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

Today in History: Steven Stills is born in Dallas, 1945

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

Today in History: Revolution Day in Upper Volta

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

Today in History: New Year's Holiday in Scotland

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

Today in History: Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest-serving British

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

Today in History: Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers

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

Today in History: Apple Computer founded, 1977

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

[BEGIN TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

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

Supplementary cat picture for your Saturday

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
timbray@cosocial.ca ("Tim Bray") wrote:

I suggest we call this “The Epstein Files War”.

#Epstein #Venezuela

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
debacle@framapiaf.org ("Debacle") wrote:

Tomorrow is #JabberDay 2026!

#Jabber is the #fediverse of #chat!

#digitalSovereignty #digitalIndependence #freeSoftware #federation #XMPP

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

Local commercial greenhouse during sunset #photos #iceland

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

Any good guides you can recommend on navigating content discovery, building an instance, etc on the Fediverse / mastodon?

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

I feel dunked on so hard all the time.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
jenesuispasgoth@pouet.chapril.org ("Je ne suis pas goth") wrote:

@fromjason … in French we say "our asses aren't out of the thorny bush yet." I'd like to offer that as today's understatement. Between that and the announced pro-Trump news on CBS, I don't wonder how the propaganda machine will work anymore.

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

Holy shit. I'm watching NBC News (rare occurrence) and the news anchors are praising Trump for a “perfectly executed mission” re: Venezuela

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

Venezuela latest: Trump says US has ‘captured’ President Maduro in strikes on country - live updates - BBC News:

"Trump says that the US is going to be “strongly involved” in Venezuela’s oil industry moving forward."

Donald “Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud” Trump https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5yqygxe41pt?post=asset:ea9f1475-6c65-4930-8370-04be588ee845

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

Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes:

"With Rodriguez potentially taking the presidency but Padrino and Cabello having significant influence over the military, Venezuelans were nervously guessing what might come next."

Jesus fuck. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/loud-noises-heard-venezuela-capital-southern-area-without-electricity-2026-01-03/

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

The Founding Fathers wrote a governance spec, shipped it to prod without running tests, and then made refactoring a criminal offense.

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

walkies!

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

(Don't worry I reported the placeholder to Abe's Books)

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

Ah, yes. My favorite collection of books: test by the prolific and daring author “test.”

Lorem ipsum raves:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse varius enim in eros elementum tristique!"

Binary Magazine gives it 101 out of 101 stars.

The Hello, World! Gazette says run, don’t walk to your nearest console.log

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

America didn't break democracy. It just forked it, never merged upstream, and now maintains it out of spite.

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Tuuktuuk@piipitin.fi ("Tuukka R") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/115811925239381921

This whole thread in the quote is an awesome read!

(I found it on /c/fediverse of piefed.social, where @rimu linked to it. Thanks!)

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
cass@muffin.industries ("Cass 🇵🇸") wrote:

jesus fucking christ

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
rossgrady@dood.net ("Ross Grady") wrote:

So this administration’s doctrine is that authoritarian bully-boys who rig elections and refuse to peacefully transition governments should be exfiltrated by force by the armies of other unrelated countries?

Just jotting that down for future reference.

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

Am thinking about the fact that 3-400 US troops are stationed in Iceland at any given moment

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
dedicto@zeroes.ca ("Douglas Edwards :neurodiv:") wrote:

@AnarchoNinaWrites Don't forget taking down #Labour politicians who might actually back labor, by any means available — like smearing #Corbyn as antisemitic. That was the issue that turned David Graeber against them.

The general case, the unifying pattern: the #Guardian has a history of winning a Left audience's trust with progressive writing on topics they perceive as inessential — then abusing that trust to support reactionary positions on the issues they perceive as most essential. The pattern is too consistent to be accidental.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
dgar@aus.social ("Dgar") wrote:

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
tommorris ("Tom Morris") wrote:

RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115826683070912702

The UK government’s official internet policy:

1. if you run a web forum or fedi instance, you need to do a bunch of paperwork to comply with the #OnlineSafetyAct to protect the kids.

2. if you are rich and run a neo-nazi website with officially posted virtual CSAM, politicians won’t leave despite that being a million times worse than anything you’d read on a forum about fixed gear cycling or a mastodon server run by some queer furries running arch for their polycule.

Incredibly coherent.

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oneunderscore__@threads.net ("Ben Collins") wrote:

From this month's The Onion.