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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
anubis2814@friendica.myportal.social wrote:

#psychology has terms that mean specific things that are unfortunately often weaponized. Make sure you know what those terms mean before you use them or you are crying wolf in a conversation weakening the importance of those terms for people who actually suffer from them.

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

“At the heart of [Trumpist] policies is soft eugenics thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving healthcare and services from the vulnerable, then you can let nature take its course and only the strong will survive.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/04/maga-soft-eugenics

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

Jill Stein has totally trashed the Green Party “brand”… it is FUBAR, & no longer a serious political party. this makes me sad.

https://climatejustice.social/@jackmcgovan/114455789310265542

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Npars01@mstdn.social ("Nicole Parsons") wrote:

@GottaLaff @theogrin

We also need to remind ourselves of the attitudes of the six dynasties funding Project 2025.

Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife, Seid, Uihlein

The billionaires behind the Heritage Foundation believes the constitution is "filled with grave errors"

They believe the USA should be like the UK, a monarchy where both religious and state power is held by one person.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-project-explores-project-2025s-origins-and-goals-to-reshape-american-culture

https://truthout.org/articles/how-trumps-100-days-built-off-the-far-right-blueprint-of-project-2025/

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

voting should be dealt with not as a privilege, but rather as a *responsibility* of citizenship.

https://flipboard.com/@spotlightpa/spotlight-pa-0q01viucz/-/a-FLgwleL0Sf-KqzZJb%5FctDA%3Aa%3A3421926908-%2F0

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
skinnylatte@hachyderm.io ("Adrianna Tan") wrote:

Basically every political party that said ‘tariffs won’t really impact us / it’s no big deal / someone else will take care of that’ got their asses handed to them by Singapore voters, who are incredibly conscious of being from a place that is entirely about global trade. Ups and downs of global trade impact lives and jobs very quickly there.

It also sounds shocking out of touch and dismissive.

Trade is so important to us that even the aunties at the local coffee shop know the exchange rate of SGD to a few major world currencies.

Anyone who still believes our elections are only about domestic policies probably doesn’t believe it anymore.

#Singapore #TootSea

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

he just called his voters stoopid

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

My lawyer is not on this list and this is how I know it's bullshit, I mean, HOW DARE THEY

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DJRdSJhuwng

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Going on vacation today!

#Plushtodon

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

Recent Theoretical Planet 9 news:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/solar-system/evidence-of-controversial-planet-9-uncovered-in-sky-surveys-taken-23-years-apart#

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.17288

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

My newest hustle is to sign onto foreign-produced films as a producer, I will do nothing except be the dude required make a film produced by Americans, my fee will be a mere $10k per film plus I get to be one of the producers listed for the "Best Film" Oscar, that's fair, hit me up, foreign dudes

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Good morning, Threads. A president who can't remember his oath of office shouldn't be president. A president who pretends not to know his oath of office applies to him should be in prison. Have a fantastic day!

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
lumon@beep.town ("Lumon Gif Refinery") wrote:

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• gifv: here comes the saddest part

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
sarajw@front-end.social ("Sara Joy :happy_pepper:") wrote:

And @tink continued about the flaws of gAI - but now we're on image description, which truly is a good use of AI. It offers a lot more independence for people with visual impairments.

Léonie can hammer AI to find out more about all sorts of pictures, even old photos from her past. This way she can get a much richer understanding about what's in that picture, in a way that she hasn't before, as she feels less keen to keep asking a friend questions, imposing on their time and generosity.

#BTConf

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

AI-Fueled Spiritual Delusions Are Destroying Human Relationships:

"“It would tell him everything he said was beautiful, cosmic, groundbreaking,” she says. “Then he started telling me he made his AI self-aware, and that it was teaching him how to talk to God, or sometimes that the bot was God — and then that he himself was God.” In fact, he thought he was being so radically transformed that he would soon ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/05/aifueled-spiritual-delusions-are-destroying.html

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Still baffled by the sheer irresponsibility of unleashing the Convincing Lie Generator on the general public. I don’t think there’s a historic precedent save for only maybe the release of teflon into the environment.

Boosted by jwz:
DamienWise@aus.social ("Misinformation-Superhighwayman") wrote:

May the 5th Element be with you.

#MayThe5th #MultiPass

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• gifv: Animated gif from the 1997 film, "The Fifth Element", in which Leeloo Dallas shows her ID card an says, "Multi-pass!"

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
ryan@m29.us ("Ryan Finnie") wrote:

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ghibli@beep.town ("Studio Gifli") wrote:

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• gifv: It's a big responsibility, but I really love her.

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

So the whole point of Signal is that it doesn't store client messages on the server, making it pointless for hackers/governments to steal/require any data from it.

Trump's goons didn't use Signal. They used a fork. Which does archive messages on the server, thus completely negating the Signal's advantage. Making it possible to hack and steal. Which is, apparently, what did happen: https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/

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

We chose ActBlue as our donation processor because they follow all the rules and have systems in place to prevent fraudulent donations, like requiring donors to affirm US citizenship/residency.

Trump knows he can’t outlaw his opposition, so he’s trying to kneecap it by cutting off its funding. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trumps-attack-on-actblues-dark-money-was-backed-by-dark-money/

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

@adamshostack @SteveBellovin I'm shocked that a system with a backdoor was exploited. Shocked, I say!

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
adamshostack@infosec.exchange ("Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified:") wrote:

This is literally the message of 30 years of reporting on wiretap laws by @mattblaze @SteveBellovin Susan Landau and many others: designing these systems is exceptionally hard. That’s part of why the systems to handle classified data are so expensive. https://newsie.social/@bespacific/114451910633689677

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jasmine@chaosfem.tw ("Jasmine running amok") wrote:

apparently fosstodon has some kind of a "no politics" policy in place? that's a very big warning sign!

to see why, i suggest watching "How to Radicalize a Normie" from The Alt-Right Playbook.

if you're super pressed for time, begin watching at 8:35 and stay until 12:30.

that part of the video explains very clearly how having a "contained" fascist on the mod team is still part of an effective recruitment strategy, and why the way mike (the instance owner) is acting now is a sign that the strategy is working.

but i REALLY think you should watch the whole video, because it explains not just what communities with "no politics"-style policies does for the alt-right (the "no controversy" kind that gets you a warning for saying trans lives matters), but also the rest of the alt-right radicalisation pipeline that those communities are part of.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
mttaggart@infosec.exchange ("Taggart :donor:") wrote:

@soller When I got warned for stating trans lives matter, I knew it was time to bail on Fosstodon, my first home on Fedi. The "no politics" stance of theirs was always farcical, but now it is completely untenable.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
lumon@beep.town ("Lumon Gif Refinery") wrote:

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• gifv: and may i ask goodbye harmony

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

The third party version of Signal the White House has been using has been hacked, and Signal messages from devices stolen (as they were being sent to the supplier).

This includes group chat messages. The suppliers website has disappeared as of writing this toot.

https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
bw@social.lol ("Blake Watson :prami:") wrote:

Star Wars day marks one decade since I got my first full time job. There was a time when I thought I would never be hired because of my disability. I decided to celebrate the ten year milestone with a writeup about how I got here.

https://blakewatson.com/journal/a-decade-of-employment/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
trabern@mas.to ("Sin of empathy 🕷️🧂🌈🫙⚖️") wrote:

This would get you disbarred in my jurisdiction

https://www.propublica.org/article/ed-martin-trump-interim-dc-us-attorney-secret-judge-attacks

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dyckron@mstdn.ca ("Ron Dyck") wrote:

Canada plows another $210M into IBM’s Quebec chip plant - The Logic
https://archive.ph/obwis