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brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026") wrote:

Also I have the acheivement of being a Gen Z person who successfully made a call with a rotary phone

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026"):
malteengeler@legal.social ("Malte Engeler") wrote:

Dear everyone,

for reasons I don't quite understand, the recordings of the talks at #cablesofresistance conference last April in Berlin are still not published.

They were livestreamed though. Did anyone of you by chance did a screencapture of the live stream of the talk @alineblankertz and I did about socialising digital platforms?

https://programm.infraunited.org/cableresist26/talk/37MJS8/

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
dpp ("David Pollak") wrote:

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@aredridel/116947532085303160

The government is supposed to price externalities through regulation and taxation

Wish we didn’t have governments captured by the oligarchs… you know… a functioning government

Then the concepts like solar powered data centers that consume no water and AI models built without IP theft would just be normal legislation

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026") wrote:

The headmates apparently skew the distribution

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026") wrote:

I saw a Mastodon post go round about how the average Fedi user is a plural queer catgirl in polycule and the median Fedi user is John-who-likes-to-ride-a-bike and EMFCamp feels very much like that

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026") wrote:

TIL my 10 years of management experience herding brain cats apparently counts for something

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dreid@wandering.shop wrote:

Oh hey, @grimalkina's book arrived.

This is the first work related book I've bought in years.

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

periodic reminder that Dunning-Kruger effect is mostly statistical error and if you're using it as a part of your worldview, that's maybe a problem.

Doubly so since a naive reflection of it is a belief in a fascist ubermensch who's just smarter than everyone else. You can justify deeply anti-democratic ideals with it. So consider this carefully.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.world/@Oxymetheus/116944206513552370

there are storefronts here in the #EastVillage of #Manhattan warehoused for DECADES. there are no real realtors in #nyc anymore. they are all #WallStreet firms that bought the names of realtors, then bought all the small and family-owned properties during the Giuliani and Bloomberg years.

THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED COLLUSION: investment companies warehousing buildings because they don't make money from being landlords. they make money from holding the properties & engineering false scarcity.

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116946142636186759

So very much this: Even if you think AI is net-positive, we have a duty to expand well, not on top of the most marginalized as always.

The way we do it now is the way of paving natural beauty, discarding entire communities, and taking what is often limited resources from those who need them to live.

It is possible to build data centers that do not have these problems. It is possible to power with solar, to cool with a refrigeration cycle instead of evaporating water.

It just costs more energy. And therefore is only viable if we invest in solar, heavily, and require it.

One of the fundamental tenets embedded in capitalism is that if you can't represent it in the market, it doesn't have to be taken into account. Community and ways of life are those things.

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:

People are called luddites on social media simply because they don't want their water polluted by data centers or the industrial hum generated by AI servers. Imagine asking for the basic human right to drink clean water and be able to sleep at night, only to have that called nonsense or standing against progress.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dbattistella@todon.eu ("DB 🌱💦") wrote:

8 yr old Jo Nagai was raising swallowtail butterflies in Kobe, Japan, when he noticed something odd. The butterflies he had tended as caterpillars seemed to recognize him. When he released them into the wild, they would fly right back to him. Was it possible they actually remembered him?

Jo wrote a letter to an entomologist at Georgetown University, Dr. Martha Weiss. He asked if she could help him design an experiment, and she said yes.

Jo trained caterpillars to associate the scent of lavender with a mild vibration. When the caterpillars became butterflies, 70% of them still avoided the scent. Their brains had been completely rebuilt during metamorphosis, yet the memory survived anyway. Then he bred them.

The offspring, which had never been trained, also avoided lavender. So did their grandchildren. Without ever experiencing the vibration, generations of butterflies inherited an aversion to lavender their grandmother had been taught to fear.

Jo presented his findings at the International Congress of Entomology in Kobe in 2024. He was 10.

A second grader wrote a letter to a Georgetown professor, and together they found evidence that butterflies can pass memories down through generations.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/ten-old-butterfly-researcher-discovers-184204801.html

#Butterflies #Science #Nature #Memory

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026"):
LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world ("Lucas Werkmeister (☎️ LUWE/5893)") wrote:

anyone at #EMFCamp driving towards/past Ledbury tomorrow early morning and have a bit of space left in their car? I was hoping to catch the 8:55 train to Birmingham and just found out the shuttles only start at 9:15 (https://www.emfcamp.org/about/travel) D:

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026"):
typeswitch@gamedev.lgbt ("azul") wrote:

software is like mayonnaise:
- weird emulsion that is greater than the sum of its parts.
- breaks if you hold it wrong.
- homemade tastes better but it doesn't last as long.
- store bought has a bunch of extra stuff that has no business being in the sauce.
- there are ethical concerns.
- the ick.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026"):
tombofnull@voidwood.online ("Null🌿🐌") wrote:

If it is any comfort, and i know this is just anecdotal, BUT! many of the early 20-somethings ive worked with 1] dislike genai and 2] have taken up art making partly as a middle finger to genai companies trying to force their products onto our culture.
Folks have a desire to be full participants in their creative process, and want to connect with others who want the same, and thats awesome.

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
jerry@infosec.exchange ("Scary Jerry 👻") wrote:

This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
vv@solarpunk.moe ("vv 💫 [follow my new artist profile!]") wrote:

getting my warp drive back online #modularsynth #eurorack

Attachments:

• video: some very weird repeated scratchy noises that sound almost like an engine trying to turn over

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
vv@solarpunk.moe ("vv 💫 [follow my new artist profile!]") wrote:

https://youtu.be/kRaEXDJAEM8

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
vv@solarpunk.moe ("vv 💫 [follow my new artist profile!]") wrote:

if you want extremely weird esoteric psychological horror existential crisis dysphoria conspiracy theory half-life 2 Garry's mod body horror paranoid surveillance state digital video art pieces i can hook you up

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

Although, maybe I need to cut my brain some slack. They can't all be winners, but I still enjoy revisiting my Rick Astely cover of "The horrors persist but so do I."

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

#RapePublicans #GOP

Boosted by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):
natematias@social.coop ("J. Nathan Matias 🦣") wrote:

Want access to expensive subscription archives of academic papers and other paywalled online material?

People often ask me as an academic to share access with them, but there's a better way: active @wikimediafoundation contributors can get The Wikipedia Library for free!

If you're willing to volunteer at least 10 edits a month to Wikipedia, you can get access to the Wikipedia Library.

It's a really *sweet* deal, as you get to chose where to invest those edits.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
samlitzinger@journa.host ("Sam Litzinger") wrote:

Trump claims voting by noncitizens is rampant in America. The numbers tell another story. - https://www.reuters.com/investigations/trump-claims-voting-by-noncitizens-is-rampant-america-numbers-tell-another-story-2026-07-19/

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

10/10 Cutest trap, would get trapped again. #caturday #FosterKitten

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AskNick ("Nick Francesco") wrote:

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jockr/116946764553427680

some interesting connections and unintended consequences examined

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

"Investigators found that some male managers at a Norfolk, Virginia, Navy shipyard demanded oral sex from female employees in exchange for promotions and overtime pay, and that Black women had been paid less and promoted less frequently than men. On January 21, the day after Pres. Trump was inaugurated, he directed the Labor Department office conducting the investigation to stop most of its work, effectively shutting down the inquiry":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/trump-gutted-civil-rights-agency-stifling-us-scrutiny-of-workplace-bias.html
copy: @renewedresistance #politics

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

:nkoWave: Hello and a good meowing everyone! :blobcatsnuggle: :blobcathearts: Have a most wonderful day and stay safe ♥️😸

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
glynmoody ("Glyn Moody") wrote:

#Burnham risks Labour backlash if he reverses ban on new oil and gas drilling - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/18/burnham-expected-to-reverse-ban-on-new-oil-and-gas-drilling "Party manifesto pledged to honour existing North Sea exploration licences but not issue new ones" damn right #climatecrisis #renewables

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AAronL1968@shakedown.social ("AAron Leckinger") wrote:

A federal judge declared Friday that the Trump administration can’t cancel grants based on new rules or goals established after the fact — in a blow to its efforts to terminate billions of dollars already promised. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/17/congress/judge-knocks-omb-grant-termination-01003836