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

This is a great setup: a group of endangered comrades, huddled together against the darkness without, telling tales to buoy up their bravery. It's the framing device that makes *The Decameron* an enduring classic after 800 years and counting. In Killjoy's hands, it sings.

The first story is "The Troll King's Court," a ghost story about a Norwegian troll cult that came to America in a failed Manhattan-Adjacent Project to create a mystical superweapon with which to win WWII.

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

To save themselves, they must court their own dead, welcoming them to their circle. They pile a camp-plate high with food for the dead to eat, build the fire up, and begin the tell the stories of their dead comrades, summoning them as a defense against the monstrous forces that stalk the All Saints night. This is the setup for the three linked short stories that make up this short book.

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

Danielle Cain is a freighter-hopping, anarcho-queer hero whose adventures are shared by solidaristic crews of spellcasting, cryptid-battling crustypunk freaks and street-fighters. In *Immortal Choir*, the action opens with Danielle and a motley band around a campfire in a dark Idaho woods, surrounded by the night-screams of some distant demonic presence. It's Samhain, and the veil between the realm of the living and dead is as thin as it gets. Bad things are stalking the night.

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

Her 2024 YA novel "The Sapling Cage" is a queer coming-of-age epic that *motors* with all the narrative energy of a genderbent Conan epic:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/24/daughters-of-the-empty-throne/#witchy

Today, Strangers In a Tangled Wilderness Press publishes *The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice*, a collection of three linked short stories set in Killjoy's celebrated Danielle Cain series, which Alan Moore called "ideal reading for a post-truth world":

https://www.tangledwilderness.org/shop/p/the-immortal-choir-holds-every-voice

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

Margaret Killjoy writes fantasy stories of relentless tension, boundless wonder, thrilling adventure...and completely radical, unflinching anarchist politics.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/18/anarcho-cryptid/#decameron-and-on

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pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

I don't think we're going to miss the trash Mike Lindell is selling. We've got dollar stores.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/18/minnesota-has-lost-a-thriving-business/

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beyondmachines1@infosec.exchange ("BeyondMachines :verified:") wrote:

"Works on my machine", oil on canvas.
Unknown artist, 2025

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca ("Broadwaybabyto") wrote:

I’m seeing a lot of people posting about how sick they are with a “summer flu”

Main complaints? Fatigue, extremely sore throat, fever and loss of smell.

It’s Covid. The Nimbus variant is here & appears to be more transmissible.

It’s time to wear a respirator, clean the air & stay home when sick!

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:

Afghan man gets a VISA to the US after assisting the US army in Afghanistan as an interpreter.

Now, without a warrant, Trump's ICE goons have arrested him and put him in detention to get him deported to meet their deportation quotas.

That is your reward for being an ally of the US.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/afghan-ally-detained-by-ice-immigration-court/

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davidrevoy@framapiaf.org ("David Revoy") wrote:

🎉 I'm happy for Peertube! The campaign has ended and they have reached their final goal: https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/

#krita #peertube

Attachments:

• gifv: A gif loop of a very simple black-and-white animation that I drew by hand in Krita. It's only four frames long, so the movement isn't very fluid. It shows Sepia the Squid, the Peertube mascot, bouncing happily and launching confetti.

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

Rand Paul, a "#Libertarian", on being disinvited from the President's cake party:
"This is an outrage!"

Rand Paul, a "Libertarian," on Trump sending people to an offshore slave labor camp for life: "..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0MbR4uHPho

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

I collect spiders, and some people give me the side-eye. But in America, stuffing your car with guns is considered normal.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/18/run-if-you-see-this-in-a-car/

Mastodon wrote:

Mastodon is happy to be recognised as a #DigitalPublicGood by @dpgalliance - alongside many other incredible #OpenSource projects. Find out more in our blog post. #UNOpenSourceWeek

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/06/mastodon-dpga

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

@pluralistic What a wildly predictable turn of events, that Larry David ended up regretting his involvement with crypto. Absolutely no one saw that not coming.

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TheBreadmonkey@beige.party ("Ben") wrote:

This morning I am enjoying macro photography of moths. Derpy little guys.

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

a modern version of ‘Sound of Music’

Attachments:

• video: a681159161c6aeb9.mp4

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
futzle@old.mermaid.town ("Deborah Pickett") wrote:

Link: Trans Music Archive opens, dedicated to physical preservation

« Trans communities are organizing and acting, building on an ongoing long-term struggle. And it’s time to go physical. Trans Music Archive is working on physical editions of some terrific music, and they’re asking for your support. »

https://cdm.link/trans-music-archive-opens-dedicated-to-physical-preservation/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sudorandom@infosec.exchange ("Kevin McDonald") wrote:

Long before the internet, the global phone network was hackable by playing a single tone at 2600Hz.

Whistled into a payphone, it could grant you unrestricted access, a skill made famous by legends like Cap'n Crunch. Do you have the vocal chops to be an old-school phone phreak?

I built a web app to test your ability to produce the legendary frequency. You won't get free long distance calls but you will get some honor in the knowledge that you could have been a cool hacker. 😎

I am sad to say that I can only whistle up to 1100Hz... But my wife (a long time woodwind player) is able to consistently get it.

Give it a try: https://phreak.kmcd.dev/

#phreaking #2600Hz #bluebox #RetroComputing #hacker #infosec #Tech

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robinadams@mathstodon.xyz ("Robin Adams") wrote:

@inecas @Axolotl1 @davidgerard In Gulliver's Travels, the Laputans had a machine called The Engine that put words together randomly, with scribes writing down any meaningful phrases that happened to be formed.

"Every one knew how laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts and sciences; whereas, by his contrivance, the most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.”

The Wikipedia page for The Engine currently says "See also Large Language Model".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%5FEngine

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takmatsuoka@vivaldi.net ("松岡さん@散歩記録(写真)垢") wrote:

2025.06.17 姉小路通
寺町通～烏丸通間からアジサイ2点。

#photography #flowers #マストドン写真部

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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Seen on Bluesky:

Guy explains to CEO of Signal (messaging) that it's going to add "AI" to the service. She says no. He insists, not knowing or caring who he's talking down to.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/06/trumps-epa-to-reconsider-ban-on-cancer-causing-asbestos/

Breaking: "Trump’s EPA to reconsider ban on cancer-causing asbestos."

Next up: reintroducing lead paint, dial-up internet, and bloodletting for colds.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
paulkruczynski ("Pauxlll Kruczynski") wrote:

“Trans people can obtain US passport that aligns with their gender identity, judge rules”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-trans-passport-ban-boston-judge

The war for human rights is one of the only wars worth fighting, not Iran.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
paninid@mastodon.world ("Coach Pāṇini ®") wrote:

A staffer for Senator Tina Smith goes viral for sending an email to Senator Mike Lee after he tweeted-and later deleted-about the assassination of a Minnesota state legislator.

"I knew Melissa Hortman. Many people in this office did. She was a longtime friend of Senator Smith’s, who had seen her hours before she was murdered. So you’ll forgive my candor as I speak through enormous grief," the letter begins.

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freedomofpress@freedom.press ("Freedom of the Press") wrote:

Great to see this on file so quickly. LAPD's assaults on journalists must stop now.

https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/journalists-sue-los-angeles-police-for-unlawful-use-of-force/

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saulopz@corteximplant.com ("Saulo Popov Zambiasi") wrote:

Shortly after Denmark decided to replace Windows and Microsoft 365 with open-source solutions, the German state of Schleswig-Holstein also announced that it will replace Microsoft Teams and the Office suite with open-source alternatives in its public institutions.
https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/mais-um-pais-alemanha-abandona-microsoft-por-softwares-de-codigo-aberto/

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BrahmaBelarusian@todon.eu ("highly principled invertebrate") wrote:

Today's broken clock award goes to Ro #Khanna, for being right as he cosponsors a bill with Thomas #Massie to at least try to stop the USA aiding an attack set of a war with Iran.

Israel isn't an actual ally of the USA in treaty or general behavior & we definitely shouldn't as a nation be aiding the attack of #Iran.

#NoMoreWar

#Israel

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
defcon@defcon.social ("DEF CON") wrote:

from the fine humans bringing you the #defcon33 #@ToxicBBQ

"Join the humans of Vegas at the next inCARNEtion of your Thursday welcome party. Enjoy fewer walls and more garden as we meet AFK in the shade of Sunset Park. Burgers and dogs are provided; you bring everything else (specialties, drinks, labor, and donations). We're expanding our grills to over 40 sq ft of heat with space for veggies and your own personal creations.

Check the site for the latest info, venue (the same place as always), date (same day, Thursday of Con), and sideshows! Peppercon will be there with bell (pepper)s on. Brew up some ale, ferment your kraut, and show off your best vintages with Homebrew.

Volunteer and T-Shirt fundraising links on the site."

toxicbbq.org
#defcon

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wchr ("Wolfie Christl") wrote:

After an on-site audit, the Berlin GDPR regulator found that Berlin-based location data broker Adsquare has been processing personal data unlawfully at scale, as disclosed in its annual report and confirmed to netzpolitik org. The regulator is currently assessing a possible fine.

I first came across Adsquare in 2018 and consider it a major node in EU/US data brokerage, with links to shady actors who sold advertising data to military contractors.

https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/jahresbericht-2024#%5FidTextAnchor062
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/nach-unserer-berichterstattung-datenschutzbehoerde-findet-verstoesse-bei-berliner-werbefirma/

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molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

Big Tech: we invented the torment nexus

Glasses brands: for $54.95, you can slightly reduce the torment