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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/115867321104672849

My silly 2026 prediction is we'll see a mainstream politician and/or tech elite call for outlawing local compute. This really feels like big tech's end goal—make AI critical infrastructure to run all of our apps, then work towards a cloud-tethered world where local compute is a thing of the past.

This isn't that, obviously. But we know where Bezos' head is at.

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/jeff-bezos-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-bezos-envisions-that-youll-give-up-your-pc-for-an-ai-cloud-version

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
trc@social.coop ("Tyng-Ruey Chuang") wrote:

"Riit - Ataataga (Full Live Concert)"

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

A mesmerizing performance by Riit and her throat singing mate.

https://genius.com/artists/Riit

> Riit sings about the clarity of forgiveness, the imprint of the past on the present, and personal disconnection.

The lyrics are in inuttitut, foreign to me, yet reaching me. Inuit throat singing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit%5Fthroat%5Fsinging

I learned of Riit by way of "North of North"

https://www.netflix.com/title/81616012

and via

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/29/a-total-knockout-the-best-television-you-never-watched-in-2025

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

Is there a proper term for articles behind a "soft paywall"? You gain access by providing your email and other personal data.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
KevinCarson1@kolektiva.social ("Kevin Carson") wrote:

Interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

https://readsludge.com/2026/01/16/the-companies-behind-ice/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe ("Sally Strange") wrote:

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@KevinCarson1/115907669110293359

This really seems like something that shouldn't be behind a paywall.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
hosford42@techhub.social ("Aaron") wrote:

@BenjaminKlein @fromjason

I stick to ones that aren't controlled by for-profit corporations.

There's a general theme in *all* markets: Profit is intrinsically exploitative. I'm not talking about getting paid for labor. That's not profit. That's earnings. I'm talking about corporations sending off their profits to shareholders who offer nothing; they are paid simply for *owning* the company, in perpetuity. And they have no stake in the company's success *except* this endless stream of money. So their incentive is to open the spigot as wide as it will go, and juice the workers and customers for everything they're worth.

The simple fix? Cooperatives. The owners are the workers and/or customers. They have no incentive to exploit themselves. Their stake in the company's success is their continued *earnings*, for workers, and the beneficial products and services produced, for customers. And they are run democratically, not from the top (1%) down.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Whenever you see what #ICE is doing in front of cameras, you must imagine what they're doing where nobody can see them--like in the concentration camps the USA is building. It's easy to read those words and much harder to fathom what they mean; that this is happening in our day and age, in what until recently was believed to be a first world country. "Abolish ICE" doesn't go nearly far enough in my view.

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

I created a new public bookmark collection where I’ll add articles, resources, and otherwise anything published to the web about ICE.

If you plan to write about ICE, I’m hoping this can be something you can use to gather your sources.

You can follow this collection via RSS, or just check back whenever you need. Feel free to send me links. https://raindrop.io/fromjason/ice-65512649

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

New post: Capitalism loves a good filler. So why should the web be any different?

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/slop-is-everywhere-for-those-with-eyes-to-see/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
charlienorth ("Charlie North: Chilled Music") wrote:

@fromjason 2. Your thoughts on slop in the real world (honey, olive oil, chocolate etc…) hit hard for me.
“Creativity isn't scalable. Content creation has a hard productivity ceiling.” <= I needed to hear that. I’m gonna think on that.
Peace to you, and all you do.
Charlie

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
charlienorth ("Charlie North: Chilled Music") wrote:

@fromjason 1. I came back to the Fediverse today, to see where things are (I’ve totally given up on the corporate web). Rather disheartened, I was about to leave. Then this post caught my eye. Suddenly, a thoughtful human perspective! Who knew!! You can still find nourishing content on the Internet. I especially agree with your comments about surfing the web. I’ve started “crate digging” (of a sort) on Bandcamp, and it’s really started to reconnect me to music.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

omg.lol now has an intranet! :prami_happy:

https://192.168.0.128.wtf

It’s a private web space managed entirely by our members. We started goofing around with it last night on IRC, and so far it’s been a lot of fun!

You can read more about it here: https://home.omg.lol/info/intranet

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

Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches https://www.theverge.com/news/860356/google-pulls-alarming-dangerous-medical-ai-overviews

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange ("Em :official_verified:") wrote:

"Your prompts remain private while using our AI" isn't the pro-privacy statement most AI companies seem to believe it to be.

What about the data of the subjects you used to train your AI model? Did you ask consent from all of them? What's that? Your product isn't possible if you ask for consent first?

Well, it's definitely not private then.

#Privacy #NoAI #Consent

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

In any case, if you're based in Iceland and are looking for an animal welfare society to support, Villikettir is a worthwhile organisation that does great work. https://villikettir.is/

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

The window is also a nice additional framing device.

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

These cat shelter photos combine a few of my photographic interests: Cats, obviously. But also reflections, wear and tear, and other kinds of visual real world distortions.

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

I've been taking photos of the cat shelter windows for a while now. These are from early last year.

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

On my walks I usually stop outside the local cat shelter, run by Villikettir Suðurlands, and if I can see any of the shelter cats lounging in the window, I usually take a photo. Villikettir are a very worthwhile organisation as they tackle harder cases, such as feral cats https://villikettir.is/ #caturday #cats

Boosted by ratatui_rs@fosstodon.org ("Ratatui"):
orhun@fosstodon.org ("Orhun Parmaksız 👾") wrote:

We're going deep into the CPU with this one...

🧩 **cpustate-tui** — A bare-metal TUI for visualizing x86_64 CPU internals

⚙ Inspect CPU before even your OS boots!

⚡ CPUID flags, timers, MSRs, XSAVE state & more!

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/mkulke/cpustate-tui

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #osdev #baremetal #x86 #lowlevel #systems

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Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha 🇪🇺") wrote:

A Tom Gauld classic, scarily on track

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:

having a camera you can look at from your phone should be easy. being able to find information by searching for it should be easy. it's an engineering project to keep it hard enough that you have to accept constant surveillance as the price to pay to make use of the accumulated skill that we have literally lying around in the gutter on the street

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

good, let everyday folks speak up

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/nazis-us-domain-homeland-security?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

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

oh yah

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2026/01/17

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

Fucking hell, the on screen keyboard and autocomplete in iOS 26 is so much worse than before and it was already crap

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

“Reality Is Breaking The "AI Revolution"”

https://www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is-breaking-the-ai-revolution

> Recently, senior executives at Salesforce have admitted, both internally and publicly, that they massively overestimated AI’s capabilities. They have found that AI simply can’t cope with the complex nature of customer service and totally fails at nuanced issues, escalations, and long-tail customer problems

When can I start to reply “I fucking told you so” to all of these reports without coming across as obnoxious?

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
mos_8502@studio8502.ca ("mos_8502 :verified: 🇨🇦") wrote:

What scares me is not that ChatGPT is often wrong. What scares me is how close it has come to being right most of the time. A thing that gives the right answer 90% of the time is much worse than something that’s always wrong.

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

“ChatGPT Wants Your Health Data • Buttondown”

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/chatgpt-wants-your-health-data/

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
CopernicusECMWF@masto.ai wrote:

How warm was Europe in 2025? 🔍 It was the third‑warmest year on record for Europe, with an average temperature of 10.41°C, 1.17°C above the 1991–2020 average and 0.30°C below the record year of 2024. #CopernicusClimate #GCH2025

Dive into the report: https://climate.copernicus.eu/global-climate-highlights-2025?utm%5Fsource=socialmedia&utm%5Fmedium=MA&utm%5Fcampaign=global-climate-highlight-2025&utm%5Fid=GCH-2025

@ECMWF @CopernicusEU @carlo_mastodon @OceanTerra

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
thomholwerda@exquisite.social ("Thom, Itanium™ influencer") wrote:

⭕ Left-wing
⭕ Use "AI"

Pick one.