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

Arguing that you shouldn't judge people for liking Mein Kampf or something similar is not the same as arguing you shouldn't judge people for liking Fight Club

I'm sceptical that so many people, who mostly seem to be in or adjacent to tech, don't seem to see the fundamental difference between tolerating Mein Kampf and a controversial creative work

If you are defending Nazi propaganda specifically, when so many other examples were available, I have to assume you chose to do so deliberately

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

blogged: Hmmarkdown 2

https://dbushell.com/2026/01/22/hmmarkdown2/

— I did it again, and probably broke a few pages too!

Sometimes I wonder why I don't just use Astro or 11ty like a normal person.

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

"Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback":

https://www.404media.co/comic-con-bans-ai-art-after-artist-pushback/

Nice to see such a firm response and policy in this case.

Also, Karla Ortiz (quoted in the article) is a kick-ass artist:

https://www.karlaortizart.com/portfolio

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
CursedSilicon@restless.systems ("Cursed Silicon") wrote:

HEY #retrocomputing folk in the PNW. VCF PNW needs more exhibitors because it's a much larger space! Go register!

https://vcfpnw.org/

(Boosts also appreciated <3)

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

So what do you people think the above post is about? Because this is seeing a bunch of nonsense reactions that make me worry about the average level of reading comprehension on Mastodon.

ETA: I had to remove a few quote posts of the first post in this thread because a bunch of people were seeing something in it that existed only in their head.

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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

Anti-ICE sticker seen in Downtown Minneapolis