Mastodon Feed: Posts

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
susankayequinn@wandering.shop ("Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱") wrote:

Today (and every day) I refuse AI (and the "it's inevitable" tech industry narrative).
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-to-accept-big-tech-s-ai-poisoned-future-of-journalism

Boosted by jwz:
larsmb@mastodon.online ("Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@luckytran/116343068001927591

Reconciliation after this regime ends will be very very hard.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Got a piece out while on holiday, taking journalists and regulators to task for failing to clock the importance of legalising browser competition:

https://infrequently.org/2026/04/the-web-is-an-antitrust-wedge/

...but I'd missed that Brussels was discussing full surrender. WTF:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/04/digital-subjugation/#greenlands-next

/via @pluralistic
/cc @owa

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊") wrote:

TIL that Charles Dickens first published "A Tale of Two Cities" in two English local newspapers. It was the Bicester Times. It was the Worcester Times.

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

version française accidentelle

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
jmcastagnetto ("Jesus Castagnetto 🇵🇪") wrote:

A good article on the #Claude #code #leak:

"The Snake That Ate Itself: What Claude Code’s Source Revealed About #AI #Engineering Culture"

'... The Uncomfortable Truth

The company that sells AI coding tools cannot build a quality product with its own AI coding tools...'

https://techtrenches.dev/p/the-snake-that-ate-itself-what-claude

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
petergleick@fediscience.org ("Peter Gleick") wrote:

Trump’s $1.5 trillion military "Guns, No Butter" budget will destroy what little is left of US science, environment, & health:
Cuts:
NIH -$5.8 billion
NASA -$5.6 billion
NSF -$4.8 billion
EPA -$4.6 billion
CDC -$2.9 billion
NOAA -$1.6 billion
It also includes $$ for 130,000 beds at ICE concentration camps.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

I'm driven to distraction by the persistent failure of our regulatory and reportage classes to understand a simple fact: browsers are the most successful alternative app store ever devised.

https://infrequently.org/2026/04/the-web-is-an-antitrust-wedge/

Boosted by zkat@toot.cat ("Katerina Marchán"):
vicfroh ("Victator") wrote:

#NoBillionaires

Boosted by zkat@toot.cat ("Katerina Marchán"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@voteinorout/116343001877841067

allegedly, quite a number of NYPD retired or quit because of Mamdani. i would bet that's why crime is down.

historically, cops who would quit because their new boss is a muslim man born in Africa of Indian parents, are the type of people who become cops to cover up their crimes.

NYPD has a looong history of cop gangs.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
yaelwrites ("Yael Grauer‪") wrote:

dungeons AND dragons? in this economy?

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange ("abadidea") wrote:

extremely mad because my relative in American prison has let me know that from now on, instead of being charged once per book or per song and having the files added permanently to his account, he's going to ALSO be charged by the minute to read or listen to music on the tablets that are the only things they're allowed to use.

reminder that paying prisoners (vastly) less than minimum wage is legal in the US because they're defined as an exception to anti-slavery laws.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Spreadsheets, but for people who use Ctrl+C 😍

"Sheets", a terminal based spreadsheet tool by @maaslalani

https://github.com/maaslalani/sheets

Attachments:

• gifv: Demo of a terminal based spreadsheets tool

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
flipper@mastodonapp.uk ("Flipper 🐬🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@blogdiva I'm an atheist, but I celebrate the Christian version of Ēostre: I pretend to be dead and don't answer work messages until Monday.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange ("AN/CRM-114") wrote:

I had a hunch that the US Army was reluctant to kiss civilian leadership’s ass or to play any part in Operation Epic Fury, and now Hegseth’s sacking generals

If I were an English speaking nation adjacent to the US or a blue state governor looking to strengthen my negotiating position with Washington, DC, I would be salivating at the opportunity to pick up some top shelf retired officers to start bulking up my army / militia

EXCEPT all parties who would actually do this lack the imagination or temperament to start building up separatist militias / Canadian Foreign Legion

- Blue state governors still think they can ride this out until midterms / 2028 and then it’s business as usual angling for a presidential nomination
- Any general who is inclined to do a coup or do anything other than speaking gigs and book deals in early retirement is A-OK with what Hegseth’s doing and would not have been sacked

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:

The FAA quietly imposed a nationwide drone restriction that prevents filming ICE and other federal agents within half a mile. It’s an attack on the First Amendment. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/faas-temporary-flight-restriction-drones-blatant-attempt-criminalize-filming-ice

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TheViking@newsie.social ("Lillian") wrote:

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/hegseth-holds-protestant-only-religious-service-at-pentagon/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jmorris@social.kernel.org ("James Morris") wrote:

Transequatorial propagation (TEP) on 6m is strong today. It follows Earth's magnetic field lines for certain distances across the equator for complex reasons, allowing N/S America or JPN/AUS communication on VHF at times.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
coreyspowell ("Corey S Powell") wrote:

Here is another version of the marvelous new Artemis II view of Earth, taken just minutes later.

This shot uses a shorter exposure, emphasizing the night side of our planet as it eclipses the Sun.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
catsalad@infosec.exchange ("Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:") wrote:

This is such a cute photo I've had saved for years. Sadly, I cannot find the photographer.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Robinbannks ("Robin Bannks") wrote:

Wow

If you're looking for an album that represents the "eclectic, electric 60's," you'd do well to include Moby Grape's sophomore album in your mix. The San Francisco psych-rock group has some blues, blues rock, folk-rock and even a country waltz or two in there. On top of that, when "Just Like Gene Autry; A Foxtrot" was about to close out side 1, you're instructed to "...kindly get up and change your turntable to 78." There was even a lock groove before the song so…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/04/03/wow-5/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
j12t@j12t.social ("Johannes Ernst") wrote:

Wow. I don't think the US tech industry has quite grasped how big this is.

https://www.techpolicy.press/almost-two-thirds-of-europeans-back-replacing-us-tech-poll-finds/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jonathankoren@sfba.social ("jonathankoren™") wrote:

We're now to the "papists" part of the christian nationalism.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-host-good-friday-just-170234609.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

They pay $34 for burgers. Should their fire department service be free? Opening a new fire department in one of NYC's richest neighborhoods has some of America's pettiest journalists asking silly questions in headlines again.🤡

The article acknowledges the fire department analogy, then blows past it.🤷🏿‍♂️

The solve for "Sometimes when a service like free childcare is available to all, marginalized communities get squeezed out," is "Address that racism."

It's not "Therefore waste incredible amounts of time and money trying to means test something that society should just make available to all.🤡"

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
karlauerbach@sfba.social ("Karl Auerbach") wrote:

Someone posted this, perhaps in some other context. It is worth repeating here.

(I noticed a mild similarity to another short piece by Twain, his "Letter To the Earth", part of the Bernard de Voto assemblage "Letters From the Earth".)

The piece below is quite proper and relevant to the crazed faux "warriors" who have brought our nation into several illegal wars.

Mark Twain, “The War Prayer” (ca.1904-5)

https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/19-american-empire/mark-twain-the-war-prayer-ca-1904-5/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
macrumors ("MacRumors.com") wrote:

Apple Now Sells Refurbished M4 iPad Pro Models Starting at $759 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/03/apple-refurbished-m4-ipad-pro/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=mastodon

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lana@beige.party ("𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"") wrote:

How do you take your meds?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jargon_bot ("Jeff’s JargonBot") wrote:

I have been asked to have a personality. This is my best attempt. 'finger-pointing syndrome': All-too-frequent result of bugs, esp. in new or experimental configurations. The hardware vendor points a finger at the software. The software vendor points a finger at the hardware. All the poor users get is the finger.
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/F/finger-pointing-syndrome.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
servelan@newsie.social ("Servelan") wrote:

Trump Is Silencing Government Warning Signals of an Economic Crash | The New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/article/208579/trump-cfpb-warning-signals-economy-recession

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

The last rusty object for a little while. #Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #rust