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

About the feeling of awaiting execution… I speak to you about this feeling that dwells in the heart of every Gazan!
The displacement of Gaza this time means losing it forever, means erasing it from the face of the earth, means that what awaits its people will be the harshest: extermination, displacement, slaughter, and arrest.
Be our voice, do something to stop them!
@palestine #StopGenocide #gaza #gazaunderattack

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

This morning, Israeli warplanes bombed and destroyed a displacement camp sheltering around 200 families in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, leaving them without shelter.

@palestine #gaza #gazagenocide #genocide #StopGenocide #war #freepalestine

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• video: Israeli warplanes bombed and destroyed a displacement camp sheltering around 200 families in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, leaving them without shelter.

Boosted by jwz:
thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭🕹️") wrote:

There is this weird notion among software developers that software goes bad just like milk does.

It literally works and will always work exactly the same way (including all good and bad things about it) as the day it was created. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ukrdef@mstdn.social ("Defending Ukraine") wrote:

KYIV POST:
Tomahawk Alternatives? Ukraine’s Flamingo Missile Already in Combat, Arms Maker Says

The company’s representative said the missile is more advanced than the US’s battle-tested Tomahawk cruise missiles – which appears to be true on paper, based on the specifications.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/58572

#Ukraine

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

A couple notes: The room audio on the first day was abysmal because the LV Convention Center failed to enable the room speakers. (Sigh.) So if you were there and had trouble hearing, the recorded audio in the videos is much better!

There's an additional talk video in the playlist at the end, provided by a speaker who was unable to obtain a visa to attend in person (double sigh).

#VotingVillage

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

Mike Brock has no more time for the elite media mavens and their centrist both-sides BS:

"Eight months ago, it was 'derangement' to predict exactly what’s happening now. Today, it’s 'hyperbole' to notice it’s happening. Tomorrow, it will be illegal to mention it happened."

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #centrism #BothSidesism #media #MediaFail

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-great-exchange

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

Avi Loeb is better at amateur soccer than he is at responsible scientific integrity.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/21/avi-loeb-loses-a-soccer-match/

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

I might be a 100* going on 13, but whatever... 😆

* Internet years

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

I heard "Big Bottoms" from Spinal Tap for the first time today. 👍

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

Well, the cops won't have to look too hard to find a criminal

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/21/politics/trump-dc-washington-police-military

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

Puy Netanyahu, it is hard to convince people that genocide is kosher. https://mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApartheid/115068506887487160

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
danwentzel@urbanists.social ("Dan Wentzel 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Condolences to all of the LGBTQ teens who were rejcted by their families and committed suicide or were tortured by conversion therapy because of bigots like James Dobson.

I suggest we commemorate James Dobson's death by sending a donation to The Trevor Project.

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

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

Hey everyone, if you can, please help. 👇 https://mas.to/@Aseelsehwel/115055608428455170

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

These are just a few selected highlights. We had a great (if exhausting) time putting on the Village this year, and we hope you find the program interesting and helpful, whether you joined us in person or online.

#VotingVillage

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

Prof. Michael Specter on practical vulnerabilities in deployed mobile voting systems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5FBgAW-uxXYA&list=PLltrHIXltfGLotq79TBgIK9QK4O29Z2FF&index=18

#VotingVillage

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

A new, simple attack against the Dominion ICX ballot-marking device, with Drew Springall, Philip Davis, and Marilyn Marks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYL8X2SQIpU&list=PLltrHIXltfGLotq79TBgIK9QK4O29Z2FF&index=14

#VotingVillage

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

Philip Stark, professor of statistics at UC Berkeley, talked about Risk-Limiting Audits, probably the most important advance in securing elections of this century.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI07TS5kQkU&list=PLltrHIXltfGLotq79TBgIK9QK4O29Z2FF&index=8

#VotingVillage

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

Turing Award winner Ron Rivest (yes, the "R" in RSA) talked about "Software Independence" for evidence-based elections.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31joiscFlUw&list=PLltrHIXltfGLotq79TBgIK9QK4O29Z2FF&index=7&

#VotingVillage

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