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

ya know, this may actually work ;^}

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

Just had an interesting idea: A linux distro that is entirely rooted under some path like /system, and where every package is an OCI layer.

This means you can compose containers purely from built image layers, and mount it on top of a filesystem with its existing paths unshaded (or variously hidden) as sandboxing.

Completely orthogonal to the host system.

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

playing around with a more self contained design for a 6m triangular full wavelength loop antenna layout, using a combination of PVC and bamboo garden stakes. the bamboo was a few inches shorter than I needed, but a hacksaw and electrical tape works wonders.

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

it's so hot today i've stopped drinking coffee in favour of fridge-cold drinks.

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

“Funny business, politics. - by Joel Morris - Gralefrit”

https://joelmorris.substack.com/p/funny-business-politics

> It’s a national public service to stand as a ridiculous protest character and have better, more workable policies than your ‘serious’ rival, whose simplistic solutions have already been adopted, and proven to impoverish and diminish the lives of ordinary voters.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
ketanjoshi.co@bsky.brid.gy ("Ketan Joshi") wrote:

Here's Amazon's two new planned fossil-fuelled AI data centres next to the ENTIRE POWER GRIDS OF SEVERAL LARGE COUNTRIES

Together, the two gas-burning data centres will emit more than Spain's entire grid, if built

jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

Has anyone ever done an ethnography of the "doot dootle doot" onomatopoeia sounds that classical musicians make when they are singing their parts, and whether there are differences across training lineage? Like training lineage x sings "doot dootle doot" but lineage y sings "bum biddle bum". If not, free project idea for ling/ethnomusicology grad students

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

Y'all out here arguing against AI on moral grounds but you do know there are economic incentives, right?

Like I know it's popular to say AI doesn't work but it does. You can check, you know!

So maybe plan your activism accordingly. You're going to have to make it expensive.

(Data center protests are doing this!)

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker 🔜 Megaplex"):
sec_yote_agenda@mstdn.party ("High Strung Coyote - He/Him") wrote:

Let's see how things have evolved since 2023...

Do you feel pup hoods constitute 'adult content' in terms of how visible they should be in public spaces during furry conventions?

1. They shouldn't be visible in public spaces.
2. They shouldn't be worn in public spaces.
3. They're fine if not accompanied by other gear.
4. No; they're not 'adult content'.

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

to celebrate her new job at microsoft

oh yes, much excitement.

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

I can't recommend this video. Creationists are unbearably stupid, and I don't want to watch someone shy away from confrontation.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/14/i-was-lucky-my-family-wasnt-god-soaked/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm8AhHLTbuI

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
greenpeace ("Greenpeace International") wrote:

🚨 BREAKING: Shell officially LOSES its 5-year legal battle against South Africa's Wild Coast communities. The Constitutional Court has ruled that the oil company CANNOT conduct offshore seismic testing in the region.

For years, Indigenous communities, fishers, and frontline defenders fought tirelessly to protect their heritage, marine life, and local livelihoods from the devastating impact of underwater seismic airguns.⁣
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Today, justice has prevailed.⁣ Let's end fossil fuel pollution for good.

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

This really is a good story about people coming together to meet their own telecommunication needs. We don't have to wait around for a giant incumbent to unwillingly provide service, or rely on some new unproven, uncountable startup. It's possible to organize and serve your own community:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/indigenous-fiber-network

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
yusef@hachyderm.io ("Yusef Napora") wrote:

Ethics aside, we can clearly no longer deny the utility of necromancy. Perhaps a year ago, when the pathetic shambling of the animated dead so often made a hollow mockery of our arts. But now! Incantations that once took weeks of toil can be wrested from their tormented souls in mere minutes!

Without the awesome power of the newly dead coursing through our veins, how are we to solve the great problems of our age, like the mysterious disappearance of so many of our elderly and sick friends, or the festering piles of rotten flesh that now clog our streets and homes?

If you still have qualms about using the large soul providers, you can always obtain your own local, free range specimens, although of course they won’t obey quite as faithfully as ones from the leading charnel houses.

Honestly, do you want to be left behind?

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

Hi everyone,

We are aware of a Gaza Verified member who has made multiple other accounts and is sending what appear to be automated direct messages.

We have spoken to him and asked him to delete these accounts and stop the automated messages by end of today and to confirm that he understands that this behaviour damages the reputation of the hundreds of other Palestinians on Gaza Verified and Gaza Verified itself and to promise not to do so in the future.

We apologise if you’ve been contacted in this way. Our verification verifies that someone is a Palestinian from Gaza. It is not a character reference (we can no more vouch for the character of every Palestinian than we can for the character of every USian). However, we have rules clearly set in our guide (https://gaza-verified.org/guide) and these are there to protect the accounts of our friends from Gaza from being reported and thus limited/suspended.

So, please, if you need to mute or block an account, do so. If you’re a server admin and you notice mass automated messages, you’re well within your rights to limit or suspend an account but if it’s not automated, please contact us so we can talk to them and explain why what they’re doing isn’t in their long term interests. Many of you already do and I thank you for it.

Please also realise that there are hundreds of Palestinians who are Gaza verified and they are all suffering through genocide and many are watching their families starve or die due to lack of access to modern medicine (again, because Israel has bombed all the hospitals and doesn’t let aid through as part of its ongoing genocide).

In many Western countries, our governments are directly complicit and, many times, profiting from Israel’s genocide.

Whatever you do, please don’t judge the entirety of something by the actions of a few and please try and keep things – namely Internet etiquette and genocide – in perspective and ask yourselves what you would do if you were in their shoes.

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #mastodon #fediverse

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
rysiek@mstdn.social ("Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦") wrote:

I got a cover feature in Reykjavík Grapevine, a local printed weekly:
https://grapevine.is/cover-feature/2026/08/14/yes-to-eu-is-a-no-to-wannabe-autocrats/

Context is the referendum on whether Iceland should *continue* EU accession negotiations, which is going to take place on August 29th.

And yes, the cover image is an illustration by Dagsson.

#Iceland #EU #EUReferendumIS #ISpol

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/14/how-this-blog-is-built.html

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
mynameistillian@plush.city ("tillian 🦊🇰🇿:anarchism: :antifa: ACAB") wrote:

let nobody — no person, no organization, no government and no ideology — gaslight you into thinking that basic human compassion is at all controversial

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
Tutanota wrote:

🎉Big Win Against Big Tech🎉

Apple's lawsuit against the EU failed. Apple is still regulated under the DMA and must enable interoperability.

This is great news for #software #freedom and #open #source. ❤️

#FOSS

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

bunny breakfast buffet

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
NaClKnight@c.im ("NaClKnight 🧂⚔️🥊") wrote:

Have your sexual tastes, preferences, kinks or fantasies changed after actually having #sex or participating in #Kink?

Alright, let's start this inquiry. Boosts and Quotes and Comments/Explanations welcome. Don't forget to CW your answers as needed

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
davidaugust@mastodon.online ("David August ❌👑") wrote:

"David Rothkopf wrote: 'The man who cowered hiding from the Iranians in a catering truck and who has personally done more to increase Iran’s strategic influence than anyone in its own government ever has, is now blathering nonsense via social media. The world sees him more as an impotent fool today than ever before.'"

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-12-2026

#USpol

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aburtch@shakedown.social wrote:

Hilarious, brutal, and true. All at the same time.

#Melania #Trump

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
servelan@newsie.social ("Servelan") wrote:

'Econ editor @ The Bulwark says many recent moves by the Trump admin are efforts to protect fraudsters, like pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, stopping data collections under the Corp. Transparency Act & pardons.

"They’re working so that sex traffickers, drug lords, money-launderers, and tax cheats go free long after he’s out.'

Trump 'salting the earth' with loopholes big enough for a 'cocaine-packed' truck: analyst - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fraud-2677704593/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:

Chicago Public Media is building a social network for America's third largest city. Forget AI - this is the thing I'm most excited about in news technology. #Media https://werd.io/chicagos-social-network-is-a-huge-bet-for-news-i-think-its-the-future/

Mastodon wrote:

Here is a #FeaturedServer for 🌎 Earth, 🦎 Earthlings, and their ⚖️ Advocates...

https://earth.law/about

Earth.Law is for:
📜 Environmental lawyers & policy-makers
🦋 Conservationists & ecologists
🔬 Scientists in related fields
📚 Educators and students of environmental studies
🎤 Activists & advocates

♻️ Hosted on a dedicated server in 🇫🇮 Helsinki and recognised by the Green Web Foundation for using renewable energy.

#CommunitySpotlight #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialWeb

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
benroyce ("⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)") wrote:

' #Medvedev Threatens #Japan with “Monstrous Consequences” Over #KurilIslands Dispute'

https://united24media.com/world/medvedev-threatens-japan-with-monstrous-consequences-over-kuril-islands-dispute-21662

#Russia is currently losing its #navy to a country without a navy, #Ukraine

The last such massively lopsided #naval victory in #history can be found at... checking notes...

The #BattleofTsushima

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%5Fof%5FTsushima

A naval battle in 1905 between... checking notes...

Russia and Japan

As the famous Ukrainian quote goes:

"We're very lucky they're so fucking stupid"

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
LeslieBurns@esq.social ("Leslie Burns") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@dkluft/117088288117156774

Holy crap! At least it was a pro se plaintiff and not a lawyer..but this is awful.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Smalljones@triangletoot.party ("Smalljones aka Paul Jones") wrote:

When the truth is found to be lies
And all the joy within you dies
Don't you want somebody to love
Don't you need somebody to love
Wouldn't you love somebody to love
You better find somebody to love
Love, love
When the garden flowers, baby are dead, yes and
Your mind, your mind is so full of red
Don't you want somebody to love
Don't you need somebody to love
Wouldn't you love somebody to love
You better find somebody to love

https://youtu.be/KAxB8lZM%5FoY

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:

Today, Friday 14 August, is World Lizard Day. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-lizard-day/

On this day in 1948, beavers parachuted into Central Idaho. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver%5Fdrop

And it’s happy 48th birthday to Home and Away’s very own Sally Fletcher, Kate Ritchie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%5FRitchie