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This is about the time when I became a big Timbaland fan. m.youtube.com/watch?v=uTMuqL0q… #morningmusic
in reply to Ashe Dryden

Ms. Jade's "Big Head" is also excellent work.

youtube.com/watch?v=Nb4m6H90Oz…



Thank you to @maryrobinette for giving me space on her blog today to talk about "My Favorite Bit" of LITANY FOR A BROKEN WORLD.

I won't keep you in suspense: My favorite bit is Poplar. I mean, it wasn't even close. She really is the best good dog.

maryrobinettekowal.com/journal…

#IndiePub
#Bookstadon



Regal Portraits Evoke Myth and Power in Simone Elizabeth Saunders’ Hand-Tufted Textiles

thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/sim…

#art #textiles #fiberart #portraits #feminism




I can't believe I waited so long to start using Libro.fm. It's a fantastic #audiobook store that allows you to allocate retail sales to your local bookseller. Just as easy to use as Audible, even has #carplay integration.
in reply to Aram Sinnreich

I was skeptical at first, but their library and app are both very good!


Epic Games is addressing one of Windows-on-Arm’s last big app compatibility gaps
Drivers and kernel-level software can't be translated automatically by Windows.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…


Can the Trump administration legally deport Palestinian rights advocate Mahmoud Khalil? 3 things to know about green card holders’ rights buff.ly/WQUt6xt




I know we all love to criticize older generations, but in the 20th century if someone did a Nazi salute you could almost guarantee that a WW2 veteran would punch them in the head, and I think there was a great societal benefit to that.
in reply to Low Quality Facts

The bitter thing in that story is, that it needed a veteran to do that. Find the flaw.
in reply to Low Quality Facts

I miss the halcyon days of the late 1970s when the Klan, the Communists, and the American Nazi Party were shooting at each other. More of that.


A dire warning for everyone in the “LGB” part who thought they could keep themselves safe from the fash by throwing “TQIA+” under the bus:

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

And if you’re none of the above, if you thought that is an LGB-specific warning and not addressed to •you•, I promise you, whatever •your• letter is, they’re coming for yours sooner than you think. Stop them now or pay later.

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in reply to Paul Cantrell

Something that makes fascism a particularly pernicious form of authoritarianism is that it doesn’t just need the population crushed and subservient; it needs to •keep actively destroying• whole subsets of the population in order to stay alive.

Fascism is a fire. Its fuel is the othering of minority groups; its oxygen is fear. It will keep finding — creating, if necessary — more and more “others,” without limit. Unless you cut off that oxygen or that fuel, it will keep on burning until there’s nobody left.

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in reply to Paul Cantrell

HEREs THE THING, centuries old alarm bells came to a head in 2024:

1. the attacks on the 1st Black woman president of Harvard
2. the attacks on students protesting genocide
3. the state-sponsored murder of WHITE WOMEN in need of abortions

but what distinguishes these attacks on trans folks is that #techbros & #MAGA are saying TRANS WHITE CHILDREN DESERVE TO DIE, not to transition into healthy, out and proud lives.

Musk wants his trans daugter dead.

scream that from the rooftops

@inthehands

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I read that Meta/Facebook was took legal action to halt the promotion of "Careless People", the recently released tell-all memoire from whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams.

So I did the logical thing and purchased a copy from Bookshop.org. I sure Zuck would hate it if others did the same thing.
bookshop.org/p/books/careless-…

#books #bookstadon #socialMedia



Sondersitzung: Der alte Bundestag ist nochmals gefragt
Eigentlich war ich schon raus, doch nun muss der alte Bundestag noch einmal ran: Heute und am Dienstag entscheiden wir über Grundgesetzänderungen – zur Schuldenbremse und zum Sondervermögen Infrastruktur.
Wir Grünen gehen mit einem eigenen Antrag in die Verhandlungen. Was CDU/CSU und SPD jetzt fordern, sagen wir seit Langem – auch im Wahlkampf. Doch erst, wenn die Realität sie einholt, kommt die Einsicht. Das ist nicht glaubwürdig.


in reply to Ars Technica

What the fuck else would you expect from these idiots? We need a civil war to purge these people from government once and for all.


Happy Thursday! I forgot how much I love hiking in the dark 🥳 I hope everyone has a terrific day!🙌


Maybe Orange Hitler 2.0 will rocket on through Electric Avenue and keep going.



The problem is always humans, no matter how many layers of abstraction we put in there.


"Let me wrap my head around that", I said, beginning to peel my giant duct tape head.


#Trump’s #FBI Moves to #Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups - newrepublic.com/post/192660/tr… the plan is clearly to ruin anyone who dares to carry out #climate research in the US. so come to Europe, please...


😂🤦🏻‍♀️

“Here’s hoping Elon #Musk won’t have to personally fix Trump’s new EV anytime soon.

Donald #Trump Bought a $90,000 #Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against It” | WIRED wired.com/story/donald-trump-b…



Trump before the election: “On day one, I will lower grocery prices”

Trump now (attached): “… the U.S. will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS …”

Let him do it — the US voters will soon realize, living in a Trump economy where everything is tariffed to death, will only crash the US economy.

in reply to Randahl Fink

Americans will soon see it is them that pays the heavy price for his tarrifs slowly starving the people


EPA launches full assault on environmental protection
31 separate actions roll back restrictions on air and water pollution.
arstechnica.com/uncategorized/…
in reply to Ars Technica

Will Zelden remember this when tRump makes attempts for another term or rewrite parts of the Constitution or <insert typical tRump dumbass action that will benefit him and other billionaires and harm everyone else>, “For me, the US Constitution and the laws of this nation will be strictly interpreted and followed, no exceptions."


Kamala would have been such a great President.


Etiquette Question:

Should I have Molson's and Nanaimo bars ready in case we become Southern Canada?

in reply to Ricki Bowie Knives Tarr

Interesting, a sort of take on caramel shortbread but with a custard not caramel layer and a more cake like crispy base.
in reply to Natasha

@nusher That's a pretty good description.

For some reason nanaimo bars seem to have flown under the radar here in the UK, but they're absolutely delicious and easy to make. You can experiment with all sorts of flavours and colours, too.



Previously: sensory input was set on "off.”

Recently: sensory input switched to “max +.”

Exception: sensory input reverts to "off” around other people.

Goal: sensory input in the "not overwhelming but also not muted" range.

#ActuallyAutistic


in reply to Kevin Beaumont

In the light of the past statements of Larry Ellison... (uspol)

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I'm declaring a trillion percent tariff. That means you owe me a trillion dollars.


“Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me. Choke those little bad days. Choke ‘em down to nothin’. They’re your days. Choke ‘em.”
~ Tom Waits
in reply to Jon Pinter

I like the first half of that quote too.

youtube.com/watch?v=o9lyVqy3Sj…



Auntie PJ said while she was crocheting that it was just 3D printing by hand. I’m pretty sure that’s the most hardcore thing she’s ever said…

#crochet

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I have lost count of the number of people at Embedded World who have asked me ’what is memory safety?'

If anyone is wondering how embedded security is going...

#EmbeddedWorld #MemorySafety #CHERI

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The EPA is scrapping fuel economy regs, claiming it will bring back US jobs
EPA administrator Zeldin says it is necessary "to protect consumer choice."
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/t…
in reply to Ars Technica

Bullshit it is not going to bring back jobs. Try living somewhere where the SMOG alone can kill you. If you want jobs encourage R&D into clean energy and EVs so the air doesn't murder you first. We need to be innovating not regressing and sticking our heads in the sand so oil companies can rob us and rape the planet.
in reply to Ars Technica

given the long production times of automobiles and the assumptions that a future administration will reimpose standards (and that states like California will most likely continue to have their own standards), this move is little more than a fart in a whirlwind.


yearning

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What the world needs is more Jeramiah Bull Frogs and less orange mushroom pricks.


Finland and Ukraine have signed a bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Finland's defense ministry said it would give a new military aid package to Ukraine, worth around 200 million euros ($217.48 million), including artillery ammunition to help in the war with Russia.

Finnish Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen visited Kyiv.
The visit continued the dialogue on cooperation and exchange of experience within the framework of the signed agreement on security cooperation
#AureFreePress



why is every search engine just slop now like they just stopped giving results
in reply to haha

i google “ white guy with glasses and long hair” to prove a point in an argument with idk some fuckin rando on the interbutts and just get a bunch of fake images and generative slop


"A clever raven named Kyle expertly caught a snowball in his beak that was thrown to him by his humans at Island Raptors in British Columbia."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news #birds laughingsquid.com/raven-catche…
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