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

I enjoyed this set from L'Impératrice this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7hzeUKzzj8

Especially "Entropia" at 17:01, but don't rush to that timestamp. Enjoy the whole thing.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
yurnidiot@mstdn.social ("Mandu 🥟") wrote:

Here we have the common boneless cat aggressively relaxing down the stairs

#Caturday

Attachments:

• gifv: calico cat laying on its side and slinking down the stairs like a wet noodle, outside in the sun

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Anything that Matt Berry reads is outstanding, and this is doubly so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXn%5F24Wb3q0

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

protect trans youth

art by @tombofnull

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

Fosstodon co-founder #1: “It’s OK to be a fascist as long as it doesn’t interfere with your moderation duties.”

Fosstodon co-founder #2: “Here’s a picture of my watch.”

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

No one goes to grad school in anticipation of receiving a prison sentence, or a death sentence.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/26/the-most-discouraging-xkcd-ever-yet/

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

I still think about this post a lot: https://www.manton.org/2024/04/29/when-i-find.html

I wonder how that realization is holding up these days.

The mental gymnastics that some people will undertake to avoid taking responsibility can be astounding. (See also: the current situation with Fosstodon.)

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jamesravey@social.lol ("James Ravenscroft") wrote:

#introduction hey all - wanted to introduce myself in light of my account migration to social.lol. I am a Software Engineering Manager and reformed academic by day and an amateur musician (saxophonist + guitarist), foodie, gamer and sci-fi enjoyer by night. I picked social.lol because some of the coolest people I was following from my old server are here and it seems like a laid back, inclusive and fun place. Looking forward to chatting to y'all :)

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

“12) Make eye contact and small talk. This is not just polite. It is part of being a citizen and a responsible member of society. It is also a way to stay in touch with your surroundings, break down social barriers, and understand whom you should and should not trust. If we enter a culture of denunciation, you will want to know the psychological landscape of your daily life.”

reach across the barriers of old grievances to find new friends amongst your fellow Citizens. expand your web of trust.

Boosted by jwz:
jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:

Just seeing that they are threatening Wikipedia's tax exempt status. The one good thing on the internet, the one healthy way we have of interacting with information.
https://www.theverge.com/news/656720/ed-martin-dc-attorney-wikipedia-nonprofit-threat

#USPol #Wikipedia

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simple_sabotage ("Simple Sabotage Field Manual") wrote:

Never pass on your skill and experience to a new or less skillful worker.

Boosted by jwz:
gwagner@fediscience.org ("Gernot Wagner") wrote:

>40% drop at Port of LA isn't exactly "local" news.

That's the bottom dropping out at the biggest container port in the Western Hemisphere

https://cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/la-county-ports-expect-roughly-40-drop-in-traffic-as-trumps-tariffs-continue

Boosted by jwz:
dramypsyd@ohai.social ("Dr. Amy, Psy.D.") wrote:

Hey do any historians know what it means when the FBI starts arresting judges

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
crashthearcade@mas.to ("mike") wrote:

Nobody fucking wants this. Hope that helps.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
YKantRachelRead@treehouse.systems ("Rach(el) Against The Machine") wrote:

just a reminder that carrotcypher voluntarily leaving fosstodon's mod team shouldn't make folks back down on their plans to limit/defederate the instance.

Mike publicly stated that he was "happy" with carrotcypher being on the mod team just yesterday.

the problem isn't just one person. it's an entire instance team that made the active decision to shelter a fascist.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
luxas@social.gnieh.org ("\LuXaS") wrote:

J'allais me coucher et je lis que la modération de fosstodon est vraiment merdique (genre "on est ok avec un modérateur fasciste car il est pas fasciste devant nous"). Impossible de dormir tant que je n'avais pas migré mon compte dessus (que j'utilise pour tout ce qui est en rapport avec mon activité open source). Voilà qui est fait, je vais peut-être réussir à dormir maintenant...

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jgarber@indieweb.social ("Jason Garber") wrote:

fellow white dudes not enough of y’all listened to the specials and it really shows

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io ("Jenniferplusplus") wrote:

For context: one of the fosstodon mods has a pattern of espousing right wing views on other sites. The admin is defending him. Now other instances are starting to announce they'll defederate soon because of this. It's largely downstream from this thread
https://fosstodon.org/@mike/114394345053697948

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

Politics is more clear when you remember that the "waste" in "government waste" is the profit that some rich asshole isn't making off labor in the public sector whose only purpose is the common good.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ChildlessBambinoo@mastodon.green ("ChildlessBambino :blobcateyes:") wrote:

#Fosstodon crashing out harder than Kanye. Seems they also share some similar viewpoints

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
soller@floss.social ("Jeremy Soller 🦀") wrote:

I have moved my mastodon account from fosstodon.org to floss.social. I want to make the reason I have done this crystal clear.

There is a person on the moderation team at fosstodon.org that goes by the name carrotcypher. This person appears to have posted concerning views on reddit multiple times, which you can see detailed here: https://floss.social/@lo%5F%5F@mastodon.social/114370692794472318

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
YKantRachelRead@treehouse.systems ("Rach(el) Against The Machine") wrote:

@sotolf @grueproof @oathboundfamiliar @adamsdesk @mike @lo__ "it's just one eensy little fascist whose moderation decisions are audited by Very Serious Objective People" my ass lmao

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jimsalter@fosstodon.org ("Jim Salter") wrote:

@rachaelspooky @mike @lo__ @sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof hey, hi, Fosstodon *user* here. This is the first time I'm hearing about fash in the admin/mod ranks at this instance, please don't assume I'm okay with it.

I am frantically pawing through these links now to figure out just how bad the behavior is. It's already clear that Carrotcypher is far right enough that I want no part of associating with him directly.

But for the love of god, give the rest of us SOME grace period to bail, please?

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
rachaelspooky@cyberpunk.lol ("rachael laura arbor") wrote:

@mike @lo__ @sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof i ask this as a fellow admin- why are you okay with having a far-right mod? this is a wildly disgusting person that you welcome into your space. i know that as a trans woman i cannot trust any fosstodon user while knowing what kind of person you happily let on your staff, whether theyre acting on those beliefs or not. it's not safe for our mostly queer userbase to talk to your fascist-harboring userbase.

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

Hey friends! One of my best friends (who happens to be neurodivergent and disabled) is trying to find some ways to bring in the money. She’s a super creative and talented person and she’s selling stuff on her new Etsy shop. She could really use more purchases (even small ones help!) and reviews. Take a look, buy a little gift for yourself or a friend maybe?

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrochetDHDshop

Boosted by jwz:
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

Jeff Atwood sat down with Aisha Nyandoro — whose work on UBI is some of the most important in the country — to talk about purpose-driven wealth, guaranteed income, and community-centered giving. Worth the read.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aishanyandoro/2025/04/25/from-code-to-cash-stack-overflow-co-founder-jeff-atwoods-unorthodox-path-to-philanthropy/

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

Some chill, groovy motivation for your Friday. Herbie Hancock's "Doin' It":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziBvd7k8b2U

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website ("a very weeny construct 💀") wrote:

technically all observable extragalactic events occurred both a long, long time ago and far, far away

we'd have big problems if there were news from another galaxy that occurred moments ago and light-minutes away

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
garbados@friend.camp ("crows call me breadlady") wrote:

of course, rfk, let me show you where the autism is made. we ferment it in this wine cellar. yes, the casks of autism are just in there, behind that unfinished wall

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
hober ("Theresa O’Connor") wrote:

Somebody who engages in logging is a lumberjack. But somebody who engages in blogging is just a blogger. What a missed opportunity.