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jwz wrote:

I'll take "The invention of Sideloading", "The invention of Jaywalking" and "People who have not seen Chinatown" for $100!

https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115093185284473606

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bethpdx@mas.to ("BethPDX") wrote:

Trump close to batting 1000 at speed-running very abuses of power that led to Founders to write Declaration of Independence in first place. Does any of this sound familiar:
He has refused his Assent to Laws, most wholesome & necess for the public good.
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-tips-into-fascism-f51000e08e03254d

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Founding Fathers: In the Declaration of Independence we made a list of things that a government should not do.

Republicans: At long last we have created the government envisioned in the Declaration of Independence's list of things a government should not do.

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alice@lgbtqia.space ("🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)") wrote:

15000 meat stickers...for reasons.

jwz wrote:

@Gargron Hills I will die on!

jwz wrote:

Apparently some of you think I'm pranking you with this recommendation but I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you are following me you have probably read at least some of my movie reviews so that should provide calibration.

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venite@mastodon.nl ("Anna") wrote:

It’s less known but Theseus also had a car

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tolmasky ("Francisco Tolmasky") wrote:

@slightlyoff It's worse IMO, Apple and FB's interests are aligned here. Apple is an ad company, full stop. Roughly 1/5th of their net income comes from the Google ad deal. Just because Google is getting their hands dirty doesn't change that Apple is *as dependent* on ads as anyone else in the game. There's thus a huge incentive to maintain other players as well, both as leverage over Google but also to keep optionality. Because maybe tomorrow an FB ad deal makes more sense than a Google ad deal.

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Death Guild: UNIDENTIFIED FEDERAL GOON SQUAD: Bacardi Chili Mango, Lime, Starry & Blue Curaçao.

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Hubba Hubba: Just Following Orders -- Dimmi, sloe gin, sugar, sparkling rosé

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fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Agile: where we break big failures into small, manageable sprints of disappointment.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

"Sideloading" is the rentseeker word for "being able to run software of your choosing on a computing device you purchased". There is no reasonable case for an operating system developer having a say over what programs you run on your hardware.

#Android #Google

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Jinjirrie ("Jinjirrie 🐈‍⬛✅") wrote:

The foul depths of #Israel's criminality - directed against pregnant women and children. https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/pregnant-mothers-gaza-babies-children-healh-care-maternity #GazaGenocide #StopIsrael #IsraelFascism

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faab64@freefree.ps ("Farhad") wrote:

Just so you know:

- Bombing hospitals is a war crime.
- Bombing civilians is a war crime.
- Bombing journalists is a war crime.
- Bombing aid workers is a war crime.
- Double tap is a war crime.

Israel did all of those on live TV in one attack.

https://bsky.app/profile/alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social/post/3lx7tlx7j3c2j

#WarCrime #DoubleTap #Gaza
#Israel #Genocide @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @palestine@lemmy.ml

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mondoweiss@social.mondoweiss.net ("Mondoweiss 🇵🇸") wrote:

United in grief over their sons, either killed or jailed by Israel, these Palestinian mothers formed a "league" to support one another. But as Israel's violence expands, and new mothers join their league, the group is finding it harder to operate.

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/08/in-the-west-bank-these-mothers-all-have-one-thing-in-common-their-sons-were-killed-by-israel/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

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Gustodon@mas.to ("Ω 🌍 Gus Posey") wrote:

When people arrive from X:

"I had twenty thousand followers."

After a couple of weeks:

"I made a hedgehog sweater out of moss."

#Mastodon

jwz wrote:

In these troubled times, at least we have the new Bulgarian Red Sonja that you didn't realize you needed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oqql6RErHc

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katelynburns.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Katelyn Burns") wrote:

Oh

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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Another Democratic governor -- and former VP candidate -- who's not afraid to call fascism what it is: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tim-walz-trump-fascist-policies-1235415337/

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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

As Trump continues his authoritarian power grab by militarizing cities, your voice is critical. Contact your local leaders to demand protection of local autonomy and democratic rights. https://indivisible.org/campaign/militarization-american-cities-underway-starting-dc?source=mastodon

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

A Special Message from our Friend, Curse Mackey! We can't wait to get together Weds Night! Snag $17 Advance Tix Now!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/08-27d.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #cursemackey #voidpalace #sine #industrial #darkelectro #livemusic #concert #sanfrancisco

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atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org ("Chris Trottier") wrote:

There was a whole era where Twitter liberals treated open-source social media as some kind of Nazi factory.

The logic went: if you make a platform anyone can run, Nazis will run it too. Therefore, by extension, you must be helping Nazis.

But then what actually happened? The “responsible” platform, the one the gatekeepers defended, got bought by a fascist-saluting clown who immediately started funnelling money into Trump’s campaign—helping him back into the White House.

So where are those noble guardians now? Where’s the vaunted moderation aristocracy that was supposed to keep us safe? Gone. Silent. Utterly absent now that the new overlord has arrived.

That’s the lesson: power isn’t something handed down by gatekeepers. It isn’t something you beg for in moderation queues. Power is taken.

And the way to take it back is simple: build your own sites. Federate them. Don’t leave your digital existence in the hands of self-appointed wardens.

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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Not one major American news organization has had the spine to lay out, as succinctly and convincingly as historian Garrett Graff does here, our dread new reality -- much less lift a finger to save democracy.

The United States has gone fascist.

https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-tips-into-fascism-f51000e08e03254d

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

At the end of the day, Apple is more anti-web than it will ever be pro-user, which is why stuff like this keeps happening:

https://infrequently.org/2025/08/apple-vs-fb-kayfabe/

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divya@sunny.garden ("Dr. Divya 🍉 offline") wrote:

@sabinehiller @lukaskluge @aral amazing place to start looking at next steps: https://www.workersinpalestine.org/who-arms-israel

No map for Ireland but a stunning resource for finding what’s in our backyards and how we might direct weekly rallies to their doorsteps. ❤️‍🔥

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

Today I celebrate "oh crap, how do I cross list all my course sections on Canvas" day, an annual holiday among my people.

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mjdxp@labyrinth.zone wrote:

what would you like to be added to the fediverse most?

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

The power station has long been an iconic landmark on the south bank of the Thames, distinctive for its four prominent smokestacks (two for each of its two separate generating facilities) and industrial art deco architecture. Perhaps most famously, it featured in the cover art for Pink Floyd's 1977 “Animals” album, with one of London's (sadly now extinct) giant flying pigs captured hovering near the smokestacks.

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

London's Battersea Power Station, built as two nearly-identical halves completed in 1935 and 1955, respectively, was originally a coal-fired electrical generating plant. It was decommissioned in 1983. After being idle for nearly 40 years, the plant has been re-developed as retail space and commercial offices, opened in 2022. Along with the Tate Modern, it gives London a second striking example of large-scale adaptive reuse of an obsolete, but still handsome, power station.

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

Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 Digaron-W (@ f/8), Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50), Cambo WRS 1200 camera (right shifted 20mm, vertically shifted 8mm).

This composition fully exploited the image circle and edge sharpness of the lens. We're to the right of the power station, but to preserve the geometry of the river side facade, the camera was pointed straight ahead, parallel with that side of the building. The camera back was then shifted 20mm to move the building back into the composition.