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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
guffo@topspicy.social ("I’m Tired And Everything Hurts") wrote:

These Skyrim mods have gone too far #Poland #Eurovision

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

"You're missing the forest for the trees", they say.

The forest is literally MADE OF TREES. If you care about forests, you probably shouldn't be belittling tree experts.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

#Austria had two twists I did not expect.
#eurovision

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

“European Council President Antonio Costa says he is ‘shocked’ at the situation in Gaza, where Israel has launched an expanded offensive.

‘Shocked by the news from Gaza: starving civilians, hospitals hit again by strikes. The violence must stop!’ Costa says in a statement online.”

So how are the costumes this year at Eurovision? Any zany ones? How’s Israel’s?

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog%5Fentry/european-council-president-shocked-at-israels-gaza-offensive/

#esc2025 #eurovision #eurovision2025 #genocide #israel #Palestine #Gaza #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Express undressing is the theme this year #eurovision

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

Watching: Stalker (1979) on Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/stalker-movie

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

Who doesn't want an app to see all park benches in your area?!

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• gifv: 0ec881d0d6d0c40c.mp4

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Ukrainian song has a bloom effect like 2010 video games.
#eurovision

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

People who post detailed legal analysis get this a lot. "How can you post about legal niceties when the sky is falling??!!! Wake up!!!!!". Etc.

You might not find the legalities or technical detail useful. But others probably do.

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

If someone posts a detailed explanation for why a thing that the current administration is doing is foolish, or misguided, or illegal, or whatever, it is NOT reasonable to assume or infer that that person things the thing they posted about is the only, or the worst, or the most important, fault they find with the administration. They are much more likely simply providing an insight about a specific thing.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
TheComfortableSpotPodcast ("Ken M Sweeney") wrote:

#FuckIsreal
#Eurovision
#Eurovision2025
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine #Palestine #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraeliCrimes

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

@bitcodavid I'm sorry I didn't post about whatever thing you thought is more important than whatever I posted about. Fortunately, you can post things yourself, and don't need to rely on me to post things you find important.

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

Captured with a Rodenstock 50mm/4.0 HR Digaron lens (@ f/5.0) and the Phase One IQ4-150 back, shifted vertically by 12mm.

This is a straightforward, somewhat abstract, composition, emphasizing scale and lines. It converges out of sight below the foreground pier, suggesting an infinite roadway.

I shot this several times, day and night, and the nighttime image, in which the steelwork under the bridge is closer in brightness to the sky, was much more interesting. The cloudy night helps, too.

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

Manhattan Bridge, NYC, 2023.

More than a dozen pixels for every story in the naked city at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/52841667763

#photography

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

Another issue is that if the plan is to then "re-donate" the AF1-modified plane to the Trump library, it would have to be "de-miled", with all the special (and mostly classified) features removed so it could be flown by uncleared, non-military pilots. That would also be enormously time consuming and expensive, not to mention phenomenally wasteful.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
deane@contenttechtodon.org ("Deane Barker") wrote:

This way of dividing a Markdown document into sections -- has anyone seen this syntax before? These aren't headings. Based on the output, the text delimited by this syntax is extracted and output in different places in a template.

jwz wrote:

This is the first time a photo of me has appeared on a flyer: https://mastodon.social/@hubba%5Fhubba%5Frevue/114524419221643575

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

So in other words, this whole scheme

- is likely illegal, and certainly unseemly, given the plane is a gift from a foreign government.

- would be extremely expensive for the taxpayers

- probably won't actually accomplish what Trump wants.

jwz wrote:

@mattblaze If he wants to fly around in an insecure plane, I think we're in a "never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake" situation.

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

Drink special @ WHY 2K: Bobby Brainworm's Swim Team -- Tito's vodka, starry, blue curaçao, splash of pineapple

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

"Modifying" a 747 to make it part of the Air Force One fleet is likely harder than building it from scratch. The chances that this could be done during the Trump presidency (assuming it ends after a 2028 election) seem very slim, at least without compromising the requirements.

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

Trump seems to think that turning an existing production 747-800 into an AF1 plane is simply a matter of changing the seating layout and the paint scheme.

The AF1 747s are built with vastly different communications and avionics so they can serve as secure flying command posts during emergencies. They can be refueled in mid-air (a tanker plane follows it around when the president is on board, just in case).

They're also used in pairs, with the other plane on standby at a nearby airport.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
Migueldeicaza ("Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉") wrote:

Boosted by jwz:
jackcole@mstdn.social wrote:

On the left, the guy who ordered his 15-man death squad to kill and dismember American journalist Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
On the right, the former leader of Al Qaeda with a $10m US bounty on his head.
And in the middle, the most corrupt US President in history.

Boosted by jwz:
jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Today's mission: check maps for local streets long enough to have 8647 as an address. The SS must investigate the threat!

Boosted by jwz:
SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com ("Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson") wrote:

Pssttt... 8647

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

Crucial Cover for May 17: In Bloom by Sturgill Simpson

https://app.crucialtracks.org/profile/neatnik/20250517

#CrucialTracks #Cover #Music

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
mcornick@social.lol ("Mark (N3MSC)") wrote:

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
benlockwood@ecoevo.social ("Ben Lockwood, PhD") wrote:

Give the people what they want

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
wq@vim.wtf ("John Wq :us_distress:") wrote:

@adam Congrigigigulations