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10:01 PM · Feb 25, 2026

"Doctors say that vaccines are the best way to protect children against measles. A guy who eats dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says they should just swim in untreated sewage water instead. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust."

Protesters dressed as handmaids went to the State of the State address in Nebraska and just stood there in peaceful protest. Gov. Jim Pillen called them "libtards" and-- this is rich-- complained that they didn't show their faces. His amazing insight: "Americans have the right to protest, but here in our state, people show their faces when they debate serious issues."

Just not when zip tying kids to engage in human trafficking, I guess.

#Nebraska #Protests #50501movement

Rule of thumb: End-to-end encryption is meaningless unless you know and control exactly who the ends are. (Let’s call this the Waltz principle.)

Same goes unless the context your encrypted messenger is running in is secure. Signal can encrypt your messages all day long but you’re still screwed if the custom keyboard app you installed on your phone is sending them off to someone else before they even reach Signal. https://mas.to/@nemo/115977538504295603 https://mas.to/@nemo/115977538504295603

The Onion has reached its logical destination in this political era: just running facts as headlines

https://theonion.com/kristi-noem-calls-on-minneapolis-residents-to-stop-obstructing-murders/

30yrs ago, I started using the internet as an escape from reality.

These last few years, I've started using reality as an escape from the internet.

This message is intended for Canadian #Mastodon admins who are running public instances large and small. If you are an admin, please share with your counterparts. If you are a member of a Canadian instance, please send this to your admin.
A small group of us (Note: really, really small) are in early discussions on how to encourage our government - individual politicians & federal, provincial, and municipal departments - to move their social media presence to Mastodon. This would involve an awareness campaign targeting politicians, party HQs, and departments/agencies.
We are asking for input from admins to help us create a future state vision for this project, and provide us with advice or ideas on how to bring it to a reality. I will set up a web call within the next 3 weeks and hopefully you can participate. We are not asking you to contribute beyond input. Please DM me and I will add you to the invitees.

#mastoadmin
#MastodonCanada
#MastoCanadaGOV (hashtag for this project)

CC: @ZebKing

I am so stubborn about not using AI.
You have no idea.

I will even go as far as writing my own texts, drawing my own images, writing my own code, and reading the whole article or email just by myself. Crazy stuff.

#NoAI