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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

St Jude update 🚨

We've hurtled past $6k already, so we're about $600 away from $40k lifetime raised which is incredible.

The next sticker is from @adam and it's the Neato logo on StickerApp's pixie dust finish which is bloody lovely 👌

$20 gets you the stickers https://stjude.omg.lol/

And one more thing...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Chigaze@mstdn.ca ("Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦") wrote:

It's been incredibly inspiring to see the tributes from indigenous actors to Graham Greene. To hear about how much he mentored and inspired them has been humbling.

#Canada #Indigenous #GrahamGreene

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mweagle@hachyderm.io ("Matt Weagle") wrote:

Organizations may eventually increase capacity after an adjustment period, but cognitive work doesn’t lend itself to perfect substitutability of production inputs.

“The idea that new technology can be introduced as a simple substitution of machines for people-preserving the system though improving the results-is a persistent oversimplification fallacy: the substitution myth. In actuality, adding or expanding the machine’s role changes the cooperative architecture and changes the human’s role “

https://www.humanfactors.lth.se/fileadmin/lusa/Sidney%5FDekker/articles/2002%5Fand%5Fbefore/WoodsDekker2001.pdf

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KrissyKat@hoosier.social wrote:

Malort is ready for the invasion.

https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/s/m3Y0WZYaZo

#chicago #uspol

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mweagle@hachyderm.io ("Matt Weagle") wrote:

“The most critical insight is that expecting immediate productivity gains without investing in learning infrastructure creates a paradox that undermines the very benefits organizations seek.”
https://rdel.substack.com/p/rdel-108-what-distinguishes-developers?publication%5Fid=1786386&utm%5Fcampaign=email-post-title&r=23ox6&utm%5Fmedium=email

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Doug_Bostrom@scicomm.xyz ("Doug Bostrom") wrote:

This oughta really wind up the wingnuts.

"Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring1,2. Here, we report a shift from this norm in Messor ibericus, an ant that lays individuals from two distinct species. In this life cycle, females must clone males of another species because they require their sperm to produce the worker caste. As a result, males from the same mother exhibit distinct genomes and morphologies, as they belong to species that diverged over 5 million years ago. The evolutionary history of this system appears as sexual parasitism3 that evolved into a natural case of cross-species cloning4,5, resulting in the maintenance of a male-only lineage cloned through distinct species’ ova. We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle."

#formicidae
#ants

@futurebird

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09425-w

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
br00t4c wrote:

Retired Green Beret thrown out of Senate hearing after shouting at lawmakers

#MelindaHildebrand #OilWealth #Disruption #GenocideClaims #CapitolPolice

https://www.rawstory.com/senate-foreign-relations-committee/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("More Abstract Popehat") wrote:

Summarily killing a boat full of suspected illegal migrants rather than summarily killing a boat full of suspected drug dealers lowers the approval rate with the American populace from maybe 35% to 25%.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o4h5r2albulagzxvhp634tof/post/3lxxvhq7kdc2x

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

WATCH — Sen. @ossoff.senate.gov : "It's been extraordinary to see the Speaker of the House reduced to lying in order to cover up sex crimes.” He adds that RFK JR. must resign.

Attachments:

• video: 4dea95e14ad6fd02.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EuromaidanPress ("Euromaidan Press") wrote:

NASA FIRMS data show Ukraine probably struck two Russian radar sites inside Rostov Oblast on 4 Sept—hitting the “Navigation of the South” hub and a former Soviet air defense base.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/04/ukraine-just-knocked-out-two-more-radars-inside-russia-rostovs-airspace-gets-blinder/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
FluentInFinance ("Andrew Lokenauth") wrote:

BREAKING: The US now has more unemployed Americans than job openings for the first time since April 2021.

In July, the US had 7.24 million unemployed people and 7.18 million job openings.

Meanwhile…

60% of recent graduates are unemployed and cannot find jobs.

Tells you everything you need to know.

Expect the unemployment rate to rapidly rise from here on out.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
brianbilston@mastodon.online ("Brian Bilston") wrote:

Here’s a short poem called ‘On Falling for a Meteorologist’.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
trib@aus.social ("Stephen Collins") wrote:

Why even are these people? We need a new Labor excuses tea towel that’s even more of an indictment than the previous one.
#auspol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-03/labor-to-water-down-information-laws/105729886

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
antlerboy ("Benjamin P. Taylor") wrote:

Special Issue of Information Technology & People (Emerald) on Coding society. Programmatic encounters between information systems and social theory (Luhmann linked – Dr Steffen Roth) https://stream.syscoi.com/2025/09/03/special-issue-of-information-technology-people-emerald-on-coding-society-programmatic-encounters-between-information-systems-and-social-theory-luhmann-linked-dr-steffen-roth/

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up”

https://mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the-shovelware-why-ai-coding

> but also so far AI appears to slow me down by a median of 21%, exactly in line with the METR study

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
adachika192@hcommons.social ("AK") wrote:

Israel’s Attacks on Seed Banks Destroy Millennia of Palestinian Cultural Heritage | Truthout (2025-09-03)

https://truthout.org/articles/israels-attacks-on-seed-banks-destroy-millenia-of-palestinian-cultural-heritage/
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>> This summer, Israeli bulldozers rolled through the West Bank city of Hebron with ruthless efficiency, targeting not soldiers or weapons caches, but something deeply vulnerable: Palestine’s only surviving national seed bank.

>> Within hours of the bulldozers’ arrival on July 31, 2025, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees’ seed multiplication facility lay in ruins — its propagation materials scattered, its infrastructure demolished, and with it, generations of Palestinian agricultural heritage reduced to rubble.

>> … #ecocide functions across temporal scales. The destruction of seed banks eliminates not just current agricultural capacity, but future possibilities for food sovereignty …

#WestBank #StopGenocide #UAWC

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
TheGentleKlingon@mastodon.art ("The gentle klingon") wrote:

:boost_ok:

So, it was my birthday recently. And I don't usually publicly declare it because I don't like attention and I don't think it's that big a deal.

But this year I want to do something I saw a mufo do on their birthday, which I thought was alright, and gave me a good reason to share my birthday on here.

My birthday request is for you to donate whatever amount you can, if at all you can, to the Gaza Giving Circle. More info at the link. Thanks! 😊💛

https://chuffed.org/project/hope-giving-circle

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
edendestroyer@chinwag.org ("EdenCrowdFunder") wrote:

Mohammed Shobair @mohshbair , is a 22 years old Palestinian Electronic and Electrical Engineer. He used to love spending time with his friends and family of 6, and to his own admittance - was obsessed with sunglasses. He used to work part time as a cleaner in a sweet shop to support his family as he studied. Life for him and his family wasnt easy but it was simple and peaceful. They no longer have a home to go back to as it was completely destroyed. He has gone into great details into his daily struggles and life in his chuffed campaign. If you can't donate, read it through and share it with people:

https://chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
edendestroyer@chinwag.org ("EdenCrowdFunder") wrote:

Aseel Sehwel and her family seek to evacuate from Gaza and find a safe place for the family members' urgent medical needs (that could save their lives if attended to). The father of the family has serious kidney problems and needs urgent surgery. They've been displaced countless times throughout the genocide. Their home has been terribly bombed in North Gaza and they can't go back south as that is something they've been warned against.

Adeel's verified chuffed campaign:

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

Her fediverse account: @Aseelsehwel

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
edendestroyer@chinwag.org ("EdenCrowdFunder") wrote:

Farah, or as she's known around here as Joy, is a palestinian author with a verified fundraiser. She likes to write and share stories and poems with her followers on social media (her fundraising campaign on chuffed has some of her writings as well). She is working on a book that goes into details of how she has survived living in a war-ridden world and has survived through the current genocide.

Her verified chuffed campaign:

https://www.chuffed.org/project/evacuate-joy

Her fedi account: @joynewacc

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
edendestroyer@chinwag.org ("EdenCrowdFunder") wrote:

Nouran is an 18 year old palestinian surviving the genocide with her family of 9 members. Before the genocide, Yosef, a sibling of Nouran used to be one of the most reputant upwork worker (among the top 3%) as a Marketing Specialist. He was also the primary breadwinner of the family, alongside Ibrahim. The genocide has cost Yosef his contacts, and astronomical inflation has made it impossible to survive. She regularly hears the overwhelming sound of tanks and drones closing in, as she has recently posted on her fediverse account.

Nouran's verified chuffed fundraiser:

https://chuffed.org/project/121561-urgent-help-for-ahmads-family

Her fediverse profile: @NouranKhaledGh

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
edendestroyer@chinwag.org ("EdenCrowdFunder") wrote:

Under this post, in the replies, there are stories of Palestinian people on the fediverse (as verified by @aral) fleeing the genocide, and how you can help them survive through the artificially created famine (by Israel) and violent (and immensely expensive) displacement, look at the replies to this post down below, I will keep updating this thread and post it regularly.

Feel free to drop some money into their campaigns, and share this thread with your friends. Feel free to copy paste this thread as well.

Tags: #GTFOmyState #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Palestine #Gaza #crowdfund #crowdfunding #fundraiser #fundraising #genocide

Boosted by jwz:
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

Things were better when computers lived in their own rooms, which you only went into sometimes.

Boosted by jwz:
zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

so the founder of the federated blogging platform Ghost is one of the AI bros that’s tricked themselves into thinking the slop machine makes them 10x more productive in spite of all evidence to the contrary

if your site’s built on Ghost, it might be worth checking how much of the code you’re relying on is slopcoded https://john.onolan.org/.ghost/activitypub/note/751e39e3-365e-4398-830b-7cdf7ceb2882

edit: since Ghost links don’t seem to work properly, it’s John’s post in this thread https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/115142592402628516

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
prime@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Brian") wrote:

(re) Started my Linux journey today. Last time I used Linux was around 2005.

It has come... a very long way in 20 years lol.

I can't believe how smoothly everything is running. So fast. Everything works. My bluetooth mouse, my Xbox controller, my webcam, my bluetooth headphones.

No enshittification, no copilot, no ads. Just feels like a pure "this is my computer" experience so far.

I bought a brand new Lenovo Thinkpad for this, and have already deleted Windows 11.

#linux #windows

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:

I swear Halloween comes earlier every year.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:

When your code works but no idea how

Attachments:

• gifv: A mini train getting off tracks but bump back on it via the wall

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

Keir Starmer is the puppy a billionaire never had as a child.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
PoliceStateUK@mastodon.me.uk ("Police State UK") wrote:

"If there is a defining mark of Keir #Starmer’s administration, it is immediate capitulation to powerful lobby groups, especially corporations and billionaires. This is what explains the otherwise inexplicable: its planning policy, tax policy, competition policy, deregulation policy, AI policy, food policy, its plans to reboot private partnerships in the #NHS, its banning of #PalestineAction."

#UKPol #Labour

https://www.monbiot.com/2025/09/03/greening-the-desert/

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

Good morning.

It is Thursday the 4th of September, 2025 and Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.