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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:

Fri plan: Ease into the day; update a client project; fight back against the email surge; write and post “The Weekly Cybers” (check out the archives and subscribe for FREE at https://stilgherrian.com/theweeklycybers); quiet evening; meals ad libitum, because I can.

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

‘“The question is, did the FBI find those photographs that have been discussed publicly by a witness who claimed that Jeffrey Epstein showed them to him?” asked Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in early October.

But Bondi could only blink with her mouth agape.

“You don’t know anything about that?” Whitehouse said. “OK.”’

https://c.im/@msbellows/115504983230400373

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"That brings total announced cuts this year to over one million, an economic bloodbath not seen since the pandemic or the Great Recession. And to repeat: this is private jobs data, because Trump’s administration has stopped reporting, blaming the shutdown. …

No amount of gold-plated signage outside the Oval Office can disguise what’s happening inside. There’s an administration unraveling, an economy crumbling, & a nation paying the price for one man’s ego."

#jobs #JobMarket #economy #Trump
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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"It’s been a brutal Thursday for Donald Trump, and for the American people living under his failed economic agenda. The latest private jobs data confirms what so many families already feel: this economy is falling apart. October saw the highest number of corporate layoffs since 2003, with more than 153,000 jobs slashed last month alone."

~ Ben Meiselas

#jobs #JobMarket #economy #Trump
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/thursday-afternoon-news-updates-11625

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

reportedly overheard in an Oslo cafe discussion about US politics:

“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ilumium@eupolicy.social ("Jan Penfrat") wrote:

Gotta love The Guardian for those quotes from Europeans on #Mamdani's win in NYC:

"Verbeek backed this with a comment he had overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal."

“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his newsletter, The Planet. “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal

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

government should make sandwiches for the people, do not make war upon them.

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

What about US #nationalsecurity?? #FBI Dir #KashPatel facing criticism for taking #government #jet [our money] to see his country-singer girlfriend perform at a wrestling match in PA then taking the jet to her home city of Nashville he chose to fire a veteran FBI official in charge of the bureau’s planes. He then followed that by having the FBI instruct at least one #flighttracking website to stop sharing public data about his jet. #censorship #maga #democracy #corruption #government #politics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
msbellows@c.im ("M.S. Bellows, Jr.") wrote:

This is where I post from.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
macf00bar@hachyderm.io ("Reinhard Lackner") wrote:

Just watched a Hanselminutes Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIDkT%5FQDHsY) where @shanselman interviewed @captainsafia

Really liked Safia’s point about how curricula might have to include a “code review” class. The problem is that you cannot teach review until people actually know what they are looking at.

With GenAI in the mix, too many early-career devs skip straight to “vibe coding” and let the model fill in the blanks. That means they never develop the sense of when code smells off. It reminds me of the Japanese concept of Shuhari: first follow the rules, then adapt them, then transcend them. You cannot transcend a craft you have not yet learned.

I was also reminded of something Mark Russinovich said in another video (“Scott and Mark Learn”) about how he “vibe coded” something, and it worked, but only because he “supervised the shit out of it.” That is the key difference: someone with deep experience, muscle memory, and the ability to “drive stick shift” can keep these tools on track.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"McConnell cited a Truth Social post from Donald Trump as direct evidence that the president intended to defy a federal court, condemning the administration’s behavior as 'arbitrary, capricious, and utterly unacceptable.' …

Judge McConnell found that the Trump Administration violated his order by not paying out SNAP benefits."

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #food #SNAP #children #hunger #cruelty #courts
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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"In a scathing ruling handed down just minutes ago, Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to immediately deliver full November SNAP benefits to every state, blasting officials for their brazen refusal to obey his earlier mandate."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #food #SNAP #children #hunger #cruelty #courts
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-judge-rules-trump-defied

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
metacurity@infosec.exchange ("Metacurity") wrote:

Sources say the Congressional Budget Office, lawmakers’ nonpartisan bookkeeper, was hacked by a suspected foreign actor, and email and chat logs between lawmakers’ offices and nonpartisan researchers might have been accessed.

Congressional Budget Office believed to be hacked by foreign actor
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/06/cbo-hack-congress-foreign/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kims@mas.to ("Kim Scheinberg") wrote:

Twenty employees at Conde Nast confronted HR over the company’s decision to shut down Teen Vogue

The company FIRED four of them then filed a federal labor complaint against the NewsGuild of New York

Goddamnit I'm going to have to cancel my Wired subscription

https://www.thewrap.com/conde-nast-union-federal-complaint-teen-vogue/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ricci@discuss.systems ("Rob Ricci") wrote:

While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973

Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX%5FFourth%5FEdition

We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum

#retrocomputing

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

AP: ‘A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to find the money by Friday to fully fund SNAP benefits for November…
“The defendants failed to consider the practical consequences associated with this decision to only partially fund SNAP,” McConnell said. “They knew that there would be a long delay in paying partial Snap payments and failed to consider the harms individual who rely on those benefits would suffer.”’

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

You know when you do so much work but it doesn't feel like you moved the needle at all?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
foone@digipres.club ("Foone🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

>If, however, you don't believe me feel free to write and I'll send you a copy compiled for an bare 8086. I hope you don't plan on using your PC in the next month.

oh god raytracing on an original IBM 5150 is such a bad idea I have to do it

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Here is the written order memorializing Judge Ellis’ ruling from the bench. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.487571/gov.uscourts.ilnd.487571.250.0%5F1.pdf #LawFedi https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115503745282096581

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

“Mr. Smith has told people in his orbit that he welcomes the opportunity to present the public case against Mr. Trump denied to him by the Supreme Court decision asserting broad presidential immunity from prosecution and adverse rulings from a Trump-appointed judge on the federal bench in Florida.”

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Me, searching: Is Company B corrupt?

Company B's AI summary: Nope. No need to look further. We've summarized the answer for you and it's nope.

Me, an idiot: okay cool thanks

#AI

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

going after Jack Smith would lead to some interesting court records about Herr Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/politics/jack-smith-trump-investigations.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thenewrepublic@flipboard.com ("The New Republic") wrote:

D.C. Sandwich Guy Is Definitely Not Guilty, Jury Rules
https://newrepublic.com/post/202833/dc-sandwich-guy-free-not-guilty-jury-verdict?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

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

Two pillars prevent Russian assault on Euro-Atlantic territory: NATO unity and Ukraine's fight.
If either erodes, 'the risk of armed confrontation between Russia and Europe would increase considerably.'
Ukraine buys Europe time it's not using effectively.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jik@federate.social ("Jonathan Kamens 86 47") wrote:

@heidilifeldman I am so grateful to Judge Sara Ellis for literally putting her neck on the line and sticking up to the corrupt, fascist Trump administration.
I just nominated Judge Ellis for the Kennedy Library Profile In Courage award. Additional nominations wouldn't hurt!
https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/submit-a-nomination

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Finally, Ellis has certified the lawsuit as a class action, so it applies to all nonviolent protestors and news gathers. 6/6

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Still ruling, Ellis has found that the Trump regime’s conduct “shocks the conscience.” This finding is important if individual protestors bring damages actions under federal civil rights law. 3/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
clarkesworld@mastodon.online ("Clarkesworld") wrote:

Sent out thirteen acceptances this morning. Looking forward to sharing these stories with everyone.

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

be encouraged. do not get cocky. the struggle that will be played out over the next 3 years of this Presidency has just begun.

https://mstdn.party/@holeinthehead2/115504697447758575

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TonyStark@progressivecafe.social ("Tony, Pretty Much") wrote:

Layoffs surging just before the holidays.

Golden Age, everybody.

US layoffs for October surge to two-decade high, Challenger data shows | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/layoffs-us-october-surge-two-decade-high-challenger-data-shows-2025-11-06/