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

the inmates are in charge of the asylum

https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/07/09/the-man-who-wants-to-kill-vote-by-mail-in-oregon-contests-a-may-election-result/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ndw@toot.wales ("Norm Tovey-Walsh") wrote:

@robpike Whenever I get a new device of any sort, the first thing I do is find the manuals online and download them. They're usually available in PDF when the device is new. Of course, that's no good for devices I buy used. But even then, try as soon as you can because it will all go away in time.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
perseidprophecies ("Perseid Prophecies Magazine") wrote:

Everybody's a critic.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
krita@mastodon.art ("Krita") wrote:

We released Krita 5.2.10 yesterday. The MacOS store version is being held up, though, because apparently now any link to any website, like krita.org, that contains a donation button is forbidden...

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
frontenddogma@mas.to ("Frontend Dogma") wrote:

Tailwind Is the Worst Form of CSS, Except for All the Others, by @darius.cool (@mux.com):

https://www.mux.com/blog/tailwind-is-the-worst-form-of-css-except-for-all-the-others

#tailwind #css #presentationalhtml #comparisons

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
OccuWorld@syzito.xyz wrote:

More than 60 scientists issue dire warning that the Earth is careening toward catastrophe: 'Things are all moving in the wrong direction'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-60-scientists-issue-dire-101547406.html

"We're seeing some unprecedented changes, and we're also seeing the heating of the Earth and sea-level rise accelerating as well.“

#ClimateCatastrophe #Consequences #Scientists #Warning #Carbon #Pollution #GHG #Unchecked #Accelerating #Threshold #ProfitMotive #Life #Suffering #Society #Poor #Change #ActNow #DirectAction

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Nigel_Purchase@mstdn.social ("Fight the Right") wrote:

From the President of Brazil.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dyckron@mstdn.ca ("Ron Dyck") wrote:

You gotta be f*ing kidding...

U.S. Congress members press Canada to deal with wildfire smoke ruining their summer - The Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-us-congress-members-urge-canada-to-deal-with-wildfire-smoke-ruining/

https://archive.ph/0c7d6

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
alwirtes@indieweb.social ("Al Wirtes") wrote:

Best lede ever from Anthony Lane in the current issues of The New Yorker. He’s writing about Elmore Leonard.

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

the Big Bad Bill as a wordcloud (ignoring stopwords: SECTION, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, year)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
louis@ingenthron.social ("Louis Ingenthron") wrote:

This is not the way. Violence only begets more violence.

The goal is to defeat fascism *without* starting a civil war.

Please don't be like these wannabe-rambo jackasses.

The "just following orders" crowd deserve justice, not death.

#uspol

https://apnews.com/article/texas-immigration-detention-center-shooting-officer-ambush-f3782b689659270b10bd9b33bb48169b

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TomSullivan@mstdn.social ("Tom Sullivan") wrote:

Our Dunning-Kruger president, friends. God bless America.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/africa/trump-praises-liberian-president-latam-intl

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CindyWeinstein@zirk.us ("(((Cindy Weinstein)))") wrote:

@samlitzinger

"As CNN has previously reported, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — whose department oversees FEMA — recently enacted a sweeping rule aimed at cutting spending: Every contract and grant over $100,000 now requires her personal sign-off before any funds can be released."

I wonder if any of the families who lost loved ones can sue for something. Negligence? $100K requires a personal sign-off? That is insanity.

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

Corporate media is more outraged at the possibility of a Democratic socialist entering the NY Mayors office than at the certainty that a white supremacist has reentered the White House.

Corporate politicians are more outraged that Mamdani won't condemn something he didn't say than they are at Trump repeating racist things he definitely said.

Silicon Valley is more accepting of a racist who dehumanizes Muslims than they are of a Muslim who defies billionaires.

Sigh...Are we great yet?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

TOMORROW: Our co-founders will jump online to answer your questions. RSVP now to be part of a free-flowing, interactive chat about what’s next in our fight for democracy. Leah and Ezra answer your top-ranked questions every Thursday afternoon. https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/773746/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Remember when Republicans used to blame everything on the Affordable Care Act? That’s what we need to do with Trump’s Tax Scam.

Attachments:

• video: 81a7a17e629a5a7b.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org ("Daniel Lakeland") wrote:

My wife and I are watching Love's Labors Lost at indieshakes.org Griffith Park Shakespeare.

Come watch, and donate, they do this every year.

https://givebutter.com/GPFSF2025

So far I haven't seen any Sheiks Indie or not.

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

tapdancing through my memory banks, and what do I find in a dusty archive full of bit-rot? Ye Olde IBM Java Word Cloud. here is "Hamlet"

Boosted by jwz:
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

It would be laughable that people of supposed integrity are still debating whether to leave XTwitter, but it's merely pathetic.

jwz wrote:

Help me fix a a GTK bug.

In xscreensaver-settings, any time I select a different item in the list, I get a crash with: GLib: g_ptr_array_unref: assertion 'array' failed. This assertion fires late, with none of my code on the stack, so I have no idea...
https://jwz.org/b/ykrC

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
peron@mastodon.sdf.org ("Ubuntu Peronista") wrote:

Get the marvelous MicroPro #Wordstar hand and touch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC8J3CD5JuE
#retrocomputing

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
zackwhittaker ("Zack Whittaker") wrote:

NEW by @lorenzofb: Jack Dorsey launched his new "secure" peer-to-peer messaging app Bitchat this week. But now Dorsey says the app wasn't tested for security issues before its launch... and researchers are already finding bugs.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/jack-dorsey-says-his-secure-new-bitchat-app-has-not-been-tested-for-security/

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

Gonna watch The Matrix and make my first #11ty template 🤌🎉

A very exciting Wednesday night

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
russss@chaos.social ("Russ Garrett") wrote:

I call this the "reverse Itanium"

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
russss@chaos.social ("Russ Garrett") wrote:

An update on how well the International Energy Agency is doing at predicting solar generation growth.

(source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032125000449)

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dinosaurgerms@furries.club ("dino! 🌈") wrote:

what if we kissed
in the Zaxxon BURN IN room

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

another case of spontaneous human combustion

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
jnkrtech@treehouse.systems wrote:

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
fen@zoner.work ("Fennel") wrote:

i always giggle a little at the gnome users who are like "why on earth would you ever need or want to minimize a window!?" and wonder to myself what their homes must look like

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

At this point I treat the news like improv comedy. Yes, and? Sure, why not? Bring in the murder hornets again!