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🏳️‍🌈 Pride Versioning Given a version number PROUD.DEFAULT.SHAME, increment the: PROUD version when you make changes you are really proud of DEFAULT version when you make a release that's okay SHAME version when you are fixing things that are too embarrassing […] [Original post on todon.eu]

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‘The political press may not understand what’s happening (or may be too afraid to say it out loud), but those of us who’ve spent decades studying how technology and power interact? We see it and we can’t look away. So, here’s the bottom line: when WaPo’s opinion pages are being gutted and tech […]

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An #introduction, since my original one is long buried. I'm a London-born musician, writer, artist and teacher living in Vienna. Most of my posts here are about #studio technology, #retrocomputing devices, #kpop and other diverse interests. I don't really have a brand to sell, but broadly I […]

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Hi, I am Mike! I decided to write a small #introduction, as I take my first steps as an artist on the fediverse. I am a songwriter and a singer in my 20s. Originally I come from Poland, where I lived for the most of my life and then I made a choice to move to Austria. Since the school, I've […]

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A Dalek but it's just saying RUMINATE over and over. It refuses to exterminate you. You can't turn it off. It dwells inside you and devours your serenity. another much smaller dalek whispers, "meditate" but you cannot hear him and you fear the silence there

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Taxpayers who need help from the IRS this year are more or less screwed. From WaPo: "The acting IRS commissioner, Doug O’Donnell, announced his plan to retire effective Feb. 28, just a few days after nearly 7,000 IRS employees were laid off, mainly in the tax enforcement and collections […]

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My article, “Free Yourself From The Algorithm: On Fediverse” was just published in the Spring edition of Slingshot! I'm in print, bay-bee 📰 Easier-to-read version here: https://slingshotcollective.org/6-free-yourself-from-the-algorithm-on-fediverse/ My article […] [Original post on todon.eu]

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someone asked AI to generate a guide to asking people out and I cannot get over this panel. this is AI's finest achievement as art. would you like to grab crab sometime? grab crab. would you like to grab crab? grab crab. 🦀🦀 (originally posted by keepingthecommontone to r/chatgpt)

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I'm looking for work! :kittywave: I'm a software engineer with 4 years' professional experience. Special interests include railway open data, networking (I run AS213185 for fun!), and embedded programming, but I can do most things! ✨ I care about delivering software that makes a difference […]

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The dumbest timeline. > Texas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growing https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/02/texas-official-warns-against-measles-parties-as-outbreak-keeps-growing/ #measles

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Song title: "The Girl From Ipanema" Artist: "The Male Gaze"

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My article, “Free Yourself From The Algorithm: On Fediverse” was just published in the Spring edition of Slingshot! I'm in print, bay-bee 📰 Easier-to-read version here: https://slingshotcollective.org/6-free-yourself-from-the-algorithm-on-fediverse/ My article […] [Original post on todon.eu]

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In all my time working as a psychologist I’ve only met with 1 person who truly met the diagnostic criteria for narcissistic personality disorder. I ended treatment relatively early, after maybe a month or so, when I recognized the hour was being spent as a time for him to air his grievances and […]

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Everyone who distrusted Free Our Feeds was 100% right but in a more hilarious way than anyone anticipated: what if we take the bluesky firehose.... and put it on a blockchain […]

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one of those 1960s office line of wall clocks showing different cities but they’re all on the same time zone

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I just found out about this & it’s starting soon. #DEI #BOYCOTT PLAN Phase One 24 hr ECONOMIC BLACKOUT on FRIDAY FEB 28, from 12 AM to 11:59 PM. This is the first step to counter attacks DEI. Do not make any purchases. Do not shop online, or in-store […] [Original post on masto.ai]

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Mom: “No videogames, go play outside” Me: “Ok”

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"As Trump burns these trade deals to the ground, the rest of the world has an unprecedented opportunity to retaliate against American bullying by getting rid of these laws and producing the tools, devices and services that can protect every tech user (including Americans) from being ripped off […]

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I almost forgot! Happy Billionaires-Dropping-Shit-On-Canada-From-Orbit Day!! 1 year ago today, a SpaceX Crew Dragon cargo trunk, ejected by the the Axiom 3 private astronaut mission, made an uncontrolled reentry and sprayed potentially lethal debris across Saskatchewan farmland […]

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At least 21 employees of the U.S. Digital Service, which was renamed DOGE last month, resigned their positions yesterday in a letter to Trump's chief of staff. "On Jan. 21st, we completed 15-minute interviews with individuals wearing White House visitor badges. Several of these interviewers […]

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When the US regime eventually sends me to a detainment camp, I will be extremely well-informed about how we arrived at this point.

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Cute. > I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass > i wanted to change the habit of reaching for my phone in the morning and doomscrolling away an hour so i built an app to help me. now i have to literally touch grass before accessing my most distracting apps > the app is […]

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New account, so new #introduction. Let's do it again! I have a #MastersDegree in #ComputerScience and #ComputerEngineering. I went to #NMU for undergrad and #MSU for my graduate degree. I currently work at #UChicago for the #TMWCenter, which focuses on helping young children acquire language […]

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When Art Meets Activism: 7 Powerful Street Art Pieces Fighting for the Planet: https://streetartutopia.com/street-art-that-echo-environmental-awareness/

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“Hitler's Enabling Act (1933) let his cabinet bypass parliament while claiming to ‘save democracy.’ Yesterday's Executive Order lets White House control all independent agencies while claiming to ‘restore democracy.’ They're not even changing the playbook […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

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We believe in community. The social 'town square' done right - a place where we don't shout at each other from across the cobblestones but a place where we coexist and find our people in the cafes and social spaces around the square 🏙️ We're working on something that can replicate this […]

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I appeared tonight on the #NBCNightlyNews in a segment by Peter Alexander. I recommend the whole segment (only 3 minutes), or you can fast forward to 1:10 to see my 26 seconds. I'm not going to hide, not going to back down, not going to run. What's happening inside the federal government is […]

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The legality (not wisdom) of putting European private data on US clouds hinges on the availability of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Trump neutered this board, and the European parliament has taken notice & asked the European Commission what they think:

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Hitler issued his Enabling Act 24 days after the Reichstag Fire. Trump hasn't even bothered setting fire to the Capitol, he just horked up this decree 30 days after being sworn in. He's actually moving to dictatorship FASTER than Hitler. https://infosec.exchange/@isotopp/114031098544111963

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One frustrating aspect of trying to write about all the incredibly reckless and risky actions taken by this administration with govt data is that by the time you're done writing, half the stuff in your story is outdated already, because they've reversed themselves, or they've been reversed. Or […]

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From @MeidasTouch #USFS #wildfires #ForestService #Politics #USpol

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#TeslaTakedown is building momentum and new upcoming protests are up! Please join an event or create your own and we will amplify. Keep up the pressure. Musk's inflated wealth is tied to Tesla's inflated value. We can make a difference! Join or register at Teslatakedown.com

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We're learning more about the crack team at DOGE from DOGEwhisperer over at Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/dogginglover.bsky.social/post/3lid446df4224 Specifically, about Christopher Stanley, former Senior Director for Security Engineering at X and Principal Security Engineer at SpaceX, now […]

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For my #1500th post, allow me to re-introduce myself. Hi, I'm Seb. Some #AuDHD chronically misunderstood guy finding his place in the world. Born in #halifax, adopted and grew up in #montreal. Estranged from family now living somewhere in rural #quebec with my partner and my dog. Current […]

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"A calculator app? Anyone could make that." A deep dive, that begins with Apple’s calculator being wrong, Android’s being right, and the lengths that the person behind the latter had to go to get there. It involves some maths that are a bit beyond me […]

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Early mis]adventures in building my own #MIDI hub using #raspberryPi + [#PatchboxOS From my local synth-friends thread: #synth #linux #rPi

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Yup

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If you know of or are involved with an organization that helps people in a way that the #TrumpAdministration doesn't approve of, and the org is worried about continuing to do their work while protecting their employees, volunteers, and clients, I am happy to meet for free with the org to work […]

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No one alive will experience a better climate than we have today. But young people will experience a much more dangerous and chaotic world in the future, and the extent to which that happens will depend on our choices today. Trump and many of his enablers […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

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Early mis]adventures in building my own #MIDI hub using #raspberryPi + [#PatchboxOS From my local synth-friends thread: #synth #linux #rPi

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#Introduction Just a thought, there is no algorithm here, we make toots trend by sharing. So for those of you new here, it’s not a bad thing when you come across another profile with lots of re-toots. Those are accounts to follow because they share things you may not see…like Bill, he’s a gem.

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Hi all! Hope everyone’s having a lovely Caturday. There are many intro articles about The #Fediverse. :fediverse: This is mine. A friend asked me to write one for The Slingshot Collective zine, founded in Berkeley, CA. Perhaps you would care to give it a once-over, and let me know what I […]

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BREAKING: A bunch of U.S. Digital Service employees (including me) were fired tonight. It's still unclear exactly how many. There is no visibility whatsoever into what determined who was let go. Legacy USDS (i.e., pre-DOGE) leadership was not involved in the decision about whom to let go and […]

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## HHS employees, DO NOT OPEN YOUR EMAIL HHS employees, DO NOT OPEN YOUR EMAIL. Not without reading this first. They’re going to cut off your network access as soon as you read your email, so you need to download a bunch of things first. Details at the link […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

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The National Park Service has removed "T" and all mention of transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument. Trans women were some of the most influential activists behind the Stonewall movement and what followed. 3 articles of clothing laws were why raids happened. Erasure.

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