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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Do you reckon the Republicans understand that this shutdown is the general strike they thought could never happen? Sure seems like they underestimated our solidarity.

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

@cmconseils @jsonstein we refer to Siri as "the small woman inside your phone”

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
datastory@mstdn.ca ("Eugene") wrote:

🧠 Full-Stack Science — from raw data to the final PDF

While preparing the new version of my monograph, I realized something funny:
if I listed all the software I used, the “Used software” section would look more like a Linux manual than a scientific appendix.

Because, honestly — everything mattered.
From grep, awk, and apt, to PHREEQC, R, QGIS, and finally LaTeX.

Every single stage — data cleaning, modeling, visualization, mapping, typesetting — I did entirely on my own.
No outsourcing. No “sending for refinement.”
Just a full-stack, open-source workflow — from the first script to the final monograph PDF.

📘 Draft available on Zenodo:
🔗 https://zenodo.org/records/16741148

#OpenScience #IndependentResearch #Geochemistry #Hydrogeology #DataScience #PHREEQC #RStats #QGIS #Linux #LaTeX #EnvironmentalData #GeospatialAnalysis #FullStackResearch #ScientificWorkflow #Zenodo #SvystunovaGully

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
austinkocher ("Austin Kocher, PhD 🌎") wrote:

ICE is being sued by survivors of human trafficking and domestic abuse, including Merlos, who was detained with her children and her 71-year-old mother, according to the complaint.

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article312574817.html

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

After all the AI hype, Reddit is now advertising answers from real people. lol

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cybeardjm@masto.ai ("DJM (freelance for hire)") wrote:

I am a grown-up. I buy what I want with my own money...

#Crochet #DumpsterFire

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

The Trump administration bans praying outside or inside the Broadview ICE detention center in the Chicago area.

"Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be 'no more prayer' in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions."

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/feds-tell-faith-leaders-no-more-prayer-outside-broadview-facility/

#news #chicago #uspol #immigration #law #illinois

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cdarwin@c.im ("Chuck Darwin") wrote:

Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be
“no more prayer”
in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility,
in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/feds-tell-faith-leaders-no-more-prayer-outside-broadview-facility/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
StaceyCornelius@zeroes.ca ("Stacey Cornelius 🇨🇦") wrote:

Happiness is a sunny window.

#Caturday

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cdarwin@c.im ("Chuck Darwin") wrote:

We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings.

CBS News is gone;
CNN seems about to follow.
The Los Angeles Times installed an AI-powered “bias meter” to warn readers against taking some of what they read in the paper’s columns at face value.
And all across the country, local news is on a ventilator;
the right-wing Sinclair network is taking over everywhere,
and the Trump Federal Communications Commission is lending a hand.

https://newrepublic.com/article/202581/washington-post-right-wing-bezos?utm%5Fcampaign=SF%5FTNR&utm%5Fsource=Bluesky&utm%5Fmedium=social

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
amydiehl@mstdn.social ("Amy Diehl, Ph.D.") wrote:

In 2024, the US female-to-male earnings ratio was 80.9%. For union workers, it was 87.1%. Women in unions have stronger employer-sponsored benefits, are more likely to have a pension or retirement plan, and to receive health insurance from their employer.
https://www.afscme.org/blog/unions-are-the-best-defense-against-the-gender-wage-gap

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ufwupdates@union.place ("UFW") wrote:

"Gia" is harvesting wine grapes from 8 pm to 5 am on CAs Central Coast. She shares it can be challenging to harvest at night as it’s difficult to see and search for the best grapes. But night harvesting ensures the best fruit quality and makes for a better-tasting wine. #WeFeedYou

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mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

Everyday when they roll out fresh new horrors remind yourself that we are fighting back. No Kings was an incredible success and we crushed them this week in the elections. Stay strong, we are winning.

https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/115413506858003169

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

"There's a theory that early Europeans started saying "brown one" or "honey- eater" instead of "bear" to avoid summoning them, and similarly my friend has started calling Alexa "the faceless woman" because saying her true name awakens her from her slumber"

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Paul_Jackson ("Paul Jackson") wrote:

A Moment of Autumn Sunshine

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Pets #Tabby #TabbyCat

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catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

Witch: I will grant your wish, but you will be cursed with the knowledge of how you die.

Me: Hahaha jokes on you I already know

Attachments:

• gifv: Video of a keeper at a big cat sanctuary giving full body belly rubs and face rubs snuggles to a lioness laying on her back in the grass. The big dangerous kitty is loving the attention and watching this does NOT help my urge to want to pet all the big kitties out there.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊") wrote:

Someone put this "blue plaque" on a London Tesla showroom to mark his becoming the world's first trillionaire. “World’s first trillionaire Elon Musk. Could have solved world hunger but funded fascists instead. Bellend.” https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/everyone-hates-elon-protest-tesla-dealership-london-400042/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
sashag@anarres.family ("Sasha :verifiedtransbian:") wrote:

Watson and Crick used unpublished x-ray data from Rosalind Franklin and never gave her credit for it. They both were absolute noobs in x-ray structure analysis (I discovered this myself for some time, it IS hard).

Franklin was world-renowned for the quality of her x-rays. One of her coworkers who didn't like her stole the newest data and handed it over to Watson and Crick.

Using other scientists unpublished data without their consent is one of the worst things in science.

Later in his life, Watson said some incredibly stupid and racist things I won't repeat here. He did so several times. It was severe enough for Cold Spring Harbor National Laboratory to dismiss him from all duties and cut all ties with him.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
LAGilman@raggedfeathers.com ("Laura Anne Gilman") wrote:

Short version: the GOP would rather children go hungry, people unpaid, and Thanksgiving travel be ruined, than let their own people have affordable healthcare.

It’s not just cruelty; it’s petty, mean cruelty.

https://apple.news/AJirkePVmSg28Bz%5FmnFp6RA

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
grimalkina ("Cat Hicks") wrote:

We should be throwing unbelievable amounts of money into funding science right now given how many frontiers are being pushed that could transform things WITHIN OUR LIFETIMES but instead we're fighting for our lives inside of a psyop that's convinced everyone nothing is worth anything unless it comes in a smartphone

The gaslighting we are all experiencing about science is monumental

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

At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter whether Vladeck is correct about why Jackson did what she did tonight, nor does it matter if I am correct that her action did some harm and not any significant good. What matters is that the Roberts Supreme Court is very very unlikely to ever order the Trump regime to pay out full SNAP benefits for November. And if the government shutdown drags into December, the Trump regime will not release discretionary funds to pay for any SNAP benefits. 1/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wendysiegelman ("Wendy Siegelman") wrote:

Quantum Leap Energy LLC (which develops nuclear fuel), a subsidiary of ASP Isotopes, announced private placement of convertible notes led by American Ventures LLC with capital contributions from Eric and Donald Trump Jr.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1921865/000147793225007963/aspi%5Fex992.htm

American Ventures - linked to Soo Yu, an executive at Dominari where the Trump sons are investors - had an advisory agreement and invested $5mil in SRM Entertainment, now rename Tron Inc, backed by Justin Sun and his father

https://newstracs.com/don-jr-and-eric-trump-to-launch-new-spac-to-raise-300-million/2025/08/04/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org wrote:

🎉 At our 1 trillion-page celebration, CA State Senator Scott Wiener honored the Internet Archive for its “remarkable innovation and leadership,” presenting @brewsterkahle with a California Senate Certificate of Recognition.

Read the full story & see the video on our blog ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2025/11/05/california-state-senator-recognizes-internet-archives-remarkable-innovation-and-leadership/

#Wayback1T

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

In case anyone wants to keep up with the #Freebooters podcast.

@freebooters.uk

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
tootbrute@fedi.arkadi.one wrote:

@fromjason that's why utopian ideas like work from
home, UBI, and 4 day work week terrify them.

How they going to control is if we don't like in fear of starving, losing our job, or house?

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

Anyway, look how much chia and flax seeds I went through in like three months. I'm making smoothies and everything

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qkslvrwolf ("excited for the mastodon rise") wrote:

@fromjason people REALLLLLY don't get this, and I don't get it. It's about the power, it's about the misery, it's about being as high above the rest of us as possible. They already have more money than they know what to do with, literally. The money doesn't really matter to them. The power does.

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

"Billionaires spent just as much trying to defeat #Mamdani than if they just paid their taxes"

Yeah because it's not just about the money. It's about the misery. Misery makes for obedient workers. Can't have people walking around with pocket change because the bus is free, and a clear head because their kids are well taken care of. Who's working an extra twenty hours a week in those conditions?

#Capitalism is built on capital but it thrives on misery.

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r_flash@mastodon.r-flash.eu ("Adam P") wrote:

Variation on a previous piece.

Attachments:

• gifv: Grey ribbons creating an interwoven pattern vanishing into infinity towards the center. The ribbons are decorated with squiggles and dots.

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jk ("josef") wrote:

i just saw a screenshot of some linux distro. i was like. what window manager is this? what UI theme? it looked kinda like one of those fancy "we're easy to use!" linux distros you see. yknow where they make it look kinda like Mac OS. but there's always some small, telltale signs: odd text alignment, unclear, monochrome icons, an overall lack of polish. you can tell it's not a *real* Mac because of those. anyway i looked a bit closer, and it actually was Mac OS. thats what a Mac looks like now