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Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
toa5t@mastodon.nz wrote:

@pluralistic @LapTop006 Unity in Akl and Wtn are amongst my favourite shops in the world. Always busy, great for browsing, knowledge staff, interesting selection.

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

I won’t link to the post, because someone will (fairly and understandably) point out that I’m “putting someone on blast”. But earlier today someone said (about me): “I just wish more people would agree to disagree.”

I’ll agree to disagree on the best flavor of ice cream. I’ll agree to disagree on which Star Wars movie is the best. But when it comes to anything that infringes on a person’s actual humanity? No, I’m not going to just “oh, well!” that. I’m going to disagree very strongly and very loudly.

I’m sick and tired of people who want to treat a disagreement over how *actual transphobia* was handled as if it’s on equal footing as a disagreement over text editors or operating systems. I’m tired of the tut-tutting and pearl clutching from people who don’t understand or don’t care about the very real issues that others face. I’m tired of the ignorance, the let’s-all-just-get-along, and the intense disrespect that comes from those who put their own desire for quiet and comfort over others who actually want to deal with real problems that others face in our shared communities.

This same person also said (again, about me): “I'm not sure half the time that man is on the same planet as anyone else.”

Gee, thanks. I’m on this planet, right here. The one with serious issues. I’m on the planet where choosing to talk about those issues, to address them, to raise awareness, is seen as a step toward positive change. I’m on the planet where a tough conversation does more to move the needle than a monthly photo blogging challenge.

You don’t have to like any of this. And you don’t have to *do* any of this. But to choose to not understand it? That’s just a special sort of highly privileged ignorance. And it doesn’t look good on anyone, anywhere.

You can agree to disagree with that if you want. Meanwhile, I’m going to be supporting people who aren’t lucky enough to be in a position to simply disagree with things like the removal of their basic human rights. Right here on this very planet.

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

Sooo glad TikTok is no longer an imminent threat to the US that was so pressing it needed a deadline

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/tech/tiktok-trump-ban-delay

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
r_alb ("Raphael Albert") wrote:

I wonder why those who claim that they don't care about their privacy because they have "nothing to hide" never let me go through their browser history when I ask them. 🤔

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

"A group of students, alumni and volunteers from the University of Southern California are banding together to help people with upcoming immigration-related court hearings.

...

Calls to AoC’s hotline — 888-462-5211 — are answered by about 15 volunteers who help the defendants fill out the necessary paperwork to request to move their hearing online. Help is available for both English and Spanish speakers."

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/hotline-helps-immigrants-move-hearings-online-to-avoid-arrest-at-court/

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
LapTop006@aus.social ("Julien Goodwin") wrote:

Oh hi @pluralistic , at Unity in Auckland

jwz wrote:

"How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation"

Alistair Kitchen: They were waiting for me when I got off the plane. Officer Martinez intercepted me before I entered primary processing and took me immediately into an interrogation...
https://jwz.org/b/ykpk

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

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

Boosted by jwz:
oglaf@socel.net ("Oglaf") wrote:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/safety-briefing-131804344

Boosted by jwz:
mwichary@mastodon.online ("Marcin Wichary") wrote:

Props to a young Philly volunteer who succumbed to my pleas and allowed me to go behind the rope and take a photo of a rare (to me) stencil Gorton.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
photosbygina_yeg@mastoart.social ("Gina Blank") wrote:

I was in #Toronto last week for a conference; I always take at least some of my gear for off-hours exploring. Met some grey squirrels. This new mama was looking a bit rough (unsurprising, as anyone with newborns will tell you)--I learned from a squirrel aficionado that mama squirrels will pull out their fur to make a nest for their babies, since they often nest in cold spaces. Gives new meaning to parents who say their kids make them want to pull their hair out!

#WildlifePhotography

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

My Los Angeles friends, you need to know that the LA Opera is having its costume sale this Saturday and you should. Buy stuff for yourself but also send me photos: https://laopera.org/costume-shop-sale

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
The_Icarian@federated.press ("The Icarian") wrote:

Boosted by jwz:
trochee@dair-community.social ("Jeremy Kahn") wrote:

Seeing usually smart folks getting rope-a-doped into arguing for LLM utility like there's a moral justice zero-sum trolley-problem slider between "useful" and "ethical" and we're just arguing about the best setting

But the real problem is even dumber

-is its mere use a climate disaster? Yes
-is its data provenance founded on theft? Also yes
-will it be used to ruin ordinary workers' lives? Yup
-will it ruin countless organizations who think they're buying their way to cheap labor? That too

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
ksaj@infosec.exchange ("Karsten Johansson") wrote:

Trump says he originated the America First motto.

Checks out.

#trump #americafirst #nazis #kkk

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
cobalt123@beige.party wrote:

October 27 2024 in NYTimes:

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win ("Adam S. Smith") wrote:

Grass is just ‘grass’ until you let it grow. All this diversity is sprouting from my lawn (or what used to be my lawn).

#Nature #grass #lawn

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Jgbird@mas.to ("Jerome G") wrote:

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Alice@beige.party ("Alice McFlurry :bc:") wrote:

Can we give all COVID variants names like this so people will FINALLY take it seriously?

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
benroyce ("Ben Royce 🇺🇦") wrote:

My last day of work at the World Trade Center was Sept 10, 2001. I worked late, so I was going to go in late the next day. I never made it in (the planes hit in the morning). I was at 5 WTC, a 9 story building between the towers, all my coworkers evacuated

What I remember most were the missing person posters, especially plastered all over Grand Central Terminal

Now we experience it again with #ICE under #Trump

Powered by the same stupid hate and fear that powered 9/11

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/los-angeles-missing-posters-ice

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

Wow.

Absolute home run ad from Rep. Eric Swalwell

🔥

Attachments:

• video: As showing ICE kidnapping and deportation of US citizens who aren’t white. Not even dystopian when this could be news footage.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
Jaden3 wrote:

June 19 marks the end of slavery but we were never actually free. I listen to my grampa and gramma who suffered as kids growing up during segregation in mississippi they were not free 😔 my grampa stories real bad , klan and shit bad times.
#juneteenth

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:

Look people, no matter how much we destroy the Earth by polluting it with CO₂, microplastics, PFAS, etc. everywhere, and even if AMOC shuts down and both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets melt, the Earth will still be infinitely more habitable than Mars. Mars is a shithole and we're not going.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

A brief history of gun control in America:

NRA: We need unlimited firearms to stop tyrannical government

Black people: Sounds good, we are open carrying in California

NRA: Not so fast. We're banning firearms

[ICE raids California, targets Black and brown people with illegal arrests]

Black and brown people: Hey NRA, here's that tyrannical government you mentioned

NRA: Oh, we meant tyranny against white people. We're perfectly good with fascists targeting you

The End

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.” - Los Angeles Dodgers

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

Instead of using butter with your garlic bread, you should switch to Linux. You can set up a virtual machine to try out various distros to see which one works best for your needs.

Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
joelle@social.joelle.us ("Joelle") wrote:

The reason Texas is part of the USA is that Mexico made slavery illegal.

Remember the Alamo? A lot of white people don't know is that what the "brave" people in the Alamo were fighting for was slavery.

That's also why it took two years after the civil war ended for enforcement of anti-slavery in Texas. (it wasn't because of slow communication, as is told in revisionist histories, it was because white people willfully defied the law).

Freedom is always worth fighting for.

jwz wrote:

5 Other Scenes in Point Break That Would Be Better With a Beat-Down of Anthony Kiedis:

(As a Point Break scholar, I agree with this.) For all its strengths, "Point Break" is sorely lacking in one of the most important departments of any high-octane...
https://jwz.org/b/ykpi

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Oh whoa. Unexpected appearance of MEUTE at KEXP. Fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OF-xpiZlGU

(Also, I now finally know how their name is pronounced. 😆)