Tootfinder

This is a really really positive thing.
But it also irks me just a little that my kids and others looking for standard service-industry work apply for dozens of "job openings" and 95% of the time they are ghosted and of the 5% that give an answer, 95% of those are unsuccessful.
The general job market is broken
#bcpoli #canpoli #jobs https://hci.social/@tod/115210849953973339

My guesses at the answers, without actually having specs over even being able to go past the WaPo paywall:
1. 👍
2. 👎
3. 😐 or maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
4. 😬

My Favorite Streamer is an LLM: Discovering, Bonding, and Co-Creating in AI VTuber Fandom
Jiayi Ye, Chaoran Chen, Yue Huang, Yanfang Ye, Toby Jia-Jun Li, Xiangliang Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10427

My Favorite Streamer is an LLM: Discovering, Bonding, and Co-Creating in AI VTuber Fandom
AI VTubers, where the performer is not human but algorithmically generated, introduce a new context for fandom. While human VTubers have been substantially studied for their cultural appeal, parasocial dynamics, and community economies, little is known about how audiences engage with their AI counterparts. To address this gap, we present a qualitative study of Neuro-sama, the most prominent AI VTuber. Our findings show that engagement is anchored in active co-creation: audiences are drawn by th…

The Energy Spectrum of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays across Declinations $-90^\circ$ to $ 44.8^\circ$ as measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory
Collaboration, Halim, Abreu, Aglietta, Allekotte, Cheminant, Almela, Aloisio, Alvarez-Mu\~niz, Ambrosone, Yebra, Anastasi, Anchordoqui, Andrada, Dourado, Andringa, Apollonio, Aramo, Arnone, Vel\'azquez, Assis, Avila, Avocone, Bakalova, Barbato, Mocellin, Bellido, Berat, Bertaina, Bianciotto, Biermann, Binet, Bismark, Bister, Biteau, Blaze…

The Energy Spectrum of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays across Declinations $-90^\circ$ to $+44.8^\circ$ as measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory
The energy spectrum of cosmic rays above 2.5 EeV has been measured across the declination range $-90^\circ \leqδ\leq +44.8^\circ$ using data from $\sim 310{,}000$ events accrued at the Pierre Auger Observatory from an exposure of $(104{,}900\pm 3{,}100)$ km$^2\,$sr$\,$yr. No significant variations of energy spectra with declination are observed, after allowing or not for non-uniformities across the sky arising from the well-established dipolar anisotropies in the arrival directions of ultra-hi…

Short question to anyone with a Mobilizon account:
If I send you from Mastodon a private message, are you able to receive it / read it in Mobilzon? Thx.
(I'm still waiting for an answer, so maybe it's just not working...)
#fediverse #mastodon

Mittwoch: Schadenersatz für deutschen Facebook-Nutzer, Sicherheitslecks bei AMD
Datenschutz-Urteil gegen Meta AMD-CPUs mit Lücken Verhaftung nach Exchange-Angriffen Drohnen-Mutterschiff von Airbus USA gegen Apple wegen iPhones

Apple responds to the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit from March 2024, saying it sets "a dangerous precedent" and "threatens the very principles that set iPhone apart" (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/29/apple-doj-lawsuit-answer-iphone/

Apple slams DOJ lawsuit: ’threatens the very principles that set iPhone apart’ - 9to5Mac
The US Department of Justice formally sued Apple in March 2024, accusing the company of having a “smartphone monopoly.” Apple...

👽 Conspiracy theory participation expands as research reveals participatory culture appeal
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-conspiracy-theory-reveals-participatory-culture.html

Conspiracy theory participation expands as research reveals participatory culture appeal
A five-year study dispels the stereotype of conspiracy theorists as angry loners or keyboard warriors. Rather, social and emotional connections provided by conspiracy theorists are recruiting diverse participants on a growing scale.

Schnell installieren: Apple fixt Zero-Day-Angriff in WebKit
Google zufolge wurde eine WebKit-Lücke in Chrome bereits aktiv angegriffen. Apples Sicherheitshinweise enthalten dazu aber keine Angaben.
https://www.…