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

“There is a profound difference between liberty and power. When you have power, you certainly experience it as freedom. You can do what you want to do. Liberty, by contrast, protects people against power. Liberty is what grants you freedom of action even when you are not in control.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/opinion/trump-woke-free-speech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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velten_dev@fosstodon.org ("Victor Velten") wrote:

I have been observing the #Fosstodon drama and decided to write publish my thoughts.

Contains writings on the incident, politics/culture, and a (probably) controversial opinion. You have been warned.

https://velten.dev/blog/fosstodon-drama/

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

Gramercy Park, which sits between Lexington Avenue and Irving Place between 20th and 21st Streets in Manhattan, is a locked private park. At the center of the park is a statute of Edwin Booth, a 19th century actor today best known for being the less murderous sibling of John Wilkes Booth.

Only residents of the surrounding buildings are issued keys. There are a lot of rules, including against photography, so this is as close as we get. If you have to ask, you don't belong. Go away.

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

Captured with Phase One XT IQ4-150 and the Rodenstock 23mm/5.6 HR-Digraron, a sharp ultrawide angle that accommodated just enough shift movement to compose this frame. Captured from the now-shuttered Gramercy Park hotel, on a fittingly grey and joyless winter day.

The wide angle and high, single point perspective emphasize the dominance of the private, locked park's local footprint. Rather than creating public space, it seems to elbow us aside.

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

Gramercy Park, NYC, 2020.

All the pixels, but reserved for residents only, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/49594943761

#photography

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

“The pricey parade comes as Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency, run by Elon Musk, have slashed federal government departments, personnel and programs, with thousands of workers losing their jobs, including civilians in the Defense Department.”

tanks will do “interesting” things to DC roads

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/army-confirms-military-parade-for-its-250th-anniversary-will-be-held-on-trumps-birthday

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

official recklessness should not be shielded by the law

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/opinion/supreme-court-police-accountability.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

truly disgusting

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/us/politics/veterans-affairs-mental-health-privacy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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mickscvids@social.lol wrote:

sg vlog premiere in 2hrs

https://youtu.be/iT7kTSP18Ng

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bulbagarden ("Bulbagarden") wrote:

Pokémon Champions League Aichi Day 2 livestream reveals more new Pokémon TCG cards from Black Bolt and White Flare, plus new promo cards https://bulbagarden.net/threads/pokemon-champions-league-aichi-day-2-livestream-reveals-more-new-pokemon-tcg-cards-from-black-bolt-and-white-flare-plus-new-promo-cards.306705/ #pokémon

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Sobtanian@mstdn.games wrote:

One sentence horror story 😱😱😱😱😱

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wonderofscience ("Wonder of Science") wrote:

The speed of light visualized on a cosmic scale.

Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue

#science #space #alt4me

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• gifv: 71fe86c9483aa0dc.mp4

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jwz wrote:

@redsad https://web.archive.org/web/20221204013356/https%3A//twitter.com/nathanlongs/status/1407803564244697089

jwz wrote:

How to reduce the spread of crypto.
https://jwz.org/b/yknE

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simple_sabotage ("Simple Sabotage Field Manual") wrote:

Pretend that instructions are hard to understand, and ask to have them repeated more than once.

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

Drink Special @ Like A G6: Pray The Rickets Away -- silver tequila, soda, grapefruit, lime

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• gifv: da0dce8041303f9f.mp4

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

Drink special for Glom: Germ theory is a soros psyop -- Tito's vodka, pineapple, soda, and a cherry.

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• gifv: 116c8a6207fdaff8.mp4

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
frontenddogma@mas.to ("Frontend Dogma") wrote:

Google Won’t Ditch Third-Party Cookies in Chrome After All, by @rwhitwam.bsky.social (@arstechnica):

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/google-wont-ditch-third-party-cookies-in-chrome-after-all/

#chrome #google #browsers #cookies

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
webdev_discussions ("Webdev Weekly") wrote:

divs are not buttons and they certainly aren't links

https://www.adagio.com/list/best%5Fsellers.html

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.adagio.com/list/best%5Fsellers.html

#webdev

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

#Bionic arms. That work. For real.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgC7la%5F3IIA

#MageHand

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mcnado@mstdn.social ("McNadoMD") wrote:

In 1861 a guy named Semmelweis published the findings from a study he performed. He required medical students and doctors to wash their hands in chlorinated water before attending delivery of babies. The mortality rate of women cared for by these providers dropped from 18% to 2%.

His theory of transmissible disease carried on the hands of doctors was dismissed by colleagues. He was comitted to an asylum, beaten by the guards, and died of sepsis weeks later.

RFK is those fucking guys.

jwz wrote:

Stephen Miller: Sucking the Blood Out of American Democracy.
https://jwz.org/b/yknC

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retr0id@retr0.id ("David Buchanan") wrote:

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helenchong@social.lol ("Helen Chong :prami_pride:") wrote:

I have written a new blog post about completing 42 the computer science school's bootcamp:

https://helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2025-05-04-42-piscine-completed/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:

Classification systems are important…

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lonnie@iosdev.space ("Lonnie") wrote:

ChatGPT started including Capybaras in the background of every photo I ask it to generate…

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
UnicornRiot ("Unicorn Riot") wrote:

Enter the TeleMessage API … And WordPress Gravity Forms:
The upshot here is that there is some kind of interface for feeding data through this API into the archiving system.
TeleMessage docs show their total API is based, at least partly, on Gravity Forms.
Deep Dive:
https://unicornriot.ninja/2025/signalgate-meets-wordpress-outgoing-national-security-advisers-phone-dumps-messages-via-israeli-app/#api

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Crispius@infosec.exchange ("*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱") wrote:

Currently re-watching Band of Brothers and I can’t shake the thought that we went through all this trouble to defeat the Nazis, only to have Americans vote them into the god-damned White House! 🤬

#Nazis #USPol

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
katyswain ("Katy Swain") wrote:

Been feeling down and stressed lately, so the other day I followed a cat-related hashtag.

Has it worked? Hell, yeah!

I don't care what other people use the Internet for. Fundamentally, the Internet is for cat pictures and selfies of happy trans people. Other functions come and go on waves of hype, but cats and trans people are eternal.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jake4480@c.im ("Jake in the desert") wrote:

Mark Zuckerberg thinks most people only have 3 real friends and have a 'demand' for 15, when we all really demand for Earth is to have no assholes like Mark Zuckerberg on it