SDF Chatter

https://nitter.net/CENTCOM/status/2076089130857951463#m

https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/07/11/772063/Iran-closes-Strait-of-Hormuz-IRGC-warning-United-States

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/11/iran-strikes-cargo-ship-in-strait-of-hormuz-defying-us-ultimatum

I am very confused as to this idea, of a solder returning from probably WW-I (1917 ad!), buying a swagger stick for his little girl.

Would a single little girl in 1917 prefer a swagger stick to the dolls or the pinwheel? Swagger sticks are called out in the biggest font, the very centerpiece of the ad, but they don't even bother to show a swagger stick? Was this hyper progressive, at 50+ years before the army let women become officers? Did somehow, the Marks Brothers Toy Company create a branch in the timeline where that happened decades before the other timeline where no one ever imagined swagger sticks as gifts for little girls? Maybe we'd still be waiting on female generals and admirals today, in the other timeline?

I have so many questions.

The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in the Trump era.

I'll start: printers.

I bought an HP in March 2020 when my job went remote and HP bricked it remotely after only 100 pages because I wouldn't sign up for their subscription program. Ended up trashing a perfectly good printer.

Luckily my library's close by and I can print there remotely.

I have been in the camp of being hands off in regards to cracking down on potentially scammy behavior in this comm due to the potential of depriving others of life saving aid.

But I do believe that there could be some basic guardrails put in place that could rebuild some trust and prevent scamming.

1. account must be a certain age to post here (maybe a minimum of 3 months or something) brand new accounts that ask for donations immediately upon creation could be banned until they reach that account age.

2. account must have some history of posting outside of the mutual aid comm, enough posting history to build a level of trust. I think we should primarily give to people who are active participants in the site, as it helps us validate their authenticity.

Addendum: exceptions can be made, such as in instances of accounts designed to fundraise for our Palestinian comrades, but they'd need approval by site admins or comm moderators.

I think these requirements are basic enough to filter out more aggregious attempts to scam the community while not providing an insurmountable barrier to aid.

Even if not implimented as comm rules, I think its good practice to take these things into consideration before donating to anyone on here.

If anyone has other proposals that could make sure donations are more likely to go to members of the community instead of scammers, I would like to hear them.

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!historymemes@quokk.au

With the news that the moderator of Piefed.Social's historymemes community will be leaving the Fediverse after Piefed.Social's draconian voting changes, I have made an alternative community that can continue to be moderated. This is something I had wanted to do for a while as .social has some rather questionable leadership but have refrained from doing out of respect for the active community but that is a moot point now.

Your phone's ringing, better answer it

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/63254685

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1256330/i-m-gonna-make-you-scream-later-tonight-also-him-2-minutes-later

The Justice League Unlimited episode Patriot Act stands as one of the most overtly political stories in the entire DC Animated Universe. But looking back at this post-9/11 allegory today, its optimistic conclusion feels like a relic of a completely different era.

In this video essay, we look past the superhero action to dissect the heavy political landscape of the JLU Cadmus arc. Originally envisioned as a classic, old-school adventure series, the September 11 attacks forced the creative team to pivot into morally sophisticated, deeply cynical storytelling.

By https://x.com/achilleanlimb/status/2076019836103323771

According to the USA Gov, Linux usage is at 5.8%

In addition to Pornhub and Steam, the USA government tracks platform usage as well. Plotted here and updated monthly:

https://github.com/CodebergIsBetter/platform-share-usa-gov#platform-share-on-usagov

Useful to have one more platform to check Linux’s growth.

@linux