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

@w7voa The Heard and Macdonald islands will not stand for this aggression!

Boosted by jwz:
jplebreton ("JP") wrote:

sometimes you find yourself wishing that the private equity industry were a physical building somewhere that we could all march on together and dismantle with our bare hands

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mikemccaffrey@drupal.community ("Mike McCaffrey") wrote:

@inthehands What is the difference between Elon Musk and the Nazis? The Nazis were good at building cars.

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violetblue ("Violet Blue") wrote:

Want to know what the US looks like from outside right now?

Fury from Canada and Australia, travel advisories in 10 countries, US boycotts expand, "kidnapped" detention center starvation and deaths, "Imminent Regime Crisis in the United States," more:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/view-from-here-125797319

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
br00t4c wrote:

Viral image - Plastic surgery crime story originated on a self-described satire site

#CrimeStory #SatireSite #RestrainingOrder #TransformationJourney #NameChange

http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/02/viral-image/plastic-surgery-crime-story-originated-on-a-self-d/

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

@dangoodin for me it’s because it tends to be a misrepresentation of the totality of the trade relationship and the benefits we get from it. Not only is the number the administration uses completely made up but they also then grossly misrepresent the impact to US businesses. For example if we have a relationship with a country like Vietnam that is not a large market for US made goods (because they are expensive or whatever) but we benefit tremendously from them being a lower cost place for manufacturing US business are getting tons of benefits from being able to sell, say, consumer electronics at a cheaper price than if it was manufactured elsewhere.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:

Paul Krugman: Stop Looking for Methods in the Madness. There’s no plan, secret or otherwise, behind Trump’s tariffs.

"There can’t be any secret agenda behind the Trump tariffs, because there’s nobody around Trump with the knowledge or independence to devise such an agenda. This is all about Trump’s gut feelings.

Trump wants each country to grovel and want to cut a deal.
Since most of our trading partners aren’t in a groveling mood, trade war seems inevitable."

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/stop-looking-for-methods-in-the-madness
1/n

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

"The Adventures of the Three Siblings and Mr. Peabody"

https://arghstudios.com/support/mrPeabody.pdf

courtesy Argh Studios Storyteller https://arghstudios.com

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org ("Ruth Mottram") wrote:

So, at this stage, this feels a bit like trolling...

Denmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railway - https://on.ft.com/3Y5Mvmv via @FT

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:

“Unless you are using GPG (GNU Privacy Guard), email is not end-to-end encrypted, and the contents of a message can be intercepted and read at many points, including on Google’s email servers,” EFF’s @evacide told @washingtonpost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/01/waltz-national-security-council-signal-gmail/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
drrimmer@aus.social ("Matthew Rimmer") wrote:

US health agency layoffs gut mine safety, infertility and smoking programs https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/hhs-cdc-fda-layoffs
Thousands lost jobs as sweeping cuts reshape public health, leaving experts and lawmakers scrambling. #healt #uspol #uslaw

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

In better news the stiff tariffs on Gilligan’s Island may finally break the totalitarian rule of the Marxist DEI-swollen “professor”

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

If y’all think healthcare supply shortages were bad in 2020, go look up who makes nitrile gloves and where.

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

I understand why Americans want to take issue with the use of "we" here but I promise you that people outside the U.S. aren't going to treat the "good" Americans with kid gloves when shit gets real, economically or otherwise. "We" elected Trump as a country, whether we like it or not.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
joshuajfriedman.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Joshua J. Friedman") wrote:

NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
petrillic@hachyderm.io ("Chris Petrilli") wrote:

Anyone who thinks someone who can bankrupt a casino ... repeatedly ... understands even the most basic ideas of economics really needs to get out more.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:

Today, Trump has put a total of 20 percent tariffs on medicine made in Europe.

One of the most popular medicines made in my country Denmark is Wegovy. Its list price yesterday was USD 500 per month. Trump has now potentially raised that to 600 dollars.

Every. Single. Month.

Vote for a clown.
Expect a cirkus.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
xkcd@mastodon.xyz ("XKCD Bot") wrote:

If you have an old phone in a drawer, and you listen very carefully, you can occasionally hear the occasional tap of an emitted SIM card hitting the side of the drawer as the phone transmutes to a lower-end model.
https://xkcd.com/3071/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nazgul@infosec.exchange ("Kee Hinckley") wrote:

If you're wondering where the regime got these crazy high tariff rates from...it wasn't in fact tariffs.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BruceMirken@mas.to ("Bruce Mirken") wrote:

"If you’ve ever used eye drops that didn’t blind you, thank Dr. Timothy J. Pohlhaus. As of yesterday, he’s gone." #RFKJr is well on the way to being the deadliest serial killer in American history.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-expert-who-kept-eye-drops-from-blinding-you-was-fired-yesterday

#FDA #HHS

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

Americans' taxes just went up by $6 trillion. That is a million dollars multiplied by 6 million.

Don't tell me Trump is trying to save anything. This guy is a economy destroyer -- and not just ours.

Glad to see CNN telling the simple truth in this headline:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MJmusicinears@mastodon.world ("MJ Muse") wrote:

#MAGAgopTraitors

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

"Waltz, Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s contact details and, in some cases, passwords have been exposed through hacked personal data that has been published online. Most of the numbers and email addresses linked to the officials are still in use on social media and communications platforms, the outlet found."

https://truthout.org/articles/waltz-has-used-personal-email-and-20-other-signal-threads-for-government-affairs/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dave_andersen@hachyderm.io ("David Andersen") wrote:

CMU doesn't have a faculty union or local AAUP chapter, but I've now joined the AAUP because it's clear that academics need _some_ voice that's going to help advocate for a strong US higher educational and research system.

https://www.aaup.org/

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

Shhh... just let the orange consume you.

#Caturday

Attachments:

• gifv: orange cat laying on black cat and licking its paws

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mwl@io.mwl.io ("Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire:") wrote:

using #firefox or a derivative? Setting browser.ml.chat.enabled=false turns off the brand-new AI features.

You're welcome.

(RIP my mentions, muting this)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:

From my colleagues. Utterly devastating. https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
knittingknots2@mstdn.social ("Sue Stone") wrote:

"Not on the list? Russia. Also absent: Belarus, which has been actively allied with Russia in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine."

https://www.mediaite.com/news/theres-a-glaring-omission-on-the-white-houses-list-of-trumps-new-tariffs/

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
jimsalter@fosstodon.org ("Jim Salter") wrote:

You may now add me to the list of FOSS folks directly impacted by unethical AI scraping effectively performing Denial of Service attacks.

My wife informed me this morning that our billing system had been knocked offline.

The reason? #Amazon, #OpenAI, and similar bot scraping traffic blew up my access logs to the point of filling that server's entire drive. They're constantly scraping and re-scraping my FreeBSD wiki.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/devs-say-ai-crawlers-dominate-traffic-forcing-blocks-on-entire-countries/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
arthurlutzim@mamot.fr ("Arthur Lutz") wrote:

😍🤩🫠

DIY synths database
https://diy-synths.snnkv.com/

#diy #midi #electronics #hardwarePorn