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Joel VanderWerf 🐧
@joelvanderwerf.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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Mathematician. Applying semigroup theory to distributed computing, convergent replication. Bay Area and SF content: @joelvanderwerf [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@joelvanderwerf on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Lisa Gets Politik @lisagetspolitik.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 13h
Jimmy Kimmel asked people to post videos to YouTube from cities across the US where Trump is sending National Guard Troops to QUELL INSURECTION, and to tag these videos #showmeyourhellhole

https://youtu.be/6MPSa-9NOow

#USPol
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Joel VanderWerf 🐧 @joelvanderwerf.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11h
@crk5 Needs Yakety Sax.
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crkⓋ @crk5.layer8.space.ap.brid.gy · 11h
The lane zipper on the Golden Gate Bridge..
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@PrivacyMatters @privacymatters.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h
WTF

Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class.

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

https://migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-apple-quietly-made-ice-agents
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John Timaeus @johntimaeus.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 18h
Most interesting question a computer has asked me this week:

output file: /dev/null exists, overwrite? [y/N]
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bob @bob.feed.hella.cheap.ap.brid.gy · 15h
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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 16h
I really want to know all 506 people who bought this Faraday cover for their WiFi router. And this person who complains "slight interference with my signal strength"... And this other guy who isn't "feeling any radiation sickness" BUT he's happy the "Wifi isn't being blocked" #faraday #dummies
Wifi router cover Someone claiming faraday cover is interfereing with their signal strength
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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 22h
I can't fix the big things, but I can do something about the small ones.

A few days ago I went to the post office to ship something. I put it in one of the flat rate boxes and went to address it. Of the 6 pen-on-chain doodads they had, only one was left, and […]

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A post office table with two round black discs where the pens used to be. A post office table with brand new pens.
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Joel VanderWerf 🐧 @joelvanderwerf.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h
TIL: "dummymander"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/on-politics-utah-redistricting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE8.j3YZ.8rdzd4ajtklV&smid=bs-share
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 22h
#illinois Gov #jbpritzker responds to #trump threat to #jail him & #chicago mayor over #ice: 'Come & get me'

Speaking to reporters at a federal workers rally at Federal Plaza later Wednesday, Pritzker responded to Trump’s threat.

“Look, he’s a coward. He says a lot of things. He likes to […]
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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h
LBT¹: Everyone in the know agrees, it’s time to plan your #arduino exit. Need help? My day job is helping folk select technology, free advice for fedi friends, paid advice links in bio.

¹ Last Boosted Toot²
² https://infosec.exchange/@masek/115333755734883926
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Everyone with an Arduino project has, starting as of **NOW**, six months to look for a replacement. If you don't start right away, I can point out someone who will be in a lot of pain in a few months. Believe me... https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2025/10/qualcomm-to-acquire-arduino-accelerating-developers--access-to-i I know this will play merry hell with the 3d printer and mechanical keyboard scene. Innumerable hardware will die from this takeover. #arduino #qualcomm
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h
Excellent information on the established First Amendment right to film law enforcement including ICE agents. https://archive.is/2025.10.08-114704/https://thedispatch.com/article/dhs-ice-agents-doxing-protected-first-amendment/
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
I've had a long day and so can't really do this myself, yet.

But I hope people realize this shitshow propaganda fest needs a very coordinated vigorous response?

Like rap sheets for all the people present?

Mockery? Music videos?
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21h
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 21h
"A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed."
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-shortlist-of-federal-data-the-trump-administration-has-tampered-with-or-destroyed

Not an ongoing tracking project, unfortunately, but well-done.

For ongoing tracking […]
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Joel VanderWerf 🐧 @joelvanderwerf.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Roses are red
Violets are blue

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kwxjzeez3o
Alarming number of people now vape, says WHO
More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, say experts.
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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 2d
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-06/burbank-airport-air-traffic-control-tower-temporarily-unmanned-amid-government-shutdown
Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned, flights delayed amid government shutdown
The Hollywood Burbank Airport's air traffic control tower is temporarily unmanned and flights are delayed Monday afternoon due to staffing shortages amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to the FAA
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Joel VanderWerf 🐧 @joelvanderwerf.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
In case of federal government shutdown, this air traffic control tower will be unmanned.

(Who could have guessed that the rapture would involve the absence of skilled professionals from essential positions.)
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3d
So far, polls unanimously find voters are blaming Republicans more than Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown www.gelliottmorris.com/p/all-the-po...
All the polls on the government shutdown so far | Weekly roundup for October 5, 2025
Also this week: Dems lead in Virginia election polling; economic sentiment is down; people are turning against sports betting; + more!
www.gelliottmorris.com
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Mexico is on a ROLL!!! Bravo!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/latest/news/mexico-bans-dolphin-shows-in-historic-win/
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 3d
Bondi was supposed to appear before the Judiciary Committee tomorrow (Tuesday) to answer about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

But Mike Johnson has conveniently kept the House in recess another week to ensure her appearance would be postponed.

The govt isn't the only thing they are shutting down.
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Joel VanderWerf 🐧 @joelvanderwerf.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d
@brouhaha That sounds like good news. Safer for birds, too.
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Oregon lawyer wants a second TRO incorporating the reasoning in support of yesterday’s and prohibiting the use of any federalized National Guard troops from anywhere in Portland. Immergut GRANTS this. 16/
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Judge Immergut announces she is GRANTING the plaintiffs’ motion. She is conferring with the states’ attorneys as to whether she should modify her first TRO or give a 2nd order. 15/
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Sending U.S. troops from one state into another state crosses a very bright line: it is an even more glaring violation of the invaded state’s sovereignty than what Immergut called out, which was the unlawful federalization of troops already stationed within a state. The vitally important […]
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🇺🇦 haxadecimal @brouhaha.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d
An escape room that is a cat cafe. The front door is not locked.
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