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jwz wrote:

"I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray"

Eddie Kim: On Wednesday, federal agents escalated their approach. The language and behavior was more aggressive and, in many cases, preemptive. Several protesters...
https://jwz.org/b/ykts

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

Because it might be relevant today or in the future: Here in the US, legally speaking, you can neither libel nor slander the dead. So say what you want.

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

Sunflowers from my neighbor's garden.

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
SnoopJ@hachyderm.io wrote:

this one weird trick to be one of the cool adults:

just be actually-interested in what the kid has to say and don't condescend to them

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Mosqi@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Marcel Mosqi") wrote:

Character I did for the introduction page of my artbook a few years ago.
Links to the artbook :
https://en.ominikyediciones.net/product-page/the-art-of-marcel-mosqi-promoci%C3%B3n-lanzamiento
and looks like you can get it on Amazon as well now :
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Marcel-Mosqi-VV-AA/dp/8412522338

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

We are so screwed when people reach out to numbskulls like Clay Travis for their information.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/21/slimy-underbelly-1-clay-travis/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Hacker News front page today.

Uh-oh.

"AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'"
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/aws%5Fceo%5Fentry%5Flevel%5Fjobs%5Fopinion/

"Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/21/zuckerberg-freezes-ai-hiring-amid-bubble-fears/

"95% of Companies See ‘Zero Return’ on $30 Billion Generative AI Spend, MIT Report Finds"
https://thedailyadda.com/95-of-companies-see-zero-return-on-30-billion-generative-ai-spend-mit-report-finds/

#AI #AISlop

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

These toots brought to you by 2 Philips SoniCare toothbrushes failing within days of each other. Neither of them had fatal problems other than they're not designed to be repaired or maintained. I could fix both of them with the right parts, but as it was, I was only able to salvage one with a part from the other. 🫤

Me: 1

The System: 1

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

Or to put it another way, if it's not easily recycled then it shouldn't be disposable.

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

I wouldn't mind overengineered, disposable electronics so much if they were also engineered to be easily recycled.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
denis@ruby.social ("Denis Defreyne") wrote:

@aral Coincidentally, LinkedIn is down

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

“We kissed Trump’s ass and kowtowed to a fascist.” https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115067151811326127

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
SANKOFAB@zirk.us ("🔻Stones of David🔻") wrote:

It’s not a “project” and it’s not “controversial.” It’s land theft and it’s ILLEGAL UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW.

#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
#palestina #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
jeffowski@mastodon.world ("Church of Jeff") wrote:

#bigotry #racism #sexism #homophobia #ShitIFind

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

Bibi C News.

#BBC #israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #complicity #UK #netanyahu #bibi #news

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