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

The New York Times Pitchbot creates satiric examples of headlines reflecting the "Paper of Record" fetish for (among other things) normalizing right wing extremism.

The headline below -- "Should ICE Agents Be Allowed to Wear Masks? It Depends Whom You Ask." -- is NOT from Pitchbot.

Head=>desk.

NYT actual headline: "Should ICE Agents Be Allowed to Wear Masks? It Depends Whom You Ask."

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
emptywheel.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy wrote:

Trump is now posting private mortgage documents from Adam Schiff, and I URGE people who have less self-control than Pavlov's dogs to EMPHASIZE that it is likely a crime for him to have accessed these docs, if you do post them.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stoneymonster@stoney.monster ("Chris White") wrote:

TIL: PBS has a streaming service called Passport that you get access to for as little as $5 donated to your local station per month. It's good! Lots of great documentaries, some foreign language shows, usual PBS stuff.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Vai@mastodon.world ("Veada") wrote:

#JonStewart

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
br00t4c wrote:

One dead and two missing after six people swept down waterfall in Oregon

#BendOregonNews #DillonFallsAccident #MultiAgencySearch #WaterfallSweep #DeschutesRiverRescue

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/oregon-waterfall-accident

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
macmanx@social.lol ("James Huff :prami_pride_pan:") wrote:

Made some tweaks to https://macmanx.omg.lol on my phone while sitting outside today, and got help with the latest photo embed from @adam . :prami_hearts_red:

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Boosted by jwz:
scott@carfree.city ("scott f") wrote:

49 bus on Mission full of people held up by single Waymo double-parking to drop off one person. Sign the petition to stop Daniel Lurie from bringing this "innovation" to Market Street: https://keepmarketstmoving.org/sign-the-petition

Zoomed photo out the front of a bus. There is a white SUV and in front of it a stopped Waymo.

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Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
didgebaba@c.im ("Jamez Barrett 🜃 ॐ Ⓐ") wrote:

A good summary from Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, on the marketing of "agentic ai" and the dangers it is posing to the privacy and security of its users.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
ediz@social.lol ("Ediz :prami_pride:") wrote:

My new omg.lol page design! Looks great!!! ✨ @adam

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
purplerabbit@goo.dgirl.gay ("Omega :purplerabbit: :v_tfem: :ms_neurodiversity:") wrote:

it occurs to me that i have never actually announced this, so here goes. i have a homepage, over at purplerabbit.gay! and you should all visit it and give me headpats. it's running from @adam's omg.lol and it's a page for all of my links and stuff, i have plenty. i also have a cool /now page that i updated fairly regularly, so check back often!

right now i don't have much on my links but it'll come eventually. this whole thing is nothing special, true. but it's mine! and can you say that about lots of places on the internet, don't think so, nya! :3

:purplerabbit:

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Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Somebody on Twitter is trying to use AI to vibe code a system and the thread is quite the trip. https://xcancel.com/jasonlk/status/1945840482019623082#

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

still blows my mind RFKJr has basically become the people who killed his father and uncle.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
StillIRise1963@mastodon.world wrote:

WTF kind of world is this where people of one country kill everyone in another nation, then shoot the starving survivors of the genocide, as they gather for food and water - while we all watch. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
funhouseradio@mastodon.world ("FunHouse Radio") wrote:

https://FunHouseRadio.com <-- TUNE IN
CURRENTLY IN ROTATION


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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

@photovotary

Why is it like that? I was reading a meta story about the case covering how the story had "broken containment" and made it into sources that normally avoid "political" news. It's legitimately a big story and there are consequential issues involved.

But ... it's also a story that that teaches helplessness, that can mean anything to anyone from "you see the deep state(tm) is still in control!" to "we always knew this is who Trump was"

Everyone talks and talks and learns nothing.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

With all that’s going wrong in this country, this is the regime’s priority?

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
auscandoc@med-mastodon.com ("Auscandoc") wrote:

If you think e-bikes are bad, there's a bigger threat hitting our roads https://electrek.co/2025/07/20/if-you-think-electric-bikes-are-bad-theres-a-much-bigger-menace-hitting-our-roads/ https://electrek.co/2025/07/20/if-you-think-electric-bikes-are-bad-theres-a-much-bigger-menace-hitting-our-roads/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=threads “A lot of people. Over 40,000 people die in car crashes in the US every year. Thousands more are permanently injured. Entire neighborhoods are carved up by high-speed traffic. Kids can’t walk to school safely. But don’t worry – someone saw a teenager run a stop sign on an e-bike, so the real crisis must be those darn batteries on two wheels.”

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
alatartheblue@polymaths.social ("Nick (Alatar the Blue)") wrote:

Hey #hamradio people attending @defcon - @HamRadioVillage is putting together a list of known frequencies so you can program your HTs ahead of time - check out https://conham.radio/dc for info leading up to the con.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arclight@oldbytes.space wrote:

Gracie is a sleepy dingus #CatsOfMastodon

Gracie is a immense floof who loves having her head upside down because she's a goofy dingus.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭🕹️") wrote:

AI is amazing for coding they said https://xcancel.com/jasonlk/status/1946069562723897802

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cafechatnoir ("Play Ball and Fight Fascists") wrote:

Jorge is in mighty hunter mode!

Head and shoulders shot of Jorge, a solid grey cat with green eyes.  He's laying on the floor, with a toy mouse under one paw, and he is looking directly at the camera.

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

Yikes 😳 That coming dangerous heat dome developing over the Upper #Ohio, #Chicago, Great Lakes region is going reach #Toronto, #Ottawa and #Montreal

A map showing larger red circle over Ohio valley and Great Lakes. EPS 850 hPa Temperature Anomaly (*C) (based on CFSR 1981-2010 Climatology)  Init: O6z Jul 19 2025 Forecast Hour: [108] valid at 18z Wed, Jul 23 2025

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Lydie@tech.lgbt ("ℒӱḏɩę :blahaj:") wrote:

Life hack: If you run a humidifier and a dehumidifier in the same room you can wirelessly transfer water

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Truck@icosahedron.website ("Sir Garbagetruck") wrote:

#demosunday, back from Ed!son , and I just feel like posting Turtles all the Way Down from Brain Control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBKmqkh9bb8

64k, 2013.

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Boosted by jwz:
neilo@mastodon.online ("neil okamoto") wrote:

@MichalBryxi @davidho Thank you for your recent post objecting to a change intended to improve traffic safety.

Your objection is:
- [ ] It will make traffic worse
- [ ] It will reduce parking
- [ ] Businesses will suffer
- [ ] Drivers will ignore it
- [ ] It costs too much
- [ ] It inconveniences the disabled
- [ ] Slower traffic means longer commutes
- [ ] You can’t carry groceries/kids/tools without a car
- [ ] Bikes don't belong on roads
- [ ] No one walks/bikes/transits here anyway

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
thegibson@masto.hackers.town ("The Gibson 🅅") wrote:

Your Sunday Zen.

https://youtu.be/TbXnQUwy1-A

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
LewisWorkshop@mastodon.online ("Andrew Lewis Workshop") wrote:

Look, I know computers are great and everything, but these lovely fuckers sink carbon, produce food and oxygen, stabilise the soil, help prevent flash floods, attract wildlife, self replicate, smell nice, and don't have an AI chatbot interface.

#garden #gardening #solarpunk #growyourown #GrowOwnFood

Raised beds with an abundance of edible plants growing. You can see courgettes, summer squash, borlotti beans, globe artichoke, sunflowers, cucumbers, gherkins, carrots, and beetroot.
A long raised bed with a mixture of flowers and vegetables. You can see tomatoes, corn, mint, celery, celeriac, pumpkins, strawberries, and a potato plant

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
JamesAkers@expressional.social ("James Akers") wrote:

I finished up teaching 2 week neon and STEM class at Urbanglass on Friday. The high schoolers were from all over NYC with varied backgrounds/ schooling and they all made such fun things!
Along with my two TAs (Caroline and MolMol) we taught them not only how to wire and bend neon tubes, but also how to solder (SMT and through hole) and the very basics on programming captive portal ESP32 chips for blinking neon with phones.
We played games, Including making a 30 foot mega straw for fruit punch, competing with three glass an food coloring "rollercoasters" as well as numerous "drop test" contests to test/ build bend/ weld strength.
Overall they learned about planning, perseverance and some the hard lessons of loss that glass can teach so well when the thing you make breaks.

One student quoted Don Quixote "Without hardships there can be no Adventure!" - couldn't have said it better myself :)

#neon #teaching #STEM #glass #nyc #electronics #highschool #summer #soldering #diy #education

A variety of Argon and Argon Mercury student tubes on the black aging table at Urbanglass. Recognizable shapes include and white and blue dog, a blue star and blue plane
A selection of student designs on boards on the wall an off of boards on the table. The room glows a red pink color
A glass roller coaster with bean bags strategically placed over the area of the rollercoaster with a crack in it. The glass tube rollercoaster is On a cart for mobility. Students wait to see if I will notice their cracked roller coaster
A table post soldering as students wire and tape their completer circuit board transformer WiFi backpacks to their transformers. Yes, we wired 120 VAC together

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
fkamiah17@syzito.xyz ("MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸") wrote:

"Well have you argued, sir; and, for your pains,
of capital treason we arrest you here ... "

Richard II, Act 4 Scene I

#ShakespeareSunday #UKPolitics #WeAreAllPalestineAction #RightToProtest

Photograph from yesterday's protest in support of Palestine Action in London.  A late middle-aged lady with short dark grey hair, wearing a plum-coloured rain poncho, is sitting on the ground, handcuffed, surrounded by police officers.  Beside her in the foreground is a placard reading I OPPOSE GENOCIDE I SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION

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

a powerful community moment

https://www.reddit.com/r/ICE%5FRaids/s/KBHtIVNbsk