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jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein another artifact comes to light
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/06/27.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

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DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social ("Democracy Matters :verified:") wrote:

#OnThisDay #ThePeoplesHistory

JUNE 27, 2015: BREE NEWSOME REMOVES CONFEDERATE FLAG

While politicians debated the implications of taking down the Confederate flag after the white supremacist murder of nine African Americans at Emmanuel AME Church, Bree Newsome scaled the South Carolina state flag pole and took the flag down.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bree-newsome-removes-confederate-flag/

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splitbrain@fedi.splitbrain.org ("Andreas Gohr") wrote:

my dudes (it's always dudes). when someone asks a question on the internet and you don't know the answer. Just fucking ignore it. "helpful guessing" is not helpful. the internet is a big place - there is a good chance someone will actually know the answer. if you want to be helpful, just boost the question.

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VeroniqueB99 ("Vee") wrote:

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tael@yiff.life ("Tael 🔜 AC26") wrote:

Ok, just to sum it up for those following along at home:
NordVPN: confidence scam, the Raid: Shadow Legends of VPNs
Mozilla VPN: reseller of Mullvad
Tailscale: partners with Mullvad
ExpressVPN: Israeli
Private Internet Access: ditto
ProtonVPN: sponsors French fascists
MullvadVPN: donates millions to Swedish fascists

am I missing any?

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jplebreton ("JP") wrote:

OpenAI employee Tarun Gogineni aka "roon" just openly worshipping death and human enslavement to the god-computer he believes he's creating. your IPO just got pushed back bro! it's all falling apart! your nihilism was pointless and evil and you'll be hated for the rest of your days!

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swachter@toot.boston wrote:

Apparently my ongoing evolution into full crone includes dropping bangers like "it's reprehensible that a bunch of men stole everything we ever wrote and want to sell it back to you" and "aren't you scared that the most unethical people who ever lived know so much about you" and "we eat three billionaires and the rest fall into line" on unsuspecting grad students who are trying to tell me that AI can be used for good

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MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Scary Austin") wrote:

Mel Brooks is turning 100 years old tomorrow. Everyone knows and loves his comedy. Not everyone knows he served as a US Army combat engineer in WWII and was in the Battle of the Bulge.

Happiest of birthdays to the GOAT of mocking Nazis. ❤️

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-hilarious-way-mel-brooks-taunted-nazis-on-the-world-war-ii-battlefield/

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theonion@threads.net ("The Onion") wrote:

GOP Urges Democrats To Tone Down Rhetoric Used To Quote President Verbatim

https://theonion.com/gop-urges-democrats-to-tone-down-rhetoric-used-to-quote-president-verbatim/

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

I think cleaning my typewriters might be my summer project.

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stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡️") wrote:

More people have been arrested in the Swamp Pool disaster then in the Epstein case, this tells you everything you need to know about this dictator

#Trump #Epstein #Trumpstein #USPol #USA #US

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sambowne@infosec.exchange ("Sam Bowne :donor:") wrote:

Texas mandates Bible readings and Christian-infused curriculum in public schools - Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2026/06/27/texas-mandates-bible-readings-and-christian-infused-curriculum-in-public-schools/

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
edolnx@kind.social ("Carl") wrote:

@mwl I firmly believe that the complete lack of understanding, and support, around IPv6 by last mile (and especially residential) providers in North America is the absolute largest impediment to broad adoption

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ChangeChameleon@dragonchat.org ("Change Chameleon 🍇") wrote:

Heads up.

Have you seen that new chat feature on YouTube? I just discovered if you hit "Share Link" and send someone a YouTube video, it will now be considered an invite to chat as well. Meaning the tracker link attached to the video now links to you directly. To turn this off when hitting share, go to the "sending as person" drop down and click "change in settings". That will take you to the privacy settings where you can toggle it off.

I had thought my brother had initiated this to try the feature. Turns out it's an on-by-default setting that links directly back to your username (or real name depending on your Google account settings) when you share a link outside YouTube.

It's now more important than ever to remove the tracking markers from links if you haven't been doing it before.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
drscriptt@oldbytes.space ("DrScriptt") wrote:

Question: How does the network and computer industry pronounce BDSM?

Answer: IPv6

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

I hate that the idea that we should all be kinder to each other has been co-opted by the worst people.

It used to be this subversive thing that came with showing kindness to those in the margins, like when Mr. Rogers shared a pool with a Black man.

Now, kindness is more about shutting up and ignoring atrocity in favor of being polite.

Without fail, when someone says we need to be kinder to each other, what they really mean is poor people need to die quieter.

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lexxy@social.foxtail.garden ("Lexxy") wrote:

BlueSky / the AT protocol is not federated, and will never be federated (unless there are significant, breaking changes). A central authority will always be in control of what users will see, who they are allowed to interact with, and who is allowed to say what and when.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Relax. This is one of the coldest summers you'll experience for the rest of your life.

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

it's MANthematics, not WOMANthematics

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

okay brain done for now

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JulianOliver ("Julian Oliver") wrote:

A piece from March this year on the why's of deploying a VPN for your org/fam/people.

https://courses.nikau.io/2026/03/24/why-run-your-own-vpn/

Yes I plug our training in there at the end, as a shortcut to getting to a good setup, but the rest of the text stands completely independent from that.

However you get there, running VPN infrastructure for a community you care about, in an ethically aligned jurisdiction, can be a significant contribution to wellbeing, and helps decentralise the fight for privacy.

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

Did you know? omg.lol has a member map!

https://home.omg.lol/map

Of course it’s totally voluntary, and I designed it so that you can’t zoom in too far (to discourage anyone from accidentally revealing *too* specific of a location). But it’s fun to see if you’re near other members, or just to see where folks are out there!

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

Lrnu, V ernyvmr gung guvf vf sne rnfvre gb qb va Qvfpbeq. Ohg EBG13 vf sha! Naq shyyl pbzcngvoyr jvgu rirel VEP pyvrag bhg gurer. *Naq* vg’f gbgnyyl jbegu vg sbe gur jubyr “jr’er abg tbvat gb znxr lbh unaq bire lbhe VQ sbe fbzr fghcvq ntr irevsvpngvba guvat". Fb, lrnu.

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ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

And the thumbnail of course.

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

Our IRC server (https://home.omg.lol/info/irc) just got a fun new feature, courtesy of our resident bot Penelope! :penelope: You can now send spoiler text to a channel by typing:

/msg penelope spoiler #channel Put your spoiler text here.

She'll send a ROT13’d version of your message to the channel that you indicated. To decode, you’d just do /msg penelope unspoil [ROT13 text here] and she’ll DM you with the decoded version of the text.

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:") wrote:

Did I manage to forget how to knit????

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litherland@typo.social wrote:

“Because once you are curious about capitalism you must reject the bargain: if the price of the comfort of the few is the immiseration of the many then the price is too damn high. It is the skill of reading that hones that curiosity, sharpens our ability to notice what is before us, what is real and what is not, which bargains are fair and which are usurious. Reading is how we attend the world, which is also how we change it.”

https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/umyazu

EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Never trump republicans: It has become clear the base of the party and changed and I can not stand by the _open_ racism and homophobia and so I am leaving the gop.

“Centrist” dems (via nyt): It has become clear the base of the party has changed and is demanding healthcare and livable wages, but we are capitalists and I cannot stand by that!

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catraxx@tech.lgbt ("catraxx :antifa:") wrote:

@brib @jasmine https://airvpn.org not a recommendation yet, i am still investigating them myself, but looks nice.

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

The horses were surrounded by a beautiful landscape and a mass of flies. And a bunch of starlings, young and old, snacking on the flies. #horses #iceland