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jwz wrote:

Googly-eyed Kremlin bitch loses defamation lawsuit.

Patel and the Kash Foundation sued Stewartson over a series of allegedly defamatory statements: Among the statements at the center of the lawsuit were claims that Patel "attempted to overthrow the...
https://jwz.org/b/yk-F

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I don't usually post the stuff I find in abandoned places, but the toys scattered around this abandoned cabin definitely gave it a more depressing vibe.

#Iceland #photography #nature #landscape #countryside #rural #abandoned #decay #toys

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

The back of the cabin looks very different from the front.

#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #countryside #rural #abandoned #decay

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

A little peek at the cabin and its surroundings.

#Iceland #video #landscape #nature #abandoned #decay #trees #countryside #rural

Attachments:

• video: An old cabin with a red roof hidden among the trees.

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

Elon musk lost $1.2 trillion

the first person ever to lose a trillion dollars, everybody 😂

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

RE: https://live.acarsdrama.com/@acarsdrama/117017127685424739

well that's some tailwind

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alpatron@mastodonczech.cz wrote:

@markwyner IIRC this fun fact from my fault-tolerant systems course, they built in a Reed–Solomon error-correction code encoder for a robust connection... the fun being at that time no decoder existed, assuming that in a few years, when Voyager would be far enough to really need the error correction, a decoder would have been developed. And the gamble paid off.

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gothodile@furs.social ("Sabella") wrote:

@soatok people sure do have Opinions over on that Bluesky, don't they.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social ("Democracy Matters :verified:") wrote:

“Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that the United States should consider expanding the Supreme Court to be made up of 13 justices, a popular idea among Democrats who have increasingly pushed for court reform,” CNN reports.

Said Harris: “We need to revisit the point of expanding the court to 13 justices like we have 13 district courts.”
Court expansion is moving from a progressive cause to a possible litmus test in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Independent@flipboard.com ("The Independent") wrote:

Johns Hopkins researcher arrested by ICE at Baltimore airport
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fatima-ameaka-johns-hopkins-ice-arrest-airport-b3025660.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into politics @politics-Independent

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
NorcalGma2@sfba.social ("Norcal Gma 2") wrote:

You can't see all of the old dudes who are working on our deck in this photo. All are retired and want to help us get our new deck up.
A truckload of materials arrived this morning as well as extra old dudes. The original brothers called in more brothers. There are 12 siblings all together.
The decking will be installed today with the rails and stairs next week.
My husband is touched by their kindness in finishing his unfinished project. He truly doesn't know how to thank them.
In the crowd is a fellow Vietnam veteran who is a bladder cancer survivor too. He can commiserate with my husband, his old friend, in a way most of us can't.
Summer is keeping an eye on them.
Just in case.

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

Todd "Blanche targeted Mr. Trump’s political adversaries with bogus criminal cases and overseen an exodus of some of the Justice Department’s most experienced lawyers. Less noted but as important: He is also embarrassingly bad at lawyering. The quality of the department’s work has sharply deteriorated under his leadership":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/opinion/todd-blanche-attorney-general-senate-hearing.html
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #Blanche #unfit #biased #dishonest #untrustworthy #DoNotConfirm as #AttorneyGeneral

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TheConversationUS@newsie.social ("The Conversation U.S.") wrote:

It started with a dispute at a 4th of July parade on America’s 100th birthday between two white men and a Black militia marching group.

After a shoot-out, a white militia then killed 4 Black men.

The men responsible for the Hamburg Massacre 150 years ago were never convicted. Instead, many rose to South Carolina's highest offices.

https://theconversation.com/how-an-1876-massacre-of-black-men-in-south-carolina-turned-racial-terror-into-political-power-287285

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

RE: https://mastodon.radio/@M0PWX/117016718895297779

I would guess that the US stats mirror the UK’s

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jik@federate.social ("Jonathan Kamens 86 47") wrote:

#TheOnion #humor #funny #IYKYK #TheOdyssey https://theonion.com/translator-of-original-minions-epic-poem-slams-sexless-bloodless-film-adaptation/

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thejapantimes ("The Japan Times") wrote:

A speculative future history account argues that Europe risks geopolitical decline if it fails to build AI capabilities, a warning that also carries important implications for Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/30/world/fictional-account-of-europes-collapse/?utm%5Fmedium=Social&utm%5Fsource=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #europe2031 #europe #eu #ai #anthropic #fable #us #siliconvalley #china #llms #datacenters #artificialintelligence #tech

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

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AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Dear lazydon,

Should I blog (at excruciating length and detail) about performance guardrails, IOU processes, and how organisations can get them right -- and what generally goes wrong?

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

There Shall Be Eggplant!

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

Both of these things are simple, true facts, however

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fauci-diary-obama-trump-idiot-b3025378.html

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

Picked up a little project to keep me away from the computer this summer.

jwz wrote:

Amnesty International UK Caves To JK Rowling.

[ REENACTMENT ]The organization has stood up to dictators and death squads, but Rowling and the UK's anti-speech laws were apparently too much. On July 8, Amnesty International UK released a report titled...
https://jwz.org/b/yk-D

Boosted by jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)"):
ceej.online@bsky.brid.gy wrote:

ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity!
OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission.
ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

RE: https://aus.social/@perkinsy/117006314371109767

“IN THE REAL WORLD, INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IS RARELY THE STRONGEST PREDICTOR OF GROUP OUTCOMES. IN FACT, THE STRONGEST PREDICTORS OF DEVELOPERS' SELF-REPORTED PRODUCTIVITY TEND TO BE SOCIAL”

(emphasis mine)

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

sure we _must_ imagine Sisyphus happy, but it's a lot easier to imagine him tired

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Rihilism@toot.community ("🦅RichKeller Photography🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Had a lovely visitor to the garden the other day👇.

Haven't posted much lately. Been really busy, my big lens in on the fritz, & I'm getting ready for back surgery this fall so my posts/replies will be sporadic.

#insects #butterflies #wildlife #nature #MacroPhotography #photography #AltText

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

turns out i don't care if it's slightly more verbose as long as it's neat and tidy and there's a natural place for everything.

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

personally i quite like this https://gist.github.com/jjl/efa6c9f582b47313558b324eceafedf3