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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha Jay") wrote:

Met Police boss complains about being told to deal with floppy protesters. Felt relevant somehow.

#UK #UKpolitics #UKpol

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

on (grand) jury nullification: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/us/trump-dc-national-guard-grand-juries-crime.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.j08.PQg0.TozJJ0EAVJ9G&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

“democracies’ military occupations of regions within their national borders… occurred for a range of reasons, and often started out suppressing violence, but they ended up provoking or exacerbating widespread civil unrest, political violence and terrorism.”

I fear a military move into Chicago will result in violent resistance.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/opinion/trump-chicago-national-guard.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.j08.Yu--.pEOnUxGa6yqx&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

@Aseelsehwel @NouranKhaledGh @mohshbair @palestine A quick announcement that I’m very excited about: @joynewacc and I are going to run Gaza Verified together now and we’ll both be present during the video chats.

I’ll update the site as soon as I can to reflect this.

Thank you so much for volunteering to help in the middle of everything else, Joy. You’re amazing :)

💕

#GazaVerified #Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #fediverse #mastodon

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

Blue Bird Bar: We are henceforth known as Nazi Central.

Folks: See you all at Blue Bird Bar tonight!

Nazi Central: We said we’re Nazi Central now! We’re literally fascists!

Folks: Ah, Blue Bird Bar, it’s so lovely here… why would anyone ever want to leave?

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

@SearingTruth I’m confused, when exactly was America known for saving children?… Was it during the Native American genocide, during slavery, during segregation, while dropping atomic bombs on civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during its invasion of Vietnam, while murdering over half a million civilians in Iraq… when exactly was it?

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële"):
gotosocial@superseriousbusiness.org ("GoToSocial") wrote:

Hello everyone!

We've just made a bugfix update for #GoToSocial v0.19.x, here's v0.19.2 Most Seditious of Sloths:

https://codeberg.org/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/releases/tag/v0.19.2

This release does exactly one thing compared to v0.19.1: we fixed an issue with interaction policy parsing that made GtS users unable to reply to people on instances that use the canQuote interaction sub-policy (such as the newest Mastodon code).

The release is specifically for people on v0.19.x or below. If you're already on latest main / snapshot / nightly or whatever you want to call it, stay there.

Please read the release notes carefully for instructions on how to update to this release.

As with v0.19.1, the release contains trans + queer pride flags in the footer HTML. If you need to remove these because you're in a place where it's dangerous to show such flags, there's a way to do so in the migration notes.

Thanks for reading!

Ps. v0.20.0 is still a few weeks out, we just wanted to get this bugfix release out now because Mastodon will be updating to use canQuote soon, and we didn't want people's interactions with folks on Mastodon to break.

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

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
thecontinent@mas.to ("The Continent") wrote:

All Protocol Observed.

Welcome to Issue 212 of The Continent.

We join more than 250 newsrooms in 70 countries blacking out front pages in solidarity with journalists in Gaza.

Read Ansam al-Kitaa’s despatch from Gaza City: https://bit.ly/212%5FTC

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

The biggest lie you were ever told is that the world needs CEOs or presidents or whatnot. That some privileged clueless asshat – and it’s usually a guy – needs to make the “hard decisions” that the everyday people who keep things running and actually know shit are apparently incapable of making because they might just make them in ways that benefit their communities and humanity at large instead of playing some psychopathic and self-destructive zero sum game with all our futures. Fuck ‘em. Fuck the lot of ‘em. Oh, you’re a “leader” are you? Fuck you. The world doesn’t need you or your toxic bullshit. You’re worse than useless.

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële"):
Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de wrote:

@supernov Many creators and developers on our platforms choose to use @Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/

That way, they're not bound to all-in-one packages. Nor are they forced to use Codeberg until the end of time if their needs change.

https://docs.codeberg.org/integrations/liberapay/

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

“The gates of hell are now opening” – who said it best, Satan or the Israeli defense minister?

To the morally-vacuous West: these are the monsters you call your friends and allies. Hang your heads in shame, you decaying husks of humanity. This is your genocide every bit as much as Israel’s. And it will haunt you forever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Llrz3O8TPM

https://mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApartheid/115156067587282984

#Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #israel #genocide #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
EndIsraeliApartheid ("End Israeli Apartheid") wrote:

Israel has bombed a high-rise building in Gaza City -- as its defence minister warns: 'the gates of hell are now opening' in Gaza.

The targeting of the multi-storey tower is part of Israel's large-scale assault to seize control of the Strip's biggest urban centre.

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Gaza City.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Llrz3O8TPM

🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
arendleejessurun@musicians.today ("Arend (they) 🏳️‍⚧️🍉") wrote:

It's #BandcampFriday, and I want to remind folks that I'm giving away proceeds from this EP to families and individuals in Gaza, thanks to gazafunds.com and now @aral's Gaza Verified project. You can name your price, or you can download for free and give some money to someone in Gaza yourself. :) I hope these songs will renew your hope that one day Palestine will be free.

https://arendleejessurun.bandcamp.com/album/two-anti-war-songs

#FreePalestine

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
nicod@diaspodon.fr ("Nicod, The Fediverse Dude") wrote:

@webetcaetera Très bonne initiative, belle utilisation d'un réseau social, bravo @aral

J'ai donné un peu à chaque, mais ensuite je fais une recherche, et je lis que : « Ces derniers jours, le kilo de farine a atteint 60 dollars, tandis que les lentilles peuvent être vendues jusqu’à 35 dollars le paquet. » 😨
Bon, chacun de ces comptes a plusieurs contributeurs par jour, même les petites sommes comptent.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
codeismycanvas@universeodon.com wrote:

All set up for this weekend's Sandia Heights Artists Studio Tour in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It's the one in-person show I do with my algorithmic and fractal art. If you're in New Mexico this Saturday or Sunday, stop by and say hi!

https://sandiaheightsartists.com

#arttour #sandiaheights #newmexico #albuquerque

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

¡Me complace anunciar https://writes.casa/!

¡Se trata de una plataforma de escritura anónima y minimalista!

Con:

• Temas semanales para inspirar textos cortos de entre 300 y 1000 caracteres.
• Revelaciones diarias de los escritos del día anterior que crean momentos literarios colectivos a las 6 UTC.
• No es necesario crear una cuenta, solo firmas opcionales.
• Contenido multilingüe (subdominios en alemán, inglés, español y francés, y pronto habrá más).
• Fuentes RSS para lectura lenta.
• ¡Compatible con SmolWeb!

#SmolWeb
#Escritura
#Fediverse
#Literatura
#Anónimo
#Privacidad

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

Ich freue mich, https://writes.casa/ ankündigen zu dürfen.

Dies ist eine anonyme, minimalistische Schreibplattform!

Mit:

• Wöchentlichen Themen als Inspiration für kurze Texte mit 300 bis 1.000 Zeichen.
• Täglicher Veröffentlichung der Texte des Vortags um 6 Uhr UTC, wodurch kollektive literarische Momente entstehen.
• Keine Kontoerstellung erforderlich, nur optionale Signaturen.
• Mehrsprachige Inhalte (de, en, es, fr Subdomains, weitere folgen in Kürze).
• RSS-Feeds für langsames Lesen.
• SmolWeb-kompatibel!!!

#SmolWeb #Schreiben #Fediverse #Literatur #Anonym #Privatsphäre

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

The Gangsters -- The Gangsters

Early 1970s instrumental jazz-funk, the group recorded four tracks, then disbanded shortly after, and the tapes languished in a closet for decades. But now you can buy them, and you should, because they're excellent.

https://thegangsterspdx.bandcamp.com/album/the-gangsters

#BandcampFriday

Boosted by jwz:
Viss wrote:

are graffiti artists ok?

Boosted by jwz:
spocko@mastodon.online ("Spocko") wrote:

No truer meme was ever memed.

Boosted by jwz:
gknauss ("Greg Knauss") wrote:

The Washington Post Editorial Board fully supports the new Department of Fuckin’ Shit Up, just as it fully supported the previous Department of Not Being a Total Pussy.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
old_angry_queer@girlcock.club ("🏳️‍⚧️ mascs with straps") wrote:

"So F*** It, Unfold" by Kelly Boymer

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
benbrown@masto.hackers.town ("bentendo") wrote:

This Neuromancer-inspired album is free today:

https://disposableplanet.bandcamp.com/album/the-color-of-television

Boosted by jwz:
xyla@shitpost.trade ("xyla 🐀📈") wrote:

Boosted by jwz:
evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

Can't believe the US federal government finally has a Department of Gwar

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

@briankrebs God, I though we were past this nonsense.

Perhaps Mr. Mitchem might want to include in his essay a summary of Oregon's data breach notification statute, which quite possibly applies in this situation, and which could create some nontrivial obligations and liabilities for the university.

https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors%5F646a.604

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:

#StreisandEffect

Copying an archive.is link of this OregonLive.com story because it probably deserves more attention and is behind a paywall:

"A former University of Oregon undergraduate who says he discovered a significant security flaw in the college’s computer network and twice reported it to university officials faced a disciplinary hearing as a result."

"Physics major Owen Mitchem said he was able to inadvertently access confidential information, including the Social Security numbers of more than 3,500 public university employees around the state, last fall, including of the university’s president and its football coach, the highest-paid public employee in the state. He says the breach should have been a wake-up call for the university to tighten its online security."

"But according to an email the university provided to The Oregonian/OregonLive in response to a public records request, the university’s associate dean of students, Dianne Tanjuaquio, concluded that Mitchem’s actions violated the school’s policies on “acceptable use of computing resources.” She required him to write a 750-word essay reflecting on the situation; if not completed, he could face a suspension of his student account, preventing him from registering for classes or changing his course schedule."

"Mitchem says he was just searching in Microsoft Teams for some budget figures for the physics club he ran when he stumbled across a spectrum of university financial documents, visible via files on SharePoint, a Microsoft tool that can be integrated with Teams. They seemed harmless at first glance, he told The Oregonian/OregonLive, but not something his student email permissions should have allowed him to view."

"Mitchem alerted a physics department grants technician and assumed the wide access would be quickly corrected. He later found out that the technician hadn’t alerted the university’s information department, meaning that unbeknownst to him, the IT department remained unaware of the security lapse, Mitchem said via email."

https://archive.is/rG2KG

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

Instead of 32 bits going straight into retro-computing (e.g. with Linux & Firefox ditching it), maybe we should keep it alive as some kind of "alternative mainstream", given the insane availability of hardware and the fact that it's both fast enough for most purposes and not that hard to backport anything but the most wasteful "modern" softwares. That's a "permacomputing" I could get behind, instead of the cold war computing cosplay.

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

It's Book Club day at freethoughtblogs tomorrow! We'll be discussing what we learn by reading about unreal societies.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/09/05/the-ftb-podcast-tomorrow/