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

thanks to ppl like you, Sgt Prozeller, the Union still stands.

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

Maybe real AGI has been with us for a while. Maybe the real AGI has been humans combined with all the computers we've been using to solve problems with reliable, knowable algorithms that were otherwise intractable. That sounds like combining the strengths of humans with the strengths of machines. If we weren't so hung up on creating completely submissive servants, maybe we'd see it that way? 🤔

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

I was reading this summary of a paper from Apple on the limitations of LLMs:

https://archive.is/clGGj

And I got to this from the author of the post.

"The vision of AGI I have always had is one that combines the strengths of humans with the strength of machines, overcoming the weaknesses of humans. I am not interested in a “AGI” that can’t do arithmetic, and I certainly wouldn’t want to entrust global infrastructure or the future of humanity to such a system."

Which got me thinking...

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JuliusGoat ("A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆") wrote:

"If we'd do well to use the split between Musk and Trump as an occasion to welcome Musk into the big tent, wouldn't we do just as well to welcome Trump into the big tent, too? If one mass-murdering Nazi billionaire in the tent is good, wouldn't two be better?"

https://www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-middle/

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

Just scrolled the first 100 posts with the hashtag #ICE.

A couple mentioned "immigrants." Some mentioned "brown people".

No mention of #Latinos. Even during the LA protests, in a Latino-majority city, no one can bring themselves to say it.

It's like the opposite of the exonerative voice phenomenon. The non-descriptive victim.

But when it was time to blame Latinos for a small uptick in support for Trump, no one had a problem saying Latinos.

We deserve better. We deserve to be acknowledged.

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

I swear, part of the reason no one is saying *who* is being hunted is because of the Latino/LatinX thing. No one wants to use the "wrong" term so we're being ignored completely.

People say that LatinX was coined by brown queers. Okay. Name them. Who are they? Exactly.

It's not enough to callout ICE. Name the people being exterminated: Latinos/Latines/LatinX. Say it all if you have to.

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

Our government is hunting Latine people. Why are we avoiding saying those exact words? Why can't we bring ourselves to discuss what's happening to Latines in this country? Are we not allowed to say Latin? What's happening here?

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spocko@mastodon.online ("Spocko") wrote:

Kat Abughazaleh "I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.

Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay."
#ICE #LA

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• video: Kat Abughazaleh talking about the ICE attacks

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fatsam@mstdn.social ("Daniel Keys Moran") wrote:

Look, Nazis picked Jews as their targets the last go round because they were about 1% of the German population, and powerless.

They picked trans people this time for the same reason. They're rancid cowards and ensuring that worse happens to them, than to their targets, is the only answer.

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

Drink special for After Life: Terran empire -- Tito's, soda, grapefruit and a lemon.

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• gifv: c97dd76cbda455eb.mp4

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

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

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Viss wrote:

https://sfba.social/@dnalounge/114646005571288576

i appreciate that @jwz wastes absolutely zero time with the new drink titles

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juergen_hubert@mementomori.social ("Jürgen Hubert") wrote:

Regarding the #LosAngeles protests:

I feel strongly that the _only_ way the #Trump regime can truly be defeated is via mass protests.

When Hitler took over the Weimar Republic, there _weren't_ any large-scale protests. Most Germans just went along with it and minded their own business, and thus the Nazis could do whatever they wanted.

But if there are mass protests in the streets - as there are currently in the USA, then this sends a powerful message to the supporters of the regime. Remember how quickly Google, Facebook, and other companies bent their knees at the inauguration and afterwards? That's because they figured they had much to gain by supporting Trump, and there were little in the way of negative consequences for doing so.

Mass protests send a different message. They show that there is real anger and wrath in the general public about what Trump is doing, and this makes clear to all the quislings that there is a real price to supporting Trump. Maybe some of them will reconsider, and become less conciliatory to the government.

And this goes for the rest of society, too. Police, military, the courts - none of them are immune to public opinion. If they believe they have nothing to lose from subservience to Trump, then they will do so. But if there is a real cost - in public perception, in self-image, and so forth - then maybe they will question their orders.

Anyway: Godspeed, and keep it up.

#LAProtests #Trump #ICE #fascism

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kfringe wrote:

The thing about black and white pictures of Stephen Miller is that he somehow always looks like you're wearing Roddy Piper's sunglasses.

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

Drink Special @ Codd Dubz: PARAMOUNT UPRISING: Aviation Gin, Soda, Splash of Licor 43, Lime.

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• gifv: 717c9d1aecf49b35.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
pharmafemboy@estradiol.city ("Grace Vulpes Alopex") wrote:

toblerail

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

In 1969, Governor Reagan sent the National Guard to Berkeley and I got tear-gassed. Time is a flat circle.

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

Good morning!

I wrote about my little mighty moka pot, and the bliss of ritual.

I wasn't going to publish this one. It's a little different than my normal essays. But here we are. What the hell.

I hope you enjoy.

#coffee #design #mokapot #essay #blog

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/the-bliss-of-good-enough-an-ode-to-my-moka-pot/

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

Is ICE using Charlottesville as a template?

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

Listening to John Mayall Jazz and Blues Fusion from Jul 5, 1973

https://wolfgangs.app.link/eh7owOsh1Tb

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

“Joey Brooklyn’s Pizza?” In St. Pete? I’ll be the judge of that!*

*I have never had NY pizza in New York. I did not say I would be a GOOD judge

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fatsam@mstdn.social ("Daniel Keys Moran") wrote:

That democracy is incompatible with obscene wealth has never been more obvious, has it?

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

so, basically, Trump is sending occupying armies of contractors to states ran by governors from the #DemocraticParty and not one of them are stopping these kidnappings because why again?

where is #California’s Newsome when Trump has an army of mercenaries bringing back colonial goons like it’s 1776?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/us/los-angeles-immigration-raid.html?smid=tw-share

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bythehandofbob@mstdn.social wrote:

A quick charcoal portrait from life (about 23 years ago) when I was merely middle-aged and taught figure-drawing. #thingsIhadforgotten

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

“I say this with no hyperbole: Bill Atkinson may well have been the best computer programmer who ever lived.” https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/07/bill-atkinson-rip

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falseknees ("False Knees") wrote:

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misty@digipres.club ("Misty") wrote:

Really sad to hear that Bill Atkinson passed away. He's an incredibly important figure in the early development of GUIs, including his work on LisaGraf and QuickDraw. He was 72. https://www.facebook.com/bill.atkinson.9862/posts/pfbid02t4hRyjZM8oHuc8xubRmYEFcRJ5ievEnDabWSPY5qvdPjWoxNbuTSu2wP2wVK4uFjl

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fedora@fosstodon.org ("Fedora Project") wrote:

We can say all kinds of great things about Lenovo's work in Fedora - how they collaborate with the community in our spaces, how they work with developers for testing or finding bugs, and more.

But the most important thing is for you to buy their laptops. If you're thinking about buying a new ThinkPad, look for the Linux config on their website and buy it there. It sends the signal that people are interested in preloaded Linux hardware.

#Lenovo #ThinkPad #FlockToFedora #Linux #OpenSource

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mcfadden ("Brian McFadden") wrote:

Society went wrong when pop culture stopped making dipshit cops the baseline depiction. Barney Fife, Rosco P. Coltrane, things of that nature. Dick Wolf is a fascist.