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

Tucson, January 2026

Boosted by jwz:
jwilker@wandering.shop ("John Wilker 👨🏽‍💻") wrote:

LOL. So Discord put out a survey on what users thought of AI…

It was up for a couple hours at most, then closed.

Assume the meeting on Monday will go like this.

“None of this is what we wanted to hear.”

“We’ll just delete the responses and say people want AI tools”

#AI #discord

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

The person that made the list of FOSS projects that welcomed generative "AI" contributions and provided pointers to alternative projects was harassed about it? That's total garbage!

I guess we should just make a list of FOSS projects that take a strong stance against generative "AI", and leave it at that. 🤔

If your project ain't on the list, we'll be able to draw the appropriate conclusions.

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
pondolo@bologna.one ("ッ p o n d o l o") wrote:

Interessante riflessione di
@adele
sull'egemonia dei big IT USA e reazioni EU in caso di fermo servizi.

https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/what-if-us-cut-off-big-tech-from-europe.md

🙏🏻

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jwz wrote:

Great Moments in Patents.

US20250238653A1: Universe Time Machine using AI god and the Universe Internet: A method to create a Universe Time Machine with the ability to time travel via object manipulation by manipulating every atom, electron and em...
https://jwz.org/b/yk1i

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

I wonder if some Fediverse instances specialise in #adult #dating ? 🤔

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
divestspd@social.seattle.wa.us ("DivestSPD") wrote:

Fun fact: this is the title of a white nationalist song.

It’s the same one the Proud Boys were singing in that clip that got Jonathan Choe fired from KOMO.

That’s how far the Overton Window has moved in a few years

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

How The Professional Managerial Class Stand In The Way Of Progress:

"They were defined by Barbara and John Ehrenreich as a group of vanguardists on the liberal left in 77 who were completely taking over left liberal organizing spaces like the democratic party. and what they saw was this professional manager-class dominance of liberalism at the expense of working-class people and working-class interests." https://youtu.be/xGqHdD68A3Q

Boosted by jwz:
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

Look what arrived in the post!!!

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

Every so often I remember that cross-pollination exists and lemons are just a hybrid of bitter orange and citron. Like, what?! And then I spend an hour on Wikipedia looking up hybrid fruits and veggies.

I want to taste a plumcot, or a pluot, or a tangelo. https://blog.misfitsmarket.com/guide-to-hybrid-fruits-list/

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

Minnesotans know how to have a good time -- stand in blowing snow at -10°C to protest against evil ICE.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/10/i-didnt-get-shot/

Boosted by jwz:
ausir@wandering.shop ("Paweł Ausir Dembowski") wrote:

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scdollins@genart.social ("Steven Dollins") wrote:

The four-chambered heart

#Genuary10 Polar coordinates

#Genuary #Genuary2026 #AlgorithmicArt #CreativeCoding #Processing

Attachments:

• gifv: Looping animation of colored arcs orbiting the image center such that their positive and negative silhouettes form heart shapes walking around a circle.

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
j9t@mas.to ("Jens Oliver Meiert 🇺🇳 🇵🇸") wrote:

Fellow *non*-Americans—are you using any or all of the U.S. support for Israeli wars and the Israeli genocide on Palestinians, the U.S. attack on Venezuela, the annexation threats against Greenland, or other U.S. policy decisions to move away from U.S. products and services?

(Votes are anonymous. Please reshare for reach!)

#usa #uspolitics #bigtech

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
jmaris@eupolicy.social ("Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO") wrote:

In fact, one of my first experiences with a C15 was herding multiple cows inside one. Ask yourself, reader, do you need to carry anything larger than multiple cows?

If not, then the C15 is for you.

There are also convenient benches for humans.⬇

Attachments:

• video: f75d5403b20623d3.mp4

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
jmaris@eupolicy.social ("Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO") wrote:

I often hear Americans & rich brits justify buying oversized, polluting vehicles by claiming they need them because they live in the "countryside".

I call bullshit, Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15⬇

#C15 #carBrain #CarDependency #SUV #NoSUV #Pickup_truck

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
theverge@flipboard.com ("The Verge") wrote:

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great
https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Gaming @gaming-theverge

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
404mediaco ("404 Media") wrote:

https://www.404media.co/researchers-are-hunting-america-for-hidden-datacenters/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
IndivisibleSF@sfba.social ("Indivisible SF") wrote:

We mourn the death of Renee Good and vow to protect our communities against ICE. Join us at Trump Regime Takedown every Saturday to raise your voice against ICE and the MAGA regime and learn how you can protect your neighborhood. https://buff.ly/zulA8rA

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
StreetArtSouthWest@kind.social ("Street Art South West") wrote:

Piece from SeeNoEvil 2011, Bristol, UK

#streetart #streetartphotography #bristol

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
malte@radikal.social wrote:

If you're looking for a book to teach you something about Palestine, or more specifically what it says about a person, a country how they treat Palestinians, then Perfect Victims by Mohamed El-Kurd looks promising https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2499-perfect-victims #BookRec #Palestine

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

"Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during President Trump’s second term." - NYTimes

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

As I already touched on in my newsletter a month ago, I'm increasingly worried that one of the risks we're facing is a sudden and rapid (in historical terms) collapse of the US similar to what happened to the Soviet Union and the Eastern Block

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/but-i-worry/

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

With every report about cities or states in the US pushing back against the violent authoritarianism of their federal systems, I'm reminded of Tainter description of the prelude to collapse in "The Collapse of Complex Societies"

> There is, first and foremost, a breakdown of authority and central control. Prior to collapse, revolts and provincial breakaways signal the weakening of the center. Revenues to the government often decline. Foreign challengers become increasingly successful.

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
jjcelery@mastodon.ie ("JJ Celery") wrote:

I saw LLMs compared to a drug in this toot, but in conversation with Himself today we concluded it's like a cursed amulet.

You *believe* it gives you +10 INT. Meanwhile it drains INT and WIS over time, and you don't notice.

Everyone around you knows it's bad for you and generally for the realm, but you won't stop wearing it, they're just jelous of your newfound powers, and they would know how awesome it is if they only tried! Why won't they try? Just try the amulet!!

https://mastodon.social/@glyph/115839163441384816

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
kityates@mas.to ("Kit Yates") wrote:

In light of the Royal Society's continued inaction on Elon Musk, it seems appropriate to share this again.

I wrote it last March when I resigned my position as associate editor at a Royal Society Journal.

Things haven't got better since then.

https://kityates.substack.com/p/why-im-resigning-my-editorship-at

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

Any of us can be murdered at any time. A cheerful demeanor won't help you.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/10/i-dont-expect-to-be-shot-but-you-just-dont-know-anymore/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0gyLICnWQE

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
SeanAloysiusOBrien@tenforward.social ("Headphone Jacques Clouseau") wrote:

dang this sounds like a very good reason for airplanes to have air quality sensors

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
cloudhop@equestria.social ("Erik McClure") wrote:

Bose recently did an unambiguously good thing, by publishing the API for the audio hardware they were originally going to brick: https://www.theverge.com/news/858501/bose-soundtouch-smart-speakers-open-source

However, I've seen some people say "don't praise Bose for this, they didn't do this until there was backlash".

SHUT UP. Shut the FUCK UP. I'm DONE living in a society where you get dragged through hell if you make a mistake, EVEN AFTER YOU CORRECT THE MISTAKE. I'm so fucking tired of hearing stupid excuses for this kind of puritanism like "they should've known better" NOBODY KNOWS BETTER UNTIL *AFTER THEY MAKE THE MISTAKE*. THAT'S HOW LEARNING *WORKS*.

And before you say "Companies aren't your friend" PUNISHING THEM FOR FIXING THEIR MISTAKES WON'T MAKE THEM DO THE RIGHT THING EITHER. If other people, or companies, see someone get punished for both messing up AND fixing the mistake, they just won't bother at all!

People HAVE to be allowed to make mistakes. They HAVE to be given a chance to improve.