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Hey folx! You probably see a lot of stuff from other social networks mirrored to Mastodon, how about we do it the other way around?
Recently, I've starred to mirror my posts to Instagram, Reddit, and other platforms, and I've had quite the success. My biggest post on Instagram, which is just one screenshot of a Mastodon post, has 44.5k likes and 256k views. My

Erik Uden on Instagram: "Babe, wake up. New man-made horrors beyond comprehension dropped!! In the end of the day, these companies probably realized that, just like with AI, they can somehow use scare tactics to attract venture capital. It's still a horrifying thing to think of, but possibly overblown to get money. The headline of the Science article reads: Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing By restoring some functions to intact brains from deceased donors, the startup Bexorg hopes to create a better drug development test bed for neurodegenerative diseases, written by Sara Reardon, published on the 20th of May 2026. Though, reading this Science article made me think: aren't we the brain? Am I missing something here? Now, of course the devil lies in the detail and the article makes it clear that this startup only restores “some functions”, which is certainly more complex in action than it is in theory written here, but certain language of the article makes me question the author's understanding of what is a human. The article writes: “Just a day ago, the brain was in a living person. Now, hours after its owner died, it sits on a cart draped in tubes [...]” What do you mean “it's owner” — isn't the brain it's owner? Isn't that where it's owner is? I mean, certainly the brain had no more activity, the person must've been declared brain dead by all standards before being sent to this startup, still it's odd hearing someone donated their brain instead of saying they've donated... themselves? Also “using a set of proprietary brain-sustaining machines” is a terrible sentence I always thought the people who don't donate their full body to hospitals are religious lunatics, but this is the first time I wrote something on my organ donor card. They can take my brain, but not as one piece."
45K likes, 971 comments - erik.uden on May 21, 2026: "Babe, wake up. New man-made horrors beyond comprehension dropped!! In the end of the day, these companies probably realized that, just like with AI, they can somehow use scare tactics to attract venture capital. It's still a horrifying thing to think of, but possibly overblown to get money. The headline of the Science article reads: Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing By restoring some functions to inta…

📚 My book review of Gewone mensen dragen geen machinegeweren: gedachten over oorlog
by Artem Chapeye
A very thoughtful book. The perspective of the philosopher at war, and the choices he needed to make is incredibly valuable. His writing hits very close to home, as he brings up scenarios and choices that led him to volunteer for the Ukrainian army. Highly recommended reading for realists and pacificsts alike.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Just finished "A Deepness in the Sky" by Vernor Vinge. A fascinating and epic science fiction novel with fascinating ideas about technology and also future societies. As I'm delving into a lot of sci fi looking for social imagination it's a good find in some ways but disappointing in others. The Qeng Ho culture is interesting, but their society is uninspiring; Vinge's rosy view of "trade" is not one I completely share, and their hierarchies and wealth accumulation are less compatible with their freedoms in my imagination than in Vinge's. That said, his perspective on the possibilities of galactic-scale civilization and the idea of the "age of failed dreams" are fascinating, especially right now, and his detailed ideas about programming, AI, automaton, and "Focus" are extremely relevant right now. Ultimately I didn't love some parts of the dénouement, and there's a lot of "great man theory of history" going on, including (only somewhat ameliorated) a focus on men over women. Vinge's damsels in distress have a lot more agency than usual for the role, but with the exception of Victory Sr. and Jr., the damsels are very much in distress, and Victory Sr. gets overshadowed a lot by Underhill.
It definitely helps one expand their imagination of what long-term and large-scale human existence could look like, which is great and no easy feat, and both the technologies that are written in and those written out are extremely convincing. The only thing I didn't find compelling was the transposition of capitalism onto such space and time scales. It's a very standard feature of sci fi from the last few decades, and I'm sure most readers don't question it, but I've become someone who can no longer imagine "capitalism across the stars" without questioning how realistic it is that its self-destructive tendencies could possibly last even a few more centuries, let alone succeed at interstellar travel.
One last extremely fascinating thing: how closely the strengths and weaknesses of Focus track with the strengths and weaknesses of modern generative AI. That, and the way that the "age of failed dreams" idea can help people imagine beyond generative AI in a positive way.
#AmReading #ReadingNow #Bookstodon

Let us pray...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWLKaWJEq9s/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Cinema Freak on Instagram: "😂 Fackham Hall is a satirical British comedy film released in December 2025. Written by comedian Jimmy Carr in his screenwriting debut, it is a parody of period dramas like Downton Abbey and Gosford Park, blending high-society drama with the slapstick style of movies like Airplane! and The Naked Gun. Plot & Cast The story is set in 1930s England and follows Eric Noone (played by Ben Radcliffe), a lovable pickpocket who blags his way into a job at the grand Fackham Hall estate. The Romance: Eric begins a forbidden romance with Rose Davenport (Thomasin McKenzie), the rebellious daughter of the house. The Conflict: The Davenport family, led by Lord Davenport (Damian Lewis) and Lady Davenport (Katherine Waterston), is facing financial ruin and needs Rose to marry her cousin Archibald (Tom Felton) to secure their inheritance. The Twist: A murder occurs at the manor, and Eric is framed, leading to a chaotic "whodunit" investigation. #reels #movie #funny #instagood #viral"
1M likes, 8,821 comments - cinemafreak_0407 on March 21, 2026: "😂 Fackham Hall is a satirical British comedy film released in December 2025. Written by comedian Jimmy Carr in his screenwriting debut, it is a parody of period dramas like Downton Abbey and Gosford Park, blending high-society drama with the slapstick style of movies like Airplane! and The Naked Gun. Plot & Cast The story is set in 1930s England and follows Eric Noone (played by Ben Radcliffe), a lovable pickpocket who blags …

It's not uncommon that I piss and moan over work - but today i realized that it's acctually a great work. This week I've been finishing a PBI dashboard, written a report about AI in health care and now I'm writing a scientific article about the need to involve relatives in the treatment of substance use in children and young adults. How can I be so ungrateful to moan about that? So today I'll change perspective and celebrate a great job.

one of my family's most recent church buddies is a tunisian immigrant who was converted to christianity by mormons then left when he realized they were mormons then got affiliated with some egyptian coptic church at some point so he got a greek bible verse tattooed on his neck cuz he thought it was coptic and also does cross motions one would do in a catholic church and also goes amen every time the pastor speaks in a way that suggests he mighta been in a black church at some point too and he's also implied he recently got released from prison and we don't know how much any of that shit has to do with the searching. my lil bro bonded with him over writing out arabic names and verses with church pens that broke in 2 seconds. love this guy i know the feeling bro

Bringing Swift to the Apple II
https://yeokhengmeng.com/2026/06/swift-on-apple-ii/?utm_source=fediverse
An interesting takeaway: systematically writing (or updating) documentation before starting to code may well become common practice again.

The ‘Analog Warmth’ of Vinyl Has Been Mostly Digital Since the ’80s, Says Sound Engineer | Headphonesty
I'm not giving up on a pure analog signal path, but this confirms my worst fear:
"The shift to digital processing in vinyl production began in 1979 when Ampex released their ADD-1 Digital Delay. This device, built specifically for vinyl cutting, soon became standard equipment in mastering studios across the globe."
They cite one and only one at-time-of-writing holdout; there must be more!
#theVinylFrontier #vinylrecords #analogaudio #musicianslife
https://www.headphonesty.com/2025/02/vinyl-records-gone-digital-process/