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

"Since returning to the White House in January, President Trump has dismantled the American government’s efforts to combat foreign disinformation. The problem is that Russia has not stopped spreading it.

How much that matters can now be seen in Moldova, a small but strategic European nation that has since the end of the Cold War looked to Europe and the United States to extract itself from Moscow’s shadow." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/business/russia-disinformation-trump.html

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

'President Trump, speaking to reporters before he departed the White House for the U.S. Open on Sunday, addressed his alarming social media post Saturday that invoked his newly rebranded Department of War and included helicopters, billowing flames and the Chicago skyline. Asked whether he was “threatening to go to war with Chicago,” Trump said: “We’re not going to war. We’re going to clean up our cities.”' https://www.nytimes.com/by/erica-l-green

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georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Very interesting. https://www.comicsands.com/incels-confess-regrets-former-behavior?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=infeed&utm%5Fcampaign=linkprogram

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

"This rail project in Seattle was financed by the 2021 infrastructure bill that Mr. Trump vehemently opposed"

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/07/multimedia/07NAT-Trump-signs-04-wzqp/07NAT-Trump-signs-04-wzqp-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp

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

Soon, the babies will all fly away.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/09/07/weve-got-lots-of-monarch-caterpillars-but-not-for-long/

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

me backtracking through early game Silksong areas

(before getting absolutely murked by a single bug)

Attachments:

• gifv: Christian Bale (as Patrick Bateman) wearing headphones and walking with confidence

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AskNick ("Nick Francesco") wrote:

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selzero@syzito.xyz ("Deniz Opal") wrote:

They are outright mimicking Nazi propaganda.

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

Today in History: James Fenimore Cooper born in Burlington, NJ, 1789

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

Today in History: Queen Elizabeth I of England born, 1533

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

Today in History: Brazil declares its independence from Portugal, 1822

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

Today in History: Warren Zevon dies in Los Angeles, California, 2003

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

Today in History: Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a drug overdose, 1978

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NouranKhaledGh ("Nouran 🍉") wrote:

Good morning my friends

I have successfully completed the biology exam :underheart: 🙏

Wish me luck😍

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NouranKhaledGh ("Nouran 🍉") wrote:

I want to scream. I want to cry. Words no longer help. Nothing can describe our miserable life. We have no strength left. Everything here drains us.

We just want a normal life! Nothing else

#gaza #palestine

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NouranKhaledGh ("Nouran 🍉") wrote:

We still love the life and have a hope to survive. We can't survive without your help my friends. We rely on your help to secure our basic life requirements and to secure transportaions and tent in the case of evacuation.

Please my freinds donate and share my family's compagin.

Lots of love from my family :underheart: 🇵🇸

https://chuffed.org/project/121561-urgent-help-for-ahmads-family

#gaza #palestine

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joynewacc ("Joy") wrote:

In the middle of July
I sold the most precious necklace to my heart, the one my grandma gifted me the moment I first saw the light outside my mom's womb. It hung around my neck for 22 yrs. We were in the midst of a severe famine,& after numerous attempts to find a bit of cash to avoid starving, we made the decision to sell it.With it's money,we bought a little of lentils & chickpeas,enough for a meal to last just one day.

Whenever I see pic of myself wearing it, my eyes well up w tears:(
#gaza

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linuxgnome@todon.eu ("Expel Hotovely 🇵🇸 ☮️") wrote:

@aral @SANKOFAB @joachim @palestine @lebanon @yemen @blackmastodon

Make sure that people realize that Costa Coffee is a subsidiary of Coca-Cola.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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/

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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

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kaleb@haugenh.us ("⁂ Kaleb") wrote:

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#Fediverse #Podcast #PeerTube #Hosting #Blog

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N4JAW@mastodon.radio ("Jim "Ham on a Bike"") wrote:

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

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BrianJopek@mastodon.world ("Brian Jopek") wrote:

😁

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AskNick ("Nick Francesco") wrote:

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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

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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