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

Streaming some div with Drew
http://twitch.tv/ChrisWere

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪡"):
vale@fedi.vale.rocks ("Vale") wrote:

I think @db hits the nail on the head with ‘Why should I work for free? Sure, I get to improve the web, but why shouldn’t I profit when those companies do?’.

https://dbushell.com/2025/09/08/trillion-dollar-elephants/

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

A young man who has blood streaming from his head, pictured at the #PalestineAction demo, sat March 6th
In the background, there are the bloodied knuckles of a police officer.

There is an insta reel below showing the whole incident, whereby you can see this officer punching his way through the crowd, clearly lost it

https://mastodon.online/@Geri/115163420589598777

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

If your government tells you that everyday citizens are terrorists, you might be living under fascism. https://mastodon.online/@Geri/115162976145463345

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊") wrote:

We go live to Apple explaining to a Regulator that it has many browsers in its iOS App Store, so cannot possibly be thwarting competition.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
agitprop_n_absurdity ("agitprop & absurdity") wrote:

“I'm on the right side of history, I'm peaceful, I'm non-violent. I'm not a threat to anybody. I come with food and baby formula. Is that a problem?”

Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc, a British pro-Palestine activist and veteran campaigner, told Middle East Eye that the Global Sumud Flotilla mission is both legal and moral. She said she joined the flotilla to break the siege of Gaza, deliver aid to Palestinians, and to be on “the right side of history.”
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• video: 8e319da7ccb671c4.mp4

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
FediTips@social.growyourown.services ("Fedi.Tips") wrote:

Okay, some really bad news but also a suggestion for a way forward.

The Guppe groups domain name was sold by their registrar before they could renew it. This means all Guppe groups are broken, and their web addresses point to a spam blog 😞

However, there is another group provider called FediGroups, you can find out more on their site:

➡️ https://about.fedigroups.social/home

FediGroups has features that Guppe never had, including private groups.

(More info about #Guppe situation: https://github.com/immers-space/guppe/issues/118 )

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

I’m in urgent need of a living kidney donor. Sharing this post could help save my life. Even if you’re not able to donate, just passing this along can connect me with someone who might be my match. 💚

Learn more here: https://nkr.org/PZG643
#KidneyDonation #LivingDonor #OrganDonation #ESKD #ChronicIllness #DonateLife

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

Also a huge warning: friends don’t let friends register .pe domains.

> This ccTLD's rules allow anyone to buy the domain 12 days before it expires.

https://github.com/immers-space/guppe/issues/118#issuecomment-3265015461

#fediverse #warning #TLD #domains #peTLD https://mastoart.social/@artmin/115167724873401080

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
H4Heights@mstdn.social ("H4Heights 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦") wrote:

“the British government had reached “peak complicity in genocide” in allowing Israeli arms makers to exhibit, a decision that she said allowed “companies to market their genocide-tested weapons” to international buyers.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/protests-expected-as-51-israeli-arms-makers-among-exhibitors-at-london-trade-fair

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

I’ve started compiling a list on the Gaza Verified guide page of Mastodon instances that have publicly stated that they are sympathetic to the Palestinian plight and are a safe space for Palestinians:

https://gaza-verified.org/guide/

If you run a Mastodon server where Palestinians can feel safe creating an account without fear of it being shut down without reason, please reply to this post and let me know and I’ll add a link to your instance on the page.

Also, please take a look at the accounts on Gaza Verified and help them out if you can. Things are worse than ever with Israel forcing yet another displacement and destroying even more of Gaza in its ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

https://gaza-verified.org

Thank you!

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalenstine #fediverse #Mastodon #solidarity

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

We’re now urgently looking for a solution to accommodate the 8 of us in a place that’s not about to be carpet bombed. There’s my parents, my 2 brothers, my sister (she’s pregnant), her husband, my nephew, Khamis, who’s 4 years old, and me.

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.

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• 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.