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Obama made a decision to “look forward” rather than prosecute the architects of the GWB torture program.

That kind of impunity can seem expedient, but it’s morally offensive and bad for democracy.

If Dems should find their way back to power (?), the criminality of Trump and Co. will need to be prosecuted. Political (democratic) legitimacy demands it.

One possibility is outsourcing. Hand perps over to the international courts and let them mete out justice.

ICC, if you’re listening…

in reply to Alexander Karn

Alexander Karn
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Congressman Lieu saying what needs to be said. Laws exist, not on paper, but in their application.

Covenants without the sword, Hobbes wrote in the 17th C, are but words.

Ted Lieu • @tedlieu • 39m Dear @thejointstaff: The UCMJ and federal law prohibit war crimes. Striking civilian infrastructure that causes disproportionate civilian harm constitutes war crimes. You will disobey those illegal orders. If you commit war crimes, the next Administration will prosecute you.
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Joy Mastodon, resplendent in her garden today, sends best wishes to all her fellow #plushtodon souls.

Yellow mastodon plushie, wearing a golden necklace and wrapped in a blue and gold tasseled scarf, is set under a rosemary bush.

Eugen Rochko

2026-04-07 16:58:45

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Need more pictures of #plushtodon to improve mental health (⁣#blåhaj will also do).

#plushtodon

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109/365 #fototour #photography #project365
#Photography #project365 #fototour

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It's incredibly bleak out there in the world today but I will take a little solace in just how soft and fuzzy my large adult cat son is.
a photo looking from above of my cat, Theo, a grey Russian blue with white socks/feet, who has fallen asleep upside down on the carpeted floor of my office at home.

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Good morning #plushtodon, good morning Gopher!

今日も元気におきらくごくらく！

#plushtodon

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random #plushtodon picture
Photo of John and Jane Mastodon (yellow and blue Mastodon plushies) sitting on a couch, taken from close to the couch's arm rest. Jane is facing the camera, John is facing left. Window curtains in the background, also a different couch in the back and on the left, with a cushion on it.
#plushtodon

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Facebook

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Beautiful Capped Langurs and Phayre’s #Langurs are interbreeding, risking both #species’ survival. Pressures of #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting are pushing the #monkeys to the edge in #Bangladesh #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🚫 @palmoildetectives wp.me/pcFhgU-9bY?utm_source=ma…
#species #palmoil #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #hunting #langurs #bangladesh #Monkeys @Palm Oil Detectives

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One of my favorite things about Mastodon is clicking through to people's profiles and exploring their personal blogs.

It's rare to find someone without a site, and it's always a delight to discover their obsessions, their diverse interests, and the unique ways they've designed their own spaces.

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When will this be over? I just want everyone to be curious about the world through the lens of science and art. I just want everyone to enjoy nature. I just want everyone to fall in love. I just want everyone to look up and be mesmerized by the moon.

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Need more pictures of #plushtodon to improve mental health (⁣#blåhaj will also do).
#plushtodon
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MXC48
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I'm so excited for them to be back in stock so I can finally get one 😭

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Instead of writing tests, I wrote a script to report on missing tests in my project so I can write them later. It’s a specific flavor of procrastination.

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So, @exquisitecorp sent me this graphic design book A Co-Program For Graphic Design, in it were a few pages about Hilbert, Peano, and briefly mentioning Formulario Mathematico, a book written in Giuseppe's own simplified Latin. His work has been on my mind lately as I try to design a kind of standard notation to use across all my notes hoping to standardize multiple topic-specific notations into just one style.

Regardless, as I was clumsily trailing Peano's footsteps, I came across this video[1], giving me the idea to try and translate some of the Rejoice examples into Peano's Latino Sine Flexione, as a kind of.. homage? Zoom forward a few days, a hundred hours of Latin youtube, nearly breaking Arch installing Latin dictionaries, I might have gone beyond just translating examples..

Introducing: wiki.xxiivv.com/site/gaude

[1] youtube.com/watch?v=sfWMgWnSQU…

Peano purchased a small house in Cavoretto, where he had a copy of the Hilbert Curve made on the balcony with small bit of cement, so that it showed up in black on the white tiles.

gaude

By Devine Lu Linvega
XXIIVV
@lee
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bouncepaw 🍄
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bouncepaw 🍄
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> I try to design a kind of standard notation to use across all my notes hoping to standardize multiple topic-specific notations into just one style.

You're inventing the Glass Bead Game :drake_like: By all means please continue

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Devine Lu Linvega
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there is a marble^1 in my Castilian bag!

Cheers ;)

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21 years ago, Linus Torvalds launched Git, and now he's more famous for it than Linux. Who knew? 🤯

#linux #git #opensource

#opensource #linux #Git
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Since #GIT was designed, among other things, to manage #Linux development, that’s actually an indirect compliment to the Linux-Creator too!
😊
Still, I prefer #Mercurial.
😎
#linux #Git #mercurial
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caravantravellers 🌈
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Still, I prefer #Fossil fossil-scm.org and fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/…

Git provides file versioning services, whereas Fossil adds an integrated wiki, ticketing & bug tracking, embedded documentation, tech notes, a forum, and a chat, all within a single nicely-designed web UI, protected by an access control system. These capabilities are available for Git as 3rd-party add-ons, but with Fossil they are integrated to the point that it approximates "GitHub-in-a-box."

Fossil: A Coherent Software Configuration Management System

fossil-scm.org
#fossil
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💻 Tecnología feminista: trayectorias enraizadas en el cuidado "Coding care" como enfoque para reimaginar tecnologías. Cuatro trayectorias desafían sistemas extractivistas construyendo infraestructuras alternativas, espacios de aprendizaje y modelos de gobernanza. Tecnologías basadas en seguridad colectiva, accesibilidad, sustentabilidad y autonomía comunitaria.

🔗 genderit.org/feminist-talk/ima…

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Qué son los "cristales de memoria" que desafían las leyes de la física y prometen solucionar el problema del almacenamiento masivo de datos: ofrecen densidades y estabilidad inéditas, pero quedan dudas sobre reproducibilidad y escalado.

🔗 bbc.com/mundo/articles/c875end…

¿Apostamos por estas promesas tecnológicas o priorizamos modelos de almacenamiento más justos y sostenibles? 🔬


Qué son los "cristales de memoria" que desafían las leyes de la física y prometen solucionar el problema del almacenamiento masivo de datos

La "big data" se está convirtiendo en un gran problema. Ante el aumento de las emisiones de los centros de datos, los investigadores están recurriendo a soluciones novedosas para el almacenamiento.
Laurie Clarke (BBC News Mundo)

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#News: Tesso Nilo National Park in #Sumatra #indonesia 🇮🇩has lost 78% of primary forest since 2009 due to illegal #palmoil plantations, endangering species like #tigers #orangutans #elephants. Help them to survive! #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🔥⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife wp.me/pcFhgU-aly?utm_source=ma…

Deforestation Devastates Tesso Nilo National Park’s Endangered Creatures

Act now to save Tesso Nilo Park. This vital Indonesian park has lost 78% of its primary forest, threatening the habitat of Sumatran tigers and elephants
Palm Oil Detectives
#News #indonesia #palmoil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #elephants #tigers #orangutans #sumatra

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#Kimono. Another photo from my trip to #Japan last year.

#photo #photography
#autumn #city #outdoors
#darktable
#creativecommons #ccbysa

Two women in traditional Japanese kimonos stand with their backs to the camera, positioned slightly to the right of center. The woman on the left wears a light blue kimono with colorful floral patterns (pink, purple, yellow) and a pink obi (sash) around her waist. Her dark hair is styled in an updo with small pink flower accessories. The woman on the right wears a light beige kimono with red and yellow floral designs and a light yellow obi with a subtle pattern. Her dark hair is styled in an updo with white flower accessories. Behind them, there are people in modern clothing and a wooden railing. The background features green trees and foliage, indicating an outdoor setting like a garden or park. The scene is well-lit, suggesting daytime. The environment suggests it might be autumn due to the overcast sky and greenery that lacks vibrant summer colors.
#photo #CreativeCommons #Photography #Japan #darktable #outdoors #ccbysa #autumn #city #kimono

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Butterflies doing their thing. We've not (yet?) had the rain we should, but at least there are some benefits. #california #nature
#nature #california

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someone on signal shared this and i felt it was giving 100r or merveilles. so here u go
a black and white graphic without any antialiasing depicting, from right to left: a human central nervous system where the head is swapped with tree branches; overlaid is a black rectangular, geometric graphic that's reminiscent of a blueprint or circuit design, but it has symbols including a menorah in it; there is a thick black route extending into the center-left of the image, and several boxes/tiles laid out; and finally, spokes protrude from the and of the black route, each with the same image of am eye at their ends

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This feels like an appropriate UK parliament petition for today

petition.parliament.uk/petitio…


Petition: Hold an immediate parliamentary vote on US use of UK bases

We call on the Government to hold a parliamentary vote on the decision to grant the United States permission to use British military bases for strikes on Iranian missile sites.
Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

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Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
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maybe, when the astronauts land, they will be greeted by a different president.
One can still hope.

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At #SocialCoop, we've been having a mighty debate about whether experiment with ATProto infrastructure. For fellow members, I've just created a sense check around a potential direction for a proposal: loomio.com/d/IF5MGpyU/would-so…

Would Social.coop want to experiment with running a Bluesky PDS?

Hi, all! Eduardo from the Tech Working Group here, but posting on my personal capacity. I wanted to gauge community interest informally on a possibility, with the potential of running an actual proposal later if there's enough appetite.
Loomio
#socialcoop
in reply to Gert V 🇵🇸

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@gert The more infrastructure gets developed on it outside Bluesky, the more decentralized it becomes.
@Gert V 🇵🇸
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Gert V 🇵🇸
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Hypothetically. But how this can be called innovation is beyond me.

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Elusive, mysterious and majestic New Guinea Singing #Dogs 🐶🤎are heard before they’re seen with haunting overlapping howls in packs. #Mining and #PalmOil in #Papua 🇵🇬are threats. Fight for them and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🩸⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives palmoildetectives.com/2022/12/…
#dogs #palmoil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #mining #papua @Palm Oil Detectives

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Git turns 21! 🥳

#opensource #git #programming

Happy 21st Birthday git 7 April 2005
#opensource #Git #programming

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WSJ - President Trump threatened to wipe out the entirety of Iranian civilization if Tehran doesn’t cede to his demands by 8 p.m. Tuesday. wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-…

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@trisweb What?
@trisweb

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𒀝

Reading: ak
Meaning: to do, perform, act

#Sumerian #sumerology #language #Sumer #study

𒀝 Reading: ak Meaning: to do, perform, act
#Language #study #sumerian #sumerology #sumer

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Maybe we need some Mastodon merch, like a nice "AI people tears" mug
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Eugen Rochko
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Eugen Rochko
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While I find the idea amusing I try not to make merch based on negative emotions.

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What’s your go-to tool for sharing files?

  • Google Drive (5%, 27 votes)
  • Nextcloud File Drop (63%, 291 votes)
  • Dropbox (2%, 12 votes)
  • Other (please comment) (28%, 131 votes)
461 voters. Poll end: in 5 days

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Sharing is caring. But how do you share files safely while ensuring full privacy? With Nextcloud File Drop! 📬

It allows you to quickly and safely share end-to-end encrypted file requests in #Nextcloud. Take a closer look at how File Drop works: 🔐
nextcloud.com/blog/file-drop-c…


File Drop: secure file upload and share for Enterprises

Looking for a reliable and secure file upload and share solution? Nextcloud File Drop lets you safely upload & transfer files with confidence!
Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)
#Nextcloud
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Please, please Fix the broken file management in Nextcloud 33 (NC Hub 26 Winter).

Files app is quite broken 😞

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Kingfish1776
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Does Nextcloud have end to end encryption by default like Proton Drive or Mega?

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The crowning jewel of #Uganda 🇺🇬 is their national #bird, the Grey-Crowned Crane, a majestic #songbird 🎶🐦👑 of the #peatlands 🌊 Sadly, this title hasn’t protected them from #PalmOil and hunting. #BoycottPalmOil 🌴⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect wp.me/pcFhgU-b7K?utm_source=ma…

Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum

Endangered Grey Crowned Cranes are a regal and graceful bird of Uganda, Tanzania, DRC, and Namibia. Help them to survive and join the boycott4wildlife
Palm Oil Detectives
#bird #Uganda #peatlands #palmoil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #songbird

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Twitch streamer who is, coincidentally, a plate of ceviche asking "chat am I cooked?" and nobody can give a straightforward answer

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Your CSV files deserve better than 'cat'. Meet Tennis. 🎾

itsfoss.com/tennis-csv-tool/

#linux #terminal


I Found A Terminal Tool That Makes CSV Files Look Stunning

This new tool called Tennis makes CSV files look clean, colorful, surprisingly beautiful and ever more useful.
Pulkit Chandak (It's FOSS)
#linux #terminal
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Matt Gumbley
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@debby Thank you, this looks very nice! Have you covered miller (mlr) before? It’s like jq, but for CSV data.
@Debby ‬⁂📎🐧

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#News: The ocean floor is warming, marine life is paying the ultimate price. 🌊📉 Study reveals fish populations drop by 7.2% a tiny 0.1°C increase in temp per decade. 🛑🐟 #OceanHeating #ClimateAction @palmoildetect.bsky.social theguardian.com/environment/20…

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds

Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows
Ajit Niranjan (The Guardian)
#News #climateaction #oceanheating

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#SilentSunday
Beyond: deep blue sea and light blue sky with wispy clouds and a section of Oslo coastline (not today). Foreground, close-up, part of the deck of the Oslo ferry. Perched on it, a seagull, at eye height, staring straight into the camera.
#SilentSunday
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Ciara
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I like the fact that the signs in Cornwall say Beware The Gulls. As opposed to Beware Of The Gulls. Beware The Gulls sounds more ominous, more chilling, more 'these creatures are demonic, you are in grave peril'.
Same Beware The Gulls sign as in preceding toot, now with beach and lifeguard van beyond. Same sign Alt Text follows as in previous toot: Red sign on a wooden post, framed between branches. Green sea and overcast sky beyond. Red sign. Text: ’Ice cream and chip thieves operate in this area. Shield your food. Beware the Gulls. Don’t feed Them. Don’t teach them. St. Ives.’ Drawn by it: the profile of a seagull with a very smug expression. This gull has every intention of still eating your chips.

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It kills me that an xopp file with a handwritten version of an essay is 900 times the size of a .txt file of the same.

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Before the printing press, scribes were contracted to handwrite items. They were paid on a per-inch basis, and spelling wasn't standardized yet, so apparently they made words longer so they could have increased pay. This is part of the reason why words like "friend" aren't spelled "frend" anymore, or why some words like "bell" and "shall" have double Ls, and head and season have "ea" instead of just "e".

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