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Boosted by jwz:
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

Good news if you work on an oil tanker and don't feel like life is worth living

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-28/hormuz-can-open-without-clearing-all-mines-us-energy-chief-says

Boosted by jwz:
carlmalamud@official.resource.org ("Carl Malamud") wrote:

FYI, I have been notified that the Official Tennessee Code Annotated has been modified with the following addition:

Cast iron cookware is designated and adopted as the official frontier cookware of this state.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

A brief aside for That One Follower, I know you're reading this,

[1]: Yes yes I know many "foundations" are actually trade organizations and are pointedly Not Charities and are in fact something more like a tax deductible cartel conspiracy, we don't have to grant those nearly as much grace. In the US it's important to understand whether something is a 501(c)(3) or a 501(c)(6). But, ahem, moving on…

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

The entire point of a charity — and many tech foundations[1] the Blender Foundation, the PSF, etc, are charities — is to take donations from people who have enough excess money that they have some available to donate, and to do something better with that money than the donor would have done with it.

I am sure that it is not news to you that *the kind of people who have enough extra money that they can give some away* in our society are not always going to be the most agreeable.

Boosted by jwz:
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

"Could you two assholes please try to keep a lid on it for just a little while"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-28/judge-lectures-musk-altman-on-trading-social-media-barbs

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@SnoopJ/116483436797340825

I agree with SnoopJ here but I want to put a subtly different spin on this and make a somewhat more non-negotiable request of my audience. You don't have to agree with us that it's OK to take the money (and indeed some of my friends do not) but *do not harass* foundations when news like this comes out, and I would really like you to consider the perspective of the fundraisers here.

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

I feel like I should just say that the Somali folks in my neighborhood are cool, and their kids go to school with mine, and the kids are hilarious and sweet and rambunctious and full of kid-ness just like…you know…kids, and sambusas are yummy, and most Somali restaurants serve spaghetti (because of Italian colonial history, mostly straight-up Italian style but with a subtle Somali twist), and I’m glad my Somali neighbors are my neighbors, and ICE can GTFO now and forever, please and thank you.

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

Things have been pretty quiet in my Minneapolis channels for the last few hours. Looks like this morning was a coordinated sudden strike. Everyone is now vigilant for the next thing, but we don’t know if it’s coming in an hour or a week or a month.

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

Word on the ground: FBI •is• collaborating with ICE in South Minneapolis today.

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

Feds are definitely detaining people. Who and why and for how long remains unclear. South Minneapolis is on alert.

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

News coverage so far is very poor, mostly just regurgitating statements from the Trump admin.

Neighbors describe this as looking more like traditional police operations: warrants, procedure, none of the chaotic targeting of random dark-skinned people off the street that we saw in Dec and Jan. However, DHS does seem to be involved, and there’s concern that they’re sneaking some immigration-based abductions under cover of these trumped-up fraud warrants.

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

Feds are conducting raids targeting multiple Somali businesses this morning in Minneapolis, especially childcare centers.

Observers are out and active.

Wish they’d just leave my neighbors the hell alone.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
fasterthanlime@hachyderm.io ("amos") wrote:

apple: to develop for mac you need to own a mac
me: uh-huh. and can I disable SIP?
apple: okay... you, specifically, need to own two macs

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

also sorry no BtB here but I don’t know if robert has ever said anything unproblematic enough to casually quote

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

if this is completely inscrutable to you don’t worry that just means you are better at time management than I am

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
adhd_coffee ("Coffeedate with ADHD") wrote:

I need reasons?😬

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

choose your fighter

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

“Runpod: On Average, You’re Better Off Panhandling.”

https://dice.camp/@kyonshi/116483262618785439

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

In today's Incredibly Exciting News About Being a Writer, I have updated tax forms for Italy. Stay tuned for more breathless updates as they occur.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

Many variations, or flavors

😬

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Wiz got RCE on the cloud version of Github.com and access to every customer environment.

To do this they just reversed the on prem version and found a simple vuln.

https://www.wiz.io/blog/github-rce-vulnerability-cve-2026-3854

Boosted by EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️"):
FinalGirl@blackqueer.life ("Kick Murder Squad Pleasurebot") wrote:

The problem with this announcement is that it’s not limited to blenders. I mean this would be bad enough, I use my blender for pesto, roasted red pepper paste, all kinds of things.

But any food processor is under threat. Think of what this means for mire poix, shaved ice, blitzed almonds for cakes.

KEEP AI OUT OF MY BLENDER!

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
leftylabourtech@mstdn.social ("LeftyLabourTechToronto") wrote:

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/top-stories-01r3k2ttz/-/a-zc5ZcFicQra9S-tt3tjT1g%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0

While Wab Kinew's move to ban algorithmic pricing was a good one, this move is an extremely BAD one. It's impossible to implement privacy respecting age verification as @pluralistic describes here.

#privacy #cdnpoli #Manitoba #mbpoli #surveillance #surveillancecapitaliism

https://doctorow.medium.com/privacy-preserving-age-verification-is-bullshit-0aefd53019e0

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
MicroSFF@mastodon.art ("Micro SF/F by O. Westin") wrote:

There were uncountable books in the library, none of which I knew. I picked one at random and read the blurb.

"A cosy fantasy?"

"Yes," said my host.

I picked another. "Cosy mystery?"

"Yes."

"Are all your books cosy?"

Cthulhu shrugged. "If you'd seen what I've seen, you'd want comfort too."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

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

We have met the Great Filter and it is us.

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net ("Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:") wrote:

For how long have you been on the #Fediverse? Feel free to boost and quote and use the result after the poll has closed!

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁!") wrote:

RE: https://social.pollux.casa/@adele/statuses/01KQADF24A2G3QSE2SN5D5KZPV

I quoted this toot from a #gotosocial instance with #SmolFedi

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
Jeremiah@alpaca.gold ("Jeremiah Lee") wrote:

“Can you win an Oscar for Best ActivityPub Actor?”

#fedidevs #FediForum

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

Hey, remember when they tried to make beef tallow happen

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
dicenbuttons ("Carson Hill") wrote:

I'll say it: None of this would have happened if we as a society had actually taken the time and effort to prosecute video for killing the radio star. To hold it accountable.

We all knew about it. We all knew it was the right thing to do. Yet we did nothing. And now we have only ourselves to blame.