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

“zoo people aren’t necessarily pet people”

https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/114977568417081338

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

Good.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/mike-flood-town-hall.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.b08.-m6Y.HFZStwHiWkhi&smid=url-share

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VirLutro@eldritch.cafe ("VirLutro 🌈") wrote:

It's money well spent :blob_think_smart:

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aram@aoir.social ("Aram Sinnreich") wrote:

Thank you @TheGuardian for showing US news outlets how actual journalism is done.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/04/texas-democrats-republicans-maps

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HaldeCraft@mastodon.art ("Lorena H") wrote:

Legit the only kind of news I wish we'd all see for at least the next week.

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0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange ("abadidea") wrote:

one time I was on vacation and a Microsoft employee contacted me personally with an emergency request to get ahold of my coworkers and tell them to knock off whatever they were doing because it was overwhelming a certain chunk of Microsoft infrastructure.

This has always been how the internet has stayed online — direct interpersonal manners and the understanding that being a “you can’t MAKE me show restraint” dick about it will have dire long term consequences for everyone. The AI upstarts who think they’re too special to show manners to their peers are fucking up the common good for everyone.

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SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to ("Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀") wrote:

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mgifford ("Mike Gifford, CPWA") wrote:

How many organizations? How many people? Still cling to their Twitter / X accounts because they fear giving up the followers they struggled to gain?

How many are there simply because it takes energy to do anything else?

How do we change that?

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bert_hubert@eupolicy.social ("bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦") wrote:

Map of a bacterial chromosome: genes on one side of the DNA, genes on the other side. RNA infrastructure (like the ribosome). And these FASCINATING blank spots which I can guarantee you have an important function (bacteria do not waste ANYTHING). But apparently we don't know which! This is Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. W3110. #why2025

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bert_hubert@eupolicy.social ("bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦") wrote:

This is quite a stunning visual. Many bacteria feature the CRISPR viral immunity mechanism. This consists of pieces of remembered viral DNA, interspersed (the "I" in CRISPR) between repetitive elements. This viral DNA is then recognized & neutralized. I ran the UNIX 'less' command on E. Coli DNA and searched for the CRISPR repetitive element, and behold: #why2025

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davatron5000 ("Dave Rupert") wrote:

Ah! I see the Democrats’ plan for saving democracy and avoiding the slide into authoritarianism is… texting a bunch. 😔

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neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:

Lawfare podcast on private-sector offensive cyber operations (hackback!).

Wheeee.

#infosec #cybersecurity

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfare-daily--sezaneh-seymour-and-brandon-wales-on-private-sector-cyber-operations

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

Working on an issue with the social.lol web client. The instance is running fine, but the web front-end broke after attempting to upgrade to 4.4.3. Yikes! Will hopefully have it restored shortly.

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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/

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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

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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

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nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek

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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

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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.

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eloquence@social.coop ("Erik Moeller") wrote:

Keir Starmer is keeping Britain safe from encyclopedias.

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

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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?

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jones@todon.nl ("Jones") wrote:

@faab64 @aral

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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hannah@posts.rat.pictures ("a beautiful bitch") wrote:

A cat wrote this