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jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Remember that from this administration's point of view, what is happening to the CDC is a feature, not a bug

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UncleDuke1969@universeodon.com ("Uncle Duke") wrote:

sometimes all it takes is a little subtle messaging to improve your pet’s behavior

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Alice@beige.party ("Alice McFlurry :bc:") wrote:

Oh, look. I somehow made the song even worse.

Attachments:

• video: Terrible USO-style song called "Who put that pickle in my new Ferrari?" along with a backdrop of a very intentionally poorly generated Photoshop AI image of a pickle driving a Ferrari across an American flag.

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Alice@beige.party ("Alice McFlurry :bc:") wrote:

I can't stop wandering around the house singing made up songs in the style of a campy 1940s USO performer, so please let me know if you want a sneak peek at my inevitable hit single titled "Who put that pickle in my new Ferrari?"

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W6KME@mastodon.radio wrote:

ATTN all hams within the sound of my voice...just about two weeks to go until the Second Annual Ham Radio μExpo at Cal State University Channel Islands, brought to you by the #BoredNetGroup. Everyone's welcome, it's nothing but a hangout for hams to show off the stuff they like to do. No vendors. No industry. No charge for attendance. No charge to exhibit. Six bucks to park a car.

Our first year turned out to be a blast, and I expect it will be this year too.

http://www.theborednet.net/index.php/ham-radio-expo-to-be-held-on-september-12-2025/

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ahihi@anticapitalist.party ("pulusound") wrote:

there was a post in a group chat about that Copilot garbage theyre adding to Excel so i spent a while setting up this photo and posted it saying "i dont think i got the update yet" but everyone just ignored me. so idk maybe you will enjoy it

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

Ohm ohm on the range… in Oklaohma

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mzagaja ("Matt Zagaja") wrote:

I don’t think the intrinsic thesis of “technology can accelerate the impact of non-profits (or gov) that wants to do good) is wrong or broken. But COVID + rising home prices meant many experienced tech folks left the City of Boston. Seaport and Kendall Square may seem like tech hubs but as far as I can see and tell most of the people going into the office are working in product management, sales, etc. and the individual contributors in tech are working from home.

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DanadasGrau ("Dana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝‍♂️") wrote:

@paninid one of my coworkers was complaining about getting hours cut. I told her it is because of Trumps tariffs. We work for a big retail chain. They can’t cut prices but they can make labor cuts.

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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

This Labor Day, we stand together for a country that puts working families before billionaires.

Find an event near you: https://bit.ly/3Vm59ED

Don't see one in your area? Host your own! https://bit.ly/4oOLzhQ

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nnedi@mas.to ("Nnedi Okorafor") wrote:

A tired exhausted but still strong reminder:

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

Emacs keyboard

https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor/114980523565581576

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NanoRaptor@bitbang.social ("Nanoraptor") wrote:

Ohmelette

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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

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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

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jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴") wrote:

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

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

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

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

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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).

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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croyle@wandering.shop ("David Croyle") wrote:

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