Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Rockndoll@misskey.de ("HugoStiglitz") wrote:
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The insanity of the political moment requires that we say clearly that open societies require a search for the truth, and evidence is the central player in that search.
So when oligarchs and politicians throw science and evidence on the bonfire, understand it as attempted cover-up; fundamentally immoral and self-serving. When business leaders go along with anti-evidence policy, see complicity. When civil society institutions fail to defend science and evidence, grasp the revolting cowardice.
Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
CodyIwatzky@lemmy.cafe ("Cody Iwatzky") wrote:
How about LibreWolf?
As there seems to have been recent confusion about this, just a quick “official” toot to then pin: we haven’t and won’t support “generative AI” related stuff in LibreWolf. If you see some features like that (like Perplexity search recently, or the link preview feature now) it is solely because it “slipped through”. As soon as we become aware of something like this / it gets reported to us, we will remove/disable it ASAP.
Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:
Bye there #Mozilla,
Hope your CEO and your AI have a good time together because soon they will be the only ones left using any Mozilla slop 🤖
I was wrong for thinking we could have a nice browser, silly me..
This is the secret to true native level Japanese.
chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:
(The “g” is an example of having that keyword become a reflex: I use DuckDuckGo instead of Google, but I had to remap DDG to “g” because I just kept typing it automatically.)
chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:
Tahoe’s revamped Spotlight is impressive, but I think my brain is too wired for Alfred at this point—I start nearly all web searches with “g ”, and Spotlight seems peculiarly bad at doing web searches, unless there's something I'm missing.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Hobby Lobby is rife with AI generated prints and illustrations in its products.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
We have such a clear advantage in fighting against AI executives and turning the narrative against them that I don't they we use nearly enough:
These people are capital D Dorks. Straight gum balls. They are deeply dislikable people so much so that Sam Altman literally gets paid just because he can speak without people vomiting (usually).
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
"Where have all the websites gone?" is my most popular. It's a collection of jotted notes and unfinished posts that I cobbled together. I wrote the intro in how ever long it takes me to type that many words.
I didn't like it very much and expect the post to sit unread. But I posted and shared anyway. I'm so glad I did! I connected with a lot of cool people because of this blog post.
https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/where-have-all-the-websites-gone/
Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:
omg.lol has just switched to short-lived TLS certificates! :prami_happy:
Earlier this year, Let’s Encrypt announced that they were working on making this new type of profile available, and it’s finally here. Switching to short-lived certificates improves security for everyone.
You can read more here: https://letsencrypt.org/2025/02/20/first-short-lived-cert-issued
No action is needed on your part. When your current certificate expires, it will be replaced with a short-lived one automatically.
Huge thanks to @jack for helping with the transition!
Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mccd@merveilles.town wrote:
Cool washing machine
https://www.positive.news/society/flat-pack-washing-machine-spins-a-fairer-future/
Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
fancysandwiches@neuromatch.social wrote:
@fromjason OpenAI are running a bunch of similar ads for ChatGPT on reddit. Here's one trying to make it look useful for farmers. I saw another that claimed they were helping an 86 year old steel mill.
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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:
fintech bros only know:
- double down on exploitative crap
- extract wealth before everything collapses
- do cocaine
- lieI might be calling out Mozilla’s new CEO with this. and their old CEO. every CEO they’ve ever had. Marc Andreeeeessen. every executive I’ve ever had the misfortune to meet in the flesh. all the other executives too. fintech is a cult.
Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:
Crypto firms are lobbying Trump for tax carveouts. Meanwhile, a new 501(c)(3) they back hosted a private dinner with tax lawmakers — despite rules against “substantial” lobbying. Purely educational, of course.
#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter
Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
pixelpaperyarn@masto.hackers.town wrote:
If you'd like to review my new book, "All Is Hell Bent" featuring the story of Loki and Sigyn, told as an intimate tragedy, you can request a reviewer copy here: https://forms.gle/6KoAs85iG42XrrJs9
Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
vkc@linuxmom.net ("Veronica Explains") wrote:
POLL: do you care about your browser engine?
It has come to my attention that the artwork for the original mozilla.org "dinosaur" logo is not widely available online. So, here it is.
As I explained in some detail in my 2016 article "They Live and the secret history of the Mozilla logo", I commissioned this artwork from Shepard Fairey to use as the branding of the newly-founded mozilla.org and our open source release of the Netscape source code, which eventually became Firefox. This happened in March 1998...
https://jwz.org/b/yk0j
Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
ploum@mamot.fr wrote:
Mozilla has a new CEO who:
- Has been at Mozilla for less than a year
- Has no prior open source experience (but well in "fintech" and "real estate")
- Has a MBA (aka "brainworm diploma")
- Is all-in on AIThat’s exactly the kind of bingo profile the whole community has been waiting for.
Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mconley@fosstodon.org ("Mike Conley (:mconley) ⚙️") wrote:
Do you like talented musicians?
Do you like rock?
Do you like the Transformers?
Then you might also like The Cybertronic Spree:
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Had to share this comment on Reddit:
> People saying AI uses water, is like saying "Cars polute the air, stop the cars now".
My brother in christ, yes.
chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:
It occurs to me for home listening I should really consider buying and ripping CDs again, and taking advantage of BluOS’s pretty decent music serving capability. (My A/V receiver runs BluOS, which is a large part of why I’m looking at Qobuz, actually.)
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Y'all ever write directly into the Hemmingway App and try not to get a single line highlighted? It's fun and anxiety inducing.
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cory@follow.coryd.dev ("Cory Dransfeldt :demi:") wrote:
@fromjason https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2023/i-block-ads by a mile
Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
sibylle@troet.cafe ("Sibylle") wrote:
@fromjason https://sibylle-hitz.ch/schneesterne-aus-papier-schritt-fur-schritt/
By far the most visited post on my blog. Especially before christmas. A simple instruction for folding paper to make a papercut snowflake.
Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:
@fromjason This nothing blog post has been my most popular post forever https://rknight.me/blog/convert-spotify-facebook-to-email-login/
Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
phillip@social.lol ("Phillip :usa_distress:") wrote:
@fromjason I think I wrote this in 30 minutes and did almost zero proofreading. Going by analytics and Bear’s likes feature, people seem to like it, especially considering that I don’t think I’ve posted it on here. It was cathartic to put it somewhere outside of my brain though
Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
peter@thepit.social ("Peter") wrote:
this is excellent and you should read all of it, but the things that stand out to me are: 1) these AI company executives are true believers. they really believe the stochastic parrots are their friends; 2) they view democracy as "mob rule" https://www.404media.co/anthropic-exec-forces-ai-chatbot-on-gay-discord-community-members-flee/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
How many of your blog posts that you've spent the least time writing went on to become one of your most popular?
Edit: let me rephrase that, please SHARE the blog posts you spent the least time writing but went on to become your most popular
denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:
they always say money can't buy happiness.. but.. pizza delivery services exist?!?!


![In elections and political influence As the market structure bill plods along, the crypto industry is already eyeing its next punchlist item: tax policy. The Solana Policy Institute penned a letter to President Trump on November 20 urging him to “promote tax clarity for the digital asset economy and American people”, including by creating a de minimis exemption for crypto transactions below $600, making blockchain development eligible for the research and development tax credit, and delaying rules that would require digital asset transactions be reported to the IRS and FinCEN in the same way as cash. The letter also included other requests that the president could achieve with the “stroke of a pen”41 — that is, without needing to go through Congress — including creating defi “safe harbors and sandboxes”, pressuring the SEC and CFTC to create exemptions for crypto, directing FinCEN to carve out non-custodial crypto projects from the Bank Secrecy Act,e and pushing the Justice Department to dismiss the two remaining charges against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm [I90]. The letter was signed by 62 crypto groups, including Paradigm, various Solana entities, Uniswap, and others.42](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/731/437/171/780/290/original/5b7c3815102e9285.png)
![Days earlier, the American Innovation Project, an “educational nonprofit” launched in August with backing from the Solana Policy Institute, Paradigm, Kraken, Coinbase, Andreessen Horowitz, DCG, Uniswap, and the Cedar Innovation Foundation pro-crypto dark money group [I91] hosted a private dinner with members of the House Ways and Means Committee and various other pro-crypto Congresspeople to discuss crypto tax policy. As a 501(c)(3), the AIP is prohibited from making a “substantial part of its activities ... attempting to influence legislation”.43 But while many of the AIP’s same backers have directly lobbied President Trump, and the Solana Policy Institute, Paradigm, and Kraken have spent a combined $5.25 million on lobbying around crypto tax issues since 2024,44 the AIP insists that the dinner was purely educational.41](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/731/437/225/479/277/original/5bc564dda734e8a2.png)
