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jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

"AI" is bad at peopleing

https://gizmodo.com/bank-fires-workers-in-favor-of-ai-chatbot-rehires-them-after-chatbot-is-terrible-at-the-job-2000646573

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
grimalkina ("Dr. Cat Hicks") wrote:

What's so wildly gaslighting about all of it is THIS IS A GOLDEN AGE OF BIOLOGY like the breakthroughs are unbelievable? It's like nobody cares??? they're talking about cancer vaccines?? cystic fibrosis treatment revolutionized?? The covid vaccine story is an absolute triumph??? They are absolutely RAINING the gaslighting down on our heads to make us doubt the value of science?!?!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
zzclaybourne@wandering.shop ("Zig Claybourne") wrote:

If you're thinking "I don't know if I should share this joy I made/received/heard of/felt/saw/tasted/wished for" listen to me now and hear me later. To me, seeing someone announce art or good news during terrible times isn't like trying to sell balloons at a funeral, it's like getting hugged at that funeral. Or maybe days later when you're alone with you. When maybe you didn't know how much you needed that hug. From anyone. Or everyone.

Basically, folks need soul food when they can get it.

jwz wrote:

Danny Bluejeans loves cars.

In yet another betrayal of the city's Vision Zero and Transit First commitments, Mayor Lurie clears Waymo, Lyft, Uber to turn Market Street back into a traffic sewer: "The mayor's escalation of his plan to add even more...
https://jwz.org/b/ykty

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
msteenhagen@provo.lol ("Maarten Steenhagen") wrote:

The Dutch #government just collapsed... again.

They were already a caretaker cabinet, waiting for elections to happen.

But a debate about imposing sanctions on Israel resulted this evening in the minister of Foreign Affairs' resignation, after which his colleagues from the same party resigned as well.

I've never seen government in The Netherlands so unstable.

And yet, still no #sanctions on #Israel forthcoming.

jwz wrote:

We can't have nice fountains, part 2.

San Francisco parks officials have requested the removal of the massive Vaillancourt Fountain from Embarcadero Plaza: If the commission votes to deaccession it, the sculpture will no longer be part of San...
https://jwz.org/b/yktw

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange ("Em :official_verified:") wrote:

The revolution will not happen on the platforms owned by the oppressors.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
daemon_nova@labyrinth.zone ("cmdr ░ nova ⸸ :~$ 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

People called the fediverse too hard to figure out, so Bluesky surfaced to capture all the people who can't comprehend the act of choosing a server and reading rules, and subsequently, hardly 2 years later, swept them into yet another pro-fascist thunderdome

I wish I could say this was unexpected

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
feoh@oldbytes.space ("Feoh") wrote:

Today's #electronica that's making me very happy :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1K6Sv-oIb0

DJ Dave going to town #livecoding with #Strudel - the results are incredibly listenable and watching them so fluidly perform with this in real time is just awesome!

Boosted by jwz:
docpop ("Doctor M. Popular") wrote:

Wayback inaccuracies: Sometimes I'll be looking through archived pages on the Wayback Machine and notice a capture isn't actually from the date that is listed. For example, this archive from July 2023 doesn't line up with my personal captures of this same website site from that time. Some of the text even mentions events that had not yet happened, like meetings in 2024.

Has anyone else run into issues with archived pages that did not come from the dates listed?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cesarpose@infosec.exchange ("César Pose") wrote:

Today I woke up from a nap because my cat was touching my arm. When I opened my eyes, I saw him open his mouth. He was meowing, but I couldn't hear him.
So I wrote this little poem, with a little sadness and a little acceptance. For all those sounds I love that are fading away as I become increasingly deaf...

My native language is Spanish so I put the original and then the translation.

Los pájaros se han ido
Los loros ya no juegan
en las ramas
La lluvia ya no canta
y el viento apenas sopla
Las risas de los niños
los perros del vecino
y la voz de ella
se alejan poco a poco
El silencio me devora
lentamente...

The birds have left
The parrots no longer play
on the branches
The rain no longer sings
and the wind barely blows
The children's laughter
the neighbor's dogs
and her voice
gradually fade away
The silence slowly devours me...

Perhaps the most painful loss is the loss of oneself, when time slowly steals away your gifts and treasures...

#deafness #hearingloss #deaf #silence #sordera #hipoacusia #silencio #actuallyautistic #autoimmune #poetry #poem

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
g7izu@universeodon.com ("𝑮7𝑰𝙕𝑼 𝑹𝙍𝑫") wrote:

Radio Abuse

Illegal French "freebanders" are taking over the 6 MHz aero band (yet again), interfering with safety of life frequencies.

#radiopropagation
#freeband
#scum
#g7izu

Attachments:

• video: 735548ea93c9cdc2.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:

Read our advice for staying safe in demonstrations in the U.S. and elsewhere. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/attending-protest

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

The NWSS cannot share wastewater data this week due to a technical issue. But, all signs point to #COVID19 continuing to rise broadly across the US. I share the latest data and a list of concerns, including the growing rate of kids with COVID in Emergency Departments.

https://medium.com/@augieray%5F66704/covid-wastewater-data-delayed-this-week-update-for-august-22-2025-b600a4dadc36

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Migueldeicaza ("Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉") wrote:

We are taking Xogot for a spin on M-based Macs using Mac Catalyst.

You can download now from TestFlight, or you can sign up here: https://beta.xogot.com

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

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

I am, by the way, a terrible hiking partner and dinner guest. If there's something interesting on the horizon or view out the window that catches my eye, I tend to reflexively set up the tripod* and geek out in my own little world while everyone else is trying to move on down the trail or sit down to eat.

* (Yes, I carry a tripod on hikes and to dinner parties. See above.)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MalcolmNance@defenseofliberty.social ("Malcolm Nance") wrote:

🚨 BREAKING:

#Republicans are lashing out at the creators of this new ad.

They're TERRIFIED.

It must have struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as pedophile-protectors.

You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

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• video: 09fb055ff48afc7b.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
doctroid@vmst.io ("Rich Holmes") wrote:

Hey! Anyone along the Erie Canal east of Syracuse or the Hudson south of Albany down to New York!

I went and saw the Flotsam River Circus tonight in Brewerton. About a dozen circus performers and musicians on a raft doing their thing for a large crowd — which is impressive given they apparently budget nothing toward publicity, it's mainly word of mouth.

They're going from Buffalo to New York as part of the Canal's 200th anniversary; they've done 17 shows so far and will do about 20 more in the next few weeks. All free, donations accepted.

Lots of fun and well done. Big recommend.

https://www.rivercircus.com/

#circus #erieCanal

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

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

it is here, do not fool yourself, the moment they feared is here now

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/politics/trump-generals-national-guard-analysis

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
NewsDesk@flipboard.social ("Flipboard News Desk") wrote:

Update: @CNN reports that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard members who are patrolling Washington, D.C., to carry weapons, despite the fact that they are ostensibly serving in a "support role." More than 1,900 troops have been called up, including those from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Ohio, Louisiana, and Tennessee.

https://flip.it/VuXIUL

#USNationalGuard #WashingtonDC #PeteHegseth #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration

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

@idiot That would work if I labeled my photos that way, but I don't, because I am a cruel and heartless man.

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

Also, if you lead with a suggestion that I perform a sexual act on myself that involves improbably difficult contortions, I'm not likely to read much further.

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

If you think I'm wrong about something, I totally welcome discussion about that. But "don't post about X (totally normal) thing; I don't like that" is a YOU problem, not a me problem.

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

Note: If you dislike what I post, whether it be about election security, photographs, technology, public policy, stupid jokes, or whatever, you can unfollow or block me. That works much more reliably than asking me to alter my posts to suit your taste.

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

Someone described the election security conference I just ran as "boring people talking about exciting things in too much detail" and I think they nailed our brand.

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

This is an image that works best at the highest resolution. The Rodenstock 138mm lens has extraordinary edge-to-edge sharpness and a general lack of distortion that makes it especially well suited to wide stitched panoramas like this one.

The effect is sort like Where's Waldo; the whole is shown mainly to invite you into the details.

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

Captured with the Rodenstock 138mm/6.5 HR Digaron-SW lens (@ f/7.1), Phase One IQ4-150 back (@ ISO 50, 1/125 sec), Cambo WRS 1250 camera. Stitched panorama of two images, shifted left and right +/- about 18mm.

This view reminded me of Malvina Reynolds's famous 1962 song (though she was inspired by nearby Daly City). If you look closely, the houses don't quite "all look just the same", but somehow, viewed on the hillside, there's more uniformity than there is up close.

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

Little Boxes, University Mound, San Francisco, CA, 2024.

All the pixels, none of which look the just the same, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54062971395

#photography