Please wish this silly little cat a happy birthday
@michelestrider@mastodon.social @futurebird@sauropods.win Happy Birthday Silly Little Cat! 🎉
Oh boy, bag snatchers are jumpin' for joy...
"TSA Announces New Policy: All Travelers Will Need Clear Carry-On Bags Starting This Summer"
https://upgradedpoints.com/news/tsa-announces-new-clear-bag-policy/
@karlauerbach@sfba.social Nice find! I felt my blood pressure rising until I read the whole article!
Leopards and their spots.
@georgetakei@universeodon.com My Pa would always say,
When a man stands up and tells you who he is, you should believe him
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Remote activity:
- Cost (I'm broke)
- Integration. I want AI to meet me where I am, in the same tools that I use (Obsidian, Nextcloud, Super Productivity, Thunderbird e-mail client, etc)
The African American Spin: Virtue & Heritage
April 1, 2026
🌙 Quiet Forum (Anonymous Reflection)
The Theme: #KintsugiCommunity
The Reflection: Sometimes our #communities feel “broken” by #economic shifts or historical gaps. In the art of #Kintsugi, we mend what is broken with gold, making it more beautiful than it was before.
Discussion: “Share a story anonymously: Have you ever seen a ‘break’ in our community—a conflict or a hardship—that was repaired in a way that made us stronger? What was the ‘gold’ that held us together?”
The African American Spin: Virtue & Heritage
April 1, 2026
⚖️ The #Stoic Handle (Virtue Analysis)
The Analysis: We are currently seeing high inflation and economic pressure affecting #Black #American households nationwide. In #Brenham, we see our community responding by “hiring local” and strengthening student-led police-community initiatives.
The Virtue: #Wisdom. Wisdom in Stoicism is the ability to distinguish between what is “up to us” (our response to the economy) and what is not (the inflation rates themselves).
Discussion: “When the cost of living goes up, how can we use ‘Wisdom’ to invest in community wealth that isn’t measured in dollars? What ‘Virtue Shard’ are you leaning on today?”
#TheHandle_Practice #VirtueShards/Wisdom #CommunityResilience
The African American Spin: Virtue & Heritage
April 1, 2026
🤠 The Brenham Connection (Local Action)
The Headline: “A Dinner to Remember” & Senior Serve
The News: Our local students are in high gear. According to the #Brenham ISD 2025-2026 Calendar, #students just finished a long holiday weekend (April 3-6) and are now preparing for the “A Dinner to Remember” event on April 30, 2026. This event, hosted by the Education Foundation, is a major community gathering at 5:30 PM to support our schools.
Student Spotlight: The Brenham High School Class of 2025 and 2026 are also coordinating through their “Senior Serve” and community groups (Remind: @bhssr2025) to lead volunteer appreciation efforts through the end of the month.
Discussion: “To our BHS Seniors: As you head toward graduation on May 22, what is one ‘local hero’ from Brenham you’ve met this year who changed your perspective?”
#BISD_Excellence #Brenham2026 #SeniorServe2025
The African American Spin: Virtue & Heritage
April 1, 2026
⚡ The Spark (National Inspiration)
The Headline: HBCU Tech & The $10M Theater Fund The News: While 2026 is trending as a year of cultural remembrance, the real “spark” is in the future. Actor Wendell Pierce and Roc Nation have officially launched a $10 million fund for NYC theaters of color, ensuring that Black stories have a permanent, well-funded home. Simultaneously, the “Color of STEM” initiative is seeing record participation from HBCU students who are becoming the new faces of the global tech industry.
Discussion: “With $10M going toward storytelling and more Black leaders in tech, which ‘room’ do you think is more important for us to be in right now: the theater or the laboratory?”
I Decompiled the White House's New App
https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.
(By "thereallo" -- https://thereallo.dev/?explore=about )
@lproven@social.vivaldi.net @senchawizard@mstdn.social
Thank you for sharing this breakdown of the app.
This is a government app loading code from a random person's GitHub Pages
It is eye-opening just how much trust we place in apps.
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#Hegseth Strikes 2 #Black & 2 #Female Officers From Promotion List
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s highly unusual decision to remove officers from a one-star promotion list has spurred allegations of racial & gender bias.
#WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #law #discrimination #CivilRights #military #Trump #bigotry
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/hegseth-promotion-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
@Nonilex@masto.ai I can't read the article (paywall) but it seems pretty obvious to me. Not at all surprising.
@neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org @campuscodi@mastodon.social Do you think it is due to a general downturn in #AI demand?
Sora quickly hit the top spot on Apple’s US App Store, but it has since dropped to 172 among free apps, [according](https://app.sensortower.com/overview/6744034028?country=US&tab=category_rankings "(Opens in a new tab)") to SensorTower.
(pcmag.com/news/that-was-fast...)
While #Microsoft is scaling back #Copilot because of perceived bloat and low adoption.
What 81k People Want from AI
Public conversation about #AI often centers on abstract projections of its risks and benefits. What's largely missing is a vision for what “AI going well” means, grounded in the concrete aspirations of people around the world who already use AI and have begun developing a sense of what it might do for them.
@georgetakei@universeodon.com
> "Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me."
A very classy response!
This Black Town Has E. Coli in Its Drinking Water, but Feds Just Cut Support
Earlier this year, a bottle filled with water from her tap glowed under an ultraviolet light — lit with signs of sewage contamination
Today, Coogler reports a net worth of $25 million, per Celebrity Net Worth. Most recently, his film, “Sinners,” was awarded 16 nominations and four wins, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film earned $365.7 million worldwide, according to IMDb.
[Ryan Coogler Had $200K In Student Loan Debt While Filming ‘Creed’](https://afrotech.com/ryan-coogler-200k-student-debt-now-oscar-winner-25m-net-worth)
