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Boosted by jwz:
arclight@oldbytes.space wrote:

@alda As a nuclear engineer, I have never been asked to show my portfolio of reactor designs I maintain in my free time, I have never been asked to derive the six-factor formula, the quantization of angular momentum, Brehmsstrahlung, or to whiteboard gas centrifuge isotopic separation, water hammer, hydrogen detonation, or cross-section resonance integrals.

There's something deeply wrong with an industry that presumes you're a fraud unless repeatedly and performatively demonstrated otherwise and treats the hiring process as a demented form of 80s-era fraternity hazing.

Boosted by jwz:
alda@topspicy.social ("Alda Vigdís") wrote:

If other jobs had the same hiring process as programming roles:

"For this sous chef role, we will only accept applicants familiar with modern cooking methods such as microwave ovens and freeze-dried Maggi powders".

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
mhoye wrote:

TIL that twice a year Hawaii looks badly rendered for astrophysical reasons.

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

Announcing Gaza Verified

https://gaza-verified.org

I’ve been having video conversations over Signal with people from Gaza who have Mastodon accounts on the fediverse in an effort to vouch for their authenticity.

This week, I whipped up a site to formalise this and to enable them to add a verified link to their Mastodon bios. Hopefully this will cut down on the amount of time they need to spend proving that their accounts genuinely belong to a person suffering through genocide and famine in Gaza and help them with their fundraisers.

The first four accounts belong to:

• @Aseelsehwel
• @NouranKhaledGh
• @joynewacc
• @mohshbair

If you want to get on the site, please contact me. See the guide for more information: https://gaza-verified.org/guide

Please share and donate to their fundraisers if you can.

Thank you!

💕

CC @palestine

#Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #fediverse #mastodon #verification

joeri_s@mstdn.social ("Joeri Sebrechts") wrote:

"Porting React code to vanilla JS, for fun!"

If that sounds interesting to you it is what I will be talking about at the Frontmania conference next month in Utrecht. More info at frontmania.com

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

noted: fixing encoding bugs with gnarly regex
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-09-05T06:10Z/

(future note: fixing regex bugs)

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
benroyce ("Ben Royce 🇺🇦") wrote:

So it's apparent to most that the statements and decisions coming out of the #US Govt are stupid

But how stupid is the #USA exactly?

Pretty fucking stupid:

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-radioiactive-shrimp-xenomorph-2124553

Attachments:

• video: Republican Louisiana Senator John Kennedy says if you eat imported shrimp you'll turn into a xenomorph from the movie "Alien"

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
AvispaMidia ("Avispa Mídia") wrote:

🚢 Italian dockworkers in Genoa are ready to take action! If contact with the Sumud Flotilla is lost for just 20 minutes, they’ll block 14,000 containers from leaving for Israel
👉 https://avispa.org/?p=120671

#GenoaSolidarity #StandWithGaza #HumanitarianAid #sumudfreedomflotilla

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

According to the media, the military operation in Gaza is set to begin next week, starting with heavy airstrikes followed by a ground invasion.

I might lose the internet in anytime next week. Please remember all of us in your prayers ♥️

#gaza #palestine

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

https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop/issues/1012

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

@Ameboid at #ArcTanGent.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Jack's Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wtfjht ("WTF Just Happened Today?") wrote:

⏭️ Notably Next: Trump’s D.C. police takeover authority ends Sept. 9; Congress has 26 days to pass a funding measure to prevent a government shutdown; and the 2026 midterms are in 425 days

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
agitprop_n_absurdity ("agitprop & absurdity") wrote:

"The United States of America is complicit in genocide."

US army veterans Anthony Aguilar and Josephine Guilbeau @cptjosephineguilbeau were forcibly removed and arrested for disrupting a Senate hearing after denouncing US complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Aguilar, a retired Green Beret and whistleblower who worked as a security guard at US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution sites in Gaza, has exposed Israeli abuses at the sites.

Attachments:

• video: 2f1c768480e079b2.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ErickaSimone ("Ericka Simone") wrote:

Unemployment rate for Black women is now the highest it’s ever been in the history of the United States. It’s bad for everyone right now… but as usual…. ESPECIALLY for Black women.

Let’s be clear. This is blatant retaliation against the #92Percent who did not, and will not ever vote for the nazi kakistocracy.

…anyone out there prepping the refugee room? Because yikes.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ildiavolorosso@sfba.social ("JWM (Joe No Se)") wrote:

ROTFL...

#StarTrek #AI

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mls14@vivaldi.net ("SouprMatt") wrote:

Trump is LITERALLY carrying out extrajudicial killings. And saying he will kill as many people as he wants, as often as he wants.

He is now liable for prosecution by the ICC. I’m not exaggerating.

Impeach him, send him to The Hague, and put him in a cell with Duterte.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/trump-drug-smugglers-military.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.jk8.rdP9.xbUfLSam-bVr&smid=url-share

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
talkingpointsmemo.com@rss-parrot.net ("🦜 TPM – Talking Points Memo") wrote:

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-is-accusing-foes-with-multiple-mortgages-of-fraud-records-show-3-of-his-cabinet-members-have-them

This story first appeared at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"US factory activity shrank in August for a sixth straight month, driven by a pullback in production that shows manufacturing remains bogged down by higher import duties tied to President Donald Trump’s trade war."

~ Natasha Solo-Lyons

#Trump #tariffs #economy #manufacturing #inflation #stagflation #taxes #groceries
/1

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-02/us-manufacturing-shrinks-for-sixth-straight-month-evening-briefing-americas

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

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check. In 1965: -42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now. -The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now. -Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jobRxiv@mas.to wrote:

Computational Scientist ACER
University Of Illinois at Chicago

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-illinois-at-chicago-27778-computational-scientist-acer/

#aimachinelearning #gpuapplication #Python #systemprogramming #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-illinois-at-chicago-27778-computational-scientist-acer/?fsp%5Fsid=2076

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TidalFlats@mastodon.coffee ("C.W. Williams 🇺🇦 🌊🇨🇦🦑") wrote:

@paul_ipv6 @dougfir @MsMerope @ai6yr #ChunderRoad
I think that breeding gigantic radioactive squid is the real missed opportunity here.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
loriemerson@post.lurk.org ("Lori Emerson") wrote:

I am trying to say something new at an upcoming AI symposium but I think all the critiques are already there in the 1960s and weirdly we have forgotten them and think "we" (ie even the anti-AI crowd) are coming up with fresh, new, important insights!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com ("Ethan Marcotte") wrote:

The workers at Kickstarter United, one of the tech industry’s first unions, are in a tough contract fight, and they’re holding a virtual rally TOMORROW. Here’s the RSVP link: https://bit.ly/ksru-rally

Show up if you can! If they win a strong contract with AI protections and a 32-hour work week, that only helps the rest of us 💖

#1u #TechLabor #TechUnions

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
otterlove@mastodon.art ("Andy P") wrote:

Tarot deck but every image includes Columbo investigating the scene or interviewing the subject

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

I don't think the reason they want to limit gun ownership by trans people is public safety. There might be a better demographic to restrict.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/09/04/quick-time-to-mobilize-the-2nd-amendment-worshipping-gun-fondlers/

jwz wrote:

Bobby Brainworms.

Who wore this rotting skin-suit best, Edgar, Dr. Channard or Dr. Pretorius?
https://jwz.org/b/ykuz

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Apple's Assault on Standards: Alex Russell dives deep into Apple's decade of harm and sabotage of the web and web standards.

https://infrequently.org/2025/09/apples-crimes-against-the-internet-community/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
AndreaPitzer@journa.host ("Andrea Pitzer") wrote:

I wrote about journalists who look away. From Maxim Gorky's shameful behavior in 1929 at Solovki and the death of George Polk in Greece in 1948, I move on to our current national crisis, which grows a little more urgent every day, despite those who continue to act as if nothing is happening. https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/see-no-evil

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

Some parts of society have always tried to downplay diseases. History has almost always proven them wrong.

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

lord knows I need some

Attachments:

• video: 21a63c1841942639.mp4