I was all prepared to celebrate Indignant Peoples Day until I realized my pre-coffee bleary eyes had read that wrong.

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/80639893-freespeechmatters-2 #freespeech #freespeechmatters #firstammendment #1stAmmendment #1a

Kari Lake (“acting CEO” of USAGM) appears to have a fundamental misunderstanding of VOA. It’s always been 100% federal government, not a grantee (e.g. RFE/RL, RFA, MBN). And VOA’s unbiased, non-partisan journalism is mandated by law.

Went to a #funeral today for my wife’s closest uncle. #navy vet, Honor Guard at grave site (always quite moving). But the guy officiating was awful. Some pastors lean into providing comfort. Some act like they’re in a weird proselytizing pyramid scheme. This guy was the latter, plus super MAGA […]

BUT BUT TECH AND UI/UX ARE APOLITICAL!!! just came across a post with racist asshats complaining that Mastodon will finally turn into Blacktwitter with quoted posts and i want to burn all the things down. fuck those people and fuck everybody catering to their racist, white supremacist asses by […]

I listen to KCMP #thecurrent from #minnesotapublicradio #mpr most weekday mornings. Anti #earworm tool. I switch to other stations when the morning gals get too chatty (they do that a lot) instead of shutting TFU & playing music. Right now, the #mnstatefair has them re-arranged, so the […]

Feeling extremely conflicted. Ukraine should be rebuilt with renewables.. for the 21st century and beyond. Canada is acting as a force for the old ways, the destruction of the planet, even when acting righteously in the support of a country under attack by imperial armies. Canada and Ukraine […]

A couple screenshots from #SniperElite5 wherein I caused a deadly traffic jam. Several of these vehicles still running, with the driver dead in the vehicle, or next to it. #gametherapy for this bizarro fascist timeline we’re living in.

When your employer pressures you to use your #pto it may be a red flag. They'll say things like "we believe it's best for our employees to take time to recharge and refresh" blah blah blah. That may be a true idea, but it can simultaneously be an insincere statement from the employer. They […]

Sometimes I just post THIS happy photo showing the JOY of good government. My take away for myself & others is when you have a chance to promote joy, do it. Governor Tim Walz surrounded by smiling kids hugging him after signing the bill to feed school kids in #Minnesota. #empathyavengers

The new owners of the company that I've been with for almost 18 years has "cut my hours" by 30%. That sounds funny, 'cuz I've been a salaried employee all that time. We don't really track hours too closely. But yeah, I'm part-time now. So hey, if I was backing you on Patreon or whatever […]

A Thing That AI Could Actually Help With Most of the “AI” and LLM things that dominate the zeitgeist lately are not designed to help people, contrary to the hype. They are designed to make filthy rich people richer, at any cost to society. So the lies […] [Original post on mastodon.hams.social]

Raise teacher pay

Dunn Brothers Lorem Ipsum FAQ On shop.dunnbrothers.com I went looking for help with pausing my subscription. Found the FAQ. It’s full of “Lorem ipsum” placeholder text! #coffeebeans #coffeesubscription #dunnbrothers #loremipsum https://n0mql.com/dunn-brothers-lorem-ipsum-faq/

Details of the four #savevoa briefs filed in support of the mission and independent journalism of the Voice of America. https://savevoa.com/amicus/

Another amici brief filed by national security and public diplomacy experts, who served in Republican and Democratic administrations, expressing unity in their belief VOA plays an important role in advancing natsec interests and should continue to support America’s position in the world.

food, possible international crime

#FartJokes #DadJokes

Here is the fourth iteration of my #FediCard . The idea is to hand these out at #protests , political organizations, and anywhere else where people might be receptive to leaving corporate social media behind. The QR code links to @_elena 's explanatory […] [Original post on mementomori.social]

I learned something today: Google's Gemini "AI" on phones accesses your data from "Phones, Messages, WhatsApp" and other stuff whether you have Gemini turned on or not. It just keeps the data longer if you turn it on. Oh, and lets it be reviewed by humans (!) for Google's advantage in training […]

In which my longest-known co-worker (at now 5 different companies for 25 years) discuss the impending #disaster that is #AI

Had a funny/weird dream just before I woke up. Had just gotten off an elevator, & caught glimpse of a gal & guy conversing 15’ away. I thought, “She’s deaf, & just asked him ‘WTF?!’… She definitely has her WTF expression on.” Woke up with a smirk over the fascinating expressiveness of #asl […]

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Gute Nacht, Valheim! Didn't play much, it was a busy day. Even so, Junar grabbed more ore, hunted more deer, and finally built his first karve (which is a small sailing ship). That does make hauling ore a lot easier. And soon, he'll go on a sailing trip to […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

So, these younger, barely literate folks who are put off by complete sentences, proper capitalization and punctuation, including a period at the end of a sentence in a TXT... How THE FUCK do they react when I edit the message to correct a typo? (Rhetorical question; I don't actually fucking care.)

A long shot, I'm sure, but I'm trying to repair my kettle lid and hoped someone here could help It's a Russell Hobbs 20460 and the spring which makes the lid pop open has fallen out. I have the spring but cannot figure out where it goes. A web search shows […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

Seattle Police Chief Barnes says he expects to be jailed for resisting Trump's orders “I will do everything in my power to protect anyone in Seattle from anyone who comes to this city with the intention to hurt them or inhibit their First Amendment rights.” www.kuow.org/stories/seat...

Funny Signs (15 Photos)!: https://streetartutopia.com/2025/06/10/funny-signs/ - Great Wheat Sharks — Anne Melady in Ontario, Canada. - Shark fins appear to slice through a golden wheat field along Highway 8 west of Dublin, Ontario. Installed by 75-year-old […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Repost with #alttext

Made this according to the instructions a couple weeks ago. Liked it very much. Wife liked it too, but something about it didn't agree with her, so she didn't have any more after that one serving. The rest was mine, as was all of the 2nd batch, which I just made. But I broke some rules.

🚂Coming to Vancouver Island this summer? Headed to Tofino!? Make a stop for a train ride in Port Alberni! 🚂 Every weekend will have rides using a restored diesel loco and heritage passenger cars on the waterfront. 4 weekends will feature the 95yr old No7 Steam Locomotive! News article here […]

How many steps is it from sending the military into an American city to cancelling elections? Asking for a democracy.

I'm skeptical, dubious even, about the article at www.popsci.com/health/can-h... But one interviewee did hit the nail on the head. If it DOES happen, it would happen at #Walmart #SpontaneousCombustion

#Wagu beef breakfast burger. Very good.

Kat Abughazaleh "I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple. Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay." #ice #la

@adhdeanasl Saw this during lunch. Chuckled. Thought you might also find it amusing. https://youtu.be/nzlIGUJ_5gE

The final stage of every multimillion dollar architecture project in my area: taping a paper sign to a glass door. #design #architecture

Minnesita's first off-reservation #Cannabis dispensary has opened in #moorhead. https://www.inforum.com/business/tribal-cannabis-dispensary-to-open-in-moorhead-this-weekend #moorheadmn #fargomoorhead #fargond #minnesota #MNastodon #marijuana #marijuananews

video.nest.com/clip/1f412a6... #Mammotion #Luba2 This dumb teen jerk thinks his best approach is to insult the job my mower is doing. It's doing a better job than I had expected, & reduces my workload incredibly.

I had a dream last night that I was in charge of taking the #QatarGiftJet & changing everything necessary for it to be used as #AirForceOne When we were done, it was battleship gray, inside & out. Not a speck of cheap gold plated bullshit in the entire thing. It was beautiful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3zf... It's the robot, mowing the back yard. Dumbest live stream ever.

In Care Of Mental Health. Me: "I'm calling because you sent me a letter telling me you don't have my new address." Former Employer: "What is your new address?" Me: "It's the address you put on the letter you just mailed to me, informing me that you don't have my new address, which I received […]

At Airport waiting for my wife at International Arrivals door. Chauffer standing here with a sign that says “BALIWICK”. I ask her, "I’m a Wheelhouse, does that help?" #DadPunsInTheWild #Puns #DadJokes

On spousal international travel and wee-hours #devops #jenkins #declarativepipeline testing...

Trump's budget: We're cutting your health care and cancer cures to pay to deport your nurse assistant and cancer researcher.

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

There’s a funny vid where an interviewer gets #SamuelLJackson & #LawrenceFishburn confused, & SLJ humorously implies racism. And I get it. I’ve gotten them confused as well. But I also confuse #BradPitt with #MarkWahlberg …or was it #KevinBacon …well it was SOME other honkey MFer…