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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Nonilex@masto.ai wrote:

lol Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) just said to #PamBondi, “I have noticed that when my colleagues ask you a question you come up with something in their background, so I’m looking forward to my turn.”

Busted.

#propaganda #gaslighting #deflection #law #Senate #judiciary #LegalEthics #tyranny #RevengePolitics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cgerrish@sfba.social ("c.gerrish") wrote:

In 2011, 80.26% of all email was spam. In 2024, the number was around 45%. That's about 14.5 million spam emails globally per day. While that's an improvement, half of everything you receive is trying to pick your pocket. In realtime social media, we're still in 2011.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/420400/spam-email-traffic-share-annual/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell 🏴") wrote:

ICE now owns roving vans with integrated cell site simulators

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/ice-bought-vehicles-equipped-with-fake-cell-towers-to-spy-on-phones/

for commentary on this breaking news, i turn to my recently-made friend Ray Hunter

Luckily everyone else can too!

#infosec #privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lorenzofb@infosec.exchange ("Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai") wrote:

NEW: ICE purchased custom-made vans from a company called TechOps Specialty Vehicles (TOSV) that are equipped with fake cellphone towers designed to spy on phones.

TOSV president told us that the company integrates the cell-site simulators into their vans, but does not manufacture the surveillance tool.

The contract was signed in May and is worth $800,000. ICE did not answer our questions about these vans and the cell-site simulators.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/ice-bought-vehicles-equipped-with-fake-cell-towers-to-spy-on-phones/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
masek@infosec.exchange ("Martin Seeger") wrote:

Everyone with an Arduino project has, starting as of NOW, six months to look for a replacement.

If you don't start right away, I can point out someone who will be in a lot of pain in a few months.

Believe me...

https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2025/10/qualcomm-to-acquire-arduino-accelerating-developers--access-to-i

I know this will play merry hell with the 3d printer and mechanical keyboard scene. Innumerable hardware will die from this takeover.

#arduino #qualcomm

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

“The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/07/global-renewable-energy-generation-surpasses-coal-first-time

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

They shouldn't have killed it -- I would have like to see something about its sexual behavior and whether it could reproduce.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/07/spider-gynandromorph/

kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin") wrote:

Anyone having @Codeberg ssh issues? I'm trying to push but I'm getting "Connection closed by 217.197.84.140 port 22"

Update: seems to be resolved now 🤔

#Codeberg

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

Ecuador has invaded Oregon. The conquest of North America is imminent.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/07/portland-is-burning/

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

For the first time in history, Renewables, such as solar & wind, overtake #coal as world's biggest source of electricity

“Developing countries, especially #China, led the clean energy charge but richer nations including the US and #EU relied more than before on planet-warming fossil fuels for #electricity generation.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rileytestut ("Riley Testut :fatpikachu:") wrote:

Google happily removed all their diversity programs and donated $1 million to a fascist, all for it to have absolutely _no_ effect on their DOJ antitrust case

Hope Tim is watching! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/07/google-doj-chrome-anthropic-break-up/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MalcolmNance@defenseofliberty.social ("Malcolm Nance") wrote:

Why aren't we talking about this more?

A #CharlieKirk fan murdered two Hispanic teens (one of which he was ordered to stay away from) after allegedly one of them joked about Charlie Kirk’s death. He then live-streamed about it on his YouTube channel.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kimlockhartga@beige.party ("Kim Possible :kimoji_fire:") wrote:

Because of course they did.

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance - Government Executive

https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/10/omb-deletes-reference-law-guaranteeing-backpay-furloughed-feds-shutdown-guidance/408645/

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

well, this kinda suxs

“Qualcomm buys open-source electronics firm Arduino” - https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/qualcomm-buys-open-source-electronics-firm-arduino-2025-10-07/

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

this level of “circular financing” is Not A Good Sign

https://mastodon.green/@Anarchy%5FHow/115333074858790767

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
binarydigit@social.lol ("~/BinaryDigit: 💾") wrote:

@adam

Posting my paste file in case anyone else wants this in one spot!

https://binarydigit.paste.lol/mini-blog-code

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Anarchy_How@mastodon.green ("Anarchy How") wrote:

@Daojoan Keep thinking of this chart

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rikefranke@bagarrosphere.fr ("Ulrike Franke") wrote:

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

https://www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/power-without-mandate-the-perils-of-germanys-military-ambition

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

The other sources are hallucinated too.

#AIisnotresearch

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
altstore@fosstodon.org ("AltStore") wrote:

📣 We have some exciting news — AltStore is officially joining the Fediverse!

We’re also:
💰 Donating $500,000 to various Fediverse-related projects
🌏 Launching PAL in several more countries this year
👥 Expanding the team!

For more information on all this, check out our blog post: https://rileytestut.com/blog/2025/10/07/evolving-altstore-pal/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ARDC@mastodon.hams.social wrote:

Consider volunteering at ARDC: we have several committees to choose from, so there’s sure to be an option for anyone that’s interested! Deadline to apply is October 31. #ardc #hamradio #amateurradio #digitalcommunications #science #technology

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
funhouseradio@mastodon.world ("FunHouse Radio") wrote:

This poor person can't listen to FunHouse Radio right now. :(
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/07/nobel-committee-unable-to-reach-medicine-prize-winner-hiking-off-grid

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mizblueprint@mastodon.online wrote:

A great old Oregon White Oak, Quercus Garryana, in a protected remnant oak savanna in a city park.

#ThickTrunkTuesday
#OregonWhiteOak

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
phil@wears.tigerpajamas.com ("Phil Giammattei") wrote:

Do I know anyone on front-end.social? Mulling an account migration and wondering where I'll land. Also open to other cool instances for Web Site Folks

Boosted by kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin"):
cam@hachyderm.io ("Camilo") wrote:

The rules are all the same everywhere you go nothing is arbitrary it's always been like this the rules are the rules why don't you know them were you raised in a hollowed out gourd?

Attachments:

• video: Video of a song by soupygarbage on instagram with a little song about rules.

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

Once you pull up the , the first thing you’ll see are the three configuration options. You’ll want to change the API_ROOT value to your own Mastodon content, but you need to know your Mastodon ID to do that. To get your Mastodon ID, visit https://mastodon.social/api/v1/accounts/lookup?acct=@adam@social.lol (just swap the "acct" bit at the end with your own account identifier).

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
justvanrossum@typo.social ("Just van Rossum") wrote:

I want to live in a world in which saying “I don't know” is considered more valuable than spewing plausible-sounding nonsense.

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

It’s all JS for now, so you can copy and edit the on the page and play with it if you want. I might make a PHP version that caches and serves content instead of relying on live Mastodon API requests.

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

Following up on my post yesterday about Mastodon as a microblog, here’s some working code showing how you can still be a stereotypical blogger who obsesses over their website template/theme while enjoying the simplicity of a Mastodon-powered back-end.

https://neatnik.net/blog/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
darkuncle@infosec.exchange ("Scott Francis") wrote:

my wife found this online somewhere recently, and I don't think I've agreed this hard with anything in a long time

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
juergen_hubert@mementomori.social ("Jürgen Hubert") wrote:

With the recent influx of newcomers from #Bluesky , it behooves us to contemplate what we can do to improve #moderation on the #Fediverse - something that has been a problem in the past, and is one of the major reasons why the Fediverse is not as big and as diverse as it could be.

The first and most important step is a cultural change - we need to be _aware_ of how harassment operates, _especially_ if we are not its target. Thus, everyone around here - admins most of all, but really everyone - needs to drill the following into their brains:

If you are not a member of a marginalized group, you are unlikely to ever see much of the #harassment they are experiencing. Heck, you might not even be able to recognize it as such! Thus, if members of said group talk about their experiences with harassment on the Fediverse, _take them at their word_ instead of reacting with disbelief or demands for explanation and elaboration.

It is this frequent reaction disbelief that has done more than anything else to harm the reputation of the Fediverse. Because let's face it, we are still a space that is overwhelmingly white and European/North American. If we want to change that - and it is my fervent belief that we should - then we need to take the lived experiences of others seriously.

Once we have accepted that we need to expand our understanding of how harassment on the Fediverse occurs, _then_ we can work out what tools are needed to improve the situation. Because I too often see the reaction:

"If someone experiences harassment on a large scale, they are not using the tools of the Fediverse correctly to prevent this."

This is blaming the victims of harassment for the problem, and not the Fediverse as a whole. And then we will have the same trainwreck as before, and the Fediverse will remain the same hobbyist's collective rather than the serious challenge to commercial social media platforms it should be if we ever want to stop the world's plunge into #fascism .