If written language survives the next six weeks, we’ll be writing about Donald Trump for a thousand years. But whatever else there is to say, the most important thing about Donald Trump, the thing that is obvious from watching him speak for just 14 seconds, is that he is profoundly stupid. Whatever it is that he might be talking about or doing at any given moment, it’s clear that while he has a reptilian instinct for reading and stoking conflict, he has no real idea what’s going on and he doesn’t really care to. Stupid is what he is and where he comes from. It is his mind and his soul. Catholic was what JFK was. Gay was what Harvey Milk was. Stupid is who Donald Trump is.

And that’s what they love most, the Stupid-American voters.

Remember that sentence you heard at the beginning of all this in 2016? “He’s just saying what everybody is thinking.”

But see, not everybody was thinking that Hillary Clinton was an alien, that global warming was a Chinese hoax and that what America needed most of all was a plywood wall stretching from Texas to California. Only the stupid people were. And suddenly, in an instant, the most powerful man on earth was thinking just like them. With his clueless smirk and unstoppable rise, he turned people whose stupidity made them feel like nobody into people who felt like everybody.

That’s why he’ll never lose them. Because it was never about what he did or didn’t do. All that stuff is very confusing and the Stupid-American community isn’t interested in the details. They love him for who he is, which is one of them, and because he shows them every day that Stupid-Americans can reach the social mountaintop.


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I've had terrible tooth pain this past week from a new bridge & taking lots of OTC pain meds. Teeth grinding during sleep is powerful & it's stressing the teeth under it, seen on X-ray. Mouth guards are too hard no matter what kind. So, what I did was place the corner of my nice, puffy comforter on the bridge side to soften the blow as I slept, also a soft baby towel & damn if it's not working. I will talk to my dentist about making a tooth pillow until teeth & inflammation settle down, lol.

EFF STATEMENT ON THE CONFIRMATION BY THE UNITED KINGDOM THAT THE DENIAL OF CIC JULIUS MALEMA’S VISA APPLICATION WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED 2 effonline.org/eff-statement-on…

Anyone know about Dolores Cahill..... I heard about her in 2020/21 but haven't heard from her since.... looks like she is back again.

“They Can Fake Ebola”: Dr. Dolores Cahill’s Explosive Claim About Nanotech, Radiation & Bio-Psyops
Could future “Ebola outbreaks” actually be engineered neurological attacks disguised as viral pandemics?

"Molecular Biologist Dolores Cahill says that between metallic nanoparticles in the COVID injections and "micro bursting" of "radiation" in cities, Ebola outbreaks can be faked by causing brain hemorrhages and "mini strokes."

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This "SenseReceptor" account is also very interesting.... 🤔
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LIVE: Israel bombards Gaza City after ordering Palestinians to flee | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
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- Photos: Aftermath of an Israeli strike on a coffee shop in Gaza
- US revokes visas for Bob Vylan over Glastonbury chants
- Israel won’t care about criticism of GHF
- Israel admits soldiers shot dead Palestinians at aid distribution sites
- WATCH: UK court rejects bid to halt transfer of F-35 parts to Israel

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel
@palestine

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Demo of Castopod and Mastodon with Web Monetization support (FOSDEM 2025)


Demo of Castopod ActivityPub support and demo of Mastodon tip jar using Web Monetization

As the social networking landscape evolves, marked by moments of mass migration between platforms—often triggered by political or cultural shifts—open-source ecosystems have a unique opportunity to make a difference. While the values of "libre" and open source resonate strongly within the developer and advocacy communities, broader user adoption is often driven by features and usability rather than philosophical alignment. This is why fairness and sustainability are critical elements in building a future-proof social web.

In this talk, we will focus on the practical implementation of fair monetization within the fediverse. We will demonstrate how Web Monetization allows creators to receive tips from their audience, either proportionally to the time spent consuming content or through one-time contributions.

More importantly, we will show how this is implemented in code, leveraging Castopod (an open-source, fediverse-connected podcast hosting platform) in three different ways: HTML, RSS, and Activity Streams.

Additionally, we’ll present a live demo showcasing cross-platform tipping on another fediverse platform. This demonstration will provide a detailed look at the technical foundation, illustrating how developers can implement and extend these capabilities in their own projects.

Now is the time for open-source developers to seize the moment as users seek alternatives to centralized platforms. We invite projects to integrate and extend these functionalities. Together, we can create a vibrant, sustainable, and open fediverse for everyone.

Sources:
- Castopod source code
- Web Monetization JSON-LD context for Activity Streams
- Mastodon draft pull request

Demo servers:
- Castopod test server: monetizationdemo.castopod.org/…
- Mastodon test server: demo.interledger.social/
- Mastodon test server user: demo.interledger.social/@WebMo…

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Horrific Massacres as Israeli Airstrikes Pound Gaza Shelters and Hospitals


By Palestine Chronicle Staff At least 71 Palestinians were killed in one day as Israel bombs schools, hospitals, and aid centers sheltering displaced civilians. At least 21 Palestinians—mostly women and children—were killed, and 30 [...]

The post Horrific Massacres as Israeli Airstrikes Pound Gaza Shelters and Hospitals appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

Ayer estuve en la finca de La Caperuza, en Bustarviejo. ¡Qué genial!
Nos enseñaron un poco como funciona esto del pastoreo, ordeñamos a una cabra y estuvimos un rato amplio entre el rebaño. Después fuimos a su factoría a que nos enseñaran cómo elaboraban sus quesos y yo aproveché para comprar cositas. Y es que, aparte de los quesos, hacen de intermediarios para otros productores de la región (venden cervezas La Bailandera, vinos de El Molar, mieles de la Alcarria, aceites de Alcalá y de la zona de Las Vegas, garbanzos de Daganzo…), pero también venden carne. Tanto carne de ternera, como lechal y cabrito. Aunque esto de las carnes es más puntual, sí que tienen un sistema de aviso para clientes interesados.
¡Os recomiendo que paséis a echarles una visita!
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Maps of the corporate and the free networks


Part of the series of Fediverse propaganda meant for use for anybody who wants to convince the mainstream to move away from Facebook, Instagram, X or Tiktok.

The two previous pages were erased somehow. So I am going through the text again. They will be up again soon.

Made with Krita - as always creative commons - as always free culture - much more of that here:

https://friendica.eskimo.com/photo/preview/1024/7841153

#art #comics #cc #creative-commons #fediverse #freeculture

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Yo de la Comunidad de #Madrid no me pelearía con gente que generalmente mide dos por dos y sabe usar hachas, pero está claro que la 'hubris' lleva a la temeridad

#bomberos🧑🏻‍🚒 #emergencias #política #España🇪🇸 #noticias

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MTG-S1 satellite hosting the Sentinel-4 instrument is ready for liftoff


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MTG-S1 hosting Sentinel-4 encapsulation family photo

The Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite, which is hosting the instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, has been placed inside the nose cone of the Falcon 9 launch rocket and is ready for the scheduled liftoff at 23:03 CEST on Tuesday, 1 July.

#earth #science #space #esa #europeanspaceagency
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Do you ever drink "strategically"?


Just bought box wine the other day cuz I knew I had to have a super uncomfortable conversation that could not be avoided and I needed to be anaesthetized for it

It worked and I know in retrospect I really needed it to be that way

Edit/Update: person I had convo with just texted me and apologized for combativeness and I mutually apologized for not dealing with it sooner and we're along and on to solution mode. The system works, please dont drink if you dont have too but dont forbid yourself from using a tool to improve your situation and try to always be honest. The less you lie or hide, the less influence you will have to unnecessarily drink

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Israel continues deadly Gaza attacks ahead of potential US talks on ceasefire – Middle East crisis live
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#Palestine #Gaza #Israel
@palestine

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gathered some of the leaders of America’s largest military contractors for a closed-door meeting at the Pentagon last week, urging them to ramp up the production of critically needed munitions amidst depleted weapons stocks and a growing threat from China, Just the News has learned.

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The Supreme Court has never made a determination on the legal merits of the argument that noncitizens should not be counted in the United States census, but may soon be forced to do so.

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You're just firing off the spider questions today.

My brother had had some till a while ago, but they don't live that long. He had two of the American species ones and a redback. They are really chill spiders and don't handle differently than any other local Theridiid spider. They are quite boring, really.

You don't really interact with them, they setup their web and then they'll just stay there till they die of old age (around 2 years).

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white US amerikkkans: “I wish we could have Scandinavian style policies here!” “Wish I could move to Scandinavia” etc etc

Meanwhile, Denmark: is literally stealing Inuit babies from their mothers to be raised by white parents, right now in 2025 theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

In an explosive sit-down interview with The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft back in March, European researcher Bernadette Conrads delivered a chilling exposé on the sprawling influence of USAID and its deep state-funded allies operating across the European continent.

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Unidentified computer hackers associated with the Sinaloa drug cartel were able to garner phone records from the FBI, then used Mexico City surveillance cameras to compromise key informants and witnesses so they could murder them back in 2018, a new report showed.

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Thinking about a wood gas generator which can handle large pieces of wood.

Two fireboxes, left side and right side.
No grate, flat surface at the bottom of each firebox.
Small transfer-slot between the two fireboxes at the bottom.
Below each firebox is an ash box, a small exhaust transfer slot is at the outside edge between the firebox and the ash box below it.
Intake air enters at the top of one of the two fireboxes, exhaust exits via one of the two ash boxes.
A set of valves selects which firebox gets intake air and which ash box gets exhaust vacuum.

Intake left, exhaust right makes the left firebox downdraft and the right firebox cross-draft. Green arrow shows this. Obviously inverting the intake and exhaust side swaps the roles.

Freshly added wood goes on the downdraft side, where pre-heated intake air bakes the moisture out of the wood. Steam from the fresh wood transfers to the cross-draft side where hot coals pull oxygen from the air and steam, creating flammable carbon monoxide and hydrogen gasses.

When the cross-draft side burns down to a small bed of coals, the direction of flow is reversed, the cross-draft side becomes the down-draft side, and it can be re-filled with fresh wood.

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Video NYC mayoral frontrunner says no to billionaires, gets blasted by Trump
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/nyc-mayoral-frontrunner-billionaires-gets-blasted-trump-123331808?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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#SomeOrdinaryGamers' latest video about #PewDiePie #degoogling brought up the usual #privacy-denialist normie quote "they already have my information." This is absolute nonsense: there is "static" information that #BigTech would already have like your full name, date of birth, home address, etc., but there is more volatile info that they cannot have already gotten and that should be protected, like your circles of friends and colleagues, the places you visit, your beliefs and interests, etc.
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#music #60s psychedelic pop rock
Amber - Yellow and Red ( 60s )
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#music #60s psychedelic pop rock
The Sleepy - Rosie Can't Fly ( 1966 / 69 )
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‘Israel’s’ Aggression Against Iran Through the Prism of the Conflict in Ukraine orinocotribune.com/israels-agg…

@GM7077@masto.ai We also need to launch a #boycott against all #UTA artists in retaliation for defending #genocide. Time to start boycotting anything that defends and supports #Israel #apartheid!


#BobVylan has been dropped by its agency UTA for protesting #genocide.

Time to support them by buying their as #art, or streaming if you can't afford to directly buy.

bobvylan.bandcamp.com/music

Solidarity.

#Palestine #Gaza #D2IDF


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