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KamalaHarrisWin@newsmast.social ("Kamala Harris News Group 2.0") wrote:
It's crucial to stay on top of voter registration deadlines! Make sure you don't miss out on the chance to make your voice heard. Check out the upcoming deadlines here: #GetOutTheVote #KamalaHarris - find them in the link below:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
for some definitions of “vision”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
he is just buying, remixing, & cobbling together Other People’s Tech, not really building anything new.
“… a patchwork product that relied on Microsoft’s Bing for search and Meta’s open-source Llama model for query rewriting.
…still relying on outside technology for core Grok features… Black Forest Labs to power image generation. The feature lacked guardrails… allowing people to generate photos of anything from Taylor Swift in lingerie to Kamala Harris with a gun.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:
Melania Trump’s book publisher wanted CNN to pay $250,000 to interview the former first lady. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/politics/melania-trump-book-cnn-interview/index.html
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CelloMomOnCars ("CelloMom On Cars") wrote:
"If #Project2025 is implemented, the United States would be unrecognizable. Instead, it would resemble autocracies around the world."
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:
“Why did the NYT play the first story the way it did? We don’t know. They won’t say.
"Why did it play the second story so differently? We don’t know. They won’t say.
“’Don’t ask, don’t tell is one thing. The attitude of our leading journalists boils down to: ‘You can ask. We won’t tell.’
"This is not good enough.”
A tale of two front pages, from James Fallows, our leading media critic.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Excuse me??? Gaslight much?
Via Rupar:
GOP Rep. Brian Mast on #Trump saying "so what?" to #Pence's life being in danger on #Jan6:
"I don't think that should be characterized as anything more than hyperbole right there ... his life wasn't really in peril."
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘… former County Clerk of Mesa County, Colorado. Described in 2022 as "one of at least twenty-two election deniers vying to take charge of elections in eighteen states", she was the first election official in the U.S. convicted of criminal charges related to stolen election conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 United States presidential election. In August 2024, she was convicted on charges relating to unauthorized access to election machines.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:
DoJ - Warrant unsealed authorizing the seizure of 41 internet domains used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies to commit computer fraud and abuse in the US. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-russian-intelligence-spear-phishing-efforts
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BleepingComputer@infosec.exchange wrote:
Microsoft and the Justice Department have seized over 100 domains used by the Russian ColdRiver hacking group to target United States government employees and nonprofit organizations from Russia and worldwide in spear-phishing attacks.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
timkmak@journa.host ("Tim Mak") wrote:
Here’s what we’re reading today:
Saudi Arabia's attempts to increase oil exports could lead to a fall in prices, putting the #Russian budget at risk.
A collapse in prices could severely limit Moscow's ability to continue the war, given its reliance on oil revenues.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The strategic uncertainties generated after an Israeli-Iranian nuclear exchange are likely to be at least as fraught as any that might arise before such a clash. An unspoken hope among security experts is that nuclear deterrence can work between Israel and Iran. Such optimism, however, discourages clear thinking about what might happen if deterrence fails and both countries use nuclear weapons.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
New paper on the GHG footprint of LNG exports from the US is now published. Conclusion? LNG has a larger climate impact than any other fossil fuel, including coal.
https://scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ese3.1934
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
You know how when you have a concept you want to write about, but whenever you try, it's all long-winded and boring?
I've been sitting on this one for ten months and I finally forced myself to stay under five hundred words.
Anyway, #Meta has a toaster problem.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Ooooo I have a five hundred word write up that is snappy and pithy. Should I post it to ol' faithful or my side-blog?
I feel like fromjason has been neglected lately so maybe there? But also, I love shiny and new things.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:
Microsoft, predictably enough, focused on a "lock everything to our platform" strategy. CEO Steve Ballmer calied every Ipod owner a "thief" and arguing that every record company should wrap music in Microsoft's Zune DRM, which would allow them to restrict anything they didn't like, even if copyright allowed it (and would also give Microsoft the same abusive leverage over labels that they famously exercised over Windows software companies):
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins"):
MaggieFero@hachyderm.io ("Margaret Fero") wrote:
Burnout isn't about working too much, it's about moral injury: watching or participating in betrayals of your ethics or values. Larger gaps between stated and practiced values create more burnout. - @phire at #Monktoberfest
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
zwol@hackers.town ("Zack Weinberg") wrote:
https://thesecretknots.com/comic/remind-me-later/
my god, what have we done
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
hot rain, @CARROT ? whyyyyyyyy?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ArneBab@rollenspiel.social ("Arne Babenhauserheide") wrote:
I uploaded "My best thing today" in #sketchnotes from August 2024 to September 2024:
https://www.draketo.de/kreatives/best-thing-today#2024-09
Please boost! I’m publishing these with some hope that others may start #bestthingtoday sketchnotes: it’s a great way to build and strengthen positive memories.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
miah@hachyderm.io ("Miah Johnson") wrote:
Oooh The Designed by, and Powered by OpenWRT router is now out!
https://liliputing.com/openwrt-one-wifi-6-router-is-now-available-for-89/
$89 and $10 of every order goes directly to the OpenWRT project!
Hope to see some folks get these and post reviews soon! (I'll order one as soon as I can afford to)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:
what's your favorite videogame that wraps its challenge in having the player build consensus and cooperation instead of competition and domination?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
griotspeak@soc.mod-12.com ("tj usiyan") wrote:
Them: “This is not a paywall.”
Me: “whew”Them: Provide your Email address”
Me: “that’s a payment, though. Personal information is a payment”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
tech4palestine@infosec.exchange ("Tech For Palestine") wrote:
Google Was Set to Host an Israeli Military Conference. When We Asked About It, the Event Disappeared.
https://theintercept.com/2024/09/27/google-israel-defense-tech-conference/
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Doting grandfathers everywhere are getting a gleam in their eyes…
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/03/important-facts/
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
The goal? Make out there unbearable so that you're willing to pay to stay in here.
Where, "out there" is just the world, and "in here" are the little sanctuary malls, fantasy parks, and virtual realities designed by the same people who made "out there" so bad in the first place.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Daniel_Grosse@fosstodon.org ("Daniel Grosse") wrote:
🎉 Just published in the October issue of IEEE #TCAD: "WAVING Goodbye to Manual Waveform Analysis in HDL Design with WAL".
📄 PDF (open access): https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10496480
👉 WAL: https://wal-lang.org
📂 GitHub: https://github.com/ics-jku/wal
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
stevelord@bladerunner.social ("Steve Lord") wrote:
Who called it "social media" and not "clout computing"?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
brianbilston@mastodon.online ("Brian Bilston") wrote:
Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate.
Here’s a poem called ‘In Search of Poetry’. It’s constructed entirely from popular Google searches about poetry.
