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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I keep thinking what it's going to be like when all these AI doomsday cults like Rationalists and LessWrong etc makes its way into the mainstream and the average American realizes just how weird Silicon Valley has become

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

If you’re looking for a space where you’ll never have to hear anyone remind you of how much easier your life is because of your fortunate circumstances, check out Micro.blog. You’ll love it there.

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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

2012: I put "Roko's basilisk" as a subject heading in the RationalWIki article on LessWrong

2018: Elon meets Grimes over a joke about "Rococo's basilisk"

2025: welp, looks like I biew up the United States

[dominoes.jpeg]

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

A reasonable perspective. It will be ignored by all the people inflamed by unreasoning hatred.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/12/useful-insight-to-begin-the-day/

You don’t have to be that gung-ho on trans rights to realize that a world where girls’ genitals need to be inspected before they can play any sport is worse for girls than a world where once in a while there’s a trans girl on a girls’ team.

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

Every time I talk about privilege, someone with more than enough of it squirms uncomfortably.

Good! If you’re a squirmer, I hope you can lean into that feeling. Your discomfort is healthy. Pulling it closer to you and spending some time with it is the first real step towards understanding that your privilege limits how you experience the world.

Asking me to pipe down is letting your privilege do exactly what it wants to do by default, which is eliminate any perceived threat to it.

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

Need an effective argument against Lamarckism? Here you go.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/12/76376/

Imagine a world where every regrettable ass-tattoo passed on to babies.

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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha Jay 🇪🇺") wrote:

A shameless timeline cleanser to start your week better

A tabby cat with white paws on a red apple
With eyes closed, chin resting on the apple
Eyes wide open and chin resting on the apple

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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

🐧 Stop Trump’s tariffs.

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idoubtit@mstdn.social ("Sharon of the Strange Times") wrote:

THIS IS SO COOL!
First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ubC4bcgRM

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thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Now many billions will Trump, his family, and his partners collect on his official trip to the Middle East next week?

How many journalism organizations will try to aggregate the spoils of Trump world corruption so the public will fully understand the breadth and depth of the sleaze?

I can't begin to guess the answer to the first question, but the second one is easy: zero.

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

Just defeated the final boss in the world’s worst video game. Grades for the semester successfully submitted.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ora@social.lol ("Ora G. Walters") wrote:

As a reminder to my friends here, I am looking for freelance work. I'm a video and motion graphics artist with talent for live production. More details on my website: https://www.orawalters.com/

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

New buddy in Pokémon Go. :pokeball:

A screenshot from Pokémon Go, showing a Pikachu decked out in spiral glasses, a mortarboard, and lab coat beside a human player reading a book and wearing the same glasses, a plaid shirt and jeans, and purple shoes.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
vzq@social.lol ("Jose") wrote:

Close-up of a metallic pedestrian crossing button mounted on a pole, with a reflective “VZQ” sticker and a small sticker of a plant sprout above it.

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

2025 Week 19 Notes: All the heartbeats are synonyms https://cygnoir.net/2025/05/2025-week-19-notes-all-the-heartbeats-are-synonyms

tendril of jasmine on a wooden trellis

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TomF@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Tom Forsyth") wrote:

Lovely nerdy dive on mipmap selection.
https://pema.dev/2025/05/09/mipmaps-too-much-detail/

(cross-posted from https://bsky.app/profile/pema99.bsky.social - looks like they are also @pema ?)

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
nadine@social.lol ("New Moon Nadine") wrote:

Hi all! I had an overwhelmingly awesome response to my #introduction post, thank you for the warm welcomes and for sharing your #blog s with me.

My journey is just beginning on Fediverse, still learning a lot of the ropes. Sorry I can't get back to everyone who responded!

There must be lots of #game rs and #stream ers here right?

I've been thinking of streaming my first playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3 on #Twitch . Anyone still frequent streams these days?

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

👋 Closing down micro.blog. You can find me at www.anniemueller.com and/or @annie

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

A neutral stance is for weightlifting, not for human rights “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite... https://anniemueller.com/posts/a-neutral-stance-is-for-weightlifting-not-for-human-rights

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bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

RIP USENIX ATC https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/05/11/rip-usenix-atc/

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
ocean@raru.re ("oshy") wrote:

You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
Turns out that was on purpose

The recent court documents showed that Google's internal testing demonstrated that significantly worse search results would not harm their business operations. This apparent immunity to quality concerns stems from the company's dominant market position, which the recent federal court ruling addressed. "Since Google doesn't have any real competition, it can make the best information hard to find, forcing users to stay on Google for longer and interact with more ads," Papadimitriou said. "This is dangerous for consumers, most of whom think the best results appear first." The strategy appears to be working from a business perspective. The study suggests that poor organic search results actually benefit Google's bottom line in two ways: they make paid advertisements more valuable to users seeking accurate information, and they force users to refine their searches multiple times, exposing them to more advertising in the process.

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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

So this actually subverted some of my expectation, I do recommend spending five minutes to read through it!

P.S. Gilgamesh!

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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Okay… This is my fourth attempt today to read through this article about our shortening attention span. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/11/given-up-on-reading-elif-shafak-on-why-we-still-need-novels

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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Starry sky petunias

#wallpaper #darktable

A detail of several petunia flowers. They're mostly purple, but have white spots scattered over, which reminds of a starry night sky.

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

This is an outrage

From: @fromjason
https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/114485601719028749

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Just by analyzing her body of work, any reasonable person would conclude that Sheryl Sandberg is a monster. But reading first-hand accounts of her treatment of others really brings it to a whole new level.

Good book. Might do a full review. #Fediverse #SocialWeb #IndieWeb

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Careless People A CAUTIONARY TALE OF POWER, GREED, AND LOST IDEALISM A MEMOIR Sarah Wynn- Williams

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

But where will we put them all?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/11/ambitions/

seedlings

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CTGT@birds.town wrote:

#SilentSunday

Eastern Box Turtle

#turtles #nature

Eastern Box Turtle on the ground surrounded by small twigs, bits of green and brown leaves. Shell of geometric black shapes with spots of orange. Leg and face also black with orange spots. Red eye stands out from the rest of the face.

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denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

update: I missed the train. not because it was cancelled or delayed or anything, though, I just... got the station too late. I Deutsche Bahn'ed myself. Nice.