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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
hambot@mastodon.radio ("HamBot") wrote:

Amateur Radio News:
Before It’s Lost: Kay K6KJN and the DLARC

https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/before-it%E2%80%99s-lost-kay-k6kjn-and-the-dlarc.957244/

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
xankarn@mastodon.online ("Alexander Karn") wrote:

The Atlantic has some great photos of #NoKings crowds.

https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/06/photos-no-kings-protests-america-trump/683195/

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@finner @evan Go for it. But understand a few things:

- the supposed "smoking guns" indicating fraud in 2024, like those put forward in 2020, aren't really anything.

- elections are ultimately human endeavors, run by fallible people, and small but inconsequential "irregularities" are normal and expected. But it's often very easy to make them seem much more sinister and significant than they are.

- versions of almost everything claimed about 2024 were claimed by the MAGA people in 2020.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@evan Also, they’re ripping people off based on a false hope and evidently meritless claims, promising a remedy that isn't possible. But other than that…

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

A couple of things about these claims circulating that the 2024 election was "rigged":

1. The supposed "proof" is essentially the same nonsensical statistical gobbledygook that the MAGA people were claiming about 2020, with the parties reversed.

2. There is no legal mechanism to "recount" an election after the results are certified. None. The ship has sailed.

3. SHOCKINGLY, they need funds to continue their "work"

4. Nope, not linking to it. Not giving them oxygen.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
UncleDuke1969@universeodon.com ("Uncle Duke") wrote:

cop: do you know why I pulled you over?

me: because you had an emotionally distant father, an overbearing mother, married a woman just like her, your kids hate you, and you’re taking your anger and frustration out on me?

cop: [holding back tears] because your gas cap is open

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Ex_spurt@aus.social ("Kim") wrote:

This will do wonders for China's incursion into the Pacific

Three Pacific nations in Trump's expanded travel ban list | RNZ News
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/564249/three-pacific-nations-in-trump-s-expanded-travel-ban-list

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
TheConversationUS@newsie.social ("The Conversation U.S.") wrote:

Photographer Stephen DiRado was concerned for his father, Gene, as #Alzheimers, took his father away. So he began to take photographs.

“It kept me with him.” #FathersDay https://buff.ly/6fgLIOQ

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
gwagner@fediscience.org ("Gernot Wagner") wrote:

To write is to think. Using ChatGPT to write leads to..."cognitive debt", which might be one of the better euphemism for somewhat less polite words.

Small n, not yet peer-reviewed, etc https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

#ai

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
universalhub@mastodon.online ("Universal Hub") wrote:

BPS urges unvaccinated parents, children who might have gone to the MFA last Sunday to check with their doctors because they might have been exposed to #measles
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/bps-urges-unvaccinated-parents-children-who-might-have-gone-mfa-last
#Boston #PublicHealth #vaccination

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
yabellini@rstats.me ("Yani Bellini Saibene") wrote:

This is a 1500 kg meteorite fallen in Campo del Cielo, Chaco, Argentina.
It is about 4.5 billion years old (yes, about as old as our planet).
It is the oldest thing I have ever seen and touched in my life. It is the only thing from space that I have ever touched. It is metallic: iron and nickel.
It is impressive.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
stevendbrewer@wandering.shop ("Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Sunset at UMass Amherst #SilentSunday

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
mike_edwards@mas.to ("Mike Edwards") wrote:

Damselflies, chilling and mating, plus a dragonfly nymph molt. Circle of life, man.

#nature #photography #dragonfly #insects #naturePhotography

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
MikeElgan ("Mike Elgan") wrote:

HEADLINE: "Tulsi Gabbard’s Nuclear Warning Is Scary and Strange"

ALT HEADLINE: "Tulsi Gabbard Is Scary and Strange"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-06-12/opinion-tulsi-gabbard-s-nuclear-warning-is-scary-video

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
karlauerbach@sfba.social ("Karl Auerbach") wrote:

Glad to see this...

LibreQoS Bufferbloat Test

Some of my company (IWL) products can create bufferbloat situations, but testing how the end-point protocols react is a separate concern.

I've written in the past about the inadequacy of "speed test" tool and how things like "iperf" can easily be (and often are) mis-interpreted. (I'll add some links).

https://test.libreqos.com/

There's Dave Taht's piece about weakness of speed tests (I worked with him rather frequently, he added a lot to the Internet, it is sad that he is now lost to us):

https://blog.cerowrt.org/post/speedtests/

Then there is my bits about speed tests, counting bits, and iperf:

Comments on NTIA’s proposed Performance Measures for BEAD Last-Mile Networks - https://www.cavebear.com/cavebear-blog/ntia-bead-dec2024/

A Deep Dive into Bit Counting - https://www.iwl.com/blog/counting-bits

Does IPERF Tell White Lies? - https://www.iwl.com/idocs/does-iperf-tell-white-lies

Are You Being Misled by Network Speed Tests? - https://www.iwl.com/blog/why-you-shouldnt-believe-network-speed-test

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DrJackBrown@mstdn.social ("Dr. Jack Brown :verified:") wrote:

This is Lavora Vincent. She's brilliant, courageous, and she'll give you hope for the future. Listen to her 3 minute response. You won't be disappointed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJQS22Off2E

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

this young woman in Atlanta speaks more eloquently of our moment in history than ever I could

https://youtu.be/JJQS22Off2E

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
jhavok@mstdn.party ("Jimmy") wrote:

@aka_quant_noir @Gladso @pluralistic My Representative talked about the things they are doing at his town hall, for instance putting a bill strengthening Medicare up for vote. GOP will have to go on record.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
tlariv@mastodon.cloud wrote:

@RichSPK
Chicago had Sen. Durban and Reps Quigley, Garcia, and Jackson (at least)
@bodhipaksa @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic

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

@pluralistic TBH I came to that realization when the dems had the white house the Senate and the house in the Obama years, the golden opportunity to codify Roe v Wade, and didn't, because then they would've lost it as a fundraising tactic.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com ("Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson") wrote:

@hosford42 I do know of this one specific example where people stood up and it worked.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-rosenstrasse-demonstration-1943

@lavaeolus

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

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/uk-news/story/meet-blaise-metreweli-uks-first-woman-to-lead-mi6-spy-agency-glbs-2741218-2025-06-16 Meet Blaise Metreweli: UK's first woman to lead MI6 spy agency (currently in charge of Q Section)

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
andyw350@mindly.social ("AndyW") wrote:

@bodhipaksa @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic Minnesota AG #keithellison spoke at the rally in St Paul with an assassin at large.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
RichSPK@tech.lgbt ("Richard K :blobcatverified:") wrote:

@bodhipaksa @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic Rep Jim McGovern spoke at a Worcester, MA No Kings event. Maxine Waters showed up in California.

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

@evan @MaierAmsden @finner This is what drives me nuts about a lot of these discussions. People confidently assert “The election was stolen! They rigged the voting machines!” But when you dig a liittle, they have no idea about rigged voting machines and are upset (often reasonably) about the electoral college, gerrymandering, PAC money, or whatever.

That’s a legit discussion to have! But I wish people would just start there instead of pretending it’s about hacking.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
inti@archaeo.social ("Matthew Bandy") wrote:

@bodhipaksa @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic my congresswoman (NM-1) spoke at our local event. It was great!

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
StefanEJones@dice.camp ("Stefan Edward Jones") wrote:

@bodhipaksa @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic "The Washington County No Kings" event had speeches from Representatives Bonamici and Salinas, a statement from Senator Ron Wyden read by his spokesman, Beaverton's mayor, a state senator, the county commissioner, the leader of Oregon's Indivisible umbrella group, and the chair of the county Democratic party.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot ("Bodhipaksa") wrote:

@StefanEJones @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic That’s great. One of my Senators tweeted “happy birthday” to the US army.

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

@ClariNerd @pluralistic One thought: https://www.tinynewsco.org/

The monthly Tucker County, West Virginia paper is one such example.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
hosford42@techhub.social ("Aaron") wrote:

@cavyherd @bronakins @pluralistic Followed immediately by the musicians flipping them the bird and sucking any joy right out of their tiny, hard hearts. lmao "That actually wasn't for you, dipshit."