“Spending donor funds to fight worker unionization does not advance our mission of bringing the world's knowledge to all people, the mission I've spent years working at the Foundation to pursue.” -- Wikimedia worker, name withheld

[1] https://http.cat/451

As word of Carney's capitulations to Trump leak, remember:

• 56% of Canadians want the federal government to make no more concessions
• 74% support a special tax on electricity sold to the US
• 70% support taxing oil and natural gas exports to the US
• 70% support restricting US companies from bidding on Canadian gov't contracts
• 64% support a ban on the sale of all US liquor in Canada
• 63% support taxing potash exports to the US
• 60% oppose reducing our dairy supply management

Also: a plurality of Canadians (47%) say if a new trade deal is reached, a federal election should follow.

https://leger360.com/in-the-news-canada-us-trade-negotiations-august-2026/

#Canada #CDNPoli #NoDeal

It's just fucking wild to me that ICE has a specific, designated concentration camp for children they've raped who become pregnant and the entire country isn't tearing it down.
America is OK with kids being shot in schools. Raped by billionaires. Trafficked but raise gas prices and they flip OUT!!!! . As long as it isnt in their front yard or it doesnt disrupt their lives.. should absolutely be priority #1 for everyone.

prime directive loopholes

@stshank that picture of musk is one of the most “snake oil salesperson” looking photo I’ve ever seen.

RE: https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/117135304667939947

1. This is sociopathic behaviour, no surprise given that Musk is a narcissist and corporations are inherently sociopathic.

2. Tesla appears to have lied in court under oath about this data. Why has no executive gone to jail for that?

#narcissism #pathocracy #Tesla #teslatakedown

@hipsterelectron this cut is perhaps too specific, but Ronald Rivest is the name of someone who designs and opens a lightly themed casino in the 90s and then goes to prison 2 decades later for racketeering

Damn!!! So close to a perfect score and yet so far (number three should have been a 100 too, of course, I second guessed myself. Never second guess yourself for this game!!!)

www.maptap.gg August 22
100🎯 100🎯 97🔥 100🎯 93🏆
Final score: 973

#Linux

I mean brey, if ppl bitching and moaning about anti-ai "bigotry" on social media were genuinely just curious dabblers having fun "doing their own little projects" then they could just stop going on fucking endlessly about how good their slop tastes and the problem would self-correct. But they ain't. They're ppl insisting you accept this crap as "the same as art/coding/creating/writing/doing actual relevant work" and that HAPPENS to be tied to the billionaire fascist agenda for OBVIOUS reasons.

@wjmaggos
> this is a different use case (social networking, more private) than what we do with microblogging or the social news feed (social media, very public) ... one ID for both would be great

I think this is why the SocialCG are working on ways to do E2EE group chat on top of ActivityPub. If this works out, we'll be able to log into a publishing app and a separate private chat app, using the same AP account. Rather than always mashing the 2 use cases together in one app.

@Liquidator

@Sarahp so many cool digital watch faces!

@steko @junes @thecontinent

Have the Russians been kicked out yet?

@thomasfuchs shut up

let's transition a bit