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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
outer@mas.to ("Dave Muth") wrote:

This gorgeous photo of a southern dumpling squid, nicknamed Priscilla was a winner in the Australian geographic nature photographer of the year awards. The photographer, Peter McGee, took the photo in Sydney, Australia. It was published this Friday in The Guardian.

#Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Cephalopod

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

“One of the dynamics of the past 10 or 15 years of American politics has been a profoundly irresponsible Republican Party — a party that has almost completely abdicated any serious attempt to govern — being bailed out by a Democratic Party that, rightfully, I suppose, feels an obligation to govern the country.

The effect of that, in terms of the message it sends to the public, is that there are no costs involved in electing anti-government maniacs. "

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/opinion/democrats-shutdown-congress-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=highlightShare

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
astrid@tiny.tilde.website ("แอท-ทริด") wrote:

is there a study of the total ecological impact of a device having a usb-c socket and charge circuit and lithium battery, vs, needing a pair of AAs every six months

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

“already having profound effects on communities by increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves, wildfires, drought, floods and other extreme weather.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/climate/wright-energy-offshore-wind-turbines.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

“…that O’Keefe’s agenda now appears to include targeting the Trump administration over an alleged cover-up of the Epstein files is indicative of the growing right-wing backlash to the administration’s efforts to block the files’ release.”

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/epstein-files-redaction-hidden-camera-doj-rcna229348

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
davep@infosec.exchange ("David Penfold :verified:") wrote:

Old bill with a detection dog stopped me at Mile End. Copper said "My dog tells me you're a drug user". I said "You're the one with the talking dog".

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