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

A few months ago in Chicago (where Jason lives), ICE literally used Black Hawk helicopters to drop agents onto apartment buildings, where they smashed into people’s homes and abducted 37 people. U.S. citizens were zip-tied and detained. Naked children were pulled from their beds. And only two of those 37 people were actual targets of the ICE operation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%5FMidway%5FBlitz

How anyone can consider this and say “nah, that’s not as bad as people are saying” is beyond anything I can understand.

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

And, yeah, I *am* building my own analytics thing. Because Tinylytics is built by a guy who uses Grok enthusiastically, and people deserve an alternative that doesn’t contain any CSAM-adjacent code.

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

Someone tapped me on the shoulder this morning and said “Jason Kratz is talking about you again.” I’m always curious about criticism, so I took a look at what he had to say. Then I saw what he said about ICE, which reminded me that some criticism is truly worthless.

If you can’t see ICE for what it is at this point, you’re just too far gone.

Micro.blog can keep this guy. You won’t catch any ICE apologists here, that’s for sure. I hope Manton is happy with the community that he’s building.

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
sobfly ("Kristof") wrote:

Hello Fediveres,

I am a 44-year-old software developer who is fed up with meaningless, purely profit-focused work, vibe AI slop, and a Big Brother antisocial networks, that snoops on data at every turn.

I'm looking for a new challenge, true to the motto: #MeaningfulPurposeFirst. Do you have any ideas? Can you help me #boost the word in this great Fediverse?
#FediHire

You are awesome! Thank you so much for all the boosts and the support. Some more details:

https://mastodon.social/@sobfly/115927569352403790

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

'AI' is a dick move, redux: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2026/note-on-debating-llm-fans/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social wrote:

Today in Labor History January 20, 1872: Filipino soldiers staged a bloody revolt against Spanish rule known as the Cavite Mutiny. Around 200 locally recruited colonial troops and laborers rose up hoping that it would escalate into a national uprising. However, colonial government forces quickly put down the mutiny. They executed many of the participants and cracked down on the independence movement. Nevertheless, it marked the beginning of a movement that would eventually lead to the Philippine Revolution of 1896

#workingclass #LaborHistory #mutiny #rebellion #uprising #Revolution #philippines #colonialism #indigenous

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EuromaidanPress ("Euromaidan Press") wrote:

Russia isn't scared of NATO. It's scared of an alliance that would actually fight.]

European intelligence warns Moscow could strike NATO within 2-5 years — despite 1.2 million casualties in Ukraine. The logic? Russia doesn't need to win. It needs NATO to hesitate.

Former Norwegian Defense Attaché Hans Petter Midttun argues Ukraine should anchor a new European coalition. Four years fighting a nuclear power is credibility no other nation can match. https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/20/the-alliance-russia-fears-isnt-nato-its-a-coalition-that-will-actually-fight/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social wrote:

Today in Labory History January 20, 1930: Korean anarchist military leader Kim Chwa-chin was assassinated. When he was 18, he publicly burned the Korean slave registry, releasing 50 families of slaves and providing each family with enough land to live on. This was the first emancipation of slaves in modern Korea. He also organized branches of the Korea Association and the Association for the Performing Arts in Hongseong as ways to help organize for Korean national liberation. He was imprisoned in 1911 for subversive activities. He later fled to Manchuria to escape Japanese occupation, but then fought against the Japanese when they invaded Manchuria. After his assassination, the Korean anarchist movement was heavily repressed by the Japanese army, in the south, and by pro-Kuomintang forces, in the north. By 1931, most of its leaders were dead.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #korea #anarchism #slavery #abolition #japan #occupation #manchuria #liberation #KimChwachin

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

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
― John F. Kennedy

#quotes

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dilmandila@mograph.social ("Dilman Dila") wrote:

If you develop for #linux please make offline installation possible, for people in countries with restricted internet. Came back home last night and today I want to install Luminance HDR but their only option for linux is via the terminal, and yet, while I can access full internet on my phone using a VPN, I can't access any on my laptop/workstations, so I can't install this program, unless I use Wine. I'm in #Uganda They cut off internet during elections and it has now been partially restored.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
NinaBernstein1@journa.host ("Nina Bernstein") wrote:

“None of this means that America is destined to become a fully fascist country. For now, we are trapped in the space between the liberal democracy most Americans grew up in and the dark, belligerent authoritarian state that our government seeks to impose.” Organize. You still have a right to protest. Use it or lose it. #GIFT #RESIST https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/opinion/resistance-libs-trump-fascism.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.EFA.TxRD.YadghWqbChgu&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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

2pm today walkout planned to demonstrate support for democracy in the USA

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

Stephen Miller is wrong about Star Trek, as he is about everything, but I wouldn't mind seeing the franchise end.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/20/death-to-star-trek/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngb-yW3hHpI

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
Mr_Xarii@pixelfed.social ("xvr") wrote:

When you are small
but also big

#wintergoldhänchen #goldcrest
#birdphotography #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdsofpixelfed

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
beecycling@wandering.shop ("BeeCycling") wrote:

Remember, any politician who talks about running the economy like a business, or a household budget is treating you like an idiot. National economies, businesses and household budgets all work entirely differently. There are different things they can do and can't do. If your household is over-spending you can't lay off one of your kids. If your business needs more cash you can't levy taxes like a government. And if the government starts trying to downsize headcount, you're in deep trouble.

Boosted by ratatui_rs@fosstodon.org ("Ratatui"):
orhun@fosstodon.org ("Orhun Parmaksız 👾") wrote:

We just added a new example to the Ratatui repository! 🐁

📈 volatility-surface — 3D perspective projection in the terminal.

🦀 Powered by Rust & @ratatui_rs

➡️ Try it out: https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui/tree/main/examples/apps/volatility-surface

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #graphics #3d #terminal #dataviz

Attachments:

• gifv: 069ac1f2f12b841c.mp4

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
blinry@chaos.social wrote:

As a bonus, here's "Bad Apple", rendered as a multi-resolution Hilbert curve.

Thanks to @janamarie for the idea!

#genuary

Attachments:

• video: It shows a single Hilbert-style line per frame, kind of resembling the original video.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
PavelASamsonov ("Pavel A. Samsonov") wrote:

Executives don’t want to just sell juice. They want to empower you with an agentic, customizable, and seamless juice experience.

But no one has stopped to think about what any of that actually means. Before designing a "solution," you need a good, *shared* problem definition. If the beautiful clarity within the design team shatters on contact with any handoff, you didn't finish the job.

Read more in this week's Product Picnic:

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/your-problem-framing-is-sabotaging-your-strategy

#UX #design #softwaredevelopment #tech

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
PavelASamsonov ("Pavel A. Samsonov") wrote:

If you enjoyed the article, why not subscribe? Product Picnic comes out every week, for free.

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Thanks to @iris_meredith @danhon @vickyharp @RayNewman @Chronotope @mulegirl @dcr @se_davidobrien @NicMakesStuff and everyone else not yet on Fedi for the writing that made its way into this week's issue.

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

Looking through my drafts…

Turns out, the “Open” in OpenAI represents us. It’s Open(up to)AI.

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕"):
vale@fedi.vale.rocks ("Vale") wrote:

Proud to announce TechConf.Directory, a directory of tech conferences around the globe.

I’ve found it quite difficult to find conferences. That is true no more!

I’ve made all the data fully open and available via a fully queryable API as well.

https://techconf.directory

#Conferences #Tech #Programming

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
picandocodigo@mastodon.online ("Fernando Briano") wrote:

"Community-owned social network Tŵt has announced the launch of a six-week campaign titled “Pethau Bychain” (Little Things), which seeks to promote a more mindful, people-first digital culture ahead of the release of its new app on St David’s Day."

"Tŵt operates within the wider Social Web, also known as the Fediverse, a decentralised network of independent social media services."

https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-social-network-launches-campaign-inspired-by-dewi-sant/

#Wales #Fediverse

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
faltzuthewiz@eliitin-some.fi ("Faltsu") wrote:

Been thinking about this post lately

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

Somebody should start the rumour that the EU’s economic retaliation will mostly target “AI” services and products as that would maximise the impact on US tech while minimising the harm to the EU’s economy, it being mostly based on food, tourism and industry

Boosted by jwz:
jamisonfoser.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Jamison Foser") wrote:

a whole bunch of terrible people support ICE's murder of Renee Good, and the vast majority of them are Republicans. But by a 2-1 margin, they are outnumbered by people who disapprove of the murder, and portraying this as Americans being split along party lines overstates support for the murder.

Boosted by jwz:
netblocks ("NetBlocks") wrote:

⚠️ Update: With #Iran's internet blackout now past hour 280, the nation of over 90 million remains cut off for another day leaving friends and family unable to check in with loved ones. Meanwhile, traffic on select platforms points to an emergent strategy of whitelisting.

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

reading: "The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button"
https://paulmakeswebsites.com/writing/shadcn-radio-button/

— good thing Shadcn isn't the most popular [whatever it is] in React, right?

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

Saw a post on here early today that said "geopolitics used to be easy" because it was clear who the "good guys" were (US and Britain). And all we must do is go back to the time when Trump wasn't our president and things will sort itself out.

They literally did the thing. They did the go-back-to-brunch meme and I didn't even take the bait.

Edit: AND THEY DID IT ON MLK DAY

jwz wrote:

<< facepalm >>

"Unfortunately, I don't know how to contact the xscreensaver upstream (couldn't find a public repository for this program), so I'm reporting this here. Perhaps the Debian package maintainer can help forward this upstream?"

This is the world we live in now, people.

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

At any rate, it helped to have a little meter running in my mind.

It also helped me not to think about my time on corporate social in absolute terms.

I think a lot of folks think about the enormous task and adjustments needed to delete these accounts and it's too much.

But reducing the meter? Now it's about attrition. It's about what can I do to keep that meter lower than it was yesterday? Maybe I move a group chat. Or I read some of the essay in my bookmarks tonight instead of scrolling.