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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
elizabethjacobs.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD") wrote:

Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”, With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr. He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
elizabethjacobs.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD") wrote:

He is manipulating data and making absolutely horrific decisions without consulting some of the best experts in the world. They have no recourse. If you wish to rage at someone, may I suggest any Republican Senator. 2/3

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴") wrote:

National security or xenophobia? Texas restricts Chinese owning and renting property

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjyqnndvwjo

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

More ICBM photos and discussion here: https://www.mattblaze.org/blog/titans/

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

Captured with a DSLR and a Zeiss 21mm Distagon lens. Handheld (there was no room to set up a tripod).

In 2009, I was fortunate to join a "top to bottom" tour of former Air Force Titan ICBM site 571-7, now preserved as a museum. Titan II missiles carried a nine megaton(!) "physics package" in the "reentry vehicle" (which they emphatically assured me had been removed from this missile, but I still wouldn't advise upsetting them too much).

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

Titan II ICBM, Launch Complex 571-7, Sahuarita, AZ, 2009.

Megatons of pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4182507708

#photography

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

Engineering is the practice of designing solutions to problems for users under known constraints.

Get caught trying.

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

“Mr. Trump is muscling his way into our economy in ways that are alien to traditional Republican principles, alien even to what more interventionist Democrats have argued for and wildly at odds with any sensible notion of how the relationship between government and business should be managed.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/opinion/donald-trump-economy-intel-fed.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.hk8.VdYM.zPKajFpOD%5FeD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

one of the problems of dependence upon reservists to wage a long war is they may begin not showing up, and the optics of mass arrests are politically difficult at best

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/world/middleeast/israels-exhausted-reservists-gaza.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.hk8.1rSu.I4PCPPScIykn&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

I was today years old when I learned that the <meta> tag specifying the document's character encoding needs to be placed within the first 1024 bytes of the HTML document. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show%5Fbug.cgi?id=1984103#c7

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
emmadavidson@aus.social ("Emma Davidson") wrote:

UNSW Canberra are looking for a couple of software devs, coding language agnostic.
#FediHire #jobs #Canberra

https://external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/534061/software-developers

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mjg59@nondeterministic.computer ("Matthew Garrett") wrote:

People who are still inclined to believe that Linux systems will stop booting next month because of secure boot rollover! Send me evidence that you have donated to a charity and, if Linux stops booting on any system after 2025-09-11 because of some sort of certificate rollover bullshit, I will (your choice) either match that donation or pay you back your donation (you will need to deal with the tax consequences), up to a total of $50,000.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
westerling@wandering.shop ("Field Full of Fireflies") wrote:

The African Translation Project could use some funding:
https://ko-fi.com/africantranslationproject

From their blog post:

- In all times and especially these times, authentic global storytelling is essential.

- There is stark near-absence of modern fiction translated from non-colonial African languages.

- New communities will be able to read these stories, written from perspectives they have not before seen, and that are not created by requiring stories to be told in English.

#bookstodon #books

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
samlitzinger@journa.host ("Sam Litzinger") wrote:

DC Man seen throwing sandwich at agent charged with misdemeanor after grand jury declines indictment

https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-sandwich-thrower-grand-jury-52b9965e2f8b419ddb952b72be978793

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nova@lunar.place ("Nova :neocat_floof_cute:") wrote:

​:neocat_up_paws:​

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

It is a trap!
https://lunar.place/notes/abz2yt8n7lp4012s

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
croyle@wandering.shop ("David Croyle") wrote:

I'm surprised that it's as high as 24%...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeneralist@med-mastodon.com ("Jennifer Hamilton, MD PhD") wrote:

I haven't seen this on a Mastodon server yet, so forgive me for linking to a different social media site: As of 3:45 Eastern on Aug 28, #CDC employees stage mass #walkout to cheer on those in their leadership who were fired or who quit in the last 24 hours:

https://bsky.app/profile/newseye.bsky.social/post/3lxicgmgb3k2a

For those not familiar with the area, folks are lined up along Clifton Rd. One of the red awnings seen in the video there is likely the building from which nearly 200 shots were fired, killing a police officer.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thorncoyle@wandering.shop ("T. Thorn Coyle they/them") wrote:

Wait a minute…

The firefighters arrested by Border Patrol while working to contain the Washington state wildfire are Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla tribal members?

Where you gonna deport these Indigenous people to, tough guys?

Fascism is truly ridiculous.

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

If you think someone spends $200 million dollars on a golden ballroom for their house that they plan on abandoning in three years you're a special kind of stupid

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
praetor@mstdn.social ("Knut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸") wrote:

Fact is, y'all....#coding is my passion. Well, #architecture. I just love the thrill of building cool things and integrating it all and see it work like a fine tuned machine. And...that's the only skill I have at 43 trying to start all over again. If anyone knows of some cool #FOSS companies looking, let me know #fedihired

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

Nora you dumb bitch

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
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 jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rvps2001 ("Russia-Ukraine Daily News") wrote:

🇫🇮🇵🇱 Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion. Restoring these natural carbon sinks could also bring significant environmental benefits.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250828-to-defend-against-russian-tanks-finland-and-poland-consider-restoring-wetlands

#Russia

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
z_everson@journa.host ("Zach Everson") wrote:

“[Bill] Pulte got his job in the administration about three years after his wife, Diana Pulte, donated $500,000 to a super PAC backing Trump. The donation was channeled through a Delaware shell company, ML Organization LLC, that Bill Pulte controlled.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/the-mini-trump-attacking-lisa-cook-had-paperwork-problems-of-his-own/

Boosted by jwz:
sjvn wrote:

Say hi to what's called the "Mar-a-Lago face," women--and men too--who deliberately have had cosmetic surgery so they can look like this. I only have one word for it: Grotesque.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DrPsyBuffy@mstdn.social ("Buffy the Psych Prof") wrote:

How did we get to a point where one person with zero medical training and a history of brain worms gets to decide whether or not we can get a vaccine?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jaykuo@universeodon.com ("Jay Kuo") wrote:

This is unsurprising but it’s important to hear it from ICE agents themselves.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jaykuo@universeodon.com ("Jay Kuo") wrote:

Grand juries in Los Angeles are also not playing along with the feds. This is incredible.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mattsheffield ("Matthew Sheffield") wrote:

Trump has ordered the installation of large posters of himself in Washington DC after directing soldiers to patrol it.

If there's anyone in your life who still doubts that Trump is a fascist, please show them this photo.

Source: https://archive.is/QDS8P