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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

🤔 https://www.comicsands.com/isker-tsa-scanners?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=infeed&utm%5Fcampaign=linkprogram

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

Yep. I saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month just from switching from Substack to self-hosted Ghost.

https://digiday.com/media/former-substack-creators-say-theyre-earning-more-on-new-platforms-that-offer-larger-shares-of-subscription-revenue/

I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.

Here’s some napkin math for how expensive Substack is compared to its competitors, assuming that roughly 7% of all subscribers will pay for their subscriptions, and that subscriptions cost $5/month.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
russss@chaos.social ("Russ Garrett") wrote:

Someone nerdsniped me into making this so please enjoy this visualisation of the distance to every public transport station in London.

(Data from #openstreetmap, MapTiler)

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

@FranceskaMann OK. However, none of that involves technical exploitation of voting systems.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
amoroso@fosstodon.org ("Paolo Amoroso") wrote:

An annotated and commented version of the classic mid-1980s Unix Magic Poster.

https://unixmagic.net

#unix #retrocomputing

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
delan@kolektiva.social wrote:

i wrote about the AI situation in servo: how it happened, your feedback, what we should do next, and how the policy could be improved

https://www.azabani.com/2025/04/11/generative-ai-in-servo.html

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

The Environmental Profiteering Agency is going to kill us faster than RFK jr can pretend to cure us.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/11/maha-by-turning-the-country-into-a-toxic-wasteland/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Free_Press@mstdn.social ("Aure Free Press :verified:") wrote:

Government revenues down as Republicans celebrate the dismantling of the IRS!

U.S. Budget Deficit Widens to $1.3 Trillion as Interest on Public Debt Hits Record
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #BreakingNews #Breaking

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Alice@beige.party ("Alice McFlurry :bc:") wrote:

I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I do believe there's a connection between autism and vaccinations. For example, I’m autistic and very interested in science and logic and also care about my health and longevity so I want to receive almost every vaccine out there.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
"This would decimate American leadership in space."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/trump-white-house-budget-proposal-eviscerates-science-funding-at-nasa/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

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

seriously USPS? from TX to LA to AZ to try to get a package to New York? WTF?

this suxs

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
geekyaubergine@social.lol ("Zoe Aubert 🇯🇪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Cancer Sucks.

I'm taking part in my first 10k with Race for Life to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

https://zoeaubert.me/charity/rfl25

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

Right gang, my friend and right honourable colleague @geekyaubergine is doing the Race for Life to raise money for Cancer Research.

*taps earpiece*

I'm just getting word that you have to run the 10k all in one go? That seems like a lot of running so y’all should donate if you can because cancer sucks https://zoeaubert.me/charity/rfl25

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

DNA Lounge Arcade Update! Pac-Man has been resurrected. Born in 1980, this 45-year-old is still running around in the dark, listening to electronic music and chasing pills.

Attachments:

• video: b3fd1b80c5c5bebd.mp4

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

@jeremyjanzen @rwg I block at the first sign of annoyance here, from the start. It seems to have paid off, though I'm probably less well informed as to precisely what kind of dumbass I am.

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

I’ve consolidated my Mastodon accounts! Having different accounts for different projects wasn’t working too well for me, so now everything is in one place (here). I’ll also be sure to use hashtags (like #omgdotlol, #neato, #dnskitchen, #raddad, etc.) for posts about projects, so feel free to follow the hashtags (or even follow them instead of me, if that works better for you!).

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

@soulexpress No thanks. My time on this earth is limited, and that would be a poor way to spend it.

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

@cscott @mattblaze Minnesota calls them “election judges” (for whatever reason), and being an election judge was seriously one of the best ways to spend Election Day. Usually crazy busy and no time to obsess over what results will be once the votes are tabulated.

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

One of the reasons they don't state a coherent and testable hypothesis is that, outside extreme cases (e.g., none of the votes processed by this tabulator went to a candidate who got 50% of the votes on other tabulators, or whatever), vote data generally is at best very weak evidence of fraud. Voters are allowed to vote for whoever they voted for.

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible") wrote:

The Trump Administration is trying to undo protections in the Affordable Care Act while using federal power to target immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities, and working-class families.

But you can help us fight back from your phone or computer in just a few minutes. 🧵

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
cscott@kolektiva.social ("C. Scott Ananian (he/him)") wrote:

@mattblaze I'm a election warden here in the Town of Brookline. I highly recommend it -- plus we can always use the help.

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

One of the tipoffs that an analysis like this is bogus, or at least lacks any kind of statistical rigor, is the complete absence of a coherent hypothesis that can be tested against the data. Instead, they essentially just show some elaborate graphs and say "see!".

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

I'm currently being swarmed on Bluesky by a posse that's mad at me for failing to acknowledge that the 2024 election was clearly stolen. I honestly have no idea if this is a bot army or real people. It's a very attractive explanation for the outcome of an election that disappointed you, so it's very easy to peddle stuff like this.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
videntefernandez@goblin.band ("sally") wrote:

I draw and make dolls, ocasionally I'm a drag king. I'm hyperfixated on Severance right now.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
e11e ("elle") wrote:

i finally got around to making a 404 error for my homepage. i thought it would be fun to do some top down sprite art and it turned into this mini game. u can use the onscreen buttons or keyboard arrows to find your way back to my home ^-^ just type in a non-existent url on ellesho.me/page to visit

u can read my thought process about it on my blog here: https://ellesho.me/page/website/now/#escapism

Attachments:

• video: demo of top down rpg style mini game for elle's homepage 404 page. a little visitor ghost wanders through a forest maze

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

It's especially notable that none of these "smoking guns" were raised by the Harris campaign or any other candidate to contest the election results before they were certified. Mostly because they don't actually show evidence of fraud.

Elections are decided by the votes reflected on the ballots that were cast, not by how well those votes conform to polling or prior elections.

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

There's an elaborate, but mostly meaningless "analysis" floating around that purports to "prove" that the 2024 election was stolen. It consists of stats and graphs of supposedly "anomalous" voting patters in a handful of cherry-picked counties.

The graphs are very pretty, but they just aren't evidence of fraud. They're very similar to the supposed "proof" that the 2020 election was stolen.

"Proof" that reenforces what you want to believe has to be approached with extreme caution.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
croyle@wandering.shop ("David Croyle") wrote:

15m really picked up and was stellar to Europe for me earlier today... I'm going to have to try again tomorrow. #hamradio

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

“Why some are accusing Trump of manipulating stock markets”

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5360062/why-some-are-accusing-trump-of-manipulating-stock-markets

Boosted by jwz:
NanoRaptor@bitbang.social ("Nanoraptor") wrote: