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

UPDATE: Man dies after shooting at "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City https://t.co/fd3aA1xzXM

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aburtch@triangletoot.party wrote:

You used to be able to buy a piece of software once for a set price and use it forever. I REALLY hate how everything is now a forced subscription model so you pay in perpetuity AND they jack the prices up on you every couple years. #SaaS

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nullagent@partyon.xyz wrote:

Overnight evidently three people were arrested near the Seattle ICE court house possibly in connection with the late night protests.

Not a ton of info on what happened, jail support etc is currently unknown.

Will update if anything develops.

#Seattle #ICE #ChingaLaMigra #FuckICE #acab #icecourt #PNW

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
alice@lgbtqia.space ("🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)") wrote:

Hey US folx, we have a day left for comments on this bullshit!

The government is tossing out accessibility requirements for new buildings. There's a little more nuance to it than that, but that's the gist—and it's pretty fucked up...

https://zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto/114685445082888378

#USPol #CallToAction #Activism #DEI #Accessibility

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mizblueprint@mastodon.online wrote:

We had a real No Drama Llama at our Episcopal Pride Mass today. There was no drama, and I did not take a picture.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
renewedresistance@channel.org ("Renewed Resistance") wrote:

This one slaps with the graphic designer wing of the resistence.

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/protests-cities-no-kings.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.PE8.btaZ.TNK92QUuelo3&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"They've got the tanks. We've got the power. …

What the birthday boy and all his sycophants and toadies and accomplices and normalizers and enablers are doing to show their strength actually reveals extraordinary weakness.:

~ A.R. Moxon

#NoKings #Trump #parade
/23

https://www.the-reframe.com/shows-of-weakness/?ref=the-reframe-newsletter

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

@MaierAmsden @finner @evan Anyway, I'm *exhausted* here. We all are. I appreciate any available slack, and will try to extend some myself, too.

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

@MaierAmsden @finner @evan I know I must seem like some kind of jerk here, like I'm refusing to reveal or admit some basic truth that would make all this clearer.

But the fact is, it's just messy. There's been great progress. But also still uncertainty.

- There are vulnerabilities. They're real!
- But there's thus far been no credible evidence that they've actually been used to alter an election outcome.

You casts your vote and you makes your choice.

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

@MaierAmsden @finner @evan I said what I said, and it's all I've got.

I can't prove the election wasn't tampered with. I don't think it was, for the reasons I mentioned. If you've got evidence it was, go for it.

I know that's not satisfying. But I'm not holding back on you.

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

I just referred to a public policy feedback loop as being "perverse", and now fully expect to be yelled at here for kink-shaming.

To be clear, you be you, election security!

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
cavyherd@wandering.shop ("Cavyherd") wrote:

@Gladso @jhavok @pluralistic

All of this. Jon Ossoff is using this moment to absolutely WALLPAPER YouTube with his funding ads. I mean, jeez. I have (& probably will again) donated but, my dude, this is •not• helping your cause....

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
cavyherd@wandering.shop ("Cavyherd") wrote:

@bronakins @pluralistic

It's hilarious that the PBs are actually rocking along by the end of the vid 😂 📯

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
calvin@fedi.sphericalcow.space ("calvin 🛋️ ") wrote:

@Wolf @pluralistic Does Dropkick Murphys not count? That Who Will Stand With Us song has been giving me so much energy lately.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
cavyherd@wandering.shop ("Cavyherd") wrote:

@ClariNerd @pluralistic

As I've gotten older, I've become increasingly (& depressingly) aware that, in the vast majority of circumstances, the most important qualifications for gigs like these are "has a pulse & is willing to show up."

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
minmi@sfba.social ("MinmiTheDino") wrote:

@jongary @pluralistic @inthehands

It is now all of our national duty to join a klezmer band

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

@MaierAmsden @finner @evan An essential, and perhaps unavoidable, irony here is that as all this progress has been made - as US elections become more secure - public confidence in the integrity of our elections seems to be at an all-time low.

This is partly because the progress is driven by (and produces) public awareness of the threats and risks elections face. This awareness is generally good - knowledge is power! - but it can lead to this perverse inversion between reality and perception.

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

@MaierAmsden @finner @evan Is everything where it needs to be? Absolutely not. But by EVERY measure, election security in the US has made REMARKABLE, steady progress, and continues to do so. And this progress has been far more rapid and sustained that I thought possible a decade ago.

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

@MaierAmsden @finner @evan And this progress has been reflected in policies and practices across the board at the county, state, and federal levels. Elections are now considered part of national critical infrastructure, with national threat intelligence and guidance provided by CISA (something Trump cut back on, but, to his credit, he created the agency in the first place). Many states now prohibit paperless DRE and are rolling out RLAS. And cybersecurity practices have improved generally.

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

@MaierAmsden @finner @evan There's more work to do, to be sure, but it's simply incorrect to suggest that nothing has been done to improve elections in recent years. Over the last 15 years we

(1) developed the formal requirement of "software independence" in elections

(2) Invented risk-limited audits, which achieve (1)

(3) have greatly diminished the use of paperless "DRE" (touchscreen) voting terminals, which are now considered obsolete because of (1) and (2).

There's been huge progress.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
lemgandi wrote:

@pluralistic Heh! I live in the ATL, although I went to the No Kings in Fort Lauderdale FL 'cause I was traveling. From the look of it, this was right outside the capitol building in downtown Atlanta.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com ("Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson") wrote:

@Wolf @pluralistic

I have some great news for you!

Not only is Jesse Welles writing these type of songs, but he is getting them out there to the people.

https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson/tagged/Jessewelles

Boosted by jwz:
MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

I take it all back. $45 million was a small price to pay to humiliate President Trump at his own parade and mobilize millions of Americans across the nation to demonstrate against him.

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MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

The only thing quieter than President Trump’s birthday military parade is Elon Musk’s phone on Father’s Day.

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MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

Responding to concerns regarding unidentified plain clothes ICE agents telling people to get in an unmarked van, Congress requires the use of bumper stickers on non-ICE vans saying “This van will take you to a second location to murder you.”

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

Sam Altman scares the shit out of me

Boosted by jwz:
ErikJonker ("Erik Jonker") wrote:

Great summary of Trump's parade.
#trump #militaryparade #nokings #june14th

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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Thank you for your attention to this matter! #NoKings

Attachments:

• video: b109eb1f5e44bf5e.mp4

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Lily_and_frog@mastodon.art ("The Frog") wrote:

@jongary @pluralistic @inthehands

In Liverpool, it's usually Yakity Yak and potatoes welcoming the far right... I fully endorse this use of klezmer bands.