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

clowns are in charge of the United States Military Academy at West Point

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/west-point-climate-scientist-fired?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

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

this is a monster season we have brewed up

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/el-nino-climate-patterns-fossil-fuels?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

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

the first person to suggest vibe codding a vim replacement will have the entire harry potter series read at them in german

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

he flat out lied… and confirmation hearings should be under oath from now on.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/rfk-jr-senate-confirmation-hearing-testimony-vaccines?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

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mawhrin@circumstances.run ("flere-imsaho 🇺🇦") wrote:

in conclusion: i'm terribly sorry to tell you all that, but @neovim is #fashware.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

If you tell someone that they're hanging out with a nazi and, instead of being thankful for the information, they respond with indignation and deflection... you have your answer.

"A hit dog will holler."

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
david_chisnall@infosec.exchange ("David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)") wrote:

Hey, everyone remember that guy who said the Internet was a passing fad and then, when it was obviously wrong, quickly added a chapter to his autobiography to pretend that he knew it was an important development all along? You know, the guy who was friends with Epstein?

Apparently he now has opinions about AI.

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mcfadden ("Brian McFadden") wrote:

Excellent work elevating this ghoul, woo-woo dipshits! https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
self.agency@bsky.brid.gy ("daniel sieradski") wrote:

"republican staffers are outed as literal nazis, groypers, and white nationalists every day of the week and you're haranguing me about a guy who says our foreign policy causes blowback? get out of my face with this nonsense."

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johnrogers.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("John Rogers") wrote:

The resistance to this, of course, will be certain people's fear that this coud lead to prosecuting law enforcement in general, like, say, local police, when they commit perjury. Heaven forfend.

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johnrogers.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("John Rogers") wrote:

Again, just start with the baseline. Just prosecute the perjury. Start there, to move the window to the bigger stuff. You get a ton of ICE agents, you prosecute Bovino in the first round.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zwlj2d6nr2yun2poyvokffjy/post/3mu3d3ejjfk2h

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TexasObserver@texasobserver.social ("Texas Observer") wrote:

“Greg Abbott set the fire, watched it blaze, and now wants to put it out to get the glory.”

New from Eden Shamy: Public school closures, private school vouchers, and state takeovers have driven a wedge between many lifelong conservatives and the #Texas GOP they once trusted. https://www.texasobserver.org/gina-hinojosa-campaign-public-education-conservatives/

#Republicans #news #education #midterms

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117168448817527128

BTW
you cannot give a newborn the #measles #vaccine. that’s why you need everybody caring for that newborn vaccinated.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EuromaidanPress ("Euromaidan Press") wrote:

Russia’s second-largest bank saw Wildberries as a route to 80 million customers. It set a share-sale price of 87 rubles (about $1); the stock now trades below 50 rubles ($0.60)—an all-time low.

The slide began before the drone strikes. Quarterly profit fell by one-third as the bank set aside 28% more for troubled loans. Moscow later considered placing the same bank at the center of support for Wildberries.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/27/vtb-shares-record-low-wildberries-offering-price/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
openculture@toot.community ("Open Culture (Official)") wrote:

Isaac Asimov Explains His Three Laws of Robots: Do No Harm, Follow Orders, Survive, in That Order

https://www.openculture.com/2026/08/isaac-asimov-explains-his-three-laws-of-robots-do-no-harm-follow-orders-survive-in-that-order.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tod@hci.social ("Tod Maffin 🇨🇦") wrote:

This is what happens when Canadians put their money where their flag is. #BuyCanadian

✅ Support Canadian businesses hit by American tariffs: https://mainstreet.todmaffin.com

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell 🏴") wrote:

have just seen my favorite meme of the year so far, hands down.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mathowie@xoxo.zone ("Matthew Haughey") wrote:

Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole?

I share this information for no reason at all.

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jargon%5Fbot/117168854067118858

Truth

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

RE: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/117168850680725074

hmmmm, seem familiar?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
afewbugs@social.coop ("Jules she/her") wrote:

I looked up #DollyParton's #ImaginationLibrary to make a donation in her memory and learned some things I didn't know before:

💖 It's not just in the US! It also operates in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Éire, Canada and Australia.
💖 So you can donate in any of those currencies.
💖 If it operates in your country you can sign up to be a local coordinator recruiting children in your community.
💖 If you donate you get a copy of a lovely warm thank you letter from Dolly.

https://imaginationlibrary.com/

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
whitequark@treehouse.systems ("✧✦Catherine✦✧") wrote:

if your opinions are actually good, people don't call your software "opinionated", they just describe it as "excellent"

https://mas.to/@swelljoe/116382321356370995

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
adapalmer@wandering.shop ("Ada Palmer") wrote:

A tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that doesn’t need a fridge has passed its first human trial. UK scientists reformulated a licensed shot using trehalose, the sugar that lets desert plants survive without water, keeping it stable for up to two years at 30°C. In a trial involving 60 adults it matched two approved vaccines on safety and immunity. Gavi https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/fridge-free-vaccine-passes-first-human-trial-raising-hopes-hardest-reach
#ShareGoodNewsToo

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
jalefkowit@hachyderm.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

Remembering the time around 15 years ago I was in a bar in Washington, D.C. after work and found myself sitting next to a guy in a suit who was obviously very depressed. Turned out he was a supercomputer salesman in town trying, and failing, to convince the federal government to authorize buying NOAA new supercomputers for weather modeling.

"If you want to know if it's going to rain tomorrow," he told me drunkenly, "move to Europe"

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
jalefkowit@hachyderm.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

Hey Hailey, thanks for the spam. I do have one question. If Claude can do that with $30 in tokens, what the hell do I need you for

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
markwyner@mas.to ("Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:") wrote:

Do you wanna be an alt-text rockstar? I got you.

I just published a comprehensive guide on the when, what, and how of image descriptions. There are sections for design/development practitioners and social media posters alike.

So read up, then get your alt-text on.

https://markwrites.io/alt-text-is-the-ocean-you-thought-was-a-pond

#Accessibility #Article #AltText #Guide #HowTo #A11y #Design #Development #Code #SocialMedia

chris@fedi.freebooters.uk ("Chris Were") wrote:

I've shared some thoughts on making short videos for the various 'shorts' platforms.

https://chriswere.wales/posts/thoughts-on-shorts.html

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

I spent two years on and off working on this one coming up with the perfect Ruminate Game Boy cartridge. The hand drawn food really sets it off if I do say so myself

👉 http://stjude.omg.lol/

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
nonbinarycoder@tech.lgbt wrote:

does anyone have recommendations on getting into pixel art? i'm thinking of making some sort of pixel art environment (my current ideas are ocean, city, forest, desert) image generator, and there's no way i could do that without knowing how to draw pixel art environments myself

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

finally threw a meter on my homebrew full wavelength square loop #antenna for the 6m #AmateurRadio band. my wildass guesses were pretty close, and the current balun got the feedpoint down to 58Ω

that’s a much better match than I had anticipated