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lily@glaceon.social ("9579cfc2-3e7d-35c7-af3b-cddda26f71bd") wrote:
birds have language and can even lie. sometimes while being chased by a predator, they will cry out about a different predator, in order to make the thing chasing it hide.
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dgar@aus.social ("Dgar") wrote:
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
dgar@aus.social ("Dgar") wrote:
![KNOW THE DIFFERENCE [Hugh Jackman in a suit holding a white mug] HUGH JACKMAN [A large anthropomorphic yak with horns holding a battle axe] HUGE YAKMAN](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media%5Fattachments/files/114/830/646/822/411/864/original/ca64a578129c389c.jpeg)
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
With a little bit of heavy-handed monochrome processing
Mastodon FeedBoosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
david_chisnall@infosec.exchange ("David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)") wrote:
For anyone surprised at Moxie Marlinspike pushing an 'AI' thing, remember that the last big thing he pushed was a cryptocurrency integrated in Signal.
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
From a year ago, a raven perches on the Hveragerði church. #iceland #bird #birds #raven
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
legoktm@wikis.world ("Kunal Mehta") wrote:
Happy 25th to #Wikipedia, the largest repository of knowledge in human history!
To celebrate, I wrote for @freedomofpress about how Wikipedia would not exist today without the robust free speech and press protections in the U.S., and that we need to sustain and expand them if we want to survive for another 25 years.
https://freedom.press/issues/wikipedias-25th-birthday-proves-the-power-of-free-speech/
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:
Thursday is the new Friday
Mastodon FeedBoosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
jdapena@mastodon.online ("José Dapena Paz") wrote:
#Chromium embedders: imagine full extensions support, on your lightweight //content-only product. No more complex rebasings or //chrome hacks! Just clean APIs without chrome::Profile. Shin, from @igalia , has been working on this.
From an #Android prototype to a demo in the @WolvicXR browser, landing upstream in //extensions. A path to real extensions on TVs, cars, and custom #browsers. Read more in her new blog post! ✍ https://blogs.igalia.com/mshin/2026/01/13/our-journey-to-support-extensions-for-embedders/
Mastodon FeedBoosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
aworkinglibrary@mstdn.social ("mandy brown") wrote:
“Burnout shifted its meaning: from a symptom experienced by people struggling to change society to one experienced by people trying too hard to succeed within it.” https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/loss-of-an-ideal
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
'"Filmmakers" should NOT be Peddling AI Cinema Studios'
> They're using the the platform to push you shit. Shit you don't need, but now they're pushing shit that is going to destroy your fucking livelihood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqqT4gqB5UQ
> This is poison to the entire film-making community
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
placebo@mastodon.ie ("Aleksei☃️") wrote:
What I have to deal with every day.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
maxleibman@beige.party ("Max Leibman") wrote:
Went to see my mastodontist today. He recommended a new toot paste, and encouraged me to FOSS every day.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
Alexis@beepboop.one ("Alex Daily! :frl:") wrote:
Like my ancestors before me, I hate tradition.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
MOULE@moule.world ("MOULE :Logo:") wrote:
I imagine the Fediverse like a decentralised collective of cooperative-run libraries covered in moss and fungi, that are safe and accepting spaces for all except bigots, where people can infodump to each other about the most specific topics, are quiet sensory safe havens, have FOSS on every computer, and have a cat café that's also a repair café.
Outside, hundreds of bicycle racks line the walkable, breathable arcade by the community garden, with thought-provoking street art replacing ads.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:
RE: https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/115893929232236164
Also available as video on PeerTube:
https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/sUzA6ZCSW7bv16DGuwRg5L
Mastodon FeedBoosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:
A former window.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #nature #abandoned #decay #window #concrete
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
Beam me up.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/15/doubly-fortunate/
Mastodon FeedBoosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
dabeaz ("David Beazley") wrote:
The thing is, there's a big difference between code written by someone who doesn't know what they're doing versus code written by someone who doesn't care about what they're doing.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
Nazis just stole accepted American policy.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/15/shes-right-you-know/
Mastodon FeedBoosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
“If users notice your software, you’re already a loser – Pivot to AI”
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/
> If you’re adding sparkly icon “now with AI!” features to your software, you’re in quarterly driven failure mode
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
Fed up with all the Nazi shit on the internet.
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
I need US politicians to pay attention to the Polish PM's warning here:
> “an attempt to take over [part of] a Nato member state by another Nato member state would be a political disaster,” and “the end of the world as we know it.”
Mastodon FeedBoosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
alice_i_cecile@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Alice I. Cecile") wrote:
With our even-numbered Bevy release comes a new #bevy Jam! This is a nine-day jam: see the full rules at https://itch.io/jam/bevy-jam-7 😄 The jam-theme-voting channel over on Discord (discord.gg/bevy) is now open for theme suggestions!
Timeline:
January 14: theme suggestion opens
January 24: theme voting opens, theme suggestions close Feb
7: theme selected and jam starts
Feb 15: jam concludes!
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
Google: "We found that this gambling ad doesn't violate our policies against gambling ads, but you can personalise your ad experience to block the kinds of ads you don't want."
Me: "So, can I block gambling ads?"
Google: "No, we don't allow gambling ads so a toggle to block gambling ads doesn't make sense. What are you talking about?"
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
“Trump Is Risking a Global Catastrophe - The Atlantic”
> If Trump makes good on his recurring threat to use force to gain the island, he would not only blow apart America’s most important alliance; he could set in motion a series of events that could lead to global catastrophe—or even to World War III.
The past few days has been like living through the Cuban missile crisis except the Soviets don't seem to realise what they're doing and keep joking around
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:
show's over folks! emerge from the woodwork and continue using X
Mastodon FeedBoosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
StefanEJones@dice.camp ("Stefan Edward Jones") wrote:
3/ Stop worry about what you would do if you were a 1930s German. Figure out what you can do NOW:
https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/goodtrouble/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/organize-trump-musk-putsch/
https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/hold-steady/
https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/organize/
https://commonslibrary.org/defending-democracy-with-humor-and-dilemma-actions-tactics/
Mastodon FeedBoosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:
US Big Tech is conspiring with European (and American) fascists to wreck the EU's ability to even modestly regulate this rogue industry, which has unparalleled -- and growing -- power over people's lives.
Fascism and tech are an unholy, and maybe unstoppable, alliance.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI:
"Today we are fortifying our mission by articulating our policy on generative AI, so that musicians can keep making music, and so that fans have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp was created by humans."
AI banned.
https://blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/keeping-bandcamp-human/