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Boosted by jwz:
mttaggart@infosec.exchange ("Taggart") wrote:

I wonder if anyone at Palantir knows what Palantir does

https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-ice-dhs-alex-pretti-killing-workers-slack-minneapolis/

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

No Oxide and Friends today, BUT...

Next week @ahl and I will be joined by software engineering pioneer Grady Booch to talk about the past, present, and (especially!) future of software engineering. Join us, 5p Pacific next Monday, for what promises to be a lively and wide-ranging discussion!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1465501943605497989

Boosted by jwz:
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

They’re afraid. Hit them harder.

“For the past seven months, Bovino has been the public face of [ICE’s] traveling immigration crackdown”

“Bovino worked outside his agency’s chain of command and appeared to relish his role as a political actor”

“sudden demotion”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
ul131web wrote:

Meta sued over claims WhatsApp can access encrypted messages http://www.ul131web.com/2026/01/meta-sued-over-claims-whatsapp-can.html #meta #WhatsApp #encryption #newsupdates #news #techgadgets #tech

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
verge ("The Verge") wrote:

Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/867874/stripe-visa-mastercard-amex-csam-grok

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

FYI folks, we're launching a new action demanding Hootsuite do better tomorrow. A one-click action for you to tell them to drop their ICE contract, NOW.

There's so much we can't make better in the world right now; but this one, we quite possibly can fix.

Please stay tuned, and share once it is up!

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
paninid@mastodon.world ("Coach Pāṇini ®") wrote:

“To #LinkedIn, human beings do not exist—only job titles do. Context is beyond its capability to analyze.”

🔥

https://www.gardenofmemory.net/linkedin-the-bleakest-social-network-an-anatomy-of-its-failure/

vía @sean

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

What are Anthropic smoking?

Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.' https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropics-philosopher-weighs-in-on-whether-ai-can-feel-2026-1

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
pixelpaperyarn@masto.hackers.town wrote:

Hi all! I'm available immediately. https://aquantityofstuff.com/

15+ yrs exp, 4 years leading & transforming teams. Frontend expertise, full-stack understanding, proven track record helping engineers level up.

Seeking EM or Senior/Staff Eng roles. US-based. Remote only. Open to contract roles.

Boosted by jwz:
snow@cofe.rocks ("⁡snow :eepy: :bot:") wrote:

new tech warcrime

ppl always complain that the clock on my microwave never shows the right time bcs i cant be assed to set it manually

so now i have an unfuck-microwave.sh cronjob which briefly kills its power every day at midnight

Boosted by jwz:
zalasur@mastodon.surazal.net ("Zalasur 🐸🇺🇦") wrote:

I just heard Greg Bovino referred to as the One-Third Reich and oh my God it's been too long since I laughed that hard 🤣

#Minnesota #USPolitics

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

Oh oh oh I also remembered someone's name and then used it in a conversation. That's big for me. I'm working on that.

Boosted by jwz:
Remittancegirl@mstdn.social ("Madeleine Morris") wrote:

I have been thinking about how many of these members of ICE/DHS are being spoken about by this administration as having been 'highly trained Border Police' who've been serving down at the border for years.

I wonder how many Brown people they murdered down there? With no one taking video?

Because, if you look at the guys who killed Good and Pretti there's a common theme - you don't murder with that kind of casual brutality without practice.

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

And the winner is!

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

Today was memorable. I woke up, inexplicably, at 4:30AM. I ate a bacon-egg-and-cheese.

I changed my break lights. I worked.

I picked up a man hitchhiking, bought him hamburger meat at Walmart, then drove him home. His name is Joe. We exchanged numbers.

A project bid I thought was dead may be approved after all.

A person smiled at me at a coffee shop. There was a design agency in it. I exchanged numbers with the owner.

I went to goodwill, bought this shirt—“things go better with Coke.”

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

I don't want to say it's cold, but I just saw an Amish buggy pulled by a tauntaun

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
hr_dot_net@ausglam.space ("hughrundle.net") wrote:

New post:

I accidentally became a FOSS maintainer and all I got was this lousy new perspective on librarianship
https://www.hughrundle.net/i-accidentally-became-a-foss-maintainer-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-new-perspective-on-librarianship

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

The hobbit that lives here needs a serious upgrade.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #winter #grass #moss #sky

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai wrote:

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115962093701299190

I’d like to give a shout out to @gerrymcgovern for his book to be released on February 2 .

I’m in the process of reading it.

All of us here are well aware of his tireless efforts to raise awareness of the cost of AI and data center operations to our pocket books, our and the planet’s health.

I’d like to encourage people to boost Baldur’s post. On mastodon people are the algorithm. Let’s do this.

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

cromulent fuckcrustable is a deep cut. I wonder what that guy is up to these days. I wonder if he changed his mind about Bernie. I wonder if he still needs a drinky. I miss old twitter. https://web.archive.org/web/20210526154506/https://twitter.com/tomjorgenson12/status/1271261948731174913

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
xinqu@bsd.cafe wrote:

It recently came to my attention that some people don't know "🐟asciiquarium🐡". It is written in #perl, available as package for some #linux and as #FreeBSD #port

Happy TUI relaxing! ☺️
#AsciiArt

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Good. Now do all the rest of ICE.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@aaronparnas/post/DT%5FRYeFEkQc

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/115963582422192167

Poll ends in 52 minutes!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
Trilobyter@mastodon.world wrote:

Red-bellied #woodpecker, a regular backyard visitor.

#MondaysAreForTheBirds #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #nature

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

How to avoid a meltdown

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

Things go better with Coke

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
treehouseofhorror@godforsaken.website ("Hol") wrote:

I finished my lil crochet mouse and he is so darn cute

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

Working from 9 to wine

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
tilton@fursuits.online ("Tilton Raccoon") wrote:

I find this word objectionable for reasons I cannot articulate

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

Guess which Goodwill t-shirt I bought that's low-key a cry for help (check the comments for pics of t-shirts) also this is not a cry for help just my brain finding patterns