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

While I don't want to read unwarranted things into Panic retiring the developer forum for Nova, I'll be very relieved if Nova 13 comes out soon and takes the quantum leap it increasingly feels like it needs to.

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

"By the early 18th century, New York City had one of the largest slave populations of any of the settlements in the Thirteen Colonies. Slaves worked as domestic servants, artisans, dock workers, and various skilled laborers, as opposed to the South where slaves were primarily agricultural labororers. Slaves lived near each other, making communication easy. They also often worked among free black people, a situation that did not exist on most Southern plantations."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%5FYork%5FSlave%5FRevolt%5Fof%5F1712

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workingclasshistory ("Working Class History") wrote:

#OtD 7 Apr 1712 over 20 enslaved Africans in NYC rebelled and set fire to the home of an enslaver, then attacked colonists, killing 9 and injuring 6. British colonial authorities sent in militia, executed rebels and implemented harsher laws. Learn more: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10675/maiden-lane-revolt

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BootsChantilly@mstdn.social ("Boots Chantilly") wrote:

You know, I'm never one to utter the sentence, "Art is ________," much less finish it, because art is a billion different things to a billion different ppl, but the following statement from Maria Mouschoutzi, PhD, really does speak to me.

“Art shouldn’t be driven by effectiveness; it should be driven by expression.”

#Art #AI #Ghibli

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judah@mas.to ("Judah The Mac") wrote:

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

okay, this is hilarious "Toilets on the Air (TOTA) is an exciting new contest for licensed radio amateurs during HOPE_16. Compete to make the most voice, CW, and digital contacts with other attendees for points and awards like "Worked All Toilets". Use this web site to announce which of the designated restrooms you're outside of and log your contacts."

https://mastodon.radio/@KE2AEQ/114297220917095294

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KE2AEQ@mastodon.radio ("Todd") wrote:

You've activated parks, summits, and the occasional windmill. Here's your chance to activate a toilet! Please join me and my club N2YCR for a Toilets on the Air amateur radio contest at HOPE_16.

https://hope-16.totawatch.de/

The conference is August 15–17 in NYC: https://hope.net/

#TOTA #HOPE_16 #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

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bsletten ("Brian Sletten") wrote:

Another good outcome in the UK’s lunacy case against Apple:

#technology #encryption
#nobackdoors #cryptomeanscryptography

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/uk-demand-for-apple-backdoor-should-not-be-heard-in-secret-says-court/

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

"UK’s demand for Apple backdoor should not be heard in secret, says court"

https://mastodon.social/@bsletten/114297218728398770

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georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

He’s worse than most of us even said he’d be. I personally didn’t think he’d crash the economy quite so quickly, but never underestimate his idiocy.

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marcusgreen@fosstodon.org ("Marcus Green") wrote:

https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/European-digital-sovereignty/

"The CLOUD Act of 2018 lets U.S. authorities demand data from American companies even when that data is stored in Europe. This means that even if European businesses follow strict rules like GDPR, European data can still fall under U.S. legal scrutiny. "

#eu #sovereignty #technology #cloud

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blitzcitydiy ("Liz [BlitzCityDIY]") wrote:

A #circuitpython asteroid tracker, although honestly not even in my top 10 existential threats right now

Attachments:

• gifv: A round display showing data on the 2024 YR4 asteroid. There is an image of earth and a small asteroid flies by diagonally across the screen

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

Dumbass come telling me I am "argumentative" because I don't listen to his vastly uninformed, uneducated opinion, in a matter I have both studied in academia and practiced, with a buttstock to my shoulder.

I have the PTSD to prove it, too,

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

strongly agree

https://mas.to/@Gustodon/114297200586486487

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dangrsmind@sfba.social wrote:

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5352833/trump-tariffs-china-manufacturing-businesses

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Strandjunker@mstdn.social ("Andrea Junker :verified:") wrote:

Graphic of the Day.

#stockmarketcrash

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BSchmeitzner ("Birgit Schmeitzner") wrote:

Beiderseitige Nullzölle für Industriegüter/EU-Angebot an USA. Europa ist immer für ein gutes Geschäft zu haben. Für
Gegenmaßnahmen aber auch
https://germany.representation.ec.europa.eu/news/kommissionsprasidentin-von-der-leyen-zu-eu-us-handelsbeziehungen-europa-ist-bereit-zu-verhandeln-2025-04-07%5Fde

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djb@cr.yp.to ("Daniel J. Bernstein") wrote:

Happy to announce the newest crypto microlibrary: lib1305 (https://lib1305.cr.yp.to) has fast code from Kaushik Nath for Poly1305 on Intel/AMD CPUs; e.g. 0.8 cycles/byte on Skylake and Zen 2, twice as fast as the S&P 2024 paper. Also includes automatic fallback to portable code.

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krypt3ia@infosec.exchange ("Krypt3ia") wrote:

Here's a lil secret for you all....

401K's and the notion of using the stock market as a means to an end of retirement savings, is really just gambling.

It's all based on gambling.

And we just got fucked by the biggest cooler ever.

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ErikJonker ("Erik Jonker") wrote:

Apparently the 90 day pause on tariffs from Trump was just a rumor... just some confusion to maximise the damage.....
#Trump #tariffs

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

thud goes the economy

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streetartutopia@mastodon.online ("Street Art Utopia") wrote:

The Empty Library memorial, to remember the book burnings done by Nazis. In Berlin, Germany.

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SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange ("Steve Bellovin") wrote:

How well DOGE tests software. (More scary software-related stuff in the article: https://wapo.st/3FXUSdu (gift link).)

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wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"How, exactly, do you adjust prices based on predictions about the future actions of a madman? You can’t. The market is thus 'pricing in' Trump's unpredictability and ignorance of basic economic concepts."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #tariffs #economy #StockMarkets #crash #EconomicElites #billionaires #golf
/16

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/this-is-what-democracy-looks-like

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wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"He also hosted another $1 million-a-head dinner at his private club in Palm Beach. Sponsors for his tournament this weekend included Saudi oil company Aramco, Saudi Riyadh Air, and TikTok."

#Trump #tariffs #economy #StockMarkets #crash #EconomicElites #billionaires #golf
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

no, absolutely no... this is what I used to do, and I am not willing to politely look the other way to avoid conflict over poltical topics any more.

I think that failure to directly challenge political idiocy in our relationships is a big part of what got us into this mess, TBH.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/07/the-one-change-that-worked-i-quit-fighting-about-politics-with-my-friends-and-family

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

This friendly-looking old man was North Dakota's official international sex predator for over 50 years.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/07/this-man-served-in-the-north-dakota-senate-for-54-years/

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

Man, this country has embraced evil so whole-heartedly.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/07/its-all-about-uniformity-injustice-and-exclusion/

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TomWellborn@universeodon.com ("TomWellborn3") wrote:

Sen. Markwayne Mullin glorified a journalist’s murder and mused about reviving violence to punish “fake news.” He later claimed it was a joke, but the threat is clear. This isn’t tough talk—it’s stochastic terrorism, signaling to the base that violence against the press is fair game.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/markwayne-mullin-floats-using-violence-journalists-report-fake-news-rcna199922?

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cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

Given the time it takes a newspaper to catch wind of something and report on it these days, I think we can safely say that Germany WAS thinking about yanking their gold out of New York. It's probably already being loaded onto a fleet of Lufthansa 747s at JFK by now …
https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mxc7liuon6iq5gzapmmwkq22/post/3lm7uatjrxc2b