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

By not trying to shoehorn it into every damn thing and/or just writing that email ourself, like a normal educated human would?

https://search.app/uvK5c

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Not mentioning the exec because they’re a candyman type that shows up when somebody even alludes to their name, and not mentioning the “AI water use is fake” people because you don’t need that level of intellectual dishonesty in your life and there’s already too many of them to mention

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Then there are the usual suspects claiming “AI” environmental impact is fake, comparing it to environmental disasters like the US beef industry or global textiles, and disregarding, well, everything sensible

(We’re trying to prevent a disaster, you gaping anuses, that it’s early is the point)

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

I see the “AI isn’t a broken tech and has reasonable uses” crowd is out in full force this weekend, the big one doing the rounds is a tech exec with a catastrophic track record claiming there is a silent majority of reasonable tech managers out there, honest, they’re just vewy vewy qwuiet

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peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange ("☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻") wrote:

“#JossWright, an associate professor at the #UniversityOfOxford who specialises in #cybersecurity, said it was easier to use stolen #British #phones in #China than elsewhere because many of the country’s #NetworkProviders did not #subscribe to an international #blacklist that barred devices that had been reported #stolen.

“That means that a stolen #iPhone that has been blocked in the #UK can be used without any problems in China,”

<https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/london-became-a-global-hub-for-phone-theft-now-we-know-why-20251016-p5n2zx.html> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/A5DIg>

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jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz, but scary") wrote:

If there are games in the Fallout series you missed, for the next week GOG has every Fallout game in their inventory on deep discount (mostly 75% off):

* Fallout: $2.49
* Fallout 2: $2.49
* Fallout Tactics: $2.49
* Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition: $4.99
* Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition: $6.59
* Fallout 4 Game of the Year Edition: $9.99

GOG being GOG, these are all DRM-free.

(All prices above USD. Pricing may vary in different regions.)

https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20251017%5Ffallout%5Fday

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

And at last, some geometry.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #decay #door #concrete #green

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

#WritersCoffeeClub 18/10: Do you tend to incorporate supernatural elements in your work?

No, there are absolutely no supernatural elements in the Laundry Files whatsoever, just science we haven't fully explored yet but h̶̜̎ä̵̜̙̳̗̱̗͙͉̹́̈̎̑̾r̷̡̧͙̭̫͇̠̀k̵͍̺̳̜̠͑̍̂̏̋̀̆̉̈́͜ͅ ̴̧̗̩̫͖̹͍͕̎̓̐̆͝͝ͅḑ̶̞̻̣̝͐̿͐̋͗̐͒ô̶̖̦̙ ̴͇͍̟͉͉̰͖̂̀͐̉̀̽͠ẏ̴̪̾͑ö̷̩̮͚̣̮̪̦u̴̢̥̹͙̅͑̏̀̎͂̓̚ͅ ̵͇̮͆̉̿͂̋̑̇͛͆h̴̺͎̲̤̜͐̿͐́ḙ̸̢̪̰̼͒͒͑̓͝a̵̧̠̖̓͂̅̾͋̒̊̌ͅr̶̡̩̘̗̰̝̺͍̎͋̍͛ ̴̨̳̀͗͗̇̔̈͋̅͆ẗ̶̨̛͖̫̤̹́͐͝h̸̗͇̱̒̉͌̈̏͂͌͐e̴̮̹̋̇ ̶̣̄͒̅̀͘̕t̶͇̦͆͂̅̉̀̎̈ͅẹ̷͖̩̞͎̝̥̱̓̊̕r̵̢̝̻͕͕̰̺͉̽̅r̸͎̥̭̞̯̗̜̳̣͂̄̕̕͝i̸̺̺̗̫̿̿͊́b̷͙̲̗̜̩͚̉ļ̵͓͇̹̚̚͜e̴͔͊͒̀ ̸͉̙̩̫̇͑̈̄̈́̚͜͝p̵̥͎̹̣̱͇̘̻̪̓̊͗̊i̵̖̙͔̙͍̽p̴̨̮͍̥̻͈͚͉̌̔͆͌̋͠i̷̧̠̤̹̜͕̋̃́̂̓̾̔̚͝ñ̸̢̙͕̘̹̬͎͈͉͊̏̋͑̈́͝g̵͖̹͕̪̳̺͌ ̷̹͇̳̥̣̺̫̝͛̉̆͌͋̉̅ą̶̺͔̭͑̓͝ͅņ̵̛̯̖̙͆͌̄̍̌ͅd̵̺̗̯͕̗̖̣̊̒ͅ ̷̜̲̣̱̂̿͒̃͝ť̸͎̱̥͓̪̞̣͍̌̊̌̌͐̍ͅh̸̰̪̻̙̣̦̓̌̔̾̈̊́̕̚ȇ̷̡͙̖̜̳̋͠ ̷̙̦̻̱͗͗̀̋͂͗͛͘b̶͈̖̺͛̊̊̒̀͐̃̆͝ͅl̴̻͍̤͖̜̐̌̄͗̈̀͘͝ͅë̷̢͙̪̬̗͎́ä̵̢̧̼̺͈̖͓̞̹́͠t̵͇̗̙̉͘͝ ̵̧̢̢͓͍̺̮̖̃͒ơ̴̮̦̯̟̐͋͐̂̉́͂̾f̴̨̮̺͒̀͘ ̵̜͕͑̌̄a̸͕̜͙̪̋̔̏̃̉͠͝ç̴̲̥͕̟͛̀c̷̣̪̈́̽̃̂́̊̀͊ư̴̼̝̊̈͛̐̐̌͊r̷̞͐̾͐̓̍̄̓̍s̶͖͕̦̞̑̄̈́͛̈́́ͅę̵̛̞͉͋̓̒̆͂́̏̌ͅd̵͛̑̅̀̄ͅ ̶̤̜̗̭̺̦̥͔̥̾̄͘d̶͕̟̗̜̻͍̗͆͒̓̓r̴̞̯͒̆̐ữ̷͍͕̰̖̬͙͋̿͆́̕͠m̵̡͚̦͚̠͓̱̞̗̅̓͌͘s̷̢̛̪̗̱̟̥͒̔̆ ̴̨̰͎͌̅͋h̵͚́͝e̸͕͌͆̇̔̒̀̈́͂͝ ̶̧̛̔̓̽ī̸̡̺̹͕̪͙̼̹̑̃̓̍͛̄̋̊s̷͔̩̞͇̎̿ ̸̢͓̳̹̼̫̾̆̆̓͆ͅͅc̵͇͍̰͋̇ȍ̴̢̒̿̃̊̌̏m̶͍͋̅̾̈͋̈́̎ȉ̸̲̥̣͕͇̞͎̺̳̆͐͋n̸̖̤̝̝̤̲̦̣̬̎̓̋̆̽̓̑͝͝ǵ̷͔̟͇̫̣̦͓̊̃̊͜͜ ̶̭͕͓̣̲̹̮͎̐͋̔̇̿̏͘͝͠ḩ̵̘̭̪͚̣̠̩͔̆́̓͗̑͝ẽ̸͖́̏̑̇̄̕ ̴͍̝̼͙̮͛̑̊͑̋͌̀ī̵̼̥̬̦̃́̚ş̶̛̠͌̐̉ ̶̢͖̳̦̖̹͈̲̗̋͌c̶̺̣͖̳͔̖̆́͗̓̒͜ͅo̷͉̲̰͇̝͉͎̫͎̽̈̈͘ṃ̸͙̬̝̩͓͑͌i̶͖̳͈̚̚ͅn̶̗̒̉͊̂̔̿̔͒͠g̶͙̃̉̌̂̈́̐

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
sicurezza@mastodon.uno (":tor: Sicurezza Digitale") wrote:

🚨 Oggi volevano far approvare “Chat Control” nel Consiglio UE. Ma hanno fallito! 🎉

Tuttavia, Chat Control tornerà di sicuro in altre forme.

#ChatControl non è altro che un Cavallo di Troia per cittadini europei. Perché?“Chat Control” è il regolamento che obbligherebbe le piattaforme a controllare tutte le comunicazioni private (foto, messaggi, video) per proteggere i minori, ma è invece un #CavallodiTroia per la #sorveglianza di massa

👉 Segui il gruppo @sicurezza@diggita.com per non perdere aggiornamenti

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

Can we interest you in a cocktail?

Attachments:

• gifv: 4cfdc92f498d1350.mp4

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jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz, but scary") wrote:

What I would say to anyone who is on the fence about attending a #NoKings protest tomorrow:

You've been wishing all year that there was something you could do.

This is something you can do.

It's nice if you want to make a sign or put on a costume, but you're not required to do those things. You contribute just by showing up. The only cost is your time.

You don't have to have any expertise in protesting. Just listen to the organizers and follow the crowd. You contribute just by showing up.

You've been wishing there was something you could do.

This is something you can do.

Will you?

#USPol

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mcfadden ("Brian McFadden") wrote:

Forgive me, I've been a digital letterer for 16 years.

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hallman.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Bruce Hallman") wrote:

I'll be there

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Cdespinosa ("Chris Espinosa") wrote:

Objectively pro-crime.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-george-santos-commutation-pardon-8ae46d6351cefe01d79f74920521b7a2

Boosted by jwz:
aby@aus.social ("Aby--not fast, just furious") wrote:

From the Battalion SAR Facebook page:

The author has made this book freely available — and it’s well worth reading.

📖 Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
https://files.libcom.org/files/Antifa,%20The%20Anti-Fascist%20Handbook.pdf

The author, a Rutgers professor who taught about fascism, received so many threats against himself and his family that they eventually had to leave the country. On the day they were set to fly out, someone even called ahead and canceled their flight — but they ultimately made it out safely.

More on what happened:
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/rutgers-professor-mark-bray-antifa-turning-point-usa/

[Battalion SAR - https://www.facebook.com/share/1B7aYtDZsG/]

#US #USA #USPol #Trump #FuckRacism #FuckFascism #MarkBray #antifa #antifascism

Boosted by jwz:
realhackhistory@chaos.social ("[realhackhistory@home]#") wrote:

People think they want a sequel to Hackers but let’s be real if it happened they’d be casting Jared Leto in that shit.

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:

🪲 noted: always wait for the .1 release
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-10-18T06:12Z/

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

“…that was the thing about shit, real or fake: once you’d begun spreading it about, it never ended up precisely where you wanted it.”

— Slough House by Mick Herron
https://a.co/5ElfjQj

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

Cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war!
- @nora

Spotted in #Portland

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Popehat Or Danger of Popehat") wrote:

/2 The Roberts Court 6-3 majority is best understood not as a genuine or legitimate independent adjudicatory body but as a ceremonial adjunct to the Trump government, like a First Lady or a second-born prince in a constitutional monarchy.

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

Christian outrage, ignorance, and Fox News fuels some of the most outrageous stupidity on the internet.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/17/english-do-you-speak-it-kelbie-murphy/

Boosted by jwz:
deanpreston@sfba.social ("Dean Preston") wrote:

San Francisco’s so-called “doom loop” was always a myth — a convenient story to blame progressives and usher in billionaire-backed "moderates." Now that they’re in charge of City Hall, the city’s unraveling. I wrote about how billionaire control is hurting San Francisco's working class.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/democrats-new-abundance-platform-isnt-playing-out-well-in-san-francisco

jwz wrote:

Democrats' New Abundance Platform Isn't Playing Out Well in San Francisco.

Dean Preston with a catalog of how Danny Bluejeans and his techbro chums really fucking suck at governing: With a new majority on the Board of Supervisors, along with control...
https://jwz.org/b/ykwr

Boosted by fribbledom ("muesli"):
aumetra@corteximplant.net ("violently gay :sterntastatur: :hex_non_binary:") wrote:

OH: "ChatGPT: Gaslighting as a Service" #shitopenlabsays

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
batsbatsbats@social.beeps.gay ("Hourly bats! 🦇") wrote:

Proboscis bat (Rhynchonycteris naso)

📸 Rhododendrites (CC BY-SA)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

We are becoming a “papers, please” country, and no one should want that.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dkl@23.social wrote:

Das Problem mit den 2D-Karten.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rebeccawatson@mstdn.social ("Rebecca Watson") wrote:

Two years ago I reported on a study that found gerrymandering harms democracy, regardless of which side does it. Today I’m asking you to tell your reps to gerrymander the fuck out of blue states https://skepchick.org/2025/10/rigging-elections-to-save-democracy/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
karlauerbach@sfba.social ("Karl Auerbach") wrote:

D-party congress critters ought to begin drafting bills to dismantle DHS.

DHS, including its highly nazi-flavored name, was constructed by a Congress and president (bush) who were terrified after 9/11.

It is time to pull the pieces of DHS apart, retaining some parts, deleting other parts (such as ICE), and reshaping the rest.

There is a rule of thumb that suggests that if one wants to re-form an entity to change its internal culture that no more than 10% of the staff should be retained, i.e. that 90% should be discharged - and for ICE, firing 90% of its people would be reason for national celebration.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
noamzoam@mathstodon.xyz ("Noam Zeilberger") wrote:

Are you a PhD student registered in a US institution and interested in conducting part of your doctoral research (4-9 months) in France? Then consider applying for a Chateaubriand Fellowship! https://chateaubriand-fellowship.org/