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

Everything Trump does is a metaphor. He knows only how to destroy, not to build.

Destroy the East Wing with no new design or blueprint.
Destroy US healthcare without having a replacement.
Destroy the US economy without having a fix.
Destroy FEMA with no plan for emergency response.
Destroy environmental regulations without any new protections.

https://www.axios.com/2025/12/10/white-house-ballroom-construction-east-wing-site-photos

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social ("Imogen") wrote:

So here is the deal.

Cold air will be arriving through next Wednesday and then a nice warm up just before Christmas.

Where is this warm air currently hanging out? The Western and South Western part of the United States and eventually it will break free and share it's love with the rest of us.

Stayed tuned.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

Fulfilling expectations of a “hawkish cut,” the US central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee lowers its key overnight borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point, putting it in a range between 3.5%-3.75%. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/fed-interest-rate-decision-december-2025-.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
netblocks ("NetBlocks") wrote:

ℹ️ Note: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
StillIRise1963@mastodon.world wrote:

If the “founding fathers” began the nation, the grifting, mediocre sons will end the nation.

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

okay, I *think* storyteller is finally ready for some public testing...

no tracking, no charges (donationware), no data retention nor give-away... just story/play/haiku ideas to entertain kids.

this tool should always turn out child-safe ideas and sketches at a grade five reading comprehension level.

some engineer friends were grousing about running out of ideas for stories for their grandkids/nieces/nephews, thus:

https://arghstudios.com/

select "Accounts" to set up a free account

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

Mandrake, do you know why I only issue memos in impact bold, and only in a 48 point font?

It's the diversities, Mandrake. The wokes. Sapping our masculine serifs and fluoridating our precious bodily fluids.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DrOinFL@mstdn.party ("OhSnap!Dragon") wrote:

In a world full of Chuck Berrys, be a Little Richard.

Boosted by jwz:
kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("37 Dolls For Your Popehat") wrote:

Before someone told me it was Alina Habba who said it, I just assumed “you can take the girl out of New Jersey but you cannot take New Jersey out of the girl” was from a Valtrex commercial

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

If you watch Hank Green's new video on AI and water consumption, you'll see why Effective Altruist Andy Masley thinks Hank did a good job.

If Hank Green isn't being paid by big tech, he sure is doing a lot of free labor for them lately.

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

I had no idea that Calibri was a DEIA font.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/10/good-to-know-the-administration-has-its-priorities-straight/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

The Nazis, in 1941, banned the Fraktur font because it was “too Jewish.” https://alphahistory.com/pastpeculiar/1941-nazis-ban-jewish-fonts/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

#Mastodon mentioned 🎉 🍾

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2e-c9SF5nE

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

This piece by @WeirdWriter is *really* good. Set aside 30 minutes and dive in when you can.

LLM ubiquity is ushering us into a sort of warped inverse renaissance, to the detriment of those of us who still value real words written by real people.

https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz wrote:

Impeachment articles filed against RFK Jr., claiming abuse of power - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/12/impeachment-articles-filed-against-rfk-jr-claiming-abuse-of-power/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Lydie@tech.lgbt ("ℒӱḏɩę 💾☮∞🎶♲☀🔋") wrote:

If you're looking at me through glasses with a camera in them, I will walk away and ignore you, until the glasses come off. F this shit. #privacy

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

That time of year when you open up the blinds in the morning and you're not sure it's gotten perceptibly brighter in the room.

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

I am going to make a thread that I can just link when people tell me about moving to Canada for science :)

- half my family emigrated to Canada. WITH A FACULTY JOB. You think this was just an easy walk in the park? It was financially precarious and many years of work and leaving behind an entire life (obviously)

- Canadian science literally relies on NIH funding too. Take a look at how many NIH dollars had Canadian faculty & institutions involved

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

This is the behavior of a man who can hear the footsteps of the defense catching up to him. He's panicking. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-threatens-new-icc-sanctions-unless-court-pledges-not-prosecute-trump-2025-12-10/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Gustodon@mas.to ("Ω 🌍 Gus Posey") wrote:

Faith is the enemy of reason.

I can tell by the measles.

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

I saw the #CBS interview with Marjorie Taylor Greene. She was asked if she is still #MAGA

Her response over & over was “I’m America First”

This is exactly what she means.

#FuckKKK
#MTGisaracistasshole

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
faraiwe@mstdn.social ("Faraiwe") wrote:

I'm just getting flippant, now

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thejapantimes ("The Japan Times") wrote:

Keio University and OpenAI signed a memorandum of understanding on the integration of AI into the university, with the maker of ChatGPT working closely with the Japanese institution on a range of projects. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/10/tech/keio-openai/?utm%5Fmedium=Social&utm%5Fsource=mastodon #business #tech #keiouniversity #chatgpt #ai #openai #tech

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CAPETOK ("CAPETOX") wrote:

El gato y su mejor amigo el capibara 😻😻😻
#Cats #Catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse

Attachments:

• video: 7e372591d90439f4.mp4

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

your friendly auntifa reminder that billionaires are, and will always be, the enemy. all 3,029 of them:

Forbes-Billionaire-List/Forbes Billionaire List 2025.csv at main · FilesUploader/Forbes-Billionaire-List · GitHub - https://github.com/FilesUploader/Forbes-Billionaire-List/blob/main/Forbes%20Billionaire%20List%202025.csv

#fascism #capitalism #oligarchy

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
phillip@social.lol ("Phillip :usa_distress:") wrote:

I wish the heat from wireless charging (especially through a case) wasn’t bad for battery health. Magsafe is just so fun and satisfying. Anything with magnets automatically gets +5 cool points. That satisfying *click* when you put the phone on the charger is *chef’s kiss*

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

RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/115689973077901876

When the “god father of AI” Geoffrey Hinton, or the leader of the #Rationalist movement Eliezer Yudkowsky, or the CEO of #OpenAI Sam Altman, or even Hank Green tell you that corporations have invented an AI God and you should be worried about the AI Apocalypse, it's to distract us from stories like this:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Remittancegirl@mstdn.social ("Madeleine Morris") wrote:

RE: https://journa.host/@anneapplebaum/115695373389418137

There is only one reason why both Russia and the US under Trump are chomping at the bit to break the EU apart and that is because, together, we are a significant threat to their corrupt version of a world order.

Parties in Europe clamouring to help Russia and the US succeed are, quite frankly, traitors to their own states.

Whether they’re doing it for ideological or financial reasons (probably for both), they are knowingly placing their own citizens in a position of subordination.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
milamiceli@dair-community.social ("Milagros Miceli") wrote:

Now imagine believing that you're sharing your private fantasies with a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.

That man is Michael, and this is his story: https://data-workers.org/michael/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her).") wrote:

RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/115689973077901876

Y'all want to read this and share it with your friends. Friends don't let friends get on the "AI companion" bandwagon.