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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · 7h

Rummy rummy rummy I’ve got cards in my tummy

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 13d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 21d

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

"How Do You Avoid Hitting People With Your Car" pocket guide. Instructs readers to Watch the Road and Slow Down. Further text humorously insists that watching the road and slowing down are indeed important.

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · 23d

Agghh this makes me so sad. The ruby community was so special and now it has been functionally taken over by techno fascists (DHH, Shopify). How can we build and sustain open source infrastructure that isn’t beholden to capitalism?

Joel Drapper 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @joel.drapper.me · 24d

After listening to about a dozen first-hand accounts, I’ve published what I know about the RubyGems takeover.

Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover

Ruby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent.

joel.drapper.me

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · 28d

Imagine if the US had just rebranded universal healthcare as a “loyalty program” like frequent flier miles. You earn ”health points” for every day you live in the US that you can spend on “health rewards”. People would eat that shit up

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · 28d

El Poblenou necesita un nombre “hip”. ¿Te gusta “PoNo?”

Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Sep 17

I love to see this! I also love that anywhere I am in Barcelona, I can usually hail a taxi quickly. It was sad to see the death of taxis in Chicago and frustrating to find a cab in Chicago only to have the driver refuse to use the meter and charge Uber rates

www.catalannews.com/politics/ite...

Ride-hailing services will slowly disappear in Barcelona due to new taxi law

Drivers to install location-based device to guarantee taxis and VTCs do not commit any irregularities

www.catalannews.com

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Sep 17

Either I’m really grounding into the Spanish speed of life or I’m just old because I’m really into this downtempo/balearic beat

Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Sep 12

The real solution to time travel paradoxes

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Sep 11

In The Jetsons they never explain why this white family had to move up into a towering sky apartment zoom around in their flying cars. What did they leave behind on the ground? Was it the fallout and wreckage of a nuclear war or just redlining and suburban sprawl?

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ʟᴜɪs ʜᴇʀɴᴀɴᴅᴇᴢ ⚡ @beetlenaut.bsky.social · Sep 9

Happy Dreamcast 909 day to all those who celebrate!

this is the only day of the year you can combine these japanese electronics

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Sep 8

Oh gawd

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Sep 5

I honestly liked the look of Sagrada Familia better without the central spire when I saw it 13y ago

Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Sep 3

I saw a man wander out into a bike lane while looking at his phone and get run over by a cyclist on a bicing. This happened 7m from me. I'm pretty sure he will have a concussion. Be careful out there! I think that goes double for cyclists. They are the ones with the most "power" in these situations

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · Sep 3

i constantly think about this post

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TanzPunk @tanzpunk.bsky.social · Sep 2

"It is important that the EU doesn't yield on tech regulation because this [issue] is so fundamentally close to all aspects related to sovereignty and would create a dangerous precedent."

Roel Dom @roeldom.bsky.social · Sep 2

Despite the recent US-EU #trade talks, digital #taxes and #tech rules are still a flashpoint — Washington threatens retaliation while Brussels stands firm. Glad I could contribute to this Deutsche Welle piece.

Read more 👉 www.dw.com/en/digital-t...

Digital taxes put US-EU trade talks under pressure – DW – 09/01/2025

Trump is now threatening retaliation over EU tech rules, shaking the bloc’s 15% tariff deal. Lacking China’s rare earths leverage, Brussels is scrambling for countermeasures — what cards can it still ...

www.dw.com

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Aug 31

Center/center-left strategy in Europe sees Denmark as a model on countering the right by going hardline on immigration while championing socialist policy. But can they really outflank the right? Interesting survey numbers too on European opinions on migration elpais.com/internaciona...

Diez años de la ‘crisis de los migrantes’ en Europa: la derecha busca el antídoto ante los ultras

Moderados y conservadores endurecen sus políticas inspirándose en Dinamarca, país gobernado por los socialdemócratas y que ha neutralizado a los radicales

elpais.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Framed as a proverbial ‘kill switch’ by many in Brussels, the debate has shifted from whether it could be triggered to when. This, in turn, has prompted renewed calls by the EU and member states to advance the continent’s “technology sovereignty,” writes Trevor H. Rudolph.

A ‘Kill Switch’ Could Shutter Europe’s Access to US Tech. Here’s How. | TechPolicy.Press

Trevor H. Rudolph discusses European fears around the US government cutting off access to US tech and the policy tools that could make it happen.

www.techpolicy.press

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Aug 24

It’s interesting to me how Spanish writing tells you so much about how to pronounce things. There’s ¿ which says “intone as a question” and ‘ which tells you which syllable to emphasize and ñ which tells you to pronounce it “ny”. English is just like “here are some letters good luck!”

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Aug 23

I had one of these until the CCD went on the fritz and turned everything a shade of pink. It had a larger CCD which supposedly meant clearer photos plus a carl-zeiss lens and one of the first IR/laser auto focuses. Basically a higher grade point and shoot. But yeah the pivoting body was pretty silly

Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · Aug 23

I love finding goofy little cameras at flea markets, like oh my god the early 2000s were wild. why did Sony make this.

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Aug 17

"If we die, let us know that we are happy and firm, and let us transmit in our name that we are real people..."

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TanzPunk @tanzpunk.bsky.social · Aug 16

I resent that I am still subjected to the audacity of busibody Americans spreading harmful misinfo even when living in Europe & from a stranger (she said we met at an event) in an unsolicited DM, too. 🤦

For the 1,000th time, you can still receive SSDI benefits while living abroad (in most cases).

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · Aug 16

Gaius Baltar in NBSG with a speech bubble saying the thing below

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · Aug 15

This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen

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Pop Tart @poptartfae.bsky.social · Aug 14

As climate change gets worse, everyone should take a page out of Spain’s book. In the hottest weeks introduce shorter work weeks, entire months off. Reduce activity to keep people cool AND generate less CO2. Live in the present moment. Take a nap. Heal from capitalism.