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

@Gina @fromjason @dev_ric Also not helpful: using mid centrist views to run cover for far-right/fascist/nazi ideology that wants to put people in cages, send them to torture prisons overseas, deny their right to exist, etc. if someone’s gonna run cover someone can expect to be called out/labeled for it.

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

Being a centrist is a privilege. It means you can live a charmed life without ever holding conviction.

Therefore, centrists cannot fathom anything worse than being made to be uncomfortable. It's an atrocity of the highest order.

That's why when leftists are mean to centrists, their immediate thought is - this must be what genocide feels like.

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

*Duck chasing person meme*

What are the views we don't agree with?

WHAT ARE THE VIEWS WE DONT AGREE WITH

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

I know you love sitting at the open screen door, cat, but the heat index outside right now is 103°F, so how about: not.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
divbyzero@mathstodon.xyz ("Dave Richeson") wrote:

I got an email from someone asking for my "Essential Trigonometry for Calculus" cheat sheet, which I give to my calculus students. So, I thought I'd put it on GitHub for anyone to download (compiled PDF and source code). https://github.com/divisbyzero/Essential-Trig-for-Calculus

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

One thing you learn as a forever-student of history is that fascists don't just wake up one morning as a fascist. It's a process.

Not every centrist who equates the far left to the far right is a Nazi. But every Nazi was once a centrist who equated the far left to the far right.

It's a stepping stone. It's a big dial on the wall. What changes is the audience because that rhetoric invites Nazis. So one day you can dial it all the way up to applause.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
macmanx@social.lol ("James Huff :prami_pride_pan:") wrote:

#burger

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

I just got a robo-text from the city about an emergency street closure being reopened and the little robot in my watch watch suggests I reply to the big robot with "good job!".

The robot uprising will be very polite.

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

Via Aaron Reichlin-Melnick:
‪
Heartbreaking! Reporting suggests that the facility is currently operating nearly 300 PERCENT above capacity, w 1,700 people crammed into facility w an official maximum capacity of 600. The conditions have devolved dramatically in last few months, threatening health and safety.

‪Thomas Kennedy:‬
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Immigrants detained at the Krome Detention Center in #Florida are protesting being held in deplorable conditions by making a giant SOS sign that can be seen from above.

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

#USA #US

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jackhutton@mstdn.social ("jackhutton 🇺🇸") wrote:

Biden handed Trump a strong economy. The U.S. economy was the envy of the world. And in less than six months, Donald Trump and Republicans are collapsing the U.S economy.

Its almost as though its being done deliberately. Its like they want to kneecap America.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu ("European Commission") wrote:

Digital power is geopolitical power - and Europe is ready to lead! 🌐

We’ve launched the EU’s International Digital Strategy: a new plan to strengthen global digital cooperation while supporting our own competitiveness in AI and key technologies.

Our priorities include:

✔️ Leadership in AI & emerging tech
✔️ Trusted digital infrastructure
✔️ EU Tech Business Offer
✔️ Stronger cybersecurity & digital rights
✔️ Safer, more accountable online platforms

#DigitalEU

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Theeo123 ("James House-Lantto (He/Him)") wrote:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/statement-california-state-senate-advancing-dangerous-surveillance-bill

The California State Senate unanimously passed S.B. 690.

The bill aims to amend the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) by allowing the use of online tracking technologies for commercial business purposes.

The EFF, TechEquity, Consumer Federation of California, Tech Oversight California, and ACLU California Action issued a joint statement warning that the bill would put the safety and privacy of millions of Californians at serious risk.

#Privacy #Security #EFF

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

Want some good news?

"‘Carol,’ Whose Detention Rattled Her Small Missouri Town, Is Released

Ming Li Hui’s detention by the immigration authorities brought the reality of Trump’s immigration crackdown to rural Missouri, where supporters rallied for her freedom."

...with this caveat:

“By no means are we in the clear,” Mr. Bolourtchi said. “But at this point I’m optimistic. It’s an immediate sigh of relief.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/us/politics/carol-missouri-migrant.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=F5797B23-816C-4873-9E22-CE31944604D2

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

Captured with a DSLR and a 24mm shifting lens, shifted vertically to preserve geometry.

The tiny ghost town of Harvard, one of a series of often extravagantly named, largely abandoned communities near the Union Pacific Railroad and former Route 66 in the Mojave, was perhaps a victim of an Interstate highway system that passed it by.

I think the couch is still there, if you need one.

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

Report: "The Israeli-US aid operation has turned Gaza into a human abattoir".

"Hundreds of civilians are herded like animals into fenced-off pens & are slaughtered like cattle in the process."

The reason for the GHF work being halted is “because it has rightly sparked international outrage & condemnation”.

~Chris Gunness, fmr UNRWA spokesperson who calls the GHF the #GenocideHumanitarianFigleaf

https://aje.io/rmexry?update=3753988

#GHF #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #GazaGenocide #USEnablement .

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

Stone House (and Couch), Harvard, CA, 2010.

All the pixels, but check on water, electricity, and structural integrity before moving in, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4611078542

#photography

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
benjojo@benjojo.co.uk wrote:

New Blog!

There is lots of RFC1918 space out there, yet most people use the same 10 /24 subnets

I ended up having my OOB LAN collide with someones home network a few weeks ago, and decided to find a new subnet to use that won't collide backed up with actual usage data!

Picking uncontested private IP subnets with usage data

https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/picking-unused-rfc1918-ip-space

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

It’s fascinating how people who want to keep “politics” off their social media timelines are nearly always triggered by trans rights activists and anti-fascists, not by TERFs and neoreactionaries. “I don’t see what the big deal is about quoting Curtis Yarvin, but Julia Serano? Not on my watch!”

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Again, people being mean on mastodon, no matter how much it hurts your feelings, does not equate to fascism, racism, white supremacy, etc.

Whew, this is bad. This is real real bad.

@dev_ric @Gina

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

“You can't just call everyone who disagrees with you a Nazi!” says the centrist who then immediately equates leftists with Nazis

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

The far right is authoritarian, fascist, Nazis. The far right would love to see someone like me dead or in a cage. The far right *is* putting people that look like me in cages right now.

So, I'm curious what you believe the far left equivalent to that is, that would have you put them in the same breath? Is it just people being mean on mastodon?

@dev_ric @Gina

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

People who share inconvenient truths are not engaged in bad faith arguments. Spin it any way you want, but facts are facts and the truth is the truth.

#fosstodon

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

If it walks like a fascist and it quacks like a fascist, well, there you go. The word isn’t being overused or eroded; it’s a label that increasingly fits. If it fits on you, you have more work to do than to just complain about its perceived overuse.

But this is coming from a place that discourages political discussion, so, yeah.

#fosstodon

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

“We just want to talk about tech with fellow nerds.” 🤡

“He just likes rockets.” 🤡

The dismissive whitewashing is always the same. And people just lap it up, because it’s always easier to accept a simple excuse than it is to face a deeper truth.

#fosstodon #microblog

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

If you need to keep reminding people of your “woke credentials,” maybe you should consider that your actions aren’t aligning with the ideals you claim to support.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
daemon_nova@labyrinth.zone (":minecraftPickaxe: ⸸ cmdr ░ nova ⸸ :~$ 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

If you put up an instance, or take over an admin position on the fediverse, and one of your first actions as an admin/moderator is to onboard a guy to your team, whomst you have witnessed writing far right extremist talking points, such as, "killing fascists makes you a fascist"

You are not fit to admin, moderate, or even speak

Get outta here. Shut the whole thing down. There's an entire app made for you guys, and it's called X

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

Tiny and cute.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/05/spotted-teeny-tiny-itsy-bitsy-orbweaver/

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

hah!

Attachments:

• video: 3d78670d7cf8fae7.mp4

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

The SCOPES (Small Campus Observatories as Promoters of Education in Science) conference is happening todaay at UMM.

(Small Campus Observatories as Promoters of Education in Science)