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

The new growth industry: private prisons. Coming to a location near me soon!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/27/ice-is-digging-in-like-a-tick-i-see/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🥐") wrote:

🚨 breaking: live footage from inside the WHATWG war room!

Attachments:

• gifv: Arthur fist shaking intensifies (captioned "XSLT")

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

After a day with iOS 26 I’m disappointed to find that there are far fewer wild UX changes than I was expecting, and that it’s actually pretty usable.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sohkamyung@mstdn.io ("Soh Kam Yung") wrote:

Amazing. A map showing every page of BYTE magazine.

"This zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE starting from the front cover of the first issue (top left) to the last page of final edition (bottom right)."

https://byte.tsundoku.io/

#Computers #Magazines #Byte #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
sam_c@mstdn.social ("samjc") wrote:

So, micro.blog's "Discover" feed... 50 posts. 2 women. 2 reviews of this month's coffee subscription. At least 9 users with more than one post in the Discover feed (all dudes). Probably about a third of posts are travel/street/landscape photos. Many posts from well-known users who have been highly visible on the site for years. This is a hand-curated feed, and one of the only mechanisms to "discover" new people to follow.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lana@beige.party ("𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"") wrote:

It's 1776 time again.

"I can do anything I want" are not the words of a President. They're the words of a deranged tyrant. We don't suffer kings in this nation. We fought a whole ass war over this once and we will do it again.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
IcooIey@mastodon.green wrote:

She is helping make the bed!

By helping, I mean not helping at all.

#CatsOfMastodon

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
vk3kri@mastodon.radio wrote:

Spent some time working on the 1950's Advance B4A5 Signal Generator. To be honest , there's not much to recommend it apart from that beautiful black crack finish. And that's why its still on the bench.
Replaced a bunch of resistors that had drifted high , the 6X5 rectifier popped while I was working on it - Cathode to Heater short.
The electoro was completely missing the +ve lead - probably since the mid '70s!
I gutted the can and put a modern electro inside.
#electronics #hamradio

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Sheril ("Sheril Kirshenbaum") wrote:

Pretty sure the vast majority of people don’t want to get sick regardless of their party affiliation. 🤔 #health #news

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
brianvastag@mas.to ("Brian Vastag") wrote:

"Public broadcaster DR reported that at least three US citizens with connections to the Trump administration had been involved in secret influence operations in Greenland. The individuals were not named."

https://amp.dw.com/en/denmark-summons-us-envoy-over-greenland-reports/a-73777456

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
laurachiarelloarts@mastodon.online ("Laura Chiarello") wrote:

🛞Rolling with Khartiia 🛞

Good morning Tooniacs, welcome to ORTHODOX #ToonieTuesday

As of last night we collected
$4,500 for the 4th Battallion of the newly formed 2nd Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine “Khartia” for their evacuation ground drone.
If you missed us, all it takes is $2 €2 £2, let’s hit our $7, 000 goal.
Let’s show our support and keep it going. Can’t donate, please share!
We appreciate you all.

🅿️ 🅿️vova_sitnik@ukr.net

🏦 https://send.monobank.ua/jar/huUjfrJSC

#NAFO #ukraine

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CNN@flipboard.com wrote:

Denmark summons US envoy over report on covert American ‘influence operations’ in Greenland
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/europe/denmark-summons-us-envoy-greenland-intl?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into World News @world-news-CNN

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

(Des Moines Register) Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority.

Catelin Drey's victory is the latest in a string of positive special election results for Iowa Democrats this year that will give the party hope that it can claw back seats in the 2026 midterms.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/26/democrat-catelin-drey-wins-iowa-senate-special-election-defeats-republican-christopher-prosch/85819325007/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CatsOfYore ("Cats of Yore") wrote:

Three real tough guys. Photo from my collection, no date or other info.

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

Checked out Mountain Grass Unit last night at Cat’s Cradle. They were great! Early Yonder Mountain String Band vibes along with a good cover selection and originals that jam. Also great musicians. The guitar player could rip! Check them out, they’re definitely on their way up.

#bluegrass

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
divya@sunny.garden ("Dr. Divya 🍉 offline") wrote:

Final 2 hours—as academics mourn the scholasticide in Gaza, we must also fight it by uplifting Palestinian students & educators. Ahmed is a teacher & a student, providing crucial art therapy to child survivors. He escaped Gaza & needs help with rent, since refugees in Egypt can't work.

233/550 - do leave a note of encouragement for him 💚 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted%5Fbutton%5Fid=A8J9PXT3RGHCW

@palestine @mutualaid
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Gaza #Art #Education

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

Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland want no part of this. We want our independence, the right to rejoin the EU, to keep the ECHR, to be proud independent nations - NI as part of Ireland of course, not a seperate statelet. (2/2)

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

@Stevenheywood Three political parties - Labour, Tory and Reform all have the same aim. They may as well be one single party. Racism, transphobia, removal of all and any rights, continual impoverishment for the majority of the population, and a closed down introverted country. Fine - let England have this for itself. (1/2)

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
fabienmarry ("Fabien") wrote:

@aral And I don't remember the RAF doing recon flights for Nazi germany.

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Japan gets the coolest playing cards.

Boosted by jwz:
NanoRaptor@bitbang.social ("Nanoraptor") wrote:

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
NouranKhaledGh ("Nouran 🍉") wrote:

I feel that I want to spend all of my time thanking the great people who support me and my family. No body can imagine how their help made a real difference in our life during this tough time. We love you :underheart:

Please help my family via the link in the bio :underheart:

#palestine #gaza

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
NouranKhaledGh ("Nouran 🍉") wrote:

Every night I ask my self will we survive once again? Is there an end to this misery? What will that end even look like?

Honestly we reached a point where we're just waiting for the end even if that end is death.

#gaza #palestine

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

Hey everyone, every Tuesday, my friend @Aseelsehwel asks for your help to feed her family. She can’t do it today (they’re trying to stay alive during a genocide) so she asked if I could do it on her behalf.
They need $500 each week for their family of 6.
Every single dollar makes a real difference If you’re unable to donate, please consider sharing – it might reach someone who can help.
Thank you so much for your continued kindness and support.
Here’s the donation link and their full story 👇
$91/$500

💕

https://chuffed.org/project/138285-help-sehwel-family-with-their-medical-treatment

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

Gaza is witnessing today a mass exodus towards the south in the attempts of the occupation to empty the north once again of its population, but this time everything is being destroyed.

@palestine #gaza #war #StopGenocide

Attachments:

• video: The displacement of many Gazan families from northern Gaza to the south.

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

Gaza is witnessing continuous displacement under bombardment and gunfire. In the Al-Saftawi area, Israeli tanks and bulldozers advanced, trapping residents inside their homes, while those who managed to escape were forced to flee under heavy shelling and gunfire.
@palestine #gaza #gazaunderattack #StopGenocide

Attachments:

• video: Quadcopters directly target fleeing civilians.

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

We are going through the hardest time of our lives. Every day, we struggle to provide food and do everything we can to care for our father, who is suffering from kidney complications.

All we hope for is to raise enough to cover our basic needs.

Every donation, no matter how small, truly makes a difference. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for standing with us.
@palestine #gaza

Donation link👇
https://chuffed.org/project/138285-help-sehwel-family-with-their-medical-treatment

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

Comparing Netanyahu to Hitler, Israel to Nazi Germany, and the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people to The Holocaust is wrong.

Hitler, Nazi Germany, and The Holocaust are a dead villain, a defunct fascist state, and a historic genocide.

Netanyahu, Israel, and the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people are a living villain, an existing fascist state, and an ongoing genocide.

#israel #naziGermany #netanyahu #hitler #genocide #Palestine #Gaza #TheHolocaust

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

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/25/middleeast/more-than-dozen-killed-israeli-strikes-gaza-hospital-journalists-intl

#israel #genocide #Gaza #NasserHospital

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

Hitler calls The Holocaust a “tragic mishap.” The Schutzstaffel said in a statement that it was “aware of reports that harm was caused to civilians” and that the Nazis are operating in an “extremely complex reality.” Hitler added that the Third Reich “are conducting a thorough investigation.”