARM Cortex-M0.

https://github.com/simap/MicroModSynth

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

You know, I wonder whatever happened to QuarkXPress? I'm sure Quark is still in business, so let's see what the new version—OH DEAR GOD

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
croyle@wandering.shop ("David Croyle") wrote:

@w7voa Can we please start referring to her as the voice of the Ministry of Propaganda like she is? She wouldn't acknowledge the truth if it leapt on stage and bit her on the ass.

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

If Pete Hegseth doesn't think climate is going to shape military action in future years, he's even stupider than we thought, and it's already pretty clear he's plenty stupid

https://www.science.org/content/article/pentagon-abruptly-ends-all-funding-social-science-research?utm%5Fsource=sfmc

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Microsoft rewriting TypeScript in #golang wasn't on my Bingo card for this year 🤔

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/typescript-native-port/

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

I had to go to the Morris MN DMV this morning to renew my license. They were courteous and helpful, nice even. And there were only 3 people there in line!

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Hmm. I have also noticed that the clever summaries for articles I write that should show up on Mastodon and Bluesky links do not, which turns out to be not a bug in my atom.xml template as a misunderstanding in it. Neato.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Catlynn@nerdculture.de ("squirrelygirl") wrote:

I’m standing up on the ladder and a tiny Oak titmouse friend comes to investigate and charm me 😍

Boosted by jakedel@mamot.fr ("S. Delafond"):
freexian@hachyderm.io ("Freexian :debian:") wrote:

Contributions to Debian by Freexian Collaborators in the month of February includes Debian.Social administration, DebConf 25 preparations, Fixing Time-based test failure in Python requests package and more!

You can read all about it in our monthly report: https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-02-2025/

We thank the organizations subscribing to our Long Term Support contracts (https://www.freexian.com/lts/) and consulting services (https://www.freexian.com/services/) for making this possible.

#debian #freexian #freesoftware #opensource

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

I meant to share this here from Instagram but then forgot to toggle the switch, so: Look! Portraits of @jimboggia, @daphne_always, @mega_ran and @realaimeemann, from the 2025 @jococruise opening concert. Enjoy here or at the link.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHEERu2Mo6X/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fweb%5Fbutton%5Fshare%5Fsheet&igsh=M2M0Y2JmOTAyOA==

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHEERu2Mo6X/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

An evil (former) dictator is arrested for his crimes.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/philippines-former-president-dutertes-arrest-a-monumental-step-for-justice/

See, it can happen.

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

uuuuuh, that means shutting down the US auto industry as well, you Orange-faced fool

https://flipboard.com/@cnn/business-and-tech-fie8hiijz/-/a-pUuNl5nwQtC6GbmkMq4T0Q%3Aa%3A132361178-%2F0

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Wileymiller ("Wiley Miller") wrote:

@GottaLaff

OMG...just ran across this from 20 years ago in #NonSequitur...

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2005/05/24

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
vees@epistolary.org ("Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:") wrote:

#TSLA's dead cat bounce lasted exactly 60 minutes this morning, even with TFG announcing he'd buy one car in support.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"While Trump came into office legally, the Trump-Musk administration is taking not the gradualist path to change chosen by autocrats who arrive in power via elections, but a more extremist route, one reminiscent of the political climate after a coup.

This is where DOGE comes in."

#Trump #Musk #DOGE #strongman #authoritarianism
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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jerry@infosec.exchange ("Wary Jerry") wrote:

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

this looks like a piece with very practical applications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57205-x

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

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57205-x