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Boosted by jwz:
blakespot@oldbytes.space ("Blake Patterson") wrote:

It's amazing how quickly the far-right changed their stance on masks.

#WashingtonDC #DC #photo #masks #masking

Boosted by jwz:
kevin@kbg.sh ("Kevin Graaf") wrote:

POV: you are using the "modern" internet on anything less than a 10 gigabit connection

jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein the video webcast works better
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/01/23.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange ("The Nexus of Privacy") wrote:

Here's a very interesting article on AI text-to-speech and screenreaders. Screnreaders use good old-fashioned text-to-speech technology, and it turns out that all this fancy new AI technology isn't helpful at all.

"So what's the way forward for blind screen reader users? Sadly, I don't know. Modern text to speech research has little to no overlap with our requirements. Using Eloquence, the system that many blind people find best, is becoming increasingly untenable."

https://stuff.interfree.ca/2026/01/05/ai-tts-for-screenreaders.html

#accessibility

kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin") wrote:

Some good news for once: Seattle Light Rail crosslake connection starts March 28!

https://www.soundtransit.org/crosslake

#seattle #washington

Boosted by jwz:
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer.

The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem. More money for more ICE training results in more trained killers.

The problem with fascists isn't that they're poorly trained, it's that they're fascists. You don't train fascists, you abolish them. Abolish ICE.

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RYStorm@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Robin-Yann Storm") wrote:

Amsterdam is installing more LGBT

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
claesdevreese ("Claes de Vreese ☑️") wrote:

And now something positive:

solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.

☀️ 💨

#TippingPoint

Source: https://dr.dk

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
jerry@infosec.exchange ("Jerry 🦙💝🦙") wrote:

Some glamor shots of my emotional suppoft dumpster fire in the new studio...

zkat@toot.cat wrote:

taps the sign

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

From 404 Media: Creators on ManyVids believe the CEO is currently undergoing “AI psychosis” because of strange posts and behavior. https://bsky.app/profile/404media.co/post/3md46paxcgc24

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot ("Lilly Hunter") wrote:

Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.

Attachments:

• video: 4d3e67a680eb1096.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
claesdevreese ("Claes de Vreese ☑️") wrote:

Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now.

Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.

Source: https://dr.dk

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"The Armstrong photo didn’t emerge from nowhere. It’s the latest entry in what has become a defining feature of the second Trump administration: the systematic deployment of AI-generated and digitally manipulated content as official government communication. …

The White House would very much like you to focus on the fake tears. What they don’t want you thinking about is why Nekima Levy Armstrong was protesting in the first place" — the murder of Renee Good.

#WhiteHouse #Minnesota #AI #lies
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"until they stop fucking with my friends, until they make a country that is safe outside this room, until those fucking nazis are afraid again, this isn't just a wrestling show"

https://www.tumblr.com/ephemeral-gremlin/781349163935924224/until-they-stop-fucking-with-my-friends-until

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mdhughes@appdot.net ("Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽") wrote:

> it was a stroke of genius to give James T Kirk a bitchy flip phone in the 60's, truly amazing to watch him slam it shut like a pissed off socialite girl in 2000's teen shows
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https://www.tumblr.com/google-searchhistory-official/806395065471729664
#startrek

Attachments:

• gifv: Kirk flips caller shut, shrugs.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

Tesla wants recurring revenue, discontinues Autopilot in favor of FSD
With falling sales and shrinking profits, the recurring revenue will be most welcome.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/tesla-wants-recurring-revenue-discontinues-autopilot-in-favor-of-fsd/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I think that's an old oil tank.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #abandoned #decay #rust

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I guess abandoned farms are like playgrounds for cats. #Iceland #Reykjavik #video #abandoned #decay #cat #cats #catsofbluesky #catsky

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w27jf74rgozykuyl63ji7wbv/post/3mcv5s3wh2s2t

Attachments:

• video: A cat explores the remnants of an abandoned barn.

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

This broke containment (yay). I'm proud I didn't read the Hacker News comments and dwell (ha).

And shout out to me again for publishing a piece that sat in my drafts since August 2025.

Virality is a double edged sword. It's motivating to know *someone* read your words. And it's stifling because you want the next thing you publish to be perfect for that reader in your head.

Anyway, things are weird for me currently. Your readership makes it a little better. Ty.

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

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

https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/smith-testimony.pdf

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

"The evidence here made clear that President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy... These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit."

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

https://www.w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop/agenda.html

via @torgo

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
swelljoe@mas.to ("Joe Cooper 🇺🇦 🍉") wrote:

The real artist in the AI art eating incident. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/alaska-student-arrested-eating-ai-art-exhibit/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

(continued from /5)

"—with more than 300 businesses closing or donating proceeds, some schools offering remote learning, and organizers framing the action as a nonviolent show of solidarity with immigrant communities despite major financial losses."

#Minnesota #ICE #strike
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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lazarou ("Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈") wrote:

UK Parliament is getting pretty close to saying "The US President is fucking mental" over this Trump/NATO snub.

Everyone except Nigel Farage is enraged....

#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #NATO #Afganistan #Trump #25thAmendment #USPOL #USPOLITICS

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
pikesley@mastodon.me.uk ("Magneto was right") wrote:

@0xabad1dea @emily_s "Do you trust the authors of this folder?" Well, it was me, so not particularly

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

"Smith said one reason he felt confident in the strength of the case that prosecutors had prepared to take to trial was the extent to which it relied on Republican supporters of Trump."

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

"Under questioning, Smith described what he said was a wide-ranging conspiracy to overturn the results of the election that Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden and alleged how the Republican refused to listen to advisers who told him that the contest had in fact not been stolen. After he was charged, Smith said, Trump tried to silence and intimidate witnesses."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/key-moments-from-jack-smiths-house-testimony