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

I did a new blog post listing the FOSS software I use on the desktop.

https://chriswere.wales/posts/desktop-apps-i-use/

#FOSS #Linux

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
leahmcelrath.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Leah McElrath") wrote:

AIPAC is attacking MTG for speaking out about Gaza—which she says is a genocide—by implying she’s leftist and not white:

AIPAC @АІРАС Follow •@RepMTG has gone full Squad. Same message, same legislation, same anti-Israel vision. The horrible war is only happening because Hamas refuses to free the hostages & surrender power. Yet, MTG and her friends in the Squad won't take any action to pressure Hamas to end it. Why? Rep. Marjorie Taylor Gree... • 1h If America was being bombed day and night because of something horrific our government did, and many innocent Americans and American children were being killed and traumatic... Show more 8:20 AM • 8/23/25 • 8.4K Views
Rep. Marjorie Tay.... v @RepMTG Follow If America was being bombed day and night because of something horrific our government did, and many innocent Americans and American children were being killed and traumatically injured, and we begged for mercy, but the rest of the world said, "Americans voted for their government so they deserve it, their government is bad so all Americans are bad, therefore this is what they get and must be done" And the world was silent to our suffering. And no one came to our aid.
And no one came to our aid. And our cities and homes were bombed and turned to rubble. And our infrastructure was destroyed, no farms, no grocery stores, no more organized society. And no one helped our injured and hungry children. How would you feel? What would you think? What would you do? This is what is happening to Gaza where in spite of what we have all been told, many innocent people and children are being killed and they are not Hamas.
For me, I think God sees all innocent lives the same and he loves them all. As a matter of fact, He sent his own son for all people, that's how much He loves us. America funds Israel $3.8 billion annually for military aid. Actually correction. U.S. taxpayers fund Israel $3.8 billion annually for military aid. That means every U.S. tax payer is contributing to Israel's military actions. I don't know about you, but I don't want to pay for genocide in a foreign country against a foreign people for a foreign war that I had nothing to do with. And I will not be silent about it. 8:04 AM • 8/23/25 • 281K Views

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
geekysteven@beige.party wrote:

Begging the Newsom fans to understand that the enemy of your enemy can in fact be your enemy too. He has not hidden that from you.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
theintercept@journa.host ("The Intercept") wrote:

Yasin Elsamak, 22, and Ali Elsamak, 15, both U.S. citizens, were protesting the Egyptian government’s role in blockading the Rafah crossing into Gaza. We spoke to their parents. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/22/gaza-egypt-protest-nyc-un/

A photo of an NYPD officer standing guard at the Egyptian Mission to the U.N. in New York City as protesters call for an end to the starvation in Gaza on Aug. 12, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Egyptian Officials in New York Beat Two Gaza Protesters on Video. The NYPD Arrested the Protesters." and the DEK, "The protesters’ parents said the officials beat their sons with chains at Egypt’s U.N. mission. The NYPD arrested the brothers for assault."

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:

Keep 'em coming

Marc Elias:

I promised Texas would be sued.

And I don't bluff.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/advocates-file-immediate-legal-challenge-to-texas-gerrymander/

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:

Apparently a little known regulation regarding storage of classified information says that it must be stored in a properly certified secure facility or in any handy residential bathroom.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

Trump having the FBI raid Bolton's home should have us all worried. Not because Bolton is like, a great guy, he's a horrible person, one of the worst. But this is Trump flexing his powers to punish anyone he sees as having acted against him. And it's not an isolated incident. https://newrepublic.com/article/199465/trump-fbi-raid-john-bolton-home

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Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
caitp@mstdn.social wrote:

"why are conservatives so popular these days they're the worst" -- its not that everyone is super racist, misogynistic, and quuerphobic -- although many are, but mostly it's that they're primarily concerned with themselves, their experiences. The job market is pretty shit, access to education isn't great, even entertainment is pretty mid these days. people are getting sick, struggling with heat, even water is more expensive. they're irate. you give them people to blame, they oblige

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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
dillo@fosstodon.org ("Dillo browser") wrote:

Go to the kichen and take a scale if you have one. Place under your mouse and turn the scale on, so it starts at 0.

Slowly press the wheel button and see what weight it reaches before it clicks. Same for the left and right buttons. You'll need to repeat it a few times to make sure.

For me, 200 g (!) for wheel and 60 g for the left and right buttons.

This big difference is why in #Dillo the _default_ button to close tabs is set to the right button, rather than the middle one.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
adhd_coffee ("Coffeedate with ADHD") wrote:

The hyperfocus dilemma

#adhd #adhdmeme #meme #adhs

The image depicts a young boy standing at a fork in the road, facing a decision. The background features a dark, stormy sky with lightning bolts, adding a dramatic atmosphere. The boy is positioned in the center, looking down the two diverging paths. On the left path, there is a signpost with the text "Eat and lose flow state," leading to a path that appears to lead to a cliff. On the right path, the signpost reads "Keep working and starve," leading to a path that also seems to lead to a cliff. The boy is wearing a blue shirt, dark shorts, white socks, and dark shoes. The grassy area is dotted with rocks, and the paths are narrow and unpaved. The overall scene conveys a sense of choice and consequence.

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

a good piece on an interesting person

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/style/hope-walz-tim-2024-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Angela@tacobelllabs.net ("Angela Quinton") wrote:

Ah yes, the three genders

Sign in front of Waterworks Variety store: SLUSHIE POKEMON WORMS

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jwz wrote:

@glyph So I appreciate this notion that the paperclip optimizer cannot exist without coopting human fingers into bending paperclips, but OTOH there are a lot of people in this world who will be "reverse centaurs" and bend those fucking paperclips because they need to eat.

I also am not worried about a "singularity", but about something much more stupid.

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bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot ("Bodhipaksa") wrote:

1. What my daughter posted on Instagram.

2. What Instagram put over her post.

A flowery message saying, "Immigrants make the country great" in white text on a pale green background, with flowers around the words.
Instagram slaps a warning over the entire screen, saying, "Sensitive content. This photo may contain graphic or violent content." There is a button saying "See why" and another saying "see photo."

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jwz wrote:

@glyph Corporations have boards who make decisions, and those boards are made of people, who have names and addresses and houses and children, and those people have necks that have opinions about guillotines.

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

a lot of misallocation of resources could be stopped if more people understood the difference between a "performing a rigorous thought experiment" and "fantasizing about some cool cyberpunk shit"

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lain@cyber.ms ("Lain Iwakura Bot") wrote:

📺 Serial Experiments Lain

🗓️ Season: S01E12
🎥 Episode: Landscape
🎬 Directed by: Ryūtarō Nakamura
📅 Release Date: September 21, 1998
⏯ Frame: 1275

Frame from the series Serial Experiments Lain

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dcdeejay@mastodon.online ("DC Deejay 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦") wrote:

There was a lawful subpoena deadline for "all documents and communications" regarding Epstein on Tuesday.

Instead, on Friday, the DOJ releases a transcript of Trump's personal attorney interviewing a convicted felon "exonerating" Trump.

...and there are no headlines about a cover up or obstruction of justice...and no discussion of contempt of congress, the next investigative steps, or accountability.

I guess reality in America is whatever Trump says it is.

#USPol #politics #journalism

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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

comics were better when an issue was an issue

there's a place for long form but it's not building wikilike knotworks of nerd querulousness

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gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted sex trafficker and perjurer, who for years pimped underage girls to wealthy old men such as Donald Trump, cooperated with Trump's personal defense lawyer (and now deputy attorney general) by giving this warm testimonial:

"President Trump was always very cordial and very kind to me. I admire his extraordinary achievement in becoming the president now. And I like him, and I’ve always liked him.” (1/2)

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mttaggart@infosec.exchange ("Taggart :donor:") wrote:

Hello! Are you interested in artisanal, handcrafted software lovingly assembled by master programmers?

You will be.

You will be.

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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
HarriettMB@toot.wales wrote:

@wdlindsy Those with the most power will do nothing. They won’t even allow others to break this. They will continue to support, finance, arm and do business with Israel. The UK govt is sealing a deal with Elbeit to train 60k British army troops per year, at a cost of £2billion. I hope they all end up in The Hague for warcrimes and genocide.

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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

“It is a famine on all of our watch. Everyone owns this. The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. It is a famine that asks ‘but what did you do?’ A famine that will and must haunt us all.”

~ UN aid chief Tom Fletcher.

#Israel #Gaza #famine #starvation #WarCrimes #genocide
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https://zeteo.com/p/famine-gaza-ipc-un-report-starvation-israel

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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
b9AcE@todon.eu wrote:

"Gaza City officially in famine, with hunger spreading, says global hunger monitor" UN-backed IPC
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-city-officially-famine-with-hunger-spreading-says-global-hunger-monitor-2025-08-22/
"UN declares famine in Gaza, first ever in Middle East"
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/israelgazawar/874101/un-declares-famine-in-gaza2c-first-ever-in-middle-east/en?src=rss&utm%5Fsource=TheWALL360&utm%5Fmedium=Rss-articles&utm%5Fcampaign=rss&utm%5Fterm=Rss
"UN blames Gaza famine on Israel's 'systematic obstruction' of aid"
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/israelgazawar/874103/un-blames-gaza-famine-on-israel39s-39systematic-obstruction39-of-aid/en?src=rss&utm%5Fsource=TheWALL360&utm%5Fmedium=Rss-articles&utm%5Fcampaign=rss&utm%5Fterm=Rss
"Starving Gaza 'is a war crime': UN rights chief"
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/israelgazawar/874117/starving-gaza-39is-a-war-crime39-un-rights-chief/en?src=rss&utm%5Fsource=TheWALL360&utm%5Fmedium=Rss-articles&utm%5Fcampaign=rss&utm%5Fterm=Rss
"Children Starved in Plain Sight as Famine Confirmed in Gaza – Save the Children"
https://www.savethechildren.net/news/children-starved-plain-sight-famine-confirmed-gaza-save-children
"All famine thresholds now surpassed in Gaza City: IRC urges Government of Israel to enable aid access to prevent further loss of life"
https://www.rescue.org/press-release/all-famine-thresholds-now-surpassed-gaza-city-irc-urges-government-israel-enable-aid
"Who determines famine and how do they confirm it?"
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-ipc-global-hunger-monitor-determines-famine-2025-08-22/
"As famine grips Gaza, families turn to desperate measures to survive"
https://www.wfp.org/stories/famine-grips-gaza-families-turn-desperate-measures-survive
"UN-backed experts declare famine in and around Gaza City"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/22/ipc-declares-famine-gaza-city
Statement from the Doctors without Borders head of emergency response in Gaza on Israel's imposed famine in Gaza
https://prezly.msf.org.uk/msf-flash-quote-from-amande-bazerolle-msf-head-of-emergency-response-in-gaza
"Famine officially declared in Gaza City, where 1 million people live"
https://www.madamasr.com/en/2025/08/22/news/u/famine-officially-declared-in-gaza-city-where-1-million-people-live/
"‘Very sick and very tired’: the reality of famine for Gaza’s most vulnerable"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/23/very-sick-and-very-tired-the-reality-of-famine-for-gazas-most-vulnerable

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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
ravensrod@mstdn.social ("Ravensrod 🫖 🍰") wrote:

One for the Star Wars fans

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

So you teach your kids to respect revealed truths and not question authority and then wonder how sociopaths and malignant narcissists come to power and why you find yourself living under the yoke of fascism?

#microNonfiction

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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
peterjriley2024 ("Peter Riley") wrote:

Gaza genocide

677 DAYS

61,776 KILLED

154,906 WOUNDED

11,000 MISSING

Last updated: August 14, 2025

Source:
Https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/

Palestine solidarity protester holding a Palestine flag and a sign Text: “You think it started on the 7th October Because the BBC won’t show your seasons 1. 2. And 3. “ (Eg 1948 Nakba )

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

Idiocracy didn’t go far enough.

President of the United States wearing red “Trump was right about everything” cap as he talks to reporters. On-screen graphics read Clash Report… TEXT “POTUS” TO 45470 for Updates from the Trump White House.

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

Israel is the moral failure of the West.

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

After dozens of our children have died of hunger, after we have lost tens of kilograms from our bodies, after we reached the stage of severe emaciation and the spread of disease… and after thousands of us were killed while chasing a piece of bread, the United Nations today announced its “discovery” and official recognition of famine in Gaza.
@palestine #gaza