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mcfadden ("Brian McFadden") wrote:

Chuck Schumer has issued a sternly heavy sigh.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
PhoenixSerenity@beige.party ("Ms. Que Banh") wrote:

@fromjason @stephaniepixie It's kind of why I've been posting specific documentaries here. I want more folks, especially US citizens, to learn more about what their government has been doing & hiding from them for decades. Many of us POC outside of US already knew how evil, racist & dishonest the US government is but many US citizens are still gobsmacked, finding out what their government really did - in their US is the best brand/name.

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fasterandworse@hci.social ("Stephen Farrugia") wrote:

Incredible

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@duke%5Fof%5Fgermany/115853330852766984

Firefox for Web Developers mastodon poll: after 1 day has 2,977 votes with the following options/results question: "Should translation be disabled if the AI 'kill switch' is active?" 25% - Yes 49% - Yes, but let me re-enable just translations 22% - No 3% - Man shrugging emoji
handle @duke_of_germany posted mastodon poll in response to Firefox for Developers poll: "Let's ask the real question: Firefox users, do you want any AI directly built into Firefox, or separated out into extensions?" after 7 hours has 2,935 votes with the following options/results 1% - I want AI built into Firefox 15% - I want AI separated into extensions 84% - Mozilla should not focus on AI features at all

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jaykuo@universeodon.com ("Jay Kuo") wrote:

Shame on them all.

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xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra is only carbon now") wrote:

Three thoughts about Apple pushing "ChatGPT Health":

• This is why I consider the OS duopoly to be bad, why "just use macOS" is not a sufficient response to Microsoft's rapid descent into slopware.
• When OpenAI implodes, and it will implode in a terrifying way, creditors are gonna come looking for assets. That now includes health data. That's scary as fuck.
• OpenAI is founded on eugenics. Even before they implode, don't give eugenicists your health data.

https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/07/apple-health-integration-launches-in-new-chatgpt-health-feature/

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("We’re Going To Keep The Popehat") wrote:

/7 Here, the Trump Administration’s lies about the murder victim did not impact her property rights because the Trump Administration had already murdered her. In short, our federal government can usually kill, kidnap, abuse, and lie about us with impunity.

an optical illusion of an amer...

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denisedwheeler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Denise Wheeler") wrote:

This is the ICE-masked thug that shot and murdered the woman in Minnesota. Make his face known, and let's get some facial recognition users to make his name known. Trump and DHS are going to try to cover it up.

ICE agent who shot and murdered the woman in Minnesota.

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

Illegal immigrant is not an identity, it's an indictment.

Immigration is not the driving force, it's the cover story.

Don't engage on their terms.

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

I have (unfortunately) been present through a wide variety of online discourse and I can't remember a time when people were so skittish about naming the victims.

Everything from a New York Times expose to a lowly blog think piece, it's hard to recall reading "This is a targeted attack on *Latin Americans*. Full stop.

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

It's not illegal immigration enforcement. It's ethnic cleansing.

They're not arresting illegal immigrants. They're kidnapping Latin Americans.

Call it what it is. Don't do their job for them. Don't contribute to the ambiguity. The US is attacking #Latinos #LatinX #Latine. Center Latin Americans in your advocacy.

#ICE

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
pirategoddess@vivaldi.net ("pirategoddess 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

I just created a new blog, and to celebrate I'm doing something I've never done here, creating a proper introduction! I'm a 20 something American #trans woman who's currently researching #polisci and studying #cybersecurity.

I'm very passionate about #politics (I don't know exactly where I land, but somewhere on the far left lol). I've been trying to help build a strong local community where I'm at. Organization & community is one of the best defenses against fascism! As is direct action!

I also really love music, esspecially hiphop. My favorite artists right now are, in no particular order, #Doechii, #SZA, #KendrickLamar, #BillyWoods, #KaliUchis, and #LittleSimz.

https://pirategoddess.net/blog/introduction/

#introduction

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kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin") wrote:

My local school district recently banned use of unapproved AI tools (after a long string of misuse) and now a small group of students are trying to organize a walk out because of it. There's also another group of students in support of the ban too and organizing a "keep AI banned" sit-in!

#kitsap #washington #education #ai

Posters with "free chatgpt" and advertising a school walkout
Poster organizing a school walkout "the district has blocked all access to chat gpt..."
Poster labeled "no bots, keep ai banned, anti chat gpt sit in" and "bring a fellow human"

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

I think there's an argument to be made that #Microsoft is the most human-hostile company in the world.

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

OneDrive is malware by Jason Pargin:

https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonkpargin/video/7591592052954025246

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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/

Plato

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

My dad again, in 1976. ❤️

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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

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

@mhoye

Apropos

Tumblr Post from valarhalla:  Fun fact: Tenochtitlan fell in 1521. From 1603 onwards, large numbers of honest-to-god fricking Japanese Samurai came to Mexico from Japan to work as guardsmen and mercenaries.  Ergo, it would be 100% historically accurate to write a story starring a quartet consisting of the child or grandchild of Aztec Noblemen, an escaped African slave, a Spanish Jew fleeing the Inquisition (which was relaxed in Mexico in 1606, for a time) and a Katana-wielding Samurai in Colonial Mexico. Also a whole bunch of Chinese Characters BECAUSE MEXICO CITY HAD A CHINATOWN WITHIN TEN YEARS OF THE FALL OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE.

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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.

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

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

thread

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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

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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/

Curtis Yarvin

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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

A vanity shot from above of a teak cutting board with the bottom half of a sandwich covered with cheese slices and a small mason jar of a yellow glistening mayonnaise standing next to it.

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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

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

Me writing vs me editing.

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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

Greetings Dr. Peterson, Thank you for your email. The College leadership team and | have discussed your syllabus and the Provost office’s requirements for compliance with the new system rule 08.01. You have two options going forward: 1. You may mitigate your course content to remove the modules on race ideology and gender ideology, and the Plato readings that may include these. 2. You may be reassigned to teach PHIL 482 501-514. Lecture times for this course are T/Th 8:00 - 9:15. Please let us know by end of business tomorrow how you would like to proceed. Sincerely, Kristi

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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...

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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.

Human-Computer Interaction, Jenny Preece et. al., Addison-Wesley, 1994 Designing Visual Interfaces, Kevin Mullet/Darell Sano, Prentice Hall, 1994

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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.

The image shows an article from The Washington Post discussing concerns over AI-generated nonconsensual sexualized images of women and girls, including responses from the platform owner.
A post where people use Grok to undress a woman.
A series of tweets asking Grok for an illustration, focusing on elements like revealing clothing and adding bruises and open sores to brutalise women.
The image shows a series of Twitter replies that contain inappropriate comments about a woman's clothing, specifically regarding her hijab. The comments suggest removing the hijab and altering her appearance via Grok.

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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?

A large box overflowing with saved DC power supplies.