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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
demoographics@wikis.world ("Matthew Vernon") wrote:

Do you like working with databases? Do you think that a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge sounds like a cool idea?

My team has an opening for a DBA (and a referral system, so if we've done tech things together in the past, talk to me :) )

https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/6243310?gh%5Fsrc=84bf644b1us

[boosts welcome]

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
coreysnipes@fosstodon.org ("𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒚 𝑺𝒏𝒊𝒑𝒆𝒔 🌱") wrote:

This is some high quality #solarpunk writing right here.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/639126/india-frankenstein-laptops

#permacomputing

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mediaarchaeologylab@post.lurk.org ("media archaeology lab") wrote:

The Media Archaeology Lab (MAL) Practitioner-In-Residence program is inviting applications for the 2025/2026 cohort!

The theme for our 2025/2026 residency is Counter Computing: Alternative Imaginaries. We would like to see your interpretation and exploration of this open brief. You may consider thinking about the following questions: What is computation? What is the role of the “counter” in artistic and technological practice? How can we imagine technology and society otherwise through such counter-acts? What are the poetics of techno-social relations?

We are interested in any form of artistic and/or scholarly practice that engages counter-computational practices, such as glitching, hacking, tinkering, queering, subverting, (un)making and (re)imagining. Through such experimentation, we encourage you to explore how our relation to (and imagination of) technology can be remade to envision alternative pasts, presents and futures.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/gFDaQKGJsb8APMGQ9

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
freebliss@post.lurk.org ("Simon Repp") wrote:

Call for testers for #faircamp 1.3:

I'm planning to release 1.3 this week, and you can help out by testing the prerelease build and giving feedback! (focus is on general issues and regressions, but feel free to test the new stuff¹ too :))

Prerelease builds for Debian, Elementary OS, Linux Mint, Ubuntu as well as Arch Linux and Manjaro are available here: https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/download.html#preview (I can provide a windows prerelease build too - if you let me know you need one in a reply I'll make the effort)

The prerelease manual is provided here: https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/manual%5Fprerelease/

¹ For instance the new feeds (https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/manual%5Fprerelease/catalog-catalog-eno.html#feeds) or timecode/track link parameters (https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/manual%5Fprerelease/linking-to-timecodes-tracks.html)

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

“The economic turmoil, particularly a rapid rise in government bond yields, caused Mr. Trump to blink on Wednesday afternoon and pause his “reciprocal” tariffs for most countries for the next 90 days, according to four people with direct knowledge of the president’s decision.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/trump-tariff-pause-be-cool.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

sigh

https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/s/qeuugtzsBy

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

Speaking of light, a year and a day ago there was a total solar eclipse over a narrow band of North America. I was fortunate to catch it.

No photo can do the experience justice. The sky turns to night, but it's day all around at the horizon. The sun seems to suck its own light back in. You feel a sharp drop in temperature. And a few minutes later, everything is back to normal.

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

odd

https://www.reddit.com/r/MicromobilityNYC/s/Iv1ckIbU7X

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
joebeone@techpolicy.social ("Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD") wrote:

Matt Blaze's recent Congressional testimony on the prodigious attack surface of modern telecoms, and the role of end-to-end encryption in mitigating creaky infrastructure is REQUIRED READING https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Blaze-Written-Testimony.pdf

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CNN@flipboard.com wrote:

Top military general ‘missing in action’ sparks speculation in China, Ripley reports
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/world/video/china-top-military-general-missing-he-weidong-ripley-dnt-ebof-digvid?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into World News @world-news-CNN

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

@evanwolf I'm too tired to play stupid word games about this. I said what I said. Take it or leave it.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aburtch@triangletoot.party wrote:

What Facebook did is despicable and should be prosecuted. The fact that no one will be held accountable (read, actually go to jail) just means it will happen again.

Sarah gets a lot of credit for coming forward no doubt she has been / will be harassed for it. https://mastodon.social/@Sarahp/114310371093583523

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lori@hackers.town wrote:

Alright I've done it--here's a large collection of short beeps and boops from different video games suitable for using for notification sounds for your phone or whatever else. Over 500 tiny noises curated by me that aren't too long or too horrible to hear beeped at you all day. Enjoy!

https://d-shoot.net/files/Game%5FNotification%5FSounds.zip

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kr1st@mastodon.radio ("Alex KR1ST") wrote:

Cool! Got my Fram2 Ham Award. Thanks @ARISS_Intl !

#ARISS #hamradio #AmateurRadio

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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• gifv: 671e46d8d610731f.mp4

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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• video: 2e29b05b993ff93c.mp4

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