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Boosted by jwz:
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

BTW—I don't want police to kill guilty people either. I'm just always fascinated how police can arrest white mass murderers like Vance Beolter alive & unharmed—but can't help but kill unarmed and innocent Black citizens like Philando Castile and George Floyd.

The complexion for protection is a trip.

Boosted by jwz:
MPgh@mastodon.world ("Michael") wrote:

No Kings, only Prince.
https://indg.club/@mementomaori/114689519135526710

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r_flash@mastodon.r-flash.eu ("Adam P") wrote:

Attachments:

• gifv: A concentric hexagonal grid of stylized cubes vanishing into infinity in the center. The sides of the cubes shift between adjacent cubes in waves going out from the center. Orange colors on black background with slight noise texture.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Quasit@kolektiva.social wrote:

@pluralistic
That's funny! I remember about 35 years ago in Harvard Square, when a Lyndon LaRouche supporter had set up a desk and was ranting about various conspiracies. A street performer nearby with a saxophone drifted over and started punctuating the LaRouchite's rant with loud saxophone riffs. The LaRouchite tried to drown him out, but the saxophone overpowered him. Eventually he gave up and left.

It totally cracked me up!

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
egallager@treehouse.systems ("Rep. Eric Gallager (no "h"!)") wrote:

Full album available on FB: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1YyN9QvvGm/

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

❝Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning.❞

Hell of a research abstract there, via @gwagner: https://fediscience.org/@gwagner/114690366530883451

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
renewedresistance@channel.org ("Renewed Resistance") wrote:

You were all inspiring. And courage is contagious. #nokings

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
kittyamericana@masto.nyc ("kitty americana") wrote:

@Wolf @pluralistic does the coup count? boots riley also had a project with tom morello called street sweeper social club. in a more traditional vein, someone recently turned me on to carsie blanton...

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

@bodhipaksa @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic our democrat representatives (sam liccardo and kevin mullin) came to our event, spoke, and even answered a few questions. At 20k attendees the biggest town hall ever !

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
jack_daniel ("Jack Daniel (often offline)") wrote:

Overheard yesterday:
"May he die surrounded by friends.
You know, like Julius Caesar."

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
2something@transfem.social wrote:

This is a #FediHire post, but it's not about technology, so I don't know how helpful the fediverse will be.

I have a PHD in math and nine years of experience teaching university students. I want to leave higher education and become a high school math teacher, but I am not certified.

I'm in the U.S. and have no easy way to leave. I also can't go four years without an income or health insurance.

What states would be the easiest for me to get at least provisionally certified to teach in?

Also keep in mind that I'm trans, so I am only willing to move to a state where it's legal for me to interact with teenagers and get health care.

#Teaching #Math #MathTeacher #GetFediHired

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

To understand Elon Musk, don’t study business books.
Study the Byzantine Empire:

– Power through fragmentation
– Loyalty over logic
– Theater as governance
https://www.theindex.media/how-elon-musk-build-a-byzantine-empire/

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
ryan@social.miyaku.media ("みやくモード") wrote:

you’re a “low poly” artist? you know it’s okay to just say you’re monogamous

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
willowbl00@indieweb.social wrote:

Noticed the fabulous LEGO store Brick By Brick carries zero new Harry Potter sets. I asked the person behind the desk about it and she said, “oh, we’re never going to give any money to that franchise.” “Thank you.” “Happy Pride.” ✨💙✨

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