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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
newsguyusa@flipboard.social ("Steve Herman") wrote:

I’m hoping one of my former colleagues in the briefing room will ask the press secretary why the White House is again propagating phrasing of a white supremacist author who praises Hitler and traffics in antisemitic conspiracy theories.

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Boosted by jwz:
dreid@wandering.shop wrote:

There are two kinds of California Voters, people who hate Gavin and won't vote for him, and people who hate Gavin and vote him because he's the only game in town.

He does not have the juice. No podcast can save him.

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dreid@wandering.shop wrote:

It should go without saying that Gavin Newsom does not have what it takes to fix the country, but he also absolutely does not have what it takes to win a national election.

Pandering to the far right only serves to legitimize the far right candidate he will inevitably have to run against.

He. Is. Absolutely. Not. The. Guy.

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xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra is only carbon now") wrote:

*endless screaming*

https://www.engadget.com/ai/wikimedia-announces-ai-partners-including-meta-and-microsoft-162834383.html

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Boosted by jwz:
jacobtlevy.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Jacob T. Levy") wrote:

Happy 13th birthday to the most essential artwork of the current era, @kcg.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ‘s “This is fine,” to all those who celebrate.


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heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Chuck Schumer again says that in 2026 Senate Dems will be focused on “affordability.” He is a disgrace as Senate minority leader. The Trump executive branch is occupying a U.S. city, rounding up people on the basis of their skin color, shooting at and killing citizens for peacefully protesting and observing. That’s the imperative focus.

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ComicContext@mstdn.social ("Comics Outta Context") wrote:

A man, partially shadowed, is wearing a suit. With both fists clenched upward in frustration and head tilted back, mouth agape, he yells, "FUCK!"

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virtualbri@mastodon.online ("Brian Tatosky") wrote:

It's name is Almond Basket.

Modeled in Blender by me, textured in Substance by Mark Shimer, one of our in house artists.

#StarTrek #Blender #VFX

Screen capture from Season 1 Episode 2 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, where inside a turboblift, The Doctor, Captain Ake and Commander Lura Thok have a conversation next to Almond Basket, an Exocomp  The Exocomps are sentient robots last seen as a species in Lower Decks but originally from Star Trek: The Next Generation.   This exocomp is Maroonish red with gold and black trim and glowing green accents and LEDs.

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jwz wrote:

XScreenSaver 6.14 is out now, including iOS (soon) and Android. A whopping eighteen new savers this time! As I mentioned last month, I wrote a new XScreenSaver module that is API-compatible with Shadertoy, which means that I am now able to pull demos written that way into the XScreenSaver fold. These 18 savers are the first of that batch...
https://jwz.org/b/yk19

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

The headline is censored so let me uncensor it for you: JD Vance is a piece of shit

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/drew-magary-jd-vance-21293327.php

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
lokeloski ("Loke_") wrote:

FOUND IT

tumblr post from magicmooshka on January 7: recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen Al for scriptwriting but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen Al for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that Al can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen Al will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

This captures something important that I've been struggling to articulate all year; these MFers went after universities and science funding because those institutions make claims to truth based on more than "the party says so."

Now we're at the logical conclusion:

https://youtu.be/FyStPztM7eo?si=CUcJgjg8w3V98LvJ

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

I genuinely think the Icelandic government should reject this proposed ambassador outright. It's impractical to have an ambassador who jokes about invading the host country. Generally not considered to be good diplomatic practice.

"Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/anger-iceland-incoming-us-ambassador-52nd-state-joke

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

In the last few days I've been seeing more and more videos like this one.

https://www.tiktok.com/@wakandan%5Fsentinel03/video/7594513240143482167

People are fed up, and there's a general understanding that the time for peaceful protest is over. Don't get me wrong, they were important to do, to show dissent to the power and to show ourselves that there's a lot of us. But now it's just getting to a point where they "make the violent revolution inevitable" (quoting JFK).

#uspol

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

It's been a day. Here's a cat.

Smudge the cat, looking up from underneath a computer monitor.

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
archaeohistories@ohai.social ("Archaeo-Histories") wrote:

A kid with a Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab kit, a real educational toy sold by the A.C. Gilbert Company in 1950–1951. The kit actually included low-level radioactive uranium ore samples (in those little jars), a Geiger counter (the metal box he's peering into), headphones for listening to the clicks, and other items like small mineral specimens.

© Historic Photographs

#archaeohistories

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

Simply horrifying. The whole of DHS has got to be disbanded. We did just fine without them before.

Screenshot of an X.com post by ‘WarMonitor’ claiming a 21-year-old in Santa Ana was permanently blinded in one eye after a DHS agent fired a ‘less-lethal’ round at close range. The embedded video thumbnail shows several officers in dark uniforms restraining or carrying a person in an outdoor plaza at night, with a ‘CIVIC CENTER PLAZA’ sign visible in the background.

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

DHS was only formed after 9/11. We were FINE before it and will be BETTER when it’s disbanded.

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

"What’s happening in Minnesota right now defies belief. News reports simply don’t do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities. …

Let’s be very, very clear" this long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it’s a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government."

~ Tim Walz

#Trump #Minnesota #ICE #MaskedThugs #ReneeGood
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNG4cgL-4ck

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chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

For better or worse, just driving along familiar roads in SF’s East Bay—the Mission Hills area of Fremont, up to Pleasanton and San Ramon—gives me a feeling of being home that hasn’t lessened in three years of living in Florida.

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

Kristi Noem says people should be prepared to prove US citizenship:

"Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem advised reporters that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers may ask some Americans for proof of citizenship during enforcement operations"

So, all Latin Americans must carry our passport and/or birth certificates or we might be locked up. There must be an easier way. Maybe a ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2026/01/15/kristi-noem-says-people-should.html

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

The Onion has become the Spirit Halloween of news, and it's glorious:

https://theonion.com/washington-post-publishes-editorial-defending-fbi-raid-on-its-reporter/

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

🍿 Now Watching: Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

*“When you can’t believe your eyes, trust your heart.” What a tagline. The late eighties, early nineties was a kitsch renaissance. https://youtu.be/prMeo9OPnCE?si=6DH6yyy40Vpd-5TT

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
judell@social.coop ("Jon Udell") wrote:

"ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them."

And that is just a tiny detail, a throwaway line, in this catalog of brutality.

https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3mcic7q77ln2k

#AbolishICE

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
liw@toot.liw.fi ("Lars Wirzenius") wrote:

On this day in 2001 Wikipedia was first edited. That was 25 years ago. A cause for celebration.

Have you made an edit to Wikipedia? If not, today would be a good day to do so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia%5FDay

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

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/115900837504643093

is it me or do most fediverse shitposters come from the beige.party? beige bless.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
nullagent@partyon.xyz wrote:

Alright in the light of morning more details are coming out.

It appears the initial ICE shooting incident occurred as ICE attempted to go door to door last night.

They came to a Spanish speaking household who refused to comply with illegal orders.

Instead the family called their local police for assistance.

Their side of that call was recorded and posted online this morning.

Update: Translated video attached

#minnesotaICE #ICEShooting #minneapolis #FuckICE

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Boosted by jwz:
Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange ("Nonya "Fucking Bitch" Bidniss") wrote:

"Nazis.us" redirects to DHS.gov

(A FL Congressional candidate did this https://www.whois.com/whois/nazis.us)

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notsle@kzoo.to ("Myk") wrote:

#fascism #capitalism #trump #maga #obey #consume #theylive

trump in the style of "THEY LIVE" caption Fascism is capitalism in decay.

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

@rollovereasy Every time the park haters lose again, I get to post this pic.