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Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
metin@graphics.social ("Metin Seven 🎨") wrote:
Cartoon by Tom Chitty for The New Yorker.
➡️ https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/thursday-february-16th-great-power
#cartoon #power #spiderman #politics #BigTech #war #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #oligarchs #UnitedStates #billionaires
Mastodon FeedReblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
estherschindler@newsie.social ("Esther Schindler") wrote:
QOTD: "If a book told you something when you were 15, it will tell you again when you're 50, though you may understand it so differently that it seems that you're reading a whole new book." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
eyeling@mastodon.art ("Eyeling") wrote:
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Trump suggests turning TikTok into a state-owned platform:
"Therefore, my initial thought is a joint venture between the current owners and/or new owners whereby the U.S. gets a 50% ownership in a joint venture set up between the U.S. and whichever purchase we so choose." https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113855616848696050
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jgordon@appdot.net ("John Gordon") wrote:
Return of the Usurper: “should be viewed roughly like the British march on Washington during the War of 1812”
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/a-contrarian-take-on-volume-one-of
The greatest failure of American governance since the internment of Japanese-Americans.
“It's important to bear the Supreme Court's culpability in mind as we prepare to defend our democracy”
And the GOP.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I recognize that cow!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/19/an-homage/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑"):
theogrin@chaosfem.tw ("Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊") wrote:
In the Terry Pratchett book 'Going Postal', the golem Mr. Pump expresses to Moist Von Lipwig that he's functionally killed about 2.3 people through his actions. Moist protests that he's never laid a hand on anyone, and in turn, the golem responds:
"No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.”
Nobody really sums up some of the cruelties forced on us by one another quite like Mr. Pratchett did.
Mastodon FeedIn #RustLang cargo-deb, I automatically fix some build configuration to make pkg-config work when cross-compiling, make debug symbols compressed and installed externally. I could also help build man pages, bash completions, etc.
That starts looking like a build system.
If I extracted the build tweaks into a separate tool, would you use it?
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Let the looting begin!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/19/crime-is-legal-now/
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Eepy.
Mastodon Feedmagicalgirlsabrina ("Sabrina Ryan") wrote:
Y’all got any more of them TikToks
Mastodon Feedjon@henshaw.social ("Jon Henshaw") wrote:
Mastodon FeedMostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social wrote:
Mastodon FeedCask has gained support for #Java virtual threads. This unblocks the “just block” way of doing things (which, to be honest, has its appeal in simplicity)
https://com-lihaoyi.github.io/cask/#running-cask-with-virtual-threads
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
tsturm@famichiki.jp ("Thomas Sturm") wrote:
OK, this was kinda fun: This site tries to guess your native language based on reading an English paragraph. Didn't have to guess very hard to detect my German accent. 100% German with some potential Russian or French flavors.
Mastodon FeedCompliance in advance is always the best strategy. Word of advice, maybe also try to be more masculine. See if you can combine that with obsequiousness!
NetBlocks: TikTok has deactivated its own service in the US [...] there are no indications of widespread network level restrictions imposed by internet providers at the present time.
Pictured to the right: TikTok itself as a self-portrait...
https://jwz.org/b/ykgj
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Biden Administration Quietly Carves TikTok Ban Loophole for Itself, Leaked Document Shows:
"According to the document, the Biden administration has quietly exempted these personnel from the ban “regardless of any potential failure of TikTok to be divested of its foreign PRC [People’s Republic of China] ownership.”"
lol. https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/biden-administration-quietly-carves
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Here's the TikTok video from back in March where I talk about how #Meta could buy #TikTok.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Could Meta buy TikTok?
Back in March of 2024, I speculated that Meta could buy TikTok with minimal outcry from the general public and without the US government threatening to leverage anti-trust against them.
In such a scenario, a smaller company would buy the Tiktok “brand” and front end. Meta would then have exclusive rights to provide the cloud infrastructure.
On paper, it would look like the smaller company owns ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/01/18/could-meta-buy-tiktok-back.html
Mastodon FeedReading List.
After all these years, I am still baffled at how terrible Apple is at syncing. Truly, it is shocking. How are they so bad at this? I have 3 Apple devices right next to each other and the chance that all three of them will have the same...
https://jwz.org/b/ykgh
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
TikTok goes dark in the US - POLITICO:
"The possibility of a TikTok return will now lie with Trump, who has promised to broker a deal to save the app and is considering granting it a 90-day extension."
Something tells me Meta is lurking in the shadows. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/18/tiktok-shutdown-before-us-ban-00199167
Mastodon Feednetblocks ("NetBlocks") wrote:
ℹ Note: Social media platform TikTok has deactivated its own service in the US after a ruling by the Supreme Court on Friday upholding a nationwide ban; there are no indications of widespread network level restrictions imposed by internet providers at the present time #TikTokBan
Mastodon FeedCan't wait for the next firmware upgrade 🤣
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/01/18/perplexity-ai-submits-bid-to.html
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok | TechCrunch:
"The source also confirmed other details about the bid — that it would create a new entity combining Perplexity, TikTok US, and new equity partners"
Perplexity AI is backed by Jeff Bezos with investments from chief AI scientist for Meta, Yann LeCun. https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/18/perplexity-ai-submits-bid-to-merge-with-tiktok/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
antlerboy ("Benjamin P. Taylor") wrote:
Revealed: Conservative government spent £134m on never-used IT systems for failed Rwanda scheme https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/18/revealed-conservatives-spent-134m-on-never-used-it-systems-for-failed-rwanda-scheme
Racial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: asylum seekers tell of brutal conditions at Manston migrant centre https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/23/racial-abuse-physical-assaults-and-no-beds-asylum-seekers-tell-of-brutal-conditions-at-manston-migrant-centre
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TheSpaceshipper@socel.net ("The Spaceshipper 🚀") wrote:
John Carpenter's Dark Star was released 50 years ago yesterday!
"In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong."
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DrOinFLA@lounge.town ("OhSnap!Dragon") wrote:
It's sad.
My students know how to put their laptops / tablets in "Dark Mode", and can use generative AI to write their papers for them, but they are incapable of saving a file to their device in a specific location (such as a folder). They also can't use Microsoft Word or Word for Mac, because they do all word processing in Google Docs (which is completely unsafe, unsecure, and insane, IMO).
Mastodon Feed...and less than 24 hours later, the BambuConnect app has been de-obfuscated, including Bambu's private key to sign HTTP requests.
https://hastebin.skyra.pw/pufugimoye.js
So much for their laughable security claims.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I have built this storyteller service to be relentlessly positive and cheerful. I am just not in the mood for that right now.
