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

From 1958 through 1980, this incongruous four story (82 foot) monolith was the centerpiece of the "Almaden Air Force Station", a long-range radar site that was part of NORAD's SAGE early warning system. The blast-hardened concrete building served as the platform for an FPS-24 radar system, a massive 120 foot wide reflector that emitted a 5 megawatt VHF pulse, continuously rotating at 5 RPM.

Notoriously, the powerful radar signal disrupted TV and radio reception throughout the San Jose area.

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

This is a stitched imaged made from two shifted side-by-side captures with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR-Digaron-W lens and a Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50) on a Cambo WRS 1250 camera, shifted left/right +/- 15mm, producing a 230MP final image.

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

AN/FPS-24 Radar Tower, Mt. Umunhum, Los Gatos, CA, 2024.

All the pixels, with no interference to TV reception, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53796724938

#photography

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
vkc@linuxmom.net ("Veronica Explains") wrote:

Sooooo my vintage-computer-themed band (with Action Retro and The Taylor and Amy Show) just put out our first record.

It's on Bandcamp. It happens to be Bandcamp Friday. It happens to be $5.

https://thestopbits.bandcamp.com/album/return-from-interrupt

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
darius@friend.camp ("Darius Kazemi") wrote:

Ok this is funny, I was reading Today in Tabs and it ended with a link to the story about the Browser Company sale, punctuated by a link to and excerpt from my 2014 satirical talk about how to innovate and get rich

Article: https://www.todayintabs.com/p/thursday-longreads

My talk: https://youtu.be/l%5FF9jxsfGCw?si=JJvU67XogbUC1KUs

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

“Everyone who cares about Israel’s future must understand that what is at stake is not only lives but also the very idea of Israel itself. If we continue on this path and take permanent control over Gaza, nothing will remain of the fragile vision of a liberal democracy that once defined this state. Under a reckless nationalist-populist government that denies the limits of its own power, Israel has no sustainable future.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/opinion/israel-defense-forces-reservists-gaza-refusal.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.jk8.-V7X.CJKvQ0Hm9BL%5F&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:

Text of New York's COVID vaccine executive order is out. Anyone age 3+ (no underlying conditions necessary) can get a COVID shot at any pharmacy.

- For the first time, pharmacists can prescribe vaccines off-label to anyone age 3+

- It expands pharmacists’ authority to administer vaccines to children under 18

- It allows physicians and nurses to prescribe and give orders for pharmacies to administer COVID vaccines to anyone age 3+

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
prolrage@todon.nl ("Proletarian Rage") wrote:

Long live Palestinian Resistance.
p/v @redfrog

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

Folks, if you see a link to Gaza Verified (gaza-verified.org) on a profile, make sure that the link has the verification badge (in the apps) or is green with a check mark (on the web app).

So, in other words, please verify that the link is actually verified.

More info on how verification works on Mastodon: https://joinmastodon.org/verification

You can also look on the site and make sure you see the account that is linking to the site is listed there.

(I just got word that scammers have already started adding non-verified links to the site. These people… the lowest of the low. Actually stealing from people who are trying to survive famine and genocide. I have no words.)

#GazaVerified #fediverse #Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestine

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
poligraf@mastodon.online ("Christopher Stewart") wrote:

« … condemned Israel’s mass killing, starvation, and dehumanisation of Palestinians… »⁣⁣⁣

🔗 · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6JheHgXW-Y

#Palestine #ceasefire #FreePalestine @palestine⁣⁣

🕊️ 🇵🇸 🍉 🙏🏻 ✌️ ☮️

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
irishphoto@mastodon.ie ("Peter Cavanagh") wrote:

I oppose the US backed Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people.

I condemn the people of Israel who support and perpetrate the murder and slaughter of their neighbours in Palestine.

I am prioritizing stopping an active genocide above all other issues.

This is the most straightforward moral issue of the 21st century. If you oppose this genocide, you are right, and anyone who disagrees with you is wrong.
It really is that simple.

#gaza #genocide #palestine
#israel #IsraelTerroristState

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

De bonnes inspirations pour cette première semaine de #WritesCasa

https://fr.writes.casa/fr/2025/week-36/

Le thème is "Les mathématiques du désir" jusqu'à dimanche soir

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

Great inspiration for this first week of #WritesCasa :-)

https://en.writes.casa/en/2025/week-36/

The theme is "The mathematics of longing" until Sunday evening.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
spaf@mstdn.social wrote:

To think -- some of us spent all that time and effort in school studying science, history, and math. We thought deeply about ethics and society.

Now, our government and businesses are run by the kids who cheated on all the exams. Our law enforcement and defense are run by the kids who skipped class to drink behind the bleachers. And our health care and science policy are run by the people who ate the crayons.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Strongly agree with a good 3/4 of this by @pluralistic:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/03/unpunishing-process/#fucking-shit-goddammit-fuck

The best outcome would have been for Chrome and Android to have been spunt out into non-profits, endowed with the cash Google has been paying Apple to avoid any more competition across apps/search/web.

It has not helped matters that neither the DOJ, nor most civil society orga, could see through private equity-adjacent market logic to understand the public interest in these software projects. Big own goals.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
chriswere.wales@rss-parrot.net ("🦜 ChrisWere.Wales") wrote:

(Not yet) 50 games that have influenced me

chriswere.wales/posts/(not-yet)-50-games-that-have-influenced-me

This list is a work in progress where I’m listed 50 games which have had a substantial impact on my life. This isn’t necessarily an endorsement of each of these games, but rather a project of personal reflection. I’ll flesh out this list over time, but…

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

Wow, who was president the last time we lost jobs?

Also that guy they hired to replace the guy they fired? So fired.

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

Forgot the link to donate! lol

https://stjude.omg.lol

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

I used to ask for help every Tuesday to provide food for my family for a week. I haven’t been able to do that recently because I’ve been trying to raise funds to move. I would be incredibly grateful for any support now to help provide food for my family.

Thank you so much for your kindness and support!
@palestine
Donation link:
https://chuffed.org/project/138285-help-sehwel-family-with-their-medical-treatment

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

Couple of 2025 @robb + omg.lol St. Jude Relay fundraiser updates:

1. We’ve raised nearly $6,500 so far, which is incredible! Thank you to everyone who has given! 🥳

2. Over the weekend, three auctions will go live on https://bids.lol for three very awesome single-letter addresses. 👀

3. The general omg.lol lifetime upgrade offer is still live, but it will come to a close soon (probably within the next few days). If you wanted to upgrade your existing address to lifetime, you can still do it (for now)! https://home.omg.lol/addresses 🤩

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Had missed this, by @SaraSoueidan, and it's lovely:

https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/css-scrollspy/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stepheneb@ruby.social ("Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm)") wrote:

@jsonstein

No paywall: https://archive.ph/Ltrtg

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faraiwe@mstdn.social ("Faraiwe") wrote:

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa:") wrote:

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
ricmac ("Richard MacManus") wrote:

The latest issue of Web Technology News is out: https://webtechnology.news/wtn-5-how-cloudflare-is-both-ai-police-and-ai-booster/

As usual, there are 3 sections:
- web platform
- open social web
- Web + AI

Fedi folks mentioned: @marypcbuk, @slightlyoff, @jensimmons, @tomayac, @boris, @conno_r, @box464, @pfefferle, @Sarahp, @scottros, @sia (who gets the coveted 'one more thing' spot).

It's a weekly newsletter, all about web tech, and subscribe options are: email, RSS, Mastodon @feed, Bluesky. Email subscribers can leave comments, blog-style.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
grouchox@freeradical.zone wrote:

Ein Kollege in der Science Fiction. Sitzt im Hafen von #Vigo, der auch eine Verbindung mit den Erkundungsreisen der frühen Moderne hatte - also Star Trek auf Booten.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
GRA3432@mastodon.world ("Sozan") wrote:

@aral they gave 10 minutes warning. There must have been thousands of people in the Mushtaha tower.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
divya@sunny.garden ("Dr. Divya 🍉 offline") wrote:

يرجى إضافة حملة جمع التبرعات الخاصة بك على الموقع: https://lifeline4gaza.com

يوجد في أعلى الموقع نموذج لتقديم حملتك. هذا مشروع يقوده فلسطينيون من أصدقاء موثوقين. (عذرًا لاستخدام الترجمة التلقائية)

@palestine

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

Fuck Israel.

And fuck anyone who supports Israel and its ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. https://mas.to/@Aseelsehwel/115151489183391783

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

The tower was completely destroyed.
@palestine

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• video: The tower was completely destroyed.