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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
mohshbair ("Mohammed from Gaza 🍉") wrote:

If you have any leads whatsoever, please send them my way. A field, a warehouse, a hangar, a single room in a bigger apartment… We’ll pay rent.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
mohshbair ("Mohammed from Gaza 🍉") wrote:

I don’t want us to die in Gaza, please. Where are we going to go? This is too hard.

God is enough for me.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
mohshbair ("Mohammed from Gaza 🍉") wrote:

We transported all of our belongings out of Gaza City and into the south of the Gaza Strip, in Khan Yunis. However, we still haven’t found a solution for a place to live. No plot of land, no apartment, no room, no space. There’s a young child with us. So for the time being, we’re back in Gaza City, up north. The city the Israeli army ordered everyone evacuates in the next couple of weeks.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
mohshbair ("Mohammed from Gaza 🍉") wrote:

I swear I’m under so much constant fear and stress and anxiety and exhaustion, I’m numbing out.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
mohshbair ("Mohammed from Gaza 🍉") wrote:

Thank God, I am fine. We have moved our belongings, furniture, and bedding to the south, but we are looking for land and plans for a site to live in.

My phone is running very low on battery and I don’t know where to find electricity here, we’ll talk later, lots of love my dear friends.

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

Today
My new account on BlueSky has been closed again and today I announce that I will not return to / share any of my poetry on that dark place which does not respect freedom of expression nor the sensitivity of me being a #Palestinian suffering from #genocide. Unfortunately, another shame is recorded on them.

#Gaza #Palestine #genocide @palestine @aral

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

bro, have you considered, you're prompting it wrong?

https://mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/is-the-llm-response-wrong-or-have

people write this stuff

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële"):
StmpAch@social.cologne ("StmpAch 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

#Ally

jwz wrote:

yt-dlp is back to only downloading SD videos again. Last time, this fixed it:

--extractor-args "youtube:player_client=default,web_safari,web_embedded"

But no longer. Anyone got a working incantation?

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

https://www.dnalounge.com/gallery/2025/09-05/

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Ella: Dept. Of GWAR -- Ketel One Cucumber Mint vodka, lime, sugar, soda

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• gifv: bff9e24061fbb00d.mp4

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink special for after life Street Cleaner: miasma and humours -- Bacardi Chile mango, sour, soda and grenadine.

Attachments:

• gifv: 81c32f3dc662e265.mp4

Boosted by jwz:
hubba_hubba_revue ("Hubba Hubba Revue") wrote:

MONDAY! – STAR TREK BURLESQUE!

T I X: https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/09-08d.html

Monday Night Hubba celebrates the BIRTHDAYS of both STAR TREK & our pal, Drew, with an ALL STAR evening of crafty Klingons, risque Romulans, & Gorgeous Gorn galore! Get your TICKETS now at @dnalounge -- Doors 8:00PM, Show 9:00PM!

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

:prami_happy: Three exclusive single-letter omg.lol lifetime addresses are now live on https://bids.lol!

They are: @a, @l, and @x. The winning bidders get the full omg.lol bag of goodies for each, for life.

This year, I’ve changed the way the auctions work. We’re now using a sealed-bid second-price auction format, also known as a Vickrey auction. With this format, all bids are private and the winning bidder pays the second-highest bid amount. This encourages people to pay whatever they think the addresses are worth, and it avoids bidding wars, sniping, and the pressure to spend more than you might otherwise spend. I think it will work much better for these auctions!

Bidding is open through noon EDT on September 14, though that could be extended by another week depending on how things go. And as always, half of the proceeds from these lifetime addresses will go directly to the St. Jude Relay fundraiser. ❤️

Happy bidding! 🥳

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
loriemerson@post.lurk.org ("Lori Emerson") wrote:

oh stop it, C.P. Snow, with your charming, slightly self-deprecating critique of "computer gadgets" from 1964!

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
timbl@w3c.social ("Tim Berners-Lee") wrote:

Thank you to The Observer for this thoughtful review.

“Berners-Lee is clear-eyed about the benefits and the dangers. This Is for Everyone contains some very sharp thinking about what we need to do now.”

We must fight for the web we want.

https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/nick-clegg-and-tim-berners-lee-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-internet

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

Aviation nerditry: Trump flew into LGA today for the US Open via one of the 757s ("C32A") in the executive fleet serving as AF1, instead of a more usual 747 (which can't safely use LGA's 7000 foot runways). When they use a 747 for visits to NYC, AF1 generally lands at JFK. But they're presumably using LGA for its proximity to Ashe stadium.

A KC-135 tanker is currently circling NYC, which is the normal practice. A tanker always accompanies AF1, to be available for emergency in-flight refueling.

Boosted by jwz:
angiebaby@mas.to ("Angie") wrote:

Weird how all the people who said, "Not everyone who disagrees with you is a Nazi" all turned out to be Nazis.

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

A decade ago, early stage investor @ganeumann wrote a piece reflecting on Carlota Perez's work on technological revolutions:

https://reactionwheel.net/2015/10/the-deployment-age.html

On the next Oxide and Frienfs, Jerry joins @ahl and me to reflect back on the piece (and its coming-decade predictions) -- as well as take a look at the current technological frenzies and what they may (or may not!) portend. Join us, 5p Pacific on Monday:

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1414332272622047332

Recorded and syndicated as always:

https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/

Boosted by jwz:
mathowie@xoxo.zone ("Matthew Haughey") wrote:

I loaded up the CVS app to find their only store with an updated Covid-19 vaccine is 60 miles away in Vancouver, Washington four days from now.

RFK Jr. is a fucking murderer.

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

I post this mostly as a reminder to myself that it wasn't that long ago that the rule of law and the constitution prevailed. I hope it will again soon.

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

This was captured with the Rodenstock 90mm/5.6 HR-Digaron lens (@ f/6.3) and about 10mm of vertical shift to maintain geometry.

Four and a half years ago, a group of insurrectionist losers sacked this building in an attempt to overthrow the US Government and prevent the transfer of power to a newly elected president. They got frighteningly close to succeeding.

This photo was made about six months later; some of the physical damage from the attack remains visible here.

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

US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, 2021.

A quorum of pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51221569646

#photography

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

Just updated Gaza Verified to reflect that @joynewacc and I are running it together now :)

https://gaza-verified.org/

Thank you, Joy, for doing this with me in the middle of everything you have to deal with. You’re amazing!

💕

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

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

North Korea’s elites banded together to kiss the knee of Kim Jong Un this week.

Attachments:

• video: 30a3262fcdda6e52.mp4

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

Remember: He's not even qualified enough to be a quack

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/05/robert-f-kennedys-nephew-calls-resign

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

“Humanitarian zone” my ass.

Israel has forfeited the right to claim any moral position related to humanity given they lack it entirely. Oops, it”s kinda what happens when you commit genocide. (You know Israel is committing genocide, right? Do you live under a rock? Are you a genocide apologist and thus complicit in genocide? No. OK, so you know that Israel is committing genocide.) https://todon.eu/@b9AcE/115048764598296632

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
JdeB@climatejustice.social ("JdeB [216.91 ppm]") wrote:

#Gaza #WreckedSleep

Imagine being so tired, you sleep through bomb blasts in the very relative safety of an already blasted car.

'Exhausted Palestinian girl sleeps in destroyed car" [ ± 1-3 min]
by trtworld

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hYxVzwwuh7w

Quote by trtw:
"Aug 30, 2025
Amid the ceaseless sound of Israeli drones overhead and the lack of safe shelters in Palestine’s Gaza, a young girl finds a fleeting moment of refuge in a destroyed, overturned car and falls asleep."

#NeverAgain #STOPtheGenocide
#JUSTICEforHindRajab #JUSTICEforRifaatRadwan
#LIFEfor#Netanyahu#Gallant#Gvir#Smotrich

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
stephie_hamburg@norden.social ("stephie :betterpride_flag:") wrote:

»The Hind Rajab Foundation announcesit has formally submitted a criminal complaint before the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Greece, against Major Yair Ohana, an officer of the Israeli armed forces. Ohana served as a company commander and logistics officer in the Givati Brigade’s 432nd Infantry Battalion “Tzabar”, one of the core units deployed in the genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people in Gaza. Mr. Ohana is now visiting Greece as a tourist.«
https://www.hindrajabfoundation.org/perpetrators/no-safe-haven-hrf-seeks-prosecution-of-israeli-war-criminal-yair-ohana-in-greece

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

At least 19,424 children have been killed in Israeli attacks over 700 days of genocide in Gaza, the equivalent of one child every 52 minutes.
Among the victims are 1,000 infants under the age of one.
As relentless Israeli bombardment, forced displacement, and #starvation continue, warnings grow louder: nowhere in the enclave is safe for children.

“Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children,” said #UN Secretary-General António Guterres as early as November 6, 2023.

According to the latest death toll update by the Palestinian Health Ministry, children in Gaza account for more than 30 percent of the deaths as Israel’s #genocide entered its 700th day on Friday.

“Consider that for a moment. A whole classroom of children was killed, every day for nearly two years,” #UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told the UN Security Council. https://qudsnen.co/?p=64342

#Gazagenocide #Palestine #IsraelWarCrimes #ethnicCleansing #IsraelTerroristState #warcrimes #MassExtermination #IndustrialExtermination
@israel @palestine