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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
h_thoreson@mastodon.world ("hannah") wrote:

I only threw this Dubai matcha latte for you <3 https://on.soundcloud.com/aozMpzjSVhpfyPQWXI

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
staff ("Mastodon.social Staff") wrote:

We're as frustrated as everyone else with these phishing attacks. mastodon.social had new sign-ups in approval mode this week to limit the impact, but offenders targeted other instances and compromised existing accounts. We take the problem very seriously; we're suspending and blocking as quickly as possible, as well as actively working on countermeasures.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
staff ("Mastodon.social Staff") wrote:

Please report any account that claims that you need to verify your #Mastodon account to continue using it. It is a scam. Don't click the links. Real staff accounts either have a special role badge on their profile or are verified through the joinmastodon.org domain.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

*muffled meow*

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

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

lol just spent 45 minutes debugging a uv issue and... it was an actual bug that they fixed this week! gotta remember to `uv self update` first next time

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

The Emperor has no clothes lmao

#SouthPark

https://youtu.be/Afetnw70S04

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
paninid@mastodon.world ("Coach Pāṇini ®") wrote:

@fromjason

The #American immigration system has been broken—by design—for generations.

ICE is the pointy edges of the systemic shards.

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

This is just my two cents. I haven't seen many folks speak on this specifically. I'm hoping more see this problem— we are debating on their terms and their framing. In doing so, we are inadvertently erasing #Latinos from our discourse and news coverage.

#ICE

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

#ICE is an organization that hunts down and captures #Latinos— brown, unassimilated, and yes, many happen to be #Immigrants. However, #immigration is just the cover story; it's a justification.

We should not be fooled into spreading the narrative that ICE is an immigration enforcement agency. It's a Keep This Country White agency.

When we say “immigrants” when we mean “Latinos” (or #LatinX, #Latine) we are playing their game.

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

It has been zero days....

https://www.christianpost.com/news/jason-yates-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-possession.html

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/ex-tsa-explosive-specialist-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-again-miami-police/3664622/

#NotADragQueen #pedophilia #GOP #MAGA

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
splendorr ("nina splendorr ✨🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

In Action Comics #20, Superman is introduced as:

SAVIOR OF THE HELPLESS AND OPPRESSED

it’s heartbreaking how many people have been convinced that helping others

(aka “being woke”)

is somehow worthy of derision?!?

you fools! cowards! trained parrots repeating gleeful lies!

Superman hates you

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

The Moderator’s Credo

https://social.lol/@adam/114920660056381171

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cdarwin@c.im ("Chuck Darwin") wrote:

As federal immigration agents attacked a U.S. citizen, they warned him:
“You’ve got no rights here.”

What began as a simple traffic stop for Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, an 18-year-old Floridian, in May,
turned into a traumatizing arrest when U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrived at the scene.

Alongside his mother and two undocumented male companions,
Laynez-Ambrosio was laughed at, ridiculed, and violently detained by a group of officers,
according to video footage secretly captured by the teenager,
first reported on by The Guardian.

“Wait, hold up,” Laynez-Ambrosio said when agents opened the door of their company work van.

“You guys have no rights to do that.” “We don’t have rights to do that?” one agent said, laughing.

The video footage, panning upward,
then shows the border patrol agents restraining one individual in a chokehold.

All three men were forced out of their vehicle and onto the ground.

As another companion is manhandled by three officers in tactical gear, the sound of a stun gun is heard going off,
sending the man crashing onto the floor as he cries and shakes in agony.

“You can’t be doing that,” Laynez-Ambrosio said.

“Get on the ground,” an officer screams at him.

“I’m not going to get up, I’m going to just stay like this,” Laynez-Ambrosio responds.

“Y’all scaring the dude.… I’ve got rights to talk.”

“You’ve got no rights here.
You’re a migo, brother,”
an agent told Laynez-Ambrosio.

“I do,” Laynez-Ambrosio insisted. “I was born and raised here.”

In the aftermath of the violence, the ICE agents can be heard laughing and making light of the pain they inflicted on their arrestees, referring to the Taser use as “funny,” and insulting its target as a “dick.”

“You can smell that … $30,000 bonus,” said another officer.

Later, the officers can be heard claiming that more individuals have started to resist their arrests,
anticipating even more extreme uses of force in future.

“We’re going to end up shooting some of them,” an agent said,
referencing Laynez-Ambrosio’s attempts to assert his rights.

“This kid goes like … ‘No, you can’t do that’;
I’m not doing shit.
We told you already to get out,
you either get out or I’m going to pull you out.”

Federal authorities have been tasked
by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller
to arrest 3,000 undocumented immigrants per day
—but actually doing so has forced the agency to seek out immigrants that the administration did not advertise targeting,
such as noncriminals
and even lawful residents possessing visas or green cards.

So far this year,
ICE agents have been caught interrogating children,
deporting U.S. citizens,
and stuffing uncharged prisoners into America’s very own concentration camp.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198468/immigration-agents-laugh-us-citizen-records-arrest

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

I am cautiously optimistic that this summer's #COVID19 surge may be quite modest. It's getting off to a very slow start, and there's some evidence that it may not peak at a high level. Looking at Florida as a bellwether (since it surged faster and higher than other states in July):

- COVID may already have peaked. (That uptick in the last day of data is preliminary.)
- And, historically, it peaked at a quite low level.

If other states follow suit, this might be the lowest summer surge yet. 1/2

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:

UK's days old age verification laws already being thwarted by VPNs and AI-created faces

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

surPRISE

https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/114920503137626912

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

Before RFK, Jr. goes around telling people what to do with their teeth, he needs to explain his own mouth.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
botanyone@botany.social ("Botany One") wrote:

By the way, if you think we could be doing something better, please tell us. As an example @NatureMC@mastondon.online commented on our use of Canva, and asked why we didn’t use something that isn’t leaning into AI. Unfortunately, we’re not able to drop it yet - but it has got me re-examining iNaturalist. I don’t know if they’ve made their filters more visible, or if I wasn’t very observant before, but I am now finding useful CC licenced images through their site. (1/2)

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

shhhhh, they’ll hear ya

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• video: 6201b6cf73649e36.mp4

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

The full quote isn’t posted often enough:

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are.” — Maya Angelou

Boosted by jwz:
ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.com ("Democracy Dies in Dumbass") wrote:

Boosted by jwz:
Homebrewandhacking@mastodon.ie ("PJ Coffey") wrote:

Those UK age restrictions hitting hard today...

Boosted by jwz:
stavvers@masto.ai ("Another Angry Woman") wrote:

Saving this one in my bookmarks for ongoing relevance

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Ok, Lake District, I get you now.

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
Nonilex@masto.ai wrote:

We all suspected it, now it’s confirmed.

#Musk ordered shutdown of #Starlink satellite service as #Ukraine retook territory from #Russia

A previously unreported order by #ElonMusk to cut satellite #communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order & its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service.

#power #corruption #oligarchy
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
babe@glitterkitten.co.uk ("tiddy roosevelt") wrote:

In a suggestion absolutely not related to any current events whatsoever, my recommendation for a VPN would be mullvad. https://mullvad.net/en/vpn

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
dennyhenke@social.coop ("Beardy Star Stuff") wrote:

It's been awhile but I poked my head in to have a look at Micro.blog's Discover page and I'm so glad that there is a safe space for mostly white upper middle class men to share about their lives.

A carefully curated timeline with no harsh reality intruding. Why concern yourself with a climate emergency, genocide, fascism?

Talk about a sanitized version of reality.

https://micro.blog/discover

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

Avi Loeb writes science fiction about another space rock.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/26/avi-loeb-makes-stuff-up-about-another-space-rock/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
toomanysecrets ("Martin Bishop") wrote:

Interested in the Lions Book? Here it is!!
#SysadminDay
http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/Lions/