Tootfinder

If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’ https://www.404media.co/if-ai-is-sentient-then-so-is-age-of-empires-ii/

Wir wissen viel über #Pegasus und den Einsatz staatlicher #Spyware. Aber fast nichts darüber, wie sowas geschlechtsspezifisch unterschiedlich eingesetzt wird:
„These tactics manifest across dimensions as (1) family-as-leverage (2) sexualized smear or morality attack; (3) intimate imagery expo…

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…

RE: https://mstdn.social/@ManyRoads/116940674227040563
Give them a break, it’s a hard decision whether to support genocide or not.

Climate alarm!
This is NOT within normal bounds for the Netherlands: the second half of June is now forecasted to become the warmest in 126 years, beating June 2023 by a margin of over 3°C!
24-hour average of 23.4°C, in this forecast.

AIdipus complex https://betakit.com/ai-godfather-geoffrey-hinton-says-we-must-convince-ai-that-its-our-mother/

Sources: the EU Parliament plans to launch EPGenAI Hub as early as September, giving MEPs and staff access to Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral models (Max Griera/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-european-parliaments-answer-to-its-ai…

The European Parliament’s answer to its AI worries: More AI
The institution is opening its doors to models from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Mistral as it tries to bring lawmakers’ growing use of the technology under control.

POL-NOM: 31-jähriger alleinbeteiligt auf B247 verunfallt Northeim (ots) - 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, B247, Sonntag, 19.04.2026, 17.30 Uhr NORTHEIM (mil) - Am Sonntagnachmittag kam es auf der B247 zu einem Verkehrsunfall, bei dem ein 31-jähriger Mann leicht verletzt wurde. Der 31-jährige Autofahrer befuhr ... https://www.pr…

INTERPOL ‘Operation Ramz’ seizes 53 malware, phishing servers
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/interpol-operation-ramz-seizes-53-malware-phishing-servers/

INTERPOL ‘Operation Ramz’ seizes 53 malware, phishing servers
More than 200 individuals were arrested for cybercrime activities during INTERPOL's Operation Ramz, which focused on the Middle East and North Africa.

Today's "reason I had to force quit the Finder" is because I could no longer drag things. I could select them, but drag? Nope!
The quit & relaunch fixed it... For now.

In just 7 months, Katalyst built the
400 kg LINK servicing spacecraft under a $30M NASA contract.
Its job: rendezvous with Swift, capture it with three robotic arms, and boost it to a higher, stable orbit.
https://skywriter.blue/@drnereide.bsky.social/3montkodbsc2r…

Fruits Of Labor (Of Love)
(A 10x8" silver chloride print I made last night of a scene captured in the Bernina Range in 2024, which reminded me of 18th century landscape painting...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography

Favorite upside down laptop brand?

OTD 1975: The first UNIX Users Group meeting - the organization that evolved into USENIX.
https://archive.org/details/unix_news_july-30-1975_waterloo

Salesforce’s Internal AI Leaderboard Has Teams Competing for Little Trophies https://www.404media.co/salesforces-internal-ai-leaderboard-has-teams-competing-for-little-trophies/

Google is struggling apparently with releasing the next version of Gemini.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/google-gemini-launch-delayed-as-tech-falls-short-of-internal-goals

tonight on @…! #radio https://heads.social/@bourgwick/116579526011351763

For people lucky enough to be in-person at #DH2026 in Daejeon very soon - don't forget to check if you need a visa or visa waiver and apply in good time! https://www.k-eta.go.kr/portal/guide/viewe

Surfing Ability Summit page at 200% with my keyboard (as one does) and came across this weird control.
Turns out it’s a roled-up button that launches Microsoft Immersive reader. Which is crap at 200%, it turns out.
Anyway, use native HTML buttons and let users rely on their browser’s reader mode.

Regression to the mean can explain saturation of #geomagneticStorms: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10757-4 -> Risks of solar storms may be underestimated warn researchers / New NASA Study Says Possibly No Limit to Solar Storm Effects: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/risks-of-solar-storms-may-be-underestimated-warn-researchers / https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/science-news/2026/07/15/new-nasa-study-says-possibly-no-limit-to-solar-storm-effects/

I don't play much Hall & Oates despite digging several of their tunes- but when I play em, I just play this one. Not albums. Just this. This is my favorite thing they did.
#HallAndOates

La gare de Pont de RungisOrly n'est pas desservie jusqu'Š 10h.
Pour plus d'informations sur cette perturbation, consultez le fil X du RER C.
Motif : affaires oubliées (Š bord du train GOTA).
🤖 20/05 08:31

RE: #FreiheitAmSteuer muss aufhören, bevor Menschen ermordet werden. Dafür sind Innen- und Verkehrsministerien …

periodic reminder that Dunning-Kruger effect is mostly statistical error and if you're using it as a part of your worldview, that's maybe a problem.
Doubly so since a naive reflection of it is a belief in a fascist ubermensch who's just smarter than everyone else. You can justify deeply anti-democratic ideals with it. So consider this carefully.

So: Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Starmer. Can Rishi Sunak really be the only #PrimeMinister in the last six who has not been our worst Prime Minister ever?

Looking forward to the preciptous decline in use of the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed. that will follow the end of my stint as editor.

RE: https://chaos.social/@anotherdaniel/116596471781702774
100% true!

Bipartisan Bill Would Impose New Annual Fee on Electric Vehicles - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/energy-environment/electrc-vehicles-annual-fee-congress.html

@… welcome to gardenstate.social! To help weed out the bots let us know how you found us and picked this server to join? Be descriptive!

It’s complicated, but lossy compressed audio has really robbed us of something

Für wen seid ihr eigentlich bei #esparg?

My groceries route goes though this little park, which is very neat

Happy #PikarinDay Fedi!!

„Er war eine sportliche Erscheinung. Schach und Skat.“

*Basado en hechos reales
#Humor #StarWars

Vielleicht hilft das auch, bevor ihr eine Verbindung bucht https://bahnhoroskop.ggor.de/?t=2026-06-17T17:31:25.015Z&d=20

"ALIMA – Sacherschließung unterstützt durch große Sprachmodelle. Ein Werkstattbericht"
#Inhaltserschließung

Un train stationne Š Asnières - Gennevilliers - Les Courtilles vers Châtillon - Montrouge en raison d'un incident d'exploitation .
🤖 20/05 08:31

How the new Avatar: The Last Airbender animated film leaked months before its Paramount premiere; sources: Paramount ruled out a vulnerability in its systems (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Behind the Hacker Leak of ‘Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’
The movie leaked months ahead of its premiere on Paramount+. An anonymous X account claimed that a Nickelodeon employee emailed him the entire film, though that appears not to be the case.

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MOSQUE SHOOTERS IDENTIFIED AS TWO FORMER GOP SENATORS!
[hey, if they're going to just completely make shit up, we might as well have a little fun as well.]

Zum Abschluss der #bibliocon26 -Session "Nachhaltig mit Verantwortung" empfiehlt Claudia Lux "Künstliche Intelligenz und der neue Faschismus" von Rainer Mühlhoff: https://www.

👋 Hallo an unsere (Retro)Digitalisierungs-Community!
❣️ Kommende Woche findet unser dritter "Praxisdialog Digitalisierung", das spartenübergreifende Austauschformat für (Retro)Digitalisierungspraktiker:innen in Bibliotheken, Archiven, Museen & Sammlungen, statt.
⏰ Mi, 27.5., 11 Uhr
📍 Zoom (ohne Anmeldung):

Un livre d'or pour Denis Gerfaud - Les potins - Scriptarium
#octogones2026

Un livre d'or pour Denis Gerfaud
Sur notre stand Scriptarium à OctoGônes (du 22 au 24 mai), nous tiendrons à disposition un livre d'or destiné à Denis Gerfaud. Ce qui permettra, à tous les fans qui viendront nous rendre visite, de rédiger un mot ou un petit texte de compliment/de remerciement à l'intention de cet auteur historiq...

Brutal heat wave forecast for western US this weekend #UnitedStates

Brutal heat wave forecast for western US this weekend
A "widespread and significant" heat wave is predicted to bring oppressive temperatures to drought-hit western U.S. states over the weekend, with all-time records at risk of falling, the National Weather Service said Friday.

Joh. De knappe koppen van TNO hebben uitgevogeld dat een laadpaal aangesloten 'achter de meter' nog net zoveel impact heeft op het elektriciteitsnet.
De headline bij het nieuwsbericht is misleidend want de conclusie is: "Het onderzoek laat zien dat satellietlaadpalen zonder extra afspraken het risico vergroten dat netcongestie aanhoudt of verergert, doordat meerdere laadpunten tegelijk vermogen vragen tijdens piekmomenten."

Satellietlaadpalen bieden tijdelijke verlichting bij netcongestie
Satellietlaadpalen helpen bij netcongestie tijdelijk extra laadcapaciteit bieden, maar lossen structurele schaarste niet op.

The ACT Integrity Commission is conducting a major inquiry into lobbying and political influence in the Territory.
This is an important opportunity for us to strengthen transparency and accountability – and push back against corporate influence in politics.
We’re making a submission calling for stronger lobbying laws, including:
Public disclosure of lobbying meetings
A lobbying ban for former ministers
Independent oversight and enforcement
We’re inviting A…

Sign on to our ACT lobbying submission
Working together for a fairer democracy

My wife's mom passed away this week after a year long battle with pancreatic cancer.
In home hospice workers are true angels.
On the subject of angels, is it normal for a woman to start nesting after her mom passes?
(I ask covered in sweat, saw dust and a few splinters...lol)

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The smoking guns in Trump's new financial disclosure (Judd Legum/Popular Information)
https://popular.info/p/the-smoking-guns-in-trumps-new-financial
http://www.memeorandum.com/260518/p32#a260518p32

Work-Life-Balance ist, wenn das Augenlid synchronisiert zusammen mit der flackernden Leuchtstoffröhre im Büro zuckt.

After a two hour ground delay due to Chicago weather, about to pull back from the gate for AUS ✈️ ORD #PHPTek

Ook vandaag de hele dag veel drinken, water vooral. #hitteplan

@… Michael Pollan discusses this in his recent book on consciousness, A World Appears. Floored me. Are plants conscious?

Baaaaaahahahahahahah
https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi/116601728369038587

Summer phase R&D went more quickly than I expected as it turns out I can wear my ears over a boonie hat without modifying the hat... though slots in the brim would make it a little neater. Here I am backlit so you can see my floof and my ear's floof.
#photo #photography

pet bullied me into voting, so I dropped off my Oregon ballot at the local library, 30m before closing. Steady trickle of people, so I'm not the only last minute voter.
This is a boring primary for Dems, nothing really contentious or exciting.
I think every election should have at least one "fun" vote to improve turnout, choose the state emoji, something like that

Wenn ich Gummibärchen esse oder die Zähne putze, Briefmarken ablecke oder Aquarellfarben verwende, möchte ich sicher sein, dass ich damit nicht den Krieg im Sudan unterstütze.
Konzernverantwortung jetzt! Endlich! Ernsthaft!
Wir sind e i n e Welt.
E i n e Menschheit.
Auf dem Unglück anderer kann man nicht glücklich werden.

Sudan: Softdrink-Inhaltsstoff finanziert den Krieg mit
Der weltweit gefragte Rohstoff Gummiarabikum bringt den Konfliktparteien im Sudan Millionen ein, warnt die UNO.

Katze?!
#dogsofmastodon

Sehr viel spannende Forschungsergebnisse heute bei der #TechAbuseConf in London.
Super angenehm, drei Tage für Details, unterschiedliche Praxis und Politik zu haben und das Thema nicht immer ganz von vorn aufrollen zu müssen.
#DigitaleGewalt

A New Fossil Discovery Just Rewrote 150 Years of Evolutionary Theory https://www.404media.co/a-new-fossil-discovery-just-rewrote-150-years-of-evolutionary-theory/

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@SecureOwl/116420643084042248
I guess when I was telling people that Big Tech (aka People Farmers) never delete your data but just set a deleted=true flag, I was being overly generous.
It’s amazing given how much insig…

TSMC CFO Wendell Huang says TSMC will use its new $100B US commitment, announced last week, to expand its Arizona capacity amid a "multi-year demand mega trend" (Jenny Lee/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/20/tsmc-arizona-fab-capacity-ai-chip-demand.h…

TSMC is accelerating Arizona factory buildout to capitalize on AI 'megatrend,' CFO says
Speaking in an exclusive interview with CNBC, TSMC's Wendell Huang said the fresh investment comes on the back of robust customer demand.

Despite the relatively low impact of the Trump-Netanyahu war on global gas supply, the European (TTF) natural gas price is up 83% since the beginning of the year, about the same as the Brent crude oil price ( 81%).
Probably because the LNG price determines the EU gas price now.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
has been leaving the digital keys to its own cloud storage accounts sitting out in the open, in plain text form,
for some unknown amount of time,
according to a report from Krebs on Security.
The problem finally got fixed over the weekend, the report says.
The repository was reportedly named “Private-CISA.”
The contents included passwords, keys, and tokens
—and the passwords were plain …

‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub
Passwords were stored as plain text in a public GitHub repository.

70 years of A.I.: OTD 1956, the Dartmouth Workshop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_workshop
Personally, I was happier when A.I. meant American Idol.

Do all bandaids use the same type of adhesive or are there multiple kinds in use? Kid seems to be allergic to at least some of them.

Als het mobiele netwerk uitvalt kunnen we dus niemand meer waarschuwen.
https://nos.nl/l/2614903

Kabinet vindt geen geld voor nieuw systeem luchtalarm, maandelijkse test stopt in 2028
Het huidige netwerk van sirenes is sterk verouderd en NL-Alert is effectiever om burgers te waarschuwen.

Always carry change for buskers.

came across this pretty amazing WBAI broadcast of lenny bruce's 1966 memorial at judson church, with ginsberg & other heavies, & a brief sliver of the '66 fugs performing a garage-jangle "carpe diem": https://youtu.be/PzGy9VAKpc8&t=1254
snipped a l'il mp3 for fugs…

#ThursDeath this week is one of my favorite bands- I'm so psyched they have a new EP. This is 'Rotting Antefix' by Winnipeg's DEFENESTRATION, and the riffs on this thing will melt your face off. From the first the guitar snakes and screams from out of the churning, this one is really special. The pummeling of the drums, those crazy guttural growls- this fucker SMOKES.
Bandcamp:

Greenland’s prime minister snubs opening of new US consulate in Nuuk - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/greenland-2676913033/

@… hello! I got to ask! What made you fav this post? I'm just super curios!
https://gardenstate.social/@stefan/116941538327017069

Un train stationne Š Saint-Denis – Université vers Châtillon - Montrouge en raison d'une sortie de garage retardée .
🤖 18/07 16:31

DDF

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Petite question nom de domaine, serait-il possible d'enregistrer un .fr mais dont le nom de domaine serait écrit en cyrilique?
#nomdedomaine #dns #afnic

I have some ideas about candidates for this offer. The sooner the better.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/post/3mmakm6pfls2l

Harry Keyishian, Lead Plaintiff in Academic Freedom Case, Dies at 93 (Richard Sandomir/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/us/harry-keyishian-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cVA.Ca5t._cCM3XETWCj6&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260419/p50#a260419p50

Große Brandenburg (Seen-)Liebe

When The FBI Comes Knocking https://thedissenter.org/when-the-fbi-comes-knocking/

Donald Trump proposed significant budget cuts to NASA,
which included defunding many science missions at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
leading to extensive layoffs and a demoralizing environment for staff.
This action threatened the continuation of major projects, including the Mars Sample Return mission

Trump Administration Proposes Drastic Cuts to NASA Science Funding, Threatening JPL - Monterey Park Today
The Trump administration has proposed a 23% cut to NASA's overall budget, including a 46% reduction in funding for the agency's science programs. This would cancel 53 science missions and reduce funding for others, including projects at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. The proposal has drawn bipartisan criticism from members of Congress, who rejected similar cuts last year. However, the uncertainty could still slow grants and contracts at NASA in the meantime.

Behind the Blog: Landfillcore and Go Knicks https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-landfillcore-and-go-knicks/

Grokipedia selectively draws on more-right leaning news sources, says new study
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-grokipedia-news-sources.html

The impossible song we'll remember in 500 years by David Hartley
#music

Un train stationne Š Châtillon - Montrouge vers Saint-Denis – Université et Asnières - Gennevilliers - Les Courtilles en raison d'un incident d'exploitation .
🤖 19/06 10:31

Top artists • 1 week • Kingu_Platypus

1. John Lurie
2. PassCode
3. NUMBER GIRL
4. Frank Zappa
5. Tenrin
6. The Clash
7. Otoboke Beaver
8. Diablevoix
9. superpouvoir!!
10. Nekrogoblikon
11. The Jesus Lizard
12. Dead Kennedys
13. Satanic Surfers
14. ミドリ
15. Orange Goblin
16. Voice Of Baceprot
17. BURST GIRL
18. Isiliel
19. Keisandeath
20. Koutei Camera Girl Drei
21. SANDAL TELEPHONE
22. The Boll…

Trump says he'll send negotiators to Pakistan, Iran suspects trap (Barak Ravid/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/19/iran-talks-pakistan-witkoff-kushner-ceasfire
http://www.memeorandum.com/260419/p58#a260419p58

Does Cuba Really Have Iranian Drones, as Trump claims?
Experts say Trump is laying the pretext for U.S. military action against the island
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/17/cuba-iran-drones-trump-venezuela-us-military/

Does Cuba Really Have Iranian Drones?
Experts say Trump is laying the pretext for U.S. military action against the island.

ICE arrests grandfather who was helping cops investigate his daughter’s murder | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-arrests-grandfather-murder-pennsylvania-b2979797.html

Stephen Colbert on the End of 'The Late Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3Dol4lEXg

Last week according to #LastFM

What to know about tariff refund site that's set to go live Monday (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/20/trump-tariffs-us-business-refunds-customs-ace-portal
http://www.memeorandum.com/260419/p59#a260419p59

Anticipation has built for the start of observations at the
"Vera C. Rubin Observatory"
in the mountains of the Atacama Desert in Chile.
Originally imagined in the mid-1990s as the "Dark Matter Telescope",
Rubin is designed to study our constantly moving and changing universe in greater detail than ever before.
Once every few days for a decade, Rubin will take images of the entire night sky over the Southern Hemisphere,
creating the w…

Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids, Failed Supernovas, and Interstellar Visitors | Quanta Magazine
Astronomers are preparing for a new era of big-data astronomy, and results are already starting to arrive.

Fears of looser standards as the FBI and Justice Department scramble to fill a depleted workforce (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-fbi-resignations-firings-job-requirements-bc0474a74d67bc308a4736454c847580
http://www.memeorandum.com/260419/p54#a260419p54

Donald Trump ordered US negotiators to travel to Pakistan on Monday, just days before a ceasefire in the Middle East expires
State broadcaster IRIB on Sunday cited Iranian sources as saying “there are currently no plans to participate in the next round of Iran-US talks”.
The Fars and Tasnim news agencies had earlier cited anonymous sources as saying “the overall atmosphere cannot be assessed as very positive”, adding that lifting the US blockade was a precondition for negotiation…

Dems kick off 5-city fight to host 2028 convention (Alex Thompson/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/19/democrats-2028-convention-cities
http://www.memeorandum.com/260419/p52#a260419p52

ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker https://www.404media.co/ice-appears-to-be-buying-immigrants-tax-identifiers-from-a-data-broker/

Democrats Eye a Broader Battlefield to Capture Congress in November (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/us/politics/house-battleground-midterms-tennessee.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260419/p53#a260419p53

Podcast: The Government Wants to End Anonymity on Phones https://www.404media.co/podcast-the-government-wants-to-end-anonymity-on-phones/