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

I do not think Herr Trump understands the differences between Venezuela and Iran. To him, this is just a big board game.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

Regrettably I believe that we are accountable for and complicit in the externalities of our choices.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
finn@social.0x520.eu ("Finn") wrote:

A colleague showed me this awesome website where you can connect to people's SDR (Software Defined Radio), tune to some frequency, and listen to the broadcast.

If you are, like me, interested in amateur radio and radio transmissions in general but don't have the equipment, check this out:

https://rx-tx.info/

If checked the map at https://rx-tx.info/map-sdr-points to find a nearby station.

#amateurradio #hamradio #sdr

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

Freethoughtblogs is still screwed up, so I have to resort to YouTube to complain about creationists. Grrrr, Egnor.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/when-is-down-you-151314817

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltBrrozn5WA

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

Probably a pragmatic way to be anyway:

"The reason I’m writing all of this isn’t to create panic, but to help put things into perspective. You don’t need to scavenger-hunt for legacy parts in your local landfill (yet) or swear off upgrades forever, but you do need to recognize that the rules have changed. The market that once catered to enthusiasts and everyday users is turning its back. So take care of your hardware, stretch its lifespan, upgrade thoughtfully, and don’t assume replacement will always be easy or affordable."

From this analysis on the impact hyperscalers are having on the near future (at least) of personal electronics "Hold on to Your Hardware":

https://マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardware/

This part is dark:

https://マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardware/#imagine

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

This one is a bit scratched up, but also very cool.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I can't resist posting this photo, as my grandfather was always very proud of capturing this moment. I believe this is the Syrtlingur eruption in 1965.#Iceland #photography #filmphotography #slide #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #vintage #history #eruption #sea #ocean

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

I think I'm becoming a gas station fountain drink guy. Someone help.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

The opening paragraph was so intriguing that it took me a few pages to realize I was reading smut lol.

I also kept thinking “wow, I like second-person. I could write this. I have a few blog posts in second-person.” So, am I an aspiring romance author now?

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

How others see the Icelandic creative industry: "wow, all those writers and musicians, Iceland clearly takes great care of its artists".

Meanwhile, in the news today we hear that a generation-defining Icelandic comedian has passed, the reporter taking care to note that he spent decades working in some form of retail.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

"Capable LLMs require a logic of dominance and of disregarding consent of the people producing the artifacts that are the raw material for the system. LLMs are based on extraction, exploitation and subjugation. Their politics is violence. How does one “liberate” that? What’s the case for open source violence?"

(Original title: Acting ethically in an imperfect world)

https://tante.cc/2026/02/20/acting-ethical-in-an-imperfect-world/

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

“The Prince, The Paedo, The Palace, and the “Safety Tech” app – Hi, I'm Heather Burns”

https://heatherburns.tech/2026/02/20/the-prince-the-paedo-the-palace-and-the-safety-tech-app/

> perhaps you should consider the fact that your difficult employee may be on to something.

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

I guess some of people are only now realising that when cyberlibertarian types object against a destructive centralised tech that's being used to attack our economic and social systems, the bit they're objecting against is the "centralised" part

Been there. It's always a disappointment

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

“Rely On AI And Get Left Behind – Codemanship's Blog”

https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/is-comprehension-debt-in-your-risk-register/

> These are effects we’re seeing today. Most dev teams are shipping less reliable software, and shipping it later thanks to “AI”. Good work, everyone!

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cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

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

PocketBase sounds interesting
https://amxmln.com/blog/2026/a-pocketbase-shaped-hammer/

I've yet to be impressed by any JS + SQLite ORM options

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

actually we already lost all emojis tbh - ain't worth risking the accusations

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

we've lost another emoji to the madness :(

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/21/claws/

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blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Viss/116106060904882655

Pinterest is the herpes of image searching

Boosted by chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin"):
badtux ("Badtux the Snarky Penguin") wrote:

Yup. In the short term markets are about as rational as that bearded guy in a bathrobe shuffling around in his slippers under the freeway underpass shouting at imaginary greebles. Reminder: In the long run irrational stuff ends up getting washed out of markets as it gets out-competed, thus the "rational markets hypothesis". But in the long run we're all dead. #economics

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benroyce ("Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩") wrote:

if you like #publictransportation and dislike autonomous #robots and #ai

oh boy do i have a video for you

Attachments:

• video: a delivery robot on train tracks gets obliterated by a passenger train

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
nileane@nileane.fr ("Niléane") wrote:

This week on @comfortzone we took the time to discuss how an increasing number of countries are banning social media for minors + Discord's decision to rollout age verification globally.

And, yeah, I had two bones to pick:

• The adults supporting these bans are dumb as fuck if they think they're addressing any of the valid reasons they're supposedly doing these for.
• This is going to hurt queer and marginalized kids the most.

Attachments:

• video: b8bc71c1b984bafe.mp4

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
gwynnion ("Nowhere Girl") wrote:

Seriously, I don't think most Americans have put together that natalism, "naturalism," anti-science, anti-medicine, anti-vax, pedophilia, misogyny, queerphobia, eugenics, racism, anti-immigrant xenophobia, anti-woke, anti-DEI, and disempowering labor through automation and "AI" are all interlocking parts of modern fascist ideology.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

If he really wants to go all in, he should put tariffs on the tariffs. Recursive tariffs!

jwz wrote:

"Hahaha get wrecked ya surveilling fucks"

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras:
https://jwz.org/b/yk3m

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha :mastodon: 🇪🇺") wrote:

NewScientist: "Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments"

This is both so logical and yet absurdly like a science fiction story ...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516079-paediatricians-blood-used-to-make-new-treatments-for-rsv-and-colds/

#Science #Health

Boosted by jwz:
zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

thx for telling me that everything I have hosted on the web getting repeatedly scraped to death by what would previously be considered a massive attack but is now being carried out by the largest corporations in the world is normal, actually. hope they give us good licensing terms on our data, uhhh no wait their IP, once they’re done killing and buying all the original data sources

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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

oh good, the “you’re just doing purity culture” thing is already taking hold over on bluesky

so the line is now supposed to be that local LLMs are good and moral and SaaS LLMs are bad, when local LLMs come from the same fucked system that’s also actively making it impossible to buy computing hardware powerful enough to run even a shitty local LLM? is that about right? I’m supposed to clap cause someone with money is running a plagiarism machine but slower and shittier on their desktop?

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

"bayesian" should not be a red flag meaning "Bay Area sex pest" but somehow it is

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xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra is only carbon now") wrote:

No, opposing LLMs isn't "purity culture." I've seen this now from quite a few different people, and I disagree vehemently. It is good, actually, to have moral principles and hold to them, even when people with more money than you find said principles annoying.