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

Shot: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/microsoft-ceo-says-up-to-30-of-the-companys-code-was-written-by-ai/

Chaser: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/170758

#microsoft #AI #BigTech #bullshit

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🥐") wrote:

blogged: Croissant RSS Beta is Live!

https://dbushell.com/2025/08/28/croissant-rss-beta/

I made myself a PWA & macOS app to read things, maybe you like to read things the way I read things!

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
clawfulneutral@soc.port0.org wrote:

Journalist’s final images show the Gaza hospital stairwell where she was killed by an Israeli strike

The last photos taken by #MariamDagga show the damaged stairwell outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip where she would be killed by an Israeli strike moments later.

Dagga, a visual journalist who freelanced for Associated Press, was among 22 people, including five reporters, killed Monday when Israeli forces struck Nasser Hospital twice in quick succession.

Algeria’s ambassador to the United Nations, his voice breaking and on the verge of tears, read a letter Wednesday to the U.N. Security Council addressed to Dagga’s 13-year-old son, Gaith, who left #Gaza at the start of the war to live with his father in the United Arab Emirates.

“Ghaith. You are the heart and soul of your mother,” Bendjama quoted Dagga as writing. “When I die, I want you to pray for me, not to cry for me.”

AP / https://archive.is/y8op8 #Israel #IsraeliValues #Genocide @palestine @geopolitics

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

And still: “Palestinians say”. It on video. All of it. To the world’s media: What do your own fucking eyes say? https://mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApartheid/115105303439614782

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
EndIsraeliApartheid ("End Israeli Apartheid") wrote:

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic on Wednesday called on the country’s government to initiate the parliamentary process for recognizing Palestine as a sovereign and independent state.

“Croatia should recognize Palestine as a step toward ending the war and the human catastrophe in Gaza. Recognizing the rights of the Palestinian people to their own state is the only way to establish lasting peace in the Middle East,” Milanovic said.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250827-croatian-president-calls-for-initiating-parliamentary-process-to-recognize-palestine/

🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
EndIsraeliApartheid ("End Israeli Apartheid") wrote:

Moazzam Begg - I'm no stranger to arrest and imprisonment under Britain's so-called fight against terrorism. But on Saturday, 9 August, it was for something quite different.

I was one of 532 people arrested in Parliament Square for "supporting terrorism" after carrying signs that read "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action", organised by Defend Our Juries (DOJ), a protest rights campaign.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-opposing-israels-genocide-got-me-arrested-terrorism

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#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News

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

In Greece, neo-Nazis like the Spartans posed as “helpers” shopping for the elderly, escorting voters then entered into parliament.

Now UK extremists are copying the same playbook. They call it “concierge nationalism,” with street patrols, escort apps and fake charities that sell hate as care.

Don't be fooled. This isn’t protection. It’s fascism repackaged.

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/concierge-nationalism-how-the-far-right-is-selling-extremism-as-a-lifestyle-service/

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

When even an organisation as reprehensible as the Catholic Church finds your behaviour unacceptable. Say the word, Popey, say the word: genocide.

#israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #ThePope https://mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApartheid/115105299158774298

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
timbray@cosocial.ca ("Tim Bray") wrote:

Well-connected person whom I trust was just telling me that he’s personally talked to 4 Canadians who in recent weeks have had US CBP demand to look through their phones and on the basis of phone content been turned back and handed 5-year entry bans. Three of the 4 were at Vancouver airport. These people are not taking their story to media because they don’t want to draw attention to their employers.

#USpol #Vancouver

jwz wrote:

Dear Lazyweb,

Can someone tell me how the fix the problem that when I try to print any of my flyer pages in Safari (e.g. <https://www.dnalounge.com/flyers/2025/08/29d.html>) it shows up blank in the print dialog? Most of the time, hitting cancel and then print again makes it show up, but not always, so something's racing. I even tried perversions like adding a busy-wait in window.onbeforeprint.

The problem does not seem to occur in Chrome and Firefox.
https://jwz.org/b/ykuM

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🥐"):
mattwilcox@mstdn.social ("Matt Wilcox") wrote:

Xbox want me to verify my age to use stuff? And you can’t take my account age and previous payment details to do it?

You want me to send personal identifiable info to a “trusted third party”?

This “Online Safety Act” is the most dangerous and un-safe bit of legislation to hit the web. Like; ever.

You an adult? Here; burning hoops galor and risk risk risk. It’s to “protect the children” tho!

Bullshit. No.

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molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

I’ve spent the better part of two decades dealing with people trying to dox and harass the volunteers who make Wikipedia the incredible resource it is today.

I liked it better when they weren’t in Congress.

https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/082725-letter-to-Wikimedia.pdf

#Wikipedia #USpol

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earthshine@masto.hackers.town ("Earthshine") wrote:

The star trek future we have at home:

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igd_news@kolektiva.social ("It's Going Down") wrote:

"A federal grand jury has refused to indict folk hero Sean Charles Dunn on a felony assault charge for allegedly throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in Washington, D.C. on August 10.

Video captured a man, allegedly Dunn, throwing a sandwich at an officer and then fleeing the scene on foot.

“Fuck you! You fucking facists!” he yelled before throwing the sandwich, according to the complaint. “Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!”

https://truthout.org/articles/d-c-grand-jury-refuses-to-indict-folk-hero-who-tossed-sandwich-at-cbp-officer/

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LillyHerself ("LillyLyle/Count Melancholia") wrote:

I feel like I could have posted this image every day since the early 2000s.

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mcnado@mstdn.social ("McNadoMD") wrote:

Thanks assholes. So here’s the deal — I’m not over 65 and I don’t have qualifying health conditions, so I don’t qualify for a COVID shot now.

I FUCKING GET SPRAYED WITH COVID ALL GODDAMNED DAY AT WORK. I WORKED THROUGH THE WORST DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC, I STOOD IN LINE FOR MY SHOT, I GOT PTSD, AND NOW THAT PUSILLANIMOUS WEASEL WHO HID FROM COVID IN 2020 SAYS I DON’T NEED A SHOT. FUCK HIM AND EVERYONE THAT VOTED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

Thanks for coming to my rant session.

Boosted by jwz:
luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:

Wow the CDC director is now saying she was not officially fired and is refusing to resign.

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thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

Vanity Fair staffers threaten to walk out over a proposed Melania cover: “We are not going to normalize this despot and his wife… if this happens, i’m gone, and so is half my team.” www.thedailybeast.com/i-will-walk-...

Boosted by jwz:
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

This is the kind of headline that makes me so disgusted with journalism right now: "After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras" --

ICE kidnapped and imprisoned her. ICE subjects its prisoners to all kinds of indignities and abuses. She "agreed" to leave due to vile conditions inside, as story notes.

There is NOTHING voluntary about this. It's like a "confession" after torture.

At the very least, the headline should have put "voluntary" in quotes.

Boosted by jwz:
Impossible_PhD@hachyderm.io ("Doc Impossible") wrote:

Okey dokey, the new COVID vaccine restrictions suck, & you can only get one if you have a condition that makes you high risk.

Here's the CDC's own list of conditions that meet that definition, and will let you get a shot if you want it.

Let's note the most common ones:

Asthma

Any mood disorder, from depression to anxiety to serious stuff like schizophrenia. If you are now or have ever been on antidepressants or antianxiety meds, you should have a pretty solid case you can make.

You have a BMI of 30+ (disclaimer: BMI is a racist, eugenicist measure, but if it lets you get a vaccine that could save your life or long-term health, go ahead and use it this time).

And here's the important one:

**You are physically inactive**. Most Americans who work office jobs can make the case that they live a sedentary life to a doctor. That can get you a shot.

So yeah. Talk to your PCP, or just go to the pharmacy when these shots become available, find your loophole condition, and protect yourself. COVID is solidly on the rise again.

I don't want a trip to the hospital. I'll be getting my shot. You should too.

Oh, and get your flu shot while you're at it! The flu still kills 20-30,000 people a year in the US alone!

https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html

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jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

And it's not just Hitler. Sniper Elite lets you shoot any Nazi in the balls you want. In Sniper Elite 3, there's even a setup where if you get into just the right place and have a powerful enough rifle, you can shoot four Nazis in the balls with one bullet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4XSwqNCDnc

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

Drink special for Curse Mackey: continuous vetting -- Casamigos mezcal, simple, lime grapefruit, splash of soda and a dash of paranoia.

Attachments:

• gifv: d402959926393660.mp4

jwz wrote:

It was hard to pick pull quotes from this because every paragraph is perfect:

Anthony Moser: I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.

https://jwz.org/b/ykuI

jwz wrote:

The power we use and the power we give.

Philip Bump: It is useful and important to look at this question not through the lens of persuasion but the lens of power. Your engagement and your work, not unlike your vote, is a form of power, something you...
https://jwz.org/b/ykuG

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Just finished watching this retelling of the epic of Gilgamesh, and the analysis at the end was very fascinating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXhXsi%5FC-bY

(I wish there wouldn't be so many jump-cuts, but oh well…)

#history

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pbump@journa.host ("Philip Bump") wrote:

I wrote about my transition from The Washington Post and how I'm looking at my future. But mostly I wrote about who is trying to use your power for their own purposes. https://www.pbump.net/o/the-power-we-use-and-the-power-we-give/

Boosted by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):
elly@donotsta.re wrote:

checking whether the C compiler works... no

Understandable, have a nice weekend

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

Thank you all for your donations so far. It’s the middle of the week and we’re almost half way there.

Can we get this to $500 by the end of the week so Aseel can feed her family?

Please share.

💕 https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115095609666982728

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

Our life became nothing but a search for food, drinking water and shelter.

We only look for food and water to live one more day. We know death can come anytime but we still try to survive.

Now we realize that as time passes, the chances to survive are getting smaller and may soon disappear completely.

Kindly help my family to survive in the link in the bio

#palestine #gaza

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

@Aseelsehwel @aral @palestine At the same time the Israeli government is placing paid ad videos on YouTube claiming that everything is fake news, the markets are full, people are going to the restaurants, everyone is happy and have everything what they need available. It’s quite infuriating