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Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her)") wrote:

""What I’m really calling for is something like tech Zionism,” he said, after comparing his movement to those started by the biblical Abraham, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith (founder of Mormonism), Theodor Herzl (“spiritual father” of the state of Israel), and Lee Kuan Yew (former authoritarian ruler of Singapore).""

Nothing to see here.
https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Who in their right mind doesn’t like watermelons?! 🍉

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:

Here, here's "Caramel" from 1996.

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• The music video for the song, which features shots of Suzanne singing while dancing with a tuxedoed gentleman, watching old movies alone at a drive in, and loitering around an old apartment building longingly. (remote)

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

apolaine@pkm.social ("Andy Polaine") wrote:

We need to stop talking about “AI taking jobs.” AI has no autonomous agency or predetermined destiny in this regard. It masks the true story that corporate leaders who see employees as a cost rather than an asset think they’ll make more money for themselves and shareholders by replacing them with machines. It’s an old story.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Who is next?

Siri, give me some sewing related platform names that start with the letter "M".

#Threads

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• Mammoth app logo and Threads logo side by side are strikingly similar.

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

WetHat@fosstodon.org ("WetHat💦") wrote:

Bluesky backs a project that would let Mastodon apps, like Ivory, work with its network.

Social networks #BlueSky and #Mastodon may soon be accessible from within a single app. BlueSky is backing a project that would connect — or “bridge” — Mastodon requests into Bluesky requests so that consumer apps, like #Ivory, would be compatible with Bluesky, too.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/bluesky-backs-a-project-that-would-let-mastodon-apps-like-ivory-work-with-its-network/

#SkyBridge #Fediverse #Federation

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Re: Bluesky backs a project that would let Mastodon apps, like Ivory, work with its network

What... what is federation? Quickly, now.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/bluesky-backs-a-project-that-would-let-mastodon-apps-like-ivory-work-with-its-network/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Hi we're a start-up and open source! No that that kind of open source. Open as in house. You can come take a look around but you're not getting any keys.

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

ha ha ha silly me, of course you can't change a color in a PDF

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

chriswho@mstdn.social ("Chris Who") wrote:

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• Banksy on Advertising People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you're not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you. You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity. Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It's yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head. You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs. (remote)

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Wonder how often we’ll see this before the zeitgeist is inoculated against it.

“School athletic director arrested for framing principal using AI voice synthesis: Police uncover plot to defame principal with AI-generated racist and antisemitic comments.”
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/alleged-ai-voice-imitation-leads-to-arrest-in-baltimore-school-racism-controversy/

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

antlerboy ("Benjamin P. Taylor") wrote:

Microsoft Copilot requires a little bit of... encouragement?

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

SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to ("Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀") wrote:

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• 68007 THE BIGGEST JOKE ON MANKINDIS THAT COMPUTERS HAVE STARTED ASKING HUMANS TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE NOT A ROBOT. (remote)

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

black_intellect@mstdn.social ("@blk_intellect") wrote:

FTC's noncompete ban could reshape the US workplace https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ftcs-noncompete-ban-could-reshape-the-us-workplace-140012480.html

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

I bet this nonprofit is seeing a spike in their analytics lately and wondering where it's suddenly coming from.

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• Google result for "React 19," with a top result being the nonprofit coincidentally named "React19." It is described as follows: React19 is a patient-driven non-profit charity dedicated to providing support for individuals dealing with COVID-19 vaccine injury. (remote)

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

sophie@social.lol ("Sophie") wrote:

Really really love this: The Millennial Captcha (make sure you try it out)

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-millennial-captcha

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

saxnot@chaos.social ("Saxnot") wrote:

Full transcript in image description.

#meme

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• Screenshot of tumblr text post reading: User brightwanderer I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned "forever" into the only acceptable definition of success. Like... if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it's a "failed" business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don't actually want to keep doing that, you're a "failed" writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it's a "failed" marriage. The only acceptable "win condition" is "you keep doing that thing forever". A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a "real" friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a "phase' - or, alternatively, a "pity" that you don't do that thing any more. A fandom is "dying" because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things. I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it, okay to be sad that It ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success... I don't think that's doing us any good at all. Thanks to https://www.onlineocr.net/ with manual corrections. Source I found at is https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/ (remote)

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

React Team Announces SvelteKit

For a partial list of new features in the React 19 Beta, please see kit.svelte.dev

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

another case of spontaneous human combustion, leaving behind only their boots

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standaloneSA@social.linux.pizza ("Matt Simmons") wrote:

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metin@graphics.social ("Metin Seven 🎨") wrote:

Just discovered that most of the people I was following over at Bluesky haven't been active there in months, sometimes many months.

I've got a hunch that Bluesky is not going to be the Twitter successor they hope for. 🤔

There's this platform called Mastodon though… 😉👍

#mastodon #fediverse #SocialMedia #bluesky #social #media #online #communication

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UncleDuke1969@universeodon.com ("Uncle Duke") wrote:

when you really need your toddler to stop asking questions for just two goddamn minutes

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• An adult golden retriever holding its pup’s snoot closed in its mouth. (remote)

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

Today in History: General Charles de Gaulle, President of France, resigns, 1969

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

Today in History: Zilog Z-80 introduced, 1976... and it changed the entire direction of my life

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

Today in History: James Monroe, 5th President of the United States, born Monroe Hall, VA

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

Today in History: Sir Terry Pratchett born, 1948

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Catching some morning rays at a hotel.

📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Gold 200
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8
💃 Wife

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm

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• A woman with black hair and red lips, wearing a red turtleneck sweater, sitting in a relaxed pose on a colorful chair.

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

baby bunny at the backyard buffet

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bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

The next Oxide and Friends is on May 13th, when @ahl and I will joined by molecular biologist Greg Cost to discuss @philipcball's extraordinary book, How Life Works. Read the book and bring your comments and questions -- or join just to listen to the discussion! On Discord on May 13th at 5p Pacific:

https://discord.gg/besjcERf?event=1233892673023246387

And recorded and syndicated as always:

https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Me, feeding 2 people and 2 cats on a 60k EUR salary without benefits (because technically self-employed), reading those comments that claim a 501(c)(3) is some kind of nefarious scheme to hide money 😐