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jwz wrote:

Perennial "Fuck the Blue Angels" post.

(NOTE: If you are about to "Well Actually" at me about this in some way, please be advised that I do not give the slightest shit.)

https://jwz.org/b/ykwb

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

🚨 OxF EUROPE-FRIENDLY TIME ALERT 🚨

AI is affecting many areas of life, but arguably none more so than higher education, where it is challenging the mechanics, the economics and even the purpose of post-secondary education. On Monday, @ahl and I will be joined by Michael Littman, professor of computer science at Brown University -- and AI Provost for the university. Join us at 9a Pacific for what promises to be a lively and wide-ranging discussion!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1426652393822752939

jwz wrote:

Protest costumes.

Brian McFadden:
https://jwz.org/b/ykwX

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
chojzina@kolektiva.social ("Brandenburger Krüppelkiefer") wrote:

@fromjason I am saying that for years. At some point it became the edgy thing to hate this band when you could just as easily ignore it. And if you take into consideration that they are a pop band, always were a pop band and never had any other aspiration than just being a pop band, you could be just pretty chill about them.

And the first two records are pop masterpieces as you stated.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
devxvda@mastodon.ie ("Dr.Nick") wrote:

Honestly can't believe the guy who threatened to invade Greenland, Venezuela, Panama, Canada, and is currently starting a war with his own citizens, didn't win the Nobel peace prize

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

A reminder that it's been a full week since DHS put out a press release claiming TEN CARS ambushed one of their agents, and have since charged ZERO of those alleged 10 drivers, arrested ZERO of those alleged 10 people, filed ZERO reports of alleged property damage, & have offered ZERO evidence of their claim.

I'm old enough to remember while filing false police reports was a felony.

Corporate media has done nothing to demand answers or hold accountable the abject lies from the Trump regime.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Alice@beige.party ("Alice McFlurry :bc:") wrote:

All of these people are asking restaurants for gluten free bread as if there's not free piles of cardboard sitting right out back.

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

Coldplay’s first four albums are all masterpieces and I’m not afraid to admit it.

#Music

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

Imagine that

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

“Qatar has spent $100 billion buying influence in the U.S., and it’s paying off. I am in shock that Washington would approve a deal letting Qatar, Hamas’s #1 financier, open a Qatari Air Force facility on U.S. soil.”

~ Conservative commentator Amy Malek quoted by Micharl R. Gordon

#Trump #Qatar
/6

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/qatar-facility-at-u-s-air-force-base-in-idaho-sparks-controversy-8c9f8b4e

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

Today in Labor History October 11, 1944: The Soviet Union annexed the Tuvan People's Republic, which had been an independent socialist republic for the previous 23 years. “Tuva or Bust,” (1991) is a book by Ralph Leighton about his attempt to travel to Tuva with his friend, physicist Richard Feynman. They became intrigued with getting to the remote destination in the middle of Central Asia and spent a decade trying to do it. Feynman died of cancer shortly before their visas finally arrived. The bumper sticker “Tuva or Bust” was featured in the film “Genghis Blues,” about San Francisco blues singer Paul Pena’s trip to Tuva to perform in their national Throat Singing competition. Pena was a blind rock and blues musician from San Francisco who taught himself Tuvan throat singing by listening to it on shortwave radio. Feynman made major contributions to the fields of Quantum Mechanics and superfluidity and won the Nobel Prize in 1965.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-%5FxlbCq0WTw

#workingclass #LaborHistory #soviet #communism #ussr #tuva #richardfeynman #physics #nobelprize #blues #paulpena #socialism #books #writer #author @bookstadon

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KimPerales@toad.social ("Kim Perales") wrote:

Hegseth🚨walked back Trump's QA deal after he was blasted by Loomer & conservatives. It's #treason, & ann: same week at the $20B US TSY: AR bailout.

“There isn’t a single Trump supporter who supports allowing Qatar to have a MIL base on US soil -I don’t know who told Pres Trump this was a good idea, but it's made ppl not want to vote.”

C commentator Amy Malek:🚨“Qatar (Hamas' #1 financier) has spent $100B buying influence in the US, & it’s paying off.”

#Corruption #USPol
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5550230-trump-allies-oppose-qatar-base/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KraftTea ("Mark Kraft") wrote:

If Putin doesn't somehow force Russia's oblasts to maintain paying huge sums to support "signing bonuses" for contract soldiers... recruitment, which is already failing Russia, will nosedive.

Most likely, this means that Putin must either have the central government pay for these huge contract bonuses, using deficit spending...
or he mobilize troops, which he is loathe to do...
or he must end the conflict.

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

Citing Alexander Hamilton, Judge April Perry wrote -

"Not even the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal govt believed that one state’s militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such a suggestion “inflammatory,” and stating “it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs."

And yet here we are.

https://www.rawstory.com/judge-uses-hamilton-quote-to-smash-trump-s/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.487574/gov.uscourts.ilnd.487574.70.0%5F1.pdf
#UsPol
2/n

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
NanoRaptor@bitbang.social ("Nanoraptor") wrote:

BBC Model Linear B

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
PeterRu@climatejustice.social ("🔥 Peter 🌍✊:NoNazis: :NoAI:") wrote:

Opinion | 'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize | Common Dreams Oct 10, 2025

As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished spokesperson for sanctions, privatization, and foreign intervention dressed up as democracy.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/peace-has-no-meaning-when-right-wingers-like-maria-corina-machado-win-the-nobel-prize

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mick@cosocial.ca ("Mick 🇨🇦") wrote:

You ever think to yourself “but I am just one person, what can I do to make a difference?”

It turns out that “wear an inflatable frog costume and go downtown” is actually a really reasonable answer.

#portland #portlandfrog #uspol

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Scary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!") wrote:

This is @Alex_alott on Ig. In the words of her fellow #LosAngeles downtown #ICE facility protester:

"@alex_alott has been found Not Guilty! This is a huge win for Alexandria and for everyone standing against fascism.
Remember what they did to her. She was targeted, assaulted, hospitalized, imprisoned for 5 days, and falsely accused of assault on a federal officer. The U.S. Government put HER on trial for assault, despite HER being the one who was assaulted..."

#protests #50501movement

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w3c@w3c.social ("World Wide Web Consortium") wrote:

We are hiring!

We have an immediate #job opening: Data Strategist

We are seeking a remote full-time staff member to lead our data on the web standardization work. This position is open in Asia. The role also includes continuing our efforts to represent, discover, query, and exchange data using web technologies.

https://www.w3.org/careers/data-strategist-2025/

Please, boost 🙏

#hiring #w3c #GetFediHired

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CNN@flipboard.com wrote:

Federal agents detain a Chicago TV station employee
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/us/video/federal-agent-arrest-wgn-employee-chicago-digvid?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into US News @us-news-CNN

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

“This is not sustainable”

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

“YOU hit HER.” CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

Attachments:

• video: b8ac6858651e2dd7.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jack_daniel ("Jack Daniel (often offline)") wrote:

Posting just because. Doris Jeanette (Anderson) Daniel, WASP (Women's Airforce Service Pilots), WWII.
AKA Mom.
Jimmy Carter gave her the one thing she wanted from her service, so you can visit mom at the Massachusetts National Cemetery on Cape Cod.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
va3db@mastodon.radio ("Diane Bruce VA3DB") wrote:

A local club mailing list mentioned this (VA3TEC) (of course I got the wrong callsign first time) . I want one!

https://www.crowdsupply.com/lime-micro/lms8001-companion-board/updates/10-ghz-3-cm-amateur-radio-band-test-results

a 10Ghz downconverter for SDR. Phase noise is a question but still pretty cool.

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #SDR

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…” Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

Attachments:

• video: 06536ed8723b4563.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha Jay 🇪🇺") wrote:

"Best Regards, (Stanley Kubrick)"

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Newsom with the receipts! https://www.comicsands.com/newsom-vance-drag-photo?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=infeed&utm%5Fcampaign=linkprogram

keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:

NO NO NO NO

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TonyStark@progressivecafe.social ("Tony, Pretty Much") wrote:

To block an already permitted project that’s cheaper for consumers while electricity prices are skyrocketing is bananas.

Trump's Interior Department cancels largest solar project in North America:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/10/trump-interior-department-cancels-largest-solar-project-in-north-america-00602071

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Free_Press@mstdn.social ("Aure Free Press :verified:") wrote:

Preparation for a major war has begun in Russia:

Russians cannot travel abroad – departures are being massively blocked due to the full-scale launch of the electronic summons project.

Both Muscovites and residents of other regions are receiving electronic summonses en masse.

Russians also face a ban on driving, cancellation of tax benefits, blocking of property transactions, denial of loans, and other sanctions if they ignore the summons.
#AureFreePress #Breaking #BreakingNews