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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
sophieschmieg@infosec.exchange ("Sophie Schmieg") wrote:

Damn girl "if you're actually an imposter, it's not a syndrome"

https://youtube.com/shorts/xBilK3gT5e0?si=wjaHcqEdwb%5FDzhL9

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
ricmac ("Richard MacManus") wrote:

Ghost or Substack? Eleventy or WordPress? Newsletter or blog...or online magazine? There are a lot of choices these days in online publishing, so I've detailed my own recent experiences in this post.

I discuss how I've found Ghost's fediverse integration so far (there are issues, but I'm fully supportive), why you *shouldn't* choose Substack, why I find @11ty such a joy, and why #WordPress is in desperate need of modernization. https://ricmac.org/2025/08/21/ghost-substack-eleventy-wordpress/

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
MishaVelthuis@social.edu.nl wrote:

"... the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul - all spray painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at the country fair."

"...arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshipped like gospel."

#Trump

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lorenzofb@infosec.exchange ("Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai") wrote:

NEW: The hackers who broke into the computer of an alleged North Korean government hacker, exposing their espionage operations and hacking tool, explained why they did it.

“These nation state hackers are hacking for all the wrong reasons, I hope more of them will get exposed, they deserve to be,” one of the hackers, who called himself a hacktivist, told me.

The two, Saber and cyb0rg, wrote a detailed technical article on their hack in the latest (and 40th anniversary) issue of legendary hacker e-zine Phrack.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/21/hackers-who-exposed-north-korean-government-hacker-explain-why-they-did-it/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bsidesboulder@infosec.exchange ("BSides Boulder") wrote:

For #BSidesBoulder25, we partnered with @BldrFoodRescue to donate over 50 leftover boxed lunches and snacks to those in need in the community. This helped reduce our food waste to zero. Check out their website to learn more: https://www.boulderfoodrescue.org/

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
prolrage@todon.nl ("Proletarian Rage") wrote:

BBC will be a case study of complicity on #genocide with the crimes of #Israel.
#media #complicity #warmongers #racism #Palestine #Gaza

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

I for one am concerned.

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

Today in History: Christopher Robin Milne & Winnie-the-Pooh (Edward Bear) born 1920

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
EricaHargreave ("Erica Hargreave") wrote:

This is what the White House’s official Instagram posted last night, and my response to it, as they’ve been deleting educated replies to it, as afterall this is Trump’s administration announcing war on education, history and the truth.

#TrumpsAmerica

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

🎶 One of these things is not like the other…🎶

Can you spot the difference kids?

https://defuse.ixd.ie

#SmallWeb #SmallTech #BigWeb #BigTech #LinkedIn #PersonalWebSite

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

I’m speaking at Defuse – Design For Use – at The Sugar Club in Dublin on November 10th at 7PM.

The theme is “Reclaiming Design: Taking Back Purpose in an Automated Age” and my talk’s titled “Think small.”

It’s first come, first served, so mark your calendars and show up early (and find me and say hi if you do!) :)

https://defuse.ixd.ie

#ThinkSmall #DefuseDublin #IXDA #IXDADublin #SmallTech #SmallWeb #events #Dublin #Ireland #tech #design #ethics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lyle@cville.online ("Lyle Solla-Yates") wrote:

https://www.whro.org/environment/2025-08-20/heres-how-and-why-dominion-energy-plans-to-raise-your-electric-bill “The company’s proposals would raise the average customer’s monthly bill by about 15%, or $21, within the next two years.” #Virginia #shortage #inflation #climate #energy #DominionEnergy #monopoly

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
xankarn@mastodon.online ("Alexander Karn") wrote:

Full-text (PDF):

https://www.crmvet.org/info/genocide.htm

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange ("Kevin Rothrock") wrote:

Finally finished David Kirkpatrick's deep dive on how much the Trump family is profiteering off his role as president. He calculates some $3.5 billion from "selling increasingly vaporous goods for ever more profit." Lots of foreign favor & now crypto snake oil. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange ("Kevin Rothrock") wrote:

This gave me a chuckle.

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

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/08/21/israel-using-fire-belts-to-kill-divide-and-drive-out-palestinian-civilians-in-n-gaza/?utm%5Fsource=rss&utm%5Fmedium=rss&utm%5Fcampaign=israel-using-fire-belts-to-kill-divide-and-drive-out-palestinian-civilians-in-n-gaza

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

🔴I still need $221🔴

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

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
steveroyle@biologists.social ("Stephen Royle") wrote:

This poll made me laugh. Isn’t it amazing that not a single person (out of 1,386) clicked yes. Even in error.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Harlander@writing.exchange ("Jeffrey Harlan") wrote:

I'm dying here. Just had a customer come in, asking where his drink was. We never got any mobile orders for him.

"I asked ChatGPT to order it for me and it said I could pick it up."

#smdh #FuckAI

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

I'm hanging out on Twitch with Drew
https://twitch.tv/ChrisWere

Boosted by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):
itnotes@snac.it-notes.dragas.net ("IT Notes") wrote:

Introducing the illumos Cafe: Another Cozy Corner for OS Diversity

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/08/18/introducing-the-illumos-cafe/

#ITNotes #NoteHUB #bhyve #community #data #fediverse #illumos #ownyourdata #server #social #web #zfs

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

Drew teaches me how to use Vim in my latest video

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/a9sijmZ4GQMA1dk2B3QVDq

#vim #linux #foss #opensource

Mastodon wrote:

It was a big weekend for the Mastodon team at #FrOSCon in Germany.

If you're curious what we've been working on and what's coming up, as well as updates across the #Fediverse more broadly, @dave provided an update in his talk, "Taking a Fresh Look at the Fediverse".

Fun fact: David was also one of the founding organisers of FrOSCon!

https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2025-3346-taking%5Fa%5Ffresh%5Flook%5Fat%5Fthe%5Ffediverse

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

We tend to focus on the details of creationist arguments, but we miss the depth of the lunacy.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/21/loon-sighting-confirmed/

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
JulianOliver ("Julian Oliver") wrote:

Citing fringe cases of self-hosted, non-thieving, ethically-sourced LLMs and 'genAI' as a 50:50 counterpoint "but not all AI is bad" does not speak to the global scale and scope of this tech feudalist/imperialist project. It is community garden vs big agriculture scale of difference. It is all about power, capture, control.

Look too closely at the tool and you will not see the hand that holds it, nor that it is a weapon.

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

Guess what you anonymous coward, “both sides”-ing a genocide is genocide denial.

And genocide detail is complicity in genocide.

Blocked right back, asshole.

(His post was in reply to https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115065419489536063)

@palestine

#israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine

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

Can all German genocide deniers please get the fuck out of my mentions.

Genocide denial is the last and final stage of genocide and constitutes complicity in genocide.

Matze Schmidt, you are complicit in genocide.

And history is taking notes.

https://masto.ai/@matzeschmidt/115065538633675828

@palestine

#israel #germany #genocide #genocideDenial #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine

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

Not an assault. Genocide.

One that the UK – for which the BBC is the propaganda channel – is complicit in.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyr7l0z9edo

#israel #genocide #Palestine #Gaza

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
NouranKhaledGh ("Nouran 🍉") wrote:

Good morning dear world

Morning feels very different here in Gaza

It is very hard time.

We wake up and know we survived again. From the start of the day, we must try to find the basic things we need to live like food and water, but we may not find them.

If you would like to donate for my family, kindly check the link in the bio :underheart: 🇵🇸

#gaza #palestine