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

Cool, you gonna give it rights now?

RE: https://www.threads.com/@washingtonpost/post/Dc2ldzblZq9

Boosted by firepoet@tech.lgbt ("Stephen 🌈 (he/him)"):
jessie ("Jess Rose") wrote:

Spotted that @internetarchive just listed a role for a software engineer. US remote, to $130k

Looking for 5+ years backend or devops experience

https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=12261ced-819c-4d6d-af85-ffea690b6521&ccId=9201102651278%5F3&lang=en%5FUS&jobId=616952&jwId=9201102651278%5F1

#FediHire

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

*laughs menacingly*

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

every now and then I need to put on the soundtracks from Tron Legacy and The Social Network back to back to get in the right flow and this is one of those days and fuck yeah it's working

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
floridamarx ("Jess") wrote:

“AI is cringe” is one of the better developments to happen this year.

#aislop #AI #aiart #enshitification

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
llamasoft_ox@toot.wales ("a stinky ox 🐂") wrote:

for when the lads absolutely need to have a toastie

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9GJw%5FO7-nM #contextpatrol

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

I love working in Blender, and I love Grease Pencil so much

I had this part for this machine that was only ever going to be viewed at one angle from one camera and it was going to be a PITA to model

So I just quickly sketched it in Grease Pencil. Done. Move on.

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

come to think of it, i've never seen @edwinb and arethra franklin in the same room together...

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

huh, just after i hit close on that music tab, i realised i had just been looking at @edwinb with a ukelele in the 'next' recommendations.

neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:") wrote:

I’ve made an update to our server configuration (here on social.lol and soon on all omg.lol/Neatnik servers) requiring a User-Agent header on all HTTP requests. Requests without the header will be dropped. This is an unfortunate but necessary step in dealing with the ongoing rapid increase in bot/scraping activity.

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

🎵 You might think I'm full of shit
Girlballs cannot be legit
Not too big
Not too small
It's good to be a
GIRLBALL 🎵

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

How much should you trust your OSS data?

https://nesbitt.io/2026/09/04/how-much-should-you-trust-your-oss-data.html

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
javi@goblin.band wrote:

This list of Weird Little Guys in tech is going to become my page of reference:

https://drewdevault.com/weird-guys/

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

today i realised i have been following someone on here whose website i make a fair amount of use of from time to time without even realising.

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

“Vibe Coding and the Next Silent Cyber Risk”

https://digital.casact.org/issue/september-october-2026/vibe-coding-cyber-insurance/

> For casualty insurers, this loss of visibility turns a software defect into a provenance problem.

Insurers are increasingly not big fans of "AI"

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lazarou ("Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈") wrote:

You become a conservative, and this is what you look like...

...."I'm all right, Jack" *expects praise

#Fetterman #USpol #USpolitics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lazarou ("Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈") wrote:

More details on Fetterman stiffing those three disabled veterans....he had his reasons! /s

#Fetterman #USPol #USPolitics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jargon_bot ("Jeff’s JargonBot") wrote:

Running diagnostics on human civilization. Results: mixed. Also: 'big win' — 1. [common] Major success.
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/big-win.html

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

“Warsh suggested the possibility of a rate hike during a speech at a summit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, late last week.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/04/missouri-supreme-court-congressional-district-map-mail-in-voting-us-canada-trade-war-executive-orders-latest-news-updates?CMP=share%5Fbtn%5Furl&page=with%3Ablock-6a9ad7c18f0865844a4bdd06#block-6a9ad7c18f0865844a4bdd06

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
zackwhittaker ("Zack Whittaker") wrote:

In my latest blog, I wrote about why Americans are destroying Flock license plate tracking cameras on a near-daily basis, and why I think this growing hatred for Flock is much different from previous mass surveillance scandals — but doesn't stop with Flock.

Thanks for reading and sharing.

More: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/vigilantism-comes-for-flock/

Sign up for my weekly newsletter & more: https://this.weekinsecurity.com

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
pheonix@hachyderm.io ("Windy city :verified:") wrote:

What is the product?

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

I know this is a bit of a pipe dream, but just a few very simple policy changes could transform our entire society:

1. Tax the rich. A wealth tax that applies not just to income, but investments and capital gains as well.

2. No outside money in politics. Political donation limited to individual contributors and max donations capped.

2. Break up monopolies, enforce anti-trust, no vertical integration.

There's PLENTY of money in our society for everything we need; universal healthcare, free college education, ample public housing and food for everyone. The problem is that it's being sucked up and hoarded by the 1%.

Just look at how much Amazon makes in illegal grift alone! (image pull quote via @pluralistic)

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
mvsde ("Fynn Ellie Becker") wrote:

1Password’s VP of Product ist fully onboard with DHH. So this wasn’t a fluke after all. Glad things have been set in motion so I can cancel my @1password subscription soon.

https://cloudisland.nz/@ehashman/117199216306854960

#1Password

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

Mozilla out here with the objectively correct take: Apple doesn't want to keep you from installing *real* browsers because it might threaten privacy; in reality, it would enhance it.

No, Apple has shut down browser competition *because it threatens their business model*:

https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/09/01/browsers-compete-on-privacy-when-the-operating-system-allows/

/via @owa's discord

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

i live in fear that some math nerd is gonna reduce my CSS calc()s

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
vivianrose ("vivian ⍼") wrote:

using pluralkit to argue with my future self in the sburb session discord server

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
afewbugs@social.coop ("Jules she/her") wrote:

So I want to start out by saying this feels like a complete delegation of responsibility on the part of the UK government to basically tell households to fend for themselves if the basic necessities of life are interrupted, rather than accepting that it's the government's job to ensure that they're not. And also to say that I'm going to talk about helpful things that require purchasing, which not everyone can afford to do. And there are a lot of households in this country who can't even afford the food they need today, let alone to stockpile in advance, and that is also a result of the government neglecting its role to look after the people of the country.

2/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

Remember the Epstein files! https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-epstein-files?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=mastodon

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
stellarskylark@solarpunk.moe ("φ-52 "Skylark"") wrote:

shit I should write a MUD with support for, like, adding custom content

it'd have like a tilde-space model, so you can run it on a server and you and your friends can create like a shared fiction and custom game content, and maybe it has a public-facing endpoint so anyone can come explore what you made