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

Congratulations to Seattle and to everyone who didn't watch Kid Rock.

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rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

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Jdm2@boriken.social ("jdm2 🇵🇷") wrote:

@fromjason PROMESA. Hurricane Maria response or lack thereof. Also, for Jake Paul and Logan Paul

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

And, after that, a formal apology for colonialism, national resource theft, using the island for bomb testing, the force sterilization project, the Ponce Massacre, the death of Pedro Albizu Campos, basically everything about the 40s and 50s migration, putting the American on the Times cover who admitted killing Puerto Ricans by injecting them with cancers. Putting him on the cover *after* he admitted to all that.

What else am I forgetting?

zkat@toot.cat wrote:

Not Bad Bunny saying “God bless America” followed by listing every single country in America 😂😂😂

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blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/112208331867673411

ME on the 2019 #PuertoRico protests and #generalStrike that brought down the government of Ricardo Rosselló, not only as a consequence of #Telegramgate but because he was the most corrupt governor the island had to put up with ―even more corrupt than his own father, a George Bush wannabe.

Bad Bunny, Ricky Martín and René Pérez were instrumental in coalescing all La Isla’s opposition & taking the protests worldwide with their media connections.

#Superbowl #BadBunny #music #música #PuertoRico

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redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa:") wrote:

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are0h@polychrom.ing ("Bully of Bullies, Inc") wrote:

LOL, Blacksky announced it will have Blacksky only posts soon and white devs are losing their fucking minds.

I'm sorry but that's just hilarious to me because instance only posting is such a common feature in the indie social web ecosystem.

But, like blocklists, it becomes a problem when Black folks use these tools to set boundaries.

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ramiismail.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Rami Ismail (رامي)") wrote:

Hah, I can't entirely tell, but I think Bad Bunny just brought the light-blue Puerto Rican flag and if I saw that right in the split second I noticed it, I love that

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

Puerto Rico deserves self-determination, independence, debt wiped, reparations, favorable trade laws, infrastructure, education, a thriving economy, land protections, land ownership, and whatever else it takes for how ever long it takes until the stench of colonialism is removed from the island. 🇵🇷

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DeliaChristina@sfba.social ("Diligence Jones") wrote:

This is like the most awesome block party ever.

Why are magas so mad?
Oohh...the pan Latino solidarity...

That was really fun!

Also don't pudge shame me Mike Tyson.

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Jdm2@boriken.social ("jdm2 🇵🇷") wrote:

Born to dilly dally, forced to remind Americans of Puerto Rico's invasion in 1898 by the USA and subsequent colonial mistreatment 😩

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so_treu@blackqueer.life ("RI DaSēr K") wrote:

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

How's Bad Bunny doing? #SuperBowl

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

The Social Web Foundation @swf takes money from Mark Zuckerberg, and is building the new social web with Meta employees.

How is that any better than Bluesky taking crypto money? Is there anyone in or around the SWF willing to speak up?

Zuckerberg, Musk pictured at Epstein's wild' dinner with other billionaire CEOs after conviction: https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/us-news/zuckerberg-musk-pictured-at-epsteins-wild-dinner-after-conviction/

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dallo@pouet.chapril.org wrote:

Zuckerberg, Musk pictured at Epstein’s ‘wild’ dinner with other billionaire CEOs after conviction

https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/us-news/zuckerberg-musk-pictured-at-epsteins-wild-dinner-after-conviction/

> A photo has emerged of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg attending a “wild” California dinner party with infamous pedophile Jeffery Epstein years after he was convicted as a child sex offender.

#fascism #Zuckerberg #musk #Epstein #uspol #USA #elonMusk #gafam

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

I keep hearing that No Kings is the networking part of the strategy. It's been a decade. Is that what we really believe?

I honestly think we've made intelligence such an important part of our identity, that we've made it impossible to look at our mistakes objectively.

I had a dude here create an ethos for No Kings out of thin air because he couldn't admit that maybe we need to revisit the strategy. That maybe we made a *gasp* mistake.

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

Aren't we just the least bit curious as to why a decade has passed us, and the liberal resist movement hasn't evolved an inch? Why, after each defeat we don't have a "lessons learned" and changes to the strategy?

Why the lesson always seeks to be "we're smart and [insert scapegoat] is dumb?"

It doesn't strike you as odd that we've lost *so much* yet I can't think of a liberal who has ever suggested a change in strategy. Meanwhile, republicans have adjusted quite a bit.

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afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place ("afreytes, 👁️‍🗨️of🇵🇷") wrote:

@kimlockhartga The problem is that, if you have never been thaught what dignity is, and what self respect is, it is very difficult to recognize that you need those things to become a fully-realized human being. And it is harder still to want those things if they are unknown to you.

Something similar happens to us as a colony.

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afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place ("afreytes, 👁️‍🗨️of🇵🇷") wrote:

Periodic reminder that granting statehood to Puerto Rico is NOT the progressive policy that you have been led to believe it is.

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Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange ("Em :official_verified:") wrote:

I had already read the essay,
but watching it was as fantastic.

This Cory Doctorow talk is so awesome. One of the most punk proposal I have heard lately.

I really hope Canada does it!
Thanks @pluralistic 🤘💚

https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=iZxbaCNIwg8

#Canada #CanPoli #ElbowsUp

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patatas@social.patatas.ca wrote:

@dansup @webintents

hmm that’s odd, not sure why my reply got detached from the post you quoted here. anyway it’s fine, i can ask my question again here - sorry for the double post! here’s what my other reply said:

Curious to hear a somewhat-technical explanation of how this works.

What exactly is transmitted to the fedidb server? I ask because my concern is that in the wrong hands (e.g. Meta/Facebook, who have a relationship with the SWF), this seems like it could be used as a social-graph and browsing-behaviour tracking mechanism.

But maybe I’m wrong. If so, I will gladly be corrected!

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

RE: https://social.lol/@neatnik/116037055979822936

As Discord prepares its IPO (with a $15B valuation), there’s never been a better time to re-evaluate where your friends and communities connect with one another. Discord’s values are antithetical to the independent / small web that so many of us love, and there’s no reason for “internet chat” to be enshittified to the tune of billions of dollars.

For less than the cost of a Discord server boost, you can run your own fully independent IRC server.

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forse@kolektiva.social ("Forse (he/him)") wrote:

@MackenzieD @fromjason There are plenty of people doing other stuff.
You just don't see them on TV.

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neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

The guide to setting up an IRC server is ready! This will take you from zero to a fully operational IRC server (including the Gamja web client, hosted on the same server).

https://www.neatnik.net/setting-up-an-irc-server/

I’ve gone out of my way to keep this super simple, even avoiding the need to open an editor and change any files. I hope you find it useful!

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

An interesting short film. It's from over a year ago, but I hadn't seen it before. "The God Man":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY9CTDM3l4M

The score is available:

https://jasonstam.bandcamp.com/album/the-god-man-original-motion-picture-score

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pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website ("a very weeny construct 💀") wrote:

RE: https://tiny.tilde.website/@colocataires/116036259984515720

if you host a virtual machine with AWS, OVH, RackNerd, Digital Ocean, or other places i highly recommend a read through colocataires' (new) website

they also just launched a new $60CAD/yr tiny vm package

that is three and a half american bucks per month yall. that's 3/4 of a tall (small) iced caffè latte! it's competitive with the barrel-bottom junk i used to rent elsewhere

AND you get good feels from hosting with eco-conscious real people

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florianschlund ("Florian Schlund") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/116036624769120117

Lesenswert:
Worth reading:

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falcennial ("millennial fulcrum") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/116036553386903299

antichrist Peter Thiel bursts out of skinsuit to warn of "antichrist-like behaviour" of climate activists.

I propose we all make use of Jason's actionable point about effective and persistent protest.

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

If you need an example of this type of non-violence, look at Minnesota. They are stifling ICE's efforts to kidnap humans, while resisting any acts of violence when ICE inevitably retaliates.