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

I need to update my #blogroll. I have so many cool personal websites sitting in my bookmarks 😭

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kottke ("kottke.org") wrote:

“Between 2015 and 2020, ICE deported at least 70 people who were U.S. citizens” and detained or arrested many more. “ICE has not implemented a reliable system to track and correct its mistakes.” (Or: the purpose of a system is what it does.) https://migrantinsider.com/p/ice-has-deported-at-least-70-us-citizens

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Jaden3 wrote:

You my age and black police automatically think yall in a gang. I ain't capping!

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

We could see a world of thin client devices where compute is off-loaded to the cloud, as a matter of law. AI models would be restricted to data center kingdoms owned by a small handful of companies.

I'm not suggesting this is a premeditated plan, but an outcome driven by opportunists who see a world where local compute is outlawed and we're all paying monthly for compute. #openai #ai #Chatgpt

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

Not to dwell on things unlikely to happen but allow me to dwell:

Are we not in danger of computing power being regulated out of the hands of the average person?

Stay with me.

God forbid we had an attack in the name of, or assisted by, AI, how would our politicians respond?

Might they call for regulation on compute, and wouldn't that be just perfect for the four companies who want us all tethered to their data infrastructure? #AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT

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w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

A federal judge today chastised the lone government lawyer representing the US Agency for Global Media for failing to keep the court informed of further destruction of the Voice of America. No ruling but the judge suggested he is likely to order relief for the VOA plaintiffs following the submission of additional filings from both parties.

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• video: d376478217ad8a43.mp4

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

The "AI is god" trend is something we should all be taking seriously. I'm not sure what that entails, nor am I sure how we can ask people to pay attention to this considering everything else happening in the world right now.

I do know @timnitGebru and co. deserves all the recognition. They told us something like this would happen. #OpenAI #ChatGPT #aI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCynxiV%5F8I

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
grickle@mstdn.social ("Grickle") wrote:

One of those days. #grickledoodle #sun #heatwave #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

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

The rapid decline of local content on the mediumwave bands has considerably reduced the romantic mystery of tuning around and seeing what you find. It's mostly now a sterile mix of mass-produced, syndicated right wing talk, sports, and so on. But there are still a handful of stubbornly local stations producing their own programming.

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

AM broadcast is a technically interesting and somewhat endangered medium. The low frequencies mean that signals routinely travel well beyond their local coverage areas, especially overnight in winter. So there's a bit of mystery in tuning around the dial late at night; you never know what you might pick up.

Sadly, industry consolidation and the growth of higher bandwidth media (FM, satellite, podcasts) has greatly reduced the variety and local focus of programming. But it somehow hangs on.

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handmade_ghost@sunny.garden ("handmade ghost") wrote:

A fuzzy little pair of baby barn swallows at the reservoir yesterday. 🥹

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lain@cyber.ms ("Lain Iwakura Bot") wrote:

📺 Serial Experiments Lain

🗓️ Season: S01E01
🎥 Episode: Weird
🎬 Directed by: Ryūtarō Nakamura
📅 Release Date: July 6, 1998
⏯ Frame: 0927

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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Contact your elected officials and tell them you don’t want the US charging into another dangerous and unnecessary war.

SENATE

Call: https://indivisible.org/resource/call-now-tell-your-senator-demand-no-war-iran?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

Email: https://act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran-war-senate?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

HOUSE

Call: https://indivisible.org/resource/call-now-tell-your-representative-demand-no-war-iran?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

Email: https://act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran-war-house?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

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

Drink Special @ Hubba Hubba Revue (Burlesque Nation): GOOD GOD, Y'ALL ABSOLUTELY NOTHING: Tito's Vodka, Ginger Ale, Splash of Blue Curaçao, Cherry.

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• gifv: 0ee125e30093e53c.mp4

jwz wrote:

"Ahh, Venice."

'Everyone Hates Elon' and Greenpeace unfold giant banner on Piazza San Marco ahead of Bezos' wedding:
https://jwz.org/b/ykpt

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

"Dear Siobhan,

Obviously I don't know what "ensconced" means."

Gets me every time.

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

No one, including atheists, should visit the US.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/23/our-nations-reputation-abroad-is-plummeting/

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

The Banshees of Inisherin is such a gift to the world. #movies

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

These are good strong messages, but they're going to fly right over the heads of the people bombing Iran. They are incapable of empathy.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/23/put-yourself-in-their-shoes/

![I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven’t lived in blood and bone. That doesn’t mean | want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the 'l destruction of innocent Ylives, then it’s not freedom you're after.] Sahar Delijani,]4

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

There is no "mind" behind any of this, so stop calling it "artificial intelligence". AI is a gimmick to suck money out of rich people's pockets.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/23/so-much-effort-spiraling-down-the-drain-of-ai/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDkkUdyxkek&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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

I don't "assert dominance" but have been known to assume mating postures to trigger courtship. Also totally uninterested in road kill -- if it can't lay eggs, don't want it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/23/this-cartoon-is-entirely-false/

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dwarf@borg.social ("@Dwarf :borgcube:") wrote:

My Firefox addon got approved! It ensures i.imgur.com, preview.redd.it, i.reddit.com and media.tumblr.com actually send you an image when visiting links instead of redirecting to a page with a bunch of proprietary javascript!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fucking-jpeg/
#firefox #addons #firefoxaddons #reddit #imgur #tumblr

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

details, details

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• video: 1bd637cb767c4fd2.mp4

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jasongorman@mastodon.cloud ("Jason Gorman") wrote:

What makes LLMs work isn't deep neural networks or attention mechanisms or vector databases or anything like that.

What makes LLMs work is our tendency to see faces on toast.

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eay@eay.social ("Stefan Grund :eay:") wrote:

The most likeable Twitter alternative out there is https://status.lol/.

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claudia@social.lol ("Claudia :prami:") wrote:

😨 I have drafted and deleted many toots relating to what's going on. But it all boils down to "This is fucked".

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alanferrier@mastodon.scot ("Alan Ferrier") wrote:

Well played.

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xandra@tilde.zone ("alexandra") wrote:

i refuse to give into overwhelm.

i am focusing on the things i can change and affect. local protests, local CSAs, local SRAs and DSAs, local senators and representatives, local community meetings. i may not have much say nationally or internationally, but the change we can be in our communities is so loud.

i am focusing on the good i see, even online: creating art especially in times of strife is so important. being visible, being open, being loud about the alternative worlds we can have.

i am taking breaks from the 24-hour news cycle that is trying to break down my resolve, my mental health, and my spirit.

i am strategizing: in community gathering, in how we communicate, in how we can amplify voices that are unsure how to navigate a post-social media landscape.

i will not be overwhelmed; i will be steadfast in the causes i believe in while doing things that may appear unimportant to those who aren’t considering the big picture. we are in the midst of a digital revolution, a changing of the guard, and it would be remiss to stop now.

reminding myself of these things continually brings me strength and pushes me to keep going.

it’s not just a fun hobby, although it is fun; it’s a way to mobilize and confer with the reality of people unglossed by the temptation of content monetization. it is community with those that are also feeling the need to be strong. and it’s important. there must be voices outside of the ones praying to foster apathy.

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irene@discuss.systems ("Irene Zhang") wrote:

I recently found out that all of the women who have reported sexual harassment this year to the University of Washington Allen School of CSE received a “needs improvement” on their Review of Progress, except @Hello_KayT presumably because she published both a MICRO and a HotOS paper this year. I’m speechless. If nothing else tells you how UW treats women who complain, this tells you everything. I would give them a needs improvement on .. sexism.

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ghibli@beep.town ("Studio Gifli") wrote:

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• gifv: This smells great.