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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Stand With Chicago Hat") wrote:

I blocked an annoying person instead of engaging them and now I have earned one (1) gratuitous aggressive engagement. I will spend it before the weekend is out.

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MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!") wrote:

Jesse Duquette says:

"Hey @wsj when you’re the Mouth of Dumb Sauron you’re bound to need make a retraction or two"

#trans #lgbt #charlieKirk

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VeroniqueB99 ("Vee") wrote:

So...war's cancelled.

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

Bilgewater by Brown Bird

https://pandora.app.link/XBzpxw4wDWb

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

♬️ GLŌM FEST at DNA Lounge tonight: Sat Sep 13, 8pm!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/09-13.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #glōmfest #glomfest #originalstrawberrygirl #theawakening #yamauba #darkchisme #theroyalritual #softvein #postpunk #gothicrock #gothic #darkwave #livemusic #concert #sanfrancisco

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

Why didn’t they stay? 🧐

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia/donald-trump-hyundai-raid-training-south-korea-b2824461.html

jwz wrote:

Worst Kirk.

The Nation goes hard: "It's a choice to write an obituary that begins 'Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.'"

Charlie Kirk's Legacy Deserves No Mourning:
https://jwz.org/b/ykvK

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

With A Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker

https://pandora.app.link/oFWAg1CvDWb

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sjolsen@tech.lgbt ("async sjolsen") wrote:

computers used to be fun and now five guys in silicon valley get paid forty trillion dollars every year to make them fucking suck

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

In a Town This Size (feat. Dolores Keane) by John Prine on LOUD

https://pandora.app.link/NOf4oUeuDWb

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holly@v.st ("🍵 holly") wrote:

I’m joining the loud chorus of this is the best obituary for a person who thought we should have public executions and children should witness them: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/

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maia@crimew.gay (":maia:") wrote:

also here's me ratioing the sites ceo on the broader issue

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maia@crimew.gay (":maia:") wrote:

i was indeed briefly suspended from bluesky the other day as a part of what i like to call "pissgate", you can read about it here

https://aftermath.site/bluesky-charlie-kirk-dead-rest-in-piss

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

Less than 24 hours to go on the three exclusive single-letter lifetime omg.lol address auctions! A, L, and X are up for grabs at https://bids.lol with half of the proceeds going to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. If any of those letters are your thing, don’t miss out! :prami_happy:

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

Current status of the @robb/omg.lol St. Jude Relay fundraiser: https://youtu.be/SiMHTK15Pik 😳🤩

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Turre@mementomori.social wrote:

@Erebus_Amauro @nixCraft
What I find amazing is that managers everywhere seem to be writing open checks for this shit. Try to get 15€/month for non-free tier CI or something and you have to fight for it (and probably still be denied). But AI, they're *pushing* you to use it and never mind what it costs. And in particular, never mind what it does.

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

UC-Berkeley has abandoned the University community

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/12/uc-berkeley-trump-administration-antisemitism

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

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/13/charlie-kirk-shooting-people-fired-social-media

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jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net ("Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:") wrote:

FM/AM radio should never be abolished. In crisis situations it’s the best option to spread information. It’s a hill I’m willing to wind up my analog radio for endless hours on.

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

“Pretty much everyone who buys their own health insurance is going to be affected by this one way or another.”

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

Families on Obamacare brace for higher health care premiums next year - NBC News

“In Mississippi, Florida, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Utah and Alabama, at least 96% of ACA enrollees received enhanced subsidies. New Hampshire and Washington state had the lowest rates, at 71% and 73%, respectively.”

Republican Congresscritters are screwing their own constituents

https://apple.news/AlcHhXGp8TY680Z22%5FdqqKg

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

Aside: Although the new embassy, which had been in the works for years, opened during the first Trump administration, he disliked the building so much that he refused to attend its official opening. Presumably not enough gold leaf.

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

Deigned by the Philadelphia architectural firm KieranTimberlake*, the chancery building incorporates a number of sustainable design elements, and has been generally well received (international politics aside) by staff and local residents. It replaced a mid-century modern structure (by Eero Saarinen, now being redeveloped as a hotel) in the more traditionally fancypants Grosvenor Square neighborhood.

* Coincidentally, also the designer of Penn's Levine Hall, where I once had my office.

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

The new US Embassy to the UK, completed in 2017, is a roughly cubically-shaped glass box covered on three sides with a semi-transparent textured Teflon "envelope" that aids in temperature regulation. Situated in a landscaped compound on the Thames between the Battersea Power Station and MI6's famous Vauxhall headquarters, it's one of the most distinctive recent structures in that part of London's South Bank.

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

Captured with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/8) lens, Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50, 1/50 sec), Cambo WRS-5005 camera (Shifted vertically -19mm, horizontally -10mm). Cropped to a 4x5 aspect ratio.

The embassy's exterior "envelope" curtain forms an interesting abstract pattern that reminds me of the sound absorbing tiles that line recording studios and anechoic chambers. This photo shows the western-facing side.

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

US Embassy, Wandsworth, London, UK, 2025.

All the pixels, but no diplomatic immunity, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54586230547

#photography

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

In light of everything, this channel was a delightful discovery. Just a couple of videos that were like a balm to me. A glimpse of a better world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BUEx5zWHm0

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

I dunno... I just want things to be like this all the time. Collaborating and jamming together creating music, creating a better world.

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ContraindiKate@zeroes.ca wrote:

Oh friends, the World Tram Driver Championships are happening in Vienna right now, and streamed live on Youtube and if you were having a bad day, now you are not, because there are earnest people who earnestly just want to be really good tram drivers because public transit is HOT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb%5F9VByaECk

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sbeebe@social.coop ("Sam Beebe") wrote:

Oregon State University "researchers tested 12 “magic mushroom” edibles sold in Portland. None contained psilocybin, but most contained undisclosed ingredients, including synthetic drugs"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/magic-mushroom-edibles-found-to-contain-no-psilocybin/

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

This upcoming release from Bluetech, "Spacehop Chronicles 2", has been pleasant company this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcAGmNAXS1s