A cluster of disconnected Mastodon posts covering web freedom, a 2025 Justice Department task force, YouTube makers, a Chilean wildfire investigation, video criticism, and North Korean troops in Russia. No single story connects these fragments.
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“…We need to go back to the source of freedom we enjoyed in the approx 14 year period between the inception of the web and its exploitation…getting shit on and in. Don’t just blame the vendors, the people wanted the shit too, they wanted their billions, and the web turned from a freedom machine […]
#OneYearAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet July 23, 2025 - The Justice Department announced the formation of a task force to investigate unsubstantiated claims made by President Trump about former President Barack Obama's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. 1/ […]
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To add to this, here's a bunch sourced from my YouTube and Nebula subscriptions lists (all are YouTube links). Makers: 3x3Custom - Tamar: https://www.youtube.com/@3x3CustomTamar (Woodworking) Ali Spagnola: https://www.youtube.com/@alispagnola (Art, Variety) Annabelle June […]
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Just came home from seeing #TheOdyssey with the missus. I completely missed out on the hype, so I was completely nonbiased when I arrived. #IMAX cinema and all. Normally I love a good epic saga, but somehow Noman's version of The Odyssey didn't work for me. It just seemed, well, a little _off_ […]
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Friday night good news dump: the attempt to expand Billy Bishop airport on Toronto Island has been shut down after overwhelmingly negative public feedback […]
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An orange air quality alert was issued for Calgary earlier today. It’s currently a yellow warning. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-wildfire-smoke-environment-canada-air-quality-9.7282191 - - - Une alerte orange de qualité de l’air avait été émis pour Calgary plus tôt aujourd’hui […]
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@cdarwin Inserted this clip of Ian Bassin from the 3/30/2026 episode of Strict Scrutiny I titled "The 4th D", explaining Trump’s election playbook, deceive, disrupt and deny followed by our defeating his tactics, into the slide deck for my local Indivisible group meeting on Sunday. Transcript […]
Oh now this is the best tech news I have heard for awhile…. Is a Mega-Enron situation about to happen to a bunch of the Magnificient Seven? “Like Enron, they’re using special purpose vehicles, or off-balance sheet arrangements such as legally distinct subsidiaries, as a way to make their […]
So we're a week into this whole Cat thing and a few observations. 1. Thing isn't too interested in chilling-the-fuck-out at bedtime eh? I've been woken up more than I expected to be because it's got no chill. 2. Kittens can hide real good eh? I've just spent a good twenty minutes looking for […]