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

The bot accounts sure are busy the last couple of days, I wonder why that is

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
VeroniqueB99 ("Vee") wrote:

A single Tomahawk missile costs $2M
- We just dropped $200–400M+ worth on Iran.
- We’ve spent $1–2 billion just in munitions today.
- $2 billion would run one small rural hospital for 65 years.
- $2 billion could fund PBS for 5 years..
- $2 billion could put 45,000 students through college.
- $2 Billion could feed 2.5 million kids lunch for an entire school year.

... Imagine how big the DOGE refund checks would be if they had audited the military!

joeri_s@mstdn.social ("Joeri Sebrechts") wrote:

I just published a new design for https://plainvanillaweb.com. Let me know if you like it, or if you find any issues. I also wrote up some notes on the new design in this blog post: https://plainvanillaweb.com/blog/articles/2026-03-01-redesigning-plain-vanilla/

zkat@toot.cat wrote:

I... think my workspace crawler is done? Supports globs for matching members, centrally-defined dependency specs, plus centrally-defined dependency groups

I thought workspaces were gonna be a whole thing to implement, but I think integrating this into the resolver is actually not gonna be too bad.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
NilaJones@zeroes.ca wrote:

@fromjason @mekkaokereke

Yes exactly!

In my local leftist community it happened with the bipoc folks, then happened again with the disabled folks (bipoc and white together)

People joined, were welcomed at first, then ended up leaving en masse, because there was no genuine inclusion

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

If you can stomach it, listen to this #BehindTheBastards episode. Better yet, The whole series on Jeffrey Epstein. I need to hear what smart people think of all this lol

The series doesn't go into graphic detail. It's more focused on his influence.

A lot of this info is new but still, I don't see many talking about the fact that Epstein was a powerful influential white suprematist who helped spark the alt-right

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-bastards/id1373812661?i=1000751725194

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

The other question is how many more Epsteins are out there? The ones who aren't getting caught, who are operating under the radar like Epstein did for a time?

How many more Musks are out there? The white nationalists who aren't as loud as a Musk, but still have his level of influence?

Surely, it doesn't stop with these two.

Anyway, since there's so many similarities between them there should be a hashtag dedicated to exploring their relationship.

#MuskLovesEpstein

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orhun@fosstodon.org ("Orhun Parmaksız 👾") wrote:

New TUI dropped for managing LLM traffic and GPU resources 🔥

🌀 **ollamaMQ** — Async message queue proxy for Ollama

💯 Per-user queues, fair-share scheduling, OpenAI-compatible endpoints, streaming

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/Chleba/ollamaMQ

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #gpu #llm #ollama #backend #proxy #terminal

Attachments:

• gifv: 62b21f305749f59d.mp4

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

At minimum, all this sure does confirm our suspicions about Musk buying Twitter.

If all these powerful people are manipulating what we see on the Internet, if they all have this ability to form narratives at scale, then buying the internet's largest town square sounds exactly like what a rich and powerful white supremacist would do.

Anyway, Jeffery Epstein and Elon Musk sure do share A LOT of similar ideals. Almost as if they were in constant communication. 😅

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Im having trouble wrapping my head around all this myself. It's one thing to understand white supremacy in the abstract. It's another to get a glimpse behind the curtain to see how the sausage is made.

I think the big question here is— was Jeffery Epstein's power and influence over our culture/society an anomaly? Like, was it exceptional?

Or, can all of these powerful people pull the levers like he did? And if so, what the fuck is real? You know? lol I sound absurd.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

We have a white supremacist / nationalist sex trafficking/pedophilia ring of powerful men who had an exceptional level of influence over our culture and society. All obsessed with eugenics, crypto/bitcoin, race wars, population, making white babies, and probably much more that hasn't been revealed yet.

This sounds like the type of conspiracy theory that would have you laughed out of any room just a couple years ago. 😅😅

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

TIL, Bulgarians celebrate Baba Marta day (look it up). So, Честита Баба Марта!

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Epstein was also a eugenicist who wanted a "stud farm" populated with all the women/girls he impregnated.

Now, who does this sound like? A man obsessed with race science, crime statistics, population decline, and impregnating as many women as possible.

Epstein's flavor of white supremacy sure does sound a lot like Elon Musk. So the question is, who was influencing who?

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Epstein donated $25,000 to a far right social media influencer. It's possible he donated far more than that to multiple influencers but that's the one confirmed donation.

Epstein is also credited with resurrecting the far-right 4Chan forum /pol, which went on to be a major hub for white nationalist movement.

Jeffery Epstein was essentially a silent partner, if not a significant leader, in that white nationalist movement that started in 2015.

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floatybirb ("Floaty Birb") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/116154689906092124

It says a lot that a Meta internal memo says that they're planning to release their spyware sunglasses “during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

The Ferguson protests and Trump's announcement to run for president, were overlapping events. Trump gained a lot of initial support simply because of white fear.

By then, Epstein was already citing race science and crime stats to anyone who'd listen.

After Michael Brown murder, Epstein was concerned about a race war. So, he contacted the only person who could sympathize with the idea of a minority group revolting:

Ex-prime minister of Israel Ehud Barak. 🫠

soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

The annoying thing about waiting on other people is it comes with the temptation to start yet another side project.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

I think what is so disturbing about the latest Jeffery Epstein revelations is it shows us the system in which he operated in, and had a weird level of influence over.

And surprise, surprise, it was a system of white supremacy, exploiting white fear, and rehashing eugenics and race science.

It's shows that pedophilia is a core tenet of white supremacy. The two are intertwined to a disturbing degree.

Short thread on this BtB episode🧵

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-bastards/id1373812661?i=1000751725194

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chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

Owncast: self-hosted livestreaming made easy

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/cZzdhgzJPmXD3WLo3GcMUT

soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

TIL there's a dhole "werewolf" myth

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Anjing%5FAjak

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

So, it's OK to rebuild nations and murder civilians if their leaders are backwards-thinking, anti-scientific, nationalist fanatics? Useful to know.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/03/01/i-have-opinions-on-sam-harris-and-murdering-iranian-people/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UerLSD1dXls

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chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

Owncast: self-hosted livestreaming made easy

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/cZzdhgzJPmXD3WLo3GcMUT

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

Yup. Every word.

Jayme Lawson says what all these Black people have been telling you. Including Black people with disabilities. Including Black people with Tourette syndrome. Including Black people with coprolalia.

But people still don't want to hear it.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/MNsG0KXtEYg

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

Getting sucked inside the jumanji game for 30 years doesn’t sound so bad at this point

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

I'm sort of breaking my rule of not judging individuals for their participation in capitalism. Mostly, people just do what they can to survive and our energy is better spent fighting big corporations instead of each other.

BUT. No one *needs* to shill for these glasses. Tech influencers know better. They know what Meta's end game is for this ad-tech hardware.

We are crossing over a horizon from screens to the real world, and once it happens it's hard to go back.

So these people are sellouts.

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

Didn't know I needed this today, but turns out I did. Maybe you do too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fyufPkXLbs

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
UlrikeHahn@fediscience.org ("Ulrike Hahn") wrote:

the end of online anonymity?

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16800

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116154158706116862

I want us to remember all the celebrities and influencers who shilled for these glasses and helped normalize this type of surveillance.

Because that's what Meta is doing. They're throwing billions at the problem of us being creeped out by these things.

I know for a lot of us, no amount of celebrity advertising will change our minds, but historically, this strategy does work well enough to squeeze into the mainstream.

So fuck anyone who has anything to do with normalizing Meta Raybands.

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kibcol1049@mstdn.social ("Col") wrote:

Some doctors in the US are now “prescribing” storytelling to help adults feel less lonely. In New York, the nonprofit Life Story Club works with healthcare providers to host weekly group sessions where people swap memories, listen to one another and reflect together using simple prompts. The sessions are all about connection and participants say they leave feeling lighter and more supported. Honestly, that’s a prescription we could all use

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@dff/116154655197133345

I love this project!