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

Raggedy old bearded Greek gets the boot from Texas.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/07/down-with-plato/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
morrick@appdot.net ("Riccardo Mori") wrote:

My dad again, in 1976. ❤️

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

nope, they said. just nope.

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/china-halts-nvidia-h200-chip-o-7EouWXq%5FSC2.wfcP3HkbaA

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
michaelcoyote ("Dreaming of dad jazz.") wrote:

@mhoye

Apropos

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

If you're wondering what consequences X has faced: none. At all. A few months ago when Grok called itself MechaHitler, the service was shut entirely for days, the same day. When this women issue happened, Elon laughed.

Grok is still outputting non-consensual deepfake pornography and sexual abuse material at a rate of 1 post per second. Example search:

from:@grok filter:media

Direct link:
https://x.com/search?q=from%3A%40grok%20filter%3Amedia&src=typed%5Fquery&f=live

I hope Cisco enjoy directly funding sexual abuse material.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
fasterandworse@hci.social ("Stephen Farrugia") wrote:

RE: https://hci.social/@fasterandworse/115854982532373809

thread

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

Polymarket won’t pay $10M in Venezuela invasion bets:

"The dispute comes alongside suspicious trading activity that’s drawn congressional attention. One account placed 13 bets totaling about $34,000 between December 27 and January 3 — all related to whether the U.S. would invade Venezuela or remove Maduro."

Happy new year everyone. https://boingboing.net/2026/01/07/polymarket-refuses-to-pay-10-5-million-in-venezuela-invasion-bets.html

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

This is the man who dreams of being advisor to the king? But he's an ignorant twat!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/07/you-dont-need-to-be-wise-to-appeal-to-our-power-brokers/

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

Treating myself to a fresh homemade mayo this morning. Corrected some errors from the first time I tried to make it (use neutral oil, don't overwork it, don't make too much). #cooking

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

Who's this spying on my Apple Music activity?:

In my iPhone settings, I stumbled across a list of apps Apple says “are signed in to your Apple Music account and can access your music activity and media library.” The problem is, I don’t remember giving permission.

https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2026/01/06/whos-this-spying-on-my.html

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

Me writing vs me editing.

Attachments:

• gifv: GIF from Arrested Development: Tobias telling Michael "I mean, look at me. I'm an actor. AN ACTOR!"&10;&10;Michael looks down like he's embarrassed. They are both in the McMansion living room.
• gifv: GIF from Arrested Development: Tobias is in the shower sobbing with his hand and a washcloth to his mouth.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ASegar ("Adrian Segar") wrote:

Texas A&M, an institution that purports to be a university, has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato.

https://dailynous.com/2026/01/06/texas-am-bans-plato/

#censorship #AcademicFreedom #Texas

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
girlsreallyrule.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Amee Vanderpool") wrote:

Senator @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy is donating $400,000 of her campaign money to 23 state Democratic parties in an “early money” investment “crucial” for state parties ahead of the 2026 midterms for political infrastructure. WATCH THIS and donate with me here: secure.actblue.com/donate/wfs-j...

Attachments:

• video: 38953aa7f7a730b6.mp4

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

“But software design is just vibes!”

No, it’s absolutely not. It’s an extremely well researched topic with an abundance of studies, literature and scientific articles over the last 75 years.

Here’s some books to get you started. They’re over 30 years old.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

I find it interesting that there's loads of people who made a core part of their identity campaigning against trans women being in women's spaces and how it impacts women, who have gone completely silent about Grok being used to undress and brutalise women.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mwl@io.mwl.io ("Michael W Lucas :flan_on_fire:") wrote:

I need a 9v 1a DC power adapter for my label printer.

Have I achieved Nerdvana? Do I already have such a power supply?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social wrote:

@BlueDot Looks like #Nigeria and #Venezuela need some FREEDOM!

#MAGA #USPol #WorldPol #Oiligarchy #Freedom #USA #Venezuela

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SuffolkLITLab@esq.social wrote:

TL;DR: The Commons women and equalities committee has halted its use of X following backlash over the AI tool Grok, which generated inappropriate images of women and children. This decision highlights growing concerns about digital safety and the need for regulatory actions. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/07/commons-women-equalities-committee-stop-using-x-ai-altered-grok-images #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
josephcox@infosec.exchange ("Joseph Cox") wrote:

Grok is being used to remove clothes from random peoples' photos. Journalists think they got the chatbot to 'apologize'. What are you doing? An LLM cannot apologize. It doesn't know what is happening. Journalists doing this is a form of AI psychosis. Full ep here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT9lEyHnZIk

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• unknown: original

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her).") wrote:

Friends, at a time when science is under attack and people are economically hurting, the scientific community should work to make access easier not harder. @ACM, Association for Computing Machinery, is doing the complete opposite by introducing paywalls that didn't exist.

Features that were previously free and open to the public are now "Premium
Access" features.

If you are opposed to this measure, join me in signing this petition asking the ACM to stop.

https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/restore-fully-free-and-open-access

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
jpfox@m.g3l.org ("Jean-Pierre Morfin Cholat") wrote:

#ispconfig 3.3.1b1 (beta) brings #Debian 13 #Trixie support including #Dovecot 2.4 (new config file format)

https://git.ispconfig.org/ispconfig/ispconfig3/-/releases#3.3.1b1

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

404 Media: The People Tracking America’s AI Data Centers (YouTube) https://youtu.be/zT9lEyHnZIk

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:

Anthropomorphizing language can be cute when applied to your favorite car, but it helps to muddy the discourse when applied to tech sold as "AI", especially given all the boosters and AGI-cult members peddling their nonsense about imminent artificial minds. New from me & Nanna Inie on Tech Policy Press -- how to spot & revise away from anthropomorphizing language applied to "AI":

https://www.techpolicy.press/we-need-to-talk-about-how-we-talk-about-ai/

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

3D printing in 2030: When you missed the "Skip Ad" button between layers 137 and 138.

#3dprinting

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bluegirlpdx@federated.press ("Em") wrote:

@jsonstein @tarheel the tossed away here broke me.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

I've invented Vibe Time: currently Monday 7am, emotionally Saturday 8pm.

Need that feature for all my social contacts.

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

A lot of Mormons do believe in magic, so we should consider the possibility that there was a magical transformation.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/07/in-which-i-defend-ai/

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

Thank you porkbun.com for not insulting me with a "Maybe later" option!

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

sans-slop software

it's so easy to impress me now, literally the only thing I look for is lack of "AI" features

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
quixoticgeek@v.st ("Quixoticgeek") wrote:

Another to add to the list of things ruined by sparkling autocarrot.

A wedding. Well actually not legally a wedding anymore, cos sparkling autocarrot.

https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/07/court-zwolle-rules-couple-married-chatgpt-written-ceremony