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

@Wolf @pluralistic which side are you on covered by Billy Bragg or for that matter the drop kicks?

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isisevrinen@mastodon.chasalin.nl ("Ellen") wrote:

@pluralistic I f*cking hate Atlanta Nazis.

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craignicol@glasgow.social wrote:

@Wolf @pluralistic does "fuck you Donald Trump... I'm not your bitch, I guess I'm Unamerican" count?

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Amc9UAAy-NM

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
D_J_Nathanson@esq.social ("David Nathanson") wrote:

@Wolf @pluralistic

Tom Morello - Hold the Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61gHyyGZyXU

YG feat G Eazy & Macklemore - FDT (Fuck Donald Trump) Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHlXUmiGbmg

Lots of smaller bands, but those two are big.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
cybervegan@autistics.life wrote:

@pluralistic A more punky version by Jay Terrestrial & the Firepit Collective https://youtu.be/g03GgGGCHWA?feature=shared

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
wesley@theatl.social ("Wesley Cook ⚡🚲") wrote:

@pluralistic I sent him this post and it turns out it's actually called Atlanta Coalition Ensemble but some of their members are also in Black Sheep Ensemble.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
wall_e@ioc.exchange ("wall-e / Daniel") wrote:

@FiddleSix @SrRochardBunson @Wolf @pluralistic

"CEOs come and go, and one just went;
the ingredients you got make the cake you get;
So if you get sick, cross your fingers for luck;
cause ol' Richard T. Burke ain't giving a fuck."

Still the most succinct take on the whole United Health thing I've heard

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
jessamyn@glammr.us ("Jessamyn") wrote:

@koen_hufkens @pluralistic

I saw that. I know a lot of the Proud Boys are just awful people but the vibe I get is that some of them just are super fucked up people wanting to belong to something. I both enjoyed this video but also had some real sadness for those broken men.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
graymattergrcltd@infosec.exchange ("Vickie Gray") wrote:

@lemgandi @paraplegic_racehorse @Moosjazz @pluralistic Great Highland Bagpipe player here. Closing the holes may be similar, or at least once you figure out which fingers are up and down for each note, it’s straightforward.

But I would challenge any recorder player to master mistake-free bagpipe embellishments at tempo, in all idioms. That means the fingers that need to be up are up, and the fingers that need to be down are down, and there are never any “ghost” notes, or “crossing noises.”

The National Piping Centre in Glasgow has a free tutorial series demonstrating the 56 embellishment techniques in their beginner tutor book. Beginner, mind you. https://www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/learn/one-to-one/complete-highland-tutor-book-video-exercises

Put those all together, in a set of 120 bpm strathspeys. From memory. While blowing and squeezing the sheepskin bag that feeds air to the 4 cane reeds.

But, what do I know.

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

Captured with the Rodenstock 40mm/4.0 Digaron-W lens, Phase One IQ4-150 back, a small amount of vertical shift.

The San Mateo Bridge, spanning the San Francisco Bay just south of SFO Airport, is relatively unremarkable except for its seemingly endless length. Sometimes known locally as the "S&M Bridge" for its frequently painful traffic congestion, looked at from the right distance, it can appear rather serine.

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

San Mateo Bridge and San Francisco Bay, San Mateo, CA, 2024.

All the pixels, no toll collected, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54129314405

#photography

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

They had a stack of NYT International Edition (the rebranded International Herald Tribune) at the gate for my flight this afternoon, and i picked one up so I could feel like a sophisticated international jet-setter from the 1970's during my flight. Fortunately, no smoking section on the plane.

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

Oh god, that shouty guy from a few days ago is still at it. And so is the scoldy guy from yesterday.

Keeping my widows rolled up here, metaphorically speaking, for now.

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

for some definitions of “peacekeeper”

https://mastodon.social/@axios/114689431380812597

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

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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 😂 📯

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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."