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ConspiracyOfCartographers ("Conspiracy of Cartographers") wrote:

"One more drink and I’ll be under the host”

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IndivisibleSF@sfba.social ("Indivisible SF") wrote:

buff.ly/fFjTp…
NoKings #NoKings2

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downey@floss.social ("Michael Downey 🧢") wrote:

In one week, people all over the United States will join together to say: In America we don’t do wannabe dictators or Kings.

No Thrones.
No Crowns.
No Kings.

One week to go.

✊ https://nokings.org

#NoKings #NoKingsPDX #PDX #Portland

jwz wrote:

Every time I see someone saying, "Someone did an AI thing and it found an obscure bug, kinda cool!" what I hear is, "Say what you want about Dr. Mengele, but his twin experiments did generate some useful data!"

Yes this is a subtwit. You know who you are.

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Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

Philosophers 300 years ago:

"Is life inherently meaningful, or do we create meaning through action?"

Philosophers now:

"Use code MEANING for 20% off on Squarespace"

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

We know the devil is real because no result force conscience can conjure could imagine the moral and intellectual depravity of the median HN comment.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
anjune@chaosfem.tw wrote:

If, in the waking world, you usually have a mobile phone with you: do you have one in your dreams?

Important research!

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

reading: A theory on why contact forms get more spam than email addresses

https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/a-theory-on-why-contact-forms-get-more-spam-than-email-addresses/

make sense; easy delivery

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
bazurk@social.lol ("ᗪave") wrote:

#bipolar

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vantablue@writing.exchange ("Daniela Quirke") wrote:

🐸🐸🐸

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

Troops stung by hard credit checks and denials in relief loans

https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/usaa-credit-loan-troops-shutdown/

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

"On July 10, I was on my way to work when ICE agents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face."

"I spent three nights and three days in federal custody... I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney... No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'"

https://newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-us-citizen-and-a-veteran-ice

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

What in the nepo baby is this?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/10/barron-trump-tipped-top-tiktok-job/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Tessa_Halloran ("Tessa Halloran") wrote:

Watching footage from Portland — protestors in frog suits, unicorns, dancing, humor in the face of absurd claims.

It reminds me that resistance doesn’t always roil and riot — sometimes it laughs, shines a light, and refuses to be afraid.

We need more of that.

#ResistanceIsCreative #StandUpNow #Portland #NoKings #CommunityPower

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
copter_chief@mstdn.party ("CopterDoctor") wrote:

Hegseth said he found 💰 to pay the troops during the shutdown. He said he is using RDT&E 💰to pay for MILPERS.

Hegseth is breaking the law.

The Misappropriation Act. United States Code, Title 31, Section 1301 applicable to DoD personnel managing appropriated funding (taxpayer resources).

This act requires appropriated funds be used only for the objects (purposes & programs) for which appropriations were made.

Congress has the "Power of the Purse”, NOT Whiskey Pete.

The
Trump
Shutdown

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lcamtuf@infosec.exchange ("lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified:") wrote:

Today I needed a bit of code, but instead of asking an LLM I tried writing it myself and wow, this could be a new paradigm

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Cdespinosa ("Chris Espinosa") wrote:

FYI the Gaoin inflatable frog costume now has a three-week delivery backlog at Amazon and cannot be obtained by October 18, more’s the pity. I hope that’s a sign of its popularity

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

made an apple pie tonight

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

At a critical moment, the tech press are failing to connect the dots between Apple and Google's craven capitulations and the authoritarianism they have nurtured within their own ecosystems. Apple is now a corrosive force against democracy itself, and we have to get smarter about the way these forces interact:

https://infrequently.org/2025/10/the-app-store-was-always-authoritarian/

/cc @owa @pluralistic

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

Where They Never Say Your Name by Eilen Jewell on LOUD

https://pandora.app.link/33tCAFukoXb

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stavvers@masto.ai ("Another Angry Woman") wrote:

So while I was posting this it turns out my gf in fact in the other room with the hacksaw, and I had mostly posted all of this to try and dissuade her from getting the hacksaw out and use a more subtle approach but long story short we have gin now

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Popehat Agitates And Irritates") wrote:

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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

I swear to god half of the comments on #HackerNews are shills and bots. It's like LinkedIn for coders.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
BenRiceM wrote:

I don’t want my job to require less effort if it means a dozen artists have to give up their dreams and go work in an Amazon warehouse

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
snickerbockers@freeradical.zone wrote:

@gabrielesvelto "The UI/UX team is expanding to meet the ever-expanding needs of the UI/UX team"

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
thomaswilburn@toot.cafe ("Thomas Wilburn") wrote:

Man, if my choices are "be slower than the AI bros" or "LARP as a productivity grifter in order to convince my computer to write better tests" I'd rather just move to the mountains. Every time I read one of these agent transcripts, the second-hand embarrassment is smothering.

It's telling to me that the "sensible" LLM advocates are all like "wow, this guy's really onto something," and not "thumbs were a mistake."

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

Look, my proposal is really very simple: you can be a millionaire 999 times over, in perpetuity, but if you can't figure out something to do with assets above that line, we should build some schools, feed some kids, and eliminate medical bankruptcy.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
blamellors@mstdn.party ("Blamellors") wrote:

Using the Federal government to outlaw a political party because some with leftist views are violent protestors is so UNAMERICAN .

During Vietnam this country was divided and the right used the same rhetoric and then we had Kent State ,and people turned because who supports using the NG to shoot kids on campus.

Hopefully sanity returns before Americans die.

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

Happy 84th Birthday, Rev Jesse Jackson Jr.

this is a leader who inspired me and many others. an admirable human being who tried all his life to be a force for positive change.

(truth in posting: I volunteered with San Francisco Rainbow Coalition in the 80s & 90s)

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bobmonsour@indieweb.social ("Bob Monsour") wrote:

Issue 79 - 11ty Meetup videos, 11ty logo as Font Awesome icon, 11ty FA plugin hits 1.0, Add a CMS to ZeroPoint, Peter deHaan and Nunjucks loops, Kyle brings us Brewventy, Zach on Podcast Awesome, Hire Shiv J.M.,Dwkns debugs with a shortcode, Alex Russell performs hacks, Simon redirects on Cloudflare, Build your own Subspace...And 1 releases, 27 posts, and 11 sites to see https://11tybundle.dev/blog/11ty-bundle-79/ #11ty @eleventy