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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
kottke ("kottke.org") wrote:

The [NYC] Subway Is Not Scary. “It’s fine and safe. It’s full of women and children. There are tons of old ladies on there.” And: “You sound real corny being scared of the subway.” https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway-is-not-scary

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
itzyg@mostlygood.xyz ("Your Cool Uncle Itzy") wrote:

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

Apologies to the family and friends of Laura Palmer for making light of her grisly, and also entirely fictional, murder.

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

“But Harris can’t be trusted to defend her own election!”

Right, that critically important safeguard apparently falls to some random dude with a substack blog.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
nullagent@partyon.xyz wrote:

#Juneteenth

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

An important clue (aside from basic common sense and logic) that these nutso claims about 2024 don't deserve your attention is who *isn't* repeating them: The candidate from whom the election was supposedly stolen.

If there were convincing evidence that Harris had the election stolen from her, she'd be *all over* it. But nope.

Do you think they got to her, too?

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

“But Trump (and/or Musk) CONFESSED to stealing the election!!”

Again, no.

But even if they did, whether by talking shit in a speech or in a written confession to the DA, someone admitting to something is not proof that it happened.

I killed Laura Palmer, by the way.

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

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

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

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

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

@superball @hatter @CivilityFan @BlueDot You can decide I’m the problem if you want to. I think a much bigger problem than my disgraceful rudeness to trolls is people uncritically spreading obvious, harmful, election disinformation.

Think before reposting.

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

Finally got round to listening to "Who broke the internet?" from CBC / @pluralistic - really makes it clear why the internet that he and may others including myself grew up with is a big old POS now. Give it a listen...

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1353-the-naked-emperor/episode/16144078-dont-be-evil

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

Just be nice whenever you can, and weird whenever you can get away with it

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ansate@social.coop ("Melissa Santos") wrote:

reminder that I have 20+ years of data experience and I'm looking for some kind of Data Scientist/Analyst/Analytics Engineering gig, remote in the US (I'm in Portland, OR)

I would like to be doing something that makes the world a bit better, and every one has data, so it seems like that should be possible.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amsantos/

Reboosts and links to job posts are most welcome!

#GetFediHired

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ning@social.lol ("Ning Kantida") wrote:

#introduction
Hi! I’m Ning, and I’m interested in #fitness #books #movies #music #writing #lettering #logo #gadgets #app

I just started using Mastodon on this social.lol instance. I absolutely have no idea how it works yet, but I’m so happy to meet new people here! :blobcatlgbt:

You can know more about me through all my online presence here: https://about.ningkantida.com/

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
wcaleb@updates.wcaleb.org ("W. Caleb McDaniel") wrote:

For Juneteenth, I published some newly (re)discovered evidence about the very first celebration of the holiday in 1866. Read more …

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

@pluralistic

This picture is an absolute nightmare thanks

Not sure if lots of meta users here on masto, but it's still nice to know this

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
dusk@todon.eu ("Dusk To Don :raccoon:") wrote:

@pluralistic

Your article mentions Venmo's "public by default" transactions . . .

. . . which reminds me of this entertaining and informative website, which follows the tales, pieced together by their public feed of transactions, of the following folks:

The Venmo God
The Cannabis Retailer
The Corn Dealer
The Lovers
The YOLOist
The All Americans

https://publicbydefault.fyi/

#privacy

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Unconditional Surrender Hat") wrote:

ICE officials require adequate time to dispose of bodies, disappear troublesome detainees, simulate marginally adequate conditions, put on shirts without visible burrito stains, etc.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dzezcmpb3fhcpns4n4xm4ur5/post/3lrxqzvg7dk2k

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Strandjunker@mstdn.social ("Andrea Junker :verified:") wrote:

Juneteenth is the perfect moment to remind everyone of these two facts:

1. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
2. Those who prevent history from being taught are plotting to repeat it.

Read this out loud. Read it again. Then teach it to your kids.

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

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

Recent appearances:

* FediForum Keynote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7%5FGs1t0qe78

* Science Fiction is EXPOSING Scams and AI Dystopia (Bad Faith)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlrKlp%5FIiko

* The Rideshare Guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKeoCxJWVVE

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

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
https://app.gopassage.com/events/doctorow25

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

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Manchester: Co-operatives UK Co-op Congress keynote, Jul 4
https://www.uk.coop/events-and-training/events-calendar/co-op-congress-2025-book-your-place

* Virtual: ORG at 20: in conversation with Maria Farrell, Jul 16
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-at-20-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-maria-farrell/

* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, Oct 8
https://politics-prose.com/cory-doctorow-10825

* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
https://app.gopassage.com/events/doctorow25

* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
http://www.contraflowscifi.org/

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

Upcoming appearances:

* #PDX: Teardown 2025, Jun 20-22
https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2025

* #PDX: Picks and Shovels with BUNNIE HUANG at Barnes and Noble, Jun 20
https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062183697-0

* #Tualatin Public Library, Jun 22:
https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/library/author-talk-cory-doctorow

* #London: How To Academy with Riley Quinn, Jul 1
https://howtoacademy.com/events/cory-doctorow-the-fight-against-the-big-tech-oligarchy/

* #Manchester: Picks and Shovels at Blackwell's Bookshop, Jul 2
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059

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

My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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

My last nationally bestselling novel was "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench.

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle

Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:

https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/product-page/the-bezzle

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My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:

http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org

Signed copies available from Book Soup:

https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245

Both are national bestsellers!

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