@Techmeme@techhub.socialResearchers: during the 12-day Iran-Israel war, both sides engaged in unprecedented psychological warfare using AI content and social media to spread propaganda (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/technology/israel-iran-psychological-warfa…
@kubikpixel@chaos.social»Zurich AI Festival – Zürich stellt KI eine Woche lang in den Mittelpunkt:
Vom 29. September bis zum 4. Oktober 2025 findet das Zurich AI Festival statt. Auf dem Programm stehen Fachkonferenzen, Kunstinstallationen, Live-Demos und - als Herzstück - der AI X Summit an der ETH. Die Veranstalter rechnen mit rund 5000 Besuchern«
Ich werde wahrscheinlich dort hin gehen aber es auch ganz klar als Werbefestival ansehen.
🤔
@benb@osintua.eu'50 days is a very long time' — EU welcomes new US action on Ukraine, hesitant on timeline, Kallas says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/15/days-is-a-very-long.html
@heiseonline@social.heise.deGoogle baut doch kein eigenes Rechenzentrum in Berlin-Brandenburg
Google plante jahrelang den Bau eines großen Rechenzentrums in der Region Berlin-Brandenburg. Das Vorhaben wird jedoch nicht umgesetzt.
htt…
@ErikUden@mastodon.deI'd follow Mastodon to hell and back, I'd just wish it would stop going there
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social"Russia sees Trump’s 50-day window as a green light to keep up brutal offensive in Ukraine"
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/15/europe/putin-window-ukraine-war-trump-analysis-intl-hnk
@aral@mastodon.ar.alYou mean it fed directly into this promotional video. Having taken part as an invited expert on privacy and tech at the EU Parliament, I’ve seen firsthand how the points we raised at our meeting were entirely absent from the plenary session that followed and how the politicians went with their usual talking points and policies.
It’s good optics, though, right?
You want us to believe this? Publish actual changes in policy and link them to the contents of this meeting.
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyYesterday evening, it was New York. After over 50 mm (2 inches) of rain within an hour, three subway lines were shut down.
#ClimatechangeisWaterchange
https://www.
@frankel@mastodon.topMeasuring the Impact of Early-2025 #AI on Experienced Open-Source #DeveloperProductivity
https://
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioImagine if we had investments like this into clean energy, infrastructure like fast trains or into healthcare.
Instead it’s all set on fire for bullshit autocomplete.
@cyrevolt@mastodon.socialRust brings day-to-day happiness. 🥰 🦀
https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/07/meta-rust-dx/
@lmc@mastodon.socialOakland police illegally shared license plate data with ICE https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oakland-san-francisco-ice-license-plate-readers/
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialThanks, Jack White!
"On Sunday night, the Cactus Club launched a campaign with a video on social media, explaining that if all of their followers donated just one dollar, they would have more than enough funds to pay for the remainder of the construction. On Monday, they received a surprise donation from none other than Jack White, who kicked in the $20,000 necessary to fund the bump out extension."
@bourgwick@heads.social40 years ago this afternoon, the #GratefulDead on the beach in ventura, closing out the 1st half of their summer shows, a glorious day on the ocean. early summer ’85, show #14. BASTILLE YOUR FACE.
soundboard (some more clipping bass):
@cdarwin@c.imMark Norell,
Who Studied Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds,
Dies at 68
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/science/earth/mark-norell-dead.html
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaThe Los Angeles raids make Deaf immigrants more vulnerable: ‘ICE doesn’t care’
#Disabled
@muz4now@mastodon.world
@servelan@newsie.socialExcavation of Children’s Remains Begins at Irish Home for Unwed Mothers - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/world/europe/ireland-excavation-children-tuam.html
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialWhy Trump Can’t Make the Epstein Story Go Away: His brainwashing powers are finite.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/trum…
@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social«Fed up with ChatGPT, Latin America is building its own»
Please folks, the torment nexus isn't any better just because it's home-made… I hate how the intellectually bankrupt narratives of Silicon Valley are just copied over, as if that solved anything.
https://restofworld.org/2025/chatgpt-latin-america-alternative-latamgpt/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2 New Jersey Journalists Face Criminal Charges for Publishing Information From a Police Blotter (Jacob Sullum/Reason)
https://reason.com/2025/07/14/2-new-jersey-journalists-face-criminal-charges-for-publishing-information-from-a-police-blotter/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p156#a250714p156
@life_is@no-pony.farm@SunDial79@troet.cafe Frage an Dich und die Blinden-Bubble. Auf einer Website unter Barrierefreiheit finde ich im Unterpunkt "nicht barrierefreie Teile der Website": "Einbindung von Openstreetmap". Ich hatte gedacht, wenn es eine Landkartenanwendung im Web gibt, die eine Option für Blinde hat dann Openstreetmap? Was ist der Hintergrund?
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows"
#Health #PFAS #ForeverChemicals
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialDamn.... TV backlight is out. All the things in my house are colluding against me these past two weeks.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSome non-citizen journalists working in the US are self-censoring, wiping their social media accounts, canceling travel plans, and more, fearing deportation (Angela Fu/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialArthur Goes To Holyrood
#MythicalBandsAndMusicians
#HashTagGames
@UP8@mastodon.social🤼 To understand America today, study the zero-sum mindset, writes Stefanie Stantcheva
Young people and city-dwellers are among those most likely to see one group’s gain as another’s loss
(great insight into political psychology!)
https://www.
@fortune@social.linux.pizzatoday, n.:
A nice place to visit, but you can't stay here for long.
@stefan@gardenstate.socialI worry spending so much time shitting on how bad AI images look will be a trap when it changes style.
@Peti_is@no-pony.farmDie ePetition 183371 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Einkommensteuer mit dem Titel
Reform des Einkommensteuergesetzes im Hinblick auf die steuerliche Gleichbehandlung für alle wirtschaftlich verbundenen Partnerschaften
kann bis zum Dienstag 26. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Hiermit ersuche i…
@awinkler@openbiblio.socialLater, I'll be giving a talk at #IANLS25 on some quantitative analyses of Latin book prodcution in Germany (and Italy in part) from 1500 through 1800. Slides, code and data can be found here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15878272
@cheryanne@aus.socialYou know you've been together too long when you book your covid shots in on your anniversary. 🤦♀️
But I did check and we are planning on going to lunch afterwards.
We've been together since we were 22. I have absolutely no idea how that happened - it wasn't planned. But here we are - 41 years later. Bloody hell!
#Anniversary
@felwert@fedihum.orgOur English-language MA program in #ReligiousStudies attracts students from all over the world. Sometimes it can be a challenge to handle the diversity of undergrad training and disciplinary knowledge that our students bring with them. But this semester’s “ethics and politics of religious heritage” class was a delight. After a brief introduction, I let my students bring their topics, texts,…
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialich glaube die cdu wurde per losverfahren in den bundestag gewählt
@pixelcode@social.tchncs.deStell' dir vor, der wehrhafte #Rechtsstaat macht Hochverrätern den Prozess & keinen interessiert's.
„Sie wollten den Bundestag stürmen, die Regierung stürzen, die Minister liquidieren, »Köpfe rollen lassen«. Es ist der ultimative Angriff auf Staat & Gesellschaft.“
„Ein Prozess, der so groß ist, weil der Staat mit allem, was er hat, seine Werte verteidigt. Recht &…
@doktrock@toad.social#Minnesota lake life
@burger_jaap@mastodon.social"Abschminken muss man sich wohl die Idee, die Strom ausspeichernden Elektroautos könnten den teuren Netzausbau erschwinglicher machen. „Wir dimensionieren unser Netz für die Dunkelflaute“"
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/technik-mot…
@johl@mastodon.xyzHeute vor 80 Jahren, am 15. August 1945, endete die brutale Herrschaft des imperialistischen Japans über Korea.
In den mehreren Jahrzehnten der Besetzung hatte Japan koreanische Frauen und Mädchen für das kaiserliche Militär sexuell versklavt, Zwangsarbeiter für die Kriegsproduktion verschleppt, Oppositionelle eingesperrt und versucht, durch Namensänderungen und Verbot der Sprache die koreanische Identität zu vernichten. 1/2
@shriramk@mastodon.socialAbsolutely delighted to announce
Richard Eisenberg: @…
Karine Even-Mendoza
Emily First
Ben Hardekopf
Lindsey Kuper: @…
Stefan Marr: @…
@datascience@genomic.socialAutomatically describe data and models as text using the {report} package. #rstats
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.social
@ingo@social.stuetzle.cc„Ob die Fledermaus-Sprache auch eine eigene Grammatik hat, ist unklar. Die Forschenden wissen nur: Bei verschiedenen Lautäußerungen, die aus Einzelsilben zusammengesetzt sind, ist die Reihenfolge der Silben wichtig und darf nicht durcheinandergebracht werden.“
https://www.
@wonkestehle@openbiblio.socialWir suchen in der @… Verstärkung in der Webentwicklung im Team von @… :
Ab Herbst wollen wir mit Partnern in einem DFG-Projekt auch (noch) rechtebehaftete Digitalisate für Forschende besser zugänglich machen.
Alles Details hier…
@luana@wetdry.worldWoah the mobile webui of mastodon (or chuckya?) changed, it’s so much better now!!
@axbom@axbom.me
@carl@heath.socialSirener på natten, spansk sång på gatan fem minuter senare. Rostiga stridsvagnar, FREEDOM i metall, en mural med dikten som lovar gryning. Kyivs lågmälda motståndskraft påminner oss: frihet kräver omtanke, också långt från fronten.
https://carlheath.se/kyivs-muraler-sjunger-om-motsta…
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org@… Thanks, good points! Yeah, you’re right, that's not what auto-revert-mode is for. I’ll have another look and try to narrow down the problem.
@usul@piaille.frY a un traqueur, ils le savent, mais piquent quand même la camionette
« Les clés étaient dessus… » : désœuvrés, ils volent un fourgon rempli de colis Amazon en cours de livraison - Le Parisien
https://www.
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDie #Kernfusionskollektoranlage hat heute 0,495 kWh Energie eingefangen.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
Diese #Balkonsolaranlage wurde durch das Berliner SolarPLUS-Programm gefördert.
Einspeiseverlust: 5.13 %
@padraig@mastodon.ieWordle 1487 X/6
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GFY Wordle
@soundclamp@mastodon.xyzSounds like they picked up where the Quiet American project left off. That’s a good thing! There’s a new Mirt, recorded in the mountains of Thailand, out today.
https://mastodon.scot/@brianlavelle/114853519342164455
@benb@osintua.euGeneral Staff: Russia has lost 1,036,290 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/15/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIndia-based ride-hailing app Rapido starts testing its food delivery service Ownly in Bengaluru, marking its first serious move to challenge Swiggy and Zomato (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/indias-rapido-beg…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialWeTransfer heeft haar voorwaarden veranderd....
"Je verleent ons hierbij een eeuwigdurend, wereldwijd, niet-exclusief, royaltyvrij, overdraagbaar en in sublicentie te geven recht om jouw inhoud te gebruiken voor de doeleinden van het exploiteren, ontwikkelen, commercialiseren en verbeteren van de dienst of nieuwe technologieën of diensten, waaronder het verbeteren van de prestaties van machine learning-modellen die ons proces voor inhoudsmoderatie versterken"
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyConfirmed: another big jump in atmospheric CO2 concentration. The June average at Mauna Loa was 429.6 ppm, that's 2.7 ppm more than last year!
#co2 #emissions #climatechange
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialIt might be none right now but it's definitely been a few in the past.
@bourgwick@heads.socialmore jitters! more jitters! #nyc https://mastodon.cloud/@janggolan/114853927213830786
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump presents himself as strong, indomitable, and always forceful.
But when disaster strikes — whether hurricane, flash flood, or pandemic — he’s oddly helpless.
To hear Trump tell it, he has infinite power to do good and no power to do bad
-- and anyone who says otherwise is an enemy of the country.
To believe in MAGA is to believe in his simultaneous omnipotence and impotence, depending on whichever is convenient for partisan purposes.
This dynamic h…
@primonatura@mstdn.social @memeorandum@universeodon.comForeign journalists in the U.S. are self-censoring to protect themselves from the Trump administration (Angela Fu/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2025/foreign-journalists-in-the-u-s-are-self-censoring-to-protect-themselves-from-the-trump-administration/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p144#a250714p144
@fortune@social.linux.pizza... The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get
to know each other.
-- Kirk, "Elaan of Troyius", stardate 4372.5
@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social«AI is a tool (sorry!) that people who are bad at their jobs will use badly and that people who are good at their jobs will maybe, possibly find some uses for. People who are terrible at their jobs (many executives), will tell their employees that they “need” to use AI, that their jobs depend on it»
The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work
https://www.404media.co/the-medias-pivot-to-ai-is-not-real-and-not-going-to-work/
@muz4now@mastodon.worldIt’s been so hot and so unsettled (thunderstorms, heat waves, etc.) that we don’t know which way is up.
#DogsOfMastodon #MastoDogs
@benb@osintua.euSlovakia hints it won't block 18th sanctions package following EU assurances: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/15/slovakia-hints-it-wont-block.html
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSpotify's deal to bring video podcasts to Netflix bars shows from airing in full on YouTube; Netflix won't run ad breaks, but Spotify's integrated ads remain (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/business/media/netflix-spotify-pod…
@UP8@mastodon.social🐝 Warmer spots within fields have more blooms and more bees, researchers discover
#bees
@servelan@newsie.social‘Tax on your dinner table’: Trump’s new tariff ignites immediate backlash - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tomato-tariffs/
@Peti_is@no-pony.farmDie ePetition 182387 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Außenpolitik mit dem Titel
Sofortiger Stopp aller Waffenexporte durch Deutschland
kann bis zum Dienstag 26. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition wird der sofortige Stopp aller Waffenexporte durch Deutschland gefordert - für eine …
@luana@wetdry.worldI love how if you wanna install a KDE’s app for something you just need to search for “komething”
@doktrock@toad.socialFull Professor Position, of Environmental Biogeochemistry of Metals, at Division of Environmental Geosciences, Uni Vienna (@edge-vienna.bsky.social) #geology #Austria #Österreich
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNextdoor unveils new features like an interactive neighborhood map called Alerts, partners with 3,500 local news outlets, and more, to revitalize its app (Mia Sato/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/706618/nextdoor-redesign-ai-reco…
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI'm finally pleased with my 3D printed sign handle. It's two parts, bolts together with a cardboard sign between the pieces. I've made the back side larger so it can be glued to the sign to help stabilize it in wind. (Learned I needed that the hard way!)
#3Dprinting #protest
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyNATO SG Rutte with his 'daddy' Trump, by Ruben Oppenheimer in @nrc.nl today.
@cdarwin@c.imAnother Woman Arrested For Her Pregnancy Loss
All of these women—including ‘B’—are women of color.
Three of the four are Black women.
As is often the case, racism and misogyny skewed these women’s interactions with police, hospitals—even the media.
All had their mugshots splashed across local media outlets, for example,
and their pregnancy losses turned into crime stories with salacious headlines.
Reporting in Ohio claimed Watts had “clogged” her toilet …
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialWat een ontzettend goede column weer van Tom-Jan Meeus.
#NRC
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/09/14/de-zorgelijk-naieve-fase-waarin-de-land…
@bourgwick@heads.socialpeace to viv savage/david kaff. have a good time all the time. https://www.jambase.com/article/david-kaffinetti-viv-savage-spinal-tap-obituary
@memeorandum@universeodon.comIrish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: 'Nobody is safe' (Sam Levin/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/irish-tourist-ice-detention
http://www.memeorandum.com/250715/p33#a250715p33
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSpotify's video podcasts deal with Netflix will bring 16 shows to the platform, including The Bill Simmons Podcast, The Rewatchables, and Serial Killers (Spotify)
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2025-10-14/netflix-partnership-the-ringer…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLenovo reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $18.8B, vs. $17.4B est., and net profit surged 108% YoY to $505M, vs. $307.7M est., despite challenges from US tariffs (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-pc-maker-lenovo-q1-prof…
@Peti_is@no-pony.farmDie ePetition 182891 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Notare mit dem Titel
Anwesenheit beider Parteien bei der Vorbereitung einer notariellen Urkunde
kann bis zum Dienstag 26. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition wird gefordert, das Beurkundungsgesetz (BeurkG) dahingehend zu ändern,…
@UP8@mastodon.social🧑🏾⚕️ Primary care shortage affects 44% of Virginia's neighborhoods, almost 3.8 million residents, study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-primary-shortage-affects-virginia-neighborhoods.html
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyToday's main news on nu.nl: how Dutch holiday makers can save €20 by refueling their car in the country with the lowest gasoline price... https://www.nu.nl/economie/6362496/omrijden-voor-een-tankbeurt-op-vakantie-loont-dit-jaa…
@muz4now@mastodon.worldOutward and Inward – Sharing and Introspection #music https://muz4now.com/2022/outward-and-inward-sharing-and-introspection
@benb@osintua.euUkrainian forces repel Russian push toward Myrnohrad and Razine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/14/ukrainian-forces-repel-russian-push.html
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA look at Scholastic, as the publisher unveils a major restructuring intended to streamline its business and focuses on YouTube with shows based on its books (Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/scholas
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDinesh D'Souza Tells Viewers It's 'Time to Move On' From Epstein: 'They Have Closed the Case' (Charlie Nash/Mediaite)
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/dinesh-dsouza-tells-viewers-its-time-to-move-on-from-epstein-they-have-closed-the-case/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p143#a250714p143
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialIn het debat vinden veel mensen het moeilijk dat je tegelijk de moord op Charlie Kirk verschrikkelijk vindt en afkeurt, maar ook tegelijk zijn gedachtengoed en acties verwerpelijk vindt. Rechts grijpt helaas zijn moord aan om de persoon en zijn verderfelijke gedachtengoed te verheerlijken.
#CharlieKirk #politiek
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle plans to spend $9B in Oklahoma over two years on cloud and AI infrastructure, including a new data center campus and an expansion of its Pryor facility (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/google-pledge…
@UP8@mastodon.social😕 Why late surges in election results fuel fraud suspicions among voters
#elections
@Peti_is@no-pony.farmDie ePetition 182887 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Umgangs- und Sorgerecht der Eltern mit dem Titel
Entziehung des Sorgerechts bei nachgewiesener häuslicher Gewalt
kann bis zum Dienstag 26. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition wird gefordert, dass Elternteilen, die häusliche Gewa…
@muz4now@mastodon.worldHighlands Suite
- inspired by the Scottish Highlands -
#PianoImprov #NowPlaying
https://muz4no…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialStarz, which split from Lionsgate in May, reports Q2 revenue down 8% YoY to $319.7M, a net loss of $42.5M, and US streaming subscribers down 120K QoQ to 12.2M (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/starz-subscribers-earnings-q2-lio…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comExclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities (Max Kozlov/Nature)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02221-6
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p142#a250714p142
@muz4now@mastodon.worldDavid and Clare Rozzell – social song review #singersongwriter #song #songwriter
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Pragmatic '60 Minutes' Settlement (Jason Altmire/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-pragmatic-60-minutes-settlement-trump-cbs-journalism-9054817d?st=6Abb2V&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p141#a250714p141
@memeorandum@universeodon.comEmployees at the nation's consumer financial watchdog say it's become toothless under Trump (Ken Sweet/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/cfpb-vought-trump-rohit-chopra-banks-consumers-fef24aa0d7fdf46967df8041586743bd
http://www.memeorandum.com/250715/p44#a250715p44
@memeorandum@universeodon.comUS Senate again rejects Republican plan to end government shutdown (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/house-speaker-mike-johnson-shutdown
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p9#a251015p9
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump says he'll seek 'long-term' control of DC police and signals he'll target other cities next (Chris Stein/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/mayor-dc-trump-national-guard
http://www.memeorandum.com/250813/p110#a250813p110
@memeorandum@universeodon.comMan Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C. (Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/politics/federal-agent-trump-sandwich-dc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eE8.ACbS.y9rAnHm-eVuh&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/250813/p107#a250813p107
