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

The Inquirer building also housed (until a few years before they moved) their printing plant, making it one of the last major dailies where it was at least theoretically possible for an editor to run downstairs and yell "stop the presses!" if a major story came in. But I'll bet that didn't actually happen very often.

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

This was captured with a DSLR and a 19mm shifting lens. There's a bit of barrel distortion from the lens, but I decided this image looked better uncorrected.

The Inquirer building, completed in 1924, to me evokes a cigar-chomping editor who calls everyone "kid" and who says things like "bring me back a scoop".

The building had been vacant for a few years when this photo was made, the paper having moved to cheaper and leaner facilities. It has since been repurposed as police headquarters.

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

Philadelphia Inquirer Building, Philadelphia, PA, 2017.

All the pixels, none of the news, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/32309131520

#photography

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

Where is Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
He is a legal resident of the US. He is accused of no crime, past or present.
He was kidnapped by unidentified US agents and rushed overseas to a El Salvador's most notorious prison—stripped naked, his head shaved.
The US admits his seizure was a mistake but refuses to bring him home.
A judge ordered him returned by Monday, but the Supreme Court said there was no reason to hurry.

And now? Nothing. Abrego Garcia is either imprisoned or dead.

#Gestapo

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

No, I'm not going to argue with you about election security here.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stshank@mstdn.social ("Stephen Shankland") wrote:

A California condor named Rachel at Pinnacles National Park. These are the largest North American birds — wingspan can reach close to 10 feet. Population dropped to 22 but active breeding program means now 275, 14 eggs this season.
#birds #birding #California 🐦

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
charleskeener.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Charles Keener") wrote:

A new Pew survey has found that a majority of Americans now have a negative view of Israel, with 53 percent of respondents now holding an unfavorable view of the Zionist state — up from 42 percent just three years ago.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

The White House are going after Chris Krebs and his employer, Sentinel One.

They’re also going after CISA.

They call Chris a “significant bad-faith actor”.

Shocking stuff by the USG here.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-addresses-risks-from-chris-krebs-and-government-censorship/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
foone@digipres.club ("Foone🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

SYMBOLS AND SOURCE CODE CAN LIE: MACHINE CODE NEVER DOES

Boosted by jwz:
ianbremmer@threads.net ("ian bremmer") wrote:

duck season / rabbit season : )

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stshank@mstdn.social ("Stephen Shankland") wrote:

Red-tailed hawks are a dime a dozen as raptors go, I know, but they're still great. Here's one in maximum aerodynamic lift configuration a couple days ago. #Birds #Birding #California #NaturePhotography

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
oregonthedm.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Oregon 🕎🎲") wrote:

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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

There's also no credible evidence that any other US election outcome has been altered through technical means, despite wishful and/or opportunistic assertions otherwise.

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

talk about militarizing law enforcement: "U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll is now serving as acting ATF director, the Justice Department official said. Three other sources familiar with the decision said Driscoll will continue to hold both roles." https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kash-patel-removed-acting-atf-director-replaced-by-army-secretary-sources-say-2025-04-09/

Boosted by jwz:
Voline@kolektiva.social wrote:

Happy 160th Anniversary of the surrender of the Confederacy!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
maggiejk@zeroes.ca ("Maggie Maybe") wrote:

This is hot.

#BikeLane

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

Today in History: Paul McCartney announces he's quitting the Beatles, 1970

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

Today in History: Belfast Agreement signed, Good Friday 1998

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

Today in History: William Booth born, 1829, founder of Salvation Army

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

Today in History: Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry born, 1794

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

Unfortunately, I have to say this again:

US election infrastructure isn't perfect and there's still work to do to make it more secure. But there is simply no credible evidence that the 2020 election outcome was altered through technical attacks, despite exhaustive scrutiny.

Shortly after the 2020 election, when these discredited claims were first raised, 58 of my colleagues and I issued this statement:

https://www.mattblaze.org/papers/election2020.pdf .

Nothing we've learned since then alters my assessment.

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

Covered Kyllo in my surveillance class today. It's always fun to play with thermal imagers (and people are always freaked out when you can see residual handprints 5 minutes after resting your hand on the wall)

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

"Don't engage, just block" is such a lovely thing

RE: https://www.threads.net/@veronicaroth/post/DIPjxWpR2QH

jwz wrote:

ButterflyMX Is Going Great.

Back in 2021, my building's management made the amazing self-own of replacing our existing 90s-vintage RFID key-fob system with this ButterflyMX security-and-privacy panopticon malware thing. I've mostly been able to ignore...
https://jwz.org/b/ykmM

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

@acdingman hey, computer science is nothing if not laziness engineering.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
chockenberry ("Craig Hockenberry") wrote:

As you look at your 401K in shambles, keep in mind that someone in this administration made an “investment" that earned 2,100% _in one hour_.

If you knew what they knew, you could have made $2.1M from $100K today. Or if you're an asshole billionaire, a lot more.

Good luck investigating this insider trading. Guess which branch of government is in charge of monitoring this illegal behavior?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Strandjunker@mstdn.social ("Andrea Junker :verified:") wrote:

Senator Adam Schiff has announced that, due to the chaos surrounding tariff policy, he will investigate whether anyone engaged in insider trading. Trump may be immune from prosecution, but those around him are not. — It’s time to decimate this MAGA circle.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

😬

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

"This is unusual.

Yesterday, politician Marjorie Taylor Greene said that people panicking over tariffs are 'losers and failures.'

Today, she disclosed over a dozen stock purchases, purchasing hundred of thousands of numerous stocks.

She bought when the market was deeply red.

Unusual."

~ Unusual Whales

#Trump #tariffs #StockMarket #MarjorieTaylorGreene
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DIPMjoLthIq/

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

hanlon's razor is all fun and makes sense, but at some point, there's so much incompetence and stupidity, it *has* to be driven by malice.