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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

As rent-burdened millennials who abandoned avocado toast and fancy coffee and *still* can't afford a downpayment will tell you, the fact that being born in 1945 made it easy to trip and land on a couple million dollars' worth of real estate wealthy by the time you reached retirement age tells us nothing about how to solve the housing crisis of 2026.

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Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
brennan@social.lol ("Brennan Kenneth Brown") wrote:

IndieWeb Ethos and Pagecord

https://brennan.day/indieweb-ethos-and-pagecord/

#IndieWeb #platforms #independence #genAI #criticism #community

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
bw@social.lol ("Blake Watson :prami:") wrote:

Gorgeous blocky font family. Like I need to purchase another font. It’s free for students, though!

https://blakewatson.com/links/2026-08-21-juncture-an-industrial-font-superfamily-from-lettermatic/

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
mcg@social.lol wrote:

It’s been a banner week for internet people to show us who they really are. Both good and bad.

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
FediTips@social.growyourown.services ("Fedi.Tips") wrote:

If you use Pixelfed's "Sign in with Mastodon" feature, it does not actually sign you in with Mastodon.

What it does do is create a totally new Pixelfed account every time you use this feature, and copies over info from your Mastodon account. You end up with two separate unconnected accounts, your original one on Mastodon and a new one on Pixelfed.

It might be better to call this feature "Create a new Pixelfed account by copying your profile from Mastodon".

#FediTips #Pixelfed

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange ("AN/CRM-114") wrote:

I’m just a suburban crank but it sure doesn’t look like having a Starlink antenna carries the same stigma as driving a Tesla

Fedi, we gotta fix that

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
HamRadioVillage@defcon.social ("Ham Radio Village") wrote:

We all have radios in our pockets. Let's talk about why 100 year old tech is still relevant today, and why we should care about #hamradio when the internet is basically everywhere. Watch 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 by Nate Moore at https://youtu.be/lxmZCOBUVDI

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡️") wrote:

#Linux

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
scream@bots.robots.rodeo ("Endless Screaming") wrote:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
headlines_bot@m.ai6yr.org ("Headline Bot") wrote:

Guardian: ‘She’s not afraid of anyone’: the prison writings of one of Hong Kong’s last outspoken democracy activists https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/22/chow-hang-tung-tiananmen-prison-writings-hong-kong

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/117135689175641930

" Suspended Palm Beach County Clerk of Court Mike Caruso voted in 2023 to allow the death penalty for certain sex crimes against young children. Now, prosecutors say that law could potentially be used against him."

https://cbs12.com/news/local/could-mike-caruso-face-the-death-penalty-under-a-law-he-voted-to-pass

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
defcon@defcon.social ("DEF CON") wrote:

For your weekend:

The first early release talk from DEF CON 34 has made it to our YouTube channel. Please enjoy national treasure Cliff Stoll updating his 'Stalking the Wily Hacker' and casually dropping gems all over the place.

If you haven't read 'The Cuckoo's Egg', this is your sign from the universe to remedy that.

https://youtu.be/656058JxTM0

#defcon #defcon34 #cliffstoll #wilyhacker

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
salixsericea ("salix sericea (@Ripple13216)") wrote:

A journalist wanted to go to a Flock Safety convention.

Flock cancelled their registration AND got the hotel to cancel their room.

Enter Benn Jordan and *some equipment*, 😉.

I haven't had that much fun with a YouTube short in a while.

https://youtube.com/shorts/GQoQkeMdvQM

#surveillance #flock #police #journalism

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

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

ahhhh https://www.pandora.com/artist/bonnie-raitt/road-tested/love-me-like-a-man-live/TRJckxbcVP2mn6w?part=ug-desktop&corr=8104885

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

ahhhhhhh... https://www.pandora.com/artist/bonnie-raitt/give-it-up-2008-remaster/too-long-at-the-fair-2008-remaster/TRz2xmmPr2Kcl5c?part=ug-desktop&corr=8104885

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
TechConnectify@mas.to ("Technology Connections") wrote:

been a minute

made a thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F%5F7B2shTPPU

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TheBreadmonkey@beige.party ("LORD OF THE PIGEONS") wrote:

Oh my god

Attachments:

• video: Nice woman holding a guilty looking cat in a traditional wooden style kitchen - cuts to woman in the shower sobbing 😂

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

mood: https://www.pandora.com/artist/john-prine/bruised-orange/thats-the-way-that-the-world-goes-round/TR4tP6t9pZqz4K2?part=ug-desktop&corr=8104885

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nogodsnomasters@kolektiva.social ("No Gods No Masters") wrote:

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

this is absolutely wonderful news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/otter-bronx-river-new-york-city

h/t @blogdiva

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tksst@fediscience.org ("TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨") wrote:

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦦🗽 A camera captured the first river otter sighting in the #Bronx River in over a century.

Once treated as a city dumping ground, the #waterway lost #otters and #beavers to #pollution and #habitat loss. Decades of cleanup restored #oysters and beavers, now joined by this otter signaling active #ecosystem recovery.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/otter-bronx-river-new-york-city

#riverotter #bronxriver #conservation #wildlife #animals #water #restoration #newyork #nyc #urban #cleanwateract #nature #environment

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

yup https://www.pandora.com/artist/tracy-chapman/crossroads/all-that-you-have-is-your-soul/TRbJ9jJb7nmcg6c?part=ug-desktop&corr=8104885

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

hey internet this is 包子

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

mood: https://www.pandora.com/artist/alison-krauss-and-union-station/lonely-runs-both-ways/restless-remastered/TR3pxPpKlb6nzc6?part=ug-desktop&corr=8104885

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
Viss wrote:

every org exposing management interfaces on the internet

Attachments:

• gifv: a7825f21622f8530.mp4

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

are there limits to what physics can explain?

gestures at everything

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
cap_ybarra@beige.party ("Cap Ybarra") wrote:

i'm a backward deployed engineer, you send me to partners you already built bad software for

Boosted by jwz:
Viss wrote:

shitposting on company time

Attachments:

• gifv: cb9a41500a892d8d.mp4

Boosted by jwz:
gilduran@journa.host ("Gil Duran") wrote:

It's here!

"The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy" is available wherever you buy books.

First-week sales are tremendously important! Buy it today if you can!

"Transfixing"—Publishers Weekly

"You could not ask for a more complete and hair-raising compendium of the insane things that Silicon Valley moguls have said and advocated for than journalist Gil Durán’s new book, The Nerd Reich."—Slate

Use this Bookshop link to support my work: https://bookshop.org/a/109206/9781668221402