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

👷‍♂️ Digging into ancient omg.lol billing code for a special secret thing.

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

@ravelin No. For reasons I explained in the thread you didn't bother to read.

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

I believe Judge Sooknanan was woken up at 3am today with an emergency motion in this case, and is still going strong holding the government's feet to the fire. In the middle of a holiday weekend.

I'm sure she's delighted.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/post/3lxqgan2zik2j

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

Cicadas are out in full force here right now. It sounds like UFOs are landing outside.

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

@dangillmor the major news outlets - who have ample resources and expert sources available to know full well that this is not some borderline, unsettled edge case - are committing journalistic and societal malpractice here. (As usual).

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

By the way, a not entirely obvious, but very useful, heuristic I use when I’m trying to figure out if someone is genuinely engaging or a troll/bot is their post count. 30,000 posts with an account created 6 months ago with 45 followers? Uh, no thanks.

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

I’ve got a very itchy block-button finger today, FWIW. Life’s too short.

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

This thread brought to you by someone who researches and teaches election stuff at a still-somewhat-reputable school.

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

Finally, the federal government has no role in actually running US elections. States do that (usually via counties). So there is no one subject to this order in a position to follow it.

There are plenty of things to worry about with Trump. The legitimate power of the presidency is already vast, and he constantly pushes at its edges to abuse the office further still. But this “order” is just empty blather on his part, not something that he has any ability to actually implement or require.

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

It's also worth noting that the measures he calls for - voter ID, no vote-by-mail, etc - are nothing new. He and others have long advocated for them, and some states already implement versions of them. So everything in this "order", which has all the legal force of a "suggestion", is also old news.

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

Also, “Executive Orders” are not laws. They’re orders to the executive branch of the federal government. If you don’t work for the executive branch of the federal government (say, for example, you’re a state election official), presidential executive orders don’t apply to you.

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

Now, Congress might well be able to legislate some or all of the things in Trump’s putative elections order. And the current Congress has been generally compliant with Trump’s legislative wishes, so it’s not out of the question that they might advance a bill with provisions along these lines, or that some legislatures might do the same. But no executive order can require them to do so. It’s meaningless.

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

And this is not some borderline edge case. It’s addressed directly in Article I of the Constitution. See https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript this and other fun facts about how our government is organized.

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

Just for the record, Trump can’t do this. The Constitution is very clear that the “times, places, and manner“ of elections for federal office are determined by individual states (though can be altered by Congress).

The president simply has no role in US elections (except to sign into law or veto whatever election-related bills that congress might pass).

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

Look, Jeff Atwood, it is difficult to take you seriously when you write authoritatively on a subject you clearly don’t understand.

GDPR doesn’t mandate cookie notices.

Cookie notices are *malicious compliance* by the surveillance-driven adtech industry.

If you’re not tracking people, you do not need a cookie notice, period.

If you’re only using first-party cookies for functional reasons, you do not need a cookie notice, period.

If you’re using third-party cookies to track people – i.e., if you’re sharing their data with others – then *you must have their consent to do so*. Because, otherwise, you are violating their privacy. Even then, the law doesn’t mandate a cookie notice.

How would you conform to EU law without a cookie notice if your aim wasn’t malicious compliance?

You would not track people by default and you would make it so they have to go your site’s settings to turn on third-party tracking if, for some inexplicable reason, they wanted that “feature”.

Boom!

No cookie notice necessary.

What’s that?

But that would destroy your business because your business is founded on the fundamental mechanic of violating people’s privacy?

Good.

Your business doesn’t deserve to exist.

Because the real bullshit here isn’t EU legislation that protects the human right to privacy, it’s the toxic Silicon Valley/Big Tech business model of farming people for data that violates everyone’s privacy and opens the door to technofascism.

https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/115120175033311443

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

POSIX: "Filesystems should behave like this."
APFS & ZFS: "Hold my non-case-sensitive, transactional, snapshot-capable beer."

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

"This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone."

A fascinating historical anecdote about cryptography (totally readable by non-experts).

https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/79371/this-telegram-must-be-closely-paraphrased-before-being-communicated-to-anyone

#history #cryptography #enigma #wwii

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

surprising result, to me, was I went with jekyll. it feels like the yaml config + front matter is the most agnostic, and the layout/include model seemed easiest for me to explain to a second maintainer. huh! 2025!
https://tech.intersects.art/@xor/115023085710038885

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

Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers to make sure everyone will still have access.

Boosted by jwz:
dreamwidth.org@bsky.brid.gy ("Dreamwidth Status") wrote:

Reminder that we will begin geoblocking connections from Mississippi tonight, plus new news: we must also temporarily block signups from users under 18 from Tennessee. dw-news.dreamwidth.org/44774.html

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adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële") wrote:

Tomorrow, I will introduce you to an anonymous, minimalist writing platform!

With:

• weekly themes to inspire short texts of 300–1,000 characters.
• Daily reveals of the previous day's writings that create collective literary moments at 6 UTC.
• No account creation required, just optional signatures.
• multilingual content (EN/FR subdomains, with more to come soon).
• RSS feeds for slow reading
• SmolWeb compatible!!!

#SmolWeb #Writing #Fediverse #Literature #Anonymous #Privacy

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
nsmsn@social.lol ("Nick Simson") wrote:

Infomercial time:

My Mastodon instance, social.lol is part of a fun small web product offering called omg.lol. During the next month, we're participating in a fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. https://omglol.news/st-jude-2025

You can in fact power your online presence with a fun omg.lol web and email address for $20 a year. I happen to use it (with a custom domain) for a little link-in-bio style page at https://nsmsn.co (but that's just me)

I spent a little bit of time writing up how I'm using (or not using) every little feature in case you're been curious about what you get with a membership. Published on my primary website: https://nicks.im/posts/2025-how-i-omglol.html

I'm also proudly sponsoring an annual membership, if you want a fun home on the web but can't afford the annual fee for any reason. https://home.omg.lol/info/sponsorships

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

Unlike the boring company's hole these futuristic almost trains can run in two directions at once. They are also still worse than trains in everyway a lesson learned in the 70s

I think they are cute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vca3EF4C5xU

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ieure@retro.social ("yaml nitrate") wrote:

Report from the World's Longest Jeans

Boosted by jwz:
ErikUden@mastodon.de ("Erik Uden 🍑") wrote:

i hope all the people who had endless debates with me in 2021 about how NFTs are the future and not just some grift bubble feel... something. like, are you okay, man? how have you been???

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

Before you add an AI-generated image to your blog post, have you considered saving even more time and just putting “YOU CAN STOP READING NOW” in 120 point text

Boosted by jwz:
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

The headline here is that

(1) the increasingly authoritarian US government demanded that Google suppress videos serving the public interest because those videos are embarrassing to government officials, and

(2) Google readily over-complied with that request, deleting not just the videos but the entire channel.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/fda-official-youtube-videos

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

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state needs to do this!

Boosted by jwz:
attoparsec@clacks.link ("Matthew Dockrey") wrote:

Now THAT is a comprehensive set of warning icons!

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
greenpeace ("Greenpeace International") wrote:

If trains are the greener option, why are we basically being punished for choosing them?

The difference in trains vs planes ticket prices isn’t a coincidence, it’s the result of a transport system that rewards pollution.

Learn more: https://act.gp/460kBvh