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

The Hon. Deborah Bowen, the former California Secretary of State behind the 2007 "Top To Bottom Review" of the state's election technology, gave a keynote describing her experiences introducing transparency into voting systems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjwYf3TsQwU&list=PLltrHIXltfGLotq79TBgIK9QK4O29Z2FF&index=5

#VotingVillage

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

It was a great program, and we're proud of every talk, but here are a few highlights of general interest.

I kicked us off with a general overview of the technical problems (and solutions) in making elections trustworthy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzRSA%5FVDsdc&list=PLltrHIXltfGLotq79TBgIK9QK4O29Z2FF&index=2

#VotingVillage

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

Videos of the talks at #VotingVillage 2025 (held at @defcon 33) are now up on our YouTube channel! Here's a full playlist of all 20 talks:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLltrHIXltfGLotq79TBgIK9QK4O29Z2FF

I think I'm supposed to tell you to "like and subscribe", but really, just enjoy.

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

Captured with a Rodenstock 50mm/4.0 HR Digaron lens (@ f/5.0) and the Phase One IQ4-150 back, shifted vertically by 12mm.

This is a straightforward, somewhat abstract, composition, emphasizing scale and lines. It converges out of sight below the foreground pier, suggesting an infinite roadway.

I shot this several times, day and night, and the nighttime image, in which the steelwork under the bridge is closer in brightness to the sky, was much more interesting. The cloudy night helps, too.

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

Manhattan Bridge, NYC, 2023

All the pixels, no congestion charges, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/52841667763

#photography

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

Print newspapers, the LPs of text!

(And yes, I subscribe)

RE: https://www.threads.com/@oneunderscore%5F%5F/post/DNn6KYCt7bI

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Npars01@mstdn.social ("Nicole Parsons") wrote:

@fromjason

Even Democrat billionaire donors are terrified of a government that is "for the people, by the people".

Republican billionaire parasites want to kill their host.
Democrat billionaires want their host to keep living.

Neither wants taxes on the rich. Neither wants labor or consumer protections.

Nor guardrails on the fossil fuel pollution killing the planet.

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

If only it had happened 60 years ago: James Dobson, DEAD.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/21/focus-on-this-you-dead-turd/

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

Here's my sound cloud:

https://archive.org/donate

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jackdaniel@functional.cafe ("Daniel Kochmański") wrote:

I wrote a blog post that summarizes the current progress on Web Embeddable Common Lisp:

https://turtleware.eu/posts/Using-Common-Lisp-from-inside-the-Browser.html

This work is possible thanks to funding from @nlnet via @NGIZero program.

#lisp #ecl #webassembly

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

For anyone who wants to follow along, here's the full playlist of me and Drew's play though of Divinity: Original Sin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Z9V-ONLRY&list=PLyga2RDU50AO-7nUrxG4iq4iuTFuVujLK

#gaming

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
th@v.st ("Trammell Hudson") wrote:

Meanwhile in Amsterdam

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