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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
petersuber@fediscience.org wrote:

You no longer have to wonder whether some of the masked men with guns in unmarked cars taking people off the streets might not be real law enforcement officers. We now know that 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/civilians-impersonating-ice-officers

That includes a guy in NC who sexually assaulting a woman by threatening to deport her.

#ICE #Trump #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:

When Silicon Valley and New York Times pronatalists fret about declining birthrates, they're worried about declining *white* and *Western* birthrates.
https://www.statista.com/chart/16058/total-fertility-rate/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
keenan@social.lol ("Keenan") wrote:

So... a fun and really exciting thing @cygnoir and I have been working on... A new podcast called Friendship Material.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friendship-material/id1823544686

We've had a really fun time learning about each other and making a nice, wholesome, authentic show in the process.

It's on Apple Podcasts now, which means you can follow there, or on your favorite podcast app (that's not Spotify).*

*Also depends on how frequently your favorite podcast app refreshes its Apple Podcast database, BUT IT SHOULD BE THERE SOON.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
NovaNaturalist@mstdn.ca ("@ NovaNaturalist🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇵🇦🇲🇽🇱🇸🇳🇫🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 #FBPE") wrote:

@paninid

Reminds me of Henning Wehn

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

If you’ve seen Democrats denounce Zohran Mamdani for allegedly saying he wants to “globalize the intafada,” you should know they’re shamelessly lying.

Here’s the clip of what he actually said. Watch to understand how reckless this smear campaign really is.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLfhcQWRssC/?igsh=eXZ5bXpoc2V0YmJo

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EuromaidanPress ("Euromaidan Press") wrote:

Ukraine's air defenses are losing the drone war as Russian Shaheds evolve beyond current countermeasures

What hunted drones last year — mobile teams, jamming, helicopters — now barely works against 2,500m altitude targets hitting 200+ km/h
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/29/why-cant-ukraine-stop-russias-shahed-drones-anymore/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!") wrote:

Well, there's some good news.

Four years after her passing ,the Nichelle Nichols Space Camp for girls 14-18 will open next year in Huntsville, Alabama.

Lt. Uhura will live on to inspire a new generation of space explorers.

Representation matters.

https://people.com/late-star-trek-actress-nichelle-nichols-honored-with-space-camp-for-girls-exclusive-11762359

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

Demographics of the 2025 election: https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/how-groups-voted-2024

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
mbjones@social.lol ("Brandon") wrote:

@cliffwade @thibaultmol @adam Who are you expecting to apologize? The guy that first said something 4+ days ago, dropped it and said he wanted to move on until someone else ( @danielpunkass ) kept bringing it up and tried to convince the mastodon creator to some how ban him from Mastodon and riled up a bunch of drama? Cuz that shit is straight up DARVO. No one has to apologize for wanting accountability. No one has to apologize for expecting people to be better. Good on Manton though for waiting half a week to say something and then promise to update his site because, yeah that’s the right thing to do.

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

A white guy in tech just suggested to me—with a straight face!—that I should apologize to another white guy in tech for pointing out that he had a Nazi dogwhistle on his website.

Not even the best LLM could make this stuff up. The stereotypes are entirely self-sustaining in the most comedic and grotesque way imaginable. 😄

I don’t apologize for sharing inconvenient facts, but I’ll definitely accept an expression of gratitude from the other guy, given that I did him a favor by pointing out the problem.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
mbjones@social.lol ("Brandon") wrote:

@cliffwade “If you have XX amount of posts on your website…” was never said.

“If your driveway is exactly XX feet long…” was never said.

“If you visited XX amount of countries…” was never said.

Those aren’t things in your control. Those aren’t dog whistles of racism/fascism/nazis/etc, etc

How hard is it actually to change something that *is* in your control, like a statement on a website or the like, when someone tells you it is a dog whistle? When marginalized people confirm it? It takes me finding a few minutes to get on my computer and ssh in, vi into a file and rebuild the site to get mine updated. Maybe 10 min if I forget the template I need to update max.

Is our privilege to use dog whistles mistakenly or in ignorance really worth fighting for? I guess I understand that desire if you agree with the dog whistle but if you claim to not??? Like how hard is it *really* to say “oh crap! I didn’t realize, thanks for saying something I’ll change it as soon as I can.” I have and will continue to but then I’ve been trying to turn in my white straight dude privilege card for awhile.

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

@danielpunkass @zicklepop I didn’t manufacture anything. I pointed out that it’s a bad look to have that number there. And the post where I did that auto-deleted a few days ago, and I moved on. But *you* decided to bring it up again, presumably so you could justify calling me a troll. If you don’t want me talking about the issue, then maybe you could, like, not keep bringing it up?

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Boosted by jwz:
cjust@infosec.exchange ("Tim Hergert") wrote:

#ShamelesslyStolenFromTheOtherSite

Boosted by jwz:
cjust@infosec.exchange ("Tim Hergert") wrote:

@USBTypeSteve

Boosted by jwz:
jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Mary-Kate is sad because she knows it will be soon. Ashley is amused because she knows it will be auto-erotic asphyxiation.

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

I've switched from using `cron` to the `at` utility for scheduling @helpingfriendlybot to run during shows, and it's kind of fascinating how different its mental model is. I kind of want to write about it

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
janelith@hol.ogra.ph ("Janet") wrote:

@adam@social.lol @danielpunkass@mastodon.social @zicklepop@nyan.lol Yes, it is quite literally how he wants to spend his energy https://mastodon.social/@danielpunkass/114767663334522032

He puts "punk" in his username to pretend to be something he clearly isnt.

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

@danielpunkass @zicklepop In a conversation about the number 88 being problematic, we should all endeavor to be on the side that denounces dogwhistles, not the side that tries to explain them away or justify them. Come on, man, is this really how you want to spend your energy?

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

@johnbrayton No, but I’ll set the record straight. Vincent Ritter started this in May of last year, and then Manton involved himself by disparaging me when I was defending someone from Vincent’s transphobic attacks. This is a fact.

In January, I pointed out that Vincent was supporting Elon Musk following a blatant display of fascism. Manton again inserted himself in that discussion, defending Vincent. This is a fact.

Both times, Manton wasn’t involved at all until he chose to insert himself into the discussion and attack me for doing nothing more than calling out hate and fascism where I see it. This is a fact.

Last week there was some discussion about the number 88 on Manton’s website. It’s a known Nazi dogwhistle. It’s not a good look. I pointed out that it’s not a good look, especially given past support for another person who openly supports fascist behaviors and ideologies. Texas has had 90 state parks for years now. It’s a choice to display 88 there. This is a fact.

I will not apologize for sharing facts. I will not apologize for standing up against fascism at a time when it’s on the rise globally. I will not back down from what I believe in, which is the complete and total opposite of fascism in all of its forms. And I definitely won’t ever do what you’re doing now: sympathizing and excuse-making while ignoring the real issues.

This is a bad look on you, John. It’s your choice to attack someone taking a stance against fascism, but it’s one that people will see and remember. You don’t have to like me, or agree with me, or change your mind as a result of anything I say or do. But to take a clear stance on the side of fascism-adjacent stuff and against the guy saying “this is bad” is certainly your choice to make.

@danielpunkass @manton

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

Precisionism, a roughly century-old modernist American art movement related to cubism, is a strong influence here. Its practitioners included Joseph Stella, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Demuth. Paul Strand was probably the most prominent precisionist photographer.

Precisionism is concerned with structure and geometry as well as the relationship between humans, machines, and the industrial landscape.

I'm interested in how the precisionists might interpret the world as it's become today.

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

These (de-electrified) catenary wires were captured with a Sinar P camera and a 240mm lens on Polaroid 55 film (scanned) along the former Pennsylvania Railroad's "high line" in west Philadelphia near the university.

This abstract composition references a 1936 painting, "Electrification", by precisionist artist Ralston Crawford; see https://hirshhorn.si.edu//collection/artwork/?edanUrl=edanmdm:hmsg%5F72.75

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

De-electrification, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.

All the pixels, each with a tiny "high voltage" sign, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/2155416560/

#photography

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I'm struggling with the heat.

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

Regardless of his motives, Daniel Jalkut’s behavior isn’t helping anyone or anything, least of all himself. As I told him a couple of days ago, I admire him for wanting to stick up for his friends, but it’s sad to see him choosing to do that with the same vitriol that he denounces in others.

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

I don’t know what Daniel wants. Maybe he just wants to lash out at me. Maybe he really does want me “banned from Mastodon” (as he requested of its founder!) for having opinions about people and standing up for our community. Maybe he wants to sick his thousands of followers on me (and I’ve already started to see some if the worst of the Mac/iOS dev folks in my inbox following his posts). Maybe he just wants to bully a less popular, less successful indie dev.

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

He started with this two days ago, and I responded to him then. I told him that I was moving on, and also told him that I didn’t want to escalate things further.

https://mastodon.social/@danielpunkass/114758920344595418

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

This is really disappointing. Daniel Jalkut, the creator of MarsEdit, has decided to stir up a bunch of nonsense and insert himself into a conflict that doesn’t even involve him. Just as the flames have been dying out, he’s rushing in to flame them.

https://mastodon.social/@danielpunkass/114763706442837245

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
jensorensen ("Jen Sorensen") wrote:

A recent comic on the US giving international tourists the Big Brother treatment

#comic #cartoon #uspol #travel #firstamendment #privacy

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

folks are out having Sunday breakfast

jwz wrote:

Bezos Wedding Guests Given Monogrammed Plastic Bottles To Urinate In During Ceremony.

Venice, Italy: In a welcome bag filled with favors such as local chocolates, artisanal soaps, and scented candles, guests arriving for the wedding of Amazon founder...
https://jwz.org/b/ykqM