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spaf@mstdn.social wrote:

A public service announcement

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mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

🤔This is kind of like when newspapers report that police officers are "quitting en masse." But then you read the article and for them "quitting" just means "I will not report to duty. I will still collect a paycheck and earn a pension."

He's moving from CEO to Executive Chair of the Board. 🤷🏿‍♂️

He was both CEO and Executive Chair of the Board before too. He's just dropping the CEO part. 🤷🏿‍♂️

No judgment either way, but this isn't a board leadership change.

Do what makes you happy. Seriously! If you enjoy shopping at Target, I love that for you. Seriously. It's your wallet.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/08/20/target-ceo-brian-cornell-will-step-down-as-sales-continue-to-fall/?utm%5Fcampaign=forbes&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=bluesky

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mhoye wrote:

One thing that I want to mention, true in 2023 and just as true in 2025: the number of corporations I’ve seen making a point to say that their HVAC systems have been upgraded, that they’ve been working to make collaboration safe in their spaces during this whole RTO push, has been zero. It has been exactly zero.

Compared to the cost of a single employee getting sick this shit is basically free. It is cheaper than toilet paper or soda. But somehow.

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jmcrookston ("Jonathan") wrote:

Masks (respirators)

Well, it looks like the fire service in the United States can't admit that smoke is bad for firefighters because then it would have to admit that it had been putting people at risk for all these years.

This is identical to what we saw healthcare doing during COVID. (Which they did before COVID, and continue to do today.)

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-firefighters-are-facing-toxic-smoke-with-little-to-no-protection

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tedmielczarek ("Ted Mielczarek") wrote:

@jplebreton @mhoye the fact that we wiped out a strain of the flu in 2020 due to COVID precautions and that didn't make everyone stand up and take note and ask why we shouldn't work to eliminate the rest (as well as the common cold) is pretty damning of society.

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josephcox@infosec.exchange ("Joseph Cox") wrote:

Mastodon is very clearly the social network where people try to bypass our freewall, much more than any other social network. We explain why we have this in a 3000 word article here; it's to stop AI scrapers from ripping off our work (it has been effective) and to ensure we build a sustainable business so we can continue to do impactful investigative journalism (we are doing this). This is not an issue on other networks, it is specifically Mastodon https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/

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inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

Bootlicking won’t save your bottom line, or your professional neck.

Go woke or go broke, you dumbass CEOs.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/20/target-ceo-steps-down

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loosenut@genart.social ("sɹɐʎA xɘlA 💻➡🗑") wrote:

not a fan of the biff tannen future.

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eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Eniko Fox") wrote:

this is how clownshoes you sound when you come at me with like "well what do you propose we do? we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!"

idk man filter the fucking air with drop-ceiling uvc or far uvc or air filters or ceiling fans or build buildings so that they're naturally ventilating which people figured out during the spanish flu over a 100 fucking years ago. stay the fuck home when you're sick and wear a mask in healthcare settings

or maybe, DO ALL OF THOSE??

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eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Eniko Fox") wrote:

i just cannot get over the fact that you can literally just turn on a ceiling mounted fan and measurably decrease covid (and other viral) spread and people are out there just like "🤷‍♂️ guess i'll get covid 6 times a year what can you do"

turns out you can do a lot, actually, and it's cheap and trivially easy!!!!!!

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

Walmart competes aggressively on price, but I never expected them to be the cheapest source for discount Cesium-137.

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

Hey everyone, Yousef, @NouranKhaledGh’s brother in Gaza, is looking for remote work:

“Before the war, I was working as a copywriter in English and Arabic. I managed to get dozens of projects done successfully and I got a top-rated badge on Upwork.”

He wasn’t able to work during the war. In January, during the ceasefire, he was able to get short-term projects. He goes to a dedicated workplace every day even now, in the middle of an ongoing genocide, to have electricity and a working Internet connection to look for work but has been getting rejections on Upwork, likely because he’s based in Gaza.

“I just want to get back to work because I don’t want to lose everything in my life.”

This is his Upwork account:

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~018cc9bd813d00e632

How can we help?

Please share + talk to people you know who might benefit from Yousef’s expertise.

Thank you!

@palestine

#Palestine #Gaza #GetFediHired #FediHire #copywriter #english #arabic

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

Gonna have to work to be better than Josie and the Pussycats, and I mean that serious, that film was a 2000s-era blast

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DNlgtayut%5FY

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

Oh, this is cool

RE: https://www.threads.com/@guster/post/DNk5-%5FPuB2m

jwz wrote:

Violet Beauregarde, Hog Enthusiast.

Wild Pigs Turn 'Neon Blue' in California: Game hunters have found startlingly 'neon blue' flesh inside of wild pigs in California, triggering advisory statements on potential contamination. "I'm not talking about a...
https://jwz.org/b/ykto

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

This was a rather opportunistic capture with a Leica M240 camera, a 35mm lens, and a tabletop tripod on a windowsill, just before a late afternoon thunderstorm.

The light always does most of the work in photography. Sometimes it works especially hard.

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

Upper West Side, NYC, 2014.

All the pixels, no co-op board approval required, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/14422880057

#photography

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële") wrote:

Some work days are intense... I will go to bed soon

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kiwix ("Kiwix") wrote:

New design has dropped on our Goodie store - get yours now 👇
https://www.redbubble.com/people/KiwixOffline/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent

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

Some heavy posts recently so here's a cat picture to lighten things up. Say hello to Smudge!

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Geri@mastodon.online wrote:

Reports are coming in of serious incidents on the eastern side of Gaza City, with massive bombing raids being launched upon tented encampments

Palestinian journalists report that Israeli military forces have begun a wholesale massacre in the Al Sabra district of Gaza City overnight, continuously shelling homes and tents, flattening whole areas and murdering hundreds, of Palestinians and wiping out whole families.

There is a massacre taking place right now!

#Gaza

https://share.google/i9ZjAaw78JcbFZtIU

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
dallo@pouet.chapril.org wrote:

Cops not sure whether to arrest man with "Plasticine Action" shirt for supporting terrorism

From @IndustryStandard via https://lemmy.zip/post/46608027

#cops #acab #Palestine #gaza #freePalestine #freeGaza #protest #maliciousCompliance #chaoticgoods #uk #ukpol #ukpolitics

Attachments:

• video: video of a white Guy with a Plasticine Action shirt caught by confused cops.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Aseelsehwel@mas.to ("Aseelsehwel🇵🇸") wrote:

🔴I still need $276🔴

Every Tuesday, I ask for your help to feed my family. We need $500 each week for my family of 6. Every single dollar makes a real difference If you’re unable to donate, please consider sharing — it might reach someone who can help. Thank you so much for your continued kindness and support. Here’s the donation link and our full story 👇
https://chuffed.org/project/138285-help-sehwel-family-with-their-medical-treatment

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

Someone recently described me as a "left wing nut," I presume for having radical political beliefs like "slavery was bad" and "maybe genocide isn't a great idea" and "hey, wouldn't due process be great for everybody" and probably also "presidents and their advisors shouldn't be hopelessly corrupt and should probably also follow the Constitution," you know, real out there stuff like that

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

(I mean, I also blocked them so I will never see them again, but, you know, that doesn't decrease the sincerity of my statement)

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

Wishing all the people who said "you weren't there, you don't know" when I said "slavery was absolutely awful" a very sincere and hearty go fuck yourself

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

despite being somewhat neglected, there might actually be some corn after all

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

New post: "Seriously, Markdown" https://coyotetracks.org/blog/markdown/

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ProPublica@newsie.social wrote:

Microsoft is required to regularly provide U.S. officials with its plan for keeping government data safe from hacking. Yet a copy of the tech giant’s security plan obtained by ProPublica makes no reference to the company’s China-based operations.

https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-china-defense-department-cloud-computing-security?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=mastodon-post

#News #Microsoft #Tech #Data #China #Cybersecurity #Government #Technology

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

Wired - Ant smugglers in the US have been emboldened by widespread government staffing cuts spearheaded by DOGE. https://www.wired.com/story/usda-ant-smuggling-pets-illegal-wildlife/