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jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

What a surprise that a Trump-led institution is stiffing vendors

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/kennedy-center-backlash-artist-payments-1236439599/

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
davidoclubb@toot.wales ("David Clubb") wrote:

Is there a reason why the #Nextcloud desktop client doesn't allow auto uploading of photos but the mobile apps ( google and iphone) do? Can the functionality be enabled for desktop version? This is currently a problem when using #PostmarketOS, at least in my use case

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
phillip@social.lol ("Phillip :usa_distress:") wrote:

@fromjason @pluralistic What too many sci fi movies does to a mf

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

#BernieSanders is currently live on YT with Geoffrey Hinton ("godfather of AI") telling sci-fi stories so people demand regulation that puts AI solely in the hands of big tech like Google, and kills #opensource

Geoffrey Hinton "resigned" from Google to start a AI doomer non-profit at University of Toronto.

And guess who just yesterday gave Hinton a $10 million donation to his non-profit? GOOGLE.

lol incredible.

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-establishes-new-hinton-chair-artificial-intelligence-support-google

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

@pluralistic dduuuuude

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

This is the left's Qanon. Absolutely baffling.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

What the fuck is happening man.

Bernie Sanders repeating #AIdoomerist rhetoric, saying "there's a very real fear that super intelligence could replace human beings in controlling the planet."

He's citing Geoffrey Hinton.

I feel like I'm in the twilight zone.

https://youtu.be/K3qS345gAWI?si=rU93tPePSwVcWG7I

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

It feels lonely.#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #streetphotography #decay #door #sea #winter

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
noellemitchell@mstdn.social ("Noelle :verified:") wrote:

Today I wrote a blog post sharing my thoughts on reclaiming my life from endless scrolling on social media

#SocialMedia #blog #writing #tech

https://bookswithnoelle.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/reclaiming-my-life-from-social-media/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
johnleonard ("John Leonard") wrote:

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sarah-wynn-williams-wins-whistleblowing-prize-for-extraordinary-courage

#meta #sarahwynnwilliams #whistleblower #gag

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115618580331569579

So, the queer escapist series I’ve been waiting for, Burnout Syndrome, is shaping up to be a bit more topical than I expected. A major plot point in ep 2 is a tech co laying everybody off citing “AI” efficiency gains

Guessing the theme is going to be something like alienation and displacement due to capitalism

https://youtu.be/cE7Po68fA44

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

I was just reminded, apropos of nothing in particular, that the Nokia N9 would have been a terrific damn smartphone if they'd gotten it out the door three years earlier.

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
munificent ("Bob Nystrom") wrote:

One of my favorite quotes ever, from why the lucky stiff:

"when you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create."

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

I am stress testing the nanotexture display of the new MacBook by sitting in a seat which will catch more or less the full brunt of the setting sun. (So far, so good.)

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Whatever we may feel about AI and its longterm usefulness, we can agree that #Anthropic and #OpenAI's regulatory capture strategy to kill #OpenSource doesn't benefit anyone but these companies.

We don't need another telecommunications style monopoly. We don't want OpenAI to become the Comcast of AI.

Why, then, is Hank Green pushing #AIDoomerism to his largely #Liberal audience?

I wrote about it here.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/hank-green-and-the-fantastical-tales-of-god-ais/

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
bkardell@toot.cafe wrote:

Hot off the blog press: Standards Queues

Definitely the hardest part right now, imo.

https://bkardell.com/blog/Queues.html

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Seirdy@pleroma.envs.net wrote:

identify tech fads worth forgetting with one weird trick:

check if IBM invested in it then dialed back.

Blockchain. Quantum computing. “AI”.

taral ("JP Sugarbroad") wrote:

Nature finds a way: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-fearless-frogs-feast-deadly-hornets.html

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
agreenberg@infosec.exchange ("Andy Greenberg") wrote:

The new anonymous phone carrier startup Phreeli, launching today, will let you sign up for cellular service with almost no personally identifiable information—not even your name. All it asks for is a ZIP code, the minimum info legally required for tax purposes. https://www.wired.com/story/new-anonymous-phone-carrier-sign-up-with-nothing-but-a-zip-code/

Boosted by jwz:
gknauss ("Greg Knauss") wrote:

Hey, remember Charlie Kirk?

Me neither.

He led a meaningless life. He disappeared from our memory like a puff of smoke because there are plenty of other people pumping out the same garbage he did. He was a commodity.

It seems so strange that anybody ever cared, or pretended to. He had one life, and wasted it being cruel.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
skoobz@social.lol ("Skoo.bz :prami_pride_demi:") wrote:

Whoever created this has a sick sense of humor. https://laughingsquid.com/ozzy-osbourne-hall-oats-jingle-bell-rock/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Here, a bus.

📷️️️ Canon AE-1
🎞️ Ilford HP5+ @ 800
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/2.0, yellow filter
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #MonochromePhotography

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
trashguts@goblin.camp ("bugdog :party_wurmple:") wrote:

this post has been stuck in my head recently

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jonhicks/115662466196992390

I know #Tidal isn't perfect (and buying physical media or band merch is better, but hey, that is situational, I will only buy an album after I already like it), but this sort of thing makes me feel vindicated in choosing not to use #Spotify.

jwz wrote:

Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business.

Karp believes that the U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean (which many experts believe to be war crimes) are a moneymaking opportunity for his company. "Part of the reason...
https://jwz.org/b/ykyG

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Please, has anyone got a chisel?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/04/mission-for-our-next-president-institute-the-damnatio-memoriae/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AbsoluteMemery@tribe.net ("Absolute Memery 🎭") wrote:

#Programming #Coding #Programmer #Programmers #ProgrammerLife #Dev #Debug #Debugging #CodingStruggles #SoftwareDeveloper #SoftwareDevelopment.

#Meme #Memes #Humour #Humor

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

well, that suxs... a dozen malformed SSL connection request hits within a second should not bring my little service down

;^{

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Kötturinn og ég - Falleg og persónuleg þroskasaga - DV”

https://www.dv.is/fokus/2025/12/4/kotturinn-og-eg-falleg-og-personuleg-throskasaga/

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

RE: https://social.lol/@neatnik/115662693530659406

This is what community is about. Coming together and helping each other out, especially when things get rough.