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

Remember when Meta reset everyone's politics settings so you had to opt-in for "political content" again? I distinctly remember some Meta apologists saying it was a simple mistake.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/meta-is-making-users-who-opted-out-of-ai-training-opt-out-again-watchdog-says/

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

We can blame the Black community and Latinos for Trump, but really, we just lost the working class. It's that simple. Upper middle class liberals didn't know when to shut up and step aside, and we let them gaslight the working class about their struggles. And then when it was time to identify our lessons learned, we let them vilify the same people they gaslit.

It's time for new voices on the left.

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

This time last year, a nurse heard two stories leading up to an election. The first story was about how the economy was corrupt. The second story was about how the economy was great, actually!

The nurse didn't have time to read that 5k word think piece on fascism from the NYT. Hell, they can't afford a subscription.

All they know is that one side makes them feel gaslit, and the other acknowledges their struggle. Who does the nurse vote for?

From:@haubles
https://hachyderm.io/@haubles/114517902413677041

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philipkristians wrote:

I will attend re:publica on 26.-28.5.225 together with @Gargron and @mellifluousbox !
We will also host a community side event, so let me know if you would like to join!

#rp25 @republica

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

A story that's got cultural appropriation, bad science, creationists, and Joe Rogan in it is either infuriating or entertaining or both.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/16/mokele-mbembe/

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binarydigit@social.lol ("BinaryDigit 💾") wrote:

Art is. https://beep.town/@zion/114517868921226139

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
shellsharks@malici.ous.computer wrote:

Hey! Scrolls volume 16 has arrived! Go check it out for the usual fun discoveries across the #IndieWeb, #Fediverse and #Infosec / #Cybersecurity realms!

https://shellsharks.com/scrolls/scroll/2025-05-16

Special credit to everyone mentioned below for their awesome contributions to this weeks issue. 🧡

@thelinuxcast @philipp @Discourse @ben @platinumtulip @radwebhosting @adam @sophywong @mastoe @murtezayesil @dominik @Vollmer @joel @tinimalina @steven @liztai @EmilyMoranBarwick @latte @hack13 @khurtwilliams @indieaisle @daj @ianb @Zardus @hrbrmstr @lirantal @deadsuperhero @trailofbits @axxuy @thomasareed @DAK @philipp @reillypascal @PromptedInk @nopatience @grickle

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
researchfairy@scholar.social ("The research fairy") wrote:

> being plausible but slightly wrong and un-auditable—at scale—is the killer feature of LLMs, not a bug that will ever be meaningfully addressed, and this combination of properties makes it an essentially fascist technology. By “fascist” in this context, I mean that it is well suited to centralizing authority, eliminating checks on that authority and advancing an anti-science agenda.

https://blog.bgcarlisle.com/2025/05/16/a-plausible-scalable-and-slightly-wrong-black-box-why-large-language-models-are-a-fascist-technology-that-cannot-be-redeemed/

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
jtheseamstress@hcommons.social ("Julia") wrote:

We're at 928.930! That's incredible!!

EU citizens, last chance to sign today! 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈

Petition to ban conversion therapy within the EU - Please sign if you haven't yet, and share with everyone you know! :heart_rainbow:

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

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

It seems to me the "Motivation" section for this paper is pretty damning. I'm left wondering why you'd even consider continuing with a technology that you can't control and is unreliable, unpredictable, and not fit for any particular purpose.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15499

I stopped reading after the Motivation section.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

New #PsychedelicPornCrumpets album, Carpe Diem, Moonman, has come out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah02MsJsoFY

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

A doodle while waiting at the doctors office. ✌️🖤

#mastoart #sketch #sketchbook #goth #gothic #blackAndWhite #portrait #romantic

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Eve@romancelandia.club ("Eve AKA Bailey Stewart") wrote:

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QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

Ben Cohen is an old white guy worth $150M. He has no need to risk his comfort & get arrested for protesting a genocide all the way in Gaza.

But Ben has values lacking in most people of his wealth & privilege—empathy, humanity, & justice.

Ben Cohen is what a true leader looks like. God bless him.

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go buy 20 gallons of Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

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

https://app.crucialtracks.org/profile/neatnik/20250516 #CrucialTracks #Cover

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jpkmensah@threads.net ("Joshua Mensah") wrote:

over a million americans died from covid and we didn't miss a beat. no memorial no day of remembrance not even really a mention. acknowledging that something even happened is now a highly political stance

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

A high school student telling bigots the truth. https://www.commondreams.org/news/transgender-student-athletes-maine

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TonyStark@progressivecafe.social ("Tony Stark") wrote:

Food stamps are one of the most cost effective programs ever devised. Not only do you feed people who need it, which is the most pro-life thing I can think of, but the money goes to stores, truck drivers and delivery personnel, and farmers.

For every dollar spent on food stamps, $1.50 to $1.79 in stimulus to the economy is generated.

This is both stupid and cruel.

Republicans Outdo Themselves in Food Stamp Cuts - The American Prospect
https://prospect.org/health/2025-05-15-republicans-outdo-themselves-food-stamp-cuts/

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

added "send SMS upon failure" functionality

I do not like not knowing the sucker is down

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Vazum: Bribe Jet - Aviation Gin, Soda, Splash of Licor 43, Orange Garnish.

Attachments:

• gifv: 9734be79c2cb2825.mp4

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Deglassco ("Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:

The Book of Negroes is more than a ledger—it is a story pressed into parchment, a testament to the brutal arithmetic of freedom. It begins in the final days of the American Revolution, a conflict that promised liberty but delivered it unevenly.
1/17
#History #BlackMastodon #Education #Histodons #Politics

Image: Rose Fortune came to Nova Scotia after the Revolutionary War, about June 1784. She earned a living as a "trucker," carrying baggage with a wheelbarrow.

NOVA SCOTIA ARCHIVES

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

[END TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

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

[BEGIN TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

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blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

everything this fucker touches goes to shit, by the way: #FIFA #golf #F1 #tennis and can't find the article i read recently that says he's set his eyes on the #NBA as well.

"Mohammed bin Salman says he will ‘continue doing sport washing’ for Saudi Arabia | Sport | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/21/mohammed-bin-salman-says-he-will-continue-doing-sport-washing-for-saudi-arabia

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SKleefeld ("Sean Kleefeld") wrote:

"For the bottom 60% of U.S. households, a 'minimal quality of life' is out of reach, according to the group, a research organization focused on improving lower earners' economic well-being."

Six Zero. Sixty percent. When I've been telling people for the past however many years that The American Dream™ is long dead and buried, this is what I'm talking about. Everyone born since 1980 is statistically more likely than not to be worse off than their parents.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of-living-income-quality-of-life/

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

wrote a simple remote-site monitor
----- snip -----
jeffs@Ultron % cat isitup.cfg

targetUri=http://arghstudios.com/

# interval in seconds
checkInterval=900

jeffs@Ultron % ./isitup
[2025-May-15 22:02:45.838858] Starting server monitoring for http://arghstudios.com/
Checking every 15 minutes
[2025-May-15 22:02:45.838897] Checking server at http://arghstudios.com/
[2025-May-15 22:02:46.197559] Server is responding.

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

Live your life in a way that if you’re murdered, people don’t make a musical about your murderer (which is currently sold out). https://www.luigithemusical.info/

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geekysteven@beige.party wrote:

jwz wrote:

Today in ACAB:

CBP Seizes Shipment of T-Shirts Featuring Swarm of Bees Attacking a Cop: Customs and Border Protection seized a shipment of t-shirts from a streetwear brand that sells an "Eliminate ICE" t-shirt and multiple shirts critical of police...
https://jwz.org/b/yknt

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lmorchard@masto.hackers.town ("Les Orchard") wrote:

This was the first coherent string of words in my head as I woke up this morning:

"You know where you are?! You're in the library baby! You're gonna SHHHHHHH"