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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
axios ("Axios") wrote:

Ecuador files protest after ICE agents attempts to enter Minneapolis consulate https://t.co/knFqNNhjVE

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
dbattistella@todon.eu ("DB 🌱💦") wrote:

Philip Glass has withdrawn his upcoming symphony premiere from the Kennedy Center.

PhilipGlass After thoughtful consideration, I have decided to withdraw my Symphony No. 15 "Lincoln" from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony. Therefore, I feel an obligation to withdraw this Symphony premiere from the Kennedy Center under its current leadership. Philip Glass

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
FinalGirl@blackqueer.life ("Tyla (Combat Waifu Yuri Arc)") wrote:

They need you afraid to use your voice because the biggest threat to power is speaking truth to power.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
bixfrankonis@social.lol ("Bix F.") wrote:

@adam (And the next bit):

"The company that comes to your defense is not always within your control, to be sure, but is at least somewhat revealing nonetheless and should make you question what you’re doing and how you’re doing it. It’s also another one of those potential signals that give people pause."

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

RE: https://social.lol/@bixfrankonis/115970007001101693

“There are some people (specifically in the micro.blog circles of the IndieWeb, to which Baldur alluded) who defend the ways in which Manu and others talk about these sorts of things who themselves in the past have, for example, ridiculed the idea of expressing your pronouns, wanted to continue to be fans of Elon Musk just for the space stuff, and who don’t think Trump, Miller, ICE/CBP, et cetera are nazis. These are the sorts of folks who tout things like articles in The Atlantic or Harper’s decrying ‘cancel culture’, a thing that both does not exist and is their scare-word for holding people to account for punching down.”

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
bixfrankonis@social.lol ("Bix F.") wrote:

Hoo boy.

https://bix.blog/posts/2026-01-27-on-nibbling-nuggets-of-nuance/

#Blogging #BixDotBlog

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
sleepless@social.lol ("Courtney") wrote:

About a month ago I started a side project: a cross-platform, opinionated replacement for iTunes that matches how I actually manage local music.

It strips out the cruft, streamlines metadata handling, and works seamlessly across Linux and Windows (macOS should work too—untested for now).

It’s still under active development, but the core vision is there. Very few settings, very strong opinions. Open source soon—probably not for everyone, but exactly what I wanted.

The original proof-of-concept UI for an local audio player / library. Yep, it's that classic spreadsheet vibe from iTunes.
The latest view of the same audio player, albeit themed for dark mode (Catppuccin).
An import dialog used to match incoming files to existing tracks (i.e. multiple versions in different formats; FLAC, MP3).
Edit track info; metadata is managed per track and replicated across files.

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

@swf are these the tenants in which you are building your version of the new social web?

Are you not terrified of your complicity due to your partnership with Meta?

Isn't now the time to give back the money to Mark Zuckerberg, kick out the Meta employees from the W3C standards group, and renounce Meta?

You are an unelected, ungoverned org that intends to build the world's next gen communication tools. And this is who you work with?

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-is-blocking-links-to-ice-list-on-facebook-instagram-and-threads/

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Boosted by jwz:
cR0w@infosec.exchange wrote:

Old computer ad in a magazine with some workers standing around in their swim suits. One woman is at a terminal. The text says: Are you looking for a way out of wage slavery? Do you want to work in a fast-paced and fun environment? Welcome to the new and exciting world of SHITPOSTING. *Make $0 dollars annually. *Spread communist propaganda *No benefits. *Alienate old friends. *Receive death threats regularly *Upset your mom.

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

An old bridge constructed in the 1950s. The road hasn't been in use for decades, so the bridge is disappearing under vegetation.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #grass #bridge #river #graffiti

A very small old bridge covered with grass, with a little graffiti on the side.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
SheHacksPurple@infosec.exchange ("Tanya Janca | SheHacksPurple :verified: :verified:") wrote:

Every signature matters. 🙏
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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
SheHacksPurple@infosec.exchange ("Tanya Janca | SheHacksPurple :verified: :verified:") wrote:

I’ve been working toward this for years, and it finally happened.

Canada now has a parliamentary petition to require secure coding in federal software. If you care about cybersecurity, public safety, and better government tech, please sign:
👉 https://twp.ai/4ivPjh
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

A single Whopper costs $7.37.

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

Good.

https://apnews.com/article/philip-glass-kennedy-center-cancellations-d29fda6fa3ea80dcdc7ded1033d6c04e

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NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Anyway, this all culminated in this train of thought which my groupchat found entertaining.

I feel like this catch phrase is going to pop into my mind every time this happens from now on.

Screenshot from a group chat: 💭 I changed to a terminal IDE because it's NOT sexy. I hate it when I open vscode and it's all "Look what's new!" or "Would you like to enable Copilot NOooowoowwwwwWW?"  Like some Evony ad when you're trying to browse a web site. 🧠 Yeah, lady. Get'chur boobs outta my face. 💭  …  🧠 😮  💭 🧠  🤣 😆🙃🤪 (Two laughing reactji attached.)

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NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

If the feature is something that people actually want, and is well-designed (e.g. easily discoverable in the existing user interface) then people will use it. Stop putting stuff between me and the thing I'm trying to get done!

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NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

I've been thinking recently about "be careful what you measure". Any metric you measure becomes a metric to be gamed for some outcome.

I think it's showing up in enshitification. You know how you open an app that you use every day and it's got to interrupt you and tell you how great its new features are?

That's because some team built that feature. And their metrics are being judged. So OF COURSE they're going to push for that intro to drive engagement, if it makes the team/project look good.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
bazurk@social.lol ("ᗪave") wrote:

#ice

» oni.xxkayxx @ Threads Replacing Gregory Bovino with Tom Homan is like shitting your pants and changing your shirt.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

✨ Updated my /now page https://rknight.me/now/

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
rek@merveilles.town ("R E K") wrote:

Third goblin, Snorri!

https://kokorobot.ca/site/goblins.html

#goblinweek

An ink drawing of a goblin-like creature with bat-like face and ears, they are short, they have a short snout, their head is topped with a hair shaped like a tear drop, they're wearing a black coat and a striped shirt

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
sinky@social.lol ("Simon 🌻") wrote:

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
gsuberland@chaos.social ("Graham Sutherland / Polynomial") wrote:

Ea Nasir would run a stalebot.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
futzle@old.mermaid.town ("Deborah Pickett") wrote:

This is what my corrected vision looks like. They’re both bad but the double images are easier to ignore when it’s dark-on-light. #LightMode #Accessibility #Disability

Dark text on a light background. The text is repeated four times at lower alpha.
Light text on a dark background. The text is repeated four times at lower alpha.

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

"I haven't fucked it up enough yet and I want to fuck it up more"

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DUB7ZSJkvH8

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

This whole outfit including the belt cost me $17.50. Look at me. Bragging about how cheap I got something. I really did turn into my dad.

Bathroom selfie: I'm wearing an olive green button down with a brown weaved belt and blue chinos. I have a cup of coffee in my hand.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
alice@lgbtqia.space ("🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)") wrote:

God, how do normal people even browse the internet anymore?

A screenshot of Alice's VPN, showing it blocked 6241 ads, 3252 trackers, and saved 1.48GB of data.
A screenshot of Alice's perfectly normal search history for the same period, showing 62 no AI DuckDuckGo searches for various combinations of "tiny", "creepy", "felt", and "hair doll", and one for "creepy human hair totem".

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:

Trump's acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00749361

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange ("Steve Bellovin") wrote:

@mattblaze And the NY Times reports that the wounded person was in custody at the time: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/border-shooting-arizona.html

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Boosted by jwz:
zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

firefox users: please make the LLM features in firefox a non-default plugin, opt-in, or better yet don’t do them at all

mozilla: DO NOT ACCEPT DEFAULT SETTINGS. slop is destroying the web! *posts a bunch of slop videos and text in an annual corporate update*

mozilla staff: we asked our community and they hallucinated that they don’t like AI even though we prompted them to not hallucinate.

mozilla’s remaining fan: why are you so angry at my best friend mozilla. stop being unreasonable.

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Boosted by jwz:
jordan@sometimes.social wrote:

@semievolved @zzt directive 4 is classified, just like Robocop