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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
toxi@mastodon.thi.ng ("Karsten Schmidt") wrote:

Having just finished a 1-year consulting contract myself, my own list of restrictions for future jobs/consulting is very similar:

- will not work on adtech/surveillance/weapons
- will not knowingly make world worse and/or abet genocides
- will not be forced to use vibe coding (or will explain cost implications)
- prefer to work in the open
- prefer remote only
- flexible with time zones (last role was for a company in LA, -9h)

https://mastodon.cloud/@AccordionGuy/115159184286484121

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green ("Gerry McGovern") wrote:

@cbzo Indeed. Working in tech for 30 years, one of the first things I learned was that in most IT projects, humans are seen as the problem to solve. The underlying philosophy of tech is to replace problematic humans. AI is a natural progression of that thinking.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
RadicalAnthro@c.im ("Radical Anthropology") wrote:

Reported in insulting terms by both BBC and Guardian, this was a moving powerful determined interethnic, intergenerational demo. People were down on the grass for seven hot hours in the sun while the predatory police circled like wolves to pick people off. Once scooped up, they faced a slow, shuffling walk 2-3 hours along Millbank, stiff and sore after the sitting. Then got loaded in vans that needed holding patterns like planes 3-4 hours before they could find cells to put us in.

Arrested at 8:30pm, I didn't get to a cell till 4:30 the next morning! Never such a gruesome arrest.

Why wouldn't we shout 'Shame on you' to these police following the orders of the more than complicit and corrupt government? But there was also dialogue and banter between officers & arrestees both coming from all corners of England and Wales, with outbursts of song flooding along the moonlit Embankment. Human.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
RadicalAnthro@c.im ("Radical Anthropology") wrote:

Just released on bail after having the honour to take part in one of the finest #civildisobedience mass actions I ever saw! The blue lady in the vid is a close friend and our own Mark is key organiser of the beautiful #Holocaust survivor banner, which stayed resolutely till after dark.

#PalestineAction #StopGenocide

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/06/police-make-arrests-at-london-palestine-action-ban-protest

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

It's come to this…an American president declaring war on the American people.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/09/07/an-american-president-wants-to-declare-war-on-the-american-people/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
algorithmwatch@chaos.social ("AlgorithmWatch") wrote:

Join us for an exclusive talk with @Mer__edith, President of the Signal Foundation, on reclaiming privacy in the age of AI.

Date: 25 September 2025
Time: 6:30 (CET) | Online

More information on the event and how to participate here: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/exclusive-with-meredith-whittaker/

Moderated by:
@spielkamp Co-founder and Executive Director, @algorithmwatch & Maria Exner, Artistic Director, @publix

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kaleb@haugenh.us ("⁂ Kaleb") wrote:

TIL that @peertube offers audio only transcoding a plus an RSS feed. This means your vlog can double as a podcast!! As a podcast lover and fediverse fanatic, this is big news!! Podcasting with PeerTube

If you’ve been thinking of trying a new video platform and want an easy way to get started I highly recommend checking out @fedihost They offer the cleanest most user-friendly experience in found for managed hosting at a great price. Get $20 with code HaugenHus

#Fediverse #Podcast #PeerTube #Hosting #Blog

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
N4JAW@mastodon.radio ("Jim "Ham on a Bike"") wrote:

5 miles into sunrise a 30 mile round trip #hamradio #amateurradio #pota #parksontheair activation

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BrianJopek@mastodon.world ("Brian Jopek") wrote:

😁

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AskNick ("Nick Francesco") wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
design-law.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Sarah Fackrell") wrote:

Unbelievable. One tiny mention, below the fold, under a headline about a parade. Nothing about the massive protests. The news judgment here is appalling.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jszy2fvtipwprnjhe7pxytfv/post/3lyajwpqapd2c

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
design-law.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Sarah Fackrell") wrote:

If the Trib needs photos, the AP has 'em

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/post/3ly7lrpqpos2l

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

occupation of Chicago by federalized troops will result in violence. a military confrontation with citizens & an excuse for further militarization is being created by Herr Trump.

https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/chicago-protest-photos-ab99f57029057aa9919be802f85876c2?link%5Fsource=ta%5Fbluesky%5Flink&taid=68bce7365102e60001ac08a6&utm%5Fcampaign=trueanthem&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=bluesky

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AskNick ("Nick Francesco") wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeridansky@sfba.social ("Jeri Dansky") wrote:

Who but Alexandra Petri would write an article entitled Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children?

"Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow.

"If we lose herd immunity, we will bring back diseases that had formerly been eliminated, and some children who would otherwise have been protected will perish. But no price is too high to pay in this pointless war against decades of lifesaving science."

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/florida-vaccine-children-mandate/684110/ or https://archive.vn/JQdAkhttps://archive.vn/JQdAk

h/t @jay

#uspol #Florida #vaccines #RFKjr

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
noelreports@mstdn.social ("NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦") wrote:

Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko inside the damaged part of the Cabinet of Ministers building in Kyiv, which was attacked by Russian drones.

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

What Bernie says!
Shame on Schumer, Jeffries, Gillibrand, Hochul.
Bernie Sanders Assails Democrats for Not Endorsing Mamdani https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/nyregion/bernie-sanders-zohran-mamdani.html?smid=tw-share

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

most difficult enemy in Silksong: my hubris

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

@aral We all knew they were doing it, and we know all the big companies in Nazi Germany did the same thing, but watching it on video sure is something else.

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

Folks, just a quick heads up: I’m in touch over Signal with Mahmoud from the “Help Mahmoud Family” accounts you might have seen contacting you.

Like you, I was hugely suspicious of them due to the many accounts and automated spam-like messages (I also reported and had one of them taken down as a scam).

It’s looking to me now like this was more of a misguided (and understandably, given the circumstances) desperate attempt to get help.

I ask that we keep an open mind and offer Mahmoud and his family the benefit of the doubt.

Here are the steps we’ll be taking with Mahmoud going forward to try and fix this and give him a proper introduction to Mastodon and the fediverse and hopefully rebuild trust:

1. Joy and I will meet Mahmoud for a video chat next week.

2. Once we’re happy, I will contact a friend who runs a Mastodon server to ask that Mahmoud is allowed to set up his one (and only Mastodon account there). This way, we will also know that the account will be safe in the future.

3. Mahmoud has already agreed not to use automated messages in the future.

I will update you about the state of things next week, after our video conversation.

https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115162189104716836

#Gaza #fediverse #Mastodon

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
spinach@girlcock.club ("Saffron🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Well, I just got laid off from my job. If anyone needs a talented embedded systems engineer or hardware engineer with strong experience in video hardware, send me a message with details of a job opening and I can provide a CV. Remote work preferred, but I can work anywhere in central Minnesota. Boosts welcome and encouraged.

Boosted by jwz:
davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:

An aquifer under the sea? Let’s use it to water alfalfa for feeding cows.

https://apnews.com/article/freshwater-expedition-ai-501-cape-cod-5d62cae0f040d369b16d8400202f0a88

Boosted by jwz:
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Reuters bends knee to China dictatorship and removes video of Xi and Putin talking about changing out body parts.

Presumably lots of people have copies, so it's important for them to post them promiscuously -- and if possible anonymously -- to boost Streisand effect.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/reuters-withdraws-xi-putin-longevity-video-after-china-state-tv-pulls-legal-2025-09-06/

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

@Helpmahmoudfamilia100 @rififi54 OK, I understand and I am, of course, willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.

The problem is that the behaviour of creating multiple accounts and sending automated messages is *exactly* the behaviour that scammers have been using in the past here. And a lot of trust has been lost because of it and it impacts every person from Gaza who has a Mastodon account and is trying to survive by using it. Including my friends on gaza-verified.org who I will do anything to protect.

Please get a Signal account and add me using my handle: aral.42

We can set up a time next week there when Joy and I can talk to you.

But, as I said, a lot of reputational damage has already happened so we will have to work hard to fix that as I do not want it negatively impacting Joy or the others.

I hope we can fix this and I hope that you and your family are safe.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Helpmahmoudfamilia100@troet.cafe ("Help Mahmoud Family 🙌🍉🍉") wrote:

@aral @rififi54
You need to understand me.
I am a computer engineer from Gaza.
I created an automated posting program, and Mastodon allows these permissions; it is not a bot in terms of posting rules.
This was the only method that worked for me to raise donations.

Secondly, I tried to create an official account on the main server, but it is still suspended.
I also created an account on mas.to, but unfortunately, it was blocked in less than an hour.

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

@Helpmahmoudfamilia100 @rififi54 I am sorry but your accounts are displaying bot-like behaviour. I’m being contacted by different accounts (eg., also https://mas.to/@Mahmoudgaza95/115161820335606921). Another account with the same fundraiser was on troet.cafe and had hundreds of automated posts and also linked to gaza-verified.org without permission.

I see three possibilities:

1. The campaign is real but there is someone else creating bot accounts on the fediverse either in a misguided attempt to help or to discredit it as a scam.

2. The campaign is real and you are using bot accounts and creating lots of different accounts to promote it.

3. The campaign is fake.

In case of #2 and #3, we cannot add you to gaza-verified.org.

#3 is obvious. #2 I will document today on the site. People who create multiple accounts on multiple servers and use automated posts to spam hundreds of people will not be verified. This behaviour is scam-like and reduces trust and makes it difficult for Palestinians who are here interacting personally to get help.

If it’s #1, I am willing to try and help you but you must understand that a lot of trust has been lost already because of the behaviour of these accounts and we will be very skeptical in how we proceed and there will have to be lots of reputational damage that will take time to fix *if* (a) my friends in Gaza and I can verify that you are who you say you are (b) these other accounts are closed and only one account on one server remains and (c) if it does not engage in bot-like behaviour by spamming hundreds of people with automatically-generated posts.

My first and only priority here is to protect my friends in Gaza who are on Gaza Verified and others from Gaza on Mastodon and the fediverse who are being negativity impacted by the current behaviour of the accounts that link to your fundraiser.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
danielholt@mstdn.games ("ohanditdidntgo") wrote:

https://www.independent.co.uk/politics/farage-reform-mps-second-jobs-tice-anderson-gifts-b2819953.html?utm%5Fsource=reddit.com

Interesting reporting from The Independent about just how much money the anti-establisment party is currently raking in when compared to the rest of the house.

I'm sure the Reform lot will take this information on board and let it influence how they feel about the party going forward...

Right?

#UKPolitics #ReformUK

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

Ever with my finger on the technological pulse, I've written about the 41 year old xterm.

https://friendo.monster/posts/xterm-is-good.html

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
isaac@hachyderm.io ("Isaac") wrote:

If you use Linux, this is your final boss.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
1kmadleenfr ("Thousand #Madleens to Gaza FR") wrote:

✊ 🍉 🫶 Video de soutien de Thousand Madleens To Gaza à la Global Sumud Flotilla

#breakthesiege #freepalestine
#1000madleens #globalsumudflotilla

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