'Whites-only' community banning Black, Jewish and gay people set up in Arkansas
‘Whites-only’ community banning Black, Jewish and gay people set up in Arkansas
A 'whites-only' community in Arkansas is not allowing any one of another ethnicity, or anyone who is Jewish or LGBTQ+ to live there.Alastair James (PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news)
Did RNC Chair Michael Whatley Help Run a Fossil Fuel “Front Group”?
Did RNC chair Michael Whatley help run a fossil fuel "front group"?
The Trump-backed Senate hopeful was all about congressional oversight—when it meant stopping Obama's green power plans.Mother Jones
Trump destroys our source of information about jobs. This is beyond irresponsible.
Trump destroys our source of information about jobs. This is beyond irresponsible.
He hates facts. He rejects truth. He doesn't want the public to know what's really happening.Robert Reich
Elon Musk Gave Millions to Trump After Publicly Blowing Up Their Bromance
Elon Musk Gave Millions to Trump After Publicly Blowing Up Their Bromance
Musk seems to still want to be in Trump's good graces, even after accusing the President of being in the Epstein files.Lucas Ropek (Gizmodo)
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Is Shutting Down
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Is Shutting Down
MAGA notches another win in its battle against anything good in America.Matt Novak (Gizmodo)
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Wow. Incredible. There goes one of the mainstays of my entire life.
I guess we need to give more tax breaks to the 1%, though.
Dude wtf. The only thing I can think of is the possibility that after this is over it could possibly come back. I'm trying to be civil here but I'm getting real tired of nazis ruining everything. It's been only slightly over half a year. Can you believe it?
Edit: Would it be possible to download and re-upload all of PBS's content? There has to be a way to keep it in the public eye
National Guard Ordered to Do ICE Paperwork at Immigration Facilities in 20 States
National Guard Ordered to Do ICE Paperwork at Immigration Facilities in 20 States
Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to immigration facilities further blurs the line between military and law enforcement.Nick Turse (The Intercept)
This is where the grit in the gear works comes into play. Oops, filed out the wrong form? Oh no, I misspelled their name. Only Page 2 of 4?
Adhere to every single bureaucratic policy till it hurts. Do it slow. Make small enough mistakes that would mean the work has to be done again.
Do your job, but just poorly enough to slow this shit down. Make fascism inefficient.
A community for the study of Neoplatonism and its intersection with spirituality, science, and society
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I invite everyone from all walks and backgrounds to join! I'm trying to make an inclusive space that serves as a repository of academic resources on Neoplatonism. If you're interested in philosophy from late antiquity, want to see how science and philosophy intersect, or are spiritually curious, this community invites you to join!
Fedicon Livestream
Let's get this party started!
Day 1 of FediCon
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personally i find that interop can lead to worse UX if you have to compromise on your own experience to be compatible with someone else's assumptions. so improving UX might require explicitly breaking interop.
more generally, UX friction can be good, and good UX doesn't imply that the thing is good. putting decentralization first means you emphasize values -- do it right before you do it well. putting interop first means you defer the value judgement.
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chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca talking about starting up SocialBC is inspiring!
Makes me wonder if something like this could happen in Ontario... esp. rural communities.
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The number of interesting apps and services running off BlueSky is staggering.
Just. What.
i can't really speak for anyone here as a relative outsider, but as someone that has worked with both protocols i think one big reason is the lack of a public, accessible, synchronous space for discussion, development, and support
the unofficial discord linked in that slide tends to be fairly active - i've managed to receive answers to most of my atproto-related questions there, and as a result i've been able to get stuff done relatively quickly. whenever i've had issues with activitypub projects in the past, i've just sat on them for long periods of time because i wasn't sure where to ask about them (and i never really got much response from posts i made on the network about them either)
i see socialhub as a great place for asynchronous, more formal happenings, but there's not much for more casual happenings right now afaict (though i'd love to be proven wrong in this regard!)
as someone who's also on the outside looking in, I kind of have to concur here. nobody's really having fun. even on socialhub, all I really see is just the same few people people getting really pedantic and argumentative over implementation details and whether rdf is good and where the bike shed for the nuclear reactor should be built. contrast atproto, where people can just be like "I built a toilet social network because it's funny."
I think that activitypub sorely needs more creativity and experimentation and people pushing the protocol in ways that are super unexpected, as well as having developers welcome new people on board and helping them get up to speed (and the casual discussion space that essem mentioned). doing this will probably bring a lot of much needed diversity and progress to the space imo
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> even on socialhub, all I really see is just the same few people people getting really pedantic and argumentative over implementation details and whether rdf is good and where the bike shed for the nuclear reactor should be built. contrast atproto, where people can just be like "I built a toilet social network because it's funny."
I'd love to put some of my creative and cat-herding energies toward developing an implementor-first place for AP developer support. I often make the claim that AP-related discussion should take place over ActivityPub, so I'd love to put that into practice.
I'm not a chat-first person, so Discord isn't my first option, but there are other options...!
cc gargron@mastodon.social esm@wetdry.world
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Am loving how benpate@mastodon.social is focusing on getting creators onto the fediverse. Important work to cross that chasm!
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dawn@cosocial.ca presenting an interesting history of how coop@cosocial.ca came to be.
I love how both we have representation from both CoSocial.ca and SocialBC!
CoSocial
A co-op run social media server for all Canadians. More info at https://blog.cosocial.caMastodon hosted on cosocial.ca
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dawn@cosocial.ca makes the point that it's important that cosocial members buy at least the share into the coop so as to have a stake in the coop itself.
It's more of a commitment than just filling in a form.
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johannab@cosocial.ca on Digital Third Spaces!
Back in the day forums were that digital third space. Social media took that over and they've dropped the ball.
Let's bring them back (with more forums obviously)
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Someone's got Mastodon open on their device with sound on and it keeps dinging, and I'm having a Pavlovian urge to check my phone.
I don't even use the Mastodon web app wth
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Backpage scandal ends in largest US payout to trafficking victims
The US just launched its biggest effort yet to compensate victims of human trafficking, setting up a process to dole out $200 million from seizures related to shutting down the notorious online escorts ad service Backpage.com.
In an announcement on Thursday, the Department of Justice confirmed that "this marks the largest remission process to date to compensate victims of human trafficking."
Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Galeotti said the effort to redistribute millions of ill-gotten gains "underscores the Department’s unwavering commitment to use forfeiture to take the profit out of crime and to compensate victims." It comes after Backpage's "owners and key executives and businesses related to the platform" were found guilty of facilitating crimes including money laundering and "unlawful commercial sex using a facility in interstate or foreign commerce," the DOJ said.
Backpage scandal ends in largest US payout to trafficking victims
Backpage victims can share texts and emails to cover expenses and lost wages.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication
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Proton Authenticator Blogpost
Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication
Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication | TechCrunch
Proton has a free authenticator app, which is available cross-platform with end-to-end encryption protection for data.Ivan Mehta (TechCrunch)
There are no very clear reasons to distrust proton, but is it just me that finds them releasing a 2FA app kinda disturbing? Like, why waste the resources? What could they do better than Aegis, which is already FOSS and privacy preserving? If there is no reason, than I have to wonder if the hidden reason is to get more data into their ecosystem. Which a privacy focused company shouldn't care about.
I am probably just paranoid but I don't trust Proton.
Hunger in Gaza reaches 'tipping point' under Israel's offensive as children face lifelong impacts
Gaza hunger reaches 'tipping point' as children suffer malnutrition
Starvation in Gaza under Israel’s assault has reached a “tipping point,” with deaths expected to soar if Palestinians do not get urgent relief, while many children who survive will now face lifelong consequences.Chantal Da Silva (NBC News)
Florida prison email blunder exposes visitor contact info to inmates
Florida prison email blunder exposes visitor contact info to inmates
: Victims fear leak at Everglades Correctional Institution could lead to violent extortionConnor Jones (The Register)
He compensates his lack of wings by having slightly larger ears. But the big almond shaped eyes, the cuteness and his love for (some) fruits might imply a relationship.
#poodle #dogsofmastodon #dog #Dogstodon
Campaign's Interactive Tool Tracks How Much Trump and GOP Are Raising the Cost of Living
Campaign's Interactive Tool Tracks How Much Trump and GOP Are Raising the Cost of Living
"Trump and Republicans in Congress are single-handedly inflating the cost of everyday items that Americans rely on," said one advocate.julia-conley (Common Dreams)
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Woman Who Died of Heart Disease in ICE Custody Reportedly Told Son She Wasn't Allowed to See Doctor for Chest Pains
Woman who died of heart disease in ICE custody reportedly wasn't allowed to see doctor for chest pains
Questions about the death of Marie Blaise at a South Florida ICE detention center have lingered since she collapsed in April.C.J. Ciaramella (Reason.com)
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I need to tell you something unsatisfying: your personal consumption choices will not make a meaningful difference to the amount of enshittification you experience in your life
Here's why you're getting enshittified: we deliberately decided to stop enforcing competition laws. As a result, companies formed monopolies and cartels. This means that they don't have to worry about losing your business or labor to a competitor, because they don't compete. It also means that they can handily capture their regulators, because they can easily agree on a set of policy priorities and use the billions they've amassed by not competing to capture their regulators. They can hold a whip hand over their formerly powerful tech workers, mass-firing them and terrorizing them out of any Tron-inspired conceits about "fighting for the user." Finally, they can use IP law to shut down anyone who makes technology that disenshittifies their offerings.
Eternal Flames
I’ve posted a new video on natural gas “eternal flames”. This video features info about the Darvaza “gate to hell” crater, which I previously wrote about for Spooky Geology, and new content related to the Eternal Flame falls in New York. I visited the falls in June 2025 and did research on how and why the flame exists. The Darvaza section contains new information about how the Turkmenistan government is aiming to extinguish the crater.
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#ChestnutRidgePark #Darvaza #Derweze #EternalFlame #EternalFlameFallsPark #gateToHell #geology #NewYork #SpookyGeology #spookyScience
Eternal flames
Natural gas is the source of flames that burn at the surface. Two locations: Darvaza crater and Eternal Flame falls in New York are featured.Darvaza "gate to...YouTube
Fedicon is happening in Vancouver, BC this weekend
An in-person conference centered around the fediverse is happening this Friday and Saturday at UBC Robson Square in Vancouver, BC.
Put on by reiver@mastodon.social, it is bringing together a number of big names including Evan Prodromou (of AP fame), Dan Supernault (Pixelfed creator), and more!
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I'll be on stage speaking about some of ActivityPub's "hard problems", and what people are doing to fix them. It's a rehash and expansion of a talk I gave at FOSDEM this past February.
Are there threadiverse related problems? I'd imagine so. Would love to include them in my presentation.
Law enforcement surveilled Nevada lithium mine protesters, according to records - High Country News
Law enforcement surveilled Nevada lithium mine protesters, according to records
Activists opposed to the Thacker Pass mine were ‘under the microscope’ for years.Mark Olalde (High Country News)
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x04 "A Space Adventure Hour"
Written by: Dana Horgan & Kathryn Lyn
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes
Colorado AG explains why the state is suing a deputy who aided ICE
Colorado AG explains why the state is suing a deputy who aided ICE
The state of Colorado is suing a local sheriff’s deputy, accusing him of aiding federal immigration agents with the arrest of a college student with an expired visa.Geoff Bennett (PBS News)
Trump administration cancels plans for new wind energy projects in federal waters
Trump administration cancels plans for new wind energy projects in federal waters
The Trump administration is canceling plans to use large areas of federal waters for new offshore wind development. It's the latest step to suppress the industry in the United States.PBS News
Gun Homicide and Suicide Are Closely Linked, New Study Shows
Gun Homicide and Suicide Are Closely Linked, New Study Shows
Interpersonal violence and self-directed violence have long been treated as separate public health issues, but the two are more connected than previously understood, according to the findings of a new study by researchers at the New Jersey Gun Violen…Fairriona Magee (The Trace)
ELCA elects first Black presiding bishop, calls Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide
ELCA elects first Black presiding bishop, calls Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide
(RNS) — The Rev. Yehiel Curry, bishop of the ELCA’s Metropolitan Chicago Synod since 2019, will serve a six-year term as presiding bishop of the 2.7 million-member denomination.Yonat Shimron (RNS)
Do You Condemn Israel?
Do you condemn Israel?
For years, the Democratic Party has litmus-tested candidates by asking if they disavow Hamas. Now, could the opposite become the norm?Mother Jones
the Democrat party is permanently dead to me, and it was their embrace of genocide & apartheid as cherished values which did it. absolutely unforgivable, and something which is not possible to fix or redeem. the entire power structure is rotten all the way to the core.
the only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
The Deep Ties and Deeper Pockets of Minnesota’s Far-Right
The Deep Ties and Deeper Pockets of Minnesota’s Far-Right - UNICORN RIOT
Maple Grove, MN – The Rush Creek Golf Club’s event space was filled with the din of knives and forks, scraping and tapping ceramic to the tune of conspiratorial chit chat, as a fluorescent white audience –mostly over the retirement age — shared with …niko (UNICORN RIOT)
High Noon recalls vodka drinks mislabeled as Celsius
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High Noon is recalling some of its vodka seltzer drinks because they were mislabeled as nonalcoholic Celsius energy drinks, according to a recall notice posted Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).High Noon is recalling two production lots of High Noon Beach Variety packs. Some of these 12-can packs have cans that are filled with High Noon vodka seltzer alcohol and are mislabeled as “CELSIUS® ASTRO VIBE™ Energy Drink, Sparkling Blue Razz Edition” with a silver top.
Setting aside that High Noon should clearly be a THC seltzer, this is the most plausible excuse for a DWI I've heard of. "But officer, I only had two energy drinks."
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5428446-high-noon-vodka-seltzer-recall-celsius/
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UEA havas novan estraron
Fernando Maia estas la nova prezidanto de UEA. La komitato de la asocio dum sia unua kunsido en Brno elektis novan estraron. La komitato sekvis la rekomendon de la elekta komisiono, krom ke anstataŭ Istvan Szabolcs post du voĉdonadoj estis elektita François Lo Jacomo. Amri Wandel ne ricevis sufiĉe da voĉoj por denove eniri la estraron.
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Don't Even Get Me Started On The Usefulness Of Learning How To Find The Area Of A Trapezoid
13 Completely Useless Things We Were Taught in School - Bolde
School was supposed to prepare us for life, right? But looking back, there are definitely some things we spent way too much time learning that haven’t exactly helped us in the real world.Georgia McCartney (The Bolde)
Texas House Republicans unveil new congressional map that looks to pick up five GOP seats
Texas Republicans target five seats in new congressional map
The first draft of the lower chamber’s new redistricting map targets Democratic members of Congress in the Austin, Dallas and Houston metro areas and in South Texas.Gabby Birenbaum (The Texas Tribune)
Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes
Judge ruled that the removal of the 3 bike lanes will put 'people at increased risk of harm and death'The judge ruled Wednesday that Cycle Toronto and others "have established that removal of the target bike lanes will put people at increased risk of harm and death, which engages the right to life and security of the person."
Trump Exploits Jail Contracts to Skirt Sanctuary Policies, Supercharge Deportations, New Report Shows
Trump Exploits Jail Contracts to Skirt Sanctuary Policies, Supercharge Deportations, New Report Shows
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — A new report from the Prison Policy Initiative reveals how President Donald Trump’s administration is driving mass deportation by secretly using local jails—even in places with sanctuary policies—to detain immigrants.blackpressusa.com
AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
Proposed datacenter would demand 5x Wyoming’s current power use at full deployment.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
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in reply to Avid Amoeba • • •Tim Horton's is also American Owned.
Boycotting American dominance and takeover and Trumps invasion promise, will SHOCK Canadians at how much of their country has been given away nearly free.
Boycott Home Depot. Big time. Owners have funded Trump, Trumpism and the far far right for decades
Home Depot is PART of the INVASION.
Research to deepen the boycotts.
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in reply to iegod • • •Timmie's is a marketing project of billionaires international, paying disrespectful wages, and using flown in TFW workers without rights who can't stay or vote.
Democracy loving Canadians need jobs because invasion.
Billionaires are taking away democracy.
Because the world is a jewel they mismanage and they want more. And no complaints.
Because their problem and drive is arrogant delusion.