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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
lmorchard@masto.hackers.town ("Les Orchard") wrote:

Hot take: Defederation is feature, not a bug. Not everyone needs to talk to everyone all the time.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
xandra@tilde.zone ("alexandra") wrote:

@jimsalter hi jim. i'll take the bait because i have time today.

1. it has been expressed multiple times to gina and the fosstodon community at-large what needs to happen to "fix" and "work things out." rehashing it in replies with a recently-promoted moderator is not the good look you think it is. tone down the sass if you're wanting to represent a community literally on the public relations ropes to anyone who's been called a slur.

2. the actual actionable action that needs to be enacted: moderators and admins of instances need to be aware of internet culture and online dog-whistles that allow for people with fascist, fascist-leaning, and fascist-sympathizing views to navigate through community spaces undetected by "normies" who don't care enough about marginalized groups to keep bad actors out in favor of having a higher member count.

3. in order for people to feel *safe* inside of your community, there needs to be an immediate disavowment of any/all bigotry by the mod team. this includes transphobia. there needs to be less "thanks for trusting me to be a mod!" posts by the new mod team (who have been trusted by no one but gina) and more "here's how i plan to moderate the space after watching how everything unfolded." and if the moderators haven't thought of that? they shouldn't be moderators.

4. community management is hard. there's a reason why a lot of people don't do it. it's hard because you have to not only say the things that you believe and value in your community but you also have to uphold them and action on them. that includes researching the people you promote in your community to become moderators.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe ("Sally Strange") wrote:

No, they're bison.

Happy Pride Month!

#Pride
#DadJokes

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
mass_driver@typo.social ("Rutherford Craze") wrote:

Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole!

...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.

A thread 🧵

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
nev@status.nevillepark.ca ("Neville Park") wrote:

From The Anatomy of Fascism (2004):

Fascism may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy, and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion.

He further describes their "mobilizing passions" as

• a sense of overwhelming crisis beyond the reach of any traditional solutions;
• the primacy of the group, toward which one has duties superior to every right, whether individual or universal, and the subordination of the individual to it;
• the belief that one's group is a victim, a sentiment that justifies any action, without legal or moral limits, against its enemies, both internal and external;
• dread of the group's decline under the corrosive effects of individualistic liberalism, class conflict, and alien influences;
• the need for closer integration of a purer community, by consent if possible, or by exclusionary violence if necessary;
• the need for authority by natural chiefs (always male), culminating in a national chieftain who alone is capable of incarnating the group's historical destiny;
• the superiority of the leader's instincts over abstract and universal reason;
• the beauty of violence and the efficacy of will, when they are devoted to the group's success; the right of the chosen people to dominate others without restraint from any kind of human or divine law, right being decided by the sole criterion of the group's prowess within a Darwinian struggle.

These are in Chapter 8, where he discusses various ways of thinking about fascism (a purely Marxist view, the totalitarian aspect, etc.) and why he offers his own definition. (PDF of full book. 🏴‍☠️)

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

Thanks to @robb, I ordered a TRMNL yesterday. Today I managed to get a simple thing for #urltown up and running with their API. Can’t wait for the device to arrive!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
mos_8502@studio8502.ca ("mos_8502 :verified: 🇨🇦") wrote:

We are in the middle of a cold war between people who want to engage, want to think, want to solve problems and comprehend the solutions on one side, and those who resent having to learn or think or understand on the other.

AI, politics, business, education -- all fronts in the same war.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

The last time I was this excited about a console launch must have been in 1997!

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

6th love language: designing things in a thoughtful way that makes people's lives easier.

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