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

Via Kyle Cheney:

The State Department has paid out $97m to the National Endowment for Democracy and is putting another $72m out the door imminently.

It appears this will head off a lawsuit that would have been a test of President Trump's impoundment authority.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25557958-endowment/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
LaserMistress@mstdn.social ("⚡🔌ℂlaire 𝔻anielle ℂassidy♾️") wrote:

Help me run There U Glow, my annual radical femme & queer founded and fronted electronics camp? 😘

A bit of where the fun funds go:

- More potent solar power system⚡🤤

- Projecting video showing over 100 femme/queer engineers on the wall of our space on a raspberry pi running VLC ✨

- USB-C soldering irons & tools

- Opensource die-cut educational PCB art badge (that I'm learning KiCad 9 doing!)

- Swaaag 😎

www.thereuglow.club

You in?

(Direct $ apps in 🧵below)

https://www.gofundme.com/f/there-u-glow-radical-educational-electronics-camp-fundraiser

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeff@newsie.social ("Jeff (of the internet)") wrote:

Your #mastoadmin should never have to say this.

I'm trying to rise donations but I can always sell something if needed(offline stuff, don't worry), just like to be on time with this ❤️

https://mstdn.social/@stux/114144422924701547

Track down how your admin fundraises and help them out

#mastodon

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

progress

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
CatsOfYore@varmint.town ("Cats of Yore") wrote:

Before laser pointers we had to just point at the wall with a stick. Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.

Boosted by jwz:
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Please stop calling newsletters "Substacks" --

The vast majority of blogs are created using WordPress software. No one calls their blog a "WordPress" for the very good reason that there are other ways to create and publish blogs.

So if you've been gaslighted into calling someone's newsletter their "Substack' just because they use that platform, please stop. You're just doing PR for a company that manifestly doesn't deserve it.

Why is that?
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jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Apparently I've been illegally boycotting Tesla since 2011, that being when I purchased my MINI and therefore having no need for another vehicle. It's a heady thing, to have been a criminal for nearly a decade and a half. However this nefarious lifestyle suits me and my car only recently crossed the 100,000 mile mark, so it appears I will continue to be a wanton crime lord for years to come.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
aethernaut@mastodon.art ("Neal") wrote:

To everyone browsing anything on Patreon: as of today, 3/11/25, the Apple store will add a 30% fee to your membership if you subscribe. Sign up through a web browser instead and save some bucks!
(If you're already a subscriber you are not affected)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jerry@infosec.exchange ("Wary Jerry") wrote:

That hurts https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/doge-axes-cisa-red-team-staffers-amid-ongoing-federal-cuts/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz ("Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿") wrote:

Just watching this Trump tariff debacle unfolding is like watching a kid playing what he thinks is a game of monopoly, not realising that there're real people in those streets & utilities, houses & hotels. In this case, we're dealing with a mentally deficient man who probably doesn't care. I feel desperately sad for all the millions of people - most poor sods in the US - who'll have their lives upended by this madness. I just hope it doesn't affect people outside the US as much. 1/2

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:

"The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects, from breast-feeding support efforts in Baltimore to mosquito-net programs in Mozambique."

https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/johns-hopkins-federal-funding-foreign-aid-cut-ca841d31?st=EJYFJk&reflink=desktopwebshare%5Fpermalink

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
igd_news@kolektiva.social ("It's Going Down") wrote:

"ICE Chasers are volunteers, who maintain vigilance about ICE sightings in the areas they live in and report it to the wider ICE Chasers network. According to Aguilar, ICE Chasers form a “rapid response team” that keeps the community informed in real-time."

https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/03/11/meet-the-ice-chasers-the-rapid-response-team-keeping-communities-informed-on-ice-sightings/

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

no reasonable Senator should vote "yes" on any appropriations bill while the President continues to impound and redirect funds without regard to law.

this is *not* a "continuing resolution" at all, and to call it that is to lie.

#JustSayNo

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Richard_Littler ("Richard Littler") wrote:

They turned America into a shopping channel and the White House into a used-car dealership in less than 3 months. I'm predicting that in less than 6 months the White House will have a casino, a lap-dancing club and a segregated steakhouse offering Anti-Woke-Burger meal deals.

#Trump #Musk #USA

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

Postscript and a good catch from Aaron Fritschner. This is how you legislatively mandate the ball gag.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

13. This is far from complete. But make no mistake: it is decidedly NOT a “clean CR”.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

12. It cuts $280 million from the National Institute of Health, shutting down research in things like cancer, Alzheimer’s, ALS, heart disease. Do you want to be healthy? Do you want to develop cures? Do you have a loved one waiting for a cure? Too bad.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

7. It cuts rent subsidies for low-income folks. Which means a whole lot of landlords are going to find themselves forced to evict some ~32,000 families. If you think your community needs more homelessness, that’s a good idea. Otherwise… really f’ing dumb.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

6. It gives the White House much more discretion over public-private partnerships, essentially allowing them to prioritize infrastructure projects (highways, rail, etc.) only in their political supporters communities. That is anti-American, in the purest sense.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

4. It would cut ~$28 billion in funding we passed under the PACT Act to make sure veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange and toxic burn pits get healthcare coverage. Pissing on US veterans is a choice.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

I don’t know whether the GOP will get the votes on their don’t-call-it-a-CR disaster of a bill this week. But I do know that majorities of Republicans voted against similar bills for all of the last 2 years. So what is making them strap on the ball gag and climb into Trump’s dungeon this week?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aburtch@triangletoot.party wrote:

Remember in 2023 when everyone was saying we were overreacting? The only answer Democrats had for anything was “vote.”

I already live in a state so badly gerrymandered that a 50/50 population is controlled by a permanent Republican supermajority.

Now watch it happen at a federal level. If we even have a 2028 election…

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Domestic Enemy Hat") wrote:

Ok I know this is old-man irritability but I don’t care if Mahmoud Khalil has a pregnant wife, I don’t care if he and his wife are childfree, I don’t care if he’s in a fucking polycule with a hedgehog and a jar of mayonnaise, NOBODY should be detained for protected speech, including singletons.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
claysand@toot.community ("Clay Sand") wrote:

How sad it looks to see the person that was elected as US President being Elon Trump's cuckhold, hawking his cars and displaying pure weakness in front of the entire world.

#MAGA

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

Like an ant on a wire
like Solenopsis spitting straight fire
I have tried
in my way
to haul leaf.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
maleve@zeroes.ca ("Matti Aleve") wrote:

If you think paying 300% for eggs is bad wait till home construction stops because no one knows how much to charge.

Ujczo, senior counsel at Thompson Hine in Columbus, Ohio, said some of the firm's real estate clients are putting development projects on hold because they cannot accurately estimate materials costs over the next six to 12 months due to tariff uncertainty.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-expanded-metals-tariffs-hit-164447943.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

@dangillmor

It is easy to migrate from Substack to Ghost. They will even help you do it.

https://ghost.org/docs/migration/substack/

You will keep more of you subscription revenue and not fund right wing extremists.

What's to lose?

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

"The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains undocumented commands that could be leveraged for attacks.

The undocumented commands allow spoofing of trusted devices, unauthorized data access, pivoting to other devices on the network, and potentially establishing long-term persistence."

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/undocumented-commands-found-in-bluetooth-chip-used-by-a-billion-devices/

see also this 2012 paper:

https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sps32/Silicon%5Fscan%5Fdraft.pdf

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bourgwick@heads.social ("jesse jarnow") wrote:

friends, from now until midnight, i’m back on the air at @WFMU with @longrally, raising money to support independent radio, giving away ridiculous LPs/CDs/shirts, etc.! tune in: https://wfmu.org/playlists/JJ/250311
light up the phone room! operators standing by at 800-989-9368 or pledge at wfmu.org: http://pledge.wfmu.org/donate/JJ

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

https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/114146696978314448