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

(this a hint not to whine about his writing schedule in these comments either)

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

Fuck the hostile little weaselshit who did this. I was on a panel with George this Worldcon, and if some chud had tried this there you absolutely would have seen me in full "rain hell from above" mode.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@rami%5Fungar%5Fwriter/post/DNgHJEiNJDn

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

the road Herr Trump is traveling down is well known, and catastrophic for any national economy to travel

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/labor-statistics-data-trump.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.fU8.FiK-.q38upvSoh0ZY&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz ("Jennifer Moore 😷") wrote:

47's government being a menace to the whole world again. Tuberculosis in prisons means tuberculosis everywhere.

"Detainees have tested positive for tuberculosis at the Anchorage Correctional Complex in Alaska and Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California, according to news reports. ...

"Tuberculosis thrives in carceral settings of all kinds. It spreads through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or spits, and it only takes a few droplets to sicken someone. ...

"Almost everyone who contracts it needs treatment to survive, and those who do may live with lungs so damaged they struggle to breathe. ...

"Anyone in ICE custody with symptoms suggestive of tuberculosis is supposed to be placed into an airborne infection isolation room with negative pressure ventilation ...

"But ICE detention facilities don’t necessarily have such rooms ... The typical solitary cell does not use negative pressure, detention and medical researchers said. ...

"Experts expect the situation to get much worse in the months ahead. That’s because Trump’s drive to deport one million people hasn’t yet coincided with the height of flu season, or the GOP’s recent cuts to the health care system, or its exclusion of undocumented immigrants from several social programs."

- Whitney Curry Wimbish, The American Prospect

https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-18-tuberculosis-spawning-in-crowded-dirty-ice-detention-centers/

#tuberculosis #USA #USPol

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
therightarticle@mas.to ("Michael") wrote:

How von der Leyen embraced Israel’s settler movement

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/how-von-der-leyen-embraced-israels-settler-movement

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
therightarticle@mas.to ("Michael") wrote:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/19/eu-europe-gaza-racism-palestinian

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
therightarticle@mas.to ("Michael") wrote:

Crown Office cancels court dates for Scottish activists on terror charges

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25399308.crown-office-cancels-court-dates-scots-activists-terror-charges/?ref=rss

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wcbdata@vis.social ("Bill, organizer of stuff") wrote:

@pluralistic I had a job offer retracted because I asked to see the document that the agreement I was asked to sign said i had read and agreed to.

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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

@davidgerard I’m continually refreshing the replies to this until I see one along the lines of

> do you have a source for “mastodon commenters” being like this?

and then that’s it, we’ve found the most mastodon comment. we can finally stop federating.

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

Post shared with me by @Aseelsehwel about twenty minutes ago when I last heard from her to know she’s alive.

(israel’s occupation forces have surrounded her neighbourhood with tanks and are firing on houses and tents. The israeli genocide of the Palestinian people is being live streamed by its victims.)

#israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #StopTheGenocide

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink special for Hubba Hubba: DEEP STATE FOOTLONG -- BACARDI RUM, LIME, PINEAPPLE ABSINTHE and Soda

Attachments:

• gifv: 65aca2110fcea115.mp4

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Death Guild: FREE SANDWICH GUY!: Jack Daniel's, Ginger, and a Decorative Orange Slice.

Attachments:

• gifv: 2ad11a2ec5802694.mp4

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

@Aseelsehwel @palestine I just got a message from Aseel. She’s alive. That’s all I know.

Going to share the screenshot she sent me next.

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

I did a new blog post about my new favourite static site generator called blop.
https://chriswere.wales/posts/a-blop-in-the-bucket/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mia@front-end.social ("Mia (web luddite)") wrote:

If you appreciate the features I've helped develop - container queries, cascade layers, mixins & functions, scope, progress & interpretation, logical shorthands - consider supporting that work though open collective:

https://opencollective.com/oddbird-open-source

or bring me in to teach a workshop for your team:

https://www.oddbird.net/talks/

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

“Anyone who claims to rely on the best scientific consensus today must report the current death toll in the Gaza genocide as ‘more than 115,000’ violent deaths or ‘more than 460,000’ overall.

Here, in detail, is why.”

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/19/the-real-gaza-death-toll-is-impossible-to-know-today-but-the-minimum-isnt/

@palestine

#genocide #Gaza #GazaUnderAttack #stopTheGenocide #StopIsrael

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

The last message I got from @Aseelsehwel was a little before midnight last night (I was asleep; I just woke up and saw it). Please share her voice:

“The situation is very bad. We are still in place. As you can hear, there is shooting at houses and tents and it has not stopped for a moment.”

@palestine

#Gaza #GazaUnderAttack #genocide #StopTheGenocide #StopIsrael #news

Attachments:

• audio: efb00403d67560e0.mp3

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

get yours today
https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/The-Demon-Core-Says-Believe-In-Yourself-by-TalenLee/128352439.EJUG5

(by @Talen_Lee)

https://beige.party/@Kierkegaanks/115050623101280641

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:

Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES!

Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No.

Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES!

Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES!

Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES!

Fund mRNA research!

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

This is what happens when you forget what your boss told you

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-interrupts-talks-with-european-leaders-call-putin-says-eu-diplomat-2025-08-18/

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

Telegraph poles like these, with multiple "code lines", were once a common feature along American railroads. They are distinguishable from ordinary power or telephone lines by their multitude of cables, often occupying several crossarms. They typically carried a power bus plus individual lines for the signals along the route, with more efficient encodings used as technology improved.

They've been mostly supplanted by more modern SCADA systems that don't require so many individual wires.

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

Captured with a DSLR and 24mm shifting lens (vertically shifted just a bit) on a hot day in the Mojave desert.

This is a simple composition, characteristic of the early 20th century Precisionist school. There's little in the frame that isn't essential. The pylons, wires, and tracks all converge at a vanishing point at the edge of the frame, suggesting, but not showing, a more expansive network of wires, tracks, and, for better or worse, human dominance over nature.

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

Code Lines, Union Pacific Railroad, Harvard, CA, 2010.

All the pixels, none of the voltage, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4612902834

#photography

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net ("Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:") wrote:

I'll stop after this. But I need to get this out of my system. We in Europe have enjoyed 3 generations of peace after the 2nd world war. We now learn that that didn't happen because we are shiny, happy people. It happened because of diplomacy. Of working in the background to keep the Cold War cold. That balance of power is now over. And we can replace it with more peace or with more war. I guess you understand what I prefer. Is all. Now go and attack me for being naive :)

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davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:

Public debate on global warming? Sweet. Let’s also debate the Ptolemaic model of the heavens.

https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-team-readies-more-attacks-on-mainstream-climate-science/

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js@podcastindex.social ("John Spurlock") wrote:

guys

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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

In the far future, we will all be human emulations running on the mind of AI God!

we have separate areas of sim city for the brown emulations of course

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cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

jwz wrote:

Sax, possibly violence.

For important comedy purposes, I would like to buy several saxophones. They don't have to work *at all,* but they do have to be cheap. Like, "beat to hell and rejected from a middle school music program" is what I'm hoping for. Unfortunately even broken saxophones seem to be going for a couple hundred bucks on eBay, and my joke is not *that* funny. Anyone got a lead?
https://jwz.org/b/yktm

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

I'm going to pronounce it M-S-N-O-W and also still not watch it because I think watching cable news is a bad idea in general