Over the past two days I have read articles in Israeli newspapers about: - Half of Israeli exporters losing business. - Israel's attempt to not get kicked out of Eurovision and European soccer league. - Informal boycotts on academics. - Informal boycotts on musicians. Political organizing works!

Opening remarks from B’Tselem Director Yuli Novak and journalist Rami Younis at our recent event, “How to Resist Genocide?”

Apple Intelligence is when you say "Hey Siri, play more music like the last track" and it tells you it doesn't understand but it does suggest that maybe you want to drive to a city 5000 miles away because you spent a few days on vacation there earlier in the year.

Attention Gen Xers and boomers with registered domain names 🚨 If you, like me, put a fictitious organization in your domain name registration 25 years ago because NetSol or ICANN did not allow you to leave that field blank, recent policy changes will make that organization name the *legal […]

Reminder that DMs are not private in the Fediverse. 😂🤣

I would add that one person isn't enough, you need a majority, so really you should be ranking all of Cambridge Bicycle Safety's Bike Champions (Al-Zubi, Azeem, Bullister, McGovern, Melanson, Siddiqui, Sobrinho-Wheeler) in the order of your choice. www.cambridgebikesafety.org/election/

As is usually the case for our Cambridge representatives, @pressley.house.gov does the right thing, @whipkclark.bsky.social does the wrong thing.

K-Cup Demon Hunters #coffee #plastic

Make America Hepatocarcinogenic Again rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/cross-the-... For the last week or so, there’s been an awful lot of chatter about the hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine and whether or not it should be administered to newborns.

Reminder that the ADL is all in on supporting the Trump regime's attack on Khalil, and you should never listen to them on any topic whatsoever.

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I have an expired Chase Visa credit card which is printed on sheet metal, and weighs 13 grams (all my other credit/bank cards weigh 5 grams). You need serious tin snips to destroy one of these! #firstworldproblems

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world from #boston. It's 68F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. Ben & Jerry's founder Jerry Greenfield is quitting the iconic ice cream maker; he says parent company Unilever is silencing him. Engine trouble is causing a delay in a […]

During the hearing, Democrats & Republicans are looking for any new light on the events surrounding firing of the #CDC’s Dr. #susanmonarez, & on the efforts of #rfkjr to put his stamp on the country’s #vaccine policies. But she opened with a warning for senators: “I want to be clear. Today […]

**Northeast Public Health Collaborative Recommendations for the 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccine** https://www.mass.gov/info-details/dph-recommended-guidance-for-vaccines > Background > The Northeast Public Health Collaborative is a voluntary coalition of regional public health agencies and leaders […]

Also worth keeping in mind that the IDF is a people's army (~60% of Israel's population). It's mostly conscripts and reservists implementing the genocide, including many people who claim to oppose Netanyahu. The genocide is the result of the actions of a whole society, not just their government.

Good job amateur radio operators for your letter writing campaign to the FCC! https://www.openresearch.institute/2025/09/12/defending-amateur-radio-spectrum-the-ast-spacemobile-battle-continues/ AST SpaceMobile is now only allowed to have 20 satellites use amateur radio bands for operations for […]

https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/#fn:2 The free web will never die so long as we never give up

2 things get teens to listen to parental warnings more www.futurity.org/parents-valu... via @FuturityNews

In short: Putting yourself in your teenager’s shoes may be your best bet in trying to keep your child safe.

FYI, folks: ICE has been actively present in #somervillema this week. They have made at least 3 arrests since yesterday (Thurs, Sept 11). Please take care. Just a reminder. LUCE DEFENSE HOTLINE THINK YOU SEE I.C.E. IN YOUR AREA? CALL: 617-370-5023 https://www.lucemass.org/ #somerpoli […]

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/09/america-unhinged Good blog post from Paul Campos that rightly describes Ezra Klein's NYT op-ed on Kirk "a catastrophic failure of judgment and analysis." #uspolitics #charliekirk #ezraklein #paulcampos

[Kid talk, poop] As a parent, the weirdest fucking things catch you off guard. We have diaper genies for both of our kids. However, the older one is done with diapers, and pull ups, as of, basically, last month. But his diaper genie has just been sitting there, full, and we didn’t notice […]

I wasn't paying attention to the news today, and sat down this evening planning to toot "Happy to report someone got shot today -- me! I got my covid shot!" but it's now in very poor taste.

I, too, am too ignorant of engineering history to have any idea why this is a bad naming choice for a project.

Stay classy, #rhodeisland. (Ingredients: High-fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, coffee extract, caramel color, and potassium sorbate. 473mL bottle of pure energy, baybee... 288g sugar, 1600Kcal.)

The Ig Nobel prizes are happening next week at Boston University, and online. improbable.com/the-35th-fir...

Observations from working the polls at yesterday's preliminary municipal election in #boston: ❌ Less than 20% of registered voters turned out for yesterday's election. This sucks. With everything that is going on in this country, how do people not understand how important it is to vote? I mean […]

This could go BOOM. The CEO of Market Basket has been fired by the company board, a.k.a. his sisters. This also happened 11 years ago. (Market Basket is a regional supermarket chain that inspires unusual devotion in eastern #Massachusetts and #NewHampshire.) […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

1 gene variant in ‘Pac-Man cells’ raises Alzheimer’s risk www.futurity.org/microglia-ge... via @FuturityNews

you know what? screw it. theremin mode. https://github.com/samhenrigold/LidAngleSensor/releases/tag/1.0.3

Wikipedia article of the day

If someone wants to buy me a condo in the North End and give me a few million dollars I too would be happy to launch a losing mayoral campaign.

FreedomBox 25.11 has been released. This release enables Matrix Synapse packages (and only these packages) to be installed from Debian unstable. https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-25-11-released/3894 #freedombox

cuando me preguntan que por qué no me voy a bluesky

I need to learn to let go of the past. #obsoletetech

Another experimental exhibit that LLMs cannot reason. Setting medical diagnosis (an area in which they are pushed hard). In this experiment they took questions in which the LLMs had previously scored well and changed the correct answer to None Of the Above […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Smartphone vs anus. Follow the science

Eastern #Massachusetts / #Boston folks, #COVID levels right now are TEN TIMES AS HIGH as they were at their nadir on July 11, and climbing. PLEASE take precautions < […] [Original post on federate.social]

Exclusive: Inside the CDC Exodus and RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Crusade time.com/7314702/cdc-...

Little mushroom photographed in moss on the branch of an old oak tree. Both the moss and the mushroom are miniature and completely overlooked. You can only see them if you search purposefully with your nose almost in the moss. And then take a picture of them […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I've always liked Pirates of the Caribbean, but every time I watch I gain a greater and greater appreciation for Geoffrey Rush and the way he absolutely incoherently shouts orders. "BRACE AH'D YARDS, YA CACKAYED JECKAYS" (brace up the yards, you cack-handed deck apes) #piratesofthecaribbean #potc

Sports apparently is okay with all the Fascism (I'm not surprised, given the dominance of F*x on US football and other sports 😢 ) https://www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-donald-trump-mens-final-attendance-visit-appearance-censorship-tv-booing-protest-jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz #sports #fascism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGHf7OvglM > 🎶️ > Well, if you're looking for purpose > in the current circus > if you're seeking respect and attention > if you're in need of a gig > that'll help you feel big > come with me, put some folks in detention. > Just last week was kind of rough > I […]

every single pro-slopcode argument reads to us as "the only moral abortion is my abortion", combined with "i spent hours digging through the sewage plant and got this tasty kernel of corn"

https://www.mlb.com/news/davey-johnson-passes-away-at-82 > Johnson’s greatest triumphs as a manager came with the Mets; when he took the reins in 1984, they had not won a pennant since 1973. The mustachioed, opinionated Johnson was a central figure at the helm of the swaggering […]