@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-04-26 22:35:43
Tyreek Hill is the WR1 the Raiders need following the NFL draft https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/04/26/free-agent-wr-tyreek-hill-raiders-need-following-2026-nfl-draft/898…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-25 14:51:35
Instead of the Union Jack, passersby were greeted with Australia’s flag, a detail that might be technically defensible
—Charles is also Australia’s head of state
—but not diplomatically ideal.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dc-flubs-royal-…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-04-26 14:15:51
Niners GM John Lynch still hopes to trade Brandon Aiyuk following draft: 'Give us a call' https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-gm-john-lynch-still-hopes-to-trade-brandon-aiyuk-following-draft-give-us-a-call
@marcel@waldvogel.family2026-04-25 06:33:07
"By almost every measure, life is better than ever."
However, we often feel otherwise. And some people want us to believe otherwise.
The discrepancy is explained by Negativity Bias, Nostalgia Bias, and the slow but steady long-term overall improvements being shadowed by temporary setbacks.
Excellent explanation by Adrian Krebs.
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2026-04-26 18:14:50
A long time ago, when I was still going to school, I often thought about some class or other: "What's the point of this? I'm just wasting time on stuff I won't ever need. And my grades are going down because of it." So I supported all these bright ideas like having schools work the curriculum out with the industry.
Nowadays, I know better. The purpose of school is not to produce ready-made employees. It's to give people a wider perspective. Perhaps they won't use most of what they learn there, perhaps they'll have bad memories of some classes, but that doesn't really matter. What does matter is that you learn how to learn, how to reason, how to think.
I hate what's been happening to schools lately. They are becoming conveyor belts: we throw children on them, throw specific knowledge at them and see what sticks, we do exams and classify them. We expect to get a thoughtless laborer at the end, someone ready to take a specific job immediately.
A human whose only purpose in life is mindless labor and mindless consumption. Metaphorically, someone who's just going to spend their time off by drinking beer in the front of the TV and breeding more babies. Babies who will eventually become more cogs in the machine, fueling the infinite growth, trying to prevent this mindless system from falling apart.
#AntiCapitalism
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-06-25 22:38:37
NYT amends its lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, specifically accusing Microsoft of encouraging OpenAI to train AI systems using copyrighted NYT articles (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/technology/times-lawsuit-openai-micros…
@45names@mastodon.social2026-03-27 01:20:06
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2026-04-23 17:46:46
Wow. #Payoneer emailed me to say they closed my account without providing any information as to why in a manner that I first thought was spam.
"Please note, we will not be able to reactivate your Payoneer account.
We will also not be able to reply to any queries you send to our Customer Care Department."
I don't log in often so I'm not sure if there's any …
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-04-25 12:33:05
Excellent deep dive into that mysterious and overlooked cyberattack last December on Venezuela's state-owned oil company, which may not have been a ransomware attack but a US-originated wiper.
https://www.zetter-zeroday.com/hwiper-targeting-venezue…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-26 19:22:30
Flowing best right now near Eastern Goleta Valley
Updated about 1 hour ago
Ranked by live stream-gauge flow versus each waterfall's seasonal normal.
1Sisquoc Falls
Roaring · 0 cfs
96th
PERCENTILE
2Wellhouse Falls
Moderate · 4 cfs
62nd
PERCENTILE
3Rose Valley Falls
Moderate · 2 cfs
43rd
PERCENTILE
4Tangerine Falls
Moderate · 12 cfs
41st
PERCENTILE
5Nojoqui Falls
Moderate · 34 cfs
27th
PERCENTILE
6Jackson Falls
Low · 7 cfs
