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

the number of start-ups that have harvested my email from GitHub / NPM etc and are now spamming me is way too high

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
regocas ("Manuel Rego") wrote:

On my way to @fosdem where tomorrow I’ll be talking about @servo in the "Browser and web platform" devroom. See you there!
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/LXFKS9-servo-project-impact/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Amazon have reported "hundreds of thousands" of pictures of child sexual abuse material found in shared AI training data... but is refusing to tell regulators which data sets.

If you're using generative AI tools, there's a pretty good chance you're generating imagery with child porn training data behind the scenes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-29/amazon-found-child-sex-abuse-in-ai-training-data

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

“The job losses are real — but the AI excuse is fake – Pivot to AI”

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/29/the-job-losses-are-real-but-the-ai-excuse-is-fake/

> That darker reality is that the economy is already screwed.

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

“Coding Is When We’re Least Productive – Codemanship's Blog”

https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/coding-is-when-were-least-productive/

> But if I hadn’t made that trip and seen for myself, and had a chance to talk to a department manager in that store, those three lines would have been applying special offers wrong

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
iris_meredith ("Iris") wrote:

I've written my thoughts on what you, as a software professional, can do to make yourself less susceptible to being displaced by AI in our current wave of tech madness. In short, learn your tools well, build and deploy things as often as you can, don't avoid the unfashionable work and learn a field that isn't writing software.

https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/ai%5Fproof%5Fengineer

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dansup wrote:

Data Not Collected ✅

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/loops-by-pixelfed/id6499375182

jwz wrote:

I'm old enough to remember when the AI company with $1,400,000,000 in the bank held a bake sale to keep their mail reader running. https://mastodon.social/@jwz/111546146333271392

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gregkh@social.kernel.org ("Greg K-H") wrote:

Prediction for the potential future:

When the AI coding agent companies are just about to run out of money, down to their last few % raised as none of their customers are actually paying the real cost required to run these services, they pivot and take all of the uploaded code that was willingly sent to them, turn it into thousands of products / services to sell / rent, disconnect the public api endpoints leaving their old customers helpless as they no longer remember how to program "in the raw" and can not understand their own codebases, and compete directly against them putting their own customers all out of business which finally results in a positive income stream and "validation" of the coding agent companies previously over-hyped business valuations.

"But copyright law will prevent this!" you say...

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

guess I'm learning Penpot today ☕

Boosted by jwz:
MLNow@sfba.social ("Mission Local") wrote:

Map: Here’s who’s closed Friday for ‘ICE Out’ national strike

Some S.F. businesses will close for national strike; some will provide, free coffee and other aid to strikers.

https://missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-ice-out-strike-businesses/

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kirakira@furry.engineer ("kirakira☆ (give me a SWE internship!!)") wrote:

like this shit was my 2nd cellphone i was incredibly prepared for the technology of the future to be at Least this cool

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tobinbaker@discuss.systems ("Tobin Baker") wrote:

I really love designing tabulation machines here at IBM. Such cool technology. I'm not really exposed to the sales side but hear there's a lot of demand from Europe, Germany maybe? Anyway, super-fun technology to work on.

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rstevens ("rstevens 🐳💨✅") wrote:

tim cook, i swear to god if i wake up in the morning and that fucking melania movie shows up on my ipod with the U2 album...

jwz wrote:

I just renewed some domains, and my registrar is telling me the most *outrageous* lies, such as: 5 years from now is 2031.

**crumbles to dust**
https://jwz.org/b/yk2p

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
vampiress@eigenmagic.net ("Elissa") wrote:

SECOND HAND COMPUTER IS OUT!

SHC is a sort of vibes-based programmable #FantasyComputer designed to mimic my own experiences getting a second-hand computer too crappy to run graphical games.

Inside Second Hand Computer you will find a pile of random text games I've made, from the very simple (Hangman and 2048) to the gimicky (Wargames) to larger original projects such as Swords of Freeport and BOOTLEG.

You can even code your own games for it in Lua.

#IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev

https://funtimeelectrics.itch.io/second-hand-computer/devlog/1335775/second-hand-computer-is-out

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ExplodingLemur@mastodon.online ("Nick 🦇🕸️🖤🖖") wrote:

I was laid off in October after 13 years at Amazon and am still seeking a new opportunity. Please ping me if you know of a full-time remote role working on network and/or infrastructure security (on-prem and cloud-based). I also have experience with embedded/OT/IoT network security and wireless security. After hours I run a small network (AS46577) and fiddle with microcontrollers, embedded Linux, ham radio, and drones. Boosts appreciated. #infosecjobs #getfedihired #jobhunt #jobsearch

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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/29/david-eby-alberta-separatism-treason

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
elhowieson ("El Howieson") wrote:

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mcnado@mstdn.social ("McNadoMD") wrote:

H/T to my moots here who have been screaming into the void to raise awareness of this issue, and so I’m going to boost it.

ICE is using hexachloroethane gas grenades. There can be used as smoke markers. When used as riot control, it is inexcusable. Here’s why:

HC gas is a potent central nervous system depressant. It also causes cancer. It will absorb through your eyes, respiratory tract, and importantly, your skin!

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

Report: "Dozens of Anti-ICE Protesters Arrested in Manhattan"

The protesters "occupied the lobby of a Hilton hotel where federal immigration agents are believed to be staying."

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani praised the protesters:

”ICE is a rogue agency that has repeatedly carried out cruel, inhumane & lawless raids & arrests of American citizens."

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/28/headlines/dozens%5Fof%5Fanti%5Fice%5Fprotesters%5Farrested%5Fin%5Fmanhattan%5Fafter%5Foccupying%5Flobby%5Fof%5Fhilton%5Fhotel

#USPol #Europol #CdnPoli #ICE #BorderPatrol #Press #ResistFascism #StateMurder #DHS #Mamdani #NYC .

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

Interview: ICE Forcibly Entering Homes Without a Warrant directly violates the Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

Legal scholar Stephen Vladeck "encourages witnesses to share video evidence of federal agents’ abuses to support future prosecution efforts."

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/27/stephen%5Fvladeck

#USPol #Europol #CdnPoli #ICE #BorderPatrol #Press #ResistFascism #StateMurder #DHS .

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
fedizen ("Fedizen ⁂ Fediverse News") wrote:

»Loops is Now on the App Store« https://blog.joinloops.org/loops-is-now-on-the-app-store/?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
martinus@mastodon.art ("Martinus Hoevenaar") wrote:

#CatsOfMastodon

Attachments:

• video: Video of a delivery driver and the reason why they had a delay in their deliveries: a cat.

Boosted by jwz:
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

lol, no wonder atproto people are the way they are. vibe coders all the way down. you *bet* it's bsky itself too.

https://cyrneko.leaflet.pub/3mdjwzcgyvs2c

Boosted by jwz:
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

The answer, of course, is that they never actually cared about these principles at all. In fact, many of these executives have long made it clear that authoritarianism isn’t just collateral damage in their pursuit of business-boosting deregulation, but a desirable outcome.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

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

Schumer. Out. Now.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/29/us/trump-news?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.IFA.nO-P.VrhFJVfZcC6G&smid=url-share

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

now I just have to make myself wait 2 hours for it to cool

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
volts.wtf@bsky.brid.gy ("David Roberts") wrote:

I dunno, it seems like, in a situation where there are two parties and one party has explicitly abandoned the basic founding principles of the country and the other party is furiously polling whether it's worth supporting those principles, you've basically already lost the principles.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

The SEC has dismissed with prejudice an enforcement action against the Winklevoss twins’ Gemini crypto exchange. This comes after the Winklevosses contributed $4.4 million to Trump, backed his sons’ ventures, and committed $21 million to elect pro-Trump, pro-crypto lawmakers.

To date, the SEC has paused, dismissed, or otherwise ended crypto lawsuits or investigations against Aave, Binance, Coinbase, ConsenSys, Crypto​.com, Cumberland DRW, Dragonchain, Gemini (twice), Hex, Immutable, Kraken, Ondoe, OpenSea, PayPal, Ripple, Robinhood, Tron, Uniswap, Yuga Labs, and Zcash.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter