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

No shit

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/media/trump-new-york-times-lawsuit-dismissed-merryday

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dration wrote:

Me, a Russian, looking at Americans after Jimmy Kimmels suspension from ABC

#politics #russia #uspol

andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:") wrote:

Why aren't we trying to cut off the US from anything in the rest of the world? Break their international supply chains, stop relying on American products, start building local alternatives.

Stop making the US the center of the world. And maybe we can also make sure it doesn't go back to being the center even after it stops being an authoritarian regime.

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sportponies.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Sport Ponies🐎🍁") wrote:

There are so many cancelations, that Hulu and Disney are deliberately preventing people from canceling their Hulu and Disney+ subscriptions by making it impossible to do it online. Cancel via the card you use to pay or cancel the auto-pay. Then report them to your members of #Congress. #Hulu #Disney

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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Here are the cancellation instructions for each platform:

Disney+: https://help.disneyplus.com/article/disneyplus-cancel

ESPN+: https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/articles/40377589107476-How-do-I-cancel-my-ESPN-subscription#:~:text=%2DLog%20in%20to%20your%20ESPN,end%20of%20your%20billing%20cycle

Hulu: https://help.hulu.com/article/hulu-cancel-hulu-subscription

There may be additional steps if your subscription comes through a bundle with your cable, phone, or other promotion.

jwz wrote:

This Place Is Not a Place of Honor.

The structure built over the remains of Chernobyl's destroyed unit 4 suffered such extensive damage in a drone strike in February that it may not be possible to restore it: The New Safe Confinement - the largest...
https://jwz.org/b/ykvh

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

This was a three second exposure (with about 10 stops of neutral density). The sun was behind the clouds and just above the center of the frame; the lens required careful flagging to avoid glare.

The rendering of water, especially in the sea, differs greatly with exposure. 30 seconds looks quite different from 3 seconds, which is just as different from 1/30 sec, which is different from 1/1000 sec. About 1/30 sec renders roughly the way our vision does; anything else requires a camera to see.

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

Edge of Pacific Ocean, 2014.

All the pixels, no wetsuit required, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/14820439752

#photography

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erkhyan@yiff.life ("Erkhyan") wrote:

An article went around a few days ago in which one of the songwriters from KPop Demon Hunters apparently claimed that ChatGPT helped write the song “Soda Pop”.

TL;DR:

The songwriter actually never claimed that.
The AI-translated interview did.

Yay, more AI-generated misinformation!

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fogus@functional.cafe wrote:

Lost Futures, Smalltalk edition.

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fogus@functional.cafe wrote:

Lost Futures, Lisp edition.

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mhoye wrote:

I’m led to believe that it’s rare to see a court just straight up tell a public official to pack up their bullshit and get the fuck out.

http://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437.5.0.pdf

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

If you're old enough you can actually feel and smell this picture.

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

#ICE "recruitment poster" in #LosAngeles

jwz wrote:

Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime.

Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 4, 1939: Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels today ended the professional careers of five "Aryan" actors and cabaret...
https://jwz.org/b/ykvf

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RevXenoFact@dobbs.town ("Xenofact (he/him):jrbd:") wrote:

Biblically Accurate "Bob"

https://www.SubGenius.com/

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alatiera ("Jordan Petridis") wrote:

We should put being anti-fascist in the code of conduct texts, if nothing else as yet another litmus test

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david_chisnall@infosec.exchange ("David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)") wrote:

@cstross @Azuaron @Jennifer @ewen

It's a bit more than that. A load of real estate funds were sitting on what was about to become negative equity because COVID reduced the demand for office space. A lot of loans came due this summer, but the new data centre leases let them refinance them and hide other losses. But that depends on their tenants not invoking early break clauses. Rather than the bubble bursting, it was propped up by another one. And that means they are likely to pop together.

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heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

WTAF? Hakeem Jeffries, along with the rest of House Democratic leadership is voting yes on a resolution to honor fascist Charlie Kirk. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/19/house-resolution-charlie-kirk

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heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

I’m going to keep calling Charlie Kirk a fascist who should not be valorized. I am not capitulating to the climate of repression the Trump regime and its supporters have created. The only way to protect freedom to speak truth, is to keep speaking truth.

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Uair@autistics.life ("Poloniousmonk") wrote:

@fromjason

I can't even think of one pro-privacy politician. Not in the mainstream. That's the third fucking rail of politics.

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

Frameworkists are eager to tell you about the name-brand tech they're using on the project, then put a Miele oven in the bathroom. Do not be a frameworkist. Do not _hire_ frameworkists.

Be someone who is agnostic to tools but laser focused on goals.

https://infrequently.org/2024/11/if-not-react-then-what/

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bkardell@toot.cafe wrote:

Hey just saw that the SVG Working Group is back together! Congrats!

Note: The MathML Working Group is still going! We meet once a month, and would love to have all the browser vendors join and participate in our discussions.

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

I just ate an everything bagel, but I picked off the distasteful fascism bits first

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loriemerson@post.lurk.org ("Lori Emerson") wrote:

friends. if you were me, with a penchant for any combination of the weird, the old (technology, usually), the off-beat, the subversive, what would you see in Milan?

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helenchong@social.lol ("Helen Chong :prami_pride:") wrote:

Happy first anniversary to my omg.lol membership! :prami_happy:

To celebrate the occasion, I reviewed how I use omg.lol and the various services it provides:

https://blog.helenchong.omg.lol/en/posts/2025-09-19-omg-lol-membership-1st-anniversary/

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freebooter.uk@rss-parrot.net ("🦜 Monmouthshire and Forest of Dean Freebooter") wrote:

Labour just gets more pathetic on Gaza

freebooter.uk/posts/labour-just-gets-more-pathetic-on-gaza.html

Labour’s foreign policy weakness was exposed, yet again, in Parliament when Green Party MP Ellie Chowns asked some pretty strightforward questions on Gaza. Had ministers secured any timeframe for Israel to ease the blockade and allow aid through? Would…

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m2m@sonomu.club ("Simone") wrote:

Today's the day. 'Alien Pop' is out.

I co-produced, mixed and mastered @rythur debut album. His awesomely quirky (to me) approach to songwriting has always been a source of keen curiosity.

When I heard the demos a defined thought formed: "this could become a great work with the right producer".

I'm not sure if I was the right-est, but it felt good. It took me too long, but the important thing is that today's the day.

Go listen!

https://rythur.bandcamp.com/album/alien-pop

#IndependentMusic #Indie #IndieMusic

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

My interest in de novo genes was timely -- now I'm seeing more popular science articles about them. Or am I just suddenly noticing them?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/09/19/de-novo-genes-in-the-news/

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AskNick ("Nick Francesco") wrote:

This. This is how I know I woke up in a different multiverse.