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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Shebeencounter@mastodon.world ("Sheeb") wrote:

The promise of the George Floyd/Breonna Taylor protests was that all of the lazy arguments about the need for "training" and "reforms" were rendered null-and-void by an incisive, comprehensive and urgent analysis which told the factual story that policing does not keep anyone more safe, and that in fact, its the opposite.

But Joe Biden's election killed that. And so here we are all over again.

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115890487094400354

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• gifv: GIF from anchor man. Ron saying "I don't believe you" before lighting a cigarette.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Roughly 100 members of Congress have said they will not approve further funding of ICE without reforms. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fed-powell-golden-globes-2026%5Fn%5F6964c61ee4b0b3be67eb8c89/liveblog%5F6966aa5de4b09c0a939bfc60

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

The ethical case against using LLMs for work is straightforward and unambiguous

The productivity case against using LLMs for work is complex and requires an understanding of volatility, variability, biases, security issues, lock-in, and more

But it turns out that if you don’t have any time for ethics, you also don’t have any time for understanding complex systems, so neither case matters to them

Boosted by jwz:
heliographe_studio ("Héliographe") wrote:

If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design

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

Today in History:

"J'Accuse...!", an open letter written by Émile Zola in response to the events of the Dreyfus affair, was published (13 January 1898) in the newspaper L'Aurore.

"Four years after the letter was published, Zola died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a blocked chimney... In 1953, the newspaper Libération published a death-bed confession by a Parisian roofer that he had murdered Zola by blocking the chimney of his house."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%27Accuse...!

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

Republicans have never once offered the type of across-the-aisle politics that some liberals advocate for. And that's why the Overton Window has shifted so far right, and Democrats lose so damn frequently.

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

It's Defund The Police all over again.

Liberals who declared the Defund the Police movement as "political poison," do so as if they're not the ones who get to decided if defunding police brutality is a worthy pursuit.

So often, Liberals will play the role of political saboteur, then swap hats to become the political pundit observing their own undermining.

We don't need Jamelle the political pundit. We need Jamelle who says Abolish ICE (full stop) to his hundreds of thousands of followers.

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

Jamelle understands that abolishing ICE is the right course of action. He's said as much. But like so many of his liberal academic peers, he can't help but over intellectualize the problem, beating it until he achieves magical thinking.

Offering yet another concession to centrists in hopes that they finally see the light is silly.

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

There's a faction of the left who measures their intelligence by how reasonable they think they sound.

The thought of being labeled frantic or unreasonable by their peers is so horrific that they'd sooner let the world burn before admitting we need radical change to put out the fire.

We don't need to cater to centrists for change. We need the liberals who advocate for centrist unity to finally stand up *for* something, and not just against someone.

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

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

Today in History: Wilhelm Wien born, 1864, Nobel prize for blackbody radiation laws

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

Today in History: Sophie Tucker born, 1884

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

Today in History: Horatio Alger born, 1832

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

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
codeismycanvas@universeodon.com wrote:

My #genuary13 self portrait is defined entirely by parametric equations! Portrait in the first image, equations in the second. The equations were generated by tracing points from a photograph, then basically using an FFT algorithm to convert the coordinates into paremetric equations. Each feature (head, hair, eyes, etc.) is defined by a different path.

#genuary #genuary2026 #fft #fouriertransform

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place ("The Seven Voyages Of Steve") wrote:

I’ve realised that I probably never liked the technology industry. What I liked was personal computing, in all its facets - creativity, scratching your own itches, sharing and collaborating on a small scale.

There was a time when the tech industry and the personal computing space were pushing in the same direction, but I realise now that that’s probably not been the case for a while. They’re now even directly sabotaging personal computing in favour of big tech (the RAM drought)

jwz wrote:

Say what you like about Scott Adams, but without him the phrases "just spit on your hand and see what's gurgling around in there" and "you'll find my nuts require extra attention this morning" would not still be in my vocabulary to this day.
https://jwz.org/b/yk14

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
emma@orbital.horse ("Emma needs ☕️ and paying work") wrote:

Things I learned today: in 2011, ICE audited Pacific Steel in Berkeley, who, in turn fired 200 workers who could not produce papers. This harmed, in turn, thousands.

As people keep saying none of this is new.

The Democrats, including your sainted Obama, have always supported anti-immigrant policies.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/fighting-the-firings

Until the Democrats follow through on not just reforming ICE, but shutting it down, lots of people aren't buying it.

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

Here the second screen record, with a different link

Attachments:

• video: Screen record: BlueSky app. I click on a Huffington Post article link and I'm taken to the page.

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

Anyone with relevant experience confirm what I'm seeing? Links to an ICE info website slower to redirect than other links. The X Substack ordeal immediately popped into my head but I don't want to jump to conclusions.

First vid: I click on link, bsky dot app seems to hold on to it for like 14 seconds before redirecting me to the url.

Second vid: different link, much faster load speed. Bsky dot app redirects within a couple of seconds.

Attachments:

• video: click on link, bsky dot app seems to hold on to it for like 14 seconds before redirecting me to the url.

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

RE LB[1]: Tattam's "Flight of the Fermions" is a nice ambient track:

https://soundcloud.com/peter-tattam/flight-of-the-fermions

[1] https://oldbytes.space/@gloriouscow/115889652606967002

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
gloriouscow@oldbytes.space wrote:

okay hold the fuck up

Peter Tattam, the author of Trumpet Winsock, has a SOUNDCLOUD

and you can listen to him PLAYING THE TRUMPET

https://soundcloud.com/peter-tattam

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

New from 404 Media: police have unwittingly unmasked millions of their surveillance targets because of a Flock redaction error. Police didn't redact specific license plates in public record releases. A site is now making that information searchable, 2.3 million plates https://www.404media.co/police-unmask-millions-of-surveillance-targets-because-of-flock-redaction-error/

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

You know when you wake up in the middle of the night with an idea for your writing and you think it's the best idea you ever had?

I had an idea to call social media "Systems of Mass Distortion" and I was sure I'd win a Pulitzer. Lmao

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

I simultaneously do not care about the Golden Globes, and am very mad Sinners didn't sweep the awards.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman :11ty:") wrote:

is this stuff getting better or no

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io ("Jenniferplusplus") wrote:

Praxis is not comparing text synthesizers to an intern, actually.

When an intern doesn't know how to do something, they will learn in the attempt. They will grow in their abilities, and become greater than before.

Literally zero of the words I just used can even be applied to the text synthesizer. Except maybe "attempt". The comparison is inherently dehumanizing. Please find another way to say "it sucks, but less than I assume you assumed"

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Nothing builds character like a flawless 12-hour 3D print... that perfectly illustrates all the design mistakes you made 🫣

#3dprinting

Boosted by jwz:
Pentapod@mstdn.ca ("Emily C Taylor") wrote:

Went to an aquarium supply store last night and was delighted to see the staff in N95 masks and all customers still required to wear masks also. I wish I saw more places still doing this. The sign behind the till particularly got me 😂

“COVID-19 SURCHARGES
$50 If we have to explain about masks
$100 If we have to hear why you disagree”

Anyway if you need any fish-related supplies, go support Aquarium Central. 🫧🐠🐟🐠🐟

#YEG #CovidIsNotOver