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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
alice@lgbtqia.space ("🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)") wrote:

#PSA: remember this holiday season that you don't have to buy *new* shit for folx. Hell, you don't *have* to buy anything.

- hit up a thrift store
- make something for someone
- upcycle
- trade with someone
- skill swap
- join a local buy nothing group
- give something away
- just spend time with someone
- pirate something
- do that one thing your partner really likes
- message someone on Signal to tell them how much you appreciate them
- just be you—that's enough 💝

—Love, Alice 💕

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
elizabethjacobs.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD") wrote:

The attack on vaccines by the bad actors who are running amok in the U.S. government will result in the following: 1. Substantial reduction in vaccine access 2. Significantly increased vaccine-preventable disease 3. Significantly increased pediatric deaths 4. A witch hunt for a “cover up”.

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

he went golfing instead https://federate.social/@mattblaze/115631177638567650

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

A more minor thing, but one that still bugs me: Trump, for all his bluster about the shootings of the guard troops he sent to DC, has remained at Mar-a-Lago this whole time. He won't return to Washington until Sunday.

He never returned to visit the bedside of Specialist Beckstrom before she died. He hasn't visited Sergeant Wolfe. He hasn't personally offered comfort or gratitude to their families or performed any of the usual post-tragedy gestures of leadership.

Instead, today he went golfing.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
carrideen@c18.masto.host ("Carrie Shanafelt") wrote:

I realize not everyone has access to a perfect black cat at all times, so here is Camilla to brighten your #Caturday
#CatsOfMastodon

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

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@internetarchive

https://archive.org/donate

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/business/video/internet-archive-wayback-machine-church-digvid

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Scary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!") wrote:

@Lazarou @blogdiva
BWAHAHAHA, that'll be justice. 😂 All the men who yell that women just want money (because these are the men who are dog shit at relationships) will wind up with AI girlfriends who actually do just want them for money.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
jeffowski@mastodon.world ("Church of Jeff") wrote:

#lgbtq #lgbtqia #salvationarmy #redbuckets #bigotry #addiction #recovery

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

No, the D.C. shooter was NOT an Afghani terrorist brought to the U.S. by Biden.

He was a CIA operative. This was blow back.

And increasing National Guards in our cities will not make us safer. It'll just put all of us at greater risk of violence.

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/27/nx-s1-5623041/national-guard-shooting-suspect-cia-unit-afghanistan

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
andyjennings@aus.social ("Andrew Jennings") wrote:

Often while watching Mick Herron inspired material I have the conversation “Surely management could not possibly be that stupid and incompetent?” to which I reply “this is understated” #SlowHorses #mickherron

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CStamp ("Carolyn") wrote:

When you name files and folders, do you include spaces?

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

Someone donated $126K to our local public broadcast station in Merrillville, Indiana, anonymously. The donation is to support local news coverage.

https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/local-news/2025-11-25/record-breaking-anonymous-gift-fuels-hope-for-public-media

#news #uspol #indiana #nwindiana #pbs

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jens@social.finkhaeuser.de ("Jens Finkhäuser") wrote:

A lot of Germans are posting in German about #Giessen today, and since many of our friends overseas may be confused, here's a summary:

The current iteration of the Nazi-Party, the AfD, is holding a summit in the town of Giessen today. They announced the formation of a youth org (Hitler-Jugend?). A ton of people came to protest. The police are busy protecting the Nazis, and politicians in the current government see fit to attack the protesters.

This needs international attention.

#depol

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

"Trump claims these murderboat operations combat drug trafficking. That was always suspect. Not only are many of the people killed at most low-level shippers, but killing traffickers was less useful than capturing them.

And Trump’s promise to pardon former President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was a major drug trafficker, suggests Trump is not so much opposed to drug trafficking, he just wants a cut."

~ Marcy Wheeler

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
/7

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/29/murder/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
oli@olifant.social ("D. Olifant") wrote:

On Minnesota:
“Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for ‘prey’ as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone,” Trump claimed.

Dude, I live next door to Somalians. My whole neighborhood is Somalians. I walk my dog late at night, and wave to their kids and have never once felt even remotely unsafe.

If anything, I'm now terrified of what is going to happen to them, not to me.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
petergleick@fediscience.org ("Peter Gleick") wrote:

It seems we're about to find out which US senior military officers are willing to sacrifice their commands to uphold their oaths to refuse illegal orders.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
slowmart@mastodon.org.uk ("Martin") wrote:

Hey peeps, can anyone recommend a #wattmeter that will also register usage during #standby? (so below .5 watts) would ideally be 3 pin UK plug and fairly low cost.
I had occasion to be away from home for a few days and checked my usage and was a bit surprised, I have some older devices I could possibly replace or just bin as well as switch off TVs etc.
I'm considering making an extension lead and separating the live wire to measure the current with a multimeter.
Boosts appreciated

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

https://mstdn.party/@copter%5Fchief/115633877145624764

I would suggest tht Secretary Whisky Pete needs to read this short piece:
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1966/july/lawful-order

and I would also suggest those service members executing orders to kill civilians read it too, and think about their own responsibilities.

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

https://www.rawstory.com/gop-furries/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
copter_chief@mstdn.party ("CopterDoctor") wrote:

MAGA is freaking out over the video that tells service members not to obey unlawful orders.

MAGA calls them the seditious 6.

Really?

They reminded service members that they must refuse to carry out unlawful orders.

Not a big deal. I had Law Of Armed Conflict training every year.

Why’s MAGA so upset?

If the orders Trump issues are lawful, there’s no reason for MAGA to be upset.

That’s the problem.

Blowing up boats in international waters, then executing the survivors is a war crime.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kim_harding@mastodon.scot ("kim_harding ✅") wrote:

Mass protests in the central German town of Giessen against new AfD youth group
https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/29/mass-protests-in-the-central-german-town-of-giessen-against-new-afd-youth-group

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
racheled ("Rachele DiTullio") wrote:

Meet Chacha! He’s one of the community cats in my neighborhood and he’s been hanging out in my front yard.

#caturday

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
alavi@techhub.social ("Alavi | علوی") wrote:

#nu-pivottables feature just dropped!

you can now export XLSX (excel) pivottables.l, thanks to the very timely feature release of Excel.js

#pivottable #excel #exceljs #webdev #js #javascript

github.com/alirezaalavi87/nu-pivottables/commit/d7a53a25f95e154657c5636ee1e1276165f63e27

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gutenberg_org ("Project Gutenberg") wrote:

Great Women of Science: Dr. Esther Lederberg –The Forgotten Heroine of Genetic Discovery

Joshua Lederberg is well known in biology circles. Not so his wife, Dr. Esther Lederberg – whose name was drowned in the annals of the history of biology. And yet her work is critical to the practice of cutting-edge medicine and serves as a scaffold for modern genetic discoveries.

By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer

https://www.acsh.org/news/2025/11/28/great-women-science-dr-esther-lederberg-forgotten-heroine-genetic-discovery-49845

#womeninStem

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
goatrodeo@mstdn.social ("I Voted for McGovern") wrote:

In my lifetime, the struggle to contain Russian aggression & nuclear threat, 1st under communist & now fascistic leadership, has dominated American foreign policy. Now, w Russia living down to its well-earned shithole country reputation, far, far weaker than it has ever been, again in my long lifetime, we have a POTUS who is literally propping up Russia. Trump is a traitor to America & our constitution. With his incessant threats to hang his enemies, perhaps we take him up on it, starting w him?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

Bottom line: the Trump WH, along with Major Pete are not doing this because it is legal, or because it will save American lives. They are doing it because their poll numbers are tanking and they are inhumane enough to see killing foreigners as a useful distraction.

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

"in reality, Venezuela plays only a small part in the drug trade in America. Cocaine produced in Colombia does pass through Venezuela, but most of it goes to Europe. Colombian cocaine that is headed to the United States is exported through the Pacific Ocean. And U.S. agencies have determined that fentanyl is produced almost entirely in Mexico, not in Venezuela, with chemicals imported from China."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/politics/trump-venezuela-maduro-airspace.html

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

Hypothesis: the AI bubble is being supported by the fossil fuel industry's network of paid lobbyists *precisely* because it's the last remaining driver of increasing demand for their products. https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:66lbtw2porscqpmair6mir37/post/3m6pm66jcz22s

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

"No, ma'am." So that's how Ronald Reagan was elected.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/29/the-most-cutting-burn-ever/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzfZB1%5F8NOg

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

The redpolls still seem to be in decent shape #birds #bird #iceland