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Boosted by jwz:
astrid@infosec.exchange ("æstrid //hackermode") wrote:

have you ever seen an ascii chart meant to be carried in your wallet?

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭🕹️") wrote:

I don’t ask for this often, but if you’re in the US please contact your representatives and demand that this immediately gets revoked. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/gaza-children-visas-medical-care-laura-loomer

jwz wrote:

In multidimensional dis space I like to think that this is something of a maximum on axes "cold" and "obscure".

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social ("Juggling With Eggs") wrote:

‘Police arrested 13 people at a protest in #Norfolk on Saturday on suspicion of showing support for the proscribed group Palestine Action.

A group assembled outside City Hall in St Peters Street, #Norwich, holding placards referencing the organisation, Norfolk police said. The force said they were arrested on suspicion of displaying an item in support of a proscribed organisation, contrary to section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.’

Where will this end?

jwz wrote:

"Oh you went to a VC boot camp? Explain your favorite useless way of converting recursion to iteration by trading stack for heap but dressing it up like math."

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

To kind of summarize some of the recent #Bluesky drama. Yesterday Bluesky changed their Terms of Service to require binding arbitration. Users are unhappy, but there's nothing they can do about it because Bluesky is not decentralized and there is no place they can go. Today, Bluesky banned a user for wishing ill of J.K. Rowling for her anti-trans hate. Users are very unhappy, but there's nothing they can do about it because Bluesky is not decentralized and there is no place they can go.

Get it?

jwz wrote:

I had a thought, maybe I should add "Knight Emeritus of the Eastern Calculus" to my profile blurb. But then I read it and it cannot be improved. There is nothing to add and nothing to take away.

jwz wrote:

The existence of The Knights of the Eastern Calculus (obviously "λ") implies the existence of the Pages of the Western Arithmetic (obviously "cat sed tr").

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële"):
bryan@dusty.ninja ("Bryan Whitehead") wrote:

Has someone already done work to fix the OpenGraph link previews from @gotosocial ? When I share a post I’d like the entire post to be visible from the preview. Not just a generic link with username and my avatar. #gotosocial #opengraph

jwz wrote:

We have an anime event tonight sooooo https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/01/hypertext-emerges-from-his-well-to-shame-the-tech-industry/

Boosted by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):
changelog@changelog.social ("Changelog") wrote:

🚢 It's Changelog & Friends!

@bcantrill returns in the wake of Oxide Computer Company's $100M Series B. Bryan tells us how he's avoiding an appearance on Silicon Valley (ding), why their uniform compensation is working, where Oxide fits in the AI datacenter, what scaling to 50+ rack orders looks like, and more. (GitHub has no CEO and saving Intel)++

💫 https://changelog.am/106 #podcast

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

It ain't gonna go away!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AGEjj2Jds

#uspol

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@20after4 @henryk If so, they should have no trouble publishing these bombshell findings in a reputable, peer-reviewed journal, which will make them famous and give significant weight to their claims. Weird that they haven’t done that, isn’t it?

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@20after4 no, it doesn’t. You’re being played.

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

The essential question I have for these people is “Did you believe (or even understand) these statistical theories when Trump was peddling them after the 2020 election? If not, what makes them valid after the 2024 election, other than your unhappiness with the outcome this time around?”

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
SharonCrockett@toot.community ("Sharon 🤦🏾‍♀️ Persists") wrote:

Stop being afraid. #fear

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@soatok yes. Exactly the same bullshit “statistics”, with the parties reversed. Use caution.

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@20after4 My advice is to be very skeptical before repeating and amplifying unvetted theories that confirm what you want to believe.

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@20after4 it’s a bunch of statistical gobbledygook aimed at appealing to mathematically unsophisticated potential donors.

Boosted by jwz:
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Boosted by jwz:
benroyce ("Ben Royce 🇺🇦") wrote:

This is #healthcare in the #USA

A #doctor argues for approval for a procedure with a #UnitedHealthcare hack

She posted it on social media and is now blacklisted by #UHC and she had to sell her house and get a lawyer, they're ruining her career over this video:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-a-surgeon-facing-retaliation

If you live in the #US dont get too mad- your blood pressure will spike and your healthcare sucks because you're just "a little person" and your moronic country prefers you to just die

#medicine #insurance #UNH

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• video: a surgeon on a phonecall dealing with insurance industry goons to get approval for a procedure

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
c_9@mstdn.ca ("Cameron MacLeod") wrote:

“The pattern is so consistent it’s almost funny if it weren’t so terrifying. Every single time it goes like this: Conservatives panic about socialism or progressives or whatever. They ally with fascists as the “lesser evil.” Fascists take power. Fascists immediately purge anyone who stands in their way. Then it’s 30–50 years of dictatorship. This happened in Germany, Italy, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Portugal, Croatia, Romania, and Hungary.”

https://medium.com/@carmitage/i-researched-every-attempt-to-stop-fascism-in-history-the-success-rate-is-0-a665e2e048a2

Boosted by jwz:
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!") wrote:

@xerge @a_phlaming_phoenix @mcnado @jwz
It was a much bigger win for us than it should have been. It shows what complete fools and KKKowards these people are, to be that terrified of a sandwich. Meanwhile I'm already seeing sandwich signs in protest videos from today.

The only trick the fascists have is putting us in fear, and the sandwich thing is so ludicrous it's an unexpectedly mighty blow against fear.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Today is the 4th anniversary of the Taliban regaining power in Afghanistan, in a deal brokered by President Trump, without the Afghan government present. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2kzn1nw1d4t?post=asset%3A1bbf7c95-32dc-4a48-8aab-43fe172a4c02#post

Boosted by jwz:
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Friends, I have had one of my urges to ask the Mastodon community to support a cause, Free DC, the organization spearheading the fight for DC’s rights to govern itself and to be free from Trump’s authoritarian martial occupation.
Learn about Free DC at https://freedcproject.org/
Donate via the Mastodon for Free DC portal here https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodonfreedc.

Now, some reasons you maintains want to put a few bucks toward this cause…. 1/

jwz wrote:

Butlerian Jihad.

The time is now, the day is here, ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK! From reports of pro-AI people on LinkedIn who attended a pro-AI business meetup at a coworking space in Portland, Oregon, anti-AI protesters showed up outside who threw eggs...
https://jwz.org/b/yktY

Boosted by jwz:
jwz wrote:

@pluralistic
Nobody whose business exists solely due to the investment of fascists, cryptogrifters and TESCREAL lunatics deserves the benefit of the doubt that you are heaping upon them.

I don't care how charming they are at cocktail parties.

Boosted by jwz:
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Free DC is the local organization spearheading the fight to protect Home Rule in the District of Columbia and organizing against Trump’s current Republican Fascist occupation of the District. Learn more about #FreeDC at https://freedcproject.org/. 1/

Boosted by jwz:
Caution@tech.lgbt ("CautionWIP (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🕎") wrote:

To elaborate - Patreon is testing the waters via survey to see how much pushback they might get if they tried rolling out AI (again, IIRC). These were sent randomly to *some* creators, but not all. The link works for *anyone* that has a Patreon so….if you hate AI (uncommon as that is in creators) this is your chance to shine.

Please bump/boost/retoot

https://patreon.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV%5F9sjIUT9LuK5gzoq

#Patreon #Writers #SupportIndieArtists #Comics #WebComics #NoAI https://woof.tech/@alahmnat/115035358945745644

Boosted by jwz:
zoom_earth@mapstodon.space ("Zoom Earth") wrote:

Hurricane #Erin’s stunning rapid intensification from a tropical storm to a category 4 major hurricane in less than 20 hours 👀

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• gifv: Satellite imagery