i'm not a coder but i use a lot of command line tools - finally getting around to setting a guake style hotkey for iterm2 on macos is really making my fucking life a lot easier

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/05/milla-payne-protester-sues-government/ > According to her lawsuit, Payne had been following the officers’ orders while “voicing her objection to the treatment of a fellow protester” to two of the officers. Then, a third officer stepped toward Payne and […]

RE: https://convo.casa/@b/116697592111807179 I actually think the PD who beat her is good, but I do hope she publishes whatever this records request shake loose. Vasquez is a bad guy.

RE: https://convo.casa/@b/116698029919320216 Interesting in the context of actual EU infrastructure having a dedicated comms server on mastodon

> We call upon governments, municipalities, public service media, and civic institutions to: > > * Publish content preferentially on open European social media. Oligarch-owned infrastructure follows oligarch editorial lines, and none of those are in the public’s interest […]

have encountered this link preview several times this morning, keep thinking it says “Paramount’s Weiss Hoes”, and thinking “wow, ok” https://www.status.news/p/60-minutes-bari-weiss-amy-reisenbach-paramount

https://flaminghydra.com/boys-lives/ > None of the attendees had bothered to hide their affiliations in coy language or coded images. They simply broadcast their hatred in the baldest terms possible and then lied about it under questioning.

> One loose end from the contest: Brown filed a public records request for all correspondence from Vasquez mentioning her, including communications with reporters. https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2026/05/26/bad-blood-lingers-after-sitting-circuit-judge-ousted/ #pdx #portland #oregon #orpol […]

ah. https://futurism.com/science-energy/something-living-inside-fog

More and more there should be some sort of rev/ profit share clauses in film contracts, especially across indie movies where the risks are greater and some people work for a lower pay just to get credits.

Scientists, engineers, activists and academics have been trying to solve climate change for decades, and no one thought of this solution???? Problem SOLVED people, let's pack it UP

STEVEN ROOOOOOOOT https://beep.town/@initech/116695971342486454

read that #patriotfront thing earlier, & everybody’s right to be concerned, & everybody’s also right to laugh their asses off in ridicule at those virtuosically inept fucking dorks

honestly hope I can find a minute to remember to look through this whole collection, some very nice stuff in it https://mastodon.social/@fhardwig/116691057970417991

increasingly liking the cut of this guy’s jib

it’s funny how they’re all stopping short of just saying “we’re feeding all these active investigation documents into a server owned by Anthropic” https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/06/kyron-horman-disappearance-anniversary-brings-announcement-of-new-investigative-technology.html > […]

For months, Council went back and forth on how to fund two homeownership projects for Black Portlanders. But some councilors have raised questions about transparency, how to most effectively use social housing funds, and a perception that officials could fund orgs they were previously connected to.

Tony Soprano entered the Backrooms in the food poisoning dream episode

it’s always kinda wild to me that @404media.co has sorted out how to offer subscriber RSS feeds, but larger outlets e.g. @wired.com haven’t. I subscribe to both regardless, but seems like a pretty nice incentive for subscription!

'Our Pool is Bigger than Skyscrapers,' Trump assures an anxious nation www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

I guess the LLM apologia from rsync dude is funny considering his thing just makes meticulously precise data copies, transfers, archives, etc

that Pulp lyric about _“watch your life slide out of view”_ has really always sparked the deep horror of recognition

Sounds like a bad, avoidable dude https://convo.casa/@b/116690700521561088

Rick Forture

our pool is bigger than skyscrapers

# 'Our Pool is Bigger than Skyscrapers,' Trump assures an anxious nation > Before signing an executive order related to customs in the Oval Office on Wednesday, **Donald Trump** took seven minutes to reassure an anxious public, beset by worries about a protracted […] [Original post on convo.casa]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/opinion/project-2025-2029-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nVA.zzD3.NZovSLmj68AD > For Trump-aligned conservatives, the Constitution is an unlimited grant of executive authority, where sovereignty lies with a president who is more Bonapartist tribune […]

it’s so fucked up that there is a prominent public entity called “The Winklevoss Twins”

why are ppl still using substack when blogspot is right there

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2676979515/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a1dc19d9d9fbd0001ae1dca&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky > SpaceX is expected to be catapulted to become “among the world’s most valuable companies” once it goes public, Business Insider […]

Weeping Moon. #gospels, Echternach 11th century. BL, Harley 2821, fol. 101r. #medieval #medievalart

Insanely good reporting from @taylorgriggs.bsky.social here. Click through and read the whole story.

there were no guys with any other names available > Freedom 250 is a White House organization launched by executive order to create Trump-driven alternatives to the events planned by the nonpartisan United States Semiquincentennial Commission, America250. The announced concert lineup was […]

on a similar note, why is this fedsoc creep org which dissolved in February running prominent ads on @wweek.com today?

RE: https://convo.casa/@b/116680421094634080 do you think PPB ever wonders what it might be like to _not_ be involved in comically overt moral rot?

> Two people who were hired to gather signatures for a Portland ballot initiative that would use clean energy funds to hire police say they were trained to mislead the public about the proposal. If true, the conduct would violate state elections rules, and could spell trouble for the petitioners […]

I still can't believe it said > THE DONALD J. TRUMP AND > > THE JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

It’s nice to replace “capital’s accumulation of a disciplinary reserve army of unemployed labor” with “people just have different ideas about what makes good art, and so what if they have a weird amount of stuff in common?” - the vibes are nicer.

my fav part was when it was like “lots of people (workers) were mad; but there were also some people (management & capital) who were excited & happy” with no real subsequent interrogation into why that might be the case.

RE: https://convo.casa/@b/116670883638237394 > “Some were too ethnic in any single direction, whereas Eline wanted her to seem like a melting pot of all the England-landed ethnicities” dog, what?

Taffy Brodesser-Akner manages not to notice that what makes management so excited about this is the same reason workers are repulsed. it’s a pretty virtuosic aversion to extremely simple class analysis: > Immediately upon Eline’s introduction of Tilly to the world in July 2025 via a short A.I […]

> Bovino – known, among other things, for his long coats and arm gestures that evoked Nazi associations – wears a black jacket with a light blue shirt. He thanks the press: “You are all doing fantastic work by being here. With your attention, this movement in Europe can grow.” A little later […]

stoked ngl https://mastodon.social/@sawasteland/116648220173731485

becoming a plural apostrophe guy

although terrible, the internet has produced a lot of funny things, but for me nothing compares to "I;m thinking about thos beans"

She’s probly got drunk on kitty wine

sometimes Pancho & Lefty comes up, and I'm continually surprised at ppl who don't interpret it as a beautiful song about a snitch

RE: https://convo.casa/@b/116658717989206633 It’s not a video still or anything, just that photo. I’m not sure how else to describe that.

Bovino just straight up posting a nazi salute this morning, alright https://twiiit.com/GregoryKBovino/status/2060342184759673004