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Boosted by jwz:
mattgemmell@mastodon.scot ("Matt Gemmell") wrote:

Apple made $117.8bn in total profit (not revenue, of course) over the past four quarters, which is an average of $323 million per day. So when they loudly donate $1m to a charity or a disaster relief fund, they're giving 0.3% of their profits for that single day.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

All Democrats and two Republican senators voted for this. We need two more GOP senators to join. Fund healthcare, not the gestapo.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bofh_excuses@gts.chapek9.com ("BOFH Excuses") wrote:

#BOFH excuse #397:

T-1's congested due to porn traffic to the news server.

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

"The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards"
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115990782868717130

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

please spend 90 minutes of your weekend watching this @TechConnectify video - even if you're not that deep into energy technology - and please don't stop at the fake ending.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM

also, uh, share that video if you can, because I have the feeling that.. some people with power might not like it too much.

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

They’re pretty comfortable with eating in front of me now. I’m about 4 feet from them.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:

Okay, we had to postpone, but now Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 is back for our first live stream of 2026, wherein @alex and I will look into how our health care system is suffering from AI-hype-itis:

Monday, Feb 2, 8:30am PT,
https://twitch.tv/dair%5Finstitute

**Note special time**

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

“Pivot to AI pledge week finishing. Just a bit more needed! – Pivot to AI”

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/31/pledge-week-finishing-just-a-bit-more/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
TechConnectify@mas.to ("Technology Connections") wrote:

Let's do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place wrote:

me, swearing: OGG VORB IT

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

The shame of the United States -- and capitalism -- is luridly exposed to the world.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/31/its-too-much/

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

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
michal@hrusecky.net ("Michal Hrušecký :turris: :geeko:") wrote:

Another #cool #hardware gadget I got to try toady on #FOSDEM - #MechaComet! Feels amazing!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

TayZonday made a *new* song for us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RAhMegHPVA

Mastodon wrote:

The Default Server Recommendations experiment is a first step in reimagining how Mastodon onboarding & server discovery work.

Our team’s intent is to work with the community to build new onboarding pathways that support the entire network.

We can’t wait to get started 💜

6/6

Mastodon wrote:

If you’re interested in participating in this experiment, please let us know by filling out this form.

(sorry it’s in Google docs)

https://forms.gle/7uRui5VnMPfEYAgq8

5/6

Mastodon wrote:

Starting now, we’re recruiting general purpose servers with open sign-ups. To be eligible, servers must:

- Run default Mastodon (for now)
- Agree to the Server Covenant
- Have existed for 1+ year
- Have shut-down & disaster plans

4/6

Mastodon wrote:

The experiment will be designed to ensure that server admins remain in control: meaning they will have the power opt-in and opt-out as needed, or reduce the percentage of sign-ups flowing their way.

3/6

Mastodon wrote:

(The reason we’re starting with the apps and not the web is because the necessary data to run this experiment is already provided through the app store. It is more complicated to do this right for the web, and we want to think carefully about how to do this in a way that respects privacy.)

2/6

Mastodon wrote:

We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.

Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.

1/6

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
dwm ("Dr. David McBride (dwm)") wrote:

IT job! My team at Durham University (in the UK) is looking to hire an additional Linux sysadmin. This is a permanent, hybrid, operational technical role in our central IT department:

https://durham.taleo.net/careersection/du%5Fext/jobdetail.ftl?job=26000035

I like Durham (and my management), and we've no shortage of virtuous work to do.

I'm not directly involved in the hiring for this post, but if you or anyone that you know are lovely and know one end of a config management tool from the other, please follow the link!

#fedihired

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
fluconf@gts.cryptography.dog wrote:

Hello world!

Today is day one of #fluConf2026, an online event for those of us involved with Free/Open-Source Software (#FOSS) who continue to take precautions to protect our health and that of our communities.

Throughout the weekend we'll share links to content submitted as part of this year's program, and boost discussion/commentary related to those contributions.

#fluConf

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
computer@facts.computer ("Computer Facts") wrote:

if you're on a first date don't forget to ask if they program computers!! major red flag!!!!!

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

Catherine O’Hara? Damn.

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

That copy-pasting doesn’t practice any skills and summarising doesn’t practice reading seems to be the major recurring discovery of most “AI” studies

(@grimalkina has pointed this out a couple of times IIRC)

Kind of worrying that researchers don’t seem to have the time or funding to research some of the other issues with this stuff

Though it probably does mean we’re in the middle of a longitudinal mass experiment on seeing which knowledge and coding work skills are perishable and which aren’t

Boosted by jwz:
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

If I was an entomologist I would be desperately searching uncharted jungles for a new species of bug to name "[Family name] melania". Ideally one that practices traumatic insemination *or* a variety of ichneumon wasp that lays its eggs in paralysed victims which the larvae then feast on.

Boosted by jwz:
MHowell@kolektiva.social ("Led By Gilded Fools") wrote:

Your help needed: amplify the 2018 paranormal erotic thriller novel "Melania: Devourer of Men" so it ranks higher than her movie.

It depicts the First Lady as a sexual monster and is rocketing up Amazon’s sales charts.

A Reddit-led campaign to disrupt the Amazon search results for “Melania” is behind the sudden spike in popularity of the eight year old book.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoycottUnitedStates/comments/1qpp8yp/were%5Fgoing%5Fto%5Fmess%5Fup%5Famazons%5Fsearch%5Fresults%5Ffor/?ref=404media.co

#Melania #MelaniaTrump #Trump

jwz wrote:

I can't believe this exists. Someone did a 15 minute documentary on Whale, one of my favorite 90s bands. They only had two albums but I have 14 CDs by them, which might be their entire output. So Pixies influenced! So sleazy! (Their grungey-slow-grind cover of Darling Nikki is just... *chef's kiss*.) Tricky co-wrote/produced half their first album, before Maxinquaye...
https://jwz.org/b/yk2r

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
danirabbit@mastodon.online ("Danielle Foré") wrote:

I can’t remember where I saw it, but I feel like today is a good time to revisit the concept of “Vegan + bacon”.

People often avoid making small positive changes because they get caught up in trying to go all the way. For example, “I could never go vegan. I love bacon too much”.

So then go vegan plus bacon. Or vegetarian plus bacon. Or just switch to oat milk and eat more vegetables. Whatever small change you can make is good

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

Everything in this video is correct, but we should also remember that the React team itself introduced its work-doubling machine with bogus analogies to game engines and misrepresented the system's properties from the start. The Claude TUI debacle is just hand-me-down bullshit:

https://youtu.be/LvW1HTSLPEk?si=GarEAbiXcj4iPgnV

Boosted by jwz:
claytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:

You could house everyone in need of a home with the money being given to ICE. A society that chooses the latter over the former is truly evil and there's no way to spin that.