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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
georgemonbiot.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("George Monbiot") wrote:

This explains so much. People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity. If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dark personalities in the digi...

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Japan’s new Smartphone act requires that Apple allow browser vendors to use their own engines in Japan. However, Apple looks set to use the same tactic it has used in the EU to avoid complying with the same provision of the Digital Markets Act for the last twenty-one months.

Read our full analysis here:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/how%5Fapples%5Fkey%5Ftactic%5Fcould%5Fprevent%5Fjapans%5Fsmartphone%5Fact%5Ffrom%5Fimproving%5Fbrowser%5Fcompetition/

Namely, Apple demands that browser vendors lose all their existing Japanese users and produce a brand new browser, rather than simply updating their existing users.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
renee.diresta@threads.net ("Renee DiResta") wrote:

Unfuckingbelievable lol

Matt Taibbi has smeared me for years in the course of his Twitter Files bs:

- he literally *cut emails in half* to lie about SIO’s work
- cut quotes in half to make them mean the opposite of what I said
- lied about the dates I worked at companies
- implied I worked on projects I didn’t
- insinuated I was a *secret CIA agent* and asked why the media hadn’t investigated that …

in posts that got millions of views, as I got threats. Now he’s suing to protect free speech.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
individual8 ("David Schmidt") wrote:

RE: https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff/115845863494930457

This serves as a reminder to our European representatives to avoid making significant compromises. We should apply more pressure and ensure they genuinely fear the potential consequences of their actions.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Aurimas@androiddev.social ("Aurimas Liutikas :google:") wrote:

A good critique of MacOS new menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/

It highlights @scottjenson 's point from https://youtu.be/1fZTOjd%5FbOQ?si=eBP04-Yp3Z1Qf%5FWm on how desktop UX keeps getting worse, not better.

#ux #macos

Boosted by jwz:
tvaziri ("Todd Vaziri") wrote:

“Gangs of New York” (2002)

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
phillip@social.lol ("Phillip :usa_distress:") wrote:

Ready to get a copilot to help me pilot my copilot successfully. A co-co-pilot, if you will

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
bloftin2@bloftin2.blog ("b.loftin2") wrote:

My friend Carter got a few good shots of me and Dale skating the ditch in Fort Worth yesterday. I’m the guy wearing the wool flat cap that was way too warm for the day.

Attachments:

• video: ce123eb6d191093c.mp4

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

I guess my New Year resolution has formed in the last few days: I want to finish watching Campaign 3 of Critical Role. I started, I think, in 2024, but haven't been invested in the gameplay for a while. Still, at 105 out of 122 episodes I kinda wanna know how it ends.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mwichary@mastodon.online ("Marcin Wichary") wrote:

I wrote a photo essay with 20+ of my favourite tech museums in the world, and tried to figure out what makes a great museum in the process.

I am very curious what tech museums you like – and why!

(Will work on any device, but worth checking out on the biggest screen you or your neighbour might have.)

https://aresluna.org/fav-tech-museums/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Americans on the left of fascism need to internalize that this [ gestures expansively] is why staying out of the ICC and international law with teeth is terrible for the US.

These people would not be doing this shit if they truly feared consequences.

Boosted by jwz:
cibyr@omg.wtf.sh wrote:

@inthehands @jaredwhite thank you for this :) I got it made as a fridge magnet

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

Oh god. Nathaniel Jeanson is such a clueless gomer.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/05/why-99-of-scientists-believe-in-evolution/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mlHuoWlM58

Boosted by jwz:
eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Eniko Fox") wrote:

Imagine watching Facebook do the metaverse and rename themselves to Meta, Musk renaming Twitter to X, and Microsoft renaming Office to 365 Copilot (it apparently skips leap year days) and thinking these people aren't the most clueless chucklefucks who ever walked the earth

Boosted by jwz:
zip@wandering.shop wrote:

The utter whiplash of "the US is an empire which overthrows any democracy in its sphere of influence which dares to act against US energy security interests" going from being seen as a crank leftist opinion 365 days ago to "why are you explaining this obvious thing"

Boosted by jwz:
theonion@bots.defencegeeks.net ("The Onion") wrote:

Panicked xAI Technicians Frantically Throw Levers To Find The One Controlling Grok’s Pedophilia

PALO ALTO, CA—Shouting over the sound of the alarm as it blared through the headquarters of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, panicked xAI technicians were reportedly throwing levers Monday in a frantic effort to find the one controlling Grok’s pedophilia. “Come o…
#theonion
https://theonion.com/panicked-xai-technicians-frantically-throw-levers-to-find-the-one-controlling-groks-pedophilia/

Boosted by jwz:
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

Corporate overruled local. Let ‘em have it, folks.

https://www.404media.co/hilton-hotel-that-refused-dhs-reservations-backpedals/

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

my train year is off to a great start! who doesn’t love a nice and short 254 minute delay!

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
frrstbrwn@theatl.social ("Forrest Brown") wrote:

If you care about stopping US imperialism, you should consider ditching as much US-based tech as possible. This post from @parismarx provides a lot of helpful alternatives and makes it easier to switch: https://disconnect.blog/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide/ #Imperialism #NoWar #BigTech

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
josephcox@infosec.exchange ("Joseph Cox") wrote:

I was hoping when large media covered Mobile Fortify, the ICE facial app we revealed in June, it would add substantial information. Instead this front page WSJ piece rehashes our reporting, presents it as new attributed to officials, and forgets to capitalize M in 404 Media.

I have covered this app for months, showing where it gets data from, how it is being used on American streets, and DHS's plan to roll out a stripped down version to local police. You wouldn't get that impression from reading this piece, it would appear new to you.

You can read our original coverage here (this is about half of it):

https://www.404media.co/ice-is-using-a-new-facial-recognition-app-to-identify-people-leaked-emails-show/

https://www.404media.co/you-cant-refuse-to-be-scanned-by-ices-facial-recognition-app-dhs-document-says/

https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-supercharged-facial-recognition-app-of-200-million-images/

https://www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-launches-face-scanning-app-for-local-cops-to-do-immigration-enforcement/

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

I’ve temporarily sacrificed my M1 MacBook Air by installing all of the company’s required security stuff on it. I’ve lost some of my work-specific Emacs configuration, but other than that, the Air is, uh, more pleasant to work on than the Win11 laptop was.

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

Venezuela shows that Trump operates closer to the American tradition than given credit for. And I wonder if, deep down, that's what scares us the most.

Trump operates in a way that denies us our ability to pretend what's happening isn't happening. We Americans expect a certain level of plausible deniability. Especially with geopolitical happenings. Otherwise, how could we keep our lunches down?

Trump's a fascist, sure. But mostly, he's a neocon without media training.

https://youtube.com/shorts/PWvBwKd3j18

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

The Onion again coming through with the truth

https://theonion.com/nicolas-maduro-charged-with-felony-oil-possession/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
taylorlorenz ("Taylor Lorenz") wrote:

Crusaders pushing social media censorship and banning teens online are admitting that “mental health” is a coverup for suppressing dissent and young people’s progressive politics. https://mikemales.substack.com/p/authorities-are-recasting-young-peoples

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

Kolka says hello.#cats #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky #blackcat #rescuecat

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

The future of cloud computing was almost a self-hosted utopia:

In the late aughts, Microsoft launched its “To The Cloud” campaign to showcase all the things we can do “in the cloud,” which was just remote access to a home device

Can you imagine how different the internet would be if we all had a small server next to our TVs? Our media and data in our hands free from corporate control.

Lol jk they would've found another way. But still, Microslop, we could've had it all

https://youtu.be/ocogCkZ6PAM

Boosted by jwz:
mhoye wrote:

Anyway so.

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

New audio blog posted:
Should I ditch YouTube for real?

Attachments:

• audio: Blog post: Should I ditch YouTube for real?

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

X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced :

"“We take action against illegal content on X, including Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), by removing it, permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary,” X Safety said."

Remember, Jack Dorsey’s original vision for Bluesky was the gained ability to shrug shit like this off because he didn’t ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2026/01/05/x-blames-users-for-grokgenerated.html

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

I wonder why the river is called "Varmá" (literally "Warm River" in Icelandic)? 😝 #photos #iceland #winter