@Techmeme@techhub.socialIndian AI app development platform Rocket.new raised a $15M seed led by Salesforce Ventures; it has 400K users, including 10K paid subscribers (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/22/rocket…
@tante@tldr.nettime.org"Low effort, unhelpful AI generated work is having a significant impact on collaboration at work. Approximately half of the people we surveyed viewed colleagues who sent workslop as less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output. Forty-two percent saw them as less trustworthy, "
(Original title: AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity)
@ErikUden@mastodon.deKennt jemand gute (ggf. Linke / progressive) Verlage welche auch Fiktionsbücher verbreiten? Ich kenne den Dietz Verlag für Sachbücher, habe aber einen Kumpel der einen Roman veröffentlichen will und eine drei Kapitel Leseprobe bereits hat. An wen könnte man sich da richten o.O?
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialAnother post talking about mapping all of my bike rides...
#biking
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, and Rupert Murdoch file to dismiss Trump's $10B defamation lawsuit over Jeffrey Epstein report, saying "the article is true" (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/09/trump-wall-street-journal-je…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioMy grandfather was as a full-on Nazi in World War II.
When he died, I was glad that he was gone.
Today, fascism is rising again and many are falling for its empty promises.
Don’t live your life in a way that your children and grandchildren will hate you.
@Life_is@no-pony.farm#Maischberger: 2 Gäste, ein Mann, eine Frau. Beide fallen dem anderen ins Wort. Die Frau wirft ein "Fallen Sie mir nicht ins Wort, ich habe das auch nicht getan." Der Mann sagt sorry und verstumnt. Das Problem: Die Frau ist Muttersprachlerin und ist gut zu verstehen, auch mit den Einsprachen. Der Mann spricht zwar schnell, mit großem und reichem Vokabular und richtiger Grammatik. Trotzdem ist es anstrengend seiner Rede zu folgen und nötig bis zum Ende zu hören, um sicher zu sein worauf er hinau…
@life_is@no-pony.farm#Maischberger: 2 Gäste, ein Mann, eine Frau. Beide fallen dem anderen ins Wort. Die Frau wirft ein "Fallen Sie mir nicht ins Wort, ich habe das auch nicht getan." Der Mann sagt sorry und verstumnt. Das Problem: Die Frau ist Muttersprachlerin und ist gut zu verstehen, auch mit den Einsprachen. Der Mann spricht zwar schnell, mit großem und reichem Vokabular und richtiger Grammatik. Trotzdem ist es anstrengend seiner Rede zu folgen und nötig bis zum Ende zu hören, um sicher zu sein worauf er hinau…
@robpike@hachyderm.ioThanks in part to @… and his investigations, I have replaced a massive space heater called a "Class A audio amplifier" with a tiny Class D whose cost is proportional to its volume, and am very pleased. So much space restored in the cabinet, so much wasted energy recovered, and to my aged ears no diminution in quality. 5 stars.
@davidaugust@mastodon.online
@erikdelareguera@mastodon.nuTrump och Macron möttes i natt, och hade ett rätt intressant meningsutbyte om #Gaza och detta med att erkänna Palestina som stat. "Well, I have to say I am on the side of Israel", sade Trump. https://www.youtub…
@zachleat@zachleat.com@… not this (very specific) time
@cdarwin@c.imWe haven’t mined on the moon yet, but companies are already buying its resources.
Finnish tech firm Bluefors,
a maker of ultracold refrigerator systems critical for quantum computing,
has purchased tens of thousands of liters of Helium-3 from the moon
— spending “above $300 million”
— through a commercial space company called Interlune.
The agreement, which has not been previously reported, marks the largest purchase of a natural resource from space
…
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social"‘A resistance to AI’: The author inviting readers to contribute to a mass memoir"
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/22/richard-beard-universal-turing-machine
The actual "memoir":
@servelan@newsie.socialFeds quietly delay cleanup of forever chemicals at military bases in Oregon, Washington • Washington State Standard
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/09/23/repub/feds-quietly-delay-cleanup-of-forever-chemicals-at-military-bases-in-oregon-washington/
@Dragofix@veganism.socialPoisoning crisis could drive vulture extinction in South Africa’s Kruger region https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/poisoning-crisis-could-drive-vulture-extinction-in-south-africas-kruger-region/
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineGegen #Lebensmittelverschwendung: Wenn #Radieschen zu lange oder zu warm gelagert werden, verlieren sie ihre Knackigkeit und werden schrumpelig. Mit einem einfachen Trick kann man sie aber retten! 🌱 Yeh. 😁
Neugierig, wie man es macht?
@eichkat3r@hessen.sociallol albanien wir in deutschland haben auch ne KI ministerin lasst euch was neues einfallen
@bourgwick@heads.socialthe frow show is back in the safe, perfumed garden of @…, filling in for daniel blumin & playing music to tune in to tune out to, from now 'til midnight ET. https://wfmu.org/playlists/JJ/250922…
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.socialJavascript programmers be like
);
@inthehands@hachyderm.io“the ‘entirety’ of the East Wing, which traditionally ••houses the first lady’s offices••”
Oh, I’d missed that detail. Could this whole thing be out of spite at Melania?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/22/east-wing-demolished-ballroom-construction/86841156007/
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzOoo, my small parcel form King's Seeds has just arrived **rubs hands**... my greenhouse is about to have some new residents...
@vosje62@mastodon.nlLol ...
Rembrandt als 'plagiaat pleger'.
😅
#Nieuwsuur
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaI have a map of the United States. It's actual size. I spent last summer
folding it. People ask me where I live, and I say, "E6".
-- Steven Wright
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Trump administration is expected to link autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy (NPR)
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5550153/trump-rfk-autism-tylenol-leucovorin-pregnancy
http://www.memeorandum.com/250922/p133#a250922p133
@ingo@social.stuetzle.cc„Sie beraten schon lange mietrechtlich im Berliner Mieterverein. In welcher Situation befinden wir uns gerade?
Es ist Wildwest, was hier abgeht. Fälle, von denen ich früher nicht zu träumen gewagt hätte. Kriminelle Machenschaften und Verstrickungen, die früher undenkbar waren. Damals wurde augenzwinkernd auch mal was gemacht, was nicht in Ordnung war. Aber das war nicht so flächendeckend wie heute. Es gibt Vermieter, die Scheiben einschlagen, nur damit die Wohnung nicht wieder vermietet…
@mela@zusammenkunft.netAnd hat tip to Nick for the speedy solution.
#FuckYouAppleForMessingWithMyWorkflows
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialJerks...
"Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars"
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/trump-cancels-trail-bike-lane-grants-deemed-hostile-to-cars
@noellabo@fedibird.comコミティア、みんなのスペースか遠いという難がある（今回、大きく3カ所に分かれている）
@adlerweb@social.adlerweb.info[BLOG] BitBastelei #658 – Schlechte-Witze-Buzzer https://www.adlerweb.info/blog/2025/08/24/bitbastelei-658-schlechte-witze-buzzer/
@aardrian@toot.cafe/me loading Tylenol into the breech of a shotgun purchased without any ID or background check at a gun show.
At least one of these has been rendered safe from children.
@jkohlmann@mastodon.socialI’ve decided there are only two types of “AI” that I acknowledge:
• Quake bots
• Adobe Illustrator CS6
@todbot@mastodon.socialClouds are looking particularly cool this morning in SoCal. Good morning!
@yaxu@post.lurk.organd one by one, the humane computing orgs pivoted to AI
@felwert@fedihum.orgBin sehr traurig, nicht auf der #FORGE25 zu sein, aber froh, das Philipp Tögel unseren @… würdig vertritt. Wer direkt mal in unseren Ansatz für die TEI-Modellierung heterogener multilingualer Textkorpora reinschnuppern will:
@roelgrif@mstdn.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialSource: Stripe is in talks to buy back shares from its VC backers at a $106.7B valuation; Sequoia bought $861M worth of shares in 2024 at a $70B valuation (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/23/stripe-buy-back-stock-vc
@tante@tldr.nettime.org"A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates to embrace the technology, few are seeing it create real value. [...] In collaboration with Stanford Social Media Lab, our research team at BetterUp Labs has identified one possible reason: Employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable looking work that ends up creating more work for their coworkers."
"Unlike this mental outsourc…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioAdded myself to this open letter demanding Rails Core hard fork Rails/remove DHH.
Consider adding yourself.
https://github.com/Floppy/plan-vert-letter
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSource: Disney CEO Bob Iger and Dana Walden, co-chair of Disney Entertainment, made the decision to return Jimmy Kimmel Live! to air (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/disney-abc-jimmy-kimmel-return.html
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialThis looks pretty cool...
"What Rides at Night: Queer, Feminist, Fantastical Bicycle Halloween Stories"
#bikeTooter
@zachleat@zachleat.comWe have power and we should use it: keep voting with your wallet.
https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-supporters-94b79634a19b2c4ce70a2b4195ef1175
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialich hasse es wenn sänger.innen beim refrain das mikrofon ins publikum halten statt selbst zu singen
ich werfe eventim 200€ für ein ticket in den schlund und soll dann auch noch selber singen? pfff näää
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social#UsPol #FreeSpeech #Kimmel
"Jimmy Kimmel will return to TV after highly criticized suspension"
@servelan@newsie.socialJudge Says Work on Revolution Wind Can Proceed, for Now - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/climate/revolution-wind-trump-orsted.html
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzHuh, how time flies. 6 or 7 years ago, at the OER Foundation, for whom I work as Open Source Technologist, we decided to replace our MailChimp with, eventually, a self-hosted instance of Mautic (https://mautic.org) to communicate with learners taking courses in our online open university courses (
@erikdelareguera@mastodon.nuTrump säger i FN att USA ska ta initiativ till ett globalt system för att kontrollera biologiska vapen, baserat på "AI-verifiering som alla kan lita på" och som "många säger är bland det bästa som hänt, men det kan också vara farligt, men det kan också vara väldigt bra."
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaJust because you're paranoid doesn't mean they AREN'T after you.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBondi taps Trump's former personal attorney as a top federal prosecutor (Kyle Cheney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/22/bondi-taps-lindsey-halligan-federal-prosecutor-00575547
http://www.memeorandum.com/250922/p108#a250922p108
@mela@zusammenkunft.net @tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDie #Kernfusionskollektoranlage hat heute 0,416 kWh Energie eingefangen.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
Diese #Balkonsolaranlage wurde durch das Berliner SolarPLUS-Programm gefördert.
Einspeiseverlust: 5.38 %
@noellabo@fedibird.com@… あべるおはよー！
@todbot@mastodon.social@… When I first moved to Pasadena, the two drive-thru dairies there I knew of were notorious for selling you weed (before it was legal) if you asked for a special product
@yaxu@post.lurk.orgAny reading recommendations for a small collective looking to move from google dependency to self-hosting?
We're collecting some resources here:
https://doc.patternclub.org/s/QCwRlvO1A#
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAlibaba releases the Qwen3-VL vision models, the Qwen3Guard "safety moderation" models, and three closed-weight models, including Qwen3-Max with 1T parameters (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/23/qwen3-vl/
@vosje62@mastodon.nl @ingo@social.stuetzle.ccWar hier mal die Studie zur Zukunft des Lesens Thema? Gibt es threads dazu? Posts? https://www.ifd-allensbach.de/fileadmin/AWA/AWA_Praesentationen/2025/02_AWA2025_Mavrogiannis_Zukunft_des_Lesens.pdf
@roelgrif@mstdn.socialSo true.
#freeSpeech
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgI feel this so deeply in my bones.
Working in an agency full of creatives this very much speaks to me.
https://mastodon.social/@anon_opin/115253241854400858
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialCascade PBS in Seattle lays off 12% of staff, or 17 employees, due to the federal funding rescission and will stop producing long-form written journalism (Julian Wyllie/Current)
https://current.org/2025/09/cascade-pbs-cuts-12-of-staff/
@zachleat@zachleat.com@… only corvettes go to heaven
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialThe only phrase that sums things up is "I Feel Like I'm Taking Crazy Pills!"
I don't know how the experts I hear on NPR can talk after hearing a Trump audio clip that is clearing the ramblings of a madman and not call it out as such.
They somehow remain all serious and explain things clearly. How do they do it?
#USPOL
@Techmeme@techhub.social @eichkat3r@hessen.socialwann genau ist heute eigentlich die entrückung
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaIf a person is FAMOUS in this country, they have to go on the ROAD for
MONTHS at a time and have their name misspelled on the SIDE of a
GREYHOUND SCENICRUISER!!
@noellabo@fedibird.comおはようございます（本日はコミティア154）
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Warum werden Menschen immer wieder von #Hochwasser überrascht?
Wenn #Starkregen zur Gefahr wird, spielt oft mehr mit hinein als man denkt – auch das Thema Vorbereitung. Viele unterschätzen immer noch die
@memeorandum@universeodon.comFederal judge orders Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA medical research grants (Jaweed Kaleem/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-22/rita-lin-federal-judge-restores-ucla-nih-grants
http://www.memeorandum.com/250922/p136#a250922p136
@roelgrif@mstdn.socialWaarom wandelt iedereen toch met handschoentjes om Wilders heen de afgelopen dagen?
Wilders bij anti-AZC-acties: 'accepteer het niet als de gemeenteraad toch voor het AZC stemt, jullie zijn de baas en genoeg is genoeg'.
Zaterdag klonk dat 'genoeg is genoeg' uit de mond van *zijn* (gewelddadige) supporters.
Die erg teleurgesteld waren dat Wilders hen op die middag ineens 'tuig' noemde.
Stel Wilders krijgt onverhoopt meer dan 75 kamerzetels, da…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDallasNews Corporation shareholders approve a merger with Hearst, shutting out an unsolicited bid from an affiliate of Alden Global Capital (Javier E. David/Dallas Morning News)
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/09/23/dallasnews-corpor…
@zachleat@zachleat.com@… Congratulations on the release!!
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialschade dass es in der mensa kein happy meal mit labubu gibt
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaCome, muse, let us sing of rats!
-- From a poem by James Grainger, 1721-1767
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialMilwaukee is getting a "slingshot bar" and we've already got an "axe throwing bar"...
So I guess all the activities I did as a kid (and got in trouble for) are now encouraged... but with alcohol!
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAuterion, which provides autopilot and swarming software for military drones, raised $130M led by Bessemer at a $600M valuation, says it has ~$100M in revenue (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
@noellabo@fedibird.comさきほど、ちょっとメンテで再起動しました。
・unsubscribe（購読解除）のAPI応答がrelationshipを返さなかった不具合の修正
・依存関係（Gem）の更新
・Monaが引用を含む投稿を表示できるように臨時措置（引用ではなくURL展開になります）
#fedibird #fedibird_info
@roelgrif@mstdn.socialHoe lang gaat het duren voordat #Evilgoz terugwandelt van het standpunt 'Antifa is een terroristische organisatie'?
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFiling: CFPB scrapped a 2024 Apple credit card settlement implemented under Biden, ending oversight requirements years early; Apple had already paid a $25M fine (Christian Martinez/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa…
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI try to appreciate when people tell me I'm wrong and suggest a better way to do things. (Most of the time, anyway!)
@noellabo@fedibird.comつまり、日本での“スパイアンドスパイ”という名前は、ローカライズ担当者による命名と、日本のユーザーに分かりやすくする意図から生まれ、広告などで拡散され定着したことが理由です。
情報源
[1] 南国指令!!スパイvsスパイとは？ わかりやすく解説 https://www.weblio.jp/content/南国指令!!スパイvsスパイ
[2] 南国指令!!スパイvsスパイ
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialChinese movies have averaged ~20% of the global box office since 2020, with 98% of their earnings coming from their domestic market, as America's dominance ebbs (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-china-box-office/
@roelgrif@mstdn.social @rasterweb@mastodon.socialRE: https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/115254458216672707
The more people dead in the US the fewer people there are and the easier it will be to control the citizens?
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: humanoid robotics startup 1X is seeking to raise up to $1B at a $10B valuation, more than 12x its previous valuation from a January financing (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/humanoid-robot-developer-1x-targ…
@noellabo@fedibird.com生成AIに調べてもらったシリーズ。
スパイバーサススパイではなく、スパイアンドスパイの理由。
最新テクノロジーこそ、こういうくだらないことに使いたい。
--
「スパイvsスパイ」日本版ローカライズの由来は、1980年代にファミコン向けにケムコ（コトブキシステム）によって移植・発売された際に、「Spy vs Spy」の“vs”部分を「アンド」と読ませる独自のタイトル表記「スパイアンドスパイ」が使われたことにあります[1][2][3]。
この“アンド”呼称の理由は明確な公式説明が残っていませんが、主な要因としては
- 英語“vs.”（versus）が日本ではあまり馴染みがなく、分かりやすくするため“and（アンド）”と呼称した
- ローカライズ担当会社（ケムコ）がパッケージや広告、公式資料で“アンド”と記載したため定着した
といった“日本流の覚えやすいネーミング”から来ているとみられます[3][2]。
さらに日本版「南国指令!!スパイvsスパイ」やゲームボーイ版でも“スパイアンドス…
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialIf I say "Enjoy your privilege!" do you consider that an insult?
Or is it just the person who thought it was an insult considers it an insult and that's what's wrong with them...
@Techmeme@techhub.socialiPhone 17 Pro teardown: the anodized aluminum scratches badly around the camera plateau edge, the screwed-in battery is a cool repairability upgrade, and more (Elizabeth Chamberlain/iFixit News)
https://www.ifixit.com/News/113388/iphone-17-pro-teardown
@noellabo@fedibird.com春雷麺ってなんだろうね？ おいしいの？
QT: https://misskey.io/notes/abskyic2dz9s05o0
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFiling: Strava voluntarily dismissed its patent lawsuit against Garmin, for allegedly infringing its heat map and segments features, just 21 days after filing (Ray Maker/DC Rainmaker)
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/10/strava-drops-voluntarily-lawsuit-again…
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialPart of the bike lane "slalom course" on Hampton Avenue on my ride to work...
The freeway entrance ahead is closed but honestly I don't know what good putting these in the bike lane does besides get in my way.
#biking #bikeTooter
@noellabo@fedibird.comああ、お腹空いた
とか
トイレ行きたい
ってのが有益な投稿だったりもするんで、何が有益かなんて投稿者にはわからんのです。
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOver 200 prominent figures, including senior staffers at AI companies, call for international action to create "red lines" for AI development by the end of 2026 (Shakeel Hashim/Transformer)
https://www.transformernews.ai/p/nobel-laureate…
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialOne thing I wasn't ready for on the bike commute was the bugs. Riding next to the river in summer is wonderful, but now when I head home the bugs are out, and they are tiny little bastards that fly into my face and my arms and get stuck on me. I do not love it. Hoping this works.
#biking #bikeTooter
@noellabo@fedibird.com（だんだんニコチャン大王みたいになってきたな……）
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialPan Yay! Got the Ortleib panniers and wow are they nice. Bonus that my backpack fits nicely in one of them.
#biking #bikeTooter
@noellabo@fedibird.com無益なことを気兼ねなく発信できて、適当にスルーしてくれるっていうのが醍醐味じゃないかな。
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialSometimes I words get up mixed in morning the when not I am awake totally.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialQ&A with GM CEO Mary Barra and CPO Sterling Anderson on GM's plans for AI and autonomous driving, ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars, more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/803379/gm
@Techmeme@techhub.socialApple's Houston manufacturing facility, originally scheduled to open in 2026, is now shipping AI servers that power Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute (Brooke Singman/Fox Business)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/apple…
![screenshot of the Wikipedia entry for Paracetamol: Paracetamol Paracetamol, or acetaminophen, is a non-opioid analgesic and antipyretic agent used to treat fever and mild to moderate pain. It is a widely available over-the-counter drug sold under various brand names, including Tylenol and Panadol. [molecular diagram and imagery of Paracetamol]](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/251/033/105/680/641/original/3f1f4f513037a79e.png)
