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neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell 🏴") wrote:
“But the shitposters, man. No one expected it would be the shitposters that saved us.”
-Interview from a future history
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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:
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rysiek@mstdn.social ("Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦") wrote:
While Azure was down and you could not use your Office 365 for 8 (eight) hours yesterday, Microsoft was gloating about record profits:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/29/microsoft-earnings-azure-outage-xboxAfter all, Office 365 price has increased at least twice over the last 12 months, massively:
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/microsoft-365-gets-massive-45-percent-price-hike-and-its-all-to-do-with-ai-tools
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/publicsectorblog/upcoming-changes-office-365-g1-price-increase-effective-march-2025/4385970Price hikes were due to "AI", obviously. It's what users crave. :blobcatpeek:
Your Microsoft Tax dollars at work! :blobcatcoffee:
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:
I swear Theo re-uploads the same video every month lol.
"this is the coolest thing ever!" — *AI repeatedly fails* — "I swear it worked before!" — *hours debugging* — "it was user error!" — *AI fails again...*
my career is safe for another month.
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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:
If you are a California voter, please vote Yes on Proposition 50, a hopefully temporary measure to counter the Trump-Republican rigging of U.S. House districts for perpetual GOP control.
They declared war on democracy. Support Prop 50 to fight back.
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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:
The regime’s attacks on dissent are escalating. Trump’s goal is to silence opposition through fear, but the American people will never submit to his corrupt rule. The best way to protect our rights is by continuing to exercise them. https://newrepublic.com/post/202438/donald-trump-department-justice-indicts-congress-candidate-kat-abughazaleh-ice
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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:
"Gargoyles serve as human surveillance devices, recording everything that happens around them. Nothing looks stupider; these getups are the modern-day equivalent of the slide-rule scabbard or the calculator pouch on the belt, marking the user as belonging to a class that is at once above and far below human society." - Snow Crash (1992)
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NewsDesk@flipboard.social ("Flipboard News Desk") wrote:
Back in July, Sidney Reed was recording law enforcement in Washington, D.C., when she was arrested and charged with assaulting law enforcement, because an FBI agent got scratched during the arrest. But it didn't quite work out the way the authorities anticipated. Three times, prosecutors failed to secure an indictment on the federal assault charge, which carries a potential eight-year sentence. Then they switched to charging Reid with a misdemeanor. She pleaded not guilty, went to trial, and was acquitted, with one of her public defenders telling the jury: “You should be livid that the government brought this case.” Here's more from Adam Klasfeld of @allrisenews.
#USNews #USLaw #WashingtonDC #TrumpAdministration #JeaninePirro #JudgeJeanine
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DeliaChristina@sfba.social ("Diligence Jones") wrote:
Love his energy. He said 'there is nothing I want there.'
The US is becoming a stinky fart cloud.
US revokes visa for Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka https://share.google/eInzXzNn7awKeHLl9
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simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:
And it's not just Cursor... rival agentic coding IDE Windsurf announced their own custom RL-trained fast coding model today as well!
Here are notes and a pelican on Windsurf's new SWE-1.5 model https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/29/swe-15/
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denisedwheeler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Denise Wheeler") wrote:
"Dear FBI Employees: I'm sorry the government isn't funded, so you won't be getting a paycheck. Luckily, that doesn't stop Real American Freestyle Wrestling. So I flew the FBI jet to State College PA, hung out with my chick, and then flew to Nashville where she lives." -Ka$h On your dime.
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chrisfarnham@mastodon.roundpond.net ("Chris (W1YTQ)") wrote:
Calling CQ with my recently built Cricket crystal radio. Anyone wanna complete a QSO with this sexy rig?
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
benroyce ("Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩") wrote:
"The whole of the West is sliding to fascism and bigotry"
Well, hold up a bit:
"Centrist D66 wins Dutch election, knocking far-right #PVV to second, exit poll shows"
See what happens when people show up and #vote?
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sbourne ("Sarah E Bourne") wrote:
The bird feeders have been empty for a while. I finally got around to getting them so washed, dried, and refilled. I was wondering how long it would take for the birds to realize - what if they didn't come back! Maybe the neighbors have better food!
Well, pfft, I wasn't even back in the house before the first sparrows showed up 😂
In no time, they were joined by three Blue Jays, half a dozen or so Mourning Doves, a Hairy Woodpecker, and - a first at my feeder! - a Red-bellied Woodpecker.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kr1st@mastodon.radio ("Alex KR1ST/PA1ST") wrote:
I have no idea where my wife found this book, but it's a fun little read while spinning the dial hunting down some pirate radio signals. The book is from 1970.
You can check out this book online, courtesy of Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications;
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dyckron@mstdn.ca ("Ron Dyck") wrote:
Dutch centrist liberals under Jetten head for shock election win, exit poll says
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwvy4w875vo
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
radleybalko.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Radley Balko") wrote:
This is ugly. But the reason this lady was protesting is even worse. ICE thugs detained two children and their father on their way to school. One child appears to have been beaten in detention, and no one seems to know where the 12-year-old girl is right now. The family had been seeking asylum.
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orrickle@sfba.social ("Orrock LXXXVI XLVII") wrote:
Okay everyone. Open enrollment (for those of you living in civilized countries with universal health insurance this is the one time of the year, the month of November, when health insurance can be purchased or sold) is a few days away and a person we know who works for the Berkeley Unified School District and has a union-negotiated contract just found out their health care insurance for their family of three will rise 30% to 1450 per month. Welcome to #trumpworld
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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:
This week, the #Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5MM NSF grant, due to a requirement that the PSF abandon diversity work.
So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1, @petrillic, @amethyst) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
What a sweet kitty! 😭
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paninid@mastodon.world ("Coach Pāṇini ®") wrote:
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saelo@chaos.social ("Samuel Groß") wrote:
We derestricted https://crbug.com/382005099 today which might just be my favorite bug of the last few years: bad interaction between WebAudio changing the CPU's handling of floats and V8 not expecting that. See https://crbug.com/382005099#comment19 for a PoC exploit. Also affected other browsers
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uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:
Behind the silos, there's an old barn.#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #countryside #rural #abandoned #decay #graffiti #concrete #barn
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Found this in my photos app. Tragically I don't know the artist. But I love it
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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:
Do you use Spotify Premium? Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: https://indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=mastodon #CancelSpotify
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pasimako ("Pax") wrote:
Mastodon FeedChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:
This little @the_freebooters short is getting a little traction, so I thought I might post it here, see what you folks think. Just a bit from a chat with @uoou
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
No, his voters fucking well did, he'd been president before and they saw who he was and what a mess he's made of it before, and he's doing what he said he'd do from day one. They knew and they voted him in anyway. No one who voted for him this time around should be off the hook for their vote, ever. This is what they voted for, and this is what we're all getting now.
https://prospect.org/2025/10/29/voters-did-not-understand-stakes-in-2024/
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
The best song ever to combine gourds and traffic and unbearable existential state of being alone in the world
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Hello, jetlag, my old friend...