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

[ idly wondering why this was announced ]

Guess I'll just read some news...

Oh.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/09/key-takeaways-on-ai-phantom-investments-uk

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

The media is lying to you. There is no actual discernable difference between a Left Twix and a Right Twix. They manufactured this lie to divide us. Follow me for more brutal but necessary truths.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
iftas@mastodon.iftas.org ("IFTAS") wrote:

If you haven't blocked the root domain at Hugging Face (hf.space) be aware there is new Pleroma-based activity coming from

saly125-a.hf.space

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
distractal@hachyderm.io ("Erik Johnson") wrote:

Tech people: "AI is inevitable!"

Normal people: https://gizmodo.com/people-hate-ai-even-more-than-they-hate-ice-poll-finds-2000731438

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
fesshole ("Fesshole 🧻") wrote:

My neighbour regularly brags about his HS Fibre Internet speeds. I can't disagree, as his router sits on his hall windowsill with the Name and Password sticker fully on display, I use it for all online viewing. Never buffered on my IPTV or other VPN accessible sites.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

vim user? disappointed in vim's revelling in slopcoding?

simply learn emacs. you might be able to edit text in it by the time emacs falls to slop as well.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

60 tons

yeah that's not gonna be good for roads

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

New blog post where I explore the many faces of the unassuming element. https://plainvanillaweb.com/blog/articles/2026-03-09-details-matters/

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

duckduckgo, google and a secret third bing

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i am actually quite annoyed at c compilers right now. tomorrow i am going to fucking hulk smash them into shape

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

okay that's enough of c compilers for one day

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

So, is #Apple going to ever acknowledge and fix the #iOS keyboard regression from recent versions?

Unless I missed some announcement, it sort of seems like… no? This is just the state of iOS moving forward? I find using the keyboard such a pain that I'd now rather correct text-to-speech dictation errors. But that doesn't work in noisy, non-private environments.

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

I'm no artist, but hopefully this gets the point across. A comic in three panels.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
kevinmarks.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Kevin Marks") wrote:

Feeling my age today

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

we have to start doing something because we haven't actually done anything yet

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

pocket munsters

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nota@chaos.social wrote:

chinese industrial equipment seo spam ads were always one of the best parts of tiktok in their absurdity. they go way too hard

Attachments:

• video: A woman reads a phonetically learned script extoling the virtues of a nitrogen generator over way too loud drift phonk music

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

It's 2026, so we've all been awash in even more cursed headlines for a decade now, but this is still a doozy in it's own right. Sandberg *and* Nick Clegg ? Their deep expertise in [ checks notes ] ad sales and softly-delivered untruths will surely come in handy to a data centre firm:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-09/nscale-raises-2-billion-and-adds-sandberg-clegg-to-board

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solarpapst@social.anoxinon.de ("Solarpapst") wrote:

cost of war

Attachments:

• video: e51a649329bd6266.mp4

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culturalgutter@mastodon.online ("Cultura") wrote:

Periodic reminder that Shaw Bros. keeps adding movies to their YT channel. All free! All beautiful transfers! A variety of genres! Plus, a lot of things we haven't seen available with English subtitles before. https://www.youtube.com/@ShawBrosCinema #movies #ShawBrothers #HongKong #FilmHistory

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dreid@wandering.shop wrote:

Therac-25 huh? That shit is wild. I can't believe industry would be so irresponsible.

Anyway time to ask my Markov Waifu to make a list of probable military installations to bomb.

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drewharwell.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Drew Harwell") wrote:

The guy who voices Master Chief from the video game "Halo," who was featured in a White House meme video showing missiles blowing people up in Iran, calls it "disgusting and juvenile war porn" wapo.st/3NhffGm

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
dbattistella@mstdn.ca ("DB 🌱💦") wrote:

🚨 OpenAI's head of Robotics resigned because the company is building lethal AI weapons with NO human input required.

> Read that again. Lethal. Autonomy. Without. Human. Authorization.

> The person who built the robots is saying she quit because there are no guardrails on who they kill.

This is the same company that won't let ChatGPT say a swear word.

They put safety filters on your prompts but none on their kill chain.

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bitterkarella@sfba.social ("Lesbian Death Bed") wrote:

1
Joss Whedon: greetings whedonistas and whedonistos!
Clive Barker: who're you?
Whedon: i'm
Whedon: i'm joss whedon!
Whedon: c'mon, you remember me!
Whedon: i was everyone's woke 90s bae!

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PhineasX@mastodon.art wrote:

I have once again been way off w/r/t actual painting so I wanted to mess with something small and low stress and dumb with no attachment to how it was going to turn out and I think it's safe to say I accomplished that

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tvaziri ("Todd Vaziri") wrote:

I read the piece again and became even more disappointed.

2026: "Docter said Pixar found some parents didn’t want entertainment to force them to have a conversation they weren’t ready for with their children. “We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy,” he said."

2009:

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
otterlove@mastodon.art ("Andy P") wrote:

A master hater

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signalapp@mastodon.world ("Signal") wrote:

We are aware of recent reports regarding targeted phishing attacks that have resulted in account takeovers of some Signal users, including government officials and journalists. We take this very seriously.

To be clear: Signal’s encryption and infrastructure have not been compromised and remain robust. These attacks were executed via sophisticated phishing campaigns, designed to trick users into sharing information – SMS codes and/or Signal PIN – to gain access to users’ accounts.

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
WarnerCrocker ("Warner Crocker") wrote:

I see some social media and blogging outlets are starting to call the alliance that launched this war The Epstein Coalition. I think we should make that stick. #Politics #Iran

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Checking an LLM's work is a systemic, not an individual, problem.”

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/checking-an-llm-s-work-is-a-systemic-not-an-individual-problem

> AI is a machine that turns quality assurance into burnout