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

I was surprised to see my name mentioned by Queen Coke Francis. What an honor!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/01/queen-coke-francis-noticed-me/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F%5FukRPYSRvw

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

We share some thoughts about human rights and Reform voters in this suprise episode of the Dagoth Hour. CW for UK #politics

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/mfuPNhxHSUrQ9JU9L4zPYa

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Pro tip to Linux advocates: bashing the Mac to somebody who’s been using the Mac for 20+ years is probably not the right choice.

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

Speaking as someone who was fed through food stamps as a kid and has since gone on to become a bestselling author, happily paying back through taxes every single penny he got in government support and then some, if you're out here celebrating SNAP payments being withheld, I wish you a very sincere and heartfelt go fuck yourself

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vkc@linuxmom.net ("Veronica Explains") wrote:

New video! I think Netflix, Hulu, and other similar streaming media sites are harming society. And now I'm going to tell you why, and how I use self-hosted media instead to fill the gap.

https://tinkerbetter.tube/videos/watch/adb3102a-f329-44a8-86c7-50c7e52a5bd7

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

Just took a shower with my AirPods in, and for a microsecond I wondered to myself—why don't I listen to music in the shower like this more often.

They still work for now.

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Observations with a little more living in Linux: Syncthing and Tailscale kick iCloud's ass for document syncing, but there are some apps I use on the Mac that have weak or non-existent equivalents. I should move more of my writing/publishing workflow to Emacs, even on the Mac, though.

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

Spirit Halloween is dumping their remaining stock at half price!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/01/post-halloween-shopping-day/

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

The quiet rollout of Cop Cities across the US meets a growing resistance | Waging Nonviolence:

"Activists and scholars have said that Cop Cities are replicated after Israel’s own Cop City, “Little Gaza,” where they “battle-test” violence against Palestinians. This would be an expansion of already existing police training exchange programs that many U.S. states and cities have with Israel."

There’s a reason younger activists aren't participating in #NoKings ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/11/01/the-quiet-rollout-of-cop.html

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114749156199964168

I feel like this may have flown under the radar 😅

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ianbetteridge@vivaldi.net ("Ian Betteridge") wrote:

Why look here, if it isn't Eric Schmidt (formerly of Google) backing more fossil fuels.

https://www.desmog.com/2025/04/22/ai-energy-demand-can-keep-fossil-fuels-alive-tech-backers-promise-worlds-two-biggest-oil-producers/

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mcc wrote:

Backers of Bitcoin, or "AI", occasionally try this ludicrous argument that technologies which intentionally waste energy are good for climate change, because by creating portable demand for energy they encourage alternative energy development.

To the fossil fuel providers, they tell the truth: "AI" and Bitcoin can soak up the supply created by alternative energy, so that we continue burning coal and oil even after wind and solar become cheap enough to dispace it.

https://social.vivaldi.net/@ianbetteridge/115475796456114518

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Out of curiosity, are you using or have you used Mastodon's Signal sticker pack?

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
mahtheyzhawey@mastodon.art ("Kiamichi Camp") wrote:

It's Native American Heritage Month. Go support an Indigenous artist ❤️

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Tattie@eldritch.cafe ("Tattierantula 🎃") wrote:

I studied Artificial Intelligence for four years, and I am not touching LLM AIs with a ten-foot pole.

It's not really about the insane electricity demands, the water usage, tho that's a good reason. It's not even, if I'm honest, about the disastrous effect on the sum of all human art and knowledge.

It's because a) I've studied enough AI to know it's a trick, a sort of linguistic illusion, and b) I've studied enough everything else to understand that I'm not immune to such illusions.

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maxine@hachyderm.io ("maxine 🇵🇸") wrote:

god i hope bluesky never shuts down because this is too funny.

https://bsky.app/profile/pfrazee.com/post/3m4jcfjhtrs2l

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MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social wrote:

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Wgere@universeodon.com ("Wilhelm Gere") wrote:

@JamesPadraicR @cstross

This should explain things

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gr8day@mindly.social ("Gr8day") wrote:

The swordfish has few predators to worry about in the wild,
except for the seldom seen penfish, which is said to be even mightier.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jaykuo@universeodon.com ("Jay Kuo") wrote:

This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/just-for-skeets-and-giggles-11125?r=1zr8b&utm%5Fcampaign=post&utm%5Fmedium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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

this is going to create quite a mess and end up inhibiting innovation. these idjits leap to act without thinking about consequences

https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/115457770166724597

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

"Insiders said the former president was shocked and disgusted when many of the rich people in his social life conceded to Trump."

https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/115475445129784128

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

I'm not completely sure platforming Nate Soares to the Hank Green audience without some real context is a good idea.

#AI #OpenAI #effectivealtruism

https://youtu.be/5CKuiuc5cJM?si=kV%5Fvs7WFdVLipkX4

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danirabbit@mastodon.online ("Danielle Foré") wrote:

Zohran is running such a good campaign. Imagine if Kamala had principles and catered to constituents instead of PACs. I hope Democrats pivot their strategy hard when he wins

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
skinnylatte@hachyderm.io ("Adrianna Tan") wrote:

I think of how different my life is compared to my parents’, and theirs before them. My grandfather carried sacks of rice and spices as a day laborer. My grandmother sewed things for pennies. My dad could not afford to go to college even though he’s one of the smartest people I’ve ever met, but he found a very technical career (making dentures) and he did that his entire career. My mom was a maternity nurse who could bathe many babies at once. I got to do everything that I do on the backs of spices, seams, fake teeth and baby baths.

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dtl@8bitorbust.info ("Dr David Mills") wrote:

I propose a new type of spacecraft drive. It's powered by tiny screws and their ability to ping off into hyperspace.

Unfortunately, you won't know where you're going until you get there, but you'll get there very quickly indeed.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
marcoarment ("Marco Arment") wrote:

Apple is not good at negotiating, and never has been.

They're good at dictating, which only works when they have all of the power.

When they actually need to *negotiate*, it's like when I suddenly needed to study in college: they have no idea how, they think they know everything and reject the possibility that they may not, they're not willing to do anything they don't feel like doing, and so they usually fail.
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/115474768256117682

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Beautiful and silly creature.

#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

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

I mean, jail might be nice

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/uk/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-what-next-intl

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

delightful idea

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