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Boosted by jwz:
gknauss ("Greg Knauss") wrote:

We are going to take revenge on these monsters by subjecting them to healthcare and education with employment protections and environmental regulations in diverse, healthy communities. The bastards.

Boosted by jwz:
mcfadden ("Brian McFadden") wrote:

NPR talked to janitors worried about schools' declining barfrates. "Where's all this sawdust gonna go?" one lamented while listlessly wringing a completely dry mop.

jwz wrote:

Tariffs are going great.

Every few weeks, FedEx sends me an invoice for $12.38 because they think I ordered a "polyester cardigan" from Turkey, and I have no idea what they're talking about. So I guess I'll just let them send me to collections, hopefully that will end up costing them more than $12.38.
https://jwz.org/b/yk1y

jwz wrote:

CA DROP is finally live.

California residents can use new tool to demand brokers delete their personal data: While state residents have had the right to demand that a company stop collecting and selling their data since 2020, doing so required a...
https://jwz.org/b/yk1v

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
sia@front-end.social ("Sia Karamalegos") wrote:

December data is now live in Theme Vitals - see how Shopify themes perform for Core Web Vitals...

Also have a new feature this month! Percent of themes with improved overall CWV performance

https://themevitals.com/newsletter/2026-01/

#webperf #shopify

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
troy_frizzell@mstdn.social ("troy_friz_zell") wrote:

Well, AR Moxon, @JuliusGoat has a new essay today and this definition of terrorist is in there: "These days "a terrorist" is just somebody with a Republican bullet in them or somebody a Republican would like to put a bullet into, in case you didn't know."

Moxon appears to be out of fucks.

https://www.the-reframe.com/absolute-immunity/?ref=the-reframe-newsletter

#USPol #humanity #politics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
globalmuseum@mastodon.online ("Global Museum") wrote:

A Roman soldier’s frying pan with folding handle, dated 3rd Century AD. This practical Roman military frying pan, complete with a folding handle, likely belonged to a soldier of the Legio II Augusta, stationed at Isca (modern Caerleon, Wales).
Designed for portability and durability, the pan was part of a legionary’s personal kit, used to prepare simple meals while on campaign or in barracks.
#globalmuseum #Romans

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
globalmuseum@mastodon.online ("Global Museum") wrote:

Its clever folding handle made it easy to pack—showing how Roman military life balanced efficiency with everyday necessity.
What’s striking is how familiar the design feels. The form and function are not far removed from cookware found in modern military mess kits, underscoring a timeless truth: soldiers across history share the same basic needs, regardless of era.
#globalmuseum #Romans

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
vagina_museum@masto.ai ("Vagina Museum") wrote:

Important news regarding our use of Twitter: Owing to the current circumstances, we have taken the decision to stop using our Twitter account. We cannot in good conscience continue to use a platform which is linked to image-based sexual harassment and violence, and AI-generated child sexual abuse material.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
leonardr@wandering.shop ("Leonard Richardson") wrote:

My team at Bookshop.org is hiring a junior software developer. #GetFediHired

https://bookshop.org/info/careers/associate-software-engineer

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

The expiration of the extra #subsidies has DOUBLED the amount people will have to pay for #insurance, on average. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the result will result in 2 million more Americans becoming uninsured this year. But other analysts have estimated larger losses of coverage.

#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
qburns@mas.to ("MDonaldson →") wrote:

❝ Today we are fortifying our mission by articulating our policy on generative AI … Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. →

https://blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/keeping-bandcamp-human/

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

If databases must be breached to keep them accountable, make it so.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/13/oh-no-another-major-data-leak/

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

Today, I'm hoping to see that beauty bred.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/13/pray-for-the-gallant-heroes-who-must-meet-this-behemoth/

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

I will, one day. But actuarially speaking, not today.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@mygrlprl/post/DTdc-YxD05i

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
TimmyMac@vivaldi.net ("Timmy Mac") wrote:

I'm old enough to remember when we introduced "Homeland" into our national vocabulary. I thought it was weird and creepy then, and I think it's weird and creepy now.

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

oh my god the .meow tld is fully funded!!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dotmeow/meow-next-round-gtld-application/posts/4578690

in case you missed my earlier posts, ... why?? but also, follow @dotmeow right neow.

meow.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
susankayequinn@wandering.shop ("Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱") wrote:

the kids remain undefeated

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DSLCvids@fosstodon.org ("DSLC Videos") wrote:

Recent @DSLC club meetings:

:rstats: The Art of Data Visualization with ggplot2: The TidyTuesday Cookbook: & Chapter 1 Introduction https://youtu.be/TKD%5Fi8orDwY #RStats #DataViz #ggplot2

From the @DSLC :rstats:​chives:

:rstats: Mastering Shiny: User feedback https://youtu.be/hCl%5FgGVEyY0 #RStats

Support the Data Science Learning Community at https://patreon.com/DSLC

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Pentapod@mstdn.ca ("Emily C Taylor") wrote:

Went to an aquarium supply store last night and was delighted to see the staff in N95 masks and all customers still required to wear masks also. I wish I saw more places still doing this. The sign behind the till particularly got me 😂

“COVID-19 SURCHARGES
$50 If we have to explain about masks
$100 If we have to hear why you disagree”

Anyway if you need any fish-related supplies, go support Aquarium Central. 🫧🐠🐟🐠🐟

#YEG #CovidIsNotOver

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

I dread the day that Pete Buttigieg, or whichever slick-talking centrist they place on the ballot, runs for office. And I'll be told to be a good liberal and vote for them. And, I will. If it slows down the march towards fascism.

A new crime wave, another budget increase born of manufactured consent. The domestic military industrial complex carries on in the peripheral of American news media. Plausible deniability is restored.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nullagent@partyon.xyz wrote:

The Illinois AG writes about case after case after case.

Oh look, masked ICE agents showed up to a hospital with a man whose leg they broke. They refused to ID themselves but forcefully accompainied the man during treatment. A city official arrived to confront the federal cops and they cuffed and detained her. ICE didn't even have a warrant.

In another they beat and detained a man in front of his pregnant partner and daycare center full of preschoolers who witnessed the forceful kidnapping.

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

‘saying only that it would “most likely involve lunch.”’

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/envoy-from-greenland-offers-to-meet

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

But more than anything, I think of an entire generation of kids traumatized by the fear of being kidnapped in the streets. Or their parents disappearing in the night.

And that trauma will turn into anger; that anger into societal exile. Which means more fuel for the underlying beliefs that Latinos are inherently criminal. Another decade of mass incarceration.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman :11ty:") wrote:

if you want stable and reliable software, give developers stable and reliable employment

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
matuzo@front-end.social ("Manuel Matuzović") wrote:

As a sponsor of this year's State of the Browser conference, I have one online ticket to give away. I'd love to give it to a student or some who otherwise can't afford it.

If your interested, send me DM. :)

https://2026.stateofthebrowser.com/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
Ishtarmuz@mindly.social ("Dale West") wrote:

https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/12/26/jeanne-villepreux-power-argonaut/

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

When I was in Savannah a couple of weeks ago, there was a weird energy.

People making eye contact with me more than I ever remembered. I generally do not like people perceiving me in public (lol), so I notice when they do.

They weren't bad looks. Just blank stares. Maybe I was looking particularly cute that day. Maybe I look like the people they see on the nightly news, in a town that perhaps doesn't have many that look like me. But I don't remember those looks in my past visits.

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

And to be fair, I don't know what level of Latino-specific solidarity would stop the anxiety dreams, and just overall lingering fear I have.

In the early morning I found myself in the maps app, zooming in and out of Mexican cities. I daydream about crossing the border into Canada from Glacier National Park. I calculate how many hours it would take me to drive there from here.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
thegoecampus@academiccloud.social ("Göttingen Campus") wrote:

RESEARCH IMAGES CONTEST OF THE YEAR

The entries are in and everyone is invited to vote!

To generate a fair result, voters are shown pairs of images at random for 25 rounds. You pick the one that explains the research most clearly and creatively. There will be in-person exhibitions later in the year. Further info: https://goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-event

Vote here: https://pollunit.com/polls/0fpi7xcwtingmohz-g5ueg by 24 January.