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

'A federal judge on Wednesday ordered prosecutors in the criminal case of the former FBI director James Comey to produce a trove of materials from the investigation, saying he was concerned that the justice department’s position had been to “indict first and investigate later”'

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/james-comey-evidence-judge

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
sbisson ("Simon Bisson") wrote:

Thirty three years ago today I made this USENET post. That afternoon I ended up inviting the person who emailed me about it along to a book signing I was going to that evening.

We have now been married over 21 years.

https://groups.google.com/g/alt.callahans/c/gISqSlpAN6w/m/OAozj770C4QJ

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

Thank you, Nancy Pelosi, for your leadership, courage, and all you have accomplished -- and for making way for the next generation of leaders.

https://www.kqed.org/news/12062796/nancy-pelosi-leaves-congress-after-38-years-defining-generations-of-democratic-power

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aaronsojourner.org@bsky.brid.gy ("Aaron Sojourner") wrote:

Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate This streak dies tomorrow Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months This blind spot will remain forever

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mzmtoehujifw6wpzlz3hdpni/post/3m4xrfu3hh22s

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

“I have never, ever, ever, ever, ever thought that we would have our government attacking government employees,” said Omar Algeciras, who works at the Department of Labor. “ I think this is the epitome of harassment, bullying and attacks on people that are simply trying to do their best to provide a service or services to American workers.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/trump-federal-government-shutdown

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

Today in History: six white police officers shot and killed an unarmed 25-year-old Black military veteran named Roland T. Price outside of a bar in my home town: Rochester, New York. The shooting was deemed “justified” even though evidence showed that Mr. Price did not resist the officers’ demands.

Mr. Price was the recipient of the Purple Heart medal, which he was wearing when he entered the bar in his military uniform that evening in 1947.

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Deer hunting season opens in Minnesota this weekend!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/06/deer-hunting-season-opens-this-weekend/

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Today in "reasons to live"

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DQtY%5FbKEkAh

Mastodon wrote:

Thank you to all of the contributors to Mastodon 4.5! As always, we also appreciate your donations and support as we continue to build a better social web for everyone.

https://joinmastodon.org/donate

Mastodon wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/115503006012708370

We recommend that server owners update their Mastodon installations to bring these improvements to their communities as soon as they can. There are a lot of great updates, now ready for everyone.

Mastodon wrote:

Among many tweaks, and some polishing of the web interface, Mastodon 4.5 also now supports the use of native emoji 🎁

Mastodon wrote:

Server owners can do more to manage and showcase their community. Mastodon 4.5 has settings to define the visibility of different feeds (timelines), and also the ability to set the default landing page to the local feed. There are also new tools for restricting problematic usernames, and improvements in the moderation interface.

Mastodon wrote:

The Fediverse feels more vibrant when conversations are buzzing! Mastodon 4.5 fetches replies from other servers to show you more complete conversation threads - another much-anticipated feature.

Mastodon wrote:

Mastodon 4.5 brings Quote Post authoring features to everyone. Note that you can manage whether or how your posts are quoted by others, both globally on the new Posting Defaults page, and individually on specific posts. You can also revoke the use of a post. We wrote about this in more detail a few weeks ago: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/introducing-quote-posts/

Mastodon wrote:

We’re excited to release Mastodon 4.5 into the world! Arriving just a few months after the last release, this version brings the long-awaited Quote Posts feature, along with many other goodies. Here’s a quick look (you should read our blog post for more!)

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Note to Ben Shapiro: Eugene Debs was not a villain, but please do spread his message more widely.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/06/i-get-emailfrom-the-daily-wire/

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

what percent of "FAQs" are actually *frequently* asked questions?

I feel like 90% of the FAQs I style are literally never asked before totally made up content for a new website.

The other 10% are lorem ipsum.

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

‘Even in the seven-to-eight-seat scenario, Democrats might need to win the popular vote by five percentage points to merely have a 50-50 shot to win the House.

In recent decades, five-point victories in the House popular vote have generally happened during “wave” elections, like in 1994, 2006, 2010 and 2018, when one party ends up winning a large majority. And only once in the past 30 years has it happened during a presidential election year: Barack Obama’s win in 2008.’

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

"… it would not be surprising to see Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana and Tennessee attempt to eliminate every Democratic district. Additionally, without Section 2, North Carolina’s current plan to dismantle its First District would pass legal muster. And Florida Republicans might be tempted to target the state’s Ninth District in its coming redistricting push.

After those seven or eight seats, things get a little fuzzier."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/upshot/supreme-court-voting-rights-gerrymander.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=highlightShare

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

"This is not some grand heel turn, or some brainwashing that DHH suffered. This is straight up a midlife crisis turned fash speedrun."

(Original title: Jordan Petridis: DHH and Omarchy: Midlife crisis)

https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/11/06/dhh-and-omarchy-midlife-crisis/

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

an important distinction for future races:

“… the available data generally suggests that Democratic gains were driven slightly more by flipping Mr. Trump’s supporters than by benefiting from a superior turnout, at least for Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/upshot/election-turnout-trump-hispanics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
ianbetteridge@vivaldi.net ("Ian Betteridge") wrote:

I remain absolutely amazed how, nearly two years down the line, this post on adapting to the new reality of search in the era of AI holds up incredibly well.

https://www.ianbetteridge.com/adapting-to-the-new-reality-of-search/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davey_cakes@mastodon.ie ("Davey") wrote:

I find myself thinking about the difference between non-profit projects and community-owned projects, in relation to LLM adoption which doesn't show apparent sympathy for community and volunteers.

Wikipedia and Mozilla seem hell-bent on shoehorning LLMs into their systems, in the latter case blowing away community labour. There's no sense in it beyond groupthink.

Are tech non-profits separate from industry, or a section of it that doesn't make money?

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
moodywarlock@social.lol ("Moody Warlock") wrote:

I like to maintain a list of cool #smallweb #retroweb ##indieweb #smolweb services on a links page at my photo blog. Any suggestions of nice community oriented services you've come across?

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
alatiera ("Jordan Petridis") wrote:

I wrote a post about DHH fash speedrun and crashout.

DHH and Omarchy: Midlife crisis

https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/11/06/dhh-and-omarchy-midlife-crisis/

Crush Fascism.

#linux #framework #omarchy #ruby

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
fugueish@wandering.shop ("Chris Palmer") wrote:

> “It will be safer for you with this digital ID,” a government might say. “You can use it to make purchases or get healthcare, and as a fun bonus, nobody will ever mistake you for an immigrant and throw you in a detainment centre without proper food, sanitation or medication for weeks.” Oops, sorry – that got oddly specific for no particular reason. — @annaleen

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835650-100-digital-id-cards-could-be-a-disaster-in-the-uk-and-beyond/

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

I quite like the look of corrugated iron, even when it's rusty.#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #countryside #rural #abandoned #decay

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

So, I wanted to verify something about how Bluesky handles adult content. So as seemed reasonable for doing a test, I logged in my test account. I immediately found my test account was banned from seeing nudity.

On investigation, I found my test account is permanently flagged as *mandatorily* region-locked for: Brazil; Russia; Turkey; India; and Germany. I cannot turn the moderation for any of those five countries off. Not even using Blacksky, not even with a self-hosted PDS.

What in the fuck?

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
Kuniti_shino@pounced-on.me ("inamruzui") wrote:

"How do you do fellow federated servers" - bluesky "federation"washing

Re: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/115499769678000202

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Here, have something nice on your timeline.

https://youtu.be/sxkzqIekMXE