I really look forward to watching #RachelMaddow on Mondays for her stories & videos of protests, PLUS examples of people who have ACTUALLY STOPPED Trump's horrible programs.
So often it feels like we only hear about Trump's attacks & not when the pushback works.
In this clip Maddow mentions the #ICE protest in Mt Kisco NY that my friend Fred organized. He says it feels like it's not enough to "move the needle" but I tell him it's important & to keep going.

I’m a big picture guy. Got any small pictures? Get the hell out of here

Yerevan and the end of Europe’s comfortable politics https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/yerevan-and-the-end-of-europes-comfortable-politics/?utm_source=eac&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=%40euractiv%40masto.ai

@scottmichaud does it say that in the question?

Für den heutigen Digital Independence Day #DiDay #DIDit habe ich etwas Spezielles: #MetroViz richtet sich an eine kleine, aber feine Zielgruppe: Menschen, die Projektpläne erstellen. Der klassische Weg sind hier GANTT Diagramme, etwa mit MS Project, die aber schnell überkomplex werden und in der Praxis eher abschrecken. MetroViz versucht etwas anderes: weniger Komplexität, dafür aber eine freundliche Metapher die (fast) jede:r mag: U-Bahnpläne. (1/5)

@dangillmor

"Regressive" is a more accurate term.

Großer Tag heute:
16 Stiftungen starten mit https://stiftungen.social ihre Kommunikation in offenen Netzwerken.

Heisst sie bitte willkommen!

Wir stellen das Projekt beim #2MR Festival in Hamburg vor, das in einer Stunde beginnt.

Livestream hier: https://2mr.social/livestream/

#SaveSocial #DIDit

I agree with other commenters, though, that there are hazards. People might not be performing for the public. Holding someone up to ridicule ("look at this idiot on the Fediverse!") so they can get dragged on a platform where they can't even respond sucks.

But good content from some of our public thinkers, jokesters and aphorisers? I say go for it. Yes, but.

@reiver this is the 2nd "unreasonable youtube channel censoring" I got in a few scrolls. I'm just wondering if there is a common cause behind those deletions.

#BakedBeansOwl time!
You remember how I said Beans is small?
Well here's a banana for scale

#Owl #screechowl #zoo #animal #animals #owls #screechowls #ScaleBanana #bananas #BananaForScale

Y'all, #BakedBeansOwl is still so angry. How dare those penguin chicks come in and be cute?!?!?

#Owl #owls #screechowl #screechowls #animal #animals #zoo

Dentro la fabbrica della dolcezza: viaggio tra storia e futuro di Pastiglie Leone
https://www.repubblica.it/il-gusto/2026/05/04/news/pastiglie_leone-425321826/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Il gusto @il-gusto-repubblica

If you buy a chainsaw or a bicycle or a power drill, and you don’t spend time learning how to operate it properly, harm may come to you. If you give your child a chainsaw or a bicycle or a power drill without imparting said understanding, great harm may come to them too.

Somehow we’ve decided computers are different and this is a problem we need the government to fix by breaking computers for people who do know how to use them.

Mens(a) poco sana per gli studenti
https://www.repubblica.it/il-gusto/2026/05/04/news/mense_scolastiche_qualita-425321835/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Il gusto @il-gusto-repubblica

Never let anyone try to talk you out of a quick half hour DIY project. Those three hours will be the best six days of your life.

@neuSoM

Es kommt noch schlimmer:
https://www.heise.de/news/Made-in-Europe-for-the-World-W-Social-als-europaeischer-Gegenentwurf-zu-X-11185906.html

Dazu heute, 04.05.26m im DLF auch das Interview mit eben dieser Frau Zeiter. Nur noch zum Kopfschütteln. Vom Deppendenglisch abgesehen, möchte die Frau mit "Investoren" (höhö) ein neues, soziales Netzwerk etablieren, als Alternative zur Nazi-Plattform "IKS". Was kann schon schiefgehen? Achso: ID-Pflicht.

@byroncclark Remember, socialism for the rich, compulsion for the poor. We must support the hobbies of the rich.

I am begging everyone to be looking at your city councils right now. These are the people who say whether or not a corporation can come into your town and take all of your resources, pollute the environment, and kill the residents.

Cit Council members who hand your welfare and lives over to corporations should never have a moment of rest from the people. These are the people you can actually have an influence on, and these are elections you can actually get in on.

Mit 125 durch 30er-Zone.
Polizei lässt Autofahrer weiterfahren.
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/niedersachsen/18-jaehriger-faehrt-mit-tempo-125-durch-30er-zone,raser-108.html