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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
erosdiscordia@onycha.monster ("Mystery Babylon") wrote:

I have a small pile of expenses I can't cover this week, that I wonder if people might help with?

It comes to about $320. This is what I need it for:

~ money for groceries / dry cat food tonight
~ cost of helping get Zele the kitten neutered and microchipped, so I can begin his paperwork to take him on a plane
~ one night at this Airbnb, to cover the gap between this reservation and my next payday
~ final miscellaneous expenses to get my belongings shipped the hell out of America

Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tmvshek
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/erosdiscordia
Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/onychamaze

If you have any spare money to help out, donations would be hugely appreciated. Boosts welcome! :boostRequest:​

#mutualAid #transMutualAid #trans #transCrowdFund #queerMutualAid #fundraiser

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

This album, "Music from Eternal Return One", was a nice soundtrack as I cajoled my brain to engage with work this morning:

https://polylith.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-eternal-return-one

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
abraxas3d@mastodon.radio ("Abraxas3d W5NYV") wrote:

Steve Thimble Poppins says it's time for breakfast.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
bunkcomputer@social.coop ("Bunk Computer Cooperative") wrote:

Hello, world! We are Bunk Computer Cooperative -- a worker-owned technology #coop in Western North Carolina. We're building local computing infrastructure that's of and for Western #northcarolina

We're still getting off the ground, but we've been hard at work the last eight months and we're ready to introduce ourselves. We wrote an #introduction blog post that you can read at the link in our bio, and we'd be thrilled if you did! Boosts Appreciated!

Yours in bits and bytes,
Bunk Cooperators

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

During the migration, I’ll post a status message on the social.lol site with updates. If you’re using a Mastodon client app, you won’t see this in your client, but you can head over to https://social.lol to view it in a browser.

I’ll also be available on our Chat Network (https://home.omg.lol/info/chat) where you can ask “are we there yet?” and/or watch me have a nervous breakdown if things don’t go smoothly. 😅

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

Tonight’s the night! social.lol will experience some downtime starting at 11 PM EDT / 3 AM UTC (which I previously thought was 4 AM, darn daylight saving time). We’re doing a full server migration and upgrade. Every effort will be made to minimize downtime, but I also want to ensure a buttery smooth migration of our database (so, some downtime is needed). Thanks for your patience and support! :prami_contented:

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
requiem@hackers.town ("requiem 🦫") wrote:

Today's post is a short one but I'm very interested in any thoughts or references any of you all might have that I can add to the research.

https://jasongullickson.com/zen-and-the-art-of-software-maintenance.html

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
metin@graphics.social ("Metin Seven 🎨") wrote:

Made a lovely spring walk. I love to visit local graveyards, as beautiful flora is omnipresent, and people are omniabsent. 😉

Have a great weekend!

#spring #blossom #flora #tree #trees #flower #flowers #nature #beauty #beautiful #photo #photography #environment

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
cscottmills@social.coop ("Christopher Scott Mills") wrote:

Album release!

On this crisp spring morning, I offer "Music from Eternal Return One", a threefold piece of warm ambient music for slow transits and phasing tides.

Listen over on Bandcamp:
https://polylith.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-eternal-return-one

#ambientMusic

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

Yup. They told you they were going to do exactly the bullshit they're currently doing, and you thought that only the libs would be owned, so guess what, that's on you

RE: https://www.threads.net/@stevehofstetter/post/DIBiu%5FVOezT

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

amazing grace

“Brand has pivoted away from acting and has worked to refashion himself as an anti-establishment commentator, and made news last year announcing he'd been baptized.

The baptism came months after numerous women alleged they were sexually assaulted by him between 2006 and 2013.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russell-brand-charged-with-multiple-counts-of-rape-and-assault-in-the-u-k/ar-AA1CiBl8

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

Gosh, I’m sure glad I’m not underemployed, closer than I’d like to retirement age, and planning to rely heavily on 401(k) investments that I was able to make when I was being paid well! Ha ha ha (sob) ha

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ZLabe@fediscience.org ("Zack Labe") wrote:

Happy Friday! Here's your latest ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 480,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 870,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,420,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,840,000 km² below the 1980s mean

Additional plots: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

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

You just know that this is true, don't you.

#Politics #Economics #tariffs #Trump

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

Just one box?

RE: https://www.threads.net/@lisadubbels/post/DH%5FjswIPJ1V

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

Periodically polish your luxury sports cat to maintain that showroom shine.

#Caturday

Attachments:

• video: cat enjoying getting massaged by a polisher/buffer device like a car getting waxed.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TheBreadmonkey@beige.party ("Ben") wrote:

ⓘ 𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴

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

Don't forget.

Via Harry Dunn:

This isn't just donalds doing. The Republicans in Congress own this. They had the ability to stop him and they didn't. This isn't donalds economy, this is the republican economy.

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

Update. From #MikeTaylor (@mike): "#Musk…in the last few months has possibly done more to impede the progress of science worldwide that literally any other person in history…I will not submit any of my papers to #RoyalSociety journals, as I have done in the past, and I urge others to take the same step. Similarly I will no longer be providing peer reviews for Royal Society journals, and I urge every other scientist also to withhold voluntary professional labour. And I will no longer contribute to their conferences, and urge others to join me in this."
https://svpow.com/2025/04/04/the-royal-society-is-dead/

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

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

Trump's Liberation Day is liberating me from my retirement plans. Screen caps are from The Financial Times, The Economist, and the Wall Street Journal. Make America Poor Again. 😡

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:

Truly it is the year of linux in the trade war.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
carstenfranke ("Carsten Franke") wrote:

Ooopsy

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wi8x@mastodon.radio ("Chris - WI8X") wrote:

From N4RTD via WI8X@5:41a.m. EDT on 4/4/25:
Good Morning Folks! The Sunspot Number has dropped to 124. The Solar Flux Index has dropped to 178. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are likely. Chance of flares today: 70% for M-Class, 15% for X-Class.

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

"According to a report from recruiting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas released on Thursday, 275,240 people lost their jobs last month. That is a fuckton of people. In fact, it is the third highest number of jobs lost in a single month since they first started tracking job cuts in 1989, the other two being the first two months of the COVID pandemic.

~ Robyn Pennacchia

#Trump #tariffs #StockMarket #economy #recession #inflation #stupidity #incompetence #jobs
/9

https://www.wonkette.com/p/here-come-the-layoffs

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

#Trumpcession

Via Kyle Griffin:

JPMorgan has published a research note raising its odds of a global recession to 60% in response to #Trump’s #tariffs.

#TrumpTax

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

Poll: AOC leads Schumer

by double digits

in head-to-head New York primary matchup

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/schumer-aoc-poll-primary-new-york-030621

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

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now down 10% since inauguration day, less than three months ago.

With the stock market plunging, Trump is golfing today.

Four years of faux outrage over the Biden economy, and Trump is manufacturing a recession, possibly a depression, while right-wing media and the GOP fall in line. FOX News removed the stock ticker from the screen for the first time in 28 years. The hypocrisy is infuriating.

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

what a tone-deaf and slimy move... dead soldiers are just "suckers and losers" to this [redacted]

"Donald Trump has been criticised for his absence during the dignified transfer of four U.S. soldiers who tragically lost their lives in a training accident in Lithuania. Instead, he was spotted playing golf at his Trump National Doral Miami golf course for a LIV Golf event."

https://www.express.co.uk/news/us/2036890/donald-trump-slammed-missing-transfer-dead-soldiers-golf

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

Suckers and losers.

In more way than one

A GOVX Poll reported 66% of active-duty personnel and 68% of veterans voted for Trump in 2024

Why would he honor you?