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sjvn wrote:

Happy Halloween from your friends on the COBOL maintenance team!

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MLNow@sfba.social ("Mission Local") wrote:

Guards turn away San Francisco supervisor trying to tour ICE facility

On Friday morning, District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood wanted to take a look inside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in San Francisco, where the bulk of the city’s ICE arrests have taken place. But the building’s security had other plans. They promptly turned Mahmood away. Security told him that threats to ICE agents have spiked across the country, and they could not take unscheduled tours.

https://missionlocal.org/2025/10/guards-turn-away-san-francisco-supervisor-trying-to-tour-ice-facility/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I guess it's kind of cosy.#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #countryside #rural #decay

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claytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:

William S. Burroughs with his hatchet-carved jack-o'-lantern, Halloween, in his home in Lawrence Kansas, 1996. Photographed by Philip Heying

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ana@starlite.rodeo ("miss ana vampires 🧛‍♀️ :vheart_fuck_yes:") wrote:

periodic reminder that the concept of the "tragedy of the commons" (where people having unfettered access to a resource supposedly inevitably leads to its degradation and destruction) was popularized by Garrett Hardin, a white nationalist eugenicist who was using it to argue for global population controls

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kirakira@furry.engineer ("they're both a kiragram") wrote:

when i was a kid i had this oracle called "ask the ipod" where i'd ask some question to my ipod and then hit shuffle and whatever song came on was the ipod oracle's answer. and imo this is a lot better than ai

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royaards@newsie.social ("Tjeerd Royaards") wrote:

A visual summary of inequality. Cartoon from last year.

#wealth #poverty #inequality

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docpop ("Doctor M. Popular") wrote:

At around 10pm we walked back home and decided to see what Valencia st was like. Your surprise, it was absolutely packed for “Dance-o-ween”! One section, 18-19th st, had nearly 1,000 people dancing. With a dozen portable dj booths. Not a single cop around. I couldn’t even see any organizers. This seemed spontaneous and decentralized.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
lrhodes@merveilles.town ("⁂ L. Rhodes") wrote:

I wonder how far the Affinity team had gotten into developing v3 when Canva said, "Looks great, we'll make it freemium."

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Techniques like DiskBBQ that allow performant vector search in memory constrained situations are neat

https://www.elastic.co/search-labs/blog/diskbbq-elasticsearch-introduction

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Ché Aimee Dorval - Almost Again

https://cheaimeedorval.bandcamp.com/track/almost-again

#NP #NowPlaying

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

Jamaica prepared financially for a climate disaster

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/jamaica-hurricane-melissa-bond-finance-9.6958943

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

https://xkcd.com/3160/

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

I am with Justice Jackson

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/supreme-court-kagan-jackson-liberal-justices.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kr1st@mastodon.radio ("Alex KR1ST/PA1ST") wrote:

I always enjoy seeing the Halloween images appear on the waterfall on a night like this.

#swl #shortwave

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Aaidanbird@disabled.social ("The Bird") wrote:

Repeat after me:

Antifa is short for Anti-fascist.
Antifa is NOT a group. There is no "antifa group."

Anyone who opposes fascism is automatically antifascist.

When the state declares antifascists are enemies of that state, then that state has declared itself fascist.

Sadly, many people bought into fascist logic that demonizes antifascism.

Antifascists are against bigotry and genocide. They stand for equity, equality, and justice.

Thanks for reading my PSA.

#Antifa #Antifascist #PSA

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tsyum@thepit.social ("ts 🚇") wrote:

We remember that the "weekend" was a radical leftist idea in 1886. Thank god for the ancestors who have fought on our behalf.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%5FView%5Fmassacre

Wisconsin's governor had seven union members killed during what is now referred to as the Bay View Massacre. Thankfully the vast majority of people (some 14,000) went on to live beyond the strike.

#history #remember #USA

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.

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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/