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

RE: https://framapiaf.org/@AlZheimer/117137670861435966

Truth

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FluentInFinance ("Andrew Lokenauth") wrote:

People with NO health coverage:

🇺🇸 27 million
🇯🇵 0
🇩🇪 0
🇬🇧 0
🇫🇷 0
🇮🇹 0
🇪🇸 0
🇨🇦 0
🇦🇺 0
🇳🇱 0
🇵🇹 0
🇮🇪 0

Getting healthcare shouldn’t mean going into debt.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
buffyleigh@mas.to ("the buff who fell to earth") wrote:

This might interest someone in the Seattle area: KEXP is hiring a full-time Systems Engineer, $105k/year, hybrid position (up to 40% remote), 3 years of professional experience or education/experience combo.

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/4419983

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

After a Fox News interviewer called one of Abdul El-Sayed's ideas wacky, Abdul El-Sayed replied:
“You know what’s wacky? We have a president who cares more about the drapes in a ballroom than the affordability crisis or the war he got us into.”
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #Trump #WorstPresidentEver #IranWar

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
coreyspowell ("Corey S Powell") wrote:

The historic first Earthrise photo from the Moon was received 60 years ago today. It was shot on film, developed onboard the Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft, scanned, transmitted home...and then meticulously restored decades later.

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/features/lunarOrbiter/ #space #science #history #tech

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz wrote:

Russia denies knowledge of US military plane tracked landing in Moscow https://www.newsweek.com/russia-denies-knowledge-us-military-plane-tracked-landing-moscow-latvia-riga-12363169

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

@davidgerard this is where a lot of people in tech are currently and the cognitive dissonance is incredible

“oh I’d never do slop because I” type lgtm in all the PRs, type the code myself on the chatbot’s instructions, only use it for tests, only use it for docs, blah blah blah

and meanwhile the project is broken in ridiculous ways and they haven’t noticed because the slopbot says it’s fine and they’ve cognitively offloaded all validation to the LLM. I haven’t met anyone who uses the slopbot and doesn’t cognitively offload to it; all of them do the glass-eyed “here’s what claude said” more and more til that’s the only thing making decisions and driving conversations in the project.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Catawu ("Cat West") wrote:

https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2026/08/woman-dies-at-clackamas-county-jail-after-saying-i-cant-breathe.html Woman Dies in restraint chair as Deputies ignore the warnings and instructions, she yells she can’t breathe, they mock her, and she dies in the chair they are misusing to restrain her. Because she was on meth, had a heart condition and was obese, DA refuses to file charges despite the fact that WARNINGS written large on the chair were ignored. Hey, not in perfect health? Not our fault we killed you. People struggling to breathe, die while being mocked for struggling

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
g7izu@universeodon.com ("𝑮7𝑰𝙕𝑼 𝑹𝙍𝑫") wrote:

Space Weather

An M6.9 solar flare peaked at 10h02 UT 25 Aug. A moderate R2 radio blackout affected Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

UPDATE: A type II radio emission and a 10cm radio burst has been detected, indicating the release of a CME.

The flare originated from Earth-facing active region AR4513.

A large coronal hole in the southern hemisphere is also present and there's a chance we may get some influence from its fast solar wind stream.

#spaceweather
#g7izu

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

He's not really very employable, is he....

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wi8x@mastodon.radio ("Chris - WI8X") wrote:

From N4RTD via WI8X@0615 AM EDT on 8/25/26:
Good Morning Folks! The Sunspot Number has risen to 84. The Solar Flux Index has risen to 143. Solar activity during the past 24 hours reached moderate levels thanks to an M1.7 solar flare around AR 4513 near center disk at 19:36 UTC (Aug 24). A-Index is 6, K-Index is 1. Chance of flares today: 45% for M-Class, 10% for X-Class.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
Elizafox@treehouse.systems ("Elizabeth :therian: :cascadia: 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

“6 7 hee hee funny number”

Me, deadpan: “funny number. You know why 6 is afraid of 7?”

“Why”

“Seven ate nine. I saw things in the number wars. Terrible things. Things no word or number should ever see, let alone a person.”

“I—“

“I saw a coprime get factored in front of his entire platoon. My good friend 72, divided by 9 in front of me. He’s been 8 ever since.”

“What…”

“I saw the wangernumb camps. They put all the prime numbers there for not being numberwang.”

“…”

“I came here to forget what I saw. Immigrated here after the number wars. And to think it all started because they couldn’t find another perfect number.”

“I’m sorry.”

“And now I have to hear about 6 7, ‘tee hee funny number.’ It isn’t funny to me.”

“…”

“Now 69 and 420? Great numbers. Survived the war. Very funny.”

“What side were you on?”

“Imaginary. Lost a lot of good numbers. Some became complex. Others were factored out. One of my pals became a quaternion in the wangernunb camps.”

“… I’m so sorry. What happened to him?”

“He went in real.”

“… and?”

“Came out with four components.”

“Jesus Christ.”

“Don’t. We lost Jesus in the transcendental offensive.”

“… Jesus was a number?”

“Everyone was a number back then.”

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AnnaAnthro ("Anna Anthro") wrote:

“Trump is flailing in Iran, and so—as national security scholar Tom Nichols points out after the nonsensical attack on South #Korea, another longstanding & loyal ally—he is looking to reassert his dominance.”

Trump doesn’t dare to cross leaders who actually threaten the US, those like #Putin, #China’s Xi, North Korea’s Kim.

Instead, he is trying to make himself feel better by “kicking allies, the nations he can punish without fear that they will kick him back.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/trump-iran-korea/688306/?gift=wCZcG10XLFojiHaCAdQmCy1ar95KAqAnwCapFm%5FU8cI

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AnnaAnthro ("Anna Anthro") wrote:

“…on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal editorial board noted that #Trump “has contrived an array of pretexts—from fentanyl trafficking to trade deficits—to bludgeon Canada with tariffs.”

And the editorial board, known for its right-wing slant, called Trump’s tariff war on #Canada “the dumbest trade war in history” and said it “makes no economic or political sense.”

Canada is the second largest trading partner of the USA.”

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-dumbest-trade-war-revisited-57c9fe81

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
workchronicles ("Work Chronicles comics") wrote:

(comic) Tie initiatives to P&L https://www.workchronicles.com/p/comic-tie-initiatives-to-p-and-l

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nileane@nileane.fr ("Niléane") wrote:

RE: https://indieweb.social/@brentsimmons/117152764013359053

*sigh*…
I’m sighing because the “why are you critical of capitalism if you own an iPhone” is such an extremely cliché argument that, believe you me, I hear every freaking day as a political activist.

I’m sighing because it’s the most superficial, plain, and uninteresting way that most people have for dismissing people who have actual things to say and denounce.

I’m sighing because it’s a cop-out counter-argument that’s used repeatedly to disqualify valid points made by marginalized communities.

@brentsimmons, these aren’t tech choices being criticized, they’re political choices. Political choices made in a time of far reaching fascism should be criticized widely and openly, especially by those most impacted.

Hear those criticisms and argue against them for what they are instead of cheaply disqualifying those who make them on the basis that, yes, they are constrained to live in a capitalist society, and to themselves own/use products of that society as we all do.

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

What is it with this dude and bodies of water

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

Don't be fooled by the bright and cheery exterior. My house actually looks like this, deep in its soul.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/25/another-sleepless-night/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
codinghorror@infosec.exchange ("Jeff Atwood") wrote:

"I added a new rule 15: do not be the reason we need to add a new rule."

This is how you know you have an experienced moderator. Cheers @jerry

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triple@typo.social ("Triple ⁂") wrote:

Job offer:
I'm looking for someone to do motion graphics from type specimens. The design of the specimen is already done, but it all needs to be animated. Transitions, variable font magic, etc. Ping me here or send me an email at jeremy @ nan . xyz .

Share if you know someone up for the job. Thanks!

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

Hardening the Override Flag

https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/25/hardening-the-override-flag.html

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geekygirldawn@hachyderm.io ("Dr. Dawn Foster") wrote:

Improving open source project security and increasing diverse leadership can help a project become more sustainable over time, but when a project has reached the end, it can be responsibly sunsetted, instead of being abandoned. I'm writing a series of posts about the CHAOSS Practitioner Guides, and Part 2: Additional Sustainability Topics From the CHAOSS Practitioner Guides covers security, diverse leadership, and sunsetting. https://fastwonderblog.com/2026/08/25/part-2-additional-sustainability-topics-from-the-chaoss-practitioner-guides/

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

I ain't afraid of no humanoid robot.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/25/an-interesting-but-arbitrary-engineering-exercise/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgnBN8BLc-o

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

Making a web page that proclaims “we are the DIY kids” and “we don’t need major platforms” using Claude and GitHub in order to sell T-shirts and stickers is perhaps the most ostentatious IndieWeb grift yet.

Jim didn’t DIY this, and he used multiple major platforms without being bothered by the irony. Does no one practice what they preach any more?

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macmanx@social.lol ("James Huff :prami_pride:") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/117150430474557829

89%, local friends, well done!

I believe we can still get that last 11%.

Use https://alt-text.social.lol/ to track your progress.

:janky_ty:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

Good morning! Here is a lock screen photo that captures a still from the BookTok promo video for the infamous porn hit, "Cucked by Blobby"

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

What is your earliest memory?

If you have thought about the question before and identified an early memory, when you recount it again, it is more likely that you are remembering what you choose to remember.

But sometimes a snapshot of the past can resurface, a combination of aromas, of sounds, of textures unlocks some dusty combination of neurons and for a moment you are convinced you are experiencing the past. The feeling that something is a memory is as significant as the content.

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BenRiceM wrote:

Elon Musk is directly for the end of USAID, leading to hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths world (as I understand it) on top of violent rhetoric towards various minorities.

If Elon Musk is not on your list of “actual enemies” you need a better list, @brentsimmons

https://indieweb.social/@brentsimmons/117152764013359053

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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha :mastodon:🇪🇺🇮🇪") wrote:

FOR A STUDENT WHO USED AI TO WRITE A PAPER ...

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

Three chords and some slop.