It's the end of the month and I've used my last checkout to get streaming movies and series and books and music through my library's app....
....do I have patience to wait a couple of days for the checkouts to renew for the new month???
Orrrrrr.....
Do I begin my Library Card Scavenger Hunt and start going to all the other libraries that share reciprocation with my library AND GET ALL THE LIBRARY CARDS AND ALL THE MOVIES AND BOOKS AND SERIES AND MUSIC THAT I CAN HANDLE!!!!!!
Personalescrito
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RE: https://assortedflotsam.com/@NewsBot/117172312980041267
New York Times on the front line of imperialist propaganda once more.
Everybody knows that a paper like that has a lot of access in Iranian society... Of course not. So, the reporters fixed a story of Iranian people who were, at least, happy that their country being bombed by two terrorist regimes USA-Israel, hoping for a fall of the Islamic Republic.
Then it comes the acceptance of the defeat, pointing straight Trump: "For some Iranians, President Trump’s erratic policymaking has been an inflection point. After the United States failed to achieve its stated goals, including preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, changing the government and obliterating its missile program, Mr. Trump threatened to wipe out Iranian civilization, strike the country’s infrastructure and send the country “back to the Stone Ages.” U.S. and Israeli strikes also hit or damaged places that are important to civilians, including steel plants, petrochemical facilities, bridges and historic cultural sites."
Then the paper reports that USA is trying to starve the Iranian population to force them protest again to overthrow the current state.
A paper to use in your toilet as the imperialist policies it represents.
#media #iran #crimesagainsthumanity #USterrorism #usimperialism #FuckImperialism #imperialism #ClassWar #propaganda #IsraelTerroristState #warcrimes
Today was shite.
But I have a new earworm that bodes well.
Imagination: music and lights
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope that the weekend holds more promise for you.
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A young Carrion Crow posing on a post
#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #BirdScrolling
RE: https://flipboard.com/@washpost/opinions-efcn4m7sz/-/a-Uf5Lxn8qTvGvEndQg_ZXvw%3Aa%3A419161690-%2F0
Yes, and everyone in #MiddlePowers countries should see it.
"Let it be known to all that we, the free French, are undefeated. We will not surrender, we will not retreat, and our children will have nothing to reproach us for.”
RE: https://social.tupo.space/@joshua/117174153454890194
My current AI-code policy is that I will always use the best model I can access, as long as it's practically able to do the job.
Right now, as far as I know, that's Fable.
Quality and accuracy matter FAR more to me than volume or speed of output. And I feel that I owe it to my customers — and myself — to use the best tools at my disposal.
Cost may be a factor to others, so no judgment. This is just my policy for myself.
Personalescrito
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On the so-called Axis of Resistance and claims about proxies.
It is ridiculous to claim that Hezbollah was founded by the three-year-old Islamic Republic of Iran. Hezbollah emerged from cells of the (also Shiite) Amal movement and from the determination of a significant segment of the Lebanese national liberation movement to fight by all means (including armed struggle) against the Zionist occupation of Lebanon. This trend predated the Islamic Republic of Iran, which, moreover, had existed for only three years, was facing constant attacks by American imperialists and their agents within Iran, and—most importantly—was facing an external military offensive (1980) by the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein, which was acting as a proxy for the Americans.
Ben
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@TheBreadmonkey only horribly disfigured lurking in the paris catacombs and sewers bent on revenge michael crawford can save us now
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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just saw the franglais phrase "the rest is hystérie" for the first time and I cannot tell you how happy this makes me
@opny721 sembra che il governo italiano non trovi affatto strano che un paese alleato possa indicare come terrorista un collettivo che ha sede da anni nella Repubblica Italiana.
Un governo di servi senza onore
@informapirata @opny721 @eticadigitale@poliversity.it @eticadigitale@feddit.it per questi politiANTI ...ANTIFA sempre pronti e proni a 90° coi potenti e e invece rabbiosi e inflessibili con i comini cittadini😑
@CCirco you too! I thought it was a special message just for me.
@andypiper damn, I'm gonna go drown my sorrows in that latest LinkedIn puzzle game they sent along, cause that's what business networking is all about... right? 😬
Today was shite.
But I have a new earworm that bodes well.
Imagination: music and lights
@TheBreadmonkey But were we really, Ben? Were we really?
Ooooooooh, Betty
Personalescrito
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RE: https://kolektiva.social/@AberdeenLocal1312/117172287518096092
Anyone looking for our collection of eps & zines during this NoBlogs outage can visit:
https://archive.org/details/thefinalstrawradio?sort=-date
or the podcast (subscribable) since 2017 can check out:
https://thefinalstrawradio.libsyn.com/
Personalescrito
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RE: https://chaos.social/@thefinalstrawradio/115679804496870004
Maybe a lesson in the NoBlogs situation of "putting our eggs in one basket" for many anti-authoritarian left projects (such as ours). If you want to revisit this chat, you can find the audio and transcripts at
https://archive.org/details/tfsr-20251207-SignalContingencyPlan
or
https://thefinalstrawradio.libsyn.com/signal-contingency-plan-delta-chat-with-fanny-and-mary
Signal Contingency Plan (Delta Chat with Fanny and Mary) : The Final Straw Radio : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Internet Archive
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party What's the conversation rate of "Whoopsies Doopsies" to "Whoopsies"
So, Twitter 2...
I want to believe their intentions are as they say, but I Have Questions...
...starting with: why would anyone with truly good intentions be building YACS (Yet Another Centralized Service) in this day and age?
My top theory now is that they're using "record label" tactics: hire and deploy a bunch of truly sincerely well-meaning kids to write your promotional copy, interface with the potential customers, and build the initial service. (...while making sure the fine-print lets you enshittify it all later without let or hindrance.)
...but I'd love to be proved wrong.
If anyone knows anything about the people behind this, please feel free to pass it along.
@woozle I need to find out who these people are. Centralization makes certain problems SO much easier to solve. So VERY much easier.
And there's a certain nostalgia here, for peak era Twitter. We all miss some version of Twitter when we were having the most fun there, ya know?
Apple Photos in iOS 27 upgrades one of my favorite features in a big way https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/28/apple-photos-in-ios-27-upgrades-one-of-my-favorite-features-in-a-big-way/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
HomeKit Weekly: Linkind’s Smart Light Stick brings flame effects with Matter support https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/28/linkinds-smart-light-stick-brings-flame-effects-and-matter-support/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
