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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ChicagoNewsBot@bertshouse.social ("Chicago News Bot") wrote:

North Carolina priest charged with prostitution in church parking lot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/johnston-county-north-carolina-catholic-priest-accused-soliciting-prostitute-church-parking-lot/17441988/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
starshaped@labyrinth.social ("Aubrey Sambor") wrote:

5 months ago today I was laid off from my job and I am currently looking for my next senior front end developer role.

I have 19+ years of experience working with small agencies and Fortune 500 companies and focus on writing clean, accessible HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Resume: https://aubreysambor.com/resume

Leads/boosts appreciated!

#getfedihired #FediHire

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

10/10, no notes. https://www.comicsands.com/oliver-kelly-starving-children-gaza?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=infeed&utm%5Fcampaign=linkprogram

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

ITV: “This landscape of destruction looks other-worldly, but it’s not.” A view of Gaza from above shows the scale of what Israel has done, as they move to occupy Gaza amidst Palestinian starvation.

Attachments:

• video: b49f82520a2ea415.mp4

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Libby_@mstdn.social wrote:

@doaaalbaz0 Dear Doaa, glad to offer support, raising awarenes on line and live, weekly vigils in a small city in Belgium. Also raising funds for Awda hospitals by selling merchandise and organising benefits. We already raised more than 10.000 euro's. You are not alone.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
eloquence@social.coop ("Erik Moeller") wrote:

Keir Starmer is keeping Britain safe from encyclopedias.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62j2gr8866o

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
alexhall ("Alex Hall") wrote:

I watched a video where the host unboxed the Fairphone 6. That's the new one. He mentioned that some of the internal packaging had braille, so I asked in r/fairphone. Turns out the braille tells the user to scan this QR code, which links to fairphone.com/accessibility. I was impressed, until I went to that address and found it just redirects to the main help page. There's nothing specific to accessibility there. Worse, it seems fairphone.com might use an accessibility overlay?

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
jones@todon.nl ("Jones") wrote:

@faab64 @aral

The birth of capitalism: https://bu.noblogs.org/la-nascita-del-capitalismo/#ndcen

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
tompearce49@mastodon.scot ("Just Tom...") wrote:

This strikes home. I struggle with the callous inaction of governments every day, (and still more so with the actions of governments that supply the arms that prolong the suffering of the Palestinian people). https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/08/05/gaza-is-also-a-war-on-the-human-instinct-for-compassion/

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

I don't know what they're saying (except for maybe they "yeahs" and the "beeps" 😆 ), but I love the energy. Polysics give us "Peach Pie on the Beach"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y%5Fkvw4jXVEA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysics

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

If you’re neutral on Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people, that’s ok. Lots of people were neutral on The Holocaust and the Nazis too.

#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #FreePalestine #StopIsrael #StopArmingIsrael #StopTheGenocide

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Swede1952@universeodon.com ("Swede’s Photographs") wrote:

Bluebird Between Worlds.

This overexposed photograph captures a bluebird perched on a powerline, bathed in light so intense it softens every detail. I love the way it looks—almost like a watercolor painting, where the bird seems to dissolve into the brightness, delicate and dreamlike.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

OpenAI releases its first open source models since 2019
OpenAI's new open models can run on your hardware instead of in the cloud.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/openai-releases-its-first-open-source-models-since-2019/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

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

An interesting approach for prototyping and iteration with SMD components.

"SolderlessPCB: Empowering Electronic Component Reuse in PCB Prototyping with Detachable 3D Printed Housings"

https://www.zeyuyan.com/solderlesspcb

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AlJazeera@flipboard.com ("Al Jazeera") wrote:

Jewish Britons decry ban on Palestine Action as ‘illegitimate, unethical’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/5/jewish-britons-decry-ban-on-palestine-action-as-illegitimate-unethical?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Europe News @europe-news-AlJazeera

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
hannah@posts.rat.pictures ("a beautiful bitch") wrote:

A cat wrote this

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
realTuckFrumper ("#TuckFrump") wrote:

Trump administration moves to end all abortions at VA hospitals https://twp.ai/E69PhT

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

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/03/donald-trump-mental-fitness

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

“What we see are the classic signs of dementia, which is gross deterioration from someone’s baseline and function… If you go back and look at film from the 1980s, [Trump] actually was extremely articulate. He was still a jerk, but he was able to express himself in polished paragraphs, and now he really has trouble completing a thought and that is a huge deterioration.”

John Gartner, psychologist & author, former assistant professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University Medical School

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

For effective meetings, try Meeting Kitty™!

Attachments:

• gifv: Video of a kitten running around on top of the tables at a meeting. Some get a quick pet as the cat runs by, others get their notes knocked off the table. My attendance to a meeting like this is guaranteed regardless of what the meeting is about!

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

STOP THIS CRAP! Washington Post story about errors in AI obituaries has AI summary

I'm looking at a story in the Post about how using AI to generate obituaries -- a time-saving trend growing in popularity -- can result (gee, what a surprise) in pretty awful errors in those obituaries. Of course, the "what readers are saying" section on the article is generated by AI. This CRAP HAS TO STOP. GARBAGE EVERYWHERE!

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

@samlitzinger Obviously another distraction from the Epstein list. Get the public focused on a nuclear reactor on the moon. Crazy compared to the ability to put solar power anywhere in space or on the moon for a fraction of the launch weight of a reactor (which needs periodic refueling anyway, not to mention human intervention at some point)

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

ugh

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

We know the caveat: Their version.

"DOJ has an audio recording of the interview it conducted with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell last month, and the administration is considering releasing a transcript of the interview publicly" https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/politics/trump-blanche-epstein-maxwell-interview-transcript

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EuromaidanPress ("Euromaidan Press") wrote:

Indian electronics were found in Shahed drones used by Russia to bomb Ukrainian cities, Hindustan Times reports.

HT says Kyiv alerted India and the EU.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/05/indian-electronics-found-in-shahed-drones/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Jgbird@mas.to ("Jerome G") wrote:

Casino Point, Catalina island

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• gifv: e063346dc1aca46d.mp4

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

you cannot fire data itself

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/economy-tariffs-spending-trump-b2801581.html

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

more than one way to "get primaried"

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-doj-prosecutors-campaigns-loyalty-test-b2801721.html

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

"bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, which could render the process unaffordable"

https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/us-visa-programme-bond-payment-b2801814.html