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

they need to grow to be the size of microsoft in 4 years

that sure does sound "inevitable" 😂

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
leah@blahaj.social ("Leah Neukirchen") wrote:

Come to think of it, we probably reached Peak "Information at your fingertips" a few years ago...

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mikehendley@vis.social ("Mike Hendley") wrote:

Quick raven sketch, mid call. Worked the .3 and .5 graphite pencils to get that near black feather range without losing the shape. Ravens hold grudges for years apparently, feels right for a bird drawn looking this deliberate. Done at a coffee shop table in Ithaca, NY #sciart #bird

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
kevin@kbg.sh ("Kevin Graaf") wrote:

I’m wondering if anyone would be interested in some kind of network for those in or engaging with academic CS or math who are skeptical/suspicious/or otherwise opposed to LLMs/“AI”? Personally, I feel a great deal of loneliness on this matter at the moment, and would appreciate the camaraderie if nothing else! I’m thinking this could be a Signal group chat if nothing else. If you’re interested, let me know with a response to this post. Would also appreciate boosts for visibility!

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

Me: *says angry things about Linux*

astodon person: "Well, what should we do about it?"

Me: I don't know, my first step is to see if I can install Redox

Me, thinking: *Wait, if I go look up Redox on github am I going to get slapped in the face with a "a user you have blocked has contributed to this repository" banner?

Me: *checks*

Me: *EYES FILL UP WITH ACTUAL ANIME SPARKLES*

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

a millipede is a thousandth of a foot

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

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When your users go Live, a Push notification and a temp status is sent to your followers, with a link to view your stream!

Loops users from other servers will be able to comment/react/gift in real time, with slightly delayed comments from non-Loops servers

#Loops #LoopsLive

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

“Trump campaigned on promises to lower prices and keep the US out of foreign entanglements and forever wars. The opposite has happened. Voters say they are suffering a cost of living crisis, exacerbated by Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Buying food to eat at home has become 33% more expensive in US cities since the beginning of 2019, according to government figures.”

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

remember, Social Security retirement benefits have grown at about half the rate that grocery costs (food to eat at home) have grown over the same time period. our seniors are screwed.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/trumps-midterm-malaise-endless-war-and-high-prices-could-spell-doom-for-republicans-in-november?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
brettcannon ("Brett Cannon") wrote:

Wrote a blog post about what gaps exist which prevent having reproducible builds for Python more broadly.

https://snarky.ca/whats-missing-to-have-reproducible-builds-on-pypi/

This came to me while writing my nomination statement for the PPC.

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

secret court proceedings should have no place in this country

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/new-orleans-journalist-handcuffing?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
Greenseer@toot.wales ("Greenseer (Dionne) 🩷🐇🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

One of the young jackdaws has become particularly relaxed around me. They injured their wing a few weeks ago and were unable to fly, so hopped around in the safety of our garden till they'd recovered their strength. Now, they've decided they like it here and stick around long after the other crows have finished their breakfast

So, we just had a lovely photoshoot 😍

#CorvidsOfMastodon #photography #birdsofmastodon

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
dkmackinnon@ottawa.place ("D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁") wrote:

Solar Farms Are Having An Unexpected Effect On The Environment

"Researchers with the Argonne National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (via IOPScience) [...] found that retired agricultural land can produce power while native plants thrive under and around the panels. They quickly saw an increase in the abundance and diversity of native plants and insects, especially pollinators. It's already known that solar panels are having a surprising effect on local wildlife."

Source: https://www.bgr.com/2233665/solar-farms-unexpected-ecosystem-benefits-growth/

https://flip.it/N..F.9

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
the_gneech@meow.social ("The Gneech! Awww Yeah") wrote:

Well ouch.

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

I keep seeing techbro companies pop up that are using names of things that already exist. It's hard to prove but I feel like this is because they're asking an LLM for advice, and the LLM is pulling a suggestion from something in its weights.

For example, we've been running an event named Hack & Craft for years, and there's a company that started a bit ago with that name.

And now I see a "Gooseworks" company, and there's a famous trans filmmaker named Gooseworx

I dunno, can't prove it, but it seems like that's what's happening

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

James O'Keefe is still a stupid fraud.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/16/james-okeefe-still-likes-to-play-dress-up/

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

Though, in their defence, the way the cancellation was phrased made it sound like the dermatologist had died from old age (or was on the verge of it)

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

If you want to get a sense of the state of Icelandic healthcare: I've been on a waiting list for a check-up at a dermatologist for over 15 months with no appointment scheduled since they cancelled on me a couple of weeks ago.

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

(I’ve been making this point from the very start of the bubble. Very few people listened and quite a few who did listen three years ago stopped listening when the bubble continued to grow which is the opposite of rational but, y’know, that’s people for you 🤷🏻‍♂️)

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

Your semi-regular reminder that given the size and extent of the “AI” bubble it’s an absolute certainty that fraud is involved in it somewhere. We don’t know the scale or location of the fraud but you simply do not get a trillion-dollar bubble without fraud, both financial and in information/discourse

And all that fraud is going to be lined up supporting “AI”. Calibrate your scepticism accordingly.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

look, it's quite normal for execs to jump ship from a large company *just before* it tries to do a huge IPO

https://www.ft.com/content/53082739-7714-4aae-9816-e55ab423cbee
archive: https://archive.is/2gNyj

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:") wrote:

It's a cheap way to make a pattern a little less repetitive

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:") wrote:

Admittedly one of my favourite parts of Strudel is injecting just a little randomness into my music

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

Yesterday, I learned that there is something called "buhurt".

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/16/kids-these-days-2/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mehdirhasan@mastox.eu ("Mehdi Hasan") wrote:

RT: @JamesSurowiecki The Greg Abbott who now says the government cannot favor one religion over another is the same Greg Abbott who signed a law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public-school classroom in Texas. Religious discrimination for me, not for thee.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MugsysRapSheet ("Trump & Epstein: Biz partners.") wrote:

#Republicans ❤️ to take credit for legislation they voted against.

#GOPHypocrisy

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nova@lunar.place ("Nova :neocat_floof_cute:") wrote:

​:neocat_floof_catmode:​

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org ("AI6YR Ben") wrote:

CNN: A software glitch prevented weather warnings from going out as deadly storms struck Midwest

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/weather/nws-warning-glitch-outage

#wx #alerts #nws #noaa

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

RE: https://mastodon.world/@paninid/117102570521905200

for some details, see also https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/united-states-v-jack-r-robinson

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
skinnylatte@hachyderm.io ("Adrianna Tan") wrote:

There was a lesbian reality dating show from China called LeLaLes.

1. Apparently no one wanted to date each other

2. Contestants were still in love with their exes

3. The director of the show started dating a contestant

4. Messy

So, they got ‘lesbian reality’ right but not ‘reality show’