bonfire.cafe · bonfire.cafe

Feed Members

Showing activities from people in this circle

Em :official_verified: boosted

Mastodon

@Mastodon@mastodon.social · 2 hours ago

RE: https://eupolicy.social/@hpod16/116538344713848285

We love to see it <3

Hannah Grace

@hpod16@eupolicy.social · 5 hours ago

Excited to announce that the @EUCommission has updated it's follow buttons on the website footer!
What's that first platform there? Could that be #Mastodon?
And where did the link to #X go?
All the posts and comments here on Mastodon calling for this, trust me we read them!

#SocialMedia #EU #EuropeanCommission #FollowUs

peertube

@peertube@spectra.video · 8 seconds ago

FediForum Demo: Open registration on Mastodon is possible with the right tools monitoring new accounts!

Idzie boosted

John Altringham

@JohnAltringham@mastodon.online · 13 minutes ago

I have just replaced my dilapidated old website with a shiny new one. If you like wood engraving prints it may be worth a visit. I’d be very grateful for boosts, a small increase in traffic on the site might persuade me that my time was well spent! I will now go back to paint and ink.

https://www.johnaltringham.co.uk

#art #WoodEngraving #prints #mountains #landscape #nature #Scotland #Yorkshire

2 media

Print of wood engraving in dark blue ink of a gnarly old Scots pine tree on a mountain slope under a starry sky.

Print of a wood engraving in black ink of a woodland path with tree-root ‘steps’ leading to a stile out of the wood.

#woodengraving #yorkshire #prints #mountains #scotland #nature #landscape #art

hypebot boosted

Tuta

@Tutanota@mastodon.social · 44 minutes ago

Meta just removed end-to-end encryption from Instagram.

2 media

Molly White

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · 2 minutes ago

The crypto industry is ramping up polling to try to (once again) convince legislators who are up for re-election that they need to support the industry’s legislative agenda in order to win over voters. But two massively different poll results illustrate the dubiousness of these polls.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

3 media

Crypto polls
A survey commissioned by the CoinDesk crypto publication has indicated that 73% of the US voters they polled (evenly split among Republican– and Democratic– identified respondents) disapprove of senior government officials having personal business with the crypto industry, including 59% of Republican respondents. However, most were not aware of Trump’s crypto ties: 55% self-reported that they were not very or not at all aware of Trump’s involvement with the sector, and only 17% were aware that he and his sons co-founded World Liberty Financial.1 — Crypto polls A survey commissioned by the CoinDesk crypto publication has indicated that 73% of the US voters they polled (evenly split among Republican– and Democratic– identified respondents) disapprove of senior government officials having personal business with the crypto industry, including 59% of Republican respondents. However, most were not aware of Trump’s crypto ties: 55% self-reported that they were not very or not at all aware of Trump’s involvement with the sector, and only 17% were aware that he and his sons co-founded World Liberty Financial.1

The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up their own polling in hopes of (once again) convincing candidates that they need to support the industry’s legislative agenda in order to win over voters. HarrisX, a frequent pro-crypto pollster, has just published a new poll stating without any evidence that “crypto voters represent a sizable and influential bloc”. It appears designed to lobby Congressmembers to vote for the Clarity Act, with a section at the end advertising that “A senator who votes to pass the CLARITY Act enjoys a +20 net electoral upside” and that “For the broader electorate, supporting CLARITY is a clear net-positive credential.” The poll also claims that 52% of respondents said that a candidate’s position on cryptocurrency regulation is extremely or somewhat important to their voting decisions.10

But this poll doesn’t align with CoinDesk’s, which I should also note is a pro-crypto publication whose new editorial board endorsed Trump in 2024 [I68]. In a very similar question, 24% of respondents identified crypto as important to them in the 2026 elections — less than half of HarrisX’s findings. Only 1% identified it as the single most important issue to them when presented alongside issues like cost of living, the economy, Social Security and Medicare, immigration, or healthcare. HarrisX did not immediately respond to my request for poll data or questions about their methodology or who commissioned the poll.

Molly White

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · 34 seconds ago

The DOJ and CFTC are going after a US soldier who allegedly used his access to confidential military information to profit more than $400,000 on Polymarket bets. They are not going after Polymarket, which is supposed to prohibit US bettors, and whose advisory board includes Donald Trump Jr.

“The whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino,” said former casino tycoon and current President Trump.

“I don’t like it,” said the man whose own social media platform has announced plans to launch a crypto-based prediction market feature.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

2 media

In prediction markets
The Justice Department has brought charges11 and the CFTC has filed a lawsuit12 against a US soldier who placed bets on Venezuela-related Polymarket contracts while helping plan the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, allegedly made nearly $410,000 on the bets, then transferred the funds to a brokerage account and made a few clumsy attempts to erase his tracks. Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty.

Notably absent is any action against Polymarket. The New York-based platform agreed to stop serving US customers in a 2022 CFTC settlement, but its easily bypassed geofencing continues to allow widespread American access. Federal agencies have previously prosecuted firms for such inadequate controls, but appear unconcerned with Polymarket — where President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., is an investor and advisory board member. — In prediction markets The Justice Department has brought charges11 and the CFTC has filed a lawsuit12 against a US soldier who placed bets on Venezuela-related Polymarket contracts while helping plan the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, allegedly made nearly $410,000 on the bets, then transferred the funds to a brokerage account and made a few clumsy attempts to erase his tracks. Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty. Notably absent is any action against Polymarket. The New York-based platform agreed to stop serving US customers in a 2022 CFTC settlement, but its easily bypassed geofencing continues to allow widespread American access. Federal agencies have previously prosecuted firms for such inadequate controls, but appear unconcerned with Polymarket — where President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., is an investor and advisory board member.

“The whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino,” said former casino tycoon and current President Trump. “And you look at what’s going on all over the world in Europe and every place, they’re doing these betting things,” he said, referring to a continent where at least ten countries have broadly banned prediction markets as unlicensed gambling websites even as the federal regulator he appointed embraces them and sues states that try to apply oversight via their existing gambling laws. “I don’t like it, conceptually, but it is what it is. No, I think that I’m not happy with any of this,” said the man whose own social media platform has announced plans to launch a crypto-based prediction market feature and whose son is an adviser and investor in Polymarket and a paid adviser to Kalshi.

Trump later backpedaled on his comments, arguing that the US risks being left behind by other countries that permit such platforms. “I know people that are in the prediction market business, and they’re pretty happy with it,” he added.13 — “The whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino,” said former casino tycoon and current President Trump. “And you look at what’s going on all over the world in Europe and every place, they’re doing these betting things,” he said, referring to a continent where at least ten countries have broadly banned prediction markets as unlicensed gambling websites even as the federal regulator he appointed embraces them and sues states that try to apply oversight via their existing gambling laws. “I don’t like it, conceptually, but it is what it is. No, I think that I’m not happy with any of this,” said the man whose own social media platform has announced plans to launch a crypto-based prediction market feature and whose son is an adviser and investor in Polymarket and a paid adviser to Kalshi. Trump later backpedaled on his comments, arguing that the US risks being left behind by other countries that permit such platforms. “I know people that are in the prediction market business, and they’re pretty happy with it,” he added.13

#citationneedednewsletter #cryptocurrency #crypto #uspolitics #uspol

Zack Whittaker

@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social · 3 minutes ago

What did you (or someone you know) do this week that you're incredibly proud of?

Chris 🦑

@sturmsucht@mastodon.social · 35 seconds ago

@zackwhittaker Shot my first elopement in the Alps. Also: deleted my LinkedIn account. 🥳

Charlie Stross

@cstross@wandering.shop · 15 minutes ago

@MichaelWhelan THAT PAINTING made such an impression on my editor at Ace that when I handed her a novel that was an explicit tribute to "Friday" in 2007 ("Saturn's Children") she briefed the art director to commission a homage to your painting.

Unfortunately what they horked up was this … (I was not amused!)

Cover of novel Saturn's Children by Charles Stross, Ace edition, US, 2008.

How it made the Hugo shortlist with this cover is an abiding mystery to me. — Cover of novel Saturn's Children by Charles Stross, Ace edition, US, 2008. How it made the Hugo shortlist with this cover is an abiding mystery to me.

SomeVeganCheeseIsOk

@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk@mastodon.social · 36 seconds ago

@cstross @MichaelWhelan omg dude. This cover. But what a memorable book!

I consider the transportation packaging scene from this book an exercise in distress tolerance work for me.

scribe boosted

Joy

@joyousjoyness@mastodon.social · 50 minutes ago

✨ Sketching instead of Scrolling! ✨

These animals are from my 100-day journey to swap scrolling for sketching: https://www.joyousjoyness.com/pages/detox-doodles

Gentle nudge to remind you to do something other than scrolling, anything is better!

#MantaRay #ray #art #timelapse #sketch #DetoxDoodles #sciart

#ray #mantaray #timelapse #sciart #detoxdoodles #sketch #art

Seth of the Fediverse boosted

rickf

@rickf@indieweb.social · 17 hours ago

Given all the gloom and negativity in the world these days, we probably need to hear from the joyous Artemis II astronauts every day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r95Y9GnuDY8

🐧DaveNull🐧 ☣️pResident Evil☣

@devnull@mamot.fr · 25 minutes ago

Il est bizarre le slogan « Piratons microsoft »…

ma machine m'appartient, elle n'appartient pas à microsoft… Installer autre chose que les mouchards de M$ dessus (et ce même si elle avait été livré sous « fenêtres » [1]) n'est pas du « piratage » et encore moins du piratage dans lequel microsoft serai victime…

Le « piratage » est typiquement l'excuse de M$ pour « justifier » la vente forcée de ses licences…

1. Ou plutôt « baies vitrées » en matière de vie privée…

sebsauvage

@sebsauvage@framapiaf.org · 53 seconds ago

@devnull
Ouais je trouve aussi que le titre de ce site est assez mal choisi. 😕

Seth of the Fediverse

@phillycodehound@indieweb.social · 1 minute ago

Good Morning (TZAG) Fediverse! 🌄☀️🌞

pvergain (framapiaf) boosted

PyCon US

@pycon@fosstodon.org · 2 hours ago

Turn your data into stunning interactive dashboards — no JavaScript needed! Join Daniel Chen at #PyConUS 2026 for the tutorial "Show off your data: Interactive dashboards in #Python" on May 14th 📊 https://us.pycon.org/2026/schedule/presentation/112/

PyCon US 2026

Show off your data: Interactive dashboards in Python

Data is everywhere, and the ability to effectively communicate insights from data is crucial skill for any data professional. In … Presented by: Daniel Chen

PyCon US 2026

#pyconus #python

Molly White

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · 3 minutes ago

Senior GOP officials reportedly phoned up Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to get him to pressure a pro-crypto super PAC funded by the company he “divested” from to nix a planned ad spend in favor of Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

2 media

In elections and political influence
In an April [noted] post, I outlined how the Fellowship PAC, a new pro-cryptocurrency, pro-MAGA super PAC, is primarily funded by Cantor Fitzgerald — the firm previously run by Howard Lutnick before he “divested” by transferring it to his sons when he was appointed Commerce Secretary.

Link to other Citation Needed article: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s old firm pumps $10 million into super PAC led by Tether executive — In elections and political influence In an April [noted] post, I outlined how the Fellowship PAC, a new pro-cryptocurrency, pro-MAGA super PAC, is primarily funded by Cantor Fitzgerald — the firm previously run by Howard Lutnick before he “divested” by transferring it to his sons when he was appointed Commerce Secretary. Link to other Citation Needed article: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s old firm pumps $10 million into super PAC led by Tether executive

The PAC filed an FEC report announcing planned independent expenditures of $1.75 million to support Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in his contentious Texas primary runoff against incumbent John Cornyn.7 Trump has conspicuously declined to endorse either candidate. According to Axios, senior Republican officials called Lutnick to pressure him to cancel the expenditures, which they viewed as a potentially disastrous move.8 “Backing the guy who came in second place [in the GOP state primary] and risk[ing] handing Democrats the Senate is pure political malpractice”, said an NRSC spokesperson about the planned ad spend. While Axios noted that “it was unclear to people familiar with the matter if Lutnick followed up on those phone calls,” the Fellowship PAC later amended the report with the Paxton line item missing and a note that they had “remove[d] an ad with no anticipated air date”.9

Transferring the mega-firm to his 29- and 27-year-old sons was already a highly dubious divestiture. But if GOP officials believe pressuring Lutnick is a worthwhile strategy to influence a super PAC primarily funded by the firm he now supposedly has nothing to do with — and if that strategy apparently works — it’s further evidence that Lutnick has not properly eliminated this massive conflict of interest. — The PAC filed an FEC report announcing planned independent expenditures of $1.75 million to support Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in his contentious Texas primary runoff against incumbent John Cornyn.7 Trump has conspicuously declined to endorse either candidate. According to Axios, senior Republican officials called Lutnick to pressure him to cancel the expenditures, which they viewed as a potentially disastrous move.8 “Backing the guy who came in second place [in the GOP state primary] and risk[ing] handing Democrats the Senate is pure political malpractice”, said an NRSC spokesperson about the planned ad spend. While Axios noted that “it was unclear to people familiar with the matter if Lutnick followed up on those phone calls,” the Fellowship PAC later amended the report with the Paxton line item missing and a note that they had “remove[d] an ad with no anticipated air date”.9 Transferring the mega-firm to his 29- and 27-year-old sons was already a highly dubious divestiture. But if GOP officials believe pressuring Lutnick is a worthwhile strategy to influence a super PAC primarily funded by the firm he now supposedly has nothing to do with — and if that strategy apparently works — it’s further evidence that Lutnick has not properly eliminated this massive conflict of interest.

Molly White

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · 2 minutes ago

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

3 media

#citationneedednewsletter #cryptocurrency #crypto #uspolitics #uspol

peertube

@peertube@spectra.video · 2 minutes ago

peertube

@peertube@spectra.video · 2 minutes ago

European Commission

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu · 23 minutes ago

The net around Russia's war machine is getting tighter.

As our sanctions take hold, we see a regime retreating behind a digital Iron Curtain to hide the truth about its failing economy. Yet, no matter how high the wall, it eventually falls.

Our 20th sanctions package to weaken the Kremlin’s invasion includes:

🔹 632 ships banned from our ports.
🔹 20 banks added to our list.
🔹 €365m in trade halted.
🔹 Zero tolerance for sanctions dodging.

https://link.europa.eu/xTHT3K

#StandWithUkraine

Visual featuring a collage of an oil pipeline, a cargo ship, Russian rouble banknotes, and port cranes. Large text reads "New EU sanctions against Russia" with a red "prohibited" symbol over the centre. The EU flag is in the top right corner.

European Commission - European Commission

Statement by President von der Leyen with Executive Vice-President Virkkunen on the digital age verification app

Good morning,\nLast autumn, at the State of the Union address, I committed to making the online world safer for our children. We know that digital technology can give children incredible opportunities.

Antonio

@agremon@mastodon.gal · 2 minutes ago

@EUCommission and against Israel?

scribe

@scribe@mastodon.sdf.org · 3 minutes ago

Humans are no longer hyper enough to power a hyper-hyper-economy. The rich need ever-faster amplification.

Molly White

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · 3 minutes ago

In short: the two sides are suing one another despite likely knowing the true nature of the deal they agreed to. Sun admits the tokens he bought are unregistered securities, World Liberty admits they’re not decentralized and Sun shouldn’t have taken their claims to be seriously.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

The lawsuits reflect a common crypto pattern: two experienced cryptocurrency entities, both with less than stellar reputations for trustworthiness, entered a deal, both likely aware of its true nature. Sun admitted the tokens he purchased were effectively unregistered securities with “boilerplate” disclaimers that everyone knew were false. World Liberty built in centralized controls to a supposedly decentralized project after completing its initial token sale, claiming Sun as an experienced crypto figure “knows that it is common for a cryptocurrency company to have the ability and right to freeze accounts” — as though he shouldn’t have taken seriously their claims of decentralization and promises not to freeze accounts. Each side bet they could profit despite the contradictions, and now they’re locked in a legal battle claiming the other violated principles neither of them actually believed in.

Molly White

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · 3 minutes ago

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

2 media

#citationneedednewsletter #cryptocurrency #crypto #uspolitics #uspol