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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:
When someone says of Trump's fascist moves, "It is a shocking situation to be in that I don’t think anybody anticipated a year ago,” I want to scream in frustration.
THIS WAS PREDICTABLE IN EVERY WAY. HE BRAGGED ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD DO.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-ice-secret-police-civil-rights-unaccountable
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Seventh Avenue in Manhattan on 18 OCT
(courtesy NYTimes article)
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘… about a dozen Gen Z and millennial Republicans in Vermont, New York, Kansas and Arizona… 2,900 pages sent over Telegram over seven months — used racist and homophobic language and glibly invoking Hitler and the Holocaust.
A chief of staff to a New York assemblyman who has since been fired posted “I Love Hitler.”…
The vice chairman of Kansas Young Republicans…: “Bro is at a chicken restaurant ordering his food. Would he like some watermelon and kool aid with that?”’
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘…had responded to a message about “a very obese Indian woman” by writing, “She just didn’t bathe often.” His wife, Brianna, participated in the chat, too, and posted an antisemitic remark… quickly lost political capital, just one week after the Vermont Republican Party named him as a finalist for two awards, Rookie of the Year and Legislator of the Year… said that he was unaware of the “vile and disgusting comments” made in the group chat’
right.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
a “rising star” of the Vermont Republican Party
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
otter stealing surfboard a few years ago
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I love the idea of otters hijacking surfboards
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
using US Coast Guard funds, "The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."
while children go hungry and working class Americans await huge health care premium increases, Secretary Noem spends our money for her comfort, and spends it like it was chump-change.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘Mr. Vance, who served a tour in Iraq and worked as a media relations officer in the Marine Corps, said that the entirety of the demonstration — the live ammunition, the parachuters descending from the sky, the Navy seals swimming ashore, the F35 jets flying overhead — made his “heart sing as your vice president.”’
I’ll bet it gave that former uniformed PR flack an erection.
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
We know we’re reaching the late stages of a bubble when we start to see multiple “people in tech don’t really believe in all of this, honest, we just act like it because we think we have to, we’re a silent majority you see”, but the truth is that what you believe in private doesn’t matter. All that matter is that you’ve been acting like a true believer and you are what you do
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
In work and politics, it genuinely doesn’t matter what you were thinking when you actively aided and abetted in shitting on people’s work, built systems that helped fascists, ruined the education system and pretty much all of media. What matters, and what you should be judged on is what you did
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:
Penning a blog post on #React. I have a lot of criticism (https://jsx.lol) but I’m lacking the other side. Who are the top React superspreaders worth reading?
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:
On that note, I see many devs prefer CSS Grid as if it supersedes Flexbox, but there are subtle differences. And I always go Flexbox first unless Grid is necessary. Not sure how to explain why though 🤔
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:
reading: "The CSS Reset, again" https://pawelgrzybek.com/the-css-reset-again/ by @pawelgrzybek
— great research. I'm liking the audacity of that flexbox by default!
Mastodon FeedBoosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
prealpinux@mastodon.uno ("prealpinux :fedilug:") wrote:
Un epitaffio per la fine del web (sin qui conosciuto)
https://prealpinux.com/2025/10/19/un-epitaffio-per-la-fine.html
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The things that didn’t kill you made you stronger, apparently, though that was a lie; truth was, too many things left you still alive but broken and disturbed, and it was better not to experience them.”
— Bad Actors (Slough House Book 8) by Mick Herron
https://a.co/9kxBAnC
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Well played, soft shark. Well played.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Oh hai, from #nokings SF!
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“All those decades of the arms race, and it turned out there was no greater damage you could inflict on a state than ensure it was led by an idiot. Somewhere, someone, probably, was laughing.”
— Bad Actors (Slough House Book 8) by Mick Herron
https://a.co/e7mfpDm
Mastodon FeedBoosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
pouyllau ("Stéphane Pouyllau") wrote:
« L’écriture académique au format texte avec Markdown et Pandoc » par Bernard Pochet https://e-publish.uliege.be/md2/ #édition #pandoc #markdown #science
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jwz:
NinaBernstein1@journa.host ("Nina Bernstein") wrote:
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jwz:
Memere ("Mémère") wrote:
It's a beautiful day for #NoKings - here's my sign. #amphtifa
Mastodon Feed@jef "I apologize for the concern it caused" is NOT AN APOLOGY. The passive "it caused" leaves the fault with the nameless "concerned", not with the speaker.
"I apologize for the fact that people freaked out when I shouted fire" is not the same as "shouting fire was wrong".
An actual apology takes the form:
1: What I did was wrong;
2: This is why;
3: Here is how I'll be changing my behavior.Most people, and no politicians, understand this.
ETA: Cleese understands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7mIy97%5Frlo
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jwz:
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:
Frogs for freedom. #NoKings
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jwz:
oneunderscore__@threads.net ("Ben Collins") wrote:
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
Morris stood strong in opposition to tyrants today.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/18/the-morris-protest-march/
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
There's been some fog here lately
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
Blackbird in a nearby tree.
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
For this #caturday, three of my neighbours, the cats Skotta, Grása, and Loðmundur respectively. And the fourth cat is the one I spotted through the fog during my walk today
Mastodon FeedBoosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
amerpie@social.lol ("Lou Plummer 💖") wrote:
My kid’s signs for No Kings today. Their politics are the best testimony to my parenting.
