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

“Michael Tsai - Blog - What Happened to Apple’s Legendary Attention to Detail?”

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/10/24/what-happened-to-apples-legendary-attention-to-detail/

> This morning, the “d” key on my keyboard stopped working. This has happened several times over the last few months. I know it’s a software issue because the problem also occurs with other keyboards

The list of issues is both mind-boggling and long. Something's gone seriously wrong

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange ("Nonya "Lethal Precision" Bidniss :CIAverified: 🇺🇸") wrote:

David Super, the Carmack Waterhouse professor of law and economics at Georgetown University Law Center, said while Congress has given the government a broad authority to accept gifts, spending those funds without congressional appropriation would be unconstitutional and a violation of the Antideficiency Act.

“Whether the government is or is not lawfully paying the troops salaries can’t depend on this gift. It has to depend on whether there is another appropriation available for this cost, and I don’t think there is. And if there isn’t, then they can take the gift and hold it, but they can’t spend it without approval of Congress,” Super told Federal News Network. #military #DOD https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/can-dod-use-private-funds-to-pay-troops-during-shutdown/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
linuxgal@techhub.social ("🌈 ☯️Teresita🐧👭") wrote:

In 1537 Pope Paul III issued “Sublimis Deus” forbidding slavery and punishing those who do so with automatic excommunication. This didn't stop the bishop in Alabama or priests in Georgetown from owning slaves during the US Civil War, and #MAGA Catholics are good with that, but they don't want Biden to receive communion because his party platform affirms bodily autonomy for women. #02

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:

It's neat how if you ask Claude Code questions about itself it can answer them, because it knows how to fetch a Markdown index of its own online documentation and then navigate to the right place

I wish more LLM tools would implement the same pattern! https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/24/claude-code-docs-map/

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

Remember NAFTA? Trump got rid of it & passed the USMC act. He claimed it was the best trade deal ever between the United States, Mexico & Canada.

Now, he says Mexico & Canada are ripping us off with the worst trade deal ever.

Dude, you negotiated & signed it into law. Don’t remember? You bragged about it on YouTube.

Now, your little feelings got hurt by an advertisement that played Reagan talking about tariffs & you stop talking about trade with them.

Dude, grow up. Better yet, croak!🐸

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mcnado@mstdn.social ("McNadoMD") wrote:

When a private entity pays DoD $130 million, anonymously, to pay troops during a shutdown, that’s a bribe. That’s someone buying something.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
denisedwheeler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Denise Wheeler") wrote:

Please watch. Please share. Trump's masked thugs attacked a blind protestor in South Portland last weekend and dragged him away like an animal. The man is 4'6" and legally blind. A US citizen. "They picked the weakest person they could find," he told The Oregonian/OregonLive.

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• video: 2b4073a11db8f22c.mp4

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

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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
stylus@social.afront.org ("Stylus") wrote:

I had a brain idea so I made a picture of it. #pride

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

We get sidetracked in-game by a discussion with morality

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/86sy3tUFmRKPf8XYtY7HKB

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

good lord,that is a helluva pension

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/explained-retired-nypd-chief-john-chells-295k-disability-pension-approved-by-nyc-police-pension-fund/articleshow/124805798.cms

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catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

Embrace true happiness, and become one with the socks 🧦

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• video: Cute video of a happy purring black cat who is snuggled under a pile of socks in the sock bin. Human: You helping? Kitty: mrr Human: Yes Kitty: mew Human: Are you one with the socks? Kitty: *half blinks while purring* Human: *zooms in* you just crying in there Kitty: meow *rolls head to side* Human: Do you want some more socks? Kitty: Meow! Human: Yeah? You want some more socks? *places socks around head* Kitty: *purr purr* Human: How's that? Kitty: (happy) mew

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EuromaidanPress ("Euromaidan Press") wrote:

You helped us find a defense correspondent once. Let's do it again: your favorite Ukrainian media outlet longs for a deputy editor-in-chief.

One that's in for the long game. One that will take us to the next level. Let's go
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/23/vacancy-deputy-editor-in-chief/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Easedale Beck on a rainy day.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Fuji Superia X-tra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

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

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴") wrote:

Earth’s Falling Reflectivity Means the Planet Is Getting Darker—And Hotter | Scientific American

https://archive.is/2025.10.22-151352/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-falling-reflectivity-means-the-planet-is-getting-darker-and-hotter/

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
ElleGray@mstdn.social ("elle") wrote:

science

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

Checking in on this. Not too bad!

No composable moderation yet, but the rest of the list looks pretty solid!

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/113506002032852095

So Mastodon got quote tweets and improved moderation tools, and the world didn't end.

Again, I'm not here to argue with people, or to ask for your permission. I'm here to help make Mastodon better, safer, and more welcoming for Black people.

If that's your goal too, then cool! We can talk about how best to accomplish that.👍🏿

If that's something that you are fundamentally against, because you think everything is just fine how it is, or because you don't want millions more people on the Fediverse, then we are against each other. We don't have to talk about it. We don't need to meet half way, or have debates about it. We can just get right into it.

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

Me and @uoou on one of our livestreams

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• video: Chris and Drew talking some shite about the time police.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jgordon@appdot.net ("John Gordon") wrote:

Anyone else in US notice some consumer items are in short supply? A few times in the past week I've run into supply issues that surprised me. Today it was an REI cool weather running pant -- at a time of year when they would sell a lot of them.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tzimmer_history ("Thomas Zimmer") wrote:

As their vision of an ethno-state dominated by wealthy white Christian men has come under pressure, they believe any measure – regardless of how extreme – is now justified.

The conflict that shapes America today is the latest iteration of a very old struggle.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
funhouseradio@mastodon.world ("FunHouse Radio") wrote:

► https://FunHouseRadio.com <- TUNE IN
#meme #memes #scifi #cartoon #comic

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

The local activists and organizers who were the beating heart of No Kings Day are continuing to lead the fight on the ground in your community. Check out our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local organizers: http://indivisible.org/groups #NoKings

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• video: ad42b55f5cf2bd34.mp4

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

Glitches dance like ghosts,
Whispers of chaos abound,
Patience wears so thin.

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

YouTube video: What happened to 24-hour supermarkets? Retail secrets & multi-pack laws explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-SmlsSdsA

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

okay, this is very weird

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/world/americas/trinidad-bodies-us-strike-venezuela.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.wE8.b1S8.IVlSGh1licae&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

Sometimes the light is right #nature #landscape

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

Last of the recent foggy photos #landscape #nature

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

This redpoll only stood still for one short moment #birds

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

For #caturday, these two current inhabitants of the local cat shelter, hopefully here only temporarily

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
LibertyOverGov ("BlueCrew community") wrote:

There’s something wild in Portland’s water! The rare Frogtifa species is multiplying faster than conspiracy theories on Fox News. 🐸 The amphibian revolution is here, and honestly, I’m cheering them on.

#BlueCrew #Resist #TruthWarriors #StrongerTogether #StayWoke #ProtectOurRights #Portland

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• video: cc89aca5dbbe1e0c.mp4