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Boosted by jwz:
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

Everything DHS has been doing and saying for the past week is focused around one goal: generating excuses.

They’re trying to give Senators an excuse to fund them, to give CEOs an excuse to wash their hands of responsibility, to give wavering Republicans an excuse to keep believing their BS, to give Minneapolis an excuse to let our guard down.

They’re trying to give everyone an excuse to believe it’s all OK now.

It is not OK now. Here in MSP, it is very much not OK.

KEEP • UP • THE • PRESSURE

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Boosted by jwz:
johnrogers.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("John Rogers") wrote:

We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x7xmggpwlgtotuxi5as5igwy/post/3me22mk5nvs2g

Boosted by jwz:
codepo8@toot.cafe ("Chris Heilmann") wrote:

I'm buying a kitchen and they sent a sample of the marble counter top with a metal ball showing what the sink will be like. Now my desk looks like a 90s 3D rendering tool demo image.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
brettezeleliquide@h4.io wrote:

Dune Suisse : Shai-Hulud – le ver géant des neiges

la seule locomotive fraiseuse à neige à vapeur encore en fonction dans le monde ouvre la voie à la Bernina de Morteratsch à l’Alp Grüm
#snow #winter #train #Switzerland #tech #scifi #movie

Attachments:

• video: Suisse : la seule locomotive fraiseuse à neige à vapeur encore en fonction dans le monde

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
resl@mas.to ("Rachel E. S. Lösche") wrote:

There is an ethical co-op (https://www.ourspaceworld.org/) looking to hire a grant writer, in case any of you Fedi writers are interested: http://bit.ly/grantwriterposition

Please boost for visiibility #getFediHired #job #cooperative #work #writer #grant #HelpWanted

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
slint@fosstodon.org ("Slint") wrote:

🎉 Slint 1.15 is out!

This release brings dynamic GridLayout (with for loops), two-way bindings on struct fields, Python type hints via slint-compiler, and improved iOS/Android support (safe area + virtual keyboard areas).

📝 Blog post: https://slint.dev/blog/slint-1.15-released

#Slint #rustlang #python #cpp

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Scary Austin") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DebErupts/116012905414850190

Some might scoff and say "So what, he won't hand them over."

The point is to apply constant pressure, use his resources, and live rent free in his head.

On ICE watch we're a bunch of cat ladies and retirees with phones. It's incredible how much energy and time they waste on us when they could be attacking our neighbors.

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

“My Boss Vibe-Coded a Full Product and I’m Paying the Price : r/vibecoding”

https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1quywj5/my%5Fboss%5Fvibecoded%5Fa%5Ffull%5Fproduct%5Fand%5Fim%5Fpaying/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

NeatStats is coming along nicely! Still plenty of work to do, but the basics are now in place for different metrics.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Being Left Behind Enjoyer") wrote:

If you're not a programmer—"lines of code written" is a completely absurd metric to measure productivity for software development.

It's like paying a cook by the amount of salt they use.

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

Vampirella's costume was already too skimpy to be practical, and now I learn that Frank Frazetta revised it to be far more revealing.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/02/04/im-too-old-for-a-naked-vampirella-now/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz wrote:

Dayum. NY Gov’s office with a head shot.

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

I have been struggling with building a framework for understanding this historical moment, and the concept of "Neo-Royalism" helps a lot:

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2026/01/07/the-political-theory-that-explains-trumps-global-power-plays-00715342

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jpoesen@social.jpoesen.com ("jpoesen | 🇪🇺 | 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

This is why we pull our data and services from the US back into the EU.

Not for trade protectionism but for self-protection.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/homeland-security-is-trying-to-force-tech-companies-to-hand-over-data-about-trump-critics/

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

Happy Birthday to Ken Thompson, born on. this date in 1943... you changed everything

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

https://music.apple.com/us/album/message-to-the-messengers/311272791?i=311272867

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

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

Today in History: Independence Commemoration Day in Sri Lanka

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

Today in History: Patricia Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army, 1974

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

Today in History: Cybernet inaugurated, 1969

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

Today in History: Ken Thompson, creator of unix, born, 1943

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

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
copter_chief@mstdn.party ("CopterDoctor") wrote:

Anybody considering coming to the US for the World Cup shouldn’t.

It’s not safe with ICE & Border Patrol terrorizing people in the streets.

They won’t care if you have a passport.

They won’t listen when you tell them you’re here for the World Cup.

You could be dissapeared & flown to a country you’ve never been to.

Watch the games on TV or on the web. It’s too risky.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

#WritersCoffeeClub Feb 4
How much detail do you use to describe your settings?

The reader's imagination is very good at filling in gaps in the picture, you just need to nudge it in the right direction. As I write SF/F, a lot of this amounts to dropping alienating details: a family gathers around the dinner table to eat, their father picks up the carving knife then begins to carve up a small velociraptor. You don't need to describe the table or the knife! "Here, have a drumstick."

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

US Air Force tested ERAM cruise missile for Ukraine at Eglin airbase in late January

Key specs: 400km range, 10m accuracy. First batch of 840 missiles scheduled for Oct 2026 delivery. Program funded by Denmark, Netherlands, Norway & US
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/04/us-air-force-tests-400-kilometer-range-cruise-missile-for-ukraine-program/

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

Interview: ProPublica has identified the two Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti.

The agents are Jesus Ochoa, 43, & Raymundo Gutierrez, 35.

“This is in the public interest,” says reporter J. David McSwane. “This country has a tradition & norm of being able to identify law enforcement officers, both for their safety & the safety of the public.”

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/3/propublica%5Fcbp%5Fagents%5Falex%5Fpretti

#USPol #EUpol #CdnPoli #ICE #BorderPatrol #Press #ResistFascism #StateMurder #DHS .

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jlamoree@infosec.exchange ("Joseph Lamoree") wrote:

@lzg All I’ve ever wanted is for the Revolution to knock on my door in need of a weird cable.

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

Aren't there better things for a president to do?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/02/04/save-us-from-the-glut-of-ugly-statuary/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
va3db@mastodon.radio ("Diane Bruce VA3DB") wrote:

@kb9ens My first receiver was a piece of galena crystal with a coil wound on a Quacker oat box my transmitter was an old Ford ignition coil. *whistles innocently*

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

try to convince me this is not cool

https://jeantimex.github.io/webgpu-water/