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@timo21 @heidilifeldman MSNBC has a long history of firing people for telling the truth, going back to Phil Donahue, their highest rated host at the time, for opposing the Iraq War. They are not a liberal counterweight to Fox News. They are an organization that is run by conservatives that saw a […]
@volts.wtf In many food towns like Seattle or SF, the best food is at little hole in the wall places run by immigrants that are just wonderful and 1/5 the cost of the Michelin starred restaurants. And few young people can afford the top rated places.
@shoq Having full time employees is useless because they don't work 16 hours out of each 24, not to mention weekends.
@heidilifeldman It is Dred Scott 2. From now on, no one, citizen or not, who looks or sounds Latino has any 4th amendment rights, must submit to searches by ICE goons, and is guilty of being an unauthorized immigrant until proven innocent. And this was decided on the shadow docket, so there was […]
@paninid Eww. "Tactical empathy" sounds like "pretend to be empathetic for your own gain". I suppose that if you're dealing with sociopaths that is the only way to sell it.
@sundogplanets I am a park docent for a state park (my new gig since retirement) and even though I am not paid anything, I take the responsibility to communicate very seriously. If I said I would do something and can't, I need to tell the volunteer coordinator soon enough to find someone else […]
@Nonilex What does "backs off claim" mean here? Is he saying that what he said before isn't true?
@sundogplanets It is so rude of them not to contact you and firm things up. If it were me, I would give them a deadline to confirm the arrangements and assume it is off if they don't respond.
@corbden @futurebird Agreed, but I think your timing is a bit off. 1980 was the peak year for divorce, it was the 70s when it really shot up. It was silent generation couples at first that were splitting up. See https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/FP-24-11.html
@GottaLaff Yes, not a lawyer but I read it and it's clear. It is dismissed without prejudice and the plaintiffs were basically invited to refile it after fixing some issues.
@paninid Supermodel Stacey Williams has spoken out, and still is: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/04/jeffrey-epstein-files
@bettycjung.bsky.social Ivermectin is a perfectly good drug -- if you have a parasitic infection and not a viral infection.
@feed Seems section 230 doesn't protect Google if it is their AI that defames someone, because they aren't just passing along someone else's content. I'd love to see a massive judgment against them. If their AI summary about a person is false and defamatory, I hope the victims sue their ass off […]
@futurebird I would be ok with members of Congress investing their retirement savings in broad based index funds, because they have to put their money somewhere. But no individual stocks, and no trading individual stocks while in office.
@juliusgoat.bsky.social Sure, I'll follow your lead. He died. That guy they are parading out now? An actor. The real Trump, as we've been repeatedly told, is 6'3" and buff. Who's this fat slob with cankles and a big fat bruise? Must be a washed up comedian. Not even a good impression.
@w7voa I haven't noticed any Verizon wireless outage in San Francisco today. Maybe it was regional?
@futurebird Apparently in LA, Proud Boy types have been cosplaying as ICE and harassing people. Maybe they think they can get bounties? No idea what they are thinking.
@GottaLaff Alternative: for the alt text, give a link to an online text version if one exists.
@GottaLaff Suggestion: include as much of the text as you can, end with [continued in comment below] or some such , and put the rest in a comment on the post.
@fsfe @ItaLinuxSociety Several times I bought a laptop with Windows installed, and overwrote it by installing a Linux distribution. Should I have gotten the money back for the Windows license? The problem is that laptop makers are paid to load the laptop up with crapware and these payments often […]
@dangillmor Much as I loathe everything MAGA, the old logo had personality and the new one was bland, so it was probably for the best that they dumped the redesign. I would rather see Trump crowing about this "win" than about all his other frightening crap.
@gottalaff.bsky.social 2024 voting behaviors included a large number of Latinos voting for Trump, some of whom have suffered severely for that decision. Those behaviors aren't going to be repeated, at least not by most. That is why I don't expect that the GOP will actually gain five seats in Texas.
@davidho But it does have to pay, for those over 65 and for the very poor, and the US government actually spends more per capita than most countries for very poor results while leaving many uncovered. Despite these costs, decision makers care more about pleasing the powerful than the amount of […]
@w7voa He is considered to be a crank by many astronomers. He has claimed that all three objects known to be interstellar are alien spaceships. They are known to have come from elsewhere because their paths are hyperbolic, moving so fast that they enter and exit our solar system.
@Unixbigot Cool, but it can't sit on your lap. If it doesn't interact via the electromagnetic force, but feels gravity, it will fall right through you.
This paper is SO good. “Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog” #quantumComputing #cryptography #humor https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf (PDF)
@heidilifeldman I wonder what the NRA has to say about this, since they apparently think there is no such thing as illegal firearms.
@w7voa Any masked thugs cosplaying as law enforcement but not identifying themselves should be reported to the tip line. Masked men with guns should be assumed to be criminal if they won't present any evidence that they aren't.
@simon Could this create problems for people who accidentally let a domain lapse but then recover it themselves? How do they re-verify if they never PyPI with anything but an email address? Or do they have some form of two factor authentication?
@futurebird There was this guy who had a taco operation in a brewery. He didn't have a truck. They were delicious and he grossly undercharged for them, I usually tipped him 100% and still felt like I was underpaying him. I really only went to that brewery for his tacos and usually got just one […]
@futurebird There was this guy who had a taco operation in a brewery. He didn't have a truck. They were delicious and he grossly undercharged for them, I usually tipped him 100% and still felt like I was underpaying him. I really only went to that brewery for his tacos and usually got just one […]
@Holberg Both the original and No Doubt's cover are great.
@codecat @GossiTheDog More than two faced, as they have quite a few staff members with varying levels of expertise and differences of opinion. So, many faced. But I have seen some excellent debunkings from them knocking down AI hype.
@GossiTheDog @arstechnica has reporters with a clue, but so much reporting on generative AI is awful.
@Holberg No, Southern Californians do that, those in the SF Bay Area and north do not, and that's how we can tell. If someone says "the 101", we know that they are from SoCal.
@dangillmor @taylorlorenz Dan, please add a CW so all your followers don't automatically see a swastika.
[Epstein & self-harm] @futurebird @RamenCatholic A special prosecutor has to be named by the Attorney General. Pam Bondi isn't going to do it, and if she did she would pick a loyalist who will only find what they want to be found.
@theropologist Randahl is a mutual follow, has been a positive contributor to the Fediverse, and the incident that caused the kerfuffle was an unfortunate property of the BlueSky bridge, that was misinterpreted as doxxing. I hope you'll undo the block.
@Nonilex Fortunately, there are lots of n95 and kn95 masks around now, and they do a good job of keeping the dangerous particles out of our lungs. If anyone has to go out into smoky air, wear a mask. Here in the SF Bay area we have been spared wildfires so far this year, but we have lots of […]
@w7voa At first I was wondering why enrollment would remain at 60% to 70% but I guess the remaining students are just trying to complete the programs they have already been admitted to. Wonder what the new applicant rate looks like.
@futurebird @rbreich Yes, under Clinton, though they didn't get along that well because Clinton was way to his right.
@gottalaff.bsky.social The office requires Senate confirmation. But it seems GOP senators will approve anyone.
@b0rk I know a couple of non technical Ubuntu users who use their laptops mainly for browsing, web apps, LibreOffice, Google docs and Zoom (Zoom has a native Linux app). One is learning Python so will perhaps become more technical.
@caseynewton Not like any other. Many social networks don't allow open Nazis, those who display swastikas and glorify Hitler. X allows that which is why many of us are no longer there.
@heidilifeldman If it is known that police were the only people who fired shots, please don't say "police-involved shooting" even if the article quoted did. It was a police shooting. They weren't just "involved".
@NewsDesk @allrisenews Only after Trump is deposed.
@hacks4pancakes I agree, but people who set out to protect women need to do it right, especially because assholes like the 4chan crowd exist. If they were operating under EU law, they would have been forced to focus on how they were handling personally identifiable information. They betrayed […]
@TechDesk @Techcrunch They vibe coded the app and ignored basic security. All of those women's driver's license photos were stored unencrypted and the storage location could easily be found in the app, making it trivial for the 4chan kids to find.
@dangillmor Yes, I got that one. Much as I dislike him, his advice that seniors who are capable walk 30 minutes per day is good. But I worry that he will warm up with non-controversial stuff like this and pivot to some of the crap he used to push on his TV shows.
@Nonilex This was Trump's personal defense lawyer doing the questioning. I am sure that he carefully avoided asking any questions that might implicate Trump, though I suppose he could just memory hole anything inconvenient she said.
The Pipeline: Trump Model Management and the Machinery of Exploitation By Tony Pentimalli If America ever confronts the full truth about elite sexual exploitation, it won’t be because Jeffrey Epstein’s secrets were finally exposed. It will be because we stopped treating Epstein as the origin […]
@Holberg Might need to go up a half size. Our feet spread out as we get older. I was a 10 when I was a young man, now I am a 12.
@gedankenstuecke That is what I expected but they seem worse than US Democrats lately in many ways.
@gedankenstuecke How is it the UK voted for Labour and wound up with MAGA-light?
@GottaLaff The grand jury testimony won't have anything about Trump, because they weren't planning to charge Trump. Bondi expects the judge to push back as releasing it without a whole lot of redactions would harm victims, and Maxwell is appealing so her lawyers can also object. The plan is to […]
@gottalaff.bsky.social They also encourage alt text but if you forget, your only option is to delete and repost.
@gottalaff.bsky.social There are definitely advantages on the Mastodon / Fediverse side, and it would be easy for BlueSky to clone the approach used, which prevents abuse like people maliciously editing boosted posts.
@gottalaff.bsky.social The Jim Crow version of literacy tests often were near-impossible but had escape clauses excusing most white voters who were long-time residents from having to take them (like the grandfather clause).
@spocko Captain Kangaroo got Peter, Paul and Mary off the radio blacklist. They had them on to do "Puff the Magic Dragon" after radio refused to play it claiming falsely that it was about drugs.
@tante There are two kinds of inefficiency. One, the one you are talking about, results from slowing things down s bit so everyone has a say, or that employs more people. That is just fine and even positive. The other is the result of favoritism and corruption that lets the connected drain off […]
@cdarwin The other thing is that if it is a wave election, attempts to put the thumb on the scale with a gerrymander can backfire, because it means creating more districts that have a close GOP majority. Candidates who are used to running in completely safe districts could be at risk if a lot of […]
@cdarwin California has an independent commission that draws the lines, and a state referendum put it in place. Newsom and the state legislature have no power to do a gerrymander.
@GottaLaff Laffy's bridged BlueSky account is @gottalaff.bsky.social . I suggest mentioning this more often when explaining that you need to use that when quoting bsky content, as people on the fediverse side who aren't familiar with the bridge might have trouble finding you there otherwise.
I am a volunteer docent at Big Basin Redwoods state park. A fellow docent mentioned that there were leopard lilies in bloom at a spot in Opal Creek about a mile up, and I found them. First time I had seen them at this park, though I had seen them before at […] [Original post on sfba.social]
@emptywheel.bsky.social There is a John that was so into looking at underage teenage girls that he bought the Teen USA pageant and bragged about barging into their dressing rooms and looking at them naked. And this John was best buddies with Epstein.
@jef The SC left an opening for class actions in their first decision. Now we will see if they play more games (instead of directly repealing parts of the constitution they have been finding ways of preventing people from getting relief).
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social The word used to mean "cryptography", the thing that makes it safe for us to do banking and make payments online, or to trust that a software update is authentic and hasn't been tampered with. Seems we have lost the word to the cryptocurrency con artists .
@volts.wtf Some people would need to hear why they are mandatory, as in, without headphones the echoes and feedback will make the recording unusable, to get it.
@Nonilex Other countries don't require shoe removal, it is (almost) a US only requirement. Good riddance.
@Holberg He has used that sentence before, often to end a crazy sounding tweet.
@w7voa Does he know that his buddies at the United Arab Emirates are BRICS members? Or that his friend Putin is?
@DemocracyMattersALot So, unboycottable. There are only three cellular networks in the US and all of them are on this list. Every smaller company that offers cell service buys from one of the big three (Verizon, AT&T or T-Mobile).
@davidho How much funding would be needed to maintain it if Trump cuts off funds? Perhaps it could be raised.
This is a leopard lily I saw today on a hike at Portola Redwoods state park, near La Honda, California. #hiking #photography #wildflowers
Here's a cute little chipmunk I saw on a recent hike. #chipmunk #photography
@Nonilex DOGE isn't a Trump initiative. It is a Musk initiative that was sold to Trump by Musk. Many senior DOGE officials are Musk loyalists. Efforts by them to awaken SEC enforcement are all about benefiting Musk and his allies in other companies (Thiel, etc).
You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of #gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!
@stacescases2.bsky.social Sorry, I've looked it up, and can't find anything. Please provide a source other than a tweet if you have one. The Senate completed its approval at 2:30 AM, yes. But there are no provisions to restrict the courts any more. It was Dems, not the GOP, trying to amend.
@stacescases2.bsky.social Check for a source other than a tweet.
@stacescases2.bsky.social Last week. The ruling was that it isn't a budget related measure so it can't be included in an appropriations bill. The attempt to sell huge amounts of federal land was also bounced. But the gutting of Medicaid and the huge ICE funding remains.
@stacescases2.bsky.social The attempts to strip court jurisdiction were removed from the Senate version of the bill, so while it is still terrible those threats are gone.
@psoul @GottaLaff He would be running as an independent, since he lost the primary. Joe Lieberman did that and won. But the voters can shut Cuomo down.
@Holberg Maybe, but if there were a lot of people who had evidence that Keanu isn't a decent dude, the blowback from doing this kind of campaign could be severe when they post that evidence, which leads me to think he must be a decent dude.
@volts.wtf MM was founded by a former propagandist for the right, David Brock, who wrote vile attacks on Anita Hill and probably helped Clarence Thomas get confirmed. He later had a change of heart and switched sides.
@simon @timbray There is so much redundancy in XML. Seems JSON would be simpler to deal with, with less wasted bloat from all those closing tags.
@lisamelton Thanks for being who you are. You make the world a better place, despite the bastards who work so hard to make it worse.
@jef @lmc @zachweinersmith.bsky.social Thanks, following. I do have a bsky account but prefer this side.
@jef @lmc That is a consistently great comic. Is the author on Fedi?
@DemocracyMattersALot Almost every city in the country, even most mid size towns, had a No Kings protest that was, at least in part, anti-ICE. So no money for anyone?
Me on the Morrison Bridge in Portland, Oregon at the #NoKingsProtest . I live in California but am in Portland visiting family. A great turnout. #NoKings
"Without a commitment to documenting truth, all that’s left is propaganda." As Big Journalism mostly bows to Trump and normalizes his extremism and crimes, a very few journalists are doing what's needed -- standing up to give us the reality and the context. Molly White ( […]
@w7voa Report Elon and Melania. Both of them had the kinds of visa violations that the administration is now using to revoke authorization to be in the US.
@shoq @indivisibleteam The easiest way to let people share content on Mastoson is https://mastodonshare.com/
@w7voa Let me guess: "fit the description" meant "was a Latino man".
@Nonilex Now my worry is that the GOP will respond to this and to Musk's objections by keeping the tax cuts but gutting benefits even more, to make the deficit numbers look better, and cooking the analysis to pretend that deep IRS cuts won't affect tax receipts.
@siracusa You must have more discipline than I did; reading and understanding Perl code was always much more difficult for me than Python, even though I learned Perl first (including earlier versions; I first downloaded Perl from Usenet back in the 80s).
@siracusa While this is true, Python as it exists today is newer, and most developers are using packages and constructs that are a lot newer than 34 years old (numpy, pandas, pytorch). Perl wasted a lot of time inventing a completely different language, which was a dead end. Perl was great for […]
@Nonilex Unfortunately a huge number of Ukrainians have also been killed, not as many as on the Russian side but the population is smaller. I am afraid Putin will grind on until someone is out of troops, and he is hoping that it will be the other side.
@spocko veeeegan would work better to produce a smile. But lettuce it is.
@Nonilex Finally! I have been waiting for actions like this and would like to see a lot more. Seems civil lawsuits can get around DoJ refusal to stop the lawbreaking they are active participants in.