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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
mnot@techpolicy.social ("Mark Nottingham") wrote:

"AI hucksters [...] will tell you that there is only one way that this technology can be used: to fire a whole ton of workers and make the survivors do their job at frantic Lucy-in-the-chocolate-factory cadence. While it’s true that this is the only way that their companies could possibly be worth the hundreds of billions of dollars that have been pumped into them (so far), there’s no iron law that says that investors in tech bubbles should always turn a profit."

https://locusmag.com/feature/commentary-cory-doctorow-reverse-centaurs/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
whitequark ("✧✦Catherine✦✧") wrote:

huh did github basically abandon CI? (https://github.com/actions/cache)

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
tommorris ("Tom Morris") wrote:

Oh, look, the entirely predictable consequences of age verification that everyone said would happen. Bravo for all involved with the #OnlineSafetyAct.

https://www.theverge.com/news/797051/discord-government-ids-leaked-data-breach

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Worth your time:

https://terminal.ahumanfuture.co/posts/2025-10-17/the-world-is-something-that-we-make/

(can't recall link source; apologies if it was you!)

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social ("Denis - The COVID info guy -") wrote:

Japanese researchers link COVID-19 ‘brain fog’ to neural receptors.

A Yokohama City University study found COVID-related brain fog is linked to increased AMPA receptors—proteins vital for brain function—across wide brain regions, affecting memory and concentration.

Study: https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/7/5/fcaf337/8258475?login=false

Source: https://archive.li/3cc8W

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

Trying to understand if I was overreacting.

I got a little bit triggered by this since I had the opportunity to meet the inventor of the MP3.

Now people “write” historical pieces about how the MP3 got invented and attach deepfake images of “people” who supposedly worked on the project. Totally fake and not related to the actual team. The original team gets discredited.

It’s a perfect example of how AI will start to replace fact with fiction and people don’t question it
#aislop #mp3 #linkedin

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:

Me and @uoou on one of our livestreams

Attachments:

• video: Chris and Drew talking some shite about the time police.

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

Apple won't allow "no" as an answer.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
krinkle@fosstodon.org ("Timo Tijhof") wrote:

@nachtfunke @slightlyoff

It's been coming since they went source-available years ago.

Wikimedia switched to Browsertime by @sitespeedio (easy choice with Peter on our team). I hope they'll add a nice UI like old WPT, combined with one-click self hosting or a sponsor for a public service. For now we use the API with a Grafana dashboard that displays videos and screenshots directly.

https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/IvAfnmLMk/page-drilldown

https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Performance/Synthetic%5Ftesting

Or use the old UI WPT here:
https://www.robinosborne.co.uk/2022/09/01/how-to-create-an-apache-licenced-private-webpagetest-setup-and-get-the-classic-interface/

#webperf

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

♬️ INDIE SLEAZE PLEASE at DNA Lounge starting now!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/10-25d.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #indiesleazeplease #indierock #indiepop #electroclash #bloghouse #sanfrancisco

Attachments:

• gifv: 3b2c10bff2d52dc1.mp4

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

♬️ WHY 2K: HALLOWEEN at DNA Lounge starting now!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/10-25.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #why2k #90spop #2000spop #hiphop #randb #dancehits #mashups #indie #sanfrancisco

Attachments:

• gifv: ba4803124ac93255.mp4

kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin") wrote:

I'm wondering how long I'll have power tonight, the weather out there is incredible rn

#wawx

Attachments:

• gifv: Local radar Super Resolution Base Reflectivity map above Seattle showing a storm passing over

jwz wrote:

excluding a volume from overlayfs.

Dear Lazyweb, I have enabled overlay via raspi-config, but I would like my second "/rw/" partition on the same drive to remain writable. How do I do that? Raspberry Pi, Debian 12.11.
https://jwz.org/b/ykw5

Boosted by jwz:
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

Billionaire Tim Mellon sent $130M of his $14.1B to fund US military salaries during the Govt shutdown

1. This covers 1/3 of military payroll for 1 day

2. DOD has a $1T budget. $130M is .013% of that

3. Mellon can casually part with $130M—he can be taxed at a 91% marginal tax like during 1940-1980

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭🕹️") wrote:

You're a "AI Ethics Engineer"?

Cool, I'm a Gasoline Sommelier

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GlennMG@mas.to wrote:

https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-latest-from-the-ninth-circuit?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=android&r=rh32q

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

“Unless the government can explain the discrepancy satisfactorily, the court will likely want to inquire into the source of the misrepresentation. Deliberate false statements made to a court by a lawyer carry serious consequences. If it turns out that the government did, in fact, misrepresent the facts in court, that will not help the government’s position as the Ninth Circuit considers whether rehearing en banc is appropriate”

https://mas.to/@GlennMG/115437937051328880

kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin") wrote:

The mushroom display at Central Market

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:

YouTube video: What happened to 24-hour supermarkets? Retail secrets & multi-pack laws explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-SmlsSdsA

Boosted by jwz:
jon@henshaw.social ("Jon Henshaw") wrote:

New LEGO set just dropped

Boosted by jwz:
mcfadden ("Brian McFadden") wrote:

What's that asshole building? https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/24/2350200/-Cartoon-White-House-renovations

Boosted by jwz:
mjd@mathstodon.xyz ("Mark Dominus") wrote:

@realhackhistory

Boosted by jwz:
r_flash@mastodon.r-flash.eu ("Adam P") wrote:

Animated version of a recent piece.

Attachments:

• gifv: Brightly colored textured rectangles floating in distorted lines, forming two intertwined logarithmic spirals.

Boosted by jwz:
mbybee ("MBybee") wrote:

Little Snitch/Little Snitch Mini is one of the best pieces of software I've come across in the recent era.
Excellent connection monitoring/blocking and so easy even my incredibly non-technical spouse understood it immediately.

Well done @littlesnitch - you folks really know your stuff.

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

I did it lol

#tattoo #HTML #ILoveHTML

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

In contrast with nature#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #landscape #abandoned #decay #plants #trees #history #WW2 #WWII

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

Opinion: "the likeliest outcome of a U.S. invasion that topples Mr. Maduro is a surge in regional instability, and, according to a recent report by the Stimson Center, a worsening of the conditions leading to drug trafficking, conflict and migration."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/opinion/venezuela-panama-trump-regime-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=highlightShare

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

Should I get a #tattoo of a heart that reads "HTML" on the banner?

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

They took'em! They'll be printed and digitized (if they process)!

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

It was in camouflage, skulking around our bedroom.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/25/a-very-dirty-guest/