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

Philadelphia Inquirer Building, Philadelphia, PA, 2017.

All the pixels, none of the ink on your hands, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/32309131520

#photography

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

I wanted external live data updates (to my recent movies, books, and concerts) to trigger new builds of my static personal site. I had to do some troubleshooting to make that work, so I put together a little TIL https://parkerhiggins.net/2025/07/cascading-github-action-workflows-for-static-sites/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jaykuo@universeodon.com ("Jay Kuo") wrote:

They’re slashing without a thought or a plan beyond “Give the rich more tax breaks.”

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lana@beige.party ("𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"") wrote:

So what. The damage is done. Your "regrets" are fucking useless at this point.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/young-men-who-elected-trump-just-realized-they-scrwed-up/

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

arguably, the Union was saved by General John Buford and his dusty cavalry acting as mounted infantry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%5FBuford

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

Today in History: Battle of Gettysburg begins, 1863

"The first-day battle proceeded in three phases as combatants continued to arrive at the battlefield. In the morning, two brigades of Confederate Maj. Gen. Henry Heth's division (of Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps) were delayed by dismounted Union cavalrymen under Brig. Gen. John Buford. As infantry reinforcements arrived under Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds of the Union I Corps, the Confederate assaults down the Chambersburg Pike were repulsed"

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

Now that summer is in full swing, you might need this Comprehensive Guide to Yellow Stripey Things, so you can tell harmless bumblebees (you can pet them!) from “asshole” yellow jackets. https://kottke.org/18/08/a-comprehensive-guide-to-yellow-stripey-things

jwz wrote:

See Something, Tap Something: ICEBlock is an innovative, completely anonymous crowdsourced platform that allows users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity with just two taps on their phone. The app ensures user privacy by...
https://jwz.org/b/ykqb

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange ("Steve Bellovin") wrote:

The times they are a changin'…
As of today, I'm a professor emeritus at Columbia University. I've also moved to the DC area, where I'm a senior affiliate scholar at Georgetown University's Institute for Technology Law and Policy (yup, back together organizationally with @mattblaze after >20 years at different schools).

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

A brief escape from my confinement!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/01/i-saw-the-sunshine/

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MastodonEngineering ("Mastodon Engineering") wrote:

We just tagged the release candidate for Mastodon 4.4.0 for testing. Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.0-rc.1

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stroughtonsmith ("Steve Troughton-Smith") wrote:

So many of the YouTuber reviews of iPadOS 26 are 'wow, I didn't know these iPad apps had all of these features' upon seeing the menu bar.

Just enforces the point: a menu bar is an educational tool with discoverability built in, just as much as anything else.

I have very strong feelings about this, and it's why I think the menu bar should always be visible in iPad windowing mode

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CNN@flipboard.com wrote:

Major insurance changes are coming to GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Here’s how that could affect patients
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/health/zepbound-wegovy-insurance-cvs-bcbs-weight-loss?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Health and Wellness @health-and-wellness-CNN

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social ("Imogen") wrote:

@jsonstein

https://youtu.be/XcQ7G665dpc?si=256iya9atWeA9kOi

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

Ayy, @robb has already added it to the official Slash Pages directory! 🤩 https://slashpages.net/#community

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

I feel like this is such an easy page to make that it should be a standard thing for any community. I blogged a little more about it here: https://omglol.news/2025/07/01/community-txt

Our own community.txt page can also be found at https://omg.lol/community.txt, or even https://omg.lol/community, but I think the most important change I made was linking to it on our landing page. Transparency is important, and no one should have to go on a scavenger hunt just to learn that you’re not going to be welcome here if you use “woke” as an insult. 😄

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

I realized earlier that we have a bunch of great pages in the omg.lol Info Center, but we were missing something that clearly spelled out what our community is, who it’s for, what our values are, and things like that. The kind of stuff that someone might want to know if they were trying to figure out whether they’d feel welcome here.

So, I made a page for it! https://home.omg.lol/info/community

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knwmoon@mastodon.online wrote:

@cpi
At the very minimum, ICE agents should have to start every shift by walking through a gauntlet of family and neighbors yelling “Shame! Shame! Shame!” while flinging dung and stones.
And they should have to do it barefoot and on fire.

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cpi wrote:

It is a testament to the apathy and incompetence of the American population that ICE agents don't awake in increasingly complex SAW traps

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Second day of my home office week.. I’ve already overslept and can’t really focus.. I hate to admit it, but I sometimes need the pressure of being perceived by co-workers to get shit done.. 🫠

#JustADHDthings

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donni ("donni saphire") wrote:

I try to be optimistic, but sometimes I encounter facts

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Death Guild: IMAGINE BOOT SO BIG WE MUST LICK IT BEFORE IT EXISTS: Aviation Gin, Soda, Splash of Peychaud's Bitters, Lime.

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• gifv: fc239d11bcd2a9ed.mp4

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Hubba Hubba Revue: NEVER FORGET ELON'S BLACK EYE: Bulleit Bourbon, Vermouth, Lemon, Grenadine, Orange Bitters.

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• gifv: f7246400c963d55e.mp4

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

To those who say that it’s not good to lose one’s vision and to go blind, I would ask you seriously to sit and ask yourself why you have these Ableist and toxic assumptions. Talk like that is what causes if not perpetuates problems with which us Blind people have to deal.

#Cure Ableism, Not Disability!!!

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jinx@social.lol ("Jinx :verified_paw:") wrote:

😱 the vet

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sophie@floss.social ("Sophie") wrote:

July is #DisabilityPrideMonth

Wait, disability ... pride? Why would someone be proud to be disabled?

One of the most important aspects of disability pride for me is to counter the shame. The shame of “being different,” the shame of “needing help,” the shame of “being a burden,” the shame from the humiliation and abuse I have experienced.

Disability pride gives me the chance to counter the shame by saying, “I am disabled, and I am proud to exist and be who I am.”

#JulyIsDisabilityPrideMonth

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

Happy “robots are hotter than boyfriends now” day to all who celebrate.

jwz wrote:

Destroy "AI"

Phineas: I've been getting mad a lot about hollow-eyed, artless money ghouls telling me what's inevitable and then I had an idea I had to draw about it. T-shirt!
https://jwz.org/b/ykqW

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annie@social.lol wrote:

A wave is made of two parts: the crest and the trough. If you take away the trough, there is no crest. There is only still water. Calm. Undisturbed.
Happiness is like the crest of the wave. https://anniemueller.com/posts/dead-happy

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

As Pride Month comes to a close I just want to remind you: Be Proud Everyday

Pride Month is not the only month where we get to exist in public, its the shared time where we come together, commemorate with our communities about our past and strive for a better future while representing the present. It's the time where we remind the people who still want us to stay down why that will never happen. But it's not the only time you get to be proud to be you.

Every day is a day to be proud to be you