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

This was captured with a DSLR and a 19mm shifting lens, from a balcony of another building.

It's mostly an exercise in angles and symmetry. The vaguely wedge-shaped dark cloud that appeared overhead, following the lines of the buildings, created a fortuitous moment.

The Waldorf was closed for an extensive renovation shortly after this was made and just recently re-opened. Many of the rooms have been converted into condo apartments.

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

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (and Neighbors), NYC, 2017.

All the pixels, breakfast not included in room rate, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/32609074081

#photography

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

Just a reminder that many people warned the UK government how this would go, and they insisted we were all exaggerating and then smeared us as not caring about kids.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pt47oe625rv5cnrkgvntwbiq/post/3lv6vpn3x4k2m

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
pmeyfroidt@fediscience.org ("PatrickMeyfroidt") wrote:

I (too) rarely post on Mastodon... But here I would be very grateful if you could help me disseminate these job offers for three PhD and two Postdoc researchers positions, on ‘Land use, Sustainability, and Democratic Backsliding’
https://landsystems-lab.earth/news/25-07-30-ludemo-phd/
https://landsystems-lab.earth/news/25-07-30-ludemo-postdoc/

And please encourage enthusiastic and skilled candidates to apply! We value diversity, inclusivity and creativity and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
#geography #phd #postdoc #sustainability #LandUse #research #democracy #environment

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"Why was a 16-year-old working at an adult spa…

Owned by Donald Trump?

There it is, folks.

There. It. Is. The question they never want you to ask. The answer they'll never be able to explain."

~ The Other 98 citing Allen Analysis

#Epstein #Trump #pedophiles #CoverUp #VirginiaGiuffre #GhislaineMaxwell
/17

https://www.instagram.com/other98/p/DMvM3gyCkSc/

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

I see you firing air safety personnel and gutting green transportation projects, not fixing anything. This isn’t being on MTV Road Rules, though that’s probably why Trump picked you.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
hyenagirl64@yiff.life ("🏳️‍⚧️ The Notorious Kyo 🇵🇸") wrote:

🪭time for me to say another dangerous thing

6 months ago when a white man shot the CEO of United Healthcare, everyone was singing his praises and seeing through the media’s lies

But when a black man shot the CEO of Blackrock, suddenly you believe them when they bemoan “not another tragedy” and totally seem to buy the line “he must have been trying to shoot up the NFL but was too stupid to shoot the right people”

WAKE THE FUCK UP YOU FOOLS!!!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aburtch@triangletoot.party wrote:

Just Texas Republicans Gerrymandering out in the open with zero consequences….

I live in North Carolina and the problem is terrible here. Our maps were struck down by a federal court as unconstitutional...but they STILL haven't been changed! https://mastodon.social/@houstonpublicmedia/114943071331215574

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

3/ Keep 'em coming

Via Rep. Veronica Escobar

Under the Trump administration, DHS has chosen to violate the law which allows for unannounced visits by Members of Congress to DHS facilities, instructing local ICE staff to deny me entry last month, despite my Congressional oversight authority.

So I’m suing.
https://democracyforward.org/updates/moc-ice-lawsuit/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
emilylorange@mastodon.art ("Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊") wrote:

July's #BirdWhisperer is a sulfur-crested cockatoo!
Ref photo by Pen_Ash

#Bird #art #fediArt #MastoArt #CreativeToots #parrot #cockatoo

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CatsOfYore ("Cats of Yore") wrote:

It's okay to sit in the bowl of melancholy for a little while, just not too long. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

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ryanwatkins wrote:

New York Times plagiarizes The Onion
"N.Y.C. Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say"
https://archive.is/HOFpJ

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noisemakerbot@genart.social ("Noisemaker Bot") wrote:

shimmer vs. truchet-maze

Attachments:

• gifv: "Shimmer" shows swirling psychedelic fractal patterns layered with noise in dark teal, lavender, deep plum and soft teal, forming a dreamlike tapestry. Seed: 12914

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catandgirl@socel.net ("Cat and Girl") wrote:

What is Venture Boy up to?

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

@inthehands Or, the "save government money" stuff was just a cover story, and the real aim of DOGE was exfiltrating all government data to feed Elon's AI. Which he accomplished in the first week.

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iso7010@hacksrus.xyz ("ISO7010 pictogram of the day") wrote:

E063 – Tsunami evacuation building

Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISO%5F7010%5FE063.svg
Author: Wikimedia Commons user Clemenspool
CC0 (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en)

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
pave_the_earth@girlcock.club ("Sierra R, "Botfly Mother"") wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0UHUh4btIs

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

You can always find that one guy who will suck up to an obnoxious developer.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/30/its-a-cult-2/

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

"What is the Spirit of the Bayonet?" screamed our Drill Sgt
"To kill, kill, kill" we all screamed back

die scriptkiddie die die die

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

researching how options can be further tweaked for the MongoClient Pool in my vibe.d-based service connect code...

time to tweak the configuration settings and connection manager, some a$$hat is doing a distributed hammering on my service's login processes periodically and I hate them with a purple passion

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

Early morning wake up call, and fall is starting to show hints of gold in the big leaf maple trees.

#DogsOfMastodon
#BerneseMountainDog
#GoldenRetriever

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

Remember when we used to joke about 10x developers? Thanks to LLMs, we’ll soon be joking about 1/10th developers. (Except it won’t be funny.)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse wrote:

I'm just boggled man; like did these people have a brain tumor for breakfast? Did they sleep through all of June and July? Because I feel like if, right now, there is any "stopping Trump" strategy that depends on "eventually we will appear before the Supreme Court" you need a better strategy...

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

Me and @uoou chat about some of the stuff we're working on, and window managers.

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/uX6pBUPeJs1UVV4p4pAN4L

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org ("Open Rights Group") wrote:

Age verification is creating an information desert.

The Online Safety Act sets every UK user to child as default.

Teenagers? Blocked. Adults? Content denied unless we do age checks with unregulated companies.

It's not just porn! News on Gaza and Ukraine is being scrubbed from view, threatening #freedomofexpression as well as #privacy ⛔

https://www.404media.co/uk-users-need-to-post-selfie-or-photo-id-to-view-reddits-r-israelcrimes-r-ukrainewarfootage/

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #palestine #gaza #ukraine #reddit #ageverification #ageassurance #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

i3 vs BSPWM and other pre-stream ramblings from Chris and Drew (audio only)

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/uX6pBUPeJs1UVV4p4pAN4L

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
xvx@social.lol ("vida 🌻") wrote:

@fromjason I hope it isn’t a lost art 😔 Coding can be very relaxing.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
shtrom@piaille.fr ("Olivier Mehani") wrote:

@fromjason There truly _is_ something about starting from scratch, and making something as simple as possible.

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Probably not the best sign that "sell everything that won't fit in a van and go on the road indefinitely" is less occasional thought than weekly one now. Hmm.

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

Wow, it feels good to find out I'm allowed to persuade other of the correctness of my atheist views in my professional work place. Thank you, president Trump!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/30/im-off-the-leash/