@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-08-20 13:21:07
NYC-based Bluefish Labs, which analyzes prompt responses for large brands to understand how LLMs answer consumer questions, raised a $20M Series A led by NEA (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/20/bluefish…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-11-18 14:55:12
Cardinals' Jonathan Gannon questioned about job status after 3-7 start: 'Not controllable for me' https://www.nfl.com/news/cardinals-jonathan-gannon-questioned-about-job-status-after-3-7-start-not-controllable-for-m…
@seedling@dice.camp2025-10-19 05:40:54
This is apparently what I'm doing this month instead of doing anything else with my life I'm actually supposed to be doing
#overUnder
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.social2025-10-19 20:05:37
Russland greift Kohlegrube in der Ukraine an
Das russische Militär hat nach offiziellen Angaben einen schweren Angriff gegen eine Kohlegrube in der ukrainischen Region Dnipropetrowsk durchgeführt. "Kurz vor Beginn der Heizperiode hat der Feind erneut einen Schlag gegen die ukrainische Energiewirtschaft geführt", teilte die Leitung des Bergwerks auf Telegram mit. Zum Zeitpunkt des Angriffs befanden sich 192 Bergarbeiter der Mi…
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@timbray@cosocial.ca2025-11-19 19:20:55
Here’s my 35th “Long Links” outing, curation of long-form offerings, which assume that nobody has time to read all this stuff but one or two of the pieces might brighten your day. This one is mostly political but some of the politics are from France and China. Plus a way-cool analytical history of blogging and a section labeled “wonderful things”.
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io2025-10-16 21:51:13
2/2 Reflection on #citizenship:
I do not treat the concept of “#democracy" lightly. I was born into the aftermath of centuries of totalitarian oppression that ended suddenly, leaving the nascent Ukrainian state of the late 90s and early 2000s floundering in the turbulent whirlpool of hopes and fears felt by millions of people who were finally allowed to ponder: how to build a free democratic state in the place of Soviet and imperial ruins?
I was taught the words "democracy", "citizen", "freedom", "voting", “liberty" (and more) by people who, less than two decades prior, weren't allowed to leave the borders of their country. I was told about self-determination by people whose political choices were ridiculed, punished, and eviscerated form most of their lives. The duty of governing ourselves felt to us ephemeral - a nice fantasy, akin to a fairytale or a utopia from fictional works.
And then I saw those same people fight with their bodies and souls once the previously unfathomable democracy was threatened. Protests in 2004, then again in 2014, then the unthinkable war against foreign invasion in 2022. Democracy no longer felt abstract or silly. It became as tangible as saying "I love you".
I write of Ukraine as I reflect on becoming a citizen of another country because the history and values of my adopted United States feel as real as the skin on my legs, the significance of its legacy lays as heavy as the weight of my waist-long hair, and the desire to uphold the freedoms of its Constitution burns my throat as harshly as dehydration after a long day in the sun.
People have asked me why I even want to join this country, when the present moment is shrouded in impenetrable darkness. And I answer: because I've felt the warmth of a newly lit fire of freedom breaking through shadows that for centuries looked like solid walls. I have seen kindness, and solidarity heal the fear and hate of oppression. I've seen liberty emerge from nothing but the human soul.
I am not a religious person, but I have faith. Faith in the ideals at the foundation of the American project. Faint but powerful recognition that "we the people" now includes me.
I love #America. And I hope to keep loving my home for the rest of my life.
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net2025-11-19 19:33:09
Series A, Episode 01 - The Way Back
P.A.: The President will be answering questions about new population control *?measures
RAVELLA: All our food and drink is treated with suppressants. Going without for a day and a half, they should be wearing off.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/101/9 B7…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-10-19 17:56:59
Frustrated with your phone doing stupid shit which you don't want it to? Me too. I've switched mine to only answer commands in some Chinese dialect. Which Chinese dialect? I don't know. I don't speak, write or read any Chinese.
I don't know that this will totally defeat it, but it's worth a try.
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.social2025-08-20 00:09:20
US-General: Tausende europäische Soldaten nötig
Für einen wirksamen Schutz der Ukraine vor zukünftigen Angriffen Russlands nach einem möglichen Friedensschluss bräuchte es nach Einschätzung des früheren Befehlshabers der US-Streitkräfte in Europa Tausende europäische Soldaten.
Die Europäer müssten gemeinsam mit den USA Sicherheitsgarantien schaffen, die echten Druck auf Moskau ausübten, sagte Ben H…
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@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.social2025-08-20 11:34:22
Lawrow pocht auf Beteiligung an Debatte über Sicherheitsgarantien
Der russische Außenminister Sergej Lawrow drängt darauf, dass sein Land an Gesprächen über mögliche Sicherheitsgarantien für die Ukraine beteiligt werden müsse. Der Kreml befürworte "verlässliche Sicherheitsgarantien" für die Ukraine, betonte Lawrow. Gespräche über Sicherheitsfragen ohne Russland führten jedoch auf einen "Pfad ins Nirgendwo".
Lawrow lobte die …
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