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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Who's going to #ArcTanGent next week?

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

Somehow, our world is the type that allows the worst to rise to the top.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/09/does-this-sound-familiar/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"Putin generally cannot travel outside Russia because he has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, including the theft of Ukrainian children. And yet Trump is welcoming him to the United States of America."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Putin #Trump #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-8-2025-friday

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
csstrowbridge ("C.S.Strowbridge") wrote:

@Huntn00 @ProPublica

Did you not read the story? Oregon tried to create a wildfire hazard map and a bunch of conspiracy theory losers got mad such a fuss that the State had to back down. This means the State wasn't as prepared as they should have been and wildfires likely caused more damage.

Those that spread these conspiracy theories shouldn't get paid by insurance companies, because their negligence cost others money.

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

hmmm, do "animated" GIFs work? let us see...

Attachments:

• gifv: 8942b51149b99107.mp4

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Cornellbox@a2mi.social ("Philip Proefrock, architect") wrote:

I'm going to try to do some kind of organized reading of Ursula Franklin's The Real World of Technology (her 5 Massey lectures are also on the CBC website, so listening is also an option.

But I don't just want to read it alone, I really want to discuss it, and I'm working on organizing it around a chapter/lecture every 3 weeks between end of Aug and mid Nov. Maybe doing some of it here, but something other than Masto toots will be needed.

LMK if you'd be interested

#TsundokuSaturday 2/2

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

It's been one of those Venjent mornings...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKl9Tz1caxQ

"Love is the Answer"

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to ("Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀") wrote:

Happy Caturday!

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

Today in History: Composer Dmitri Shostakovich dies of lung cancer in Moscow, Russia, 1975

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

Today in History: Singapore secedes from Malaysia, 1965

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

Sad Anniversary...

Today in History: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945

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

Today in History: US/Canada border defined in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842

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

Today in History: Charles Manson murders take place, 1969

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."