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

I understand that women don't want to date men who listen to Joe Rogan, which means this would be a very fine time for me to launch a podcast called ALL THINGS KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
samhenrigold@hachyderm.io ("sam henri gold") wrote:

new web stack: NERF

No JS
Excel as the database
Rawdogging HTML
FTP deployment

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

Spoiler: no it's fucking not

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/08/trump-epstein-signature-birthday-book

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

My mother and I were preparing breakfast when a bombardment happened near us. We stopped for a while, looked at each other for a few seconds, and then continued what we were doing. This is what a year and more than a half of genocide does to you.

#gaza #israel #genocide

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

Thanks to every single person and to all the unsung heroes who were a part of providing food, medicine, and rent for my family. I am also extremely grateful for all the gifts that I have received in support of my writing and poetry journey. I am proud of you, and I am proud to have you as part of my campaign🌷

I still want you to remember that I am going through difficult #genocide & that I am trying to provide a decent life for my mom & siblings.💗

#Gaza #palestine

https://www.chuffed.org/project/evacuate-joy

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Aseelsehwel@mas.to ("Aseelsehwel🇵🇸") wrote:

I used to ask for help every Tuesday to provide food for my family for a week. I haven’t been able to do that recently because I’ve been trying to raise funds to move. I would be incredibly grateful for any support now to help provide food for my family.

Thank you so much for your kindness and support!
@palestine
Donation link:
https://chuffed.org/project/138285-help-sehwel-family-with-their-medical-treatment

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

@owa For more background on all of this, see @owa's post from last year:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/interop-2025-must-drop-secret-vetos/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

So, is the UK's rail network now just a deposit scheme? Pay exorbitant ticket price, but reliably claim it back when train is inevitably very late or cancelled?

Seems like a silly way to run a business, but what do I know.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
bascule@mas.to ("Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri🌹🦀") wrote:

Real life Succession is over, and Kendall , the “eldest boy”, has won.

So much for any hope of Fox News getting fixed.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn825x71g4do

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

Quite a pair of headlines there on the Ars Technica homepage.

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

the reason Linux is so resistant to viruses is that all malware, upon sensing it's on a Linux box, becomes self aware and decides to pursue a more meaningful career in opensource development 🙃

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

I hope @ZackPolanski gets active again on Mastodon. Or at least updates his bio. lol.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

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

The Epstein birthday book is out. It doesn't reveal much, but it does list a lot of people no ethical person would want to associate with.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/09/09/epstein-had-some-weird-and-creepy-friends/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjh1jOJZAaY

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

@owa We (Edge) would very much like to stop having to build parallel dashboards like this because Interop fails to capture the most pressing developer needs:

https://microsoftedge.github.io/TopDeveloperNeeds/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

@owa It has been truly bewildering that participants who know better have supported this, and have given air cover to the demand by Apple that no party even be able to disclose what they *supported*. Let 2025 be the year the secrecy ends.

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

“Where is the line?”

The line should have been at colonisation. But it wasn’t.

The line should have been at ethnic cleansing. But it wasn’t.

The line should have been at apartheid. But it wasn’t.

So now we are forced to draw the line at genocide.

And still, you ask “where is the line?”

So, instead, I ask you: where is your humanity?

#israel #colonisation #settlerColonialism #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

@owa Not every proposal can make it in, and Interop already has one massive cut line in the form of multi-engine support as a threshold for entry. But when only one vendor pushes back, we deserve to know that.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Sakhergaza13 ("SakherGaza1") wrote:

This is me. My name is Sakher, and I’m from Gaza.
For nearly two years, I’ve been living through war, destruction, and loss.
I lost my home. I lost people I love.
Now I’m just trying to survive — and help my family survive too
There’s no food. No water. No safety
Every day feels like a fight against time
Even $5 can make a difference
Please don’t scroll past this
https://gofund.me/f116bf44
#Gaza #SupportGaza #HelpSakher #DonateNow #MutualAid #LetUsLive #StopTheGenocide #CeasefireNow #freepalestine

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

It's that time of year again: time to support @owa's call to end secret vetoes of Interop proposals. Web developers should at least know *who* is pushing cuts to the web's most effective "TODO" list, if not why. Show your support (politely) here:

https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop/issues/888

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

Israel continues to terrorise Palestinians as it pushes ahead with its genocide.

Please help Nadeen and her family escape death.

They are being displaced again and need your help to afford transportation and shelter.

#Gaza #Palestine #fediAid #GazaVerified #israel #genocide #FreePalestine https://mastodon.social/@Dr%5FNadeen98/115173694005591090

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Dr_Nadeen98 ("Dr.Nadeen") wrote:

Today, September 9, 2025, I am addressing you here from northern Gaza. Leaflets have been dropped on us again that our area has become a dangerous combat zone. We must head to southern Gaza as quickly as possible. I ask for your urgent help. I need the displacement costs of $3,000 (transportation $1,000, tent $1,000/room, bathroom $500, monthly land rent $200. Your urgent help may save my family of six
Link to help me ⬇️
https://gofund.me/0c7537d4e
@aral
@BlackAzizAnansi
@palestine #gazaverified

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

What point are we at, they ask, “bible denial?”

My dude, you are talking to a literal atheist.

Yes, Israelis are colonisers. And it appears that Wikipedia agrees with me. With citations.

Your book of fairy tales does not justify Israel committing *genocide* in Palestine. You know why? Because nothing does, that’s why.

You may now fuck off.

And if you have a problem with any of this, you can block me and my instance, @admin, and good riddance, if so, as I do not associate with people complicit in genocide.

#israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine https://tooot.im/@lax/115173607208797902

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

Please help if you can. https://mastodon.social/@mohshbair/115173285466014275

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

You cannot imagine how scary and exhausting the situation is. Please help us.

If you know where my family and I can go, reach out. If you know anyone who knows, tell them to reach out. There’s 8 of us, including a 4-year-old child, and my sister, who’s pregnant.

If you can, donate.

https://chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza

http://paypal.me/Mohammedshbair727

May God protect us all.

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

#Urgent‼️ To all residents of Gaza City and all its neighborhoods, from the Old City and Tuffah in the east to the sea in the west

⭕️ The IDF is determined to defeat Hamas and will operate in the Gaza City area with great force, just as it did throughout the Strip.

⭕️ For your safety, evacuate immediately via the Rashid axis toward the humanitarian zone in Al-Mawasi.

🔴 Remaining in the area is very dangerous.

⭕️ To report any Hamas roadblocks or attempts to prevent evacuation, call 0529625830.

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële") wrote:

Estou muito animada em anunciar

https://writes.casa/

Trata-se de uma plataforma de escrita anónima e minimalista!

Com:

• Temas semanais para inspirar textos curtos de 300 a 1000 caracteres.
• Publicações diárias dos textos do dia anterior, que criam momentos literários coletivos às 6h UTC.
• Não é necessário criar uma conta, apenas assinaturas opcionais.
• Conteúdo multilingue (subdomínios en/fr/es/de/pt e outros a caminho).
• RSS para uma leitura mais “slow”
• Compatível com SmolWeb!!!

#SmolWeb #Escrita #Fediverse #Literatura #Anónimo #Privacidade #VidaPrivada

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

Israel is a terrorist state.

A terrorist state that is committing genocide.

Anyone who does not understand this at this point does not want to understand it on purpose and is a genocide denier. (And thus complicit in genocide as genocide denial is the last and final stage of genocide.)

#israel #sumud #flotilla #genocide #terrorism #FreePalestine https://mastodon.social/@sheislaurence/115171737298048468

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

#BREAKING 🚨!! A #drone just hit the #sumud #flotilla boat #gretathunberg and #novaramedia #journalist Kieran Andrieu are staying on. This happened in #Tunis, as the flotilla was moored. The fact #Israel is left to target #civilians outside its jurisdiction with impunity is wild. Demonstrate wherever you are!

#freepalestine #gaza #breakingnews

Attachments:

• video: Drone strikes lead boat, Kieran Andrieu explains

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

Please stop spreading FUD about people who are suffering through genocide and famine for whom Mastodon and the fediverse are often their last lifeline.

You are not helping.

Scam accounts are very easy to detect as they usually employ bots and have multiple automatically-created accounts on different servers.

And for the others, we are doing our best to protect the people from Gaza who have Mastodon accounts on the fediverse from scammers with initiatives like https://gaza-verified.org

We must do everything we can to keep Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for Palestinians as it is one of the last ones they have online.

https://diaspodon.fr/@dada/115173508990229840

#Gaza #Palestine #israel #genocide #FreePalestine #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #cagnotte #arnaque