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

We are so calm about the destruction of scientific institutions in our country.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/01/at-least-im-briefly-entertained/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ilry6T71hUA

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
franklinlopez@kolektiva.social ("Franklin López") wrote:

🔥 It’s Bandcamp Friday, mofos. You know what that means — 100% of your filthy lucre goes directly to the artists. No corporate middleman bullshit.

So if you’ve ever thought, “Hey, I wanna support some radical, independent music,” then today’s your day.

Now I can’t believe I haven’t shouted this out before, but on this sacred capitalist workaround day, I gotta put you on to #PostRap — straight outta #PuertoRico. One of the most underrated hip-hop groups on the fuckin’ island. Politically explosive lyrics, beats that slap harder than your abuela with a chancleta, and production that’ll melt your brain (in a good way).

If you’re into radical hip-hop en español — or if you give even half a shit about PR — do yourself a favor and buy this. It’s not just music, it’s a goddamn history lesson.

🎧 Go. Now. Support. Download. Bump it loud.

👉
https://postraporg.bandcamp.com/album/postrap-viene-ep

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

Isle 🏝️ is my new #FPGA project.

Isle is a simple, modern computer — an open design that encourages tinkering, experimentation, and doing your own thing. I hope to inspire you to come on a journey with me and build your own computer. http://projectf.io/isle/fpga-computer.html

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

“the special counsel, John H. Durham, went to great lengths to try to prove that several of the emails were real, only to ultimately conclude otherwise.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/trump-clinton-emails-russia-investigation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

Age verification goes way beyond porn, impacting everything from Reddit to Spotify to Xbox.

❌ Content is being age gated when it shouldn’t, including subreddits for sexual health like r/STD, for health like r/stopsmoking, or news like r/israelexposed and an X post featuring a speech about grooming gangs by Katie Lam MP.

✅ Limit the scope of the UK Online Safety Act.

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression #censorship

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

The Online Safety Act is technologically naive and ignorant to privacy risks, so people are finding ways around age verification. But...

❌ Teens could be pushed towards riskier things like the dark web, dodgy free VPNs or scams.

✅ Invest in a public information campaign to help people navigate online safety and learn about the privacy risks of age verification.

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #security #cybersecurity

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

Reddit, Grindr and Bluesky have chosen age verification providers based outside the UK with concerning privacy policies. Go figure.

❌ You can't choose provider
❌ Platforms don't need to pick certified providers
❌ Providers don't need to meet specific privacy or security standards

✅ Regulate the age verification industry now.

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression #censorship #netplurality

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
xyla@shitpost.trade ("xyla 🐀📈") wrote:

i just pulled this macbook air out of my project box and mamma mia i don't want to know what my past self was smoking

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

A full body sketch of Minnie done with pens and markers. I suppose she‘ll be the more trigger happy on the team. 😈

#sketch #sketchbook #doodle #cyberpunk #shadowrun #scifi #cybernetics #sketchbookDoodle

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
miiamustang@eliitin-some.fi ("Miia Mustang") wrote:

Hackers in 2003: "Hey look, I hooked up my fridge to the internet!"

Hackers in 2025: "phew, finally got my fridge off the internet! 💪"

jwz wrote:

The amount of "?utm_source=chatgpt.com" in the @dnalounge access_log is truly disheartening. I weep for the future.

Boosted by jwz:
impermanen_@zirk.us ("impermanen_ 🕊️") wrote:

So ICE raided a construction site in our neighborhood and two of the workers tried to get away. They got in their truck, hit one of the ICE vehicles and drove off. The ICE officers *opened fire* on them. They abandoned their vehicle in the neighborhood to try to escape on foot. So now we’re all ordered to “shelter in place” and “stay away from windows” so the swarming gestapo can shoot up the place with a free hand.

How’s your day going?

Boosted by jwz:
ylegall@genart.social ("Yann Le Gall") wrote:

various experiments with bouncing neon rays

Attachments:

• gifv: ece3cc25dce32b03.mp4

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

"Why are you doing things you enjoy instead of squandering your professional reputation by making yourself look like an idiot on my behalf" is not the biting rhetorical play you seem to think it is.

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

An election conspiracy theorist on another social media platform is complaining that I waste time posting photos here instead of amplifying their pet election conspiracy theory.

Guilty as charged!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ancientjames ("James Brown") wrote:

I think I'm ready to call this piece finished.

Attachments:

• video: A plastic doll's head - a jowly little gentleman in a bowler hat. The mouth switches rapidly between different lip shapes in sync with the audio, behind a sharp cutout in the face, and the eyebrows shift slightly from time to time.

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Spoiler: he's neither fit nor fit to be president

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/politics/trump-order-presidential-fitness-test-athletes

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
mattl@social.coop ("Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)") wrote:

Made a single HTML file URL shortener. No database needed.

Let me know what you think!

https://mat.tl/s/

#indieweb #opensource #html
https://social.coop/@mattl/114950875119564602

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

I did some googlin' for #smallweb chats (IRC/Discord/whatever) and didn't find any, so I made one. Come hang out and say hi if that's your kind of thing!

#smolweb #indieweb

https://discord.gg/GAqQDp5ZkH

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

well, there is that benefit

Attachments:

• video: e91073f4d7cede8b.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
crenquis@mstdn.io ("Cary") wrote:

@AnarchoNinaWrites My brain is already pretty good at replacing "influencer" with "huckster", but, I really need one of those browser plugins that automagically replaces words...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
black_intellect@mstdn.social ("Black Intellect") wrote:

MAGA Man Who Said Trump Would Arrest Child Predators Is Arrested for Being a Child Predator https://lukebeasley.substack.com/p/maga-man-who-said-trump-would-arrest

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

Right now #wind is meeting 28% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
distractal@hachyderm.io ("Erik Johnson") wrote:

"Life imitates art"

Cool can it maybe not imitate Gibson's Sprawl trilogy

Great books, horrible reality

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MatWright ("Mat Wright") wrote:

the orange dickwad south of us is slapping a 35% tariff on Canada - ramp it up folks, boycott every US product, don't travel there, let's show them we won't get pushed around

#CDNpoli #USpol #USpolitics #Tariffs

https://nationalnewswatch.com/2025/07/31/trump-signs-executive-order-pushing-tariffs-on-canada-to-35-per-cent

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

to restate Mencken:

Every normal person must be tempted at times to spit upon their hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
karen@floss.social ("Karen Sandler") wrote:

The main livestream link for #FOSSY is here:

https://restreamer.opensignalpdx.org/

I'm sad that I can't be at #FOSSY2025 as I recover from a cardiac procedure but I gotta say it feels pretty cool to be able to jump from room to room to check out all of the talks going on at the same time!

Boosted by jwz:
violetblue ("Violet Blue") wrote:

Get caught up: Good #Covid vaccine updates, US slams into its summer surge (rising fast nationwide), study: Covid “wakes up” cancer cells, Aotearoa #LongCovid studies now recruiting, UV light trial shows reduced infections, freaky new variant worries trackers, more:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-july-31-135367980

Boosted by jwz:
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Brown is the latest elite university to cave to Trump. This is a line-in-the-sand moment for higher education. Every university in the country is watching. Every student, faculty member, and alumni network should be watching, too. We cannot let this become the new normal: https://indivisible.org/resource/elite-universities-are-caving-trumps-authoritarian-demands-what-you-can-do-next

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

looking forward to sticking these somewhere

https://some.pics/688bc9957aea2