I finally had my grandfather's slide rule cuff links made into earrings.
He was an electrical engineer, I am a mechanical engineer. He graduated in 1950, learning engineering with a slide rule, before calculators.
Fascist Paramilitary Continue to Terrorize and Harm Women and Children (Fort Myers, FL, 08/19/26)
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1vuoso0
Ice Out Report:
https://iceout.org/en/reportInfo/139052\
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #florida #crimesofice_videos_use_of_excessive_force
Having this printed out on the wall behind where I normally join calls, and being able to point to it when its bingo square comes up in discussion, continues to pay dividends, @mcc
Edit: original post (credit where due!):
https://mastodon.social/@mcc/115079977230405147
RE: https://mastodon.world/@NoRomBasic/117134706730338845
"A sophomore in Arizona typed an email he never sent. Home with his mother before school, he was drafting a note to a teacher about a bad grade, and in between, he tapped out a few jokes and deleted each one. Thinking out loud and swallowing it back, basically. Gaggle’s monitoring software caught the keystrokes anyway. He never hit send. He was suspended before the day was out. By the time the district agreed to shorten the punishment, he’d already served 11 days"
"Christian Nationalists" came to Gloucester again, so this year's sign had to be a bit less subtle.
Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US
Lands free of roads are under threat from the Trump administration’s proposed rollback.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/dismantling-the-roadless-rule-threatens-to-disrupt-wildlife-and-water-in-us/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@Sc0tty @amiserabilist @glasspusher math teacher here. There are infinitely many circles that can be drawn thru 2 given points. 3 noncollinear ones are needed to define a circle.
Amusingly 3 noncollinear points also define a unique parabola.
#OtD 15 Aug 1970 Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton delivered a speech in NYC criticisng homophobia and sexism in revolutionary movements and arguing for "full participation of the gay liberation movement and the women's liberation movement" https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8650/huey-newton-intersectional-speech
Hey, so: my friend and occasional collaborator @moiseschiu (star of Crossover Point, voice talent on Dead Channel, fellow podcaster, etc) is going through a real rough time right now caring for his mom. If you can spare a little, it all helps:
https://tinyurl.com/yfy3bc32
PVC Pipe Turned DIY Digital Telescope
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/21/pvc-pipe-turned-diy-digital-telescope/
How Bluesky and Threads Sneak Their Logos Into iOS Screenshots
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/08/20/bluesky-threads-sneak-logo-into-screenshots
A journalist wanted to go to a Flock Safety convention.
Flock cancelled their registration AND got the hotel to cancel their room.
Enter Benn Jordan and *some equipment*, 😉.
I haven't had that much fun with a YouTube short in a while.
7yo neighbour kid: "You can just grow grapes in your garden? That's allowed?"
Me: "Allowed? It's my garden. There is no law against it."
Kid blinking heavily: "But then why doesn't everyone do that? If you can just grow what you want, why doesn't everyone have like berries and stuff in their garden?"
🤷♀️
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He honestly assumed there must be a law preventing folks from planting fun stuff in their garden.
Seen on our afternoon perambulation: a Water Snek.
#Chesapeake #NaturePhotography #Reptile #Snake #NorthernWaterSnake
This may be one of the slowest Fridays EVER. I must hear some Jimi.
#MusicOfMastodon
#60sAlbumRock
#AreYouExperienced
Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past?
And with this crutch
Its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last"
And the wind cries
"Mary"
Trump admin finalizes a short-term Colorado River plan. Here’s what it means for Lake Powell.
The Trump administration won’t force Utah and other Upper Basin states to cut their Colorado River water use over the next two years, but Lower Basin states like California will collectively slash their consumption by over 1 million acre-feet per year for the next two years.
I should probably go. Maybe.
https://sierrawave.net/independence-railroad-day/
FBI Boston sounds alarm on convincing new phone scam sweeping New England https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/fbi-boston-sounds-alarm-convincing-new-phone-scam-sweeping-new-england/HKV7SHIGDBH4FAAHLMKKJ7HOVU/