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MelvilleSpence

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Old tech guy, definitely not a Techbro. I read books Drink coffee Love my dogs And I know stuff Or at least that’s what the T shirt my better half gave me for my birthday says. 😂

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@MelvilleSpence@phpc.social avatar MelvilleSpence , to random

If I decide to build an app that tracks women’s menstrual cycles for Christian Nationalist fascists using a pc, , & , that’s not the fault of anything or anyone but me. Bad are a human failing not an failing. Protest the use case, not the toolbox.

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We are celebrating our 31st anniversary today! We have adopted a new logo to signal positive changes. We have refreshed our logo to reflect the new type of organization we have become — one that wants to re-engage with our community, and reach new audiences.

See more at:
https://www.w3.org/press-releases/2025/new-logo/

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@w3c like the logo

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

"Just kill them"

In the US, Fox News is now promoting a final solution to the challenges with the mentally ill.

Not that long ago, the US helped us stop the Nazis — how in the world did the US fall so low?

Clip from Fox and Friends.

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@randahl we don’t have Fox News, they refused to abide by the terms of a UK licence and got pulled. We have our own fascist scumbags who masquerade as journalists.

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Those of us outside came to the conclusion that as a whole are quite happy with the frequency of incidents quite some time ago. We don’t understand it, we are horrified, yet they barely register in the news cycle now. doesn’t begin to describe this national psychosis the suffers from.

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@derickr youngest told me this morning that a lot of the age verifications can be (bypassed with a Rick Astley img) which is both hilarious and sums up this idiocy perfectly.

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In his case, the D stands for Dunce.

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@georgetakei The first country fascists invade is their own, as Americans are finding out.

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@georgetakei RFK Jr is broken.

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

April reading wrap-up. Big reading month this month, and some great books in there.

Collage of book covers showing the books I read this month and their ratings East of Eden John Steinbeck 5 Anathema Keri Lake 2 Cannery Row John Steinbeck 3 Alas, Babylon Pat Frank 3.5 The Monsters We Defy Leslye Penelope 3.5 James Percival Everett 4 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 3.5 That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon Kimberly Lemming 2 The Eye of the Bedlam Bride Matt Dinniman 3.5 Falling Free Lois McMaster Bujold 4 The Hexologists Josiah Bancroft 4.5 Shards of Honor Lois McMaster Bujold 3 A Rival Most Vial RK Ashwick 4.5 A Captured Cauldron RK Ashwick 3 Legends & Lattes Travis Baldree 3.5 This Inevitable Ruin Matt Dinniman 3 Beware of Chicken CasualFarmer 4 World War Z Max Brooks 2
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@molly0xfff Eclectic reading rocks

@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

Awaiting reaction from the residents of the Heard and McDonald Islands after the US today imposed a 10% reciprocal tariff on products from the volcanic territory between Madagascar and Antarctica. Might be waiting a bit -- apparently the total human population is (double checks notes)...zero.

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@w7voa Taps sign

believes in the delusion that you can fund the Federal Gov through and hanging your political opponents, it really isn’t much more complicated than that. He’s a throwback to early 19th C America, including all the social attitudes.

Want to understand ? Read a good biography of something like Meacham’s American Lion.

@evacide@hachyderm.io avatar evacide , to random

Today's OPSEC lesson is this: all of the encryption in the world is not going to save you if you add the editor of The Atlantic to your war-planning Signal group chat.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=fXb4ymsFcV2ntAzqIpmYvaCSBCGxAw0GA0n-mECa1x8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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@evacide if the Hillbilly Himmler and the rest of the gang are talking about strikes against the Houthis on Signal, they are undoubtedly also talking abt Canada, Mexico, Greenland too, which may explain why these governments are so worried.

@kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange avatar kevinrothrock , to random

Another thank you requested and promptly received.

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@kevinrothrock is there any point in pointing out has a land border with already? Has Walter Mitty’s DOGE sacked everyone in the State Department who can read a fecking map?

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

It's almost too much to bear 🐻

Screenshot of a social post by '@KatieDeal99' that says: 'We could all be hibernating right now but noooooo we have to be "adults" with "responsibilities"'
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@georgetakei Only the most deluded could believe that deserves a $56billion wage packet.

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

Merry Christmas Eve! 🎄

Atlas, a mostly black pit bull/husky/german shepherd mix, runs in the snow. He’s going fast so his front paws are on the ground and his back legs are in the air as he gallops. He’s wearing a buffalo plaid coat that looks more like a horse blanket, and he’s also got red boots on. His leash trails limply behind him, unable to dampen his delight.
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@molly0xfff Sox the Lurcher & Firion the Westie say that looks bloody cold and Merry Christmas