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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
dandean@indieweb.social ("Dan Dean") wrote:

fuggin' software, man

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

Supreme court decisions today demonstrated that the Court remains capable of exercising independent judgement and oversight, but also still values gratuitous cruelty to trans people.

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

Captured with the Rodenstock 40mm/4.0 HR-Digaron-W lens (@ f/6.3), Phase One IQ4-150 back (@ ISO 50), Cambo 1250 Camera.

This humble, somewhat dilapidated shelter, a few miles south of SFO airport, once housed a medium wave aviation beacon (NDB). It currently hosts a variety of aviation surveillance sensors. Its location is also waypoint on the way to SFO runway 28R.

This kind of infrastructure, integral to so much in the modern world, is often nearly invisible, yet also heroic.

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

FAA "BRIJJ" Station, Foster City, CA, 2024.

All the pixels, cleared for final approach, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54128020212/

#photography

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

This is for the tacobelllabs.net crew. (h/t to @nsmsn for pointing out the awesome domain name!)

http://neatnik.net/bucket/tacobelllabs.mp3

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social ("Enema Cowboy") wrote:

@willowbl00 @cptbutton @zombiewarrior @pluralistic

Funny that you mention that. Back when I was a card-carrying member of the Libertarian Party*, I helped dig a latrine at a Liberty Round Table retreat in Missouri.

*Back when we connected to the internet and BBSes using screaming robots.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
johnhattan@dobbs.town ("Mr. Big John :vepi:") wrote:

@angusm @Fledglingnerd @pluralistic yeah, my wife is a bigwig in municipal water delivery here in Texas.

She meets them all the time. To a person, libertarians have been quite simplistic and incurious about what it takes to get clean water to a house.

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

@pluralistic
"Dr" Rand Antimask, let'em die for herd immunity Paul crying about his grandson being uninvited from a fucking picnic is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. Like really, you contributed to people dying, vaccine and mask hesitancy, but this breaks the straw? Eat a cactus Rand.

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

Curious, what time will the sun set where you are? No need to dox yourself with any location info or very specific times (feel free to round off if you’d like).

Where I am, sunset tonight is 9:09 PM.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
lespreuh ("Lëspreüh") wrote:

8 years of progress 🐥

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
angusm ("Angus McIntyre") wrote:

@Fledglingnerd @pluralistic A libertarian friend came to stay and spent about four uninterrupted hours trying to persuade me of the superiority of libertarianism. At the end of it, he was thirsty and went to get a glass of water from the tap. He stopped and said “Is the water here OK to drink?”

It was 2AM and my filters had long since checked out. Without thinking, I just said “That depends on who bought the water company.”

To his credit, he laughed and said “Touché.”

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:

Listen up Mastodonians, because this is important:

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Hit the fascists where it hurts — make this go viral by watching it and liking it on YouTube, then hit the share button and share it everywhere!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJHIJy5Nno

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

@cptbutton @Enema_Cowboy @zombiewarrior @pluralistic I always thought it was a libertarian who wasn’t willing to take their turn digging the latrines.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Fledglingnerd@snug.town ("Sarah Jesudason") wrote:

@pluralistic The most beautiful takedown of libertarianism I have seen was when someone approached our reference desk, told my colleague that she had taken an online political ideology test that labeled her as libertarian and wanted to know more about it, and he replied “You’re seeking that information at a publicly-funded agency so that test wasn’t accurate.”

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kvetch.gay@bsky.brid.gy ("taber") wrote:

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Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
cptbutton@dice.camp ("Captain Button") wrote:

@Enema_Cowboy @zombiewarrior @pluralistic

Robert Anton Wilson said "I'd be a libertarian except I don't hate poor people."

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
feelnotes@alaskan.social ("Kevin in Alaska") wrote:

@Enema_Cowboy @zombiewarrior @pluralistic

Rebecca Solnit described the “ideology of isolation” that is the distinguishing feature of American conservatism: “the right to maximum individual freedom, a freedom not to be bothered by others’ needs.”

I think that ideology cuts across most libertarians and Trump conservatives.

https://harpers.org/archive/2016/07/the-ideology-of-isolation/

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
brektyme@hachyderm.io ("Joshua Doll 🤷‍♂️") wrote:

@zombiewarrior @pluralistic libertarianism the edgy teenage political philosophy, that actually doesn't work when one considers civilization requires cooperation.

If only someone had pointed this out years before Rynd. If only we weren't hobbesed by this fact.

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

Where's the scale bar on this image?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/18/jurassic-spider-tracks/

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social ("Enema Cowboy") wrote:

@zombiewarrior @pluralistic

I remember a prominent libertarian lament about their movement, "Unfortunately they hate Liberals more than they love liberty." I cannot locate who said this, but it was in regards to many people calling themselves libertarians supporting Trump.

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

Is this the right time to weaken the US Army with corrupt officers?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/18/the-army-is-fast-tracking-corruption-right-into-the-officer-corps/

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

AI’s like that one friend who never admits they’re wrong, but always manages to get the last word.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
franksting@theblower.au ("Frank’s Ting") wrote:

New #Mansplaining Hall of Fame just dropped

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
DavidReed@mastodon.online ("David S. Reed") wrote:

@pluralistic
“Manhattan-Adjacent Project” If the Algonquin still had a round table, Cory Doctorow should be at its head. (Topology be damned.)

Boosted by Mastodon:
renchap@oisaur.com ("Renaud Chaput") wrote:

I will be at the NGI Forum in Brussels next week!

On Thursday I will participate in the NGI Impact Stories panel to explain how @ngi is helping Mastodon, and on Friday on a another panel to discuss tech sovereignty and what can bring in Europe with @openwebsearcheu

You can still register to attend online: https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/

If you also attend, please come say hi! I will have some Mastodon stickers to distribute and will be happy to discuss anything Mastodon / Fediverse related

#ngiforum

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

If you're looking for a righteous war, this one isn't it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/18/i-cant-believe-im-suddenly-pro-iran/

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

breakfast in the cemetery

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
patrickbrosset@mas.to ("Patrick Brosset") wrote:

Does your organization rely on MDN for reference docs?
Do you often need to check browser compat on MDN or caniuse.com?
Do you use tools like browser DevTools or VSCode in your work?

If so, you rely directly on the work that Open Web Docs does and you should consider sponsoring them.

Here is how to convince your boss:
https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2025-06-18-how-to-convince-your-boss-to-sponsor-open-web-docs/

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

@pluralistic

libertarian: an anarchist with a private police force

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

I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.

Catch me in #PDX with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble on FRIDAY (Jun 20):

https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062183697-0

And at the #TUALATIN Public Library on SUNDAY (Jun 22):

https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/library/author-talk-cory-doctorow

More tour dates (#London, #Manchester) here:

http://martinhench.com

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