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

You mean…the Pink Panther was a documentary about Parisian security?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/07/inspector-clouseau-is-still-employed-i-see/

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

Paying your #freelancers on time is not only the right thing to do, it's the best thing for your business.

Freelancers sell their *time* so they prioritize what gets done based on who pays first.

If you work in a corporate office speak up— in meetings, retreats, email, water coolers. Accounting depts shouldn't have free rein to inflict financial pain on freelancers.

If you need it in Q4, then pay in Q4. Need it this week, then pay this week. I can't think of a more reasonable request.

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

This administration is really upset it can't just starve a bunch of American citizens like it wants to

https://share.google/4hM5LxHPVpXFlxfd2

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

This type of deal also runs cover for the high-income liberals who will use this deal to lecture poor people about how the democrat's tried their best.

If you want people to call their senators more, then this is a great chance to do so.

#democrats #NoKings

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

Corporate #Democrats are making backroom deals with #Republicans that will devastate the working class, while pretending they tried.

The deal would mean democrats get to write a health bill and bring it to a vote; a bill they know will not pass under any circumstance. In exchange, they will vote to reopen the government by passing #Trumps Big Beautiful Bill.

Corporate dems prove time and time again that they are the enemy of the working class.

#NoKings

https://youtu.be/rqYFZHAYTQ8

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
zeldman@front-end.social wrote:

They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997.

https://zeldman.com/2025/10/25/receipts-a-brief-list-of-prominent-articles-proclaiming-the-death-of-the-web/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=jetpack%5Fsocial

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

Funny how early Muslim settlers could be neglected by history, while a temporary Scandinavian invasion got all the press…

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/07/a-neglected-or-hidden-history/

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

Wild turkeys appear in my dad’s neighborhood every year around Thanksgiving. They have chased me many times. They know.

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

I'm feeling somewhat more protected today.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/07/i-got-my-sticker/

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

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

'Ms. Ríos Pérez de Velásquez’s children range from 11 months to 17 years, and her youngest will turn 1 this month, her brother said.

“She thought she would have a better future here and give a better future to her children,” he said. “But it was just the opposite.”'

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

Cleaning Woman Killed Through Door After Arriving at Wrong Home, Police Say

The shooting of the woman, Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, an #immigrant from Guatemala, took place on Wednesday in Indiana, a state with a “stand your ground” law.

#law #GunLaws #guns #racism #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/whitestown-indiana-shooting-cleaner-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

"... were going to clean a new client’s home on Wednesday. The husband... said that he had struggled to open the door and that his wife had then taken the keys from him, teasing him for not being able to get it unlocked. Seconds later, she was shot in the head...

The family later discovered that the house they had been hired to clean was behind the one they had tried to enter, he said."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/whitestown-indiana-shooting-cleaner-dead.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.zU8.%5FBSF.jLjz%5FYJrs5as&smid=url-share

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
streetartutopia@mastodon.online ("Street Art Utopia") wrote:

everyonehateselon_ : 🚨 BREAKING: Tesla shareholders just voted to make Elon Musk the world's first TRILLIONAIRE.
Only the world’s biggest loser would would have the ability to end world hunger several times over and choose not to.
Just tax billionaires. Duh.

📍 Tottenham, near Tesla's flagship London dealership

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

Kinda looking forward to this series https://youtu.be/iqtE21HQ-KU

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

"Michael Wolff, a longtime chronicler of Trump’s White House who conducted extensive interviews with Epstein prior to his death, told The Daily Beast last month that Epstein had shown him photos of Trump with half-naked 'young girls' in his lap."

#Trump #Republicans #MikeJohnson #Epstein #coverup #pedophiles
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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

One person with a laptop can now do what took a company 20 years ago. Unfortunately, that one person is launching 47 mediocre SaaS products and a crypto scam.

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

Pretoria is trying to repatriate 17 South Africans misled into “seemingly mercenary activities” in eastern Ukraine

It didn’t say which side they joined — but per its own warning on job scams in Russia, it’s highly unlikely they fought for Ukraine.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/07/south-africa-investigates-how-17-citizens-were-deceived-into-joining-russias-war-in-ukraine/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Eggfreckles@mastodon.mit.edu ("Thomas Brand") wrote:

@thehomespundays me too.

(Probably the most 90’s thing you will see today.)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Eggfreckles@mastodon.mit.edu ("Thomas Brand") wrote:

Mac OS 8 was the first and last release of Mac OS that was released on a 8-track cartridge.

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

whatever can go wrong will eventually do so. whatever can be misunderstood will be. plan for it.

https://mastodon.social/@inautilo/115505726373009032

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

“Designing for edge cases isn’t a chore; it’s an investment in the integrity of your work. For those of us who care about craft, that’s where the real mastery shows.” — Praveen Juge

_____
#Design #Skills #Mastery #Creativity #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Quotes

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

M ake
A merica
H eave
A gain

https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/115504034718277494

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bicmay@med-mastodon.com ("Bich Nguyen :verified:") wrote:

"American inspections of foreign food facilities — which produce everything from crawfish to cookies for the U.S. market — have plummeted to historic lows this year, a ProPublica analysis of federal data shows, even as inspections reveal alarming conditions at some manufacturers."

https://www.propublica.org/article/foreign-food-safety-inspections-historic-low-fda

#PublicHealth #food #FoodSafety #FoodInspections #FDA #HHS #USpol

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:

Besides the 10% reduction in airline traffic, the FAA has restricted commercial space launches and reentries to the hours between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time.

We presume that means reentries that reach the ground. In the US? Does it apply to SpaceX reentries which sometimes reach the ground?

A memo posted by Sec Duffy on X says space launches are prohibited between 11 am and 3 pm UTC, i.e., permitted between 10 am and 6 am EST? Incompetents!

@sundogplanets
https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/us-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-faa-administrator-bryan-bedford-outline-series
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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

Siouxsie Wiles needs your help!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/07/support-a-scientist/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
sue@glasgow.social ("Sue Smith") wrote:

My conviction that most LLM coding tooling is aimed at avoiding learning rather than enabling it just keeps getting stronger. Today I'm looking at debugging tools for LLM generated code and you'll never guess what everything I'm finding uses, why it's more LLMs of course. 🤡

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

For sale: strong opinions; never published: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/strong-opinions-never-published/

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

For sale: strong opinions; never published

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/strong-opinions-never-published/

In lieu of saying something constructive