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

idiots, deliberately blind idiots

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/114155693782123539

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wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

“Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing.”

~ Don Moynihan

#Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #FederalGovernment #Europe #NATO #Putin #power
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https://substack.com/redirect/4d8e0f01-5327-47e9-abb4-ff517af3f22e

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maique@social.lol ("maique :prami_pride:") wrote:

📷 AgBr (https://www.nuevo.tokyo/agbr) is finally out! A B&W Film Emulator, Nuevo.Tokyo X Héliographe (https://heliographe.net/) colab. One-time purchase, discounted for launch, all future presets included? Done.

@heliographe_studio

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
StillIRise1963@mastodon.world wrote:

Feels bad to be in this position doesn't it? Stressful? Like it could affect your HEALTH, right? It’s TERRORISM and African Americans have lived like this for over 400 years here.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

I'm puttering about in the lab while the world burns.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/13/flooding-the-zone-works/

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helenczerski@fediscience.org ("Helen Czerski") wrote:

The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for Carbon Brief providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-3-6-in-2024-as-coal-use-drops-to-lowest-since-1666/

#climate #GHG #science #GoodNews

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trabern@mas.to ("Sin of empathy 🕷️🧂🌈🫙⚖️") wrote:

This week, the Trump administration cancelled all grant programs under the Violence Against Women Act. These grants fund most court protective order programs.

At the same time, Trump declares you are a domestic terrorist if you deface a Tesla.

Literally, a swasticar has more legal protection than a woman now.

https://fortune.com/2025/03/12/president-trump-vandalize-tesla-property-domestic-terrorist-elon-musk/

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

The idea you can prompt away the essential randomness of LLMs persists.

Professional news org: "We used ChatGPT to analyze this database of documents, but it's okay because in the prompt we told it not to guess if it wasn't sure."

😬 At least they said they reviewed and confirmed the results, but still, these people need to hire a consultant from DAIR or something to give them a crash course.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Savvyhomestead ("Truth Or Consequences ✅ 🇺🇦") wrote:

Waiting for Pixelfed to get up and running with their encrypted messaging.

Seems single source platforms can be too easily compromised.

https://therecord.media/signal-no-longer-cooperating-with-ukraine

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SuffolkLITLab@esq.social wrote:

TL;DR: Uber has canceled its acquisition of Foodpanda in Taiwan due to regulatory challenges, with antitrust authorities citing concerns over a potential 90% market share. This decision follows a block from Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission, raising questions about competition in the food delivery market. https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/uber-terminates-foodpanda-taiwan-acquisition-citing-regulatory-hurdles/ #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com ("Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson") wrote:

Have I told you the good news of Delta Chat?

I use #Signal & like it a lot. I've played around with #DeltaChat & it's got some killer features that Signal doesn't. This is coming from a non-techie, but it uses encypted email in the background & nothing is stored on anyone's server in any country.

That's all awesome, but even more than that it's FUN! It allows you to do things like play games in the chat with people making FOSS apps for it, I guess.

@feld can probably answer any tech questions, but I wanted to give it a shoutout.

https://friedcheese.us/objects/8dc022a1-438c-41f7-986a-f8e752a3e7c8

@redstateinsurgents

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
delta@chaos.social ("Delta Chat") wrote:

When not dabbling in undusting the venerable Email system we play with rewiring the Web to free it from the possibility of billionaire platforms. With a nod to @pluralistic 's "Ulysses Pact" we just published "Replacing billionairish platforms with ZIP files" highlighting a bunch of new #webxdc features and community developments. The challenge is on who wants to join in de-platforming Venture-Capital-backed web apps that try to mediate our private communications https://delta.chat/en/2025-01-23-webxdc-no-billionaires

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Remittancegirl@mstdn.social ("Madeleine Morris") wrote:

The normal reaction reading these stories of people getting detained by ICE is… they must have done something wrong: wrong paperwork, looked shady, they were selling some product the government didn’t like…

"That wouldn’t happen to me."
Yes, it could. Easily. Encounter a single official who doesn’t like the look of you. There are almost no legal limits to the power of ICE - and those that exist are slow and expensive.

And that’s if you’re white.

https://masto.deluma.biz/@dogzilla/114154109221520078

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

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https://ko-fi.com/arghstudios

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

WHAT

Time for a constitutional amendment by god

RE: https://www.threads.net/@amandasmildtakes/post/DHIzi2-OVht

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
paninid@mastodon.world ("Coach Pāṇini ®") wrote:

#shitposting

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

Someone is mean to a pet and then everyone present gets murdered by a taciturn man in a suit

https://www.thewrap.com/john-wick-experience-las-veags-now-open/

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

Recall the motherfucker. Recall every rep who won't respond to their constituents, or refuses to meet with them. That will get their attention.

https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/tahoe-residents-calling-congressman-he-wont-answer-20218133.php

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

The cybertrucks yearn for the sea

RE: https://www.threads.net/@sfgate/post/DHHjscYIae8

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

See your doctor about justice insensitivity today.

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nanochess ("Óscar Toledo G.") wrote:

If you read my article about my Pascal compiler for transputer, my Small-C compiler and early operating system, then hold on to your chair: I just have wrote about my full operating system and K&R C compiler for transputer 😉 #retro #transputer https://nanochess.org/transputer%5Foperating%5Fsystem.html

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

This just in: Senate Democrats to give up their leverage for a bowl of pottage

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-kabuki-cave

jwz wrote:

Email image loading.

Dear Lazyweb,

If you are a recipient of either the DNA Lounge weekly mailing (that went out yesterday) or previous-ticket-buyers emails (some went out today) can you tell me if the images in those messages loaded?

And if not, can someone help me figure out what fresh hell this is?
https://jwz.org/b/ykkQ

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loadingartist@mastodon.world ("Gregor") wrote:

catastrophic morning

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theruran@hackers.town ("theruran 💻 🌐 :cereal_killer:") wrote:

did no one do this one already?

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ND3JR@social.coop ("Dave V. ND9JR") wrote:

The American Prospect has an article from Aaron Dorfman on something most media have been silent on since the election: voter suppression. Almost 5 million votes were suppressed and if they hadn't been the outcome of the election would have been different. https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-12-right-wing-donors-foundations-spent-billion-keep-people-from-voting/

This is a topic that I don't think gets enough attention because it goes against the fantasy that Americans have that our elections are fair. Also cites Greg Palast's work, which is here: https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/

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meg@fediscience.org ("Megan ⚘") wrote:

Finally! Nine months stranded 👩‍🚀 👨‍🚀

https://www.theverge.com/news/628311/nasa-crew-10-mission-starliner-astronauts-return-spacex

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

Bluesky To Sell Your Content To AI Data Miners

So it begins. Hidden in Jay Graber's recent charm offensive is this innocuously framed initiative: Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/bluesky-is-weighing-a-proposal-that-gives-users-consent-over-how-their-data-is-used-for-ai/)

Not so fast.

1. Shows they are planning on doing content deals with AI companies.
2. Seems like it is Opt-out vs. Opt-in (see below).
3. It is just a voluntary robots.txt file

h/t @Lydie https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie/114149023344861046

more...

#Bluesky

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ArchiteuthisFlux@leds.social ("Kevin Santo Cappuccio") wrote:

@Mikal

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Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

Every time a tech company says “We’re focused on improving the user experience,” a beloved feature dies, they add chatGPT and their CEO donates $100m to the nearest Nazi