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Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
gothodile@furs.social ("Sabella") wrote:

@soatok people sure do have Opinions over on that Bluesky, don't they.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social ("Democracy Matters :verified:") wrote:

“Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that the United States should consider expanding the Supreme Court to be made up of 13 justices, a popular idea among Democrats who have increasingly pushed for court reform,” CNN reports.

Said Harris: “We need to revisit the point of expanding the court to 13 justices like we have 13 district courts.”
Court expansion is moving from a progressive cause to a possible litmus test in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Independent@flipboard.com ("The Independent") wrote:

Johns Hopkins researcher arrested by ICE at Baltimore airport
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fatima-ameaka-johns-hopkins-ice-arrest-airport-b3025660.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into politics @politics-Independent

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
NorcalGma2@sfba.social ("Norcal Gma 2") wrote:

You can't see all of the old dudes who are working on our deck in this photo. All are retired and want to help us get our new deck up.
A truckload of materials arrived this morning as well as extra old dudes. The original brothers called in more brothers. There are 12 siblings all together.
The decking will be installed today with the rails and stairs next week.
My husband is touched by their kindness in finishing his unfinished project. He truly doesn't know how to thank them.
In the crowd is a fellow Vietnam veteran who is a bladder cancer survivor too. He can commiserate with my husband, his old friend, in a way most of us can't.
Summer is keeping an eye on them.
Just in case.

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

Todd "Blanche targeted Mr. Trump’s political adversaries with bogus criminal cases and overseen an exodus of some of the Justice Department’s most experienced lawyers. Less noted but as important: He is also embarrassingly bad at lawyering. The quality of the department’s work has sharply deteriorated under his leadership":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/opinion/todd-blanche-attorney-general-senate-hearing.html
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #Blanche #unfit #biased #dishonest #untrustworthy #DoNotConfirm as #AttorneyGeneral

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TheConversationUS@newsie.social ("The Conversation U.S.") wrote:

It started with a dispute at a 4th of July parade on America’s 100th birthday between two white men and a Black militia marching group.

After a shoot-out, a white militia then killed 4 Black men.

The men responsible for the Hamburg Massacre 150 years ago were never convicted. Instead, many rose to South Carolina's highest offices.

https://theconversation.com/how-an-1876-massacre-of-black-men-in-south-carolina-turned-racial-terror-into-political-power-287285

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

RE: https://mastodon.radio/@M0PWX/117016718895297779

I would guess that the US stats mirror the UK’s

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jik@federate.social ("Jonathan Kamens 86 47") wrote:

#TheOnion #humor #funny #IYKYK #TheOdyssey https://theonion.com/translator-of-original-minions-epic-poem-slams-sexless-bloodless-film-adaptation/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thejapantimes ("The Japan Times") wrote:

A speculative future history account argues that Europe risks geopolitical decline if it fails to build AI capabilities, a warning that also carries important implications for Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/30/world/fictional-account-of-europes-collapse/?utm%5Fmedium=Social&utm%5Fsource=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #europe2031 #europe #eu #ai #anthropic #fable #us #siliconvalley #china #llms #datacenters #artificialintelligence #tech

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

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

Dear lazydon,

Should I blog (at excruciating length and detail) about performance guardrails, IOU processes, and how organisations can get them right -- and what generally goes wrong?

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

There Shall Be Eggplant!

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

Both of these things are simple, true facts, however

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fauci-diary-obama-trump-idiot-b3025378.html

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

Picked up a little project to keep me away from the computer this summer.

jwz wrote:

Amnesty International UK Caves To JK Rowling.

[ REENACTMENT ]The organization has stood up to dictators and death squads, but Rowling and the UK's anti-speech laws were apparently too much. On July 8, Amnesty International UK released a report titled...
https://jwz.org/b/yk-D

Boosted by jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)"):
ceej.online@bsky.brid.gy wrote:

ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity!
OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission.
ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

RE: https://aus.social/@perkinsy/117006314371109767

“IN THE REAL WORLD, INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IS RARELY THE STRONGEST PREDICTOR OF GROUP OUTCOMES. IN FACT, THE STRONGEST PREDICTORS OF DEVELOPERS' SELF-REPORTED PRODUCTIVITY TEND TO BE SOCIAL”

(emphasis mine)

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

sure we _must_ imagine Sisyphus happy, but it's a lot easier to imagine him tired

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Rihilism@toot.community ("🦅RichKeller Photography🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Had a lovely visitor to the garden the other day👇.

Haven't posted much lately. Been really busy, my big lens in on the fritz, & I'm getting ready for back surgery this fall so my posts/replies will be sporadic.

#insects #butterflies #wildlife #nature #MacroPhotography #photography #AltText

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

turns out i don't care if it's slightly more verbose as long as it's neat and tidy and there's a natural place for everything.

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

personally i quite like this https://gist.github.com/jjl/efa6c9f582b47313558b324eceafedf3

Boosted by jwz:
MarkHoltom@mastodonapp.uk ("Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)") wrote:

It took 2 years to build this size of Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant in Iceland which sequesters CO2 out of the air.

It runs on (free) geothermal energy.

It will apparently capture the equivalent of about 36 seconds of global emissions annually (or 5 Taylor Swifts as we can now call it). Now we just need another 8 million of these.

Who is stupid enough to say that this will fix our problems? Of course, the fossil fuel lobby, who say that we can continue drilling and burning, as this will clear things up.

Come on guys...even they must see this isn't going to work. 36 seconds worth of emissions saved per year.

jwz wrote:

It has now been over two and a half years since Google has updated their aerial imagery of -- *checks notes* -- the sleepy seaside town of San Francisco. Still no QR for you.

I guess they've redirected that drone budget into feeding books into the plagiarism woodchipper.
https://jwz.org/b/yk-B

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
seabass@social.seabass.systems ("Sebastian Crane 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Are there any friendly Fedi folks in the UK who have a sofa or airbed I could crash on for Saturday and Sunday night? I'll be setting off from Oxfordshire on Saturday evening, so anywhere south of Manchester should be within range by rail. Selfies and references for vibe-checking purposes available upon request! Thanks a lot!! :neofox_floof:

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
stellarskylark@solarpunk.moe ("φ-52 "Skylark"") wrote:

Oh someone asked so just a heads up that Pocket Dimensions is released under CC-BY-4.0 so your only obligation if you want to use any of the tracks in something is to credit me and preferably link back to my socials. And if you want the lossless audio you can flip me a couple bucks on my bandcamp https://voidsleeper.bandcamp.com/album/pocket-dimensions

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@owa/117013437073165599

If you listen to @pluralistic interviews, one of the things he repeats that resonates with me is that he's not an optimist; things don't default to getting better or worse, we *make them* better or worse.

We can engineer a fairer power arrangement, and folks like @owa and @brucelawson are some of my heros, doing that work every day. Give their interview a listen:

Boosted by jwz:
0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange ("abadidea") wrote:

OpenAI: we put our evilest AI in a sandbox that did in fact have an internet connection but mediated through a proxy that was only supposed to allow downloading python junk. It circumvented the proxy and we failed to notice for FIVE DAYS that it was going on an interstate crime spree with the internet connection it wasn't supposed to be using instead of solving the benchmark. Haha no we don't believe we deserve to be criminally liable, but buy our stuff and maybe one day you will have the honor of taking the fall for our product!

Anthropic: we put our evilest AI in a "sandbox" by telling it in its prompt that it had no internet connection. Reader, there was no sandbox. It was just a normal internet connection. The AI uploaded a malicious PyPI package to the real public internet. The ethical guardrails failed because the AI concluded the prompt about the sandbox couldn't possibly be a lie, because the system date is 2026, which is clearly fake and wouldn't be seen on the real internet, which ended around 2023. Oh no, how could we have foreseen or prevented these crimes? We are helpless in the face of the genius of our creation but cautiously optimistic that everything will be fine 🙂

Hugging Face: if we complain about all the crimes committed against us, we will be sued off the face of the earth, so here's a technical deep-dive on how cool and fun it was to be victimized 🫠

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
BeautifulMutantStudio@mastodon.art ("Beautiful Mutant Studio") wrote:

#introduction!
Hi everyone, I'm Remi, an English artist (mostly Gouache) living in North Germany with my partner, who I met in an MMORPG. I'm a #genderfluid/non-binary person in my late 30s. I'm into Social #Anarchism, #Taoism, #LGBTQ+ and #disabled rights, #permaculture, the arts, nature, cooking, #upcycling, crafting, gaming, #clouds & being silly 😜 I've been in chronic pain for over 20 years.

I'll mostly be posting art & anti-AI stuff, but also sometimes politics stuff. Happy to chat! <3