He will love veterans once he begins his invasion of Canada. And while I write that with sarcasm, I would be unsurprised if he actually invaded Canada or Greenland or Panama or whatever country he thinks looked at him or Elon Musk wrong.
It's just a matter of time before Elon Musk pisses off a US veteran who values honor, empathy and society above personal enrichment. Who knows what they might do? Musk is playing with fire.
Trump does it because veterans laud it over Trump by not being craven cowards.
Vance is doing it, because his betraying a group he should protect gives him another chance for shameless ass kissing. I think he enjoys debasing himself to advance. It seems to be the one constant in his life.
Hey Mastonauts! 👋 I'm putting together a presentation on Mastodon and want to showcase some cool accounts. Could you drop your favorite follows below? Feel free to categorize them (e.g., tech, science, press) or just throw them my way! I'll compile a comprehensive list to share. Thanks in advance! #Mastodon #Recommendations #Followers
Large study shows drinking #alcohol is good for your #cholesterol levels - arstechnica.com/health/2025/03… " There are many risks from drinking, but high cholesterol doesn't seem to be one. " seems too good to be true...
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#ThrowbackThursday here's a clip of me playing some original megabyteGhost music at The Library Speakeasy in Lake Worth, FL, for Electro Sonic Workshop (2025-01-29) #TBT #IndustrialMusic
@djwfyi especially considering that even if the EU does have aggressive tariff policies (honestly have no idea) I’m pretty sure they don’t get implemented BY ONE GUY
Three Hollywood movies were released in 1995 with internet themes: the Keanu Reeves cyberpunk film Johnny Mnemonic (with an accompanying website), The Net with Sandra Bullock, and Hackers.
MEDFORD, OR—Despite evidence that the planets are aligned in his favor, local pagan Jeff Birch, 27, said Monday that he would "rather have a peaceful weekend at home" than attend his family’s Vernal Equinox celebration on March 21.
Perhaps the least surprising things to show up at Vancoufur this year: The Connections Museum having a stall and one of the artists bringing an Amiga to do commissions on. #vancoufur2025
I honestly wonder whether Apple genuinely expected the Personal Context features of Apple Intelligence to be ready by now, or if the WWDC clips and ads it ran were just an optimistic smokescreen.
It's funny, but when I think of factory farms, I don't think of the people -- I use the term loosely -- who run them as "farmers". I just think of CEOs like the ones who've ruined my little world (biotech). To me, "farmer" conjures up the kids I went to school with and their parents, who actually dug in the dirt to grow food. Factory farms make me think of some slick bastard in a suit who's never had dirt under his carefully manicured nails.
@sennoma you're right, and there are good farmers who don't do this stuff. but I think most food in the UK comes from factory farms, which most people think are just farms run by farmers...
Hackaday Europe 2025 is just days away, and we’ve got the finalized speaker schedule hot off the digital press. We’re also pleased to announce that the event page is now officially live…
#Manus mania is here: Chinese ‘general agent’ is this week’s ‘future of AI' and OpenAI-killer - theregister.com/2025/03/10/man… "Prompts see it scour the web for info and turn it into decent documents at reasonable speed" #china
“Putin aide rejects #Trump 's #Ukraine ceasefire plan :
Ukraine must recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea and four southeastern regions, withdraw troops from lands claimed by #Russia and pledge never to join NATO. He said he "hopes [the United States] knows our position and wants to believe that they will take it into account as we work together going forward." npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-53271…
The folks at #spritely were really patient and helpful. I am very grateful for the excellent feedback I received from Dave Thompson. Many thanks to this team!
Any corrections and/or clarifications are really appreciated.
While it is still early days, I think the #spritely software stack is really promising!
All my anarcho-queer sword-and-sorcery zines to date are available through Grinning Kitten Press.
Called "The Copper Sun Cycle," the series follows a nonbinary spellcaster named Axial in a late-neolithic romp through decaying city-states, squabbling utopian communities, & spirit-haunted wildernesses. Their never-ending search for justice & equality puts them up against all sorts of assholes, like dickish warlords, pervy wizards, hellish priests, & worst of all--adventurers.
Silly, serious, & a just a little bit educational, these zines lean on my 20+ years of activism & will leave you imagining other ways we might live our lives. Good times indeed.
The zines themselves are physical objects (not available digitally), free as in trash, & mostly hand-formatted using mixed media collage & glue sticks. Sometimes I convince artists to sell me some illustrations, too.
All my anarcho-queer sword-and-sorcery zines to date are available through Grinning Kitten Press.
Called "The Copper Sun Cycle," the series follows a nonbinary spellcaster named Axial in a late-neolithic romp through decaying city-states, squabbling utopian communities, & spirit-haunted wildernesses. Their never-ending search for justice & equality puts them up against all sorts of assholes, like dickish warlords, pervy wizards, hellish priests, & worst of all--adventurers.
Silly, serious, & a just a little bit educational, these zines lean on my 20+ years of activism & will leave you imagining other ways we might live our lives. Good times indeed.
The zines themselves are physical objects (not available digitally), free as in trash, & mostly hand-formatted using mixed media collage & glue sticks. Sometimes I convince artists to sell me some illustrations, too.
& while free, any donations you do choose to give us go to our gift exchange network. So in addition to free zines, you'll get stickers & random trinkets from other fans of GKP, too. Find out more by following @grinningkittenpress or checking out our website at www.grinningkitten.com
Currently available titles include 2023's "Batten of Blood" & 2024's "Night Caravan." Another story or two, titles TBD, might be out later this year.
"Concerned at the UK Government’s intentions to review the #HumanRights framework and #JudicialReview we have come together to state:
While every system could be improved, and protecting #rights and #freedoms for all is a balancing act, our #HumanRightsAct is a proportionate and well-drafted protection for the fundamental #liberties and #responsibilities of everyone in this country.
The Act guarantees the rights to #FreeSpeech and expression, to life, to #liberty, to security, to privacy, to assembly, and to #FreedomOfReligion or belief. It prohibits torture and guarantees fair trials and the #RuleOfLaw.
Judicial review is an indispensable mechanism for individuals to assert those rights and freedoms against the power of the state." humanrightsact.org.uk/
With the world changing around us, many governments and organisations are trying to reduce their dependency on tech giants. Here's an update on how one German federal state is moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (and longer-term, Linux): blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware
Sonos' Pinewood streaming player was rumored to cost $200-$400. But the company has put that device on hold and shifted focus back to fixing its mobile app. pcmag.com/news/sonos-kills-pin…
The Waterford (Ireland) Museum of Time displays clocks of many different styles and mechanisms from Ireland and many other countries. Among them is the earliest pendulum clock from 1663. #WaterfordMuseums #Waterford #Irelandbackpackandsnorkel.com/Ireland…
Today, we start with a tour of Kilkenny Castle and then spend much of the day in the Waterford Museums. We provide detailed information and the best things to see and we show lots of photos so you know what you can expect.
The president’s apparent strategy is attempting to eliminate the agency on his own authority, while asking Congress to finish the job, an education expert writes.
How ProPublica Uses AI Responsibly in Its Investigations —
When our reporters prompted a large language model to help identify “woke” themes in a database of grants, AI helped them tell a vital accountability story about science funding and Ted Cruz. propublica.org/article/using-a…
Nice job using it responsibly. Keep up the good work. People just want to see red once you mention AI, but when used in this targeted way it is very useful and saves time so you can show us these articles sooner. As solitha said, promoting correct usage. Don't mind the hate.
-> looks at a cube... three sides -> turns the cube over... another side -> turns the cube over on the other axis .. another side -> repeats the turning steps a few times -> concludes that a cube has an infinite amount of sides.
To prove this, look at a square piece of paper. It has 2 sides, the front and the back. The mathematical notation for 'square' is with a small 2 to the upper right. The mathematical notation for 'cube' has a small 3 in that location. Therefore, it follows that a cube must have 3 sides.
"The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like #HabitatForHumanity for receiving grants from the #EPA under the Biden administration.
Citibank was told to freeze the groups’ bank accounts at the FBI’s request. The reason? The FBI alleges that the groups are involved in “possible criminal violations,” including “conspiracy to defraud the United States.” "
We really need to stop buying into the argument that #ClimateActivists are "radical" or "destructive". The opposite is true: the nature of the protests have been peaceful and, on the whole, pretty tame.
well, at least now a whole bunch of people who ordinarily would never have been caught dead using electric cars are buying them, just to “pwn the libs.”
Astro Bob on Friday's lunar eclipse and what it would look like to an astronaut on the Moon.
"We'll see the moon glow orange-red during total eclipse. But our astronaut would witness a fiery, red ring ensconcing the silhouetted Earth! What I wouldn't give to be there. Fortunately, we have the next best thing. The Blue Ghost lander , which touched down on the moon last week, will take photos of this unique solar eclipse at the same time we're watching from Earth." duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyl…
Canadian woman put in chains, detained by ICE after entering San Diego border 10news.com/news/local-news/nev… Third [White] foreign national sent to detention centre from San Ysidro crossing
A Canadian entrepreneur detained by ICE is speaking out after she got arrested while trying to enter the San Diego border to obtain a visa last Monday.
Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin announced draft bills aimed at “enhancing control” over “foreign agents,” including trials in absentia and criminal liability for cooperating with international organizations. meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/13/r…
Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin announced that the lower house of parliament has drafted several bills aimed at “enhancing control over the activities of foreign agents.”
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in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Military veterans remain a Republican group, backing Trump over Harris by wide margin
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in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Trump does it because veterans laud it over Trump by not being craven cowards.
Vance is doing it, because his betraying a group he should protect gives him another chance for shameless ass kissing. I think he enjoys debasing himself to advance. It seems to be the one constant in his life.
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