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

I see the Kid Rock Full Employment Act is still in effect

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

"It's not that the industry is changing that bothers me. I've been a change agent in most organizations I've been in; I switched from nano as a code editor to full on IDEs with all their auto-refactor glory; I don't mind change. I do mind unethical behavior."

https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/selfish-ai

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ana@starlite.rodeo ("ana veronica :trans_Pirate:") wrote:

i don't really want to hear anymore about how ai "works for me" or "doesn't work for me" or anything like that

this is conceding the framing of the debate on totally self-centered terms and ignoring the massive societal effects of this hideous technology

this is how capitalism trains you to think and it's wild to see how many people still have these individualism brainworms even when they can clearly see the societal cost and it also impacts them specifically

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eosfpodcast@universeodon.com ("Rod Faulkner") wrote:

Lovely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1OdWOLWeCM

#music

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conansalaryman ("Conan the Salaryman") wrote:

Sword gripped in white-knuckled fist, Conan flattened himself against the dripping stone wall. Monday was on the prowl again.

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

Tangzu Wan'er Earbuds: https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2026/02/02/tangzu-waner-earbuds.html

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EGVroom wrote:

Roguecraft GB is OUT NOW!💀

Find it on itch -> https://thalamus.link/roguegb-gbc

#gameboy #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #retrogames #pixelart

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• video: 06823ab0ae4dfe8d.mp4

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Farm windmill. There are many small farms on Seattle Eastside that look cluttered, unkempt and decaying. This one is not one of them. It's almost picturesque!

#photography #darktable

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AJ9BM@mastodon.radio ("jbm") wrote:

As someone who was into protocols in the 1900s, it's delightful to find https://sequencediagram.org/ exists, for quick noodling on designs.

I don't trust it to always exist as a tool, but the text export of the file is easy enough to work with later if I need to. And the images paste nicely into my Joplin notebooks.

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k_purpose@post.lurk.org ("K") wrote:

Asking Fedi.

Could you help me find pieces of art, especially video pieces about autism from the perspective of the autistic person? Ideally, made by autistic artists or filmmakers. Preferably short films but any other kind of art piece would be welcome too.

I edit to add: I'm asking because one of my final project students, who is autistic, is planning to do a video about his autism and how he experiences it. I wanted to send him some previous works, for inspiration or as examples.

Anything helps! Boosts OK.

#askFedi #actuallyAutistic

joeri_s@mstdn.social ("Joeri Sebrechts") wrote:

Thought: what if all of the Bad Stuff (tm) in modern computing derives from putting logic in “the cloud”? If we make a hard rule that logic goes only on the device, then you can still “do AI” but the user pays for the electricity. You can “do social”, but the feeds will be opt in (like rss) instead of force fed. You can “do ads”, but they won’t be privacy-intrusive. You can “do sync” but the server will be a dumb store and it will that much harder to push eternal subscriptions.

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Shine_McShine@neopaquita.es ("Shine McShine 🐌") wrote:

Lunes.

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• gifv: Milhouse solo subido en un columpio mirando al suelo con tristeza mientras de fondo el viento mece unos cipreses. Hay recreo en todas partes salvo en su corazón.

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OctaviaConAmore@cutie.city ("Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars: Succubard's Library") wrote:

https://social.treehouse.systems/@imbl/115978426251286619

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AFoucart@sciences.re ("Adrien Foucart") wrote:

My #FOSDEM highlights:

- OpenFlexure (https://openflexure.org/): an open-source microscope capable of functioning as a whole-slide scanner, with mostly 3D printed parts and a price tag of around 300 euros to buy a full assembly kit including 40x magnification lenses. Honestly, the images I saw were of the same quality as the very expansive scanners that produced the images I used during my thesis. Super impressive.
- xan (https://github.com/medialab/xan/), a command-line tool to manipulate CSV files. I'm not doing much data analysis these days but this looks like a very handy tool for tabular data handling!
- Execubot (https://execubot.fr/), a "serious game" to teach high school kids Python programming. Make a cute little robot move according to a set of instructions written in Python, or write the instructions yourself. Looks great.

In general I was very impressed by the insane amount of talent on display here, by people putting their work out there for everyone to use and build on.

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LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:

By African-American artist Charles White (1918-1979), "Awaken from the Unknowing," 1961, compressed charcoal and brown and gray vine charcoal with scratching out, blending, and erasing, 81.9 x 145.4 x 4.4 cm (32 1/4 x 57 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches), the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin. #arthistory #blackartists #BlackArt #BlackHistoryMonth More info in ALT.

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

This is an outrage. If this becomes my most popular toot, I'm kicking you all out. I can't live like this.

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

Where are my grandbabies? I'm waiting.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/02/02/roger-is-still-hanging-in-there/

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Ranjit@friend.camp ("ranjit") wrote:

happy airhog day!

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jasongorman@mastodon.cloud ("Jason Gorman") wrote:

So you read that is vibe coding now, and you've taken that as proof that "AI" produces great code.

I'd probably take it as evidence that is susceptible to social proof like the rest of us.

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MattiP@common.se ("MattiP 🤡🃏🧌🚩") wrote:

Great expression that should be used more.

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RonSupportsYou wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/116001229701054083

Andrew Fox: "The President of the United States threatened to sue a comedian for making a joke about him. Please lecture me more about freedom of speech, Americans."
#Trump = #ANationalDisgrace. #politics #TrevorNoah

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GlennMG@mas.to wrote:

Miller/Hammond or Lincoln?

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-31-2026?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=android&r=rh32q

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jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴") wrote:

This Award-Winning Bookstore Looks Like a Portal to Outer Space – Yanko Design

https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/01/31/this-award-winning-bookstore-looks-like-a-portal-to-outer-space/

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georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Heads I win, Tails you lose. Every election I don't like was fraudulent!

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munin@infosec.exchange ("Fi 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

I wonder how many people will give "moltbot" access to their credential store that includes payment information.

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lespreuh ("Lëspreüh") wrote:

Bon courage pour cette semaine

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

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

Donate to the Women's Foundation of Minnesota and watch monsters fall!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/02/02/raising-money-for-a-great-cause/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI4S95jNnXg

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

To celebrate the day, my review, from December, of Groundhog Day, and why sometimes you just need a little eternal reoccurrence to figure your shit out.

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/25/the-december-comfort-watches-2025-day-twenty-five-groundhog-day/

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

"Stay curious." they say, and I say, "Of course. Is there any other way to be?"

But when I follow my curiosity and am morally repulsed by the things I learn about a topic and the people involved and realize it goes against my values and I don't wish to participate and don't understand why they do, they say, "No. Not like that."