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

Happy Anniversary!

Today in History: Persia defeats Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, 480 BC

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
mmiasma@mastodon.sdf.org ("Milcom Miasma") wrote:

This man is a bona fide hero is what.

"He’s Saving 20,000 Tapes of Underground Music and Making it Free to All"

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13979518/sacramento-music-archive-shayne-stacy-punk-metal-cassettes-vhs-demos-concerts

#Music
#MusicArchives

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
avavsystems@mastodon.world ("AVAV Systems") wrote:

Today’s #RetroTech

Shyvers Multiphone 1939

World First Streaming Service. At its peak over 8,000 units were installed

Unit connected to Dedicated Phone Line
Drop coin & connect to female DJs
They pick & play your request, from 78, down the phone

Based in Seattle. Service ceased about 1959, when Jukeboxes started to offer 100 plus Selections

@obsoletemediauk

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

Where have all the grass spiders gone?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/09/spider-apocalypse/

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
rosie_108@toot.wales wrote:

@ChrisWere on our walk today 💚

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
platypus@glammr.us ("Ruth [☕️ 👩🏻‍💻📚✍🏻🧵🪡🍵]") wrote:

When I came to Penn State in fall 2017, one quickly picked up that we were proud of being a "land grant" school and that this implied (and even required) a public service mission.

In 2020, High Country News released their land grant data and I was appalled to realize what it actually meant.

With votes to close 7 of our campuses, I've seen callbacks to this "land grant" language but it leaves my mouth and stomach bitter so I thought I'd write about what it really means

https://ruthtillman.com/post/understanding-land-grant/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
JamesBazan@mastodon.coffee ("James Bazán") wrote:

@jsonstein he missed the "why." It was not merely a campaign of fake outrage about "Woke Culture Run Amok"™. It reinforced the core eugenical element of "outrage in defense of White womanhood."
Ignoring that pattern is journalistic malpractice, but, then, ignoring racism is the Times' brand.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

To avoid voting on the Epstein files, Republicans prematurely fled DC to get an early start on August recess. That means you might have a chance to pressure your GOP representative in person at an upcoming town hall, office visit, or other public event: https://indivisible.org/epsteinfiles?source=mastodon

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tangledwing@ohai.social ("D C Fitzgerald") wrote:

Trump and ICE are not making America great again when they attack grandmothers and give them heart attacks. #ice #ICE #constitution #meme #HumanRights https://sanfernandosun.com/2025/06/25/pacoima-tamales-vendor-suffers-a-heart-attack-during-ice-raid/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
pedro@mastodon.pepicrft.me ("Pedro Piñera") wrote:

@Tutanota have you considered building a public API? I’d contribute an iOS native client if it existed because the experience of the current app is far from ideal.

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

“Although TETRA-based radio devices are not used by police and military in the US, the majority of police forces around the world do use them. These include … Belgium and Scandinavian countries … Serbia, Moldova, Bulgaria, and Macedonia, … Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria. The Ministries of Defense in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, and Syria … the Polish military counterintelligence agency, the Finnish defense forces, and Lebanon and Saudi Arabia’s intelligence services.”

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/114998550472286221

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

Encryption made for police and military radios may be easily cracked
An encryption algorithm can have weaknesses that could allow an attacker to listen in.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/encryption-made-for-police-and-military-radios-may-be-easily-cracked/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stephanie@ottawa.place ("Stéphanie") wrote:

I went outside and a crow landed on the roof. I had forgotten the peanuts! So I ran back upstairs to put some out.

Kyle says the crows control me now

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Kierkegaanks@beige.party ("Kierkegaanks regretfully") wrote:

Labour sets you free

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
WestLawns ("West Lawns⚡️") wrote:

#Summer footwear?

#Crocs or #trainers?

#SaturdayPoll

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

I imagine Babbage's ghost floating around this creation with jealousy saying, "Knex! You have it so easy! ... Hmmm, but binary. Maybe I should've used binary..." before floating off to go find some buskers to haunt.

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

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊") wrote:

Europe’s tech sovereignty watch https://proton.me/business/europe-tech-watch "Proton analyzed business email domains across Europe to show how many publicly listed companies are reliant on US email and email security services. We looked at email because it’s often the gateway to a company’s tech stack."

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

It's time to remind everyone that Jordan Peterson is still an idiot.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/09/jordan-peterson-gets-another-bashing/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCCzHg4QMRc

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
krypt3ia@infosec.exchange ("Krypt3ia") wrote:

Uh, wasn't this the plot to "Clear and Present Danger" ? https://youtu.be/63ND593iA7w?si=GSFsYrCCU8yn73MF

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴") wrote:

U.S. Wine Exports to Canada Fell by Nearly 97% YoY in June 2025

https://robbreport.com/food-drink/wine/canadians-stopped-buying-american-wine-1236961236/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Edent ("Terence Eden") wrote:

Here's the full blog post about this ridiculously cheap smartwatch.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/i-bought-a-16-smartwatch-just-because-it-used-usb-c/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

Happy #Caturday everyone :welp:

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

manufactured outrage:

“Criticism of the ad campaign had come almost entirely from a smattering of accounts with relatively few followers, according to an analysis of social media data by The New York Times. Conversation about the ad did not escalate online or in traditional media until days later, after right-leaning influencers, broadcasters and politicians began criticizing what they described as a wave of progressive outrage.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/business/sydney-sweeney-ad-right-wing-media.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Janeishly@mastodonapp.uk wrote:

I'm really loving how Mastodon has become a refuge for all the grizzled seafarers on the ocean of the internet. They pop up in my feed and their bios all say something like

"I've been online for longer than the internet. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. 56k modems on fire in the light of Usenet. I watched IRC forks glitter in the dark near the Gateway 3000. All those moments will be lost in slop, like tears in rain. Time to deshittify."

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴") wrote:

Keeping Hudson's Bay charter 'wasn't meant to be': Manitoba Museum CEO | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/hudsons-bay-charter-manitoba-museum-move-1.7604823

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
whangdoodler@piipitin.fi ("Willow 🏳️‍⚧️🏴🇵🇸") wrote:

@llewelly @toerror @dawngreeter @futurebird our dog was staying with spouses parents while we were on a weekend trip.

her 100% woollen blanket was left behind by accident.

it is not her blanket anymore, one of their cats has claimed it now.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
karlauerbach@sfba.social ("Karl Auerbach") wrote:

So, el trombino anaranjado wants to use the US military to do law enforcement against anything that he labels as a terrorist organization.

Apart from the violation of US Federal law and the enormous power that can come from aiming the US military at anything el-presidente slaps a label on, we certainly have a very large, well funded terrorist organization in the US: ICE. It's leaders - named Miller and Noem - should be taken into custody immediately.

Consider if el-cheeto were to label the D legislators of Texas (who are presently not in Texas) as a terrorist organization? You think that that is crazy? It is certainly possible.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jaredwhite@indieweb.social ("Jared White (🏳️‍⚧️ ally)") wrote:

I "celebrated" the launch of GPT-5 by donating to the Wikimedia Foundation.

Support Wikipedia, the *actual* knowledgebase which gives people's brains' super-abilities. It's far from perfect, but it's the best thing we've got!

https://donate.wikimedia.org

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
feff@comicscamp.club ("Feff") wrote:

Fricken Starmer thinking he's all Big Brother over here

So here's another petition to sign:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id?source=rawlink&utm%5Fmedium=socialshare&utm%5Fsource=rawlink&share=2cf09965-447d-46ba-a05c-6c7ba06ab3cd

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

Get this right: people in Gaza aren’t starving. People in Gaza *are being starved by Israel* in the genocide Israel is committing against the Palestinian people.

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