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Boosted by jwz:
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

* also, the atproto appview is open source in theory but not in practice, cos if you want it to actually scale to the existing network you need a proprietary database

people on both bluesky and blacksky networks are gonna see a lot of weirdly broken shit

because federation is an inherently defective user experience if you're here to socialise and not because of an obsession with federated networks

mastodon users know this personally, and at least masto has existed long enough to patch up the worst problems. (w00t to that "more replies" functionality!)

loud decentralisation theatre with a fuckload of absolutely centralised points of control is also a tell of fashtech, in case you were wondering about bsky corp being literally coiners, rationalists and neoreactionaries

https://awful.systems/post/5833209

Boosted by jwz:
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

FEDERATION ON THE FEDIVERSE:
* start up a Mastodon/Akkoma/GoToSocial on a hosting box. You are now a full member of the network.

FEDERATION ON ATPROTO:
* well, the appview requires several terabytes of storage for every post ever made.

(it's absolutely not a blockchain, just oddly reminiscent.)

Something Essentially Contrary to the ActivityPub Method

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

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115935077191230670

So, the replies to this as well as the larger discussion I've seen about Manu's post leads me to believe that they don't teach people about Karl Popper or the paradox of tolerance any more?

Like, the reason why you scorn and exclude people who overtly or covertly signal support for Naziism is paradox of intolerance 101.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
catsalad@infosec.exchange ("Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:") wrote:

The cat printer was running low on ink.

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

☝️ @davidgerard might be of interest to you, Proton trying to force Lumo on customers 🤮

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

blogged: Proton Spam and the AI Consent Problem
https://dbushell.com/2026/01/22/proton-spam/

I was going to forget about this but @protonprivacy Support has some gall trying to bullshit me

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Just to be clear btw - am I saying GenAI can’t ever be used for vulnerability research? No.

I know some very smart people - like in the 0.1% of the industry, with decades of experience - who’ve ferreted out new vulns after spending months of work with GenAI per vuln.

But.. almost everybody using these tools ain’t doing that. I don’t think it’s cognitive amplification is it’s just spraying turd at people. It’s going to have a profoundly negative impact within companies.

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

Really happy to see other ecosystems getting inspired by Ratatui ♥️🐁

🌀 **RatatuiRuby** — Build TUIs with Ruby powered by @ratatui_rs

🦀 Rust handles rendering + your Ruby code handles design.

📚 Docs: https://www.ratatui-ruby.dev

#rustlang #ratatui #ruby #tui #terminal #opensource #library #programming

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

Pretty sure the whole “NATO acts like it can unilaterally give your mineral rights to America for free and in perpetuity” thing is giving a few people in the Nordic countries, at least, pause

Boosted by jwz:
bagder ("daniel:// stenberg://") wrote:

#curl is RFC 9116 compliant

https://curl.se/.well-known/security.txt

https :// curl.se / .well-known / security.txt

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

coding befter I finish my morning coffee 😴

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
The14@mastodon.world ("The-14") wrote:

Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology
#Tech #DigitalSovereignty #TechColonialism #BigTech #CloudComputing #CyberSecurity #AntiImperialism #DigitalIndependence #DataSovereignty #Geopolitics #USDominance #DigitalResilience
https://the-14.com/europe-wants-to-end-its-dangerous-reliance-on-us-internet-technology/

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
rpbook@gts.phillipsuk.org ("Russell Phillips") wrote:

The Green Party have told Pantir to "pack its bags and get the hell out of the NHS"

"my letter today to Palantir makes clear we will use every method at our disposal to force them out. Doctors have made clear they do not trust Palantir with patients’ private data, and with its appalling track record, I am with the doctors”.
https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/22/zack-polanski-tells-defence-surveillance-corporation-palantir-to-pack-its-bags-and-get-the-hell-out-of-the-nhs/

#UKPol #NHS #Palantir

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

I like to window-watch the parking lot and take bets on how many times people hit "lock" on their key fob.

- one-click-confident girl (walks away while pressing the button, doesn't even look back)
- insecure dude (click click click click click)
- final boss: same guy, but comes running back 2 minutes later to violently test the door handles

Human psychology in a parking lot.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Nazi Germany didn't start with camps.
It started with loyalty tests, enemies within, attacks on the press, and people saying "this won't last."

It was built while people waited for it to get "bad enough" to matter. Waiting was a decision.

If this feels uncomfortably familiar right now, that's not an accident.

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
silvanomarioni@mastodon.uno ("Silvano Marioni") wrote:

L’IA può diventare una dipendenza: segni come perdita di controllo, ricerca ossessiva di rassicurazione e calo di fiducia in sé stessi sono campanelli d’allarme. Per gestirla è utile limitare l’uso a finestre orarie, evitare di delegare il primo pensiero all’IA, e allenarsi a risolvere problemi senza supporto IA.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-your-best-life/202601/8-tips-for-managing-ai-dependence

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

It is my birthday! I’m now 33.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
donni ("donni saphire") wrote:

In many cultures, the collapse of civilization is considered a bad omen

Boosted by jwz:
gknauss ("Greg Knauss") wrote:

@jwz @Migueldeicaza This is a very good point.

I do not have a special method for peeking into the goings-on of the Klan. Why in the world would I want one?

Boosted by jwz:
jwz wrote:

@gknauss @Migueldeicaza I have a better solution to the problem of reading Twitter threads and it it this:

Utterly disregarding the thoughts of anyone who is still choosing to use Twitter in this, The Year of our Dystopia Two Thousand Twenty Six.

Anyone who is still making that decision is not worthy of my attention. I do not care what they have to say. They have disqualified themselves utterly.

Boosted by jwz:
DaveFlater@infosec.exchange ("🏞:usasos:") wrote:

Last year we had federal agencies get deleted by badly behaved teenagers with no consequences for the illegality of it, but this year nobody will be surprised that the entirety of congress cannot find a way to stop giving money to ICE.

Boosted by jwz:
glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

@xgranade Liberals understand the police from a sort of abstract game-theoretic social-contract theory; there are rules which we all implicitly agreed upon when we left the state of nature, yet some (Bad People) will break those rules. Thus we must have referees (Police) who will understand the rules and punish those who transgress. Conservatives understand this role as a sort of divinely-ordained angelic mantle, whereas liberals will sprinkle the phrase "however imperfect" into this description

Boosted by jwz:
Jennifer@m.ai6yr.org wrote:

Wow this is some serious fascist BS from ICE. It's just crazy to me that everyone currently running the country hates the Constitution. #AbolishICE

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
https://apnews.com/article/ice-arrests-warrants-minneapolis-trump-00d0ab0338e82341fd91b160758aeb2d?link%5Fsource=ta%5Fbluesky%5Flink&taid=697145f23236d20001a01354

Boosted by jwz:
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

this bootlicking fucker is so predictable

Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding
The American Prospect
https://prospect.org/2026/01/21/jeffries-wont-whip-vote-against-ice-funding/

#USpol #NYCpol #Democrats

Boosted by jwz:
RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

Anti-ICE sticker seen in Downtown Minneapolis

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
oldladyplays@wargamers.social ("Cait the Proud Trans Woman") wrote:

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION!

If you are a Canadian citizen or resident, please sign this petition to the federal government.

It requests that gender affirming care be guaranteed for trans youth. This petition can save lives. Please sign it.

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-7005

Spread it as much as you can on your social media. Let's get this baby flying. I want them to get even more signatures than I did for my trans asylum petition three years ago. Please make sure you tell people that all residents of Canada are eligible to sign, but you must have a Canadian address to sign. If you are unhoused, ask somewhere local to you for an address you can use to sign it.

You will have to give an email address to it, which you must use to confirm you signed, or your signature will be invalid.

-=-=-

Boosts not only invited, but crucial to the success of this very, very important social action. I'd love to see a million people sign it. You have my explicit permission to screenshot this post and spread it anywhere you want, on any social media platform you think will have Canadian residents to spread it to.

-=-=-

The most that a petition before has gotten has been about 300,000. I want us to blow right past that, and roll that one up for tokes.

Canadians! Please join your trans neighbours in helping provide relief to trans youth. Speaking as a former trans youth, this would have changed my life completely. We can still do that for our neighbours' children.

Please help make it happen.

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

Quibi was right. Short-form storytelling has a market. They were just too early. And apparently, there’s a market for AI-written and animated short-stories.

There’s an app Reel Shorts that people pay money to watch slop. And now, TikTok is advertising they too have these types of short stories.

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

RE: https://social.lol/@adam/115936054369037508

It’s 2026 and there’s a lot of terrible stuff happening right now. You can be one of the people who strives to make things better, or you can spend your energy giving cover to those who are making everything worse.

This is the time to focus on what is actually happening, not to deflect by shifting the focus toward inane arguments over vocabulary or semantics.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

The Grok/Musk AI undressing scandal teaches us that Apple and Google's shameful app stores stand for nothing but profit, invalidating one of the 5 arguments they make to retain monopoly power to tax all software. But the other four arguments are bullshit, too. The iceberg of deception is larger than the tip of content moderation:

https://infrequently.org/2026/01/naked-power/

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

The second this bill passes a new lot of Epstein Files photos, or some new redacted document, will drop. Anything so long as it looks scandalous.

And the bill *will* pass. Maybe with some bullshit concession that means nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Corporate Dems, which is virtually all of them to be clear, don't give a shit about ICE. They just wish ICE would be a little quieter.