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

can the web please stop breaking all the time? I'm tired.

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grimalkina ("Cat Hicks") wrote:

- joined new patient community
- immediately recruited to the Evidence War Against Insurance because I can read papers
- now providing lit reviews to fellow patients

I am grateful for the skills I have. However, it would be nice if I could spend some living and breathing moments not Doing Work. The world is so critically cut off from evidence that this is impossible for now.

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

I really wish we'd used the term 'confabulate' instead because that's what's going on, mixing things together to make plausible stories and explanations.

That mostly works, but doesn't change its fundamental nature of _making shit up_.

EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Ooooh, so close. Maybe next time.

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

EVEN WHEN THEY ARE WORKING RIGHT, "AI" systems are hallucinating. They hallucinate in line with reality most of the time, and sometimes they diverge. That's the whole thing. They're _useful_ but when they're _right_ that's either a function of guardrails and checks that've put in place, or an accident.

Usually it's an accident. Plan accordingly.

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
bridget@gts.sharitt.com ("Bridget") wrote:

The untrustworthy AI agent you plugged into production systems without any safeguards that deleted important data didn’t “go rogue”, you’re just a dumbass

EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Only here for less than a day so I did a quick speed-run around midtown last night trying to see what I can. I wish I had a couple of weeks free to sight-see instead of a couple hours.

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁!") wrote:

RE: https://snac.mro.name/marcus/p/1777379671.110468

Let me know what you think about it ;-)

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
PavelASamsonov ("Pavel A. Samsonov") wrote:

Tools like Claude Design have an assumption baked into them: that "productivity" is fungible, and more "productivity" of artifacts leads to more value.

But if anything, the problem is that there are too MANY artifacts — and decision-making within your company begins to take on a "garbage can" model.

The solution for designers is to step out of clock time work, and think on calendar time.

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/claude-design-is-a-clock-time-solution-for-a-calendar-time-problem

#UX #UXDesign #AI #LLM #tech #softwaredevelopment #design

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

True Love.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/04/28/shes-giving-me-signals/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
hrheingold ("Howard Rheingold") wrote:

I think this is one of the most important things I've ever written.

Thinking about thinking about #thinking
cognitive hygiene for 5 year olds

#ai #learning #llms

https://www.patreon.com/posts/156285478

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cmconseils ("Lady Laura :bongoCat:") wrote:

Dear restaurant owners:
We ALL hate the QR code menu.
Stop.
-everyone

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social wrote:

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augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

The dot-com and #AI bubbles aren't identical, but they sure look similar to me:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/augieray%5Fopenai-misses-key-revenue-user-targets-in-share-7454885241468424192-lsiU?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop&rcm=ACoAAAARAO4BAPx0-DzizrQdFWXScUx1J1Sa0xc

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thejapantimes ("The Japan Times") wrote:

North Korea dramatically increased executions during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for consuming South Korean dramas, K-pop and other foreign culture and political offenses, a report has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/28/asia-pacific/north-korea-executions-covid-19/?utm%5Fmedium=Social&utm%5Fsource=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #capitalpunishment #covid19

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social wrote:

Today in labor history April 28, 1896: Na Hye-sok was born. She was a South Korean feminist, poet, writer, painter and journalist. She was the first female professional painter and the first feminist writer in Korea. In 1919, the authorities jailed her for participating in the March 1st Movement against Japanese rule in Korea. In 1934, she published an essay called “Divorce Testimony.” In that piece, she wrote about the repression of female sexuality. She also said that her ex-husband couldn’t satisfy her sexually and refused to talk about it with her. And she also promoted the idea of "test marriages," where a couple would live together before marrying to see if they really were compatible. These ideas were considered so scandalous and shocking that her career took a tailspin and never recovered.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #feminism #poetry #writer #korea #NaHyesok #books #art #sexuality #painter @bookstadon

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
webmink@meshed.cloud ("Simon Phipps") wrote:

Want a job shaping the future of #OpenSource in EU tech? European tech standards body ETSI has a new paid position available for an open source expert.

The advert doesn't say it quite like that because they have members who dislike open source, but "SDG" is the term for what was originally "Open Source Group" and this person will be managing collaborative open source projects on open source tools in a unique, challenging but hugely influential setting.

https://www.etsi.org/about/open-position-technical-expert/

#Jobs

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
OccuWorld@syzito.xyz wrote:

may day. show up, organize. take the power back.

Attachments:

• video: 122a9cf73a186828.mp4

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petergleick@fediscience.org ("Peter Gleick") wrote:

Stalin fundamentally crippled Soviet #science in the 1930s and almost a century later it still hasn't recovered.
That's what Trump, RFK Jr., Vought, and MAGA are doing right now to the United States.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ScienceDesk@flipboard.social ("Flipboard Science Desk") wrote:

The Trump administration fires independent board overseeing the National Science Foundation in the U.S.

@AssociatedPress reports: "It’s typically made up of 25 members appointed by the president who serve staggered, six-year terms. The fired scientists hail from academia and industry and specialize in areas including astronomy, math, chemistry and aerospace engineering."

https://flip.it/OsVa8G

#Science #Trump #NSF #USPolitics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

Israel’s direction poses ‘existential threat’ to Judaism, UK’s leading progressive rabbis warn

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy say criticising Israeli government is not disloyalty but a Jewish obligation

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/israels-direction-poses-existential-threat-to-judaism-uks-leading-progressive-rabbis-warn

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
quixoticgeek@v.st ("Quixoticgeek") wrote:

9GW datacentre approved. I'm trying to get my head round the scale of this. The whole of the UK uses about 40GW of electricity. So this one facility is a quarter of the UK grid. In one location. I had to look up box elder county on Wikipedia. "Its territory includes large tracts of barren desert,". Right, so a datacentre that uses the same amount of electricity as a quarter of the UK. In a fucking desert. And that's before we even consider the CO2 emissions. Yikes.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/kevin-o-learys-9-gw-utah-data-center-campus-approved

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
xekola@kolektiva.social wrote:

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Lebanon

"I refuse to join an army that is only able to protect sharmuta bibi (netanyahu)
I refuse to join an immoral army that is sending children to their death
I refuse to serve a country that operates on bribery
I wont protect any of you
You can explode or just move to Berlin.

I wont step a foot in a place where blind motherfuckers
Who wanted to play themselves "heroes"
Been destroying territories, blowing buildings
Ruining families and orphaning children
They got their mouths shut
And guns put in their hands
they've been deviated to hatred
Turned into rats
While the royal family sits in their spa room
Others don't have money and sleep on the floor
They're hungry for bread while you're eating your cakes
Because the system works on few dollar bills.

Come and tell me that Im not ok
I refuse to be the country's property
Go fuck yourself, I'd be burried before id join the idf
I wont be a slave to an army who's a slave for a rich fucker
Come and tell me that im not ok
I never gonna swear on your holy book
Id rather die than join idf
No promise or threat is gonna change my mind on that.

Pull some coins out and youll get all you ever wanted
The ringing in your ears wont leave you because of your post trauma
They told you "join us, we will finance you"
And then they threw you to rot and made you sick in your head
Youve got a guilt for life, and blood on your hands
But tell me, didnt you knew that this is whats going to happen?

And they see me as a scum fuck with no rights in this state
Because i refused to be their fucking war dog
Say i dont deserve shit because i never wore that uniform
But im proud that i never did.

Come and tell me that I'm not ok
I refuse to be the country's property
Go fuck yourself, i'd be buried before id join the idf
I wont be a slave to an army whos a slave for a rich fucker
Come and tell me that I'm not ok
I never gonna swear on your holy book
Id rather die than join idf
Because everything about it is rotten
And i wont stay silent.

I refuse to join an army that is only able to protect sharmuta bibi
I refuse to join an immoral army that is sending children to their death
I refuse to serve a country that operates on bribery
I wont protect any of you
You can explode"

https://catastrophicmisanthropic.bandcamp.com/track/ill-enlist-in-my-grave

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

If you are an "Alien" fan, there is a series of shorts released you might wanna check out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkP3%5FeaLdN0

As always, survival rules:
1- if you can destroy something terrible, DO IT.
2- if you find a weapon, in a incipient skeezy situation, NEVER PUT IT DOWN.
3- if someone who IS NOT THERE WITH YOU tells you to not do any of the above, disregard them.
4- if you find yourself overwhelmed, nuke from orbit; IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO BE SURE.

#Alien #xenomorph

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lunowroo@meow.social ("Luno Wroo / Wildspotworks 💙💛") wrote:

Caught right in the act for #FursuitFriday.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Odaeus@vivaldi.net ("Andrew France") wrote:

Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all.

A person I never met, yet I still mourn his passing, for his works brought joy and comfort to myself and millions of others. Not to mention, as a teenager, a foundational education in society, politics, justice, and puns.

#TerryPratchettDay #GNUTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
PatHudsonCartoons@aus.social ("Pat Hudson Cartoons") wrote:

Come a long way #USPolitics #UKPolitics #auspol

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

visual arguments can be powerful: https://mstdn.social/@faraiwe/116482609168604216

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

An easy visual explanation of tRump's corruption.

(can't seem to find original src, if anyone knows,please comment)

#TurdReich #tRump #USPol

Attachments:

• video: 30182f424584b121.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu ("European Commission") wrote:

EU lawmaking is getting simpler and better.

We are making EU rules clearer and faster to enforce – so they work better for people and businesses.

Find out more 👉 https://link.europa.eu/hbkMpB