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"The reality is that Ukraine in 2026 is not a functioning democracy. It is a country where freedom of speech has been systematically dismantled, where political opposition has been criminalised, and where the press exists only at the pleasure of the state."
"Today is Ukrainian Independence Day. It seems a fitting moment to speak honestly about a country the West claims to love and has systematically destroyed." #ukraine #russia #usa #foreigninterference #warcrimes #ultranationalism #nazis
https://thespectaclemag.substack.com/p/the-ukrainian-people-are-fighting
DO NOT BOOST THIS. COMING POSTS WILL INTRODUCE THE ARTISTS/PRESENTERS FOR NHAMFEST26. DO GO BONKERS ON THAT, AND THE POST ABOVE.
Big advance thank you to all the participating artists, community venue admin hosts mods and YOU for attending and helping amplify!
We have assembled another GLOBAL eclectic distributed streaming parade (24 hours worth) of artists that In My Hamster Opinion punch way above weight class for what some folks may think resides in the "alt socials" neighbourhood.
🐹 📡 🎁
@radiofreefedi My Hamster Opinion, lol
Concept: what if Canada just pivoted away from the concept of ubiquitous personal automobile ownership and use now that the auto sector here is doomed
@decryption how many have had native dual stack?
@waderoberts ive never paid attention!
The US making an enemy out of Canada is as stupid as Denmark making an enemy out of Sweden — something we quit doing 306 years ago, back when The United States did not even exist yet.
@randahl My grandmother, a Danish girl born in the late 1800s, told me that when she was growing up she was told that the Swedes were not very good, but she had met a Swedish lady* and she was actually very nice.
* - in 1970s California
Do not use an Uzi to assemble your furniture
@codinghorror aw HELL YEAH
Douglas Adams:
Supporters of neo-Nazi Jake Lang were again shut down today in California, when they tried to harass and disrupt a local Islamic Center and Catholic Church.
@igd_news the nazi getting lifted and carried out of the place like a naughty child. 🙏🏻
@slightlyoff birds eye view of cyclopean duck head
@gryphonmyers @slightlyoff No it's Psyduck!
The Mountain Women of the Dachstein massif are shy spirits who only emerge at night from their caves.
#Austria #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Heathens%27_Holes_in_Gro%C3%9Farl
🤠 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says data centers deserve the backlash they're getting: 'They basically dug their own grave' https://www.businessinsider.com/greg-abbott-texas-data-centers-backlash-2026-8
#lovemakeshare August 24: Lakes, rivers, seas, or oceans? Explain.
Oceans, because twenty years of going to the beach every summer we're extremely influential on my idea of a good vacation.
Last RT - No gods, no masters mutherfucker, I can assemble a futon with a Mac-10 if I wanna. This is America.
Now adding "purchasing dairy products" to the list of thing the Scolds of Mastodon are upset with me about.
@mattblaze Are the Scolds of Mastodon like a Greek Chorus? Seriously could be cool in the next great theatre production off-Broadway.
Eventually any tech business with a text editor will try to implement spell checking and they will invariably fuck it up repeatedly, cancel and uncancel the project and overall take years until they learn the lessons of how users use their app and how much they hate invasive red and blue lines.
@mattdarveniza the operating system has a fine spell checker, use it!! give me a toggle to turn it on or off - done!!! why has god forsaken us
@otte_homan @ifixcoinops actually have been doing that over the past few weeks, I live in Canberra and my parents have been in Broken Hill. So the phone chats have been mostly about the weather.
@emmadavidson ... I recommend Dan to travel to Broken Hill. It's nice there. There's probably a few coinops to be fixed, too. @ifixcoinops
The legendary Cliff Stoll gave a delightful talk at DEFCON on Stalking The Wily Hacker (40 Years Later) at DEFCON. It's now online. If you've never seen Cliff, a Klein Bottle, or an overhead projector before, rush over to the youtubes and fix that right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=656058JxTM0
@mattblaze somewhat fascinatingly, Hess also gave a retrospective talk this year: https://media.ccc.de/v/ho26-124-vom-hacker-zum-spion-die-geschichte-des-kgb-hacks-der-1980-jahre
unfortunately it’s as of yet untranslated from German and full of AI slides, so I can’t speak much more of it…
EFF's Senior Legislative Associate Chao Jun Liu will be joining Assemblymember Tasha Boerner's free webinar on California's DROP tool to discuss why privacy matters and practical tips for protecting your own. RSVP to join the webinar at 5pm PT on Wednesday at https://bit.ly/BoernerPrivacy.
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