@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social2026-05-27 04:21:10
#joshJohnson is a smart guy. I’m watching him being interviewed and he’s giving an example of his process. He tells stories. He told a story about a couple of his friends taking another friend to a strip club. And in the course of the evening this friend became convinced that the dancer was falling in love with him. She was just doing her job, and doing it well, engaging with him and making him…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-26 17:28:36
Ignoring EFF’s warnings about the dangersand impossibility of implementing a new mandate for 3D print surveillance software,
the California State Assembly has signed off on legislation to do just that.
In the process, legislators amended the bill to make it even more confusing,
while failing to address the risks to privacy, speech, and consumer rights.
We must renew our call on legislators to drop this bill as it heads to the state senate,
and protect the to…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-22 16:34:50
Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as the United Kingdom’s prime minister and leader of the Labour Party
following growing pressure from within his own party to step down.
During his time in office, Starmer faced mounting opposition over his embrace of austerity measures
amid a cost-of-living crisis in Britain,
as well as his brutal crackdown on Palestine solidarity protesters.
Former Manchester Mayor
Andy Burnham is widely expected to become the…
@jake4480@c.im2026-07-25 16:20:46
@grumpybozo@toad.social2026-07-21 13:21:35
TIL: There’s a town in the U.P. of Michigan named “Felch.”
I have no comment on this novel (to me) fact. @… https://m.ai6yr.org/@nwstornado_bot/11
@bici@mastodon.social2026-06-23 19:04:33
A species of spider which weaves a catapult-like silk trap to snare a single type of ant has been discovered.
The snare's "exceptionally high power" flings the ant into a bigger web at "15 times the most extreme g-forces experienced by jet pilots", said lead researcher Prof Ajay Narendra.
Though it is yet to be formally named, scientists have nicknamed the tiny spider "ballista", after the ancient weapon used to hurl stones in battle.
What …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-20 16:31:27
In a significant victory for the party’s left wing, Chris Rabb took roughly 45% of the vote in Tuesday’s contest, comfortably ahead of early frontrunner state senator, Sharif Street, who fell to under 30%, and surgeon Ala Stanford.
Rabb addressed supporters, in an emotional victory speech, who had powered a grassroots campaign backed by the Philadelphia Democratic Socialists of America and the Working Families party.
“I have been critiqued along this campaign for being too radica…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-21 16:05:36
Humans evolved to pay close attention to danger,
but today that instinct is being overwhelmed by an endless supply of bad news from around the world.
Researchers say the answer isn’t to stop following current events
—it’s to build healthier habits around how, when, and where we get our news.
https://www.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-21 15:46:12
Trump’s fragile agreement with Iran has introduced a new variable into this year’s midterm elections.
Democratic candidates have assailed the agreement,
arguing that the president accepted unfavorable terms to try to end an unnecessary war that hurt the economy.
Republicans have been more divided.
Some, eager to turn the page on the unpopular war, are hailing falling gas prices and praising Trump for weakening Iran’s military capabilities,
while others are expr…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-17 15:28:56
Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan,
has warned that there will be more “bloodshed” unless Democrats
“shut their mouths.”
Following the
back-to-back fatal shootings of a Colombian native in Maine
and a Mexican man in Houston by Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
👉the Trump administration has tried to shift the blame onto Democratic leaders who have been educating immigrants on their rights.
“I'm scared to death because assaults with vehicles …
