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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
drahardja@sfba.social ("Dave Rahardja") wrote:

True.

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

ACLU — NEW ORLEANS: “ICE deported at least two families, including 2 mothers and their minor children – 3 of whom are U.S. citizen children aged 2, 4, and 7. One of the mothers is currently pregnant... 1 child with cancer deported without medication…” www.aclu.org/press-releas...

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

The US isn’t deporting US citizens kids with cancer, because deportation is the act of expelling a foreign person. The US is sending children with cancer into exile in another country.

That’s who we are now.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
justyourluck@masto.ai ("Julie Webgirl - Just Your Luck") wrote:

I started to write "I realize this only affects a handful of you..." Then I stopped myself because it really affects *EVERYONE*!

I realize only a handful of you actually #MaskUP and care about this...

But this is pretty unsettling.

"NIOSH certification of #N95 masks will shut down in June if Trump admin actions are not reversed at HHS."

#Covid
https://teamshuman.substack.com/p/2025-0419

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dannotdaniel@hellions.cloud ("BRING HOME ABREGO GARCIA") wrote:

trad wives want to meet you
on SIGNAL GROUP CHATS
👊 :us_distress: 🔥

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

Apparently ICE is jamming wifi when coming to door knock, which knocks out many video feeds like Ring doorbells and Simplisafe cameras.

You don’t need to hide shit as a federal agent unless what you are doing is reprehensible and illegal.

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

20m and 40m I got lots of responses to my HB test

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffowski@mastodon.world ("Church of Jeff") wrote:

#LGBTQ #Trans #LGBTQIA #Transgender #Science #WaitWhatAreWeTalkingAbout #ShitIFind

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

fiddling around in #JS8 mode tonight #HamRadio 📡

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jcrabapple@dmv.community ("Jcrabapple") wrote:

The Ghosts - Part 3: Future forever changed

My attempt at writing a sci-fi short story.

https://cool-as-heck.blog/the-ghosts-part-3-future-forever-changed/

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

I’ve been a part of a lot of communities online & in real life; have helped lead some too. It’s never failed that the ones that avoid hard conversations, that prop up privilege, that celebrate power, that cover up bad behavior, that asks abused to apologize to abuser for outing them publicly, let folks call marginalized folks assholes for standing up for themselves, etc etc end up failing to affect real change in the long run and perpetuate lots of harm instead.

Be better. Want better.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
tootbrute@fedi.arkadi.one wrote:

My thoughts on Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams

I didn’t think I could have anymore disdain or disgust for Facebook but I do after reading this book. Go read this book and delete your fucking Facebook account.

https://blog.arkadi.one/p/careless-people-sarah-wynn-williams/
#books #bookstodon

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
bitsavers@oldbytes.space ("bitsavers.org") wrote:

I found my copy of the history of Halted Specialties that Bob was giving out on the day they closed in 2018. Scanned now and OCRed for posterity.

http://bitsavers.org/pdf/haltedSpecialties

#bitsavers

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

@adam Shame is a product of either accountability (when it’s driven by community) or conviction (when it comes from inside the person). It’s a force that allows us to grow into being better humans. Is it uncomfortable? Yeah. If it wasn’t we wouldn’t grow. Should it be tossed? Only if you are bent on maintaining your power & privilege.

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

@adam Accountability is the bedrock of safety in any community. If power & privilege refuse it for themselves, those without p & p will never be safe. If accountability is only doled to those without p & p, the community will never be safe. Anyone telling you they don’t want it isn’t looking for a salon or real community.

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

Back to the original point: I’m not going to let fascists into our community, period. I understand that having dinner with a fascist might be a valid way to change their heart, but that would be *my* choice to do, individually, and not something to which I would subject an entire community. To revisit the earlier example from Brandon’s post, the F3 leader should absolutely have dinner with a member of the Proud Boys if he wants, but he shouldn’t make the other people in the group do it too.

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

If you find yourself feeling shame about something, maybe the most constructive approach isn’t to encourage behaviors that shield yourself or others from that feeling, but rather to lean into it. To explore what happened and then consider how to right the wrong that’s behind it. Every mistake is a chance to learn and grow.

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

Pointing to a problem is one way to address the problem. I realize that a lot of people who frequent the more genteel online spaces prefer that to happen in private, presumably to avoid embarrassment. But public discussions of problems with public behavior in an open communities can be critical to building trust through transparency.

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
MOULE@moule.world ("MOULE (in Rouge!) #RedInstead") wrote:

It’s #WilliamShakespeare’s birthday today, and to celebrate, I’d like to share my favourite #Shakespeare quote:

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

As for the whole section about shame and exclusion, I’m struggling to understand exactly what he’s trying to say. That harmful people with unjust views shouldn’t be excluded from things? I disagree. People should be excluded from wherever they’re not welcome.

As for shame: shame isn’t something that someone *does* to you; shame is what you *feel* when you know that you’ve done something wrong. If someone points out that you’ve done something wrong, it’s just that: pointing to a problem.

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
kate@fosstodon.org ("Kate Morley") wrote:

If you’re British and trans and feeling like everyone’s against you, take a look at the 1,600+ writers who have signed this letter of solidarity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18p-rvgNitRKYs9C2PoIBC86Fb2ZQnBd8PzEfgGfnsKo/mobilebasic

Names on the list that made me smile included historian Fern Riddell, poet Nikita Gill, and comedians Sara Pascoe, James Acaster, Sophie Duker, and Aisling Bea.

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social ("Bread and Circuses") wrote:

You know about that canary in the coal mine, right?

When a canary kept inside a cage dies, the miners need to get out immediately. They are in extreme danger.

For us, the canary is coral reefs. They are dying now, at a rate never seen in human history. We are in extreme danger.

Capitalist commerce and industry are wrecking the planet's biosphere, tampering with the food chain that keeps us and millions of other species alive.

➡️ https://apnews.com/article/coral-reef-bleaching-climate-change-fdbeddf7ae3ccc9d7cf85d1c3267e581

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Boosted by jwz:
VeroniqueB99 ("Vee") wrote:

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

Very nice follow-up post by Brandon (of Brandon’s Journal fame) on my earlier post: https://brandons-journal.com/a-fundamental-misunderstanding-of-how-people-work/

The fundamental misunderstanding of how people work lies in the idea that letting a fascist into your online community is exceedingly different from spending private one-on-one time with a racist so they can have the space required to change their views. The former *will* harm the community, while the latter is something that has to be done in an entirely different setting.

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

Just wow. I hope the guy is okay, really. This isn’t normal behavior for a mature adult at all.

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

It seems only one of us is willing to stand by their words. What a mature edit.

I’ve updated the link in my blog post to an archived version of Jason’s essay. I wonder why he removed it?

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

3. I read a *ton* of people’s blogs. Even people with whom I don’t agree! Reading isn’t stalking. Calling someone out on their bad takes isn’t stalking. I’ll grab my torches and pitchforks, but maybe someone should grab a dictionary.

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

Couple of other points:

1. Jason and Brandon make good examples because they have both previously made fools of themselves when they sided with a bigot online. And they both have the audacity to write about how everyone should tolerate bigots, too. It’s astonishing.

2. I don’t harbor any animosity about their choice to leave social.lol and move to Kev Quirk’s 500.social experiment. They’d have been asked to leave social.lol anyway after their awful behavior. 👋

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

I know exactly what I’m talking about, contrary to Jason’s assertion. But, the thing is, Jason knows exactly what he’s talking anout, too.

One of us is talking about taking a stand against the rise in bigotry and fascism, and the other is talking about how we should just quietly tolerate it.

I know which side of this I’m on.

https://micro.jasonkratz.me/2025/04/26/hah-adam-newbold-of-sociallol/

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

"No 'fuck you' can compete with a French fuck you"

https://mas.to/@kims/114405866309283230