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Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
nemelle ("L") wrote:

I bet nobody understands anti-Trump Americans better than anti-Putin Russians. It may get better, folks, but it may be too late. Sending hugs. Hang in there.

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
maxd ("Max Desiatov") wrote:

How many reminders do we need to understand that negotiating with these murderers is not possible? That "fear of escalation" makes no sense when this keeps happening and there's no response, no justice, just shrugs, and maybe thoughts and prayers when death toll is too high to look away? https://babel.ua/en/news/116887-russians-attack-kryvyi-rih-with-ballistic-missiles-there-are-dead-and-wounded-upd

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Richard_Littler ("Richard Littler") wrote:

Robert McGinnis has died. An absolute icon of mid-late 20th century commercial #art and #illustration.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
RadicalEdward@hackers.town ("Radical Edward :hackers_town:") wrote:

capitalists have spun the deskilling of labor with AI as democratizing it, as if those that worked hard for their skill unfairly hold it over those without those skills, yet another case of capitalists trying to pit labor against itself

Real democratization of labor would be giving all a chance to learn those skills

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
thegibson@hackers.town ("The Gibson 🅅") wrote:

Erased Black Musician?

Check.

Punk?

Check.

Internet Freedom Fighter?

Check.

Hacker?

Check.

https://disappearingmedia.substack.com/p/the-black-punk-pioneer-boston-forgot

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
amy@types.pl ("Amélia Liao") wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamming%5Favoidance%5Fresponse can you imagine running into another electroreceptive fish and you try to avoid jamming but you both shift frequencies in the same direction

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com ("VM (Vicky) Brasseur") wrote:

Yay, Ronin! Way to save lives, furry little dude! 🐀

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ewxjjw842o

Boosted by jwz:
jimcarroll@futurist.info ("Futurist Jim Carroll") wrote:

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

It’s official! elementary does not accept AI-generated code or design contributions as a matter of policy across any of our over 150 source code repositories. Our operating system is made and shared by real people

https://github.com/elementary/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BrentToderian@mastodon.online ("Brent Toderian") wrote:

Seriously, don’t ever tell me “conservatives” are good with the economy again. There’s been a ton of evidence for a really long time that it’s obviously not true, enough that people who’ve claimed it at any point should be embarrassed — but it’s so horribly clear now that the claim should make you angry.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kardinal691@mastodon.online ("Putin's IBS") wrote:

‼️ #Russia hit #Krivoy_Rog with a cluster ballistic missile — head of the Centre for Disaster Relief at the National Security and Defence Council #Andriy_Kovalenko

The enemy took this step deliberately to ensure there were more victims.

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

Attachments:

• video: dcdecdf87e137c97.mp4

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

listen to Stacey Abrams: hold townhalls and hearings

https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/114281342845269847

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

This abstract photo, captured inside a lighthouse with a small 35mm-format mirrorless camera and a 50mm lens, is mostly a visual pun on the concept of a lighthouse, as well as a study in diagonal and radiating lines.

It was very tight quarters, especially with the tripod. But a tripod was essential here (less for sharpness - at 1/3000 sec - than for precise composition and framing).

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Lighthouse, 2014.

All the pixels, none of the stairs to climb, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/15393439037

#photography

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
samlitzinger@journa.host ("Sam Litzinger") wrote:

It remains a complete mystery to me why Democratic party leaders STILL haven’t created a briefing/press conference to follow the daily White House lie fest.

Have two or three Dems hammer away at a couple of key points, take some questions, keep it tight.

Good road test for future presidential candidates.

News organizations would fall over themselves to cover these.

It would cost Democrats nothing - it’s literally free advertising.

Did no Democrat take a comms or PR course in school?

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

Keep ‘em coming

Via ‪Kyle Griffin:

Reuters: U.S. JUDGE ORDERS #TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO RETURN MARYLAND MAN WRONGLY DEPORTED TO EL SALVADOR - COURT HEARING

More:

The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says

https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-deportation-maryland-man-trump-617bfac0e54b241fa2f54783bdf08628

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
404mediaco ("404 Media") wrote:

Petabytes of critical government research that is marked for possible deletion cannot be archived because of technical and legal restrictions, meaning it is very likely to be lost forever:

https://www.404media.co/nih-archives-repositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/

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

Florida stationery company files first lawsuit challenging Trump tariffs

#LegalChallenge #EmilyLey #AdministrativeLaw #TrumpTariffs #IllegalTariffs

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/florida-lawsuit-trump-tariffs

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

Today in History: Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) is born in Mississippi, 1913

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

Today in History: NATO established, 1949

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

Today in History: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968

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

Today in History: Tandy Corp. acquires Radio Shack, 1963 (9 stores)

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

I got super into The Sims 4 again lads

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
nullagent@partyon.xyz wrote:

Boosted by jwz:
jwz wrote:

XScreenSaver ffmpeg version skew.

Dear Lazyweb,

One of you could save me a whole lot of swearing if you would send me a patch that makes XScreenSaver 6.09 configured "--with-record-animation" compile without warning when linked against the ffmpeg 7.1 libraries rather than 4.x. (sample_fmts, supported_samplerates, ch_layouts are now deprecated and if there's a porting guide, I have not found it.)

Future generations thank you in advance.
https://jwz.org/b/yklt

Boosted by jwz:
firestorm@kolektiva.social ("Firestorm Books") wrote:

Tomorrow dozens of national organizations are teaming up to host protests in cities across the United States. With hundreds of thousands of people hitting the streets for the first time since the effective collapse of the constitutional republic, there’s a growing need to widely disseminate information on keeping ourselves and others safe. To that end, we’re sharing a new zine based on text from @privacyguides, which includes best practices and helpful tips for smartphone security, protests, and mass surveillance. You can read and download the free guide at https://archive.org/details/protesters-guide-to-smartphone-security.

In Asheville, protesters will be rallying in Pack Square from 11am to 1pm. Members of our collective will be there distributing copies of “The Protesters’ Guide to Smartphone Security” along with practical zines for folks interested in taking effective action against fascism.

Looking for more opportunities to pick up introductory materials? We maintain a table of free resources at Firestorm that we think everyone should read! We’d also encourage you to check out the zines available at https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/direct-action.

#Antifascism #Protesting #DirectAction #Zinestagram #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop

Boosted by jwz:
dansinker@omfg.town ("Dan Sinker") wrote:

I think reporting out how the unpopulated penguin islands landed on the tariff list would probably answer a lot more questions than just that one.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
feoh@oldbytes.space ("Feoh") wrote:

You guys! I found the most amazing thing:

Let me introduce you to another positively bad ass woman, steamrolled and nearly forgotten by history. Delia Derbyshire, one of the unsung pioneers of very early #electronic #music

https://youtu.be/nXnmSgaeGAI?si=QOB55VaB%5FlxozVGN

The documentary is only 26 minutes long and is an amazing intro to her life and work. You can find a collection of her recordings on, of course, @internetarchive

https://archive.org/details/delia-derbyshire-collection/01+-+Music%5Fto%5FUndress%5Fto+-+Delia+Derbyshire.mp3

I am so inspired, I want to learn how to make electronic music now :)

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Every Christian apologist fails at reason and coherence.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/04/why-do-their-arguments-suck-so-bad/

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

“Societal collapse is inevitable” my wayward cowardly son _change_is inevitable. Society is _how we navigate change without_ collapse, and the sooner you start acting like society is a thing you participate in, nurture and support instead of the thing on the other side of the glass that delivers your groceries and send you bills in the mail the sooner you’ll stop feeling quite as lonely, tired and frightened all the time.

Your alienation is not your destiny.