Mastodon Feed: Posts

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
markarayner@mas.to ("Mark A. Rayner") wrote:

Me, having a super-productive week between Christmas and New Year's.

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #humor #humour #newyear #newyearseve

Attachments:

• gifv: a white cat with a bit of toilet paper in its mouth sitting on the toilet and unspooling a roll of toilet paper with goblin aplomb

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

😕

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Barbramon1@mas.to ("Barbara Monaco") wrote:

As of January 1, 2026 US citizens over the age of 16 must show government issued photo ID to enter 11 major national parks. Without an ID they will pay a $100 surcharge as well as the entrance fee, and a pass will cost $250.
#nationalparks fee.https://www.thetravel.com/nps-new-id-rule-means-americans-may-pay-international-visitor-fees-up-to-250-usd-to-visit-national-parks/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange ("Kevin Rothrock") wrote:

good lord, it's a feast at the NYT today for Russia watchers

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

"Trump used his veto power this week...rejecting a pair of bipartisan bills designed to make it easier to build a water pipeline in Colorado and give a Native American tribe more control over a portion of the Everglades.
"...The bills had backers in both parties, and they passed the House and Senate through voice votes. Both houses of Congress would need to pass the bills again by a two-thirds margin to override the president's veto."

CBS https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-issues-first-vetoes-term-031652243.html
#ClimateCrisis

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

"Epstein allegedly helped Trump escape more than $1 billion in debt in the early 1990s by engineering loan forgiveness and then a way to avoid paying taxes on it. [F]orgiven debt normally counts as taxable income, but Epstein advised Trump on a loophole that kept the IRS at bay, and Epstein later suggested was a key reason Trump’s returns have remained hidden."

Trump biographer ties Epstein deal to why Trump continues to conceal his tax returns - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/taxes/

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
benrob0329@dice.camp ("Benrob0329") wrote:

So there was an interesting thread on the AntennaPod issue tracker about integrating some kind of sponsorblock type ad skipping for podcasts, and one of the arguments against it was wanting to support creators and being afraid of them going only to locked platforms like Spotify.

But, like, whether or not I hear the ad makes no difference to them? The ad companies can't tell when it's a local file, and I purposefully never use ad codes or click through.

Do people actually shop through ads?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

please address any concerns about late newsletters to the office manager

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gwynnion ("Nowhere Girl") wrote:

They were in the living room when they first heard the clicking noise.

Tybalt stopped. "What is that?"

Everybody thought it was something different. The house creaking, an animal in the walls, or maybe a rattlesnake.

"There aren't any rattlesnakes around here," Aziza said.

"The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake," Medea replied, "The only venomous snake in the region. It grows up to 40 inches long."

Aziza looked like she would have preferred not to learn that information.

#writing

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world ("Trillian ✅✝️ 🇬🇧👍") wrote:

So THAT's where it went!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
orrickle@sfba.social ("Orrock LXXXVI XLVII") wrote:

From #joycevance The government represented to the court that the decision to prosecute Abrego Garcia was made locally, disconnected from his effort to enforce his constitutional rights and challenge his deportation. Their own emails appear to contradict that assertion. The government will still have the opportunity to come forward and explain away the presumption of vindictiveness. I’ve seen a number of cases during my 25 years at DOJ where a defendant argued vindictiveness. In every case, the government explained why the prosecution was legitimate, and in every case, it prevailed. I’ve never seen a case where the government made representations to a judge that were refuted by its own internal communications. It’s exceptionally unusual for prosecutors to have to take the witness stand to defend their own conduct. But Abrego Garcia’s case, which has been highly irregular from the start, may well be the one where that happens. 🧵

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

"“He screamed at me that I was supposed to give him at least one son because I killed his first one.”"
https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei/115815128265580664

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Imagine being at a gender reveal party and then THIS happens. Chills. https://percolately.com/mom-divorces-husband-outburst-gender-reveal?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=infeed&utm%5Fcampaign=linkprogram

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jgreig@ioc.exchange ("Jon Greig") wrote:

Trump’s FCC just removed cyber regulations governing telecoms that were put in place after Chinese hackers stole the call records of Trump and JD Vance last year

Several senators told me telecoms lobbied heavily for the rules to be removed

https://therecord.media/fcc-removes-biden-era-cybersecurity-rules-telecoms-salt-typhoon

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
amateurradioinclusivitypledge@mastodon.hams.social ("ARIP") wrote:

Handiham Radio Club Net in 1 Hour! (17:00utc) Allstar node 473670 https://handiham.org/wordpress1/
#HamRadio

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

MongoDB have a blog out about #MongoBleed

Notably:

- Internal find at MongoDB

- they notified customers of the issue and patch availability on December 23rd

- A security vendor published technical details on December 24th, Christmas Eve

- Somebody at Elastic, a direct competitor, published an exploit with full secret extraction feature on December 25th, Christmas Day

That was an impossible situation for orgs - the security industry poured fire on them and set their own customers on fire.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Merry Christmas to everybody, except that dude who works for Elastic, who decided to drop an unauthenticated exploit for MongoDB on Christmas Day, that leaks memory and automates harvesting secrets (e.g. database passwords)

CVE-2025-14847 aka MongoBleed

Exp: https://github.com/joe-desimone/mongobleed/blob/main/mongobleed.py

This one is incredibly widely internet facing and will very likely see mass exploitation and impactful incidents

Impacts every MongoDB version going back a decade.

Shodan dork: product:"MongoDB"

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

In another time Ilhan Omar would be held up as an example of the best of the American Dream. A Muslim woman born in war torn Somalia ( a cold war victim) , raised in a refugee camp in Kenya brought to the US as a refugee .

This woman worked her way to the US Congress . She caught my attention as a state representative winning an award as the best African immigrant for one year.

She overcame her beginnings because of America's promise. She should be celebrated.

#Somalia #Immigration #ice

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CindyWeinstein@zirk.us ("(((Cindy Weinstein)))") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@augieray/115814879052037088

Love all of this, especially the dog bless, which the #DogsOfMastodon approve of heartedly.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp ("Prof. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️") wrote:

Happy new year from Japan (an hour late). My daughter and I were watching an exciting game of hide and seek where 1700 students in a combined junior-high- and high-school in Ishikawa Prefecture searched for nine celebrities hidden in their school. The producers spent tens of thousands of dollars creating false walls and other camouflaged hiding places. The students had three ten-minute rounds, and found all but one. I'm rarely impressed by New Year's TV specials, but this was fun.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie ("Eugene McParland 🇺🇦") wrote:

#Ukraine is hitting russia where it hurts — energy money.

Kyiv has launched its most effective campaign yet against russian oil and fuel assets, with at least 24 strikes in December alone targeting refineries, tankers, pipelines, and maritime infrastructure.

🔗 https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukraine-sets-new-record-with-24-strikes-on-russian-oil-gas-sites-in-december-14671

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
UnterDruck@punkstodon.de ("UnterDruck Flensburg :UD:") wrote:

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115812058723304135

For all my #punx in North America, shipping from Europe would be too much a hassle I guess, so if there's some small #diy #screenprint workshop, collectiv or thelike, feel free do use the design, also contact me for the templates if necessary...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

For a while, that works. Then, he gets injured because of the physical work, and he grows worried he can't continue to earn money this way. "My chatbot, with its relentless optimism, had failed to mention this possibility." Now, in pain, he's trying to avoid taking more of the prescription pain relievers his neighbor gave him. He sees the echoes of what happened to people who lost those factory jobs, then their purpose, and then their health.

2/3

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/opinion/artificial-intelligence-jobs.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.A1A.0K3g.gw0dekHs8TJ%5F&smid=url-share

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

"In towns like mine, outsourcing and automation consumed jobs. Then purpose. Then people. Now the same forces are climbing the economic ladder."

A thoughtful editorial from a copywriter who saw factory jobs disappear and an opioid crisis rise in his small town but "rarely gave much thought to this crisis." Then, #AI came for his job, and believe it or not, he took its advice to buy a chainsaw so he could cut and trim trees for local homeowners. 1/3

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/opinion/artificial-intelligence-jobs.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.A1A.0K3g.gw0dekHs8TJ%5F&smid=url-share

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

Microsoft’s Nadella overhauls leadership as he plots AI strategy beyond OpenAI:

"“Satya is determined to support new recruits against Microsoft’s own culture,” said one Microsoft executive. “There is some jealousy internally. People are making more money in his unit, but that is a risk worth taking.”"

I remember when Microsoft was trying to unify its UI across the Office suite (2 decades ago?), and all ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/12/31/microsofts-nadella-overhauls-leadership-as.html

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

[END TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

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

Today in History: First supersonic commercial flight by Tu-144, 1968

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

Today in History: St. Sylvester in Switzerland

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

[BEGIN TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

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

my fabulous furry feline friend