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ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:
Shared some thoughts on Labour's weird infatuation with AI in my latest blog post. #UKPol
https://chriswere.wales/posts/starmer%E2%80%99s-ai-gamble-risks-labour%E2%80%99s-future.html
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
Missing out on a semester means I didn't see a whole new level of enshittification of education.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I've long puzzled by christian churches in the US that appear to not follow the basic tenets of christianity. One thing Wong mentions is that social status moved away from established churches, which freed people up to find or found churches that better align with how they feel. If true, many modern churches in the US are an example of "market demand". We want to go to churches that confirm our basest desires and beliefs.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I don't follow the kinds of news or people that would promote the idea that empathy is wrong or bad, so this episode of "Tech Won't Save Us" with Julie Carrie Wong was eye opening:
This might actually be worldpol since it seems there are global efforts to undermine empathy, but there has long been a sickness in the US that is currently ascendant that I struggle to understand.
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TheBreadmonkey@beige.party ("Ben") wrote:
It's nearly 6pm. You know what that means......
(it's crime time)
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪡") wrote:
never change, VS Code tab complete
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greenpeace ("Greenpeace International") wrote:
Industrial livestock uses 80% of global farmland but gives us less than 20% of our calories.
Time to RETHINK food — we need a MASSIVE switch to plant-based diets wherever possible and stop Big Meat & Dairy giants from expanding and wrecking climate and biodiversity.
Mastodon FeedGot to admit, #MeshCore feels so much nicer than #Meshtastic already!
Visible advertisement paths, defined routing, a better acknowledgement system, less glitchy UX. There's a lot to like!
Wish the Android client was open-source, but the firmware and protocol are open so I'm sure there will be alternatives in no time.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
`useEffect()` (née: `shouldComponentUpdate()`) is an in-your-face clue that React is bad at its one bloody job.
It does not manage state (if it did, you wouldn't have Redux, etc.).
It does not prevent side effects (exercise to the reader).
It merely holds your coat while you destroy the main thread.
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resingm@infosec.exchange ("Max Resing") wrote:
Yesterday, 10 years ago, Let's Encrypt issued their first #TLS #certificate to the domain name
helloworld.letsencrypt.org. Since then, they issued 7 billion certificates.To quote Borat: "Great success!"
Congrats!
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Not sure how long I'm going to have to keep saying "the work doubling machine is doubling up the work", but maybe when it goes infinite we'll notice? Not holding out much hope, TBH.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
"but what actually happened was React"
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conffab.com@conffab.com ("Conffab") wrote:
Local-First Landscape
Whether you’re a developer looking to experiment with local-first patterns or a technical leader making a strategic technology decision, this resource helps you navigate the growing ecosystem of local-first tools and make informed choices.
Source: Local-First Landscape
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Come for the memetic deconstruction, stay for the 2025 ending:
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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:
Are you frustrated with your elected officials? The good news is we’re heading into a primary season where we get to determine the leaders of the Democratic Party.
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Free_Press@mstdn.social ("Aure Free Press :verified:") wrote:
Trump's Concentration Camps!
When the first immigrants arrived at their new detention quarters at a Texas military base this summer, they were marched onto an active construction site. Dust swirled and excavators hummed as contractors raced to build the tent encampment, where development had begun just two weeks earlier and would go on for months.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
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SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:
3. Then in May of this year, an Abu Dhabi investment fund put $2 billion into Binance, mediated through Trump’s crypto scam, World Liberty Financial. Which means the Trumps and other WLF principals earn interest on the $2B and CZ’s company gets $2 billion. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/wlfs-zach-witkoff-usd1-selected-official-stablecoin-mgx-investment-binance-2025-05-01/
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karenattiah.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Karen Attiah") wrote:
And yes, I was the last Black full-time columnist in the Opinion section. Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
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bbiiirdbPhD ("Dr. bird🌻🐦⬛🌞💛| TikTok, YT, IG") wrote:
It is absurd that anyone is trying to erase the reality of the hate that Kirk spoke frequently throughout his life.
And all anyone who has harassed me has shown is that they are also full of hate. Their words are straight out of the nazi playbook. Words mean things. Act like it.
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KevinCarson1@kolektiva.social ("Kevin Carson") wrote:
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
https://www.404media.co/doj-deletes-study-showing-domestic-terrorists-are-most-often-right-wing/
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gallaugher@mastodon.world wrote:
CVS
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mattsheffield ("Matthew Sheffield") wrote:
Pam Bondi deleted a government study showing that right-wingers commit more terrorism. The right cannot think coherently so instead of making their own studies, they censor legitimate ones.
But don't worry Pam, we saved it for you! https://web.archive.org/web/20250911165140/https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/306123.pdf
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hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange ("Lesley Carhart :unverified:") wrote:
I do not know another way to express to people that trying to appease fascists by “being a good minority” or totally deferring to them publicly has saved absolutely no marginalized group or profession in human history. They are coming after us anyway. Even if you scold peers for not being nice.
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Paperposts@zirk.us ("Murray GM - Paperposts") wrote:
got some rather good stickers today from https://badtastegoodcause.com
Mastodon FeedYet another Space-X vehicle explodes.
Billionaire ketamine enthusiast unavailable for comment.Pilot dies after plane carrying nearly 200kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine crashes in remote Brazil:
https://jwz.org/b/ykvW
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Basically every frontend project I walk into these days is the software equivalent of McMansion Hell. All brand-name swimming pools and overstuffed chaises, located invariably in the bathroom and garage.
Don't do this in your in your package.json, yo:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The purge in the FBI’s leadership ranks is without precedent in its modern history, current and former officials say. FBI executives, including special agents in charge and other senior managers, are career civil servants who typically are promoted or transferred based on internal bureau requirements — regardless of who sits in the White House.
The latest moves are undoing decades of work by the bureau — across administrations — to diversify top ranks”
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freebooter.uk@rss-parrot.net ("🦜 Monmouthshire and Forest of Dean Freebooter") wrote:
Ellie Chowns challenges government on social housing targets
freebooter.uk/posts/ellie-chowns-challenges-government-on-social-housing-targets.html
Green MP Ellie Chowns has pressed the Labour government to set clear targets for the delivery of new social housing. Speaking during a debate in the House of Commons on 15 September 2025, Ms Chowns asked Housing Minister Mr Matthew Pennycook why the…
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freebooter.uk@rss-parrot.net ("🦜 Monmouthshire and Forest of Dean Freebooter") wrote:
Employment Rights Bill, Progressive parties back worker reforms
freebooter.uk/posts/employment-rights-bill,-progressive-parties-back-worker-reforms.html
The Labour Government, with support from the Green Party, Plaid Cymru, the SNP, and several independent MPs, is moving forward with the Employment Rights Bill. The Bill is expected to become law in autumn 2025. This will be the biggest change to employment…
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freebooter.uk@rss-parrot.net ("🦜 Monmouthshire and Forest of Dean Freebooter") wrote:
Ed Miliband sidelined as Prime Minister backs AI over hydrogen
freebooter.uk/posts/ed-miliband-sidelined-as-prime-minister-backs-ai-over-hydrogen.html
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has been sidelined in a high-profile Cabinet row after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer chose to back plans for a massive data centre on Teesside instead of a major hydrogen energy project. The move has been seen as a blow to Mr…