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aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

And you know what, I’m tired of playing defense.

I’d like to know who the anonymous coward running the @8124@mastodon.social account is.

That person is defending Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people, slandering and attempting to silence voices that oppose it (and those trying to get aid to the Palestinian people), and generally apologising for and complicit in genocide all while maintaining their anonymity. If anyone should be losing their job, it’s that person, not Fabio.

Feel free to DM me for my Signal if you have any information as they should experience consequences for their actions.

Any information you provide will be kept in confidence.

And to the @Mastodon admins: consider this a formal complaint about an account that is engaged in genocide denial, genocide apologism, and complicity in genocide. I look forward to seeing what action, if any, you take, as does history.

#fediblock #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #genocideDenial #genocideApologism #genocideComplicity #mastodon #fediverse #mastosonDotSocial #mastodonGGMBH

aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

Also, to the folks at Booking.com: remember when you got me in to give a talk for you on ethics? Now is a good time to rewatch it and do the right thing.

aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

Fabio is the opposite of a Nazi and I am sick and tired of people WHO ARE OPPOSING A LITERAL GENOCIDE being perpetrated by Israel constantly having to defend themselves from accusations of antisemitism.

The dregs of humanity who are supporting, apologising for, and complicit in Israel’s genocide are the people and instances we should be blocking here not antifascists like Fabio who is spending his time trying to get aid to Palestinians on the ground in Gaza.

Ask yourselves what kind of person tries to have someone who is trying to get aid to people who are being starved blocked on the fediverse.

And then decide who should be blocked and who shouldn’t.

(And remember that history is watching.)

#fediblock https://manganiello.social/objects/4290e22d-b4ae-4adc-92c2-4e82d7fb8295

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
fabio@manganiello.social ("Fabio Manganiello") wrote:

A quick heads up to my followers: after threatening to get me fired @8124 has reported me to the staff of mastodon.social demanding the defederation of my instance accusing me of being a Nazi https://mastodon.social/@8124/114962846134124036

In the meantime he still refuses to respond to any single one of the dozen of arguments I’ve laid in front of him.

I’m confident enough that the staff of mastodon.social has enough brains to tell the difference between someone who calls for accountability of no-profits and foundations and a real Nazi, but in these times I feel like I can’t be sure of anything.

Can I ask my followers who have known me for a while to chip in that conversation and confirm that indeed I’m not a Nazi, just in case? I never thought that the day where I have to prove that I’m not a Nazi would have come, but here we are…

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
adachika192@hcommons.social ("AK") wrote:

Sydney Harbour Bridge: Tens of thousands turn out for pro-Palestine march (BBC, 2025-08-03)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clydnvw1dg5o
———
w/ a short aerial footage.

>> WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was spotted among the protesters, with other notable attendees including federal MP Ed Husic and former NSW Premier Bob Carr.

>> Sydney-based activist organisation Palestine Action Group lodged a notice of intention for the march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge last Sunday, ...

>> The police … made an application to the NSW Supreme Court for a prohibition order for the event, which was declined just 24 hours before the protest was due to go ahead.

>> … Justice Belinda Rigg said safety concerns regarding the march were "well founded", but march organiser Josh Lees … had "compellingly" explained the reasons why he believed there is an urgency for a response to the humanitarian situation in Gaza…

#PalestineActionGroup #JulianAssange
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
ramin_hal9001@fe.disroot.org ("Ramin Honary") wrote:

@adam @sleepless centrists are even worse than this comic depicts. They are more like, “well, somewhat I disagree with the guy who wants to disappear trans people and destroy the economy for everyone, but it is much more important that I remain respectful and courteous. Because all of our societies current problems are actually caused by people being too passionate about their politics! I know, I’ll indicate that I want to be polite by sort-of agreeing but sort-of pushing back. ‘Excuse me sir, but I think everyone, even trans people should have equal rights, but I see your point about how trans people are all faking their condition. How do you like me now, sir?’”.

I block all centrists unconditionally.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Affekt@hachyderm.io ("Jake") wrote:

@fromjason
1. Nikon EL
2. Rocket Duster
3. Cast iron skillets
4. Molex crimpers
5. Salea logic analyzers
6. Kull Spaetzle press
7. Motorola Droid
8. 3-ring binder
9. Supernote Manta
10. this one purse that's shaped like a whale shark and the mouth is the zipper

Mastodon wrote:

With the launch of Ghost 6.0, every publication that runs on Ghost becomes part of the #fediverse. You can follow and comment on Platformer or 404 Media articles without leaving your Mastodon feed. This is the future of social media.

Congratulations to @johnonolan and all the team at Ghost!

https://ghost.org/changelog/6/

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

For no particular reason, I made a list of my top 10 favorite well-designed things. What are yours?

1. New Balance 997s (Made in the USA)
2. Bialetti moka pot
3. Brass Zippo lighter
4. Indigo French chore jacket by J. Crew
5. 1977 Fuji Road Bicycle (Made in Japan)
6. Ebbets Field flannel baseball hat
7. Walnut Desk by Artifox
8. Iron Ranger Boots by Redwing
9. Champions heavy-cotton hoodie by Todd Snyder
10. AirPods Pro

#GoodDesign #ProductDesign

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Naming things well leads to clean code.

Which is why our backend runs on runMagicPossiblyFixBug(),
sendHopefulData(), and isThisEvenLegal().

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

I don't like Republicans, even pretty ones.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/04/i-expect-ill-see-her-at-cpac-next/

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

This is *exactly* how I see centrists. As well as the mealy-mouthed fauxgressives who desperately want you to see them as left-of-center because they know hate isn’t a good look but they’re not quite ready to come out as full-blown bigots yet.

(Source unknown, but via @sleepless)

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

Three cousins, bound by a childhood together.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/04/three-boys/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art ("Michael Whelan") wrote:

Interestingly, like the Foundation books, I didn't start with the first book in the series. THE WHITE DRAGON was my first Pern cover assignment. But I painted new covers for DRAGONFLIGHT and DRAGONQUEST soon after.

Cover illustration by the book by Anne McCaffrey (Del Rey) 4/ 4

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/dragonflight/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SethRudy@c18.masto.host ("Saethelred the Unsteady") wrote:

Cat, at 3am: hey
Me: hmmf
Cat: hey hey
Me: yes? Yes? What?
Cat: just wanted to remind you that I’m a predatory nocturnal stochastic obligate carnivore who can see in the dark and move almost silently
Me:
Cat:
Me:
Cat: get some sleep

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

Yet Another Kickass FOSS Project 🎉

“The Summer Game reflects an ethos of meeting patrons where they are. And its code is open access, so any library can download it.”

https://mastodon.social/@jockr/114970524370251167

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

The Gawd of Unintended Consequences strikes again! 😈

https://digipres.club/@foone/114970526979188714

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
HelenBranswell@scicomm.xyz ("Helen Branswell") wrote:

#USDA reports another #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herd in California, the 771st such detection in the state.
The cumulative national total of detected/confirmed herds is 1,078 in 17 states. The true number of infected herds? Who knows?
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock

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

Good. Job seekers are avoiding AI interviewers. They tell Fortune they’re outright refusing to do AI interviews, calling them dehumanizing and a red flag for bad company culture.

https://fortune.com/2025/08/03/ai-interviewers-job-seekers-unemployment-hiring-hr-teams/

This is how richer stay richer, instead of properly hiring HR folks, AI bots. Instead of paying for artists for Ads making or creative writing they use AI bots. They will do anything to gain profits, fire humans & replace with AI except they forget humans also need money to buy their goods

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ricmac ("Richard MacManus") wrote:

If by “hard tech” they mean “hard to stomach”, that would be more accurate. I do agree this is absolutely the next big era after Web 2.0, and I find AI tools to be generally useful, but the hype (exemplified by X users), callousness of big cos (massive job losses, and also what Google is doing to publishers) and the dehumanization around this tech is all very worrying. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/ai-silicon-valley-hard-tech.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.bk8.t0w-.jiIF3FBqqrfO&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
ambiente@mastodon.uno ("Ambiente :wwf: :fff: :gpea:") wrote:

#microplastiche.

Seguici sul gruppo ambiente: @ambiente@diggita.com

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
rysiek@mstdn.social ("Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦") wrote:

@hazelweakly more seriously though, this connects immediately in my head with this:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse

We need to build communities you mention, ones that can support one another, to replace certain parts of the global logistics chain, so that we might… well, survive.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
ExtinctionR@social.rebellion.global ("Extinction Rebellion Global") wrote:

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
JulietEMcKenna@wandering.shop ("Juliet E McKenna") wrote:

"If generative AI could REALLY make the next GTA in 6 months with 10 staff, or write the next bestseller, or produce 10 blockbusters a day? They wouldn't be trying to sell it to YOU. They would keep it for themselves and guard it from you ferociously."

I've seen this quote without attribution a couple of times. Whoever said it, they're spot on.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
anon_opin ("Anon Opin") wrote:

Email is the best form of communication we ever invented. Instant, yet no instant reply is expected. Works universally outside of any app or ecosystem. The gold standard

Boosted by jwz:
davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:

They did that “person collided with car and died” thing, but in the ocean.

No, the whale didn’t collide with a boat. A person driving a boat hit a whale and killed it.

https://apnews.com/article/whale-death-new-jersey-a80fc94f6974a295d7f5d43b01844fe0

Boosted by jwz:
RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

Radical stickers seen in Seattle, Washington

Boosted by jwz:
RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

Anti-ICE pasteup spotted in San Diego, California

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
pamelafox@fosstodon.org ("Pamela Fox") wrote:

New horror movie about to drop:
"I KNOW WHAT YOU VIBE CODED LAST SUMMER"

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🌹"):
gytisrepecka@social.gyt.is ("Gytis Repečka") wrote:

I subscribe to newspaper not because I prefer reading paper version - it is because ad tech and survelliance capitalism made internet unbearable, therefore I do not subscribe to any online one 📰

It is not ok to put tracking pixels, capture location and calculate where and for how long my screen is focused at. It's not ok to broker peronal private data to "target" more ads towards me. And it is definitely not ok to build browsers that are intended to maximize tracking with different initiatives tried to be pushed as "standards". Screw content algorithms that restricts me from reading full comment feed supposedly giving me only the "relevant" ones.

Big techs think they can ignore EU GDPR because, you know, they are bringing "innovation". Screw that. That is not innovation - that is unethical business that should be declared illegal :blobcatgooglytrash:

#adtech #tracking #web #internet #newspaper #paper