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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

"I fight for the user" has been lurking in the hindbrains of so many tech workers since the *Tron* years, somehow nestling comfortably alongside of the idea that "I don't need a union, I'm a temporarily embarrassed founder."

Tech bosses don't actually *like* workers. You can tell by the way they treat the workers they don't fear.

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

But for tech bosses, this vocational awe wheeze had a fatal flaw: if you convince your workforce that they are monk-warriors engaged in the holy labor of bringing forth a new, better technological age, they aren't going to be very happy when you order them to enshittify the products they ruined their lives to ship.

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

The answer is a tactic that Fobazi Ettarh called "vocational awe":

https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/

"Vocational awe" describes the feeling that your work matters so much that you should accept all manner of tradeoffs and calamities to get the job done. Ettarh uses the term to describe the pathology of librarians, teachers, nurses and other underpaid, easily exploited workers in "caring professions."

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chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

If I traded in both my MacBook Air and my Mac Studio, I could get ~$1000 toward a MacBook Pro! I won’t, but I won’t pretend some stupid part of me isn’t tempted.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
ricci@discuss.systems ("Rob Ricci") wrote:

Spent this afternoon getting qbittorrent set up so that I can participate in sciop : https://sciop.net/

Thanks to the power of bittorrent and RSS, I'm now using my disk space and bandwidth to help preserve scientific datasets , and I'm subscribed to feeds that will automatically let me know when there are new datasets to preserve

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
KrajciTom@universeodon.com ("TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

#SilentSunday #NewMexico

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
badlogic@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Mario Zechner") wrote:

Here is the humongous blog post describing how Boxie, the always offline audio player for my 3 year old was built. Includes files and instructions so you can build your own (if you are brave).

https://mariozechner.at/posts/2025-04-20-boxie/

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
dabeaz ("David Beazley") wrote:

I just know that I get good vibes whenever I code something without using autocomplete, an IDE, or an AI.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange ("🦠Toxic Flange (Gurjeet)🔬⚱️🌚") wrote:

Ay, @colinoflynn releasing slides and a YT series on PCB Design.

https://github.com/colinoflynn/colins-pcb-intro

Part 1 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N544CMR8I-M

#pcb #electronics

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
mbjones@social.lol ("Brandon") wrote:

🖊️ I just posted a new article to krrd.ing!

don't give in to the radicalization pipeline https://krrd.ing/posts/dont-give-in-to-the-radicalization-pipeline/

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

The one silver lining Florida used to have compared to the west coast—housing costs—seems to be fraying. (N.B.: this list is arbitrarily chosen based on “cities I might want to retire to," setting aside politics—which I wouldn't actually set aside when the time comes.)

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ivy@social.lol ("Ivy R. Turner") wrote:

hi i'm here now

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt ("Spring Jo :neobun: :v_enby: 🍃") wrote:

The EU is introducing an energy label for phones, together with mandatory requirements for phones sold in the EU;

- 5 years of software updates (AFTER they stop selling the device in the EU)

- providing important hardware parts (during sale and for 7 years after), including free software (if needed), to every repair shop, within 5-10 business days

- batteries have to make 800 charging cycles and still be above 80% original capacity

And on top of that, phones and tablets need this energy label (which also includes a fall damage durability and repairability score), and abide by the above requirements, from 20 June 2025.

(https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets%5Fen)

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
nileane@nileane.fr ("Niléane") wrote:

There is a reason why I'm focusing on trans kids here: this kind of agenda is exactly how you skyrocket suicide rates. This is how you make sure trans kids never even have the chance to become adults.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

People are, reasonably enough, upset that Trump fell asleep during the Pope's funeral. But having him fall asleep during major events with other world leaders is probably less damaging than whatever he might have done if he had been awake.

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
amministratore@mastodon.uno (":mastodon: mastodon uno admin") wrote:

Brandolini’s Law, o Principio di Asimmetria dellle stronzate, afferma che smontare una bufala richiede molto più tempo ed energie che crearla.

Una fake news sui vaccini viene diffusa in 5 secondi senza fonti, mentre per confutarla servono ore e molte citazioni scientifiche.

Prima di condividere, pensiamo bene: la disinformazione si diffonde facilmente, ma correggerla è molto difficile.

:diggita: @internet

#Bufale #leggeBrandolini #Social

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social wrote:

I was late for my first Fight Club last night so I missed the intro rules. Still, Fight Club was brilliant and I’d highly recommend Fight Club.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Here, as elsewhere, infrastructure is heroic.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

The scale of these wind farms is beyond what we're equipped to process in day-to-day human experience. They conquer the landscape in ways we can't fully comprehend even when they're in front of us. In a sense, they're abstract sculptures of themselves, mostly visible in fleeting glances from interstate highways or airplane windows.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

This was captured near the Tesla substation (no relation to the car company) near Altamont Pass with a DSLR and a 400mm lens, compressing the turbines in a way that made them resemble a histogram.

There's a *lot* of power being generated in those hills. There was an audible hum in the air and vibrations could be felt in the ground. In some spots, the camera rebooted from induced currents.

Infrastructure like this is easy to ignore, but has an accidental beauty that I think is worth examining.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Wind Turbines, Near Tracy, CA, 2010.

All the pixels, none of the wind, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4491948497

#photography

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

I am, all too often, this guy. I’m going to renew my efforts at trying to not be this guy, and follow my own advice from last year: https://notes.neatnik.net/2024/01/the-power-to-not

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
morachbeag@aus.social wrote:

Yeah, I don't buy the idea that bigotry comes from a fear that fuels hate.

Cause if you know, you know that not all these fuckers are afraid.

They're enabled.

The yt supremacist systems we live in enable em. From the politicians to their peer groups to the sorts of ppl who are all "Oh, I don't agree with everything these fascists say, but something must be done about the [insert group here]" to those who see evil committed every day and pretend it ain't happening *even when they outnumber the perpetrator*.

Oh, you can *make* em fear.

And that tends to shut em up.

Whether verbally or ehh y'know.

It don't "win hearts and minds" but honestly, they ain't got the sorts of hearts and minds I particularly feel obligated to be concerned about. Cause they don't give a fuck about anybody outside their narrow approved demographic or their safety. And they can always not be fascists.

I mean, if they were that frightened, why do you see all these yt men casually tossing around slurs?

Why do you get all these yt women gettin in Black womens' faces (and that ain't the half of it) at checkout counters and screamin racism at em?

Do they look frightened to you?

Well, maybe when the poor, harrassed, tired, fed up and fuckin righteously and undersandably *furious* cashier goes "You know what? Fuck this job, fuck the potential lawsuit, fuck the cops, and especially fuck this racist, my service job is now to serve you both sets of knuckles" vaults the counter and takes the damn swing *they've been afraid to take cause these systems are on the yt person's side*.

But up to that point, the racist looks confident and enabled as hell. You know. All fuckin swagger.

These bigots are not afraid.

They have society on their side.

They have enforcement on their side.

Judiciary - on their side

Legislators - on their side.

The public - either directly or indirectly for the most part, on their side.

So this happy thought of "Oh, they're just hating out of fear" I don't buy it.

The bit where they start to fear is the bit where they run and hide.

That's the bit where they shut up. That's the bit where they stop screaming abuse or threatening, or assaulting.

And It don't stop the core issues.

Not unless the bigot changes their mind fully. Which is something they gotta work on. If they choose to do so.

And not unless these systems are overthrown.

But shit, it's gonna be a long fuckin wait, and you get 1 bigot on a bus harassing 1 marginalised person and 48 other ppl just sittin around actin like it ain't happening, that'll get treated as assent.

Cause they view it as the default.

They see who's in charge, who puts em there, what it's built on.

Conversely, if them 48 other ppl go "Fuck you" and chase em off the bus...

The fear ain't the problem.

The ongoing support of a bigoted society towards bigots is.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

The hack that actually works: care more than you need to, longer than you want to.

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Does anyone really believe a gang of white nationalists will allow *elections* in the future?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/27/the-fascists-are-already-here-and-theyre-in-control/

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

but of course:

“Donald Trump’s private golf resort in South Florida will next week host one of the world’s leading purveyors of chlorine dioxide, a potentially life-threatening form of industrial bleach that is claimed without evidence to be a cure for cancer, Covid and autism... The event features several anti-vaxxers and other conspiracy theorists who have been brought together by the far-right commentator Charlie Ward.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/27/trump-golf-club-speaker-bleach

Boosted by pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷"):
grrlscientist ("GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦") wrote:

Best comment of the day:

"Trump was upset that the funeral ceremony was not all about HIM.

So was everyone else."

#politics #FascistAmeriKKKa #fascism #Nazis #PopeFrancis #PopesFuneral

Boosted by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):
ww@xyzzy.link ("ww 🩶") wrote:

fedi instance that shows this as the nsfw content cover

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:

Humans independently edit Wikipedia for humans. They don’t have any Ads or cannot be bullied into removing content. Wikipedia is free from AI slop. No wonder tech bros with AI companies want to eliminate it so that their fake AI text generator can show or push propaganda. Please do not let Wikipedia die. It is an independent source and far more reliable than Gen AI companies. It is a real shame that it comes to this.

Boosted by jwz:
augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

Make America Unhealthy Again.

US halts funding for new #COVID19 vaccines
https://cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/vaccines/US-halts-funding-new-COVID/103/web/2025/04

Global study on Covid vaccine safety falls victim to Trump cuts
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/24/global-covid-vaccine-data-nework-safety-doge-funding-cuts

RFK Jr. eyes reversing CDC’s Covid-19 vaccine recommendation for children
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/trump-pull-covid-vaccine-recommendation-children-00304091

Novavax told by FDA to conduct additional study for COVID vaccine - report
https://seekingalpha.com/news/4435996-novavax-told-fda-conduct-additional-study-covid-vaccine

CDC weighing end to universal COVID vaccine recommendations
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-covid-vaccine-recommendations-advisers/