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

We've set these things up so that we don't control all the direct inputs. We don't control nor curate the training input. We don't control nor inspect the implementation. Yet we're expected to hand over decision making and the power to take action?

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

I don't directly use these "services", but I think about them from time to time because they're going to impact me whether I want to use them or not. I was thinking about "indirect prompt injection" and other means of controlling the input to these things, and I just realized the whole concept as implemented is basically "garbage in" with a dash of "trust me bro" marketing.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:

Peter Baker on Morning Joe (I watch so you don't have to) likens Trump and a promise of "short-term pain" to Biden and the economy at his start. Big difference: Biden fixed the economy; Trump is singlehandedly crashing it.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:

This is cynical even for the #MurdochJournal: blaming vaccine-autism conspiracy theories on the "radical left"--i.e. RFJ--and autism diagnoses on perverse incentives in education funding--thus dismissing the diagnosis of autism itself.

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

we are sliding rapidly into what will be known to history as ‘The Trump Recession’, and millions of everyday Americans are watching their retirement funds rapidly evaporating.

“US stock market loses $4 trillion in value as Trump plows ahead on tariffs”

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/investors-flee-equities-trump-driven-uncertainty-sparks-economic-worry-2025-03-10/

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

quite the divide

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

“… since the U.S. government froze foreign aid… millions of life-saving doses sit on the shelves of a warehouse, unused and unreachable.”

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/kenya-hiv-patients-live-fear-us-aid-freeze-strand-drugs-warehouse-2025-03-11/

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noelreports@mstdn.social ("NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦") wrote:

🇺🇸 Elon Musk called a U.S. senator from Arizona—a Navy veteran and retired NASA astronaut—a "traitor" for supporting Ukraine.

The senator fired back: "Traitor? Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a core principle of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those who do."

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffmcneill@fosstodon.org ("Jeff McNeill") wrote:

https://theonion.com/trump-says-recession-unfortunate-but-necessary-step-to-get-to-depression/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
LillyHerself ("LillyLyle/Count Melancholia") wrote:

Seen elsewhere

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CNN@flipboard.com wrote:

Video shows Russia hit by Ukrainian drone attack
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/world/video/moscow-russia-ukraine-drone-attack-ldn-digvid?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into World News @world-news-CNN

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
sucho_memes@mastodon.online ("Memes from the SUCHO Meme Wall") wrote:

You're a dictator -- You're a dictator -- You're a dictator -- You're a genius

https://memes.sucho.org/#1aA9V%5FEh1Z8bS9t26SoILZ0jJvXU7Q8VH

#SUCHO

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

“Other presidencies have begun with stock routs—Barack Obama’s first term, for example. George W. Bush started off even worse, but both were elected during bear markets.

If the current selloff becomes one—the unofficial definition is a drop of 20% from a peak—then the odds of a bear market sparking a recession have never been higher… Nearly all U.S. consumer spending growth lately has come from the wealthiest 10% or so of Americans—people most likely to own investments.”

- Spencer Jakab

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Question for cryptography professors!

Do you agree that an applied cryptography course could be designed to largely omit RSA—covering it only briefly in five minutes—in order to allocate more time to group-based primitives and, ultimately, provide greater emphasis on zero-knowledge concepts later in the course?

I ask this because RSA seems to be relatively a dead end, both in practice but also in terms of the hard problems it is based on.

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

on GIGO

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/804250ab%5Frag-has-been-dying-since-the-first-large-activity-7305155666992680961-0qxY?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fios&rcm=ACoAAAB7JkEBQCk8SY-mmP6rvpKfocI7TzIpqK4

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
KathyReid@aus.social ("Kathy Reid") wrote:

I didn't expect "using a Torrenting client to seed US government scientific datasets because the policy settings are erasing years of research" on my 2025 bingo card but here we are.

You wouldn't download America's scientific research output would you?

#SafeGuardingResearch

EDIT: Several people have contacted me for the link.

https://sciop.net/datasets/

(Better link)

and follow @SafeguardingResearch

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
pratik@writing.exchange ("Pratik") wrote:

Guess the political affiliation of farmers around Austin that AISD purchased produce from? Now let them know Donald did it. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-for-schools-food-banks-00222796

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
hemisphericviews@social.lol ("Hemispheric Views") wrote:

We're doing another "get out and move” challenge!

April 1 - May 31 🗓️

Northern Hemisphere Points vs. Southern Hemisphere Points! 💪

This one does not require an Apple Watch so EVERYONE can Join in! 😃(iOS & Android)

First, download Challenges:
https://challengesapp.app.link/download

Once you have the app:
https://sync.challenges.app/invite?eligibilitycode=mj96

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luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:

At the start of COVID, we all learned how to beat airborne viruses like the flu: by wearing masks and staying home when we are sick. It's a real shame we haven't translated those important lessons into long-term behavioral change.

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alexwinter.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Alex Winter") wrote:

The Tesla store protests have been going on for months all over the country. They're an almost entirely peaceful, grassroots, people's protest. The momentum they've gathered can't be credited to any group or organization, but solely to the rage of a citizenry faced with a fascist autocracy.

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

Reasonable

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/watchlist-decline-civic-freedoms-civicus

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microseasons@mas.to ("72 Microseasons") wrote:

A new microseason in the "Insects awaken" (啓蟄 Keichitsu) division has begun:

First peach blossoms (桃始笑 Momo hajimete saku)

This microseason will last until March 15.

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ylegall@genart.social ("Yann Le Gall") wrote:

crescent moon packed pixels

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• gifv: 3f947c2ec9234f17.mp4

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
coopartisans@social.coop ("Artisans Cooperative") wrote:

Did you know? The first art-based cooperative was founded in Paris in 1860 by a group of artists aiming to control the distribution of their own work. Explore more about the cooperative art movement and discover modern-day artisans at our cooperative: https://artisans.coop/
#ArtHistory #CooperativeMovement #ParisArtScene

jwz wrote:

I knew how these tariffs were going to go because I studied the classics.
https://jwz.org/b/ykkG

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• video: 10b8b2b48270b2de.mp4

jwz wrote:

Welp, my credit card finally got popped. I think that's the first time this has happened to me! There were about $2k worth of charges over about a six week period, mostly to Blizzard, Steam, EA and some other game shit, mostly $49 each. They also tried and failed to buy cryptocurrency, which is what *finally* triggered a fraud alert.
https://jwz.org/b/ykkE

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

Good grief:

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-plans-study-into-vaccines-autism-sources-say-2025-03-07/

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Leeisme@mastodon.xyz ("Gavin Lux Enjoyer") wrote:

Tesla stock is in absolute free fall and the funniest reaction to me has to be Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley posting: Hey, other car companies also did nazi shit.

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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

One reason I'm glad I canceled Netflix and Amazon Prime is that I don't support these craven companies' knee-bending to Trump world. Examples: Amazon's blatantly corrupt Melania Trump film deal and now the Netflix signing of a "comedian" who thinks racism is funny.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/tony-hinchcliffe-trump-netflix-00222074

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

It's a start

RE: https://www.threads.net/@amahnke/post/DHCIBu2RSvN