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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2025-11-24 08:13:24

"Dispensing false information in a confident tone, rather than offering no answer when none is readily available, is a major flaw of generative AI, experts say. An audit of the top 10 generative AI model... by the media literacy non-profit NewsGuard revealed that the non-response rates of chatbots went down from 31% in August 2024 to 0% in August 2025. At the same time, the chatbots’ likelihood of repeating false information almost doubled from 18% to 35%"

Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say

@alex_mastodon@troet.cafe
2026-01-23 06:56:02

🌈 Cadolzburg für Vielfalt und Demokratie am Samstag, 24. Januar 2026 vor dem Rathaus um 11 bis 13 Uhr.🎉
:BoostOK: Wiederholung am Samstag, 31. Januar.

✊💜 Eine Menschenkette soll ein Zeichen für #Vielfalt und #Demokratie setzen!

Nie wieder ist jetzt. Cadolzburg hält zusammen! Für Vielfalt und Demokratie . Wer wir sind: Wir fanden uns im Frühsommer 2024 aus Cadolzburger Einzelpersonen zusammen. Anlass war die Ablehnung eines AFD-Schulungszentrums im Gewerbegebiet „Am Farrnbach”. Wir gaben uns eine Gründungserklärung, in der wir uns von Rechtsextremismus abgrenzen und bei einem Treffen mit interessierten Vereinen entstand die Idee zum Straßenfest „Cadolzburg hält zusammen - für Demokratie und Vielfalt". Das Fest verz…
Gründungserklärung des Cadolzburger Bündnis gegen Rechtsextremismus 1. Wer sind wir? Wir sind ein überparteilieher Zusammenschluss demokratisch gesinnter Menschen aus dem Markt Qadolzburg. 2. Wofür stehen wir? * Wir stehen für eine demokratische Kultur des friedlichen Miteinanders und eine vielfältige Gesellschaft auf der Grundlage der Menschenrechte. Wir wollen ein friedliehes Qadolzburg und eine Gesellschaft, in der alle Menschen ihren Platz finden, unabhängig von Herkunft, Hautfarbe, s…
@mpsgoettingen@academiccloud.social
2026-01-21 08:37:38

A „magnetic avalanche“ on the #Sun! At the end of 2024, ESA’s #SolarOrbiter was lucky to witness a strong solar #flare – and observed the events leading up to this firework with unpreceden…

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-01-19 13:00:44

"Solar accounted for 7.24 million jobs in 2024"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Solar accounted for 7.24 million jobs in 2024
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s annual review into employment finds solar held over 43% of global jobs in the renewable energy sector in 2024. 

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-19 04:53:30

Google’s vibe-coding tool, Opal,
is making its way to Gemini.
The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool,
which lets you build AI-powered mini apps,
inside the Gemini web app,
allowing users to create their own custom apps,
which Google calls Gems.
Introduced in 2024,
Gems are customized versions of Gemini designed for specific tasks or scenarios.
For instance, some of Google’s pre-made Gems include
a learning coach,…

Quickstart  |  Opal  |  Google for Developers

@nemobis@mamot.fr
2026-01-13 13:44:54

Bloomberg News: «There is still a very real gap in the current value, or stock, of all the investments that the US and China have out in the world. At the end of 2024, the total value of US companies' long-term physical investments overseas was some $6.8 trillion», 5 more than China.
archive.is/WR8NN…

To be sure, American capital isn’t abandoning the world outside entirely and Chinese investment continues to be greeted with suspicion in many countries. There is still a very real gap in the current value, or stock, of all the investments that the US and China have out in the world. At the end of 2024, the total value of US companies’ long-term physical investments overseas was some $6.8 trillion, almost $4 trillion of which was in Europe according to official US data. China’s FDI stock in the…
annual investment in electricity generation rising from just over USD 500 billion over the last five years to more than USD 1 600 billion in 2030, before falling back as the cost of renewable energy technologies continues to decline. Annual nuclear investment rises too: it more than doubles by 2050 compared with current levels. Annual investment in fuel supply however drops from about USD 575 billion on average over the last half‐decade to USD 315 billion in 2030 and USD 110 billion in 2050. Th…
@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-02-13 09:42:03

from my link log —
A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks.
loriemerson.net/2024/08/31/a-b
saved 2026-02-12

a brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks
If you look at the table of contents for my book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, you’ll see that entries on networks before/outside the internet are arranged first by underl…

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2026-01-13 07:06:15

(2024) Rapid desensitization to retinally stabilized flickering stimuli iovs.arvojournals.org/article. To the extent that mechanisms for perceptual fading are in the brain it could have consequences for visual cortical prostheses.

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-12-15 13:00:15

Behold, the 1200 meter tall "Labyrinth" ice wall/fall at Morteratsch, Bernina group, Engadin. September 2024.
(A special place if you ever wanted/needed to feel real small, surrounded by majestic fourthousanders...)
#MountainMonday #MonocrhomeMonday

B&W photo of the near vertical section of a gigantic glacier, heavily crevassed and surrounded by large rock faces, heavily packed with snow. A cloud blowing over one of the summits in the back.
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-09 08:50:58

Q&A with Square product chief Willem Avé on Block's restructuring in 2024, AI automation, investing in crypto, the Lightning Network, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
theverge.com/podcast/839062/sq

Square’s product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money
Square’s Willem Avé thinks AI is the most exciting technology shift in two decades. Here’s what he thinks it will do for fintech.

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2025-12-13 19:03:34

Cinemablend's SD Comic-Con 2024 interview about Star Trek: Prodigy, including Kate Mulgrew herself.
▶️ 'Star Trek: Prodigy' Comic-Con 2024 Interview | Kate Mulgrew, Brett Gray...
youtube.com/watch?v=OV3Gyiv2Cv

@geant@mstdn.social
2026-01-08 13:26:52

#eduroam has been named one of the 13 Dutch brilliant breakthroughs by the Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Created in 2002 by Klaas Wierenga, eduroam started as a simple idea: make Wi-Fi secure, easy & free for students and researchers, wherever they go.
Today, eduroam connects people at almost 40,000 locations in 106 countries. In 2024 alone, it recorded over 8.4 billion authenticatio…

global map of eduroam hotspots
@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-02-08 10:20:23

RE: techhub.social/@Techmeme/11602
I wrote a lot about these rules in 2024 and 2025

@bthalpin@mastodon.social
2026-01-08 09:21:06

Total Cohort Fertility Rate and Total Period Fertility Rate for Ireland, using birth data up to end 2024. Consistent downward trend in both, the relative pause in the middle of the TPFR decline is associated with large net in-migration (including of young women) during the Celtic Tiger.
#mastodaoine

Line graph showing TCFR, cohorts born 1965-1979 yob rate 1965 2.215733 1966 2.164518 1967 2.14942 1968 2.157932 1969 2.167489 1970 2.129435 1971 2.115767 1972 2.111211 1973 2.096808 1974 2.090011 1975 2.075691 1976 2.057024 1977 2.057001 1978 2.060712 1979 2.051204
Line graph showing TPFR from 1980 to 2024 year rate 1980 3.188579 1981 3.039495 1982 2.935899 1983 2.735562 1984 2.575918 1985 2.469561 1986 2.414214 1987 2.293106 1988 2.142045 1989 2.046095 1990 2.080176 1991 2.064848 1992 1.977451 1993 1.889898 1994 1.830521 1995 1.839855 1996 1.888151 1997 1.937662 1998 1.938642 1999 1.900179 2000 1.891016 2001 1.947699 2002 1.962651 2003 1.956282 2004 …
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-08 13:25:37

The Academy reports fiscal 2025 revenues of $269.2M, up from $263.1M in 2024, after cutting expenses from $220.1M to $208.1M; Oscars revenue grew to $150.5M (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
hollywoodreporter.com/business

Film Academy Grows Oscars Revenue to $150 Million As It Trims Expenses
"It is so important that we continue to diversify revenue streams and control expenses to allow for a sustainable and impactful future," Academy CEO Bill Kramer tells THR.

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2026-01-11 13:14:01

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1211359 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Liniendiagramm zur kumulierten Anzahl an Balkonkraftwerken in Deutschland von 2018 bis 08.01.2026. Die Linie verläuft bis 2021 fast waagrecht und steigt ab 2022 zunehmend steil an. Ab 2023 zeigt sich ein starker Zuwachs, besonders deutlich ab 2024. Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1211359 registrierten Anlagen. Die Kurve deutet auf einen anhaltenden Boom hin.
@johnm@social.tchncs.de
2026-01-13 09:08:40

Apple bestätigt: Google Gemini wird neue Siri! Was das bedeutet
#Apple

Apple bestätigt: Google Gemini wird neue Siri! Was das bedeutet
Jetzt ist es offiziell: Google liefert mit Gemini den Unterbau für Apples künftige Siri-KI. Was das bedeutet, ob Eure Daten weiterhin sicher sind und die Gründe. #Apple #Google #AI Kapitelmarken: 00:00 Intro: Apple nutzt Google Gemini für Siri 00:50 Apples offizielle Bestätigung der Partnerschaft 01:50 Siris Niedergang: Vom Pionier zum Problemfall 03:00 Die gescheiterten Versprechen von 2024 04:05 Details zum Gemini-Deal und den Kosten 05:15 Unterschied zu ChatGPT-Integration 06:45 Date…

@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy
2026-01-02 13:53:25

Finally, a more modest increase in atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa: based on daily values, the December average was 427.5 ppm, that's 2.1 ppm more than last year
#emissions #co2 #climatechange…

Graph showing past 13 months of daily, weekly, and monthly values for CO2 at Mauna Loa: the rise towards the May peak above 430 ppm followed by the seasonal fall. December 2025 well above the December 2024 level.
@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-08 03:24:22

49ers LB Fred Warner and his wife Sydney welcome newborn daughter, Bella espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/475443

Fred Warner and wife, Sydney, announce birth of baby daughter - ESPN
The San Francisco 49ers linebacker and wife already have a baby boy, Beau, who was born in March 2024.

@benthos@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-02-08 17:12:25

Horse Lords - "As It Happened: Horse Lords Live" (2024)
#NowPlaying

Album cover features pink, blue, green, and yellow squiggly lines on a black background. The squiggles follow a thin brown line that kind of suggests a map with roads or territories traced.
@Europablog@mastodon.social
2026-02-08 13:42:00

In diesem Essay aus Mai 2024 erklärt Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, weshalb in gesellschafltichen Umbruchzeiten oft dritt- oder vierklassige Politiker in Regierungsverantwortung kommen.
europa.blog/de/das-ist-populis

Das ist Populismus: eine Politik, die sich aus wahltaktischen Gründen vollständig von der öffentlichen Meinung leiten lässt - Europa Blog
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@servelan@newsie.social
2025-11-28 23:13:18

Trump To Pardon Ex-Honduran President Who Got 45 Years In 2024 For Trafficking Over 400 Tons Of Cocaine - Joe.My.God.
joemygod.com/2025/11/trump-to-

@juer@juergenklute@digitalcourage.social
2026-02-08 13:46:07

In diesem Essay aus Mai 2024 erklärt Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, weshalb in gesellschafltichen Umbruchzeiten oft dritt- oder vierklassige Politiker in Regierungsverantwortung kommen.
europa.blog/de/das-ist-populis

@jom@social.kontrollapparat.de
2025-12-07 17:38:35

“Warum soll man sich bei Nachbarschaftsgrillen nicht über Steuergerechtigkeit unterhalten? … Das Steuergeheimnis schützt oft nur die, die keine Steuern bezahlen.“
Anne Brorhilker im Buch: Cum/Ex, Milliarden und Moral #finanzwende

Cum/Ex, Milliarden und Moral
Anne Brorhilker ist Juristin und war über zwei Jahrzehnte in der Staatsanwaltschaft Köln tätig. Als Oberstaatsanwältin ermittelte sie gegen Cum/Ex-Täter und erstritt zahlreiche rechtskräftige Urteile. Im April 2024 bat sie um die Entlassung aus dem ...

@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2026-01-31 14:28:57

It’s great to see a publication say “Naw, Fuck AI.” Support them if you can.
#noAI

No AI: This is Why Your Radavist Membership Matters
 Kyle Klain and John were having a conversation yesterday, when Kyle shared some AI-generated slop from Women's Health magazine with John. Women's Health is owned by parent company Hearst Corporation. This entity made $13 billion in 2024, yet they have to use AI to generate imagery for a clickbait article claiming cycling is better for weight loss and fitness than walking... TL;DR: PLEASE SUPPORT OUR HUMAN-BEING-GENERATED CONTENT Kyle began his text with "You should fucking highlight this shit…

@jake4480@c.im
2025-12-24 17:12:33

More rough, rowdy, noisy hardcore punk rock I've been playing a lot of lately (because one can never have enough) - it's WHO PAYS from Brooklyn and their ripping 2024 tape from last year, 'The Final Meal':
whopays.bandcamp.com/album/the
<…

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2025-12-08 13:14:28

Ein wachsender Anteil des in #Deutschland erzeugten #Solarstroms wird direkt vor Ort verbraucht.
2024 lag der #Eigenverbrauch laut

Immer größerer Solarstromanteil erreicht das öffentliche Netz nicht
Die Strompreise liegen heute weit über der Einspeisevergütung für Solarstrom. Eine Studie belegt, wie schnell der Eigenverbrauch deutscher Erzeuger steigt.

@scottmiller42@mstdn.social
2026-01-29 23:13:58

If a person says they didn't support Harris Walz because of (progressive reasons), but now admit they didn't realize it would get this bad and they should have supported Harris in 2024... I can at least respect that they are able to see it was a mistake and now regret their choice.
The progressive nitwits in January 2026 that can take a look at all this and still not regret their choice to snub Harris... I just can't understand it.

@nakatsubyjna@socel.net
2026-02-05 16:48:37

Revisiting Scarflette
nakatsubyjna.com/2026/02/05/re

Revisiting Scarflette
I started this Scarflette project in 2024(?) in Circulo Anne cotton yarn, and recently picked it up again. It’s pretty complex and has 10(!) charts, and it took me a while to figure out where I’d l…

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-05 19:51:09

A look at the First Amendment Watch's SLAPP Back Initiative, a US SLAPP tracker; in 2024, 69 of 500 cases involved the media, of which 46 were dismissed (Liam Scott/Columbia Journalism Review)
cjr.org/analysis/slapp-lawsuit

The SLAPP problem is worse than we thought.
As Donald Trump tests the limits of anti-press litigation, a new initiative aims to document the wave of nuisance suits.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-31 11:06:32

How the AI data center boom boosted Caterpillar's power and energy unit; generator sales are up 28% YoY through Sept. 2025, after growing 22% to $7.8B in 2024 (Bob Tita/Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/business/caterpillar-g

@krone@frawas.de
2026-01-26 14:41:13

ESC wird politisch - Kaleen: „Teilweise ein selbstgemachtes Problem“ #News #Nachrichten

ESC wird politisch - Kaleen: „Teilweise ein selbstgemachtes Problem“
Beim Eurovision Song Contest dreht sich eigentlich alles um Musik, Zusammenhalt und das große Europa-Feeling. Doch für Kaleen, die Österreich 2024 ...

@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy
2025-11-29 21:44:08

Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
theguardian.com/environment/20

Map showing Change in groundwater storage from Apr 2002 to Dec 2024, mm a year. Red = negative, covering most of Europe, except for Scandinavia Ireland, Sardinia, and some other small areas.

Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-02-14 13:16:38

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #JamzSupernova
Eddie Palmieri:
🎵 1983
#EddiePalmieri
eddiepalmieri.bandcamp.com/tra
open.spotify.com/track/5eYoGmw

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-12-02 18:13:42

Iran-linked hackers target Israeli, Egyptian critical infrastructure through phishing campaign therecord.media/iran-linked-ha

Iran-linked hackers target Israeli, Egyptian critical infrastructure through phishing campaign
Active between September 2024 and March 2025, the operation primarily targeted organizations in Israel’s technology, engineering, local government, educational and manufacturing sectors.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-29 04:45:13

As Emily Waldorf languished in an Arkansas hospital,
she felt like “a ticking time bomb”.
It was 2024, and the physical therapist was in the midst of miscarrying a much-wanted pregnancy.
But because her fetus still had a heartbeat, hospital officials said Arkansas’s near-total abortion ban blocked them from taking steps to induce labor and end her pregnancy.
Instead, Waldorf had to wait and hope that she didn’t develop a deadly infection.
Waldorf’s sister, Eli…

‘I was violated and put in extreme danger’: women denied abortions sue over Arkansas ban
Suit filed by Amplify Legal says laws violate constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2025-12-24 22:13:16

Bears, Patriots, Jaguars Reach Playoffs in Stunning 1st-Year Coaching Turnarounds foxsports.com/stories/nfl/bear

Bears, Patriots, Jaguars Reach Playoffs in Stunning 1st-Year Coaching Turnarounds
Chicago, New England and Jacksonville have clinched playoff spots this week after disappointing 2024 seasons, and now history awaits.

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2025-12-08 20:26:30

just looking at my archive of postgresql backups over the past 2 years of my mastodon instance.
In December 2023 just shy of 1 year since spinning it up, the compressed gz file of the database was 600MB.
By Aug 2024 it was 988MB
In April 2025 it was 1500MB
Today it is 1800MB.
That is a 2 user instance. Not small!
#selfhost #footiMac #Debian #mastodon #fediverse #upgrade

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-08 13:54:30

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Louis Culture:
🎵 Babe (6 Music Session, 8 Oct 2024) (feat. Tora-I)
#LouisCulture
open.spotify.com/track/4DbsTW4

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-07 06:52:13

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #AmyLamé
Sampha:
🎵 Dancing Circles (6 Music Session, 9 Jul 2024)
#Sampha
sampha.bandcamp.com/track/danc
open.spotify.com/track/6lNyT8T
Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like
- your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-29 07:51:13

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
True Faith:
🎵 Take Me Away
#TrueFaith
glenhorsborough1.bandcamp.com/

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-26 13:57:48

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Sahra Halgan:
🎵 Sharaf (6 Music Session, 15 May 2024)
#SahraHalgan
sahrahalgan.bandcamp.com/track
open.spotify.com/track/6a7b6cw