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jwz wrote:

Today in Christofascism.

The meandering gospel of Peter: Peter Thiel is worried about the antichrist. It could be the US. It could be Greta Thunberg. [...] On the day of Thiel's final lecture in San Francisco, as the mostly young and mostly male crowd...
https://jwz.org/b/ykwV

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

"[Ars Technica] asked Cruz's office to explain why a senator pressuring Wikipedia is appropriate while an FCC chair pressuring ABC is not and will update this article if we get a response."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/ted-cruz-picks-a-fight-with-wikipedia-accusing-platform-of-left-wing-bias/

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

There's no good billionaire, because all people are flawed. Money flows into the cracks and breaks what little social conditioning made people decent, if imperfect. So think of not having billionaires as a worthy societal goal *for their sake too*.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
fugueish@wandering.shop ("Chris Palmer") wrote:

Best movie about hackers?

Boosted by jwz:
igb@mastodon.hccp.org ("Ian Brown :verified:") wrote:

"Benioff made the comments to the Times as he rode his private plane to San Francisco this week."

What an asshole.

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

After more time trying to figure out how to do what I want in SwiftUI for this app, I am contemplating learning Dart and Flutter.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
JulianOliver ("Julian Oliver") wrote:

It's true we already knew Thiel was unhinged, but I'm surprised to find him this incoherent, somewhere between 'AI' slop and end-times cult babble.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/peter-thiel-lectures-antichrist

If this transcript is worth reading at all, it's to give insight into just how lost and unwell some of these billionaire tech bros become. High on their own heads, insulated by their own power, and surrounded by sycophants confirming their every madness.

#tech #cult

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
altaudge_ruins@beige.party ("𝔪𝔲𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔭") wrote:

dance like everyone is watching and this is their punishment

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

I honestly didn't think Newsom had the guts:

https://calmatters.org/housing/2025/10/newsom-signs-massive-california-housing-overhaul/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

It really is teeny tiny.#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #landscape #abandoned #decay #plants #grass #trees #river

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

For anyone wondering what the inside of an abandoned hydropower station built in 1906 looks like.#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #landscape #abandoned #decay #plants #grass #trees #graffiti

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

We have a little over a 100 #Plushtodon's remaining in our US warehouse. Keep in mind the new batch of smaller ones will not be coming to the US and we're not currently planning to make more of the big ones, so for the foreseeable future this is your last chance to get one if you're over there. Check out the hashtag if you want to see them out in the wild!

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-plushie

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
NanoRaptor@bitbang.social ("Nanoraptor") wrote:

Apple's classic Pascal poster re-make.

Art downloadable from http://www.danamania.com/print/Apple%20Pascal%20Poster/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jaykuo@universeodon.com ("Jay Kuo") wrote:

Well that’s not a good development…

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
erininthemorning.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Erin Reed") wrote:

Good news for transgender people at MIT. Unlike some prestigious universities, MIT has defied the Trump administration and refused its attempt to pressure the university into banning transgender people from bathrooms. The latest from reporter S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

MIT Rejects Trump’s Bid to Ins...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ProPublica@newsie.social wrote:

Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇
https://www.propublica.org/tips/

#Government #Vought #Trump #Layoffs #WhiteHouse

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Sorry, dude who wants my photos but not my stupid election security takes. They come as a package deal. Not sold separately.

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

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

source: https://www.fb.org/market-intel/farm-bankruptcies-down-for-now

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
samlitzinger@journa.host ("Sam Litzinger") wrote:

“Maine Gov. Janet Mills to run for Senate, seeking to dislodge Susan Collins”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/10/janet-mills-maine-senate/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Strandjunker@mstdn.social ("Andrea Junker :verified:") wrote:

Both Donald Trump and his Slovene-born escort spent years calling for Obama’s birth certificate. I am calling for Melania Trump’s legal immigration papers: How did she get an “Einstein” visa for extraordinary abilities despite her blatant lie under oath about her college degrees?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
samlitzinger@journa.host ("Sam Litzinger") wrote:

TACO time?

“Dow drops 600 points, S&P 500 falls the most since April after Trump's China tariff threat”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/09/stock-market-today-live-updates.html?%5F%5Fsource=iosappshare%7Corg.joinmastodon.app.ShareActionExtension

Boosted by jwz:
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"In Stephen Miller, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on him, contest everything he does and says. Because – while this may be hard to fathom – if the US ends up with Miller as its dictator, we are in even deeper trouble than we are with Trump, and it could last a lot longer."

#StephenMiller #Trump #fascism #cruelty #military #PlenaryPower #InsurrectionAct
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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

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
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

Boosted by jwz:
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.

Boosted by jwz:
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.