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alessandro

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@verge@mastodon.social avatar verge , to random

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out

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@UrsaAshBear

Yeah, usually self-owns of this magnitude only happen after being bought out by Yahoo.

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@alessandro@mstdn.ca avatar alessandro , to random

Have you ever wished that Stevie Nicks was in a doom metal band? This is pretty close.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iWKmiTwjjHA

@alessandro@mstdn.ca avatar alessandro , to random

Does anybody have a good recommendation for a book about the history of cooking ingredients? For example I'd love to read about how onions came to travel the world and be a staple in nearly every type of cooking.

@joyousjoyness@mastodon.social avatar joyousjoyness , to random

Timelapse of my art study of an African American woman to study light and color, and it was painted in Procreate!

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@joyousjoyness Very cool! Why the blue base layer? Is the skin tone slightly transparent so that a bit of blue shines through?

@AlisonCreekside@mstdn.ca avatar AlisonCreekside , to random

Canadian cons are nearly evenly split in their approval/disapproval of Trump, according to EKOS:
Libs & NDP - 99% disapproval
Green - 98% disapproval
Bloc - 93% disapproval
Cons - 55% disapproval

Chart showing Canadian approval ratings of Donald Trump by political party affiliation. Liberals, NDP, and Greens show overwhelming disapproval (99%, 99%, and 98% respectively). Conservatives are divided: 55% disapprove, 45% approve. Bloc Québécois shows 93% disapproval and 7% approval. Survey conducted by EKOS September 5–12, 2025, with 1,614 respondents. Margin of error ±2.4%. This is a poll of EKOS panel, not an opt in poll.
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@AlisonCreekside

Just a reminder of who you're actually arguing with on :

@Sanderde

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@gmoniker

Exactly, it's like complaining about Donald Trump but then voting for him. I can't take that opinion seriously.

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@soatok@furry.engineer avatar soatok , to random

My latest blog post was posted to Hacker News this morning.

Unsurprisingly, the amount of "eww furry" in the comment thread is nonzero.

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@soatok It's genuinely beyond me how anybody working in tech can be anti-furry. Like, you don't need to be one yourself, but do you realize how integral furries have been to everything you use every day? You may as well be a transphobe - it'd show an equal lack of awareness.

@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

I asked the first-ever New York Times perfume critic, Chandler Burr, to review President Trump's high-priced namesake fragrances. Watch his astonishing reaction: https://newsguy.substack.com/p/presidential-scents-from-george-washington

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@w7voa I'd watch a show with this guy, he's hilarious

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    @NanoRaptor what is this! A straight six?

    @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange avatar kevinrothrock , to random

    this is quite good

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    @kevinrothrock From what I can tell these are intended for and attended by primarily USian expats.

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    @kevinrothrock cheeky way of saying "American" (they don't own the continents)

    @HeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.social avatar HeavenlyPossum , to random

    People following me on here because of my objectively awesome and correct takes who are then shocked and appalled to discover that I an anarchist and that I genuinely and truly advocate the abolition of the state have forgotten the “objectively awesome and correct” part.

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    @HeavenlyPossum @squeakypancakes what about Bezos and Zuckerberg?

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    @xale @HeavenlyPossum @squeakypancakes certainly, but I don't think a lack of state would check their power. I for one am a believer in a publicly-held power to prevent unchecked antisocial powers like corporations. I know this ground has been trodden by far smarter people than me but I'm skeptical that anarchism can avoid becoming Ancapistan.

    @alessandro@mstdn.ca avatar alessandro , to random

    @protonprivacy Any comments on this wrt your CEO's comments from last week, saying that Republicans are the party of the little guy rather than big tech?

    "the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and the media of their independence and hand big tech companies "co-governing power", according to a confidential document seen by Reuters."

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/german-ambassador-warns-trump-plan-redefine-constitutional-order-document-shows-2025-01-18/

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    @dansup whoa, nice! Did you have to buy it or was it donated?

    @ayoub@spore.social avatar ayoub , to random

    Ok yeah this is fascism. is a fascist state. They’re already at the stage of enjoying humiliating the untermenschen an entire year into the genocide in . This woman is an Israeli citizen.

    STOP Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social A teacher in Israel, arrested by Ben Gir's police and paraded in front of the cameras on false accusations that she "celebrated the 7th of October". Because she's Palestinian and Muslim. Sooner or later they'll also do it to Jewish ones.
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    @ayoub source?