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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
markarayner@mas.to ("Mark A. Rayner") wrote:

Typography: it matters!

#bad #signage #poor #design #humor #humour

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
markarayner@mas.to ("Mark A. Rayner") wrote:

Some days you're the boy and some days you're the tortoise. Most days you're the lettuce.

#vintage #photo #humor #humour

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

a useful framing:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/further-back-to-the-future-neoroyalism-the-trump-administration-and-the-emerging-international-system/ABB12906CA345BBCA5049B544363D391#article

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

There are multiple declines that have been set in motion by the Trump presidency that will take years to fully manifest and will be too late to stop by the time people figure it out.

Trump pushing Canada to open up its auto market to Chinese EVs is one such example.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/canada-allowing-the-import-of-cheap-chinese-evs-has-gm-ceo-nervous-tds?utm%5Fsf%5Fpost%5Fref=660911358&utm%5Fsf%5Fcserv%5Fref=9248007408643142

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ZackPolanski@mastox.eu ("Zack Polanski") wrote:

RT: @BBCNewsnight “I borrowed in total £55,000…”

“How much do you owe now?"

“£72,000”

@vicderbyshire speaks to Dr Arthur Joustra, a trainee paediatrician, about how his student loan debt has risen since he graduated in 2022 - despite making payments.

#Newsnight

Attachments:

• video: f9277d4e73c0d03e.mp4

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

This is generational damage to science, accomplished in a single year of Republican irresponsibility.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/29/they-arent-coming-back-you-know/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jvX5b9SZ2fU

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

strongly agree @CARROT

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
paulox@fosstodon.org ("Paolo Melchiorre") wrote:

Hello fediverse 👋
I’m trying to find Python meetups or Python folks in Iceland 🇮🇸

Is there a local Python community, a meetup, or just developers hacking on Python between glaciers and volcanoes? 🐍❄️🌋

If you know people, groups, or past events, I’d love a pointer. Thanks!

#Python #Community #Meetup #Iceland #Reykjavík

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
GuerillaOntologist@social.coop ("Jzero") wrote:

"It’s easy to throw stones if you think about the job displacement and ecological destruction caused by this pointless technology. But such black-and-white, not-wanting-billionaires-to-get-richer thinking is, quite frankly, cruel. You can’t just measure the value of something in terms of “whether or not it makes everything worse for everyone.” The world is much more complicated than that."

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/please-dont-say-mean-things-about-the-ai-that-i-just-invested-a-billion-dollars-in

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
jyn@tech.lgbt ("kulupu jyn") wrote:

once you have mastery, you can half ass things correctly, because you know which half of the ass you need

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
hackerworkspace@infosec.exchange ("HackerWorkspace") wrote:

Using 3D Printing And Copper Tape To Make PCBs

https://hackaday.com/2026/01/28/using-3d-printing-and-copper-tape-to-make-pcbs/

#diy #electronics #3dprint

Boosted by joeri_s@mstdn.social ("Joeri Sebrechts"):
fronteers@front-end.social ("Fronteers") wrote:

Meetup bij Craftzing in Gent - Craftzing, Ghent - 12 maart 2026 https://www.fronteers.nl/nl/activiteiten/2026/meetup-belgie-maart-2026

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

The other day I posted a part of a rough draft of an essay I've been working on as a thread here. I've been trying to finish this draft for, honestly, months but I never manage to motivate myself to finish it

Anybody who looks past the obvious ethical and structural issues with LLMs is not going to care about how much of a disaster it is for overall productivity or quality from a modern management perspective

So it remains half-written in my drafts

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
markusms@mastodon.cloud ("Markus Müller-Simhofer") wrote:

Imagine how hard it would be to find fitting icons for "Shapes" 🤔 #Pages

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

“The Synthesis: Valerie Veatch Connects AI and Eugenics in ‘Ghost in the Machine’ | International Documentary Association”

https://www.documentary.org/column/synthesis-valerie-veatch-connects-ai-and-eugenics-ghost-machine

> The truth is, it’s not filmmaking. It is not an intentional production of images, which is what we do. It’s the racist, sexist hallucinations of a dataset. And since I started making the film, the integration of generative AI into every piece of software that we have is shocking

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

go on then, extended my @omgdotlol for 5 years :prami_happy:

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
nemo@mas.to (":awesome:🐦‍🔥nemo™🐦‍⬛ 🇺🇦🍉") wrote:

Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns AI agents embedded in OSes are eroding end-to-end encryption's real-world security, despite its mathematical soundness. With root-like access to messages & data, they bypass E2EE isolation—urgent rethink needed! 🔒🤖❌
https://cyberinsider.com/signal-president-warns-ai-agents-are-making-encryption-irrelevant/
#AI #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Newz #Signal

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

Just made several big updates to NeatIRC, our home-grown IRCv3 web client! It’s still glitchy and missing key features, but it’s nicer than it was a couple of months ago. Currently hard-wired to irc.social.lol, but if you’re an omg.lol member you can give it a spin! https://neatirc.social.lol

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

Mozilla in shambles!

#AISkillsHub

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

Dante's Slop
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/28/the-five-levels/

jwz wrote:

Hey, if you have felt inspired by the community on display in Minnesota, and you want to watch some movies that preach the opposite of that, that people are fundamentally monsters and that there's nothing wrong with stepping on someone's face if it gets you into the lifeboat one second faster, watch "Greenland (2020)" and "Greenland 2 (2025)". Also bad physics and worse geography. If that's also your jam.

Boosted by jwz:
JauntyArt@crispsandwi.ch ("Jaunty Art") wrote:

Together Forever*
Caveat Frog

Boosted by jwz:
adamparkhomenko.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Adam Parkhomenko") wrote:

Seems like a good video for his trial

Attachments:

• video: 14168e1a9fe339e7.mp4

Boosted by jwz:
skinnylatte@hachyderm.io ("Adrianna Tan") wrote:

Oh great TB is back

https://www.ktvu.com/news/tb-outbreak-archbishop-riordan-high-school

#SanFrancisco

Boosted by jwz:
uselaine.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Elaine") wrote:

Aw, I missed this news. Last year's was the final Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. You would have to be good, to be bad enough.

Home | The Bulwer-Lytton Ficti...

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

reading: "The Results are In: a Whopping 90% of Voters on DuckDuckGo Don’t Want AI"
https://theinternet.review/2026/01/28/results-are-in-90-percent-dont-want-ai/

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

Now *this* is how you write a headline about these people:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-pitches-a-kinder-gentler-ice-wilding-spree-as-his-top-fluffers-fight-amongst-themselves/sharetoken/67f818ad-7dc5-4c9e-ba8a-ab80e0be7c4b

Boosted by jwz:
drahardja@sfba.social ("Dave Rahardja") wrote:

Here’s the video.

#Batman #sfba

Attachments:

• video: A man in a Batman costume forcefully addresses a panel of city council inside Santa Clara city hall.

Boosted by jwz:
drahardja@sfba.social ("Dave Rahardja") wrote:

A man dressed in a Batman costume lambasted #SantaClara city council for not making a firmer stand against ICE during Super Bowl weekend.

Legend.

#sfba #fuckICE

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-council-ice-super-bowl-21320703.php

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

“WA Senate passes bill barring masked law enforcement” https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-senate-passes-bill-barring-masked-law-enforcement/

The feds will sue if/when state enforces a law like this against them. But every state should pass such a law. The American Civil War II demands legislation like this from every state committed to fighting Republican Fascism.