#colombia President Gustavo Petro is expelling the entire Israeli diplomatic delegation following reports Israeli forces detained 2 Colombians in the #globalsumudflotilla. He also announced the immediate revocation of his country's free #trade agreement with #israel. “If this information is […]

Convicted felon president Trump announced a new navy aircraft carrier will be named the USS Charlie Kirk. A man who never served, was a shit-stirrer, and who became famous for no longer being with us. Was this SecWar Hegseth's idea?

A cartoon from my new book PHYSICS FOR CATS which comes out a week tomorrow! Preorder at you local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

It's bad enough that you get an email when "your order is despatched" and "your order is out for delivery", why do I also need an email saying "your order has been delivered"? I know when something's come through the letter box because I live there

AOC: "I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance However, they are weaker than they look…" #politics #aoc

They look bored and unamused, like they're at a faculty meeting.

Two positive thoughts about the terrible #hegseth #trump meeting with military leaders: 1) I am confident that it hardened opposition more than support among military leadership. 2) Contrary to my expectations, they did not use the gathering to loyalty-test people and immediately dismiss any who […]

Excuse me while I do some "Vibe Accounting" with this Excel spreadsheet. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/with-new-agent-mode-for-excel-and-word-microsoft-touts-vibe-working/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@north I'd love to see an open social media alternative to LinkedIn.

How feasible would it be to have something like a job board app that runs on the fediverse¹? I know about the hashtags that are currently being used, but that's pretty ephemeral. Much or maybe all of the necessary functionality is already there, no? ¹ because fuck LinkedIn and all the rest

I just peer reviewed a journal article that cited a “hallucinated" article ostensibly authored by me. Needless to say, I recommended rejection. #academia #academicchatter #commodon

Not the best of times. However, today I became an elected member of the Society of Wood Engravers. This has raised a smile and reminded me that I have only 10 days in which to submit my entries for the 2026 annual travelling exhibition. Pictured, engravings […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details

Trump, the Law-Breaker! Judge excoriates Trump in blistering decision calling efforts to deport pro-Palestinian academics illegal The Reagan-appointed judge decried Trump’s “great threat to Americans’ freedom of speech.” #aurefreepress #News #press #headline #gop #Politics #uspolitics #USpol […]

"Where the social connection for a Facebook Group is the Meta walled garden, our community apps connect through to the open social web, on the Fediverse, and, across the bridge, Bluesky." @michael on the Newsmast Foundation and everything we're up to at the moment […]

Trump's decision to mobilize military forces in U.S. cities appears to be an attempt to goad demonstrators into acts of violence, which can become a justification for additional measures of repression. This leaves military and security personnel with a choice: to execute illegal/immoral orders […]

I appreciate you Barak

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In a sane country with competent leadership, the 50 highest-ranking Democrats would call a press conference to denounce what just happened as a threat to the republic and demand Trump's immediate impeachment and removal from office. I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.

In 2011, Aaron Swartz was arrested after he downloaded millions of academic journal articles from JSTOR via the MIT network. He was charged under federal laws (including wire fraud and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) with up to 13 felony counts, carrying the possibility of […]

I just got an alert that Nvidia’s market cap crossed $4.5T. I know I am mixing elephants and telephone poles here, but it seems weird that the manufacturer of IT components has a market cap that is almost 15% of the GDP of the US for 2025 🤔

If whatever religion says being with the same sex is wrong I can only say that religion is wrong

#trump admin illegally targeted pro-#Palestinian #protesters The Trump admin’s push earlier this year to #arrest & #deport #internationalstudents for their pro-Palestinian activism was #illegal, a federal judge ruled Tues, calling the crackdown a “truly scandalous & #unconstitutional […]

A great researcher I work with @carlysagan is looking for research funding or a remote position! It is really depressing how little funding is available to research the effects of satellite reentries... we REALLY need to get more scientists on this, because 1-5 Starlinks per day are reentering […]

In case you missed it, Quote Posts are live on mastodon.social and mastodon.online — let us know what you think! This feature has been a long time coming because we wanted to take the time to do it right. Part of that process was sharing our work and getting feedback along the way […]

I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night. All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

Been thinking a lot lately about how many fresh college grads are probably going to wind up joining the cybercrime community thanks to AI's impact to entry-level jobs, particularly in IT. We've spent years telling everyone we had this huge shortage of […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

This is not just about their hatred of DEI. Trump and Hegseth have explicitly told top military they should resign if they do not agree with all Trump and Hegseth say, which has included broadening the use of troops in U.S. cities. Go back and read the live blog in full. You need to know their […]

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*. Yes: free. If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

I know there's a lot going on right now, but the characterization by the president - to our top military leadership - of US cities as "battlefields" that should be used as "military training grounds" (and without "stupid rules of engagement") is a very big deal. Even by 2025 standards, this is […]

It’s dangerous to go alone #plushtodon

"ICE goes masked for a single reason - to terrorize Americans into quiescence." - from a decision issued today by a federal judge (appointed by Reagan)

In a 161-page ruling, Federal District Court Judge William Young finds that noncitizens in the US have the same First Amendment rights as citizens, and the State and DHS secretaries violated the law by arresting and deporting pro-Palestinian protesters […]

The moment where Hegseth ends his speech and not a single officer claps is the most hopeful thing I have seen in a long time.

KYIV INDEPENDENT: Ukrainian specialists join Danish forces for counter-drone drills amid airspace violations Ukrainian specialists arrived in Denmark on Sept. 29 to join Danish forces in counter-drone exercises after recent airspace violations […]

Hegseth has had a lot of bad ideas, but this one is disruptive and even somewhat dangerous. All of these men and women have real jobs they should be doing. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

In addition to performing at the forthcoming Circuits in the Woods festival (in Brattleboro #Vermont, Nov 15), I am running the official Mastodon account. :apartyblobcat: https://mastodon.social/@Circuits_in_the_Woods This is an experiment to see if using a Mastodon account for interacting […]

Looks like a good job in San Francisco for a science communicator with an interest in oceanography. https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sofarocean/jobs/7451868003

Russian army left without electronics – factory near Bryansk attacked #shorts #Ukraine

Ukrainian specialists join Danish forces for counter-drone drills amid airspace violations #Ukraine

This is a good commentary that links to the article above: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/deutsche-bank-grim-warning-ai-industry

Netanyahu: "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-netanyahu-ceasefire-plan-hamas-b2836090.html Where have we heard this before?! a) Goodfellas b) Carr's recent threats (FCC) to free speech facilitators (E.g.Kimmel) […]

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/27/nx-s1-5555412/george-hardy-tuskegee-airman-obit Respect.

“MAGA cries ‘free speech’—then demands arrests when it’s used against them. Republican lawmaker wants Newsom jailed for calling Miller a ‘fascist.’ Hypocrisy doesn’t get louder than this. #MAGA #FreeSpeech” www.thedailybeast.com/maga-rep-der...

RJ May, the South Carolina GOP lawmaker who said drag queens and trans people “harm” children, just pled guilty to child porn charges. This is the same person the anti-LGBTQ+ “parents’ rights” group Moms for Liberty presented their 2023 Legislator of the Year […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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HAHAHAHA BBC: The perils of letting AI plan your next trip "...An imagined town in Peru, an Eiffel tower in Beijing: travellers are increasingly using tools like ChatGPT for itinerary ideas – and being sent to destinations that don't exist. Miguel Angel Gongora Meza, founder and director of […]

1. A day after the Michigan church shooting, Republicans are silent after learning the shooter was a MAGA extremist. No investigations of Trump supporters as terrorists. No national conversations about the rights of cisgender men. The silence is deafening. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Deutsche Bank is now warning that the US AI bubble is about to pop. “It may not be an exaggeration to write that NVIDIA—the key supplier of capital goods for the AI investment cycle—is currently carrying the weight of U.S. economic growth. The bad news is that in order for the tech cycle to […]