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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

Delete, Delete, Delete: How FCC Republicans are killing rules faster than ever
FCC speeds up rule-cutting, giving public as little as 10 days to file objections.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/delete-delete-delete-how-fcc-republicans-are-killing-rules-faster-than-ever/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🥐"):
adactio ("Jeremy Keith") wrote:

It’s funny because it’s true

https://youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJX3npiQ?si=UubNFW7tqzWBlwQp

🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22105

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
rayckeith@techhub.social ("Haderach C. Kwisatch") wrote:

"The crash of 2026: a fiction"

"Looking at the facts, there’s no reasonable conclusion except that US democracy is done for. But rather than face facts, I’m turning to fiction. So, here’s a story about the collapse of Trumpism, crony capitalism and the AI/crypto bubble. Fiction is a relatively unfamilar mode of writing for me, so critique (on style and structure rather than plausibility) is most welcome…"
https://crookedtimber.org/2025/08/31/the-crash-of-2026-a-fiction/

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
spoofy@infosec.exchange ("Johnathan Norman") wrote:

https://theonion.com/microsoft-employees-protest-companys-ties-to-israel/ the onion on Microsoft

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org ("Chris Trottier") wrote:

Broke my Reddit addiction—two weeks after nuking it from my phone.

What really sealed it was the Blorp app for Piefed. It runs circles around Reddit: faster, lighter, more efficient.

Even better, it just shows me what I want. No ads. No gamification. No trashy notifications. I don’t need “streaks” to remind me I exist.

This is one place where the Fediverse doesn’t just compete with Big Social—it crushes it.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
georgemonbiot.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("George Monbiot") wrote:

The body of evidence showing that when centrist parties adopt the priorities and talking points of the far right, they torpedo themselves is vast and powerful. Yet Keir Starmer's Labour Party seems determined to ignore it. A few examples in 🧵: theconversation.com/how-should-l...

How should Labour and the Tori...

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
libreleah@mas.to ("Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot") wrote:

I must say, that was the smoothest Debian version upgrade I've ever done. I updated my own personal workstation from Debian 12 to the new Debian 13 release several days ago; 13 came out in early August, but I've been so busy.

No major issues. I run a *lot* of weird shit on my machine. I usually am down for half a day when I upgrade.

I did have to re-build LXDE. Ended up just using the one from apt for now, but I normally run my own modified one built from source.

I love Debian. It's the best.

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

Automatically save every document to Microsoft’s cloud. (Yes, this is the same Microsoft that’s helping Israel carry out the genocide of the Palestinian people.)

There is ZERO reason to use a Microsoft product today unless you are forced to by work.

#BDS #Microsoft #surverillance #BigTech #technofascism https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/115132426182084126

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

This is the full cost of displacement. That is why I have not left my neighborhood yet, even though danger surrounds me every day. The cost is unbearably high, and my family simply cannot afford it. I don’t even know if I will ever be able to gather enough money just to move.

Your support could help me reach a safe place in the south. Here is the donation link:
@palestine #gaza

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

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

Good morning my friends

I'm still alive and I'll keep dreaming

Next Saturday I will take the first exam in the high school final exams (Tawjihi) after the exams were not held for two years because of the genocide.

Please keep me in your prayers :underheart:

#gaza #palestine

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

Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/01/leaked-gaza-riviera-plan-dismissed-as-insane-attempt-to-cover-ethnic-cleansing

Via @Kerplunk

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Jinjirrie ("Jinjirrie 🐈‍⬛✅") wrote:

Bernard Keane analyses Albo's genocide denialism.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/02/australia-israel-gaza-genocide-albanese-rhetoric #auspol #GazaGenocide

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
dromografos@social.dromografos.report ("Δρομογράφος") wrote:

#Flotilla headed to #Gaza leaves #Barcelona for a second time after storm delay

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-palestinians-flotilla-barcelona-thunberg-israel-war-4098322e79d6ac733cc705cbd82f75b5

A flotilla carrying activists and humanitarian aid for Gaza has left Barcelona's port for a second time after the vessels were forced to return a day earlier because of bad weather conditions.

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

Hello my friends!

All the news say that we might be ordered to evacuate to the South during this month.

We want to stay but we are thinking what if we are forced to leave under fire.

The cost of evacution to the south is unbearable. The tent price is 800-1000$. The transportation price is 600$. The land rent for a tent is around 200$. Setting up a bathroom costs more than 200$.

Please don't leave us alone. Please donate via the link in the bio and share with friends.

#gaza #palestine

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Jinjirrie ("Jinjirrie 🐈‍⬛✅") wrote:

The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has backed a resolution stating that #Israel’s actions in #Gaza meet the legal definition of the crime. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/01/israel-committing-genocide-in-gaza-worlds-top-scholars-on-the-say #ICJ4Israel

jwz wrote:

The Ancestral Sandwich of my Homeworld.
https://jwz.org/b/ykun

jwz wrote:

Minecraft model of Kowloon Walled City.

The detail on this is astounding.
https://jwz.org/b/ykul

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
yassie_j@labyrinth.zone (" :baba_yaseen: :agenderFlag: :transgenderFlag: ") wrote:

One of Britain’s favourite fictional characters is Paddington Bear, a South American creature that came to the UK illegally on a boat without any documentation and was accepted by his community

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
penwing@wandering.shop ("penwing (they/them)") wrote:

Keir Starmer, on X, has said, about our national flag (unsure which one he specifically means), that "like lots of people, I proudly have one up at home"

I'd be asking the wrong crowd here whether they have a Union Flag, St George's Cross or any of the other national flags up at home, but I do wonder just how out of touch he is... I really hope YouGov (or similar) include this question in their next polling...

#UKPol

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
TenPastTwo@mas.to wrote:

@DrEdBridges
Farage and his grifting politics wouldn't exist if not for the BBC.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
DrEdBridges@toot.wales ("Ed Bridges") wrote:

All three top stories on the BBC News app are about migration. The top story on #R4Today just now was also about migration.

Is this (as the #R4Today presenter has just claimed) the media reflecting the public’s interest, or is it in fact the public parroting back a media obsession?

Personally, I’m sick to death of this one issue crowding out everything else going on in the world. Repost if you agree.

#UKpolitics #UKpol #migration #immigration

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
TCMuffin@toot.wales ("Jayne :wales_flag:🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Flags, Farage and hotels: How the media is driving England into the arms of Reform

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-media-are-helping-reform-carry-out-flag-coup

Boosted by jwz:
tedmielczarek ("Ted Mielczarek") wrote:

I sure do love being reminded that there's a gun-worshipping cult headquartered a few miles from my house.

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

any UK freelancers know about this "Making Tax Digital" thing?

sounds like I'll be forced back into proprietary software next year 😡

Boosted by jwz:
Viss wrote:

Boosted by jwz:
tankgrrl@hachyderm.io ("💀 𝓕airchild 💀") wrote:

Your periodic reminder that ICE is only 22 years old and created as a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, turning the previous agency which was largely regulatory in nature into the militaristic kidnapping machine we have today.

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

@carlmalamud One wonders if a Presidential Medal of Freedom can be seized to satisfy a court judgement.

Boosted by jwz:
Krime@todon.eu ("KRIME") wrote:

Of course you do, it’s a rhetorical question

Boosted by jwz:
RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

"Decolonize"
@Krime sticker spotted in Corfu, Greece

Boosted by jwz:
petabites@mastodon.world ("petabytes") wrote: