Firefly is on a path to a comeback!

#BringBackFirefly #Shiny

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV6Js56jT3F/

RE: https://mas.to/@TechConnectify/115985224639778868

If you haven’t watched this yet: do it now. Or set aside some time today. Just watch it. All of it. Don’t stop halfway through. Don’t stop when you see the credits. Watch it all.

One thing that's tough for people who just join the Fediverse, like most of the folks on #theforkiverse , is that there are self-appointed experts who reply to their public posts saying that "the Fediverse" doesn't like that kind of content.

This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]

#Trump & Cabinet secretaries conspired to violate the #Constitution

In remarks laced with outrage, a Reagan appointed federal judge, speaking at a hearing on student detentions, decried “breathtaking” violations by top officials & called Trump an “authoritarian.”

#law #immigration […]

@homelab calling all parents: does anyone out there have a good solution for a self-hosted MDM (and maybe Bark phone style services) for managing iDevice usage by kids? Probably not the typcal homelab content, but I figure if anyone is interested in the topic it’s probably us!

Radiolab for Kids Presents: Terrestrials: Terrestrials Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts A show where we uncover the strangeness right here on Earth

@sundogplanets they also have a kid-focused version that has had some fun episodes: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab-kids

PSA for any parents out there: Libby has made some changes at some point to the content controls that don’t just rely on search filters and can be locked by a passkey that is maintained on a separate device.

https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6315.htm
and
https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6318.htm […]

The dog needs to be walked.

Laundry needs to be folded.

Kids and carpools and bills beckon.

It’s a lot.

Alongside this everyday treadmill, democracy in America needs to be defended and renewed.

No one person can do it all, but doing nothing and being discouraged is fascist gold.

Find your […]

Spent some time with my 11yo while driving to do some deeper diving into the history and context of some of the songs from Hamilton. It was great to hear her say ‘keep explaining the songs’ after we had to stop for something.

She would like all of history explained with songs.

#history #music […]

I recently learned of plakativ, from @josch. It's a tool to take raster images (or PDFs) and tile them across pages for printing.

It's a little strange that something we did regularly with printing in the 90's now needs a niche tool, but here we are ¯_(ツ)_/¯

#FOSS #OpenSource […]

We have a tree being taken down on our property today. It needs to come down, but there are so few trees around us that it is a sad day.

#trees

It's been a while since someone has told me that my request for something new has been tried and there is 'no viable solution at this time'.

This triggers something in me that requires me to prove them wrong. I tend not to make formal requests for things until I know it's viable. In this case […]

Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas The Trump administration is targeting a visa widely used by tech companies and other employers to hire foreign workers.

Of all the stupid things that this regime has done, this is right up near the top. Postdoctoral researchers come to the US on H-1B visas. This will further destroy the US science enterprise. Stupid stupid stupid.

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h1b-visa-bill...

The CDC quietly neutered the best Covid data on the planet yesterday. ED data visualization has been stripped of age stratification, and state-by-state trends.

ED data has been far better for state by state trends than WW. Poof.

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@brainwagon the only group I have heard speaking about both in a negative framing is the League of Women voters. They are opposed to partisan gerrymandering, full stop.

www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/...

Hi journalists! Before I start targeted emails to journalists I've talked to before, I'm just going to put this out here and see if it works:

Now that Reflect Orbital https://www.reflectorbital.com/ has officially filed to launch their first satellite, does anyone want to write an article about […]

Live in the Cincinnati area?
Have kids?
Have insurance through work?
Get ready to pay more for healthcare.

I would imagine this is happening elsewhere in the country too.

#healthcare #insurance #kids #politics […]

US national parks staff in ‘survival mode’ to keep parks open amid Trump cuts Park bosses say they’re running visitor centers and even cleaning bathrooms as remaining staff try to keep sites open

Excellent deep reporting on the U.S. Natinal Park Service and the parks after Trump has left them with only skeleton staff. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/us-n...

A bright pinkish/purple flower, a zinnia of some sort (I think) with some orange marigolds in the background.

Just a little bit of color for your day. #bloomscrolling

Wrong: "Trump imposed a 39% tariff on Switzerland." Right: "Trump imposed a 39% tariff on Americans who buy from Switzerland." Every time you see this mistake, correct it. Every. Time.

@sundogplanets of you weren’t aware, @404mediaco is also on mastodon.

@brainwagon still reading them here 😁

Middletown steel plant contract that would have protected 2500 jobs and created 1200 new ones (at least for construction) has been canceled. Why? It was a ‘green’ program and the incentives looked to be going away.

Now they are looking to AI optimization. That creates jobs right?

Rep. Davidson […]

Here’s an idea: every bill over some length (say, maybe 100 pages) should be held for a 14 day cooling period after it is introduced or amended before it can be voted on by either chamber.

No more mega bills where ‘we don’t know what is in it.’

No more vote-a-rama sessions possibly making fast […]

[Religion and Politics]

If your version of Christianity never challenges violence…
If it never asks hard questions of your government…
If it never wonders whether Jesus would bless the bombs—

Then maybe it’s just nationalism in a clerical collar […]

Well, the good news is: I got my 3D printer working again.

The bad news is that my next thing to print is too big for my bed. Time to get creative with splitting it into multiple parts.

#3dprinting

Large anti static bag with red foam material inside. Label on the bag says ‘HORNET-NEST-PANEL-01’ and ‘Hornet Nest Alarm Panel’

A large white PCB with blue screw terminals. There’s a development board at the top left and a number of other supporting components on the board. Also seen is a bag with zip ties and a thank you note from the product team.

Woohoo! New gear arrived. Thanks to @tac_hornet_nest for making it and @crowdsupply for getting it to me!

#OpenHardware #CrowdSupply

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