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

I wager the GOP will lose in red states if people don't get SNAP this next week. Huge losses even in gerrymandered districts. This Bataan Death march #Epsteins bud took the GOP on will be taught in poli-Sci courses for generations.
#SNAP #EBT #Trump #GOP #MAGA #Elections.
Everywhere I go all people talk about is huge angry, hungry people . The ones with means afraid of a crimewave, the poor afraid of hunger.

Stupid is as Stupid does.

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

One World Trade Center (and Neighbors), NYC, 2019.

All the pixels, none of the vertigo, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/49291055921

#photography

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cliffle@hachyderm.io wrote:

Hmmm this site attempts to assign authorship to pre-version-control Unix sources, and credits tar to Charles B Haley:

https://www.spinellis.gr/pubs/jrnl/2016-EMPSE-unix-history/html/unix-history.html

However, this credit is described as coming from "primary research" and the sources are not cited. So far I haven't been able to locate a primary source. (Haley _is_ explicitly credited in several other areas of the V7 sources.)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dilmandila@mograph.social ("Dilman Dila") wrote:

Oh, and I'm making a new film, a dark comedy in the #solarpunk genre, about a man in an African techno-utopia who is banished from his village for a crime he did not commit. It's the last short I'm doing as target practice before I embark on a feature film next year, and if you have a few coins to spare, please help me figure out how to imagine this future.

https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign%5Fid=TT9Q7XRPVYB4Y&v=1&utm%5Funptid=a302a27b-b66b-11f0-af04-43e5cd9b43ca&ppid=RT001640&cnac=US&rsta=en%5FUS%28en-US%29&cust=WTQRFDWMY2SMW&unptid=a302a27b-b66b-11f0-af04-43e5cd9b43ca&calc=f1356002b29c8&unp%5Ftpcid=donate-button-campaign-created&page=main%3Aemail%3ART001640&pgrp=main%3Aemail&e=cl&mchn=em&s=ci&mail=sys&appVersion=1.366.0&tenant%5Fname=PAYPAL&xt=145585%2C150948%2C104038&link%5Fref=www.paypal.com%5Fdonate

#mutualaid #kickstarter #crowdfund #art #sff #scifi

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BrianJopek@mastodon.world ("Brian Jopek") wrote:

Happy Halloween! 🎃

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

Loops Update:

I'm preparing the app for submission to the App + Play Stores, the APK will be published later tonight 🚀

#loops #loopsApp

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

You are here.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
puffer@beige.party ("C Puffer") wrote:

Cutest trick’or’treater tonight was the little girl in the princess costume who came as we were getting to the bottom of our bowl. “How many pieces?” she asked quietly. “Just one. We’re running out and there’s still a lot of kids.” She looks at us with an earnest expression “Do you want some of mine?”

#halloween

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

I’m counting on you to watch the “60 Minutes” interview with Trump. I just can’t bear to do it. Give me the grim details after.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
acdha@thepit.social ("Chris Adams") wrote:

“The Saturday ride is an extension of an initiative that started last month when the group decided to collect funds to buy out vendors in Pilsen and Little Village so vulnerable residents could pack up early and avoid federal agents. Riders paid the vendors in cash and then passed out the food to people in need throughout Chicago, Rosales said.”
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/chicago-cyclists-protect-tamale-vendors-from-ice/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
N4JAW@mastodon.radio ("Jim "Ham on a Bike"") wrote:

The Latest Ham On A Bike Blogpost is out. Find out how I, "Enjoy The Fruits Of My Labor". #amateurradio #HamRadio
@qrplabs #QRPRadio #QCXMini #MorseCode #CW #QRP

https://hamonabike.blogspot.com/2025/10/enjoying-fruits-of-my-labor.html

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

If #military separation boards decide to allow #transgender service members to remain in uniform, commanders can override that decision, acc/to an Oct 8 memo to all the services from the #Pentagon’s undersecretary for personnel & readiness, Anthony Tata. That breaks with longstanding policy that boards act independently.

#Trump #law #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ

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

Grok spills its code — admits it’s wired for propaganda

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/10/31/grok-admits-its-constructed-to-protect-israel/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
VeroniqueB99 ("Vee") wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
IveyJanette ("Ivey Janette McClelland") wrote:

Apology not accepted ,Peggy Sue.

#kentucky #blackmastodon https://newsone.com/6574121/kentucky-gop-chai-apologizes-for-racist-obama-video/

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

‘“I apologize for sharing the video and for amplifying offensive imagery of former President Obama,” Coleman wrote on Facebook, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. “As someone who does not engage with racist tropes, I did not consider the underlying meaning that this video may have had. I am not racist, and any suggestion to the contrary does not reflect my values or character.”’

“may have had”.

liar. don’t make it worst, child. yes it does.

https://newsone.com/6574121/kentucky-gop-chai-apologizes-for-racist-obama-video/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aphclarkson.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Alexander Clarkson") wrote:

Taps sign, again

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xv2as7miy7ghje2htfynaqex/post/3lbhzpqu5pk26

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

oh, great, plutonium detected at Hunters Point. gag me with a pitchfork.

https://sfba.social/@dangrsmind/115471346951263223

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

so, no new in-migrants to the US will be allowed except for White South Africans? how subtle.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
trib@aus.social ("Stephen Collins") wrote:

@trpeal @jsonstein the absence of Fred is, tbqh, no great loss.

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

The classic CRT-based Apple Watch Ultra requires only subtle wrist modifications to suit most users.

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

but will it walk the dog?

https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor/115471339241166637

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

Just got visited by 80% of the Scooby Gang, with Daphne carrying a "LOST" sign for Fred.

Maybe the best costumes I've seen in four years here.

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

What are you up to this weekend? Hang out with us and make some calls to Virginia voters to help Democrats add a trifecta in Trump’s backyard: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/836250/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cliffle@hachyderm.io wrote:

Hey Unix history nerds:

Do we know who wrote tar(1)? Like, the original tar.c included in V7 Research Unix (which is the earliest one I can find). The list of potential culprits is pretty short, but there's no attribution I can find.

(If you have an answer, please clarify where you got it from, and reference any contemporaneous/primary sources if you've got them.)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
benroyce ("Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩") wrote:

this is obviously a joke

but you just know some will see this and...

yeah

#AI

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BrianJopek@mastodon.world ("Brian Jopek") wrote:

Cartoon by Kevin Seirs.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
markmetz@sfba.social ("Mr.Mark "The Sharpie King"") wrote:

“If you are using undocumented immigrants' tax records to find and kidnap them, then it was never about them paying taxes.

If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working.

If you are showing up at courthouses, then it was never about getting them to "do it the right way".

If you are kidnapping women and children, then it was never about criminals.

If you're refusing to give them due process, then it was never about the Constitution.

If you are building concentration camps in Florida to keep them here in cages, then it was never about the border.

If you're spending billions to do this, then it was never about the economy.

And if you're doing all this in the name of a 34 time convicted felon, then it was never about following the law.”

~anon on Reddit

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
amiserabilist@beige.party ("paul") wrote:

@MAJ1

“There is a very interesting debate raging at the moment about the nature of sin, for example,” said Oats.

“And what do they think? Against it, are they?” said Granny Weatherwax.

“It’s not as simple as that. It’s not a black and white issue. There are so many shades of gray.”

“Nope.”

“Pardon?”

“There’s no grays, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”

“It’s a lot more complicated than that—”

“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.”

“Oh, I’m sure there are worse crimes—”

“But they starts with thinking about people as things…”

Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

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

US judge permanently blocks Trump order requiring voters to prove citizenship

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-permanently-blocks-trump-order-requiring-voters-prove-citizenship-2025-10-31/