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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

@molly0xfff:

"I made a quick video about media literacy and the misleading Wall Street Journal headline I highlighted this weekend"

Good vid. Manufactured consent. There is no protest peaceful enough; no level of decorum we can reach. Corporate Dems don’t want us protesting. They want us in our cubicles generating shareholder value. https://www.mollywhite.net/micro/entry/202506161014

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steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net ("Stephen Sekula") wrote:

Mysterious fast radio bursts illuminate ‘missing’ cosmic matter | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/16/science/fast-radio-bursts-missing-matter

This is not a about #darkmatter, the 85% of the universe's total matter. Rather, this is about confirming that a great deal of ORDINARY matter is spread thinly as gas in the spaces around and between galaxies. Fast radio burst signals have been used to provide evidence that this is, in fact, the case.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02566-y

#MissingBaryons #FastRadioBursts #Astronomy

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mbjones@social.lol ("Brandon") wrote:

@adam @mattbirchler @alexcox

> It happened because the alt-right came into power, and too many centrists within too many genteel spaces were too weak to say the things that needed to be said about that.

Extremes thrive by creating artificial enemies. Currently it’s immigrants and trans folks and too many people won’t call out their crap and let them make up stuff, dehumanize and demonize entire segments of the population. I’m not particularly OK with spaces who just shrug and say “let’s get along”. Ok mediocre white dude (it’s always that) they might not be coming after you and you might be safe but saying nothing and doing nothing just enables and empowers the evil. “Don’t worry it’ll be ok if we hold space for the fascists. They won’t come after us” is a take not worth having.

Shit is the same energy as mediocre white dude mansplaining the signal roadmap to the CEO of signal just cuz she’s a woman. “Don’t worry honey I got this. I know what I’m talking about cuz I follow tech”.

jwz wrote:

New Yule Log just dropped.

I'm starting to think that the Space Nazi is just not very good at this whole "space ship" thing. "SpaceX Starship S36 Explodes at Starbase, Texas".
https://jwz.org/b/ykpf

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Decentralized this, distributed that. How about you decentralize your sins and distribute your love for our lord and savior Jesus Christ?

#OpenSocialWeb #decentralized #Bluesky

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

He’s just a little guy trying to make it in this big crazy world

#cute #JustALittleGuy

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MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

Breaking: SpaceX shows continued improvement in its rocket part scattering program.

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MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!") wrote:

If it's even occurred to me, it's certainly occurred to other people that you could infiltrate ICE with a face cover and tactical gear/ patches off Amazon, and just for example you could drive off with one of their kidnapping vans in the middle of a raid. 🤔

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doctormo@floss.social ("Martin Owens :inkscape:") wrote:

Free software is: too many forks, not enough spoons.

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

inb4 the inevitable bad faith “virtue signaling” accusations. No, it’s not virtue signaling when you recognize someone else’s celebration, nor is it when you make a joke pointing out that some milquetoast genteel guy in Austin would rather support the diversity of his community through very brave discussions about Apple and AI than actually deign to recognize any oppressed group’s plight.

And to the two folks out there who spent today talking about me while also blocking me so I can’t respond to any of it, this isn’t “vitriol”. It’s facts. Deal with it.

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sleepless@social.lol ("Courtney") wrote:

@adam Everyday is new opportunity for people to show you who they are. Either by their words and actions, or the lack thereof.

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

If the straight white guy who runs your social IndieWeb platform hasn’t yet mentioned Juneteenth today or Pride Month this month, go ahead and ask them why not. They always love that! 😄

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ryanwatkins wrote:

Evergreen

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ariadne@treehouse.systems ("Ariadne Conill 🐰:therian:") wrote:

happy spacex blew up their entire texas launch facility day for those who celebrate

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RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

Free Luigi posters seen in NYC

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claraS@piaille.fr ("Clara") wrote:

🤣🤣🤣🥳🥳🥳
#nokings #UnitedStates #usa #antitrump #berniesanders

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GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai wrote:

9 min

@pluralistic

Good/bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1RSD9-qHTI

#uspol

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

Can someone recommend a currently reliable source for (non-counterfiet) Cat6 / Cat7 cable? Small quantity; maybe two or three 1000 foot spools. I remember the last time I needed some, this was a like buying a used car.

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

This is almost entirely for still photos. I have no idea how people who do 8K video deal with all these bits.

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

Photo nerditry: recently had to upgrade the portable external SSD I use for photos from 4TB to 8TB, and went with the Oyen U34 8TB Bolt drive. Performance seems good so far, and it runs notably cooler than what it replaced. (Long-term reliability remains an open question, but I obsessively back up, as one does).

A bit spendy, but recommended.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

#Bluesky: think of us like a search engine for blogs. We're nothing. We basically don't exist tbh

Also bluesky when a fascist joins: welcome to our home! We're so happy you're here on this definitely not a centralized platform. Here's a little algo-boost and verification. Tell your friends!

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

This was a three second exposure (with about 10 stops of neutral density). The sun was behind the clouds and just above the center of the frame; the lens required careful flagging to avoid glare.

The rendering of water, especially in the sea, differs greatly with exposure. 30 seconds looks quite different from 3 seconds, which is just as different from 1/30 sec, which is different from 1/1000 sec. About 1/30 sec renders roughly the way our vision does; anything else requires a camera to see.

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democratsabroad ("Democrats Abroad") wrote:

Juneteenth is a celebration of June 19th 1865, the day when the last enslaved African Americans in the United States were informed of their emancipation. We reaffirm and rededicate ourselves to ensuring freedom and justice for all on this special day. #Juneteenth #DemocratsAbroad

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

Edge of Pacific Ocean, 2014.

All the pixels, none of the hypothermia, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/14820439752

#photography

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mbjones@social.lol ("Brandon") wrote:

It’s Juneteenth! I didn’t even realize that when I just read this article but it’s so fitting. https://eji.org/news/city-announces-reparations-for-tulsa-race-massacre/

I’m glad Tulsa is reckoning with its past. So may we all - not just on days of remembrance but everyday.

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Mer__edith@mastodon.world ("Meredith Whittaker") wrote:

Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

A headline from BBC: "How Sweden survives without small talk". This will never stop amazing me how people who grew up in a culture where small talk is expected think it's somehow *biologically* natural, and you need to try hard to "survive" without it. I, for one, still can't get used to random people asking how my life is going. A nod should be enough to acknowledge a person.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Agreed.

There's a persistent idea in the decentralized revolution, by people who've never experience this type of harm, that if you don't like fascism, racism, transphobia, etc, you can just block.

This is a techno-libertarian worldview that lacks object permanence. It's like a baby playing peekaboo. Just because my hands are over my face, it doesn't mean that the harm disappears.

#fediverse #ATProtocol #openSocialWeb

From: @FediTips
https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/114710257356479091

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miriamboosh.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Miriam Boosh") wrote:

The NYT was cited in the Supreme Court ruling used to strip trans people of healthcare. This is EXACTLY WHY the “just asking questions” crowd of centrist edgelord journalists are dangerous. They launder transphobia through faux neutral “debate” and act like it’s intellectual curiosity

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Jaden3 wrote:

Hey y'all June is men's mental health month! Nobody checked on my ass 😏
We all keep ts in y'all know that.
Get this hashtag trending. Our mental health is important 🙏🏿
#mensmentalhealthmonth