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fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

"Le sigh."

Missed opportunity for GitLab, really. Federated git services would actually make me switch in a heartbeat.

https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/260#note%5F2910231358

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

"Is the Union still massively against slavery or has it moved more towards acceptance?"

#subtoot #ai

Boosted by jwz:
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

the big problem with that Adversarial Poetry versus AI paper is that they did half the work with chatbots and not humans.

they translated prompts into poems using chatbots.

then they judged how well the poems jailbroke the chatbots using other chatbots to do the judging?!

Looking over the work, I can see no reason it requires chatbots to do these jobs. This was gratuitous, lazy and should be a discredit to these researchers.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
nsmsn@social.lol ("Nick Simson") wrote:

I made my Luddite Inside sticker design into a t-shirt. Right now I have the only product on Cotton Bureau if you search "Luddite"

https://cottonbureau.com/p/6UWMEB/shirt/luddite-inside#/30223169/tee-men-premium-lightweight-red-100percent-cotton-s

joeri_s@mstdn.social ("Joeri Sebrechts") wrote:

@slightlyoff
I wonder what the mix of technologies looks like over time. Are these pages growing because they’re jQuery sites being replaced by React, or because they’re React sites upgrading to newer heavier dependency versions? I would like to see a breakdown of page weight by technology stack.

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

in the face of multiple civil wars raging in Sudan, we do this: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/us/trump-somali-tps-protected-minnesota.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.3k8.OvqZ.6Jw5ySFjmTl6&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
20002ist@thepit.social ("Live, Laugh, Punch More Nazis") wrote:

“Someone left the cake out in the rain …”

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

#Karnivool - We Are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0hQaoHStE

#NP #NowPlaying

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

Christians, do better. Your arguments are pathetic non-arguments.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/24/theological-wisdom-makes-me-roll-my-eyes/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

We have a mailing list that we put on our blog whenever we announce some new merch is being worked on. Roughly half of the plushies have been sold before we posted about it on #Mastodon, just from that mailing list (and people checking the shop manually, I guess). And those new sticker sheets got sold out fully (but are being restocked, hopefully within the week).

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

You may have seen it over on @Mastodon, but in case not: The new plushies are now live on the shop, alongside restocked and new mugs. Shipping to EU, UK, Switzerland, Norway, and the US. We decided to allow orders from the US, but shipping is what it is (from Germany).

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/collections/winter-2025-drop

#Plushtodon #Merchtodon

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

No declines in insect populations? I have doubts about that.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/24/are-insect-populations-declining-or-not/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
markmetz@sfba.social ("Mr.Mark "The Sharpie King"") wrote:

Holy shit!
I don’t usually get a fire in the belly feeling from most politicians, but hearing Shapiro rip on Vance for a couple minutes here is the gas we need right now.
Starting about 30 seconds in.

Attachments:

• video: Video clip of Governor Shapiro speaking at a food bank about the hypocrisy of JD Vance.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Nonilex@masto.ai wrote:

#GiftArticle

Soaring #electricity prices are triggering a wave of power shutoffs nationwide, leaving more Americans in the dark as unpaid #bills pile up. Although there is no national count of electricity shutoffs, data from select utilities in 11 states show that disconnections have risen in at least 8 of them since last year, acc/to figures compiled by WaPo & the National #Energy Assistance Directors Association (#NEADA).

#economy #affordability #Trump #inflation
https://wapo.st/3Xb0mXI

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

What life is like for Palestinians from Gaza on centralised, US-based, Big Tech networks like Bluesky (yes, it’s all those things… did something about them make you think otherwise?)

#Bluesky #complicity #genocide #israel #BigTech https://mastodon.social/@daliarezk/115605152758308344

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Nonilex@masto.ai wrote:

“Service termination remains a last resort,” he said.
Still, the utility has reported 111,000 residential power shutoffs so far this year, up from 30,000 in all of 2024.

…A majority of Americans — 6 in 10 — say they are spending more on #utilities than they were a year ago, & they blame #Trump for the rising #prices, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll conducted in late October.

#economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #electricity #inflation #recession #trumpcession

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
easytarget@social.makerforums.info ("Owen") wrote:

Well, that was quick.. #arduino bans reverse engineering its products. And seizes all your data.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/21/adafruit%5Fmakers%5Funhappy%5Fwith%5Farduino/

Very fast #enshittification from #qualcomm there.

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

absolutely crawling towards the finish line this year! 😮‍💨

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
ploum@mamot.fr wrote:

Linux is an operating system on which you need to type cryptic commands to make it do what you want.

Windows is an operating system on which you need to type cryptic commands to make it not do what you don’t want.

MacOS is an operating system that makes what Apple want, no matter what cryptic commands you type.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
BrynnLee27@tech.lgbt ("Brynn Lowden 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

I'm trying to stay off of Facebook because I keep getting depressed by all of the transphobic shit. For my own mental health, I really need to limit the amount of harmful content that I consume from the Internet on a daily basis. I could really use some solid follow recommendations. I'm looking for cool queer people, blind people, nerdy/geeky people, and just plain good people. If you have a follow recommendation… for my sake please share!

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
glynmoody ("Glyn Moody") wrote:

animal testing: we can stop sacrificing millions of lives for our own health - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/23/the-guardian-view-on-animal-testing-we-can-stop-sacrificing-millions-of-lives-for-our-own-health "he forced swim test (FST), in which a rodent is placed in a body of water it cannot escape and researchers measure whether antidepressants extend the time it struggles for life. "

Mastodon wrote:

Announcing our Winter 2025 merch drop! Select from our new, smaller #plushtodon in two fresh colours; new mug designs to complete your set; or some sticker sheets (more of these, coming soon). All proceeds go towards supporting the project.

Accepting orders from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, UK, and the US. #merchtodon

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/collections/winter-2025-drop

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

“The slop layer - by Brian Merchant - Blood in the Machine”

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-slop-layer

> One of the more perplexing things about the AI bubble is how relatively little we have to show for it

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

brb refactoring my CSS starter

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

reckon I've got 2 blog posts left in me this year. Last post is a year review I've partially written, any ideas/requests for the penultimate post? 🤔

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
thatgiga ("giga 🔻") wrote:

#Android Auto integrerà #Gemini AI. "Hai ragione, quello era un senso unico. Vuoi che ti chiami un carro attrezzi convenzionato?"

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

#react

Boosted by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):
ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

On Monday, OxF hosted @oxidecomputer founders, @sdtuck and @bcantrill, Oxide investor Seth Winterroth, and the authors of Founder vs. Investor, Liz Zalman and @ganeumann. Delved into best and worst investor behavior. Check it out!

https://youtu.be/Yi2AlKzD%5FvA

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

On Monday, @ahl and I will be joined by members of the Oxide team to talk about a doozy: an 18-year-old ZFS data corruption bug that we recently nailed. We'll be at a special Europe-friendly time: 9a Pacific/noon Eastern/5p GMT -- join us for the wild tale!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1442398752215400459

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Have to restock them, I haven't even posted a link on Mastodon yet and they're sold out.