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

“But they COULD have stolen the election this way!!”

No. This is not how these systems work.

But even if they DID work that that way (and they most assuredly don’t), the fact that something COULD HAVE happened is not evidence that it actually DID happen*.

* Many Universes theories notwithstanding.

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

You may or may not remember that “they used satellites to flip the votes” was one of the laughably ridiculous claims after 2020. It’s still laughably ridiculous for 2024.

Come on, at least make up some original bullshit here.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
luke@social.sdfeu.org ("Luke") wrote:

@pluralistic @Fledglingnerd this did the rounds a couple of years ago but I did enjoy it a lot "Libertarians are like house cats: absolutely convinced of their fierce independence while utterly dependent on a system they don't appreciate or understand."

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

If you repeat this stuff, you are a bad person. You’re either choosing not to use your brain’s most basic critical thinking functions, or you’re deliberately spreading disinformation. I think less of you either way. Stop it.

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

I’m not going to repeat or link to this nonsense, but no, you can’t flip votes by satellite via compromised power strips in any actual election system used in the US (or elsewhere on our planet, as far as I know).

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

Yikes, the latest iteration of “the 2024 election was stolen” conspiracy crap is an order of magnitude more bonkers than the last. And, unsurprisingly, echos almost perfectly the bonkers stuff from 2020, with the parties reversed.

Just stop.

jwz wrote:

I see it is once again "I have no idea how Terms of Service (or possibly computers) work and so I am going to lose my God Damned Mind in public" season.

Come see the violence inherent in the system.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
pdp7 ("Drew Fustini") wrote:

I'm really excited to see @pluralistic talk at @crowdsupply #Teardown2025 on Friday: https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2025/schedule
I just finished Picks and Shovels (https://craphound.com/shop/) and am listening to the Internet Con now (https://libro.fm/audiobooks/5184389278340-the-internet-con)

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Niall@mastodon.nz ("Raglan Niall :lk: :tinoflag:") wrote:

I've just spent far too many days figuring out and installing my own water supply. Tank, piping, pumps, filters, glue, sealant, crimps, so much.
So now I'm sovereign and free? Not at all!
I'd never have managed it without the tons of freely-given help & advice I received.

@jargoggles @johnhattan @angusm @Fledglingnerd @pluralistic

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

I ended up with a bunch of the Baofeng UV82C (part 90 approved) radios when I realized that they're actually cheaper and more convenient than getting and returning radios from a rental house for even a single use.

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

My wife found a dead rabbit in the yard -- very maggoty, very stinky.
She made ME clean it up for some reason.
I was impressed with the maggots, I will say.

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

These cheapo radios have improved a lot in recent years (some are even Part 90 certified, somehow), and generally put out passably clean signals. The audio is generally kind of crappy, but for 20 or 30 bucks (including accessories), it's hard to complain.

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

Radio nerditry: If you need to program an XHDATA E-100 radio (a recent addition to the growing lineup of frighteningly cheap handheld two-way radios from China), the commonly available CHIRP software works fine when set to "Baofeng K6".

For the price, it's a neat little radio, with its share of quirks.

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tchambers@indieweb.social ("Tim Chambers") wrote:

The Seven Deadly #UX Sins of the #Fediverse Web Experience (To Fix): https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/06/18/113327.html. cc: @mastodonmigration @laurenshof @fediversenews @cheeaun @rolle @scottjenson @zeldman

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.

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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.”

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randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:

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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.”

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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."