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

idiocy

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/jay-jones-text-messages-va-attorney-general.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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hollywood@jorts.horse ("Hollywood Hill") wrote:

Saying "yes, chef" to my cat every time he meows at me while I'm prepping the wet food

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

This morning, I stepped outside and was greeted by a crow friend. His name is Gus, I believe. Gus was adamant that I bring out peanuts for the gang. He crowed at me a lot. I have it on video, but having trouble uploading.

Anyway, I put out peanuts at lunch and almost got them to grab them with me still on the patio. They came close. Maybe tomorrow.

#photography

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Sunset near St John's Church.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #LakeDistrict #TheLakes #Cumbria

joeri_s@mstdn.social ("Joeri Sebrechts") wrote:

This wednesday I spoke at frontmania conference in Utrecht about how to port React applications to vanilla JS. It is a thing that pretty much nobody does for real but that is eminently doable.

Slides with speaker notes are here: https://1drv.ms/b/c/f72b6b76514d28b1/EVfMzuGQM31DgVfyEgCDqyUBLG1lHj%5FhU3CcLg9cWPYXNg

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demandavoider@beige.party ("Path") wrote:

On your first day, it's important to earn respect by picking a fight with the biggest dude at the orgy.

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DrakkenZero@retro.pizza ("The VHS Wizard 🦝📼🧙") wrote:

If you are new to Mastodon, hello.

If you are not new to Mastodon, also hello.

If you are just waking up from a 10 year long coma, I have some bad news for you. It's not to late to go back into that coma - give it another 10 years and see how things have shaken out.

I hope this email never finds you.

jwz wrote:

And it has been even longer since I have been forced to gaze into the cold, dead eyes of Blockchain Rasputin.

jwz wrote:

The world is still going to hell, but let's appreciate one nice thing: it has been *weeks* since my feed has puked up a photo of Apartheid Emerald Mine Space Karen's smirking-urkel mug.

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MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

Breaking: Nobel Prize Total Landscaping awards President Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize.

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MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

Breaking: Bad Bunny invites the Portland Frog to be one of the dancers at his Super Bowl halftime show.

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MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

“A second Nobel Peace Prize snub hit your second time as President.”

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ansate@social.coop ("Melissa Santos") wrote:

this adventure is @sam 's fault - he linked to a Dolly Parton cover of House of the Rising Sun (which is awesome) and I got the entire album, and it had a cover of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportee%5F%28Plane%5FWreck%5Fat%5FLos%5FGatos%29 on it, and it struck me, and then I looked it up... and here we are.

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Lazarou ("Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈") wrote:

lol, oh good, "MAGA in turmoil"

(I wonder how those sales of Laura Loomer Halloween Masks are doing?)

#USPOL #USPOLITICS #Hegseth #Qatar #USMilitary #LauraLoomer #MAGA

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w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

The Tech - MIT’s president has formally rejected the Trump administration's proposed compact. https://thetech.com/2025/10/10/mit-rejects-compact

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bespacific@newsie.social ("beSpacific") wrote:

Shocking announcement #DHS #PeteHegseth says #US will host new #Qatar #AirForce contingent @ Mountain Home Air Force Base in #Idaho where Qatari #pilots will train to fly #F15 #fighterjets. Decision signed off by #Trump administration marks deepening of US military cooperation w #Gulf nation, even as Qatar’s #financial ties 2 #Trump personal #business interests draw mounting #scrutiny. #corruption #bribery #airforceone #trumplibrary #747 #boeing #jet given2 #foreign #military bases not #allies

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rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Nicholas Grossman") wrote:

No Kings protests, and anti-regime protests in general, serve two main positive functions: 1) Reminding participants and observers that they’re very far from alone, countering regime efforts to divide and isolate 2) Showing the absurdity of regime lies about the peaceful, pro-democracy opposition

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fwputkzhhk4nmxyosaqygto7/post/3m2u24mzaoc2b

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globalmuseum@mastodon.online ("Global Museum") wrote:

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History is hiring a Collections Manager.
Eugene, OR
Annual Basis: 12 Month
Salary: $28.85 - $31.25 per hour/$60,000 - $65,000 per year👇
https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/535952/collections-manager #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums

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plut0nian@jorts.horse ("plutonian") wrote:

if your immediate reaction in a non-violent, non-emergency situation is to call the cops, i will never trust your judgment about anything ever again

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

MIT President, Dr. Kornbluth:

“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/mit-rejects-white-house-compact.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

The EU's DMA came into force more than a year ago, but we still don't have real browser choice on iOS because Apple is blocking it. Thankfully, @owa is pulling no punches: "Apple is obstructionist."

Hopefully other regulators clock what's happening and treat Apple's hostility towards interoperability and democratic oversight for what it is:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-at-the-eu-parliament-dma-working-group/

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

Everybody knows Akron Floor Dogs are Ohio's best regional cuisine, beating Cincinnati Chili by several miles

RE: https://www.threads.com/@comixgail/post/DPlXIp0kY4L

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

The CMA's designation is obviously correct, and Google should know better than to trot out tired, barely veiled, entirely unserious threats:

https://www.ft.com/content/8cc9b094-698d-41d8-8399-b10dc3e57e70

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cb@social.lol ("Christopher Burton 🇺🇦") wrote:

There will be people who tell you that what you're doing or not doing won't make a difference. Ignore these people. They are complicit in their apathy. #resist

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

Look, I didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize either but you won't see me whining about it

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

‘After Ms. Noem’s visit to Portland, Mr. Johnson appeared live on Newsmax from inside the cordoned-off ICE building. He described the building as being in downtown Portland and said that the windows were blacked out and covered with tarps because “Democrats keep shooting sniper rounds into ICE facilities.”

Police have not reported any incidents of sniper fire, and the ICE building sits about two miles from downtown Portland.’

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/right-wing-influencers-portland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 👻") wrote:

@baldur reading about links to Open AI in the comments 😭

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

@db Yeah, same.

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 👻") wrote:

@baldur yikes, I saw that "Creative Freedom Is Coming" and it filled me with dread