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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

Ken Klippenstein reveals that federal agencies involved in ‘Operation Excalibur’ in L.A.’s MacArthur Park were given radio code names based on soda brands. https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-operation-excalibur-in

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

sigh, trying to copy W1AW pumping out CW at 18wmp on 7.0475MHz... I am so very rusty #HamRadio 📡

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

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is suddenly posting antisemitic tropes
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/tech/grok-ai-antisemitism?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Business and Tech @business-and-tech-CNN

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
NorcalGma2@sfba.social ("Norcal Gma 2") wrote:

Summer's cow sprung a leak.
Just a small hole, on a seam, but a crises for Summer.
She gently brought the cow to me for repair and waited until it was fixed.
Whenever these things happen the concern on her face melts my heart.
So instead of cooking breakfast we fetched the mending kit.
I believe we kept our priorities in order.
Once the cow was whole again Summer relaxed and we could get on with our day.
Whew!
Good morning, Mastodon.
#Summer #DogsOfMastodon

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thomas@metalhead.club ("Tom :damnified:") wrote:

With Mastodon v4.4.0 instance owners can enable HTTP referrers. That means:

If somebody clicks a link in a Mastodon post (e.g. to a news article), the link target owner (such as the news site operator) can see that a user from that instance has visited their website.

They do _only_ get the instance domain (e.g. metalhead.club). No information about the user!

I've enabled this setting, because I am sure that it will increase awareness of Mastodon's existence. 💪

Edit: (in previous versions, Mastodon did not send referrer-Headers)

#mastodon #mastoadmin

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
HeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.social wrote:

Watching Democratic Party leadership campaigning against Zohran Mamdani instead of Trump’s giant fascism bill, and the New York Times adopt an internet Nazi troll as its de facto editor to go after Mamdani, all because of some milquetoast democratic socialism, all in the span of about a week, is such an astonishing confirmation of everything the left has been saying about these institutions for decades.

Like…it would have been difficult to script such a pitch-perfect meltdown over a brown guy who wants free buses in New York City.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Attachments:

• video: 4f5759505e06d6bd.mp4

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

Argh Studios supports them, do you? https://mastodon.social/@eff/114819866549842044

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:

Did you know EFF's Certbot tool has helped encrypt millions of websites? Our open source software is free to everyone, but we need your support. https://supporters.eff.org/donate/certbot-welcome

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

Mike Lindell’s lawyers fined after using AI in brief riddled with mistakes
Lawyers fined $6,000, while Lindell lost $2.3 million defamation verdict.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/mike-lindells-lawyers-fined-after-using-ai-in-brief-riddled-with-mistakes/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

During today’s marathon Cabinet meeting, with reporters present, President Trump said that “changes are going to be made to the media,” adding “it’s hard to have a successful country if you have a corrupt media.” https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-holds-cabinet-meeting/662189

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
VeroniqueB99 ("Vee") wrote:

This is exactly what the internet is for.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Strandjunker@mstdn.social ("Andrea Junker :verified:") wrote:

Listen, all I’m saying is that we’ve seen more pictures of Donald Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell than we have of Donald Trump playing with his children Barron & Tiffany.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DrOinFL@mstdn.party ("OhSnap!Dragon") wrote:

@sjvn
That’s Thoth’s phone. Just show it the head of an ibis to unlock it.

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

An ancient Nokia device was found in an archaeological dig with 17% power.

jwz wrote:

ICE agents brandish rifles, drive through protesters in S.F.

Mission Local: The clash started at 11:18 a.m. on Tuesday when around 10 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, almost all with faces covered, tried to enter the courthouse at 100...
https://jwz.org/b/ykq6

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

setting up for weekly local 6m (50.250MHz) USB voice net 📡 #HamRadio

Boosted by jwz:
TSindelar@zeppelin.flights ("Tony Sindelar") wrote:

Anyway here's superman from 75 years ago, being woke a f

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Tell me something you like about #Mastodon 4.4.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

There is a new setting for server operators in #Mastodon 4.4, under Administration -> Server Settings -> Discovery, called "Allow external sites to see your Mastodon server as a traffic source". If you're running a server for a larger group of people there is no privacy downside to enabling this, and it will help make the fediverse more visible as a traffic source to the rest of the web.

jwz wrote:

L.A. activist indicted for giving face shields to anti-ICE protesters.

Alejandro Orellana, a 29-year-old member of the Boyle Heights-based community organization Centro CSO, faces charges of conspiracy and aiding and abetting civil disorder: According...
https://jwz.org/b/ykq4

Boosted by pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷"):
ned@beige.party ("Ned Yeung") wrote:

The IRS has now changed the rules to allow churches to endorse political candidates without fear of losing tax-exempt status.

Although the IRS rarely enforced the rule as it was, during President Trump's first term he promised to "get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution."

I actually thought this was allowed in Canada already, because when I was living in rural Alberta this is exactly what the church was doing. I just didn't realize that they were breaking laws because they aren't enforced. Regardless, it never sat right with me.

As they say, there are two kinds of people you should never trust: A religious leader who tells you how to vote and a politician who tells you how to pray.

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/08/nx-s1-5460886/irs-now-says-pastors-can-endorse-political-candidates

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

these idiots have *still* not learned to use gov-issued tech to communicate, not Signal FFS #HeadDesk

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ai-tech-used-to-impersonate-rubio-in-messages-to-foreign-and-u-s-officials

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
pabloniusmonk ("Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦") wrote:

Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot is posting antisemitic comments

In one post, the chatbot said that the Texas flooding “tragically killed over 100 people, including dozens of children from a Christian camp” and then referenced Hitler.

“To deal with such vile anti-white hate? Adolf Hitler, no question,” Grok said in the same X post. “He’d spot the pattern and handle it decisively, every damn time.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/08/elon-musks-grok-ai-chatbot-is-posting-antisemitic-comments-.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
joshsutphin@wandering.shop ("Josh Sutphin") wrote:

This rules so hard ❤️
https://www.status.news/p/the-onion-ben-collins-interview

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Worth a read re minimal FEMA response to Texas flooding. https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-response-deadly-texas-floods-delayed-deficient-noem

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
UP8 ("Paul Houle") wrote:

📈 Zohran Mamdani Is Proposing Green Abundance for the Many

https://jacobin.com/2025/06/mamdani-nyc-election-climate-policy/

#politics #nyc #mamdani #environment #abundance #economics

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

My goal is to make the Loops webUI simple, familiar and efficient.

This means adopting HLS and re-transcoding the 20K+ videos on https://loops.video

Along with a new data-saver feature, this will reduce bandwidth significantly across web and apps and make videos load way faster by automatically switching between the optimal resolution based on your network connection.

It may seem like a small or boring improvement, but it will be noticable ✨

#loops #hls #adaptiveBitrateStreaming

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

“in practice, it means he is free to pursue his restructuring plans, even if judges later determine that they exceed presidential power.”

and he will, with a vengeance.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/supreme-court-federal-workers-layoffs.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.U08.Bkrk.ow3TwDqNj%5F2U&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare