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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Vibracobra23@vivaldi.net ("Cornovia Postcards") wrote:

Piccadilly Circus, London, c.1910s - Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/piccadilly-circus-london-c-1910s-postcard-223692679.htm

#London #PiccadillyCircus

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
tess ("Dana Fried") wrote:

This passage is one of those ones that always seems kinda relevant.

(From the Principia Discordia; 1963)

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
eosfpodcast@universeodon.com ("Rod Faulkner") wrote:

Cool #scifi short film alert!

A man possesses a device enabling him to jump through time and space.

He just has to work out the kinks...

"Jumper"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHUTT4qSsYQ

#sciencefiction #media

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

Plausible deniability is fading and the media are turning on Biden.

For years, they sat firmly with their thumbs up their behinds. Suddenly, it's “we've always wanted to report on genocide but we're just smol beans who report what the US government approves.”

The saddest part is that 71,000 figure is almost certainly low. It's mostly indirect tactics that end up killing Palestinians.

Anyway, let the rewriting of history begin.

#Bluesky #USPol

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡️") wrote:

The German gov recommends NOT going to the #US because it's not safe

Makes total sense

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
theynege@beige.party ("Nege :GOOSE_PNG:") wrote:

I just learned that DuckDuckGo is literally just two ducks??

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/115978955904794309

Imagine, billions and billions on R&D, marketing, and updates, so that Apple customers can feel safe, only for all of it to be destroyed because Apple's CEO is sucking up to a dictator.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
zackwhittaker ("Zack Whittaker") wrote:

NEW, by me: A security and privacy feature rolled out to select models of the latest iPhones and iPads this week will make it more difficult for law enforcement, spies, and malicious hackers to obtain a person's precise location data from their phone provider.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/apples-new-iphone-and-ipad-security-feature-limits-cell-networks-from-collecting-precise-location-data/

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

The video that tells you to "wait for it" is telling you that it's not worth waiting for

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
z_everson@journa.host ("Zach Everson") wrote:

"OpenAI is quietly building a social network and considering using biometric verification like World’s eyeball scanning orb or Apple’s Face ID to ensure its users are people, not bots."

Anna Tong for @Forbes

#tech #news #openai #biometrics

https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/01/28/openai-wants-to-create-biometric-social-network-to-kill-xs-bot-problem/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Scary Austin") wrote:

Oh gawd no, NOW we know what "sexual matador" means! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 🤮

#CBP #DHS #GregBovino

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

figuring out out how to understand this moment in history despite standing in the middle of it is difficult at best. in thinking about this time, the concept of “neo-royalism” is useful:

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2026/01/07/the-political-theory-that-explains-trumps-global-power-plays-00715342

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