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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

penciled in for 4:20pm on BBC West Midlands to talk about chatbot addiction

after two frickin years i'm *finally* getting the media calls about ai

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

Today is a low spoons day... :neocat_facepalm:​

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

I don’t begrudge anybody using—even enthusiastically—LLMs for coding. They’ve become mandatory in many workplaces. But if you’re promoting or normalising generative models then you’re allied with religious extremists, fascists, and grifters and you’ve already picked a side opposing the rest of us

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puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social ("Amber :neodog_box:") wrote:

real. ​:overjoyed:​

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passenger@kolektiva.social ("Passenger") wrote:

"humanity is destroying the Earth" factoid actualy just statistical error. average human destroys zero Earths. Investments Georg, who lives in penthouse & builds natural gas power plants to run datacentres nobody wants, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.

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soller@floss.social ("Jeremy Soller 🦀") wrote:

COSMIC projects will no longer accept LLM-generated content in PRs.

There are various reasons, and I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings. The primary reason is simply our team's load for reviews. In particular, we would like to prioritize working on contributions from our own team and regular contributors, while we have been receiving far more changes from first-time contributors using LLMs. These changes are often unplanned and have had a low acceptance rate.

1/2

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I have no idea why this house is in this condition. It's a real shame because it's in a great area.

#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #nature #abandoned #decay #trees

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
patigallardo.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Jesus Christ, serious people are falling for this narrative.

How did they go from «everything is normal, calm down» to «the computer is plotting to kill us»?

I want us to take these people seriously, not because they’re right (they’re nuts), but because they’re powerful.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybtyn5l4nljys46ijqtpldaw/post/3mvy53ns44k23

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kjhealy ("Kieran Healy") wrote:

Trump Tourism Effects, or, that can’t be right. https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2026/10/01/trump-tourism-effects/

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

gloating point

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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

Amazon seeks to offload $8bn of Nvidia chips to external investors

https://app.ft.com/content/97d8d346-519e-48fb-8df8-66cf5f12ef62

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

Interview: AI is not the threat. It's the people building it "that are the existential risks to humanity."

"If a bridge collapses, we don’t ever ask, “Was the bridge uncontrollable? Was the bridge unethical?” And really, AI is no different than that."

When we describe these systems as if they have their own agency, we’re helping the companies market themselves. "We’re also helping them sidestep accountability."

~Timnit Gebru

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/10/1/timnit%5Fgebru%5Fai

#USPol #EUPol #News #AI #TechFascism .

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

People keep posting graphs without linking to sources 😑

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

“Anthropic IPO filing: the disaster in numbers – Pivot to AI”

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/01/anthropic-ipo-filing-the-disaster-in-numbers/

> Anthropic warns how many of its largest clients are not locked into long-term contracts and could drop Anthropic in a moment.

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

git-pkgs v0.21.0 is out: fail CI on high/critical vulnerabilities with --fail-on high, get changelogs starting at your installed version, and see every dependency occurrence in outdated reports. Plus fixes for vulnerability reports across branches.

https://github.com/git-pkgs/git-pkgs/releases/tag/v0.21.0

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

To demonstrate the squishiness of the #Plushtodon... which are now up for pre-order (shipping expected to start beginning of November)

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/pre-order-mastodon-plushie-20cm-plushtodon

Attachments:

• gifv: A pink 20cm Mastodon stuffed toy being picked up and squished like a marshmallow in slow motion.

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

Oh no... I don't like it when my apps have "fresh new look"s... keep the tired old ones please

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

I had a dream about going to a midnight Tesco's last night.... what do they put in those ready meals????

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SnoopJ@hachyderm.io ("SpookJ 👻") wrote:

Happy "Charles Darwin is poorly today" Day to those who celebrate

165 years ago today, Charles Darwin was having a rough one

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photophorez@goblin.camp ("Liv, Salty Dog") wrote:

A crucial thing you need to remember if you ever wish to start sewing is that a sewing machine is like a printer, or a horse. It can smell your fear and it probably hates you

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adub@beige.party ("A-Dub 🥝") wrote:

go Dr. Andrew Boozary go 👨‍⚕️ 🩺

> A Toronto hospital network is set to greatly expand its unique permanent housing program that largely serves homeless people who visit hospital emergency departments an inordinate amount of time.

> Dunn House has seen great success in the early days for its 51 residents, a model that will expand to help 300 people.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-dunn-house-9.7365728

#HousingForAll #HealthCareForAll

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Lisseuse@fnordon.de wrote:

Ich habe einen Apfel gemalt.

Graphite Aquarelle, Pastellkreide und Aquarellfarbe auf Bamboo Mixed Media

#kleinekunstklasse #mastoart #apfel

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tagnachtlampe@norden.social ("TagNachtLampe") wrote:

#SpookyTober #monatsmalerei
2 return to sender

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Augur@mastoart.social wrote:

#Cosmictober isn't safe from #piracy as this #spacepirate shows, ready to enter and loot your ship!

#KleineKunstklasse

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
samir@functional.computer ("samir, fake programmer") wrote:

Velma voice: my headphones, I can’t do anything without my headphones!

jwz wrote:

It's not illegal if you buy new laws.

Lyft has to pay out $272 million for the fraud they perpetrated on their employees from 2016 through 2020! But then in 2020, they spent $200 million to make that fraud legal, so now they won't have to pay that...
https://jwz.org/b/ylAu

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
zzclaybourne@wandering.shop ("Zig Claybourne") wrote:

THE KICKSTARTER IS LIVE! AND THEY LOVE KHUMALOS!

This is go-time. For the next few weeks, KHUMALO TALES, the 3rd in the Khumalo family trilogy, is my LIFE. New readers, old readers, curious readers: ALL ARE WELCOME HERE.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidiansky/khumalo-tales

#witchtober #fantasy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

hey @olemoritz 3.10 is EOL today, any chance we can get an updated Pythonista soon? 🥺

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

@glyph @miss_rodent @iris_meredith also, of course, headless machines have neither

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

It's officially Biketober! If you haven't done Biketober before, it's a friendly, honor-system competition to get as many people riding bicycles as possible during the month of October! You get points for miles ridden, but more importantly you get more points for every day you ride, even if it's only a quick around-the-block and for getting new people riding bikes!

Join me!

https://www.lovetoride.net/atlanta?ic=cba15c23

#Biketober #Bicycles #BikeTooter #BikeNite