@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzKatherine Rich gives Uber far too much credit. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2019013122/what-uber-ruling-could-mean-for-gig-economy They didn't do any of it to 'make the world be…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzNFL Week 11 takeaways: What We Learned from Sunday's 13 games https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-week-11-takeaways-what-we-learned-from-sunday-s-13-games
@aardrian@toot.cafeFour old posts updated this week:
For Google’s AI Edge Gallery:
https://adrianroselli.com/2020/03/i-dont-care-what-google-or-apple-or-whomever-did.html#:~:text=Go…
@aral@mastodon.ar.alWestern countries can watch this genocide unfold without lifting a finger. That is their prerogative. But what they cannot do – what they will never again be able to do – is to pretend that they give a damn about human rights or democracy or international law. What they cannot do is claim to be civilised.
If you cannot or will not stop genocide, you are not a civilised society.
You cannot lecture anyone on ethics or morals or values. You are barbarians who have accepted the law o…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Why Amazon trees are growing bigger — and what it means for the planet"
#AmazonRainforest #Trees #Environment8
@arXiv_csAI_bot@mastoxiv.pageForget What's Sensitive, Remember What Matters: Token-Level Differential Privacy in Memory Sculpting for Continual Learning
Bihao Zhan, Jie Zhou, Junsong Li, Yutao Yang, Shilian Chen, Qianjun Pan, Xin Li, Wen Wu, Xingjiao Wu, Qin Chen, Hang Yan, Liang He
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12958
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineSo, bondi deleted a government study showing that right-wingers commit more terrorism, and @… put me onto it. Now there's another copy online here:
https://www…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz
@cdarwin@c.imGerald Epstein, a leading expert on finance and financial crises,
warns that Trump’s executive order on retirement accounts
not only comes with high risks,
but the so-called alternative assets deliver, at best, average returns.
https://truthout.org…
@kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.name> It’s not just that people expect the news to inform them about what’s going on in the world. Most think that it does.
https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it13yo [yelling]: "WHAT'S TODAY?"
me [yelling]: "SUNDAY, THE 16TH."
13yo: "Why does the page say Nov...Empanada? What's today?"
me: "SUNDAY. THE 16TH. And it says NOVEMBER."
13yo: "I CAN'T READ THE CURSIVE"
me: "SUNDAY. THE. 16TH."
13yo: "I THOUGHT IT SAID SU-SU-SU-SUPERNOVA LIKE THE AESPA SONG, WHAT DAY.."
me: "SUNDAY THE 16TH"
13yo: "..IS IT? DAY OF THE MON…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhat Kind of Peace in Ukraine? (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-kind-of-peace-in-ukraine-russia-summit-trump-putin-f5daf72f?st=HnQMGs&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250817/p60#a250817p60
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialFormer UCLA QB Wayne Cook talks about what went wrong w/ UCLA football, how this compared to Chip Kelly, what he's heard internally, & why DeShaun Foster was fired immediately.
▶️ What's Bruin Show - Wayne Cook Talks UCLA Football
https://youtube.com/watch?v=QcwXCL_swr
@siggib@infosec.exchangeListening to "What the world Needs Now (is love)" by the great Dionne Warwick, and the lyrics ring so true.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
The world needs a lot more love, of every kind. We need to stop judging how and who people love and celebrate the fact that they are loving and folks are getting loved.
So go out there and spread as much love as you can. Whether it is platonic, brotherly, neighborly or roma…
@servelan@newsie.socialElectricity bils:
Hey MAGA. What Are You Going To Do About This? – Digby's Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.net/2025/08/17/hey-maga-what-are-you-going-to-do-about-this/
@poppastring@dotnet.socialA post from the archive 📫:
What is a photograph?
#artificialintelligence
@tante@tldr.nettime.org"LLMs use fewer resources doing $task than humans so using them isn't an ecological problem."
So what are you arguing for? What happens with the humans we no longer "need"?
That argument leads only to monstrosity.
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaWhat is Anarcho-Syndicalism and how we work: An Open letter to Media and all workers all over the world
https://iwa-ait.org/content/what-anarcho-syndicalism-and-how-we-work-open-letter-media-and-all-workers-all-over-world<…
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgBeautiful and important piece on #rewilding, what we stand to lose, what we've gained and the hidden costs. (From 2 years ago, worth revisiting).
https://www.codastory.com/climate-crisis/rewilding-beavers-conservation/
@kubikpixel@chaos.socialEmail is Easy:
Everyone knows what an email address is, right?
Prove to me that you know better than me ;-)
📧 #knowledge
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialHoly Shit! There's a Democratic Socialist running for Governor of Wisconsin.
(I've traded emails with Hong and like what she's been doing and what she stands for. She's got my vote.)
https://www.wpr.org/news/madison-francesca-hong-democra…
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioMusing on this post from @…: “Shared reality” is a direly important idea right now, but agreed: it’s missing something, hiding something.
A more useful framing might involve •time•. How long does it take for an idea to meet empirical challenge? What is the convergence time for differing understandings? What is the FA-to-FO latency?
1/ https://werd.social/@ben/115384162920438859
@chiraag@mastodon.onlineThe vote on Chat Control has been postponed, but the “fight isn’t over” yet – here's what we know
https://ground.news/article/the-vote-on-chat-control-has-been-postponed-but-the-fight-isnt-over-yet-heres-what-w…
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.socialTod Maffin. Never heard of him. Funny guy. He knows more about all the states than any American knows about any of the provinces, and there’s only like what, a dozen or so of them? See what I mean? https://youtu.be/Gv-D7S1fMs8
@detondev@social.linux.pizzaThe way no one can tell what about his death is real is what Charlie Kirk woulda wanted.
@jake4480@c.imKids today are ridiculous with this '6, 7' thing. I mean, what happened to 69 and 420? Those are time tested classics. What, we're just not gonna use those all the time anymore? Just disappointed, kids
@steve@s.yelvington.comThe president is doing almost exactly what Charles I did to touch off the English Civil War.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-17-trump-congress-constitution-revenue/
@burger_jaap@mastodon.social“Europe’s automakers need to be careful what they ask for on the regulatory front at home. Otherwise, they risk winning the battle but losing the war.
China got to where it is today by setting a long-term strategy and sticking to it. There’s a lesson there for Europe’s policymakers and auto industry.”
@datascience@genomic.socialFriends Don't Let Friends Make Bad Graphs! Do you agree with the examples of bad graphs and the alternatives Chenxin Li (@chenxinli2.bsky.social) lists at #RStats
@NFL@darktundra.xyzCowboys-Raiders on 'Monday Night Football': What We Learned from Dallas' 33-16 win https://www.nfl.com/news/cowboys-raiders-on-monday-night-football-what-we-learned-from-dallas-33-16-win
@teledyn@mstdn.caIf the success or failure of this planet, and of human beings, depended on how I am and what I do, how would I be? What would I do?
https://www.tumblr.com/teledyn/794856297853026304/if-the-success-or-failure-of-this-planet-and-of?source=share
@deprogrammaticaipsum@mas.to"Before we go into what is missing, let us take a moment to understand why this partial story is so popular. Many software engineers do not engage with the broad “software engineering literature” very much: through the act of reading this magazine you are placing yourself at the pinnacle of software engineering curiosity!"
https…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz
@castarco@hachyderm.ioI have the distinct impression that we could use most American "sci-fi" TV series (which seem to have a kink for post-apocalyptical scenographies) as a diagnostic tool for the autism spectrum.
For a moment, let's leave aside the tons of right-wing propaganda "hidden" in plain sight, and their excessive reliance on boring & worn out tropes (religious & cultish bullshit, irrational lack of communication & excess of anti-social behaviour, all vs all, ultra-low-iq characters*, psychotic & irrationally treacherous characters*, ultra-inconsistent character development used to justify "unexpected" plot twists, rampant anti-intellectualism...).
What could be used as a diagnosis tool is the incredible amount of strong inconsistencies that we can find in them**. It throws me out of the story every single time; and I suspect that it takes a certain kind of "uncommon personality" to feel that way about it, because otherwise these series wouldn't be so popular without real widespread criticism beyond cliches like "too slow", "it loses steam towards the end of the season", etc.
Many of those plots start in a gold mine of potentially powerful ideas... yet they consistently provide us with dirt & clay instead, while side-lining the "good stuff" as if it was too complicated for the populace.
Do you feel strongly about it? Do you feel like you can't verbalize it without being criticised as "too negative", or "too picky", or an "unbearable snob"? Do you wonder why it seems like nobody around shares your discomfort with these stories?
* : I feel this is a bit like the chicken & egg problem. Has the media conditioned part of American society to behave like dumb psychopaths as if it was something "natural", or is the media reflecting what was already there? Also, could we use other societies as models for these stories... just for a change? Please?
** : Just a tiny example: a "brilliant" engineer who builds a bridge out of fence parts and who doesn't bother to perform the most basic tests before trying it in a real setting and suffer the consequences: the bridge failing and her falling into the void. Bonus points for anyone who knows what I'm talking about.
@darkrat@chaosfurs.social"OwO What's this?" explained by a german news broadcaster.
What a time to be alive.
Translated quote:
It's a reference to an internet joke that's been circulating for years, originally from a "furry" role-playing, in which people dress up in furry costumes and take on the role of anthropomorphised animals.
The phrase means "Notices a bulge in your crotch," with "OwO" standing for an emoticon meant to express cute surp…
@UP8@mastodon.social🍄 Mushrooms may have been part of early human diets: Primate study explores who eats what, and when
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-mushrooms-early-human-diets-primate.html
@hex@kolektiva.socialAnd you don't need to accept the trap of authoritarian masculinity on logic alone, the proof is right there in male influencers like Andrew Tate and their followers. These dipshits get so obsessed with gatekeeping they don't realize that the gates they're tending keep them in, that the more walls they put up to protect their privilege, the smaller their identity can be. They huddle in tiny pens, terrified of crossing imaginary bounds that they imposed *on themselves.*
They have built their own torture chambers and locked themselves inside, and for what? They turn themselves into dragons, hoarding what they see as valuable while repressing every emotion including joy. And if they let themselves experience joy, they would, perhaps, realize that all these privileges are inconsistent with it. They might, perhaps, recognize that they have built up these privileges so they don't have to admit that their suffering and fear are not, in fact, admirable. They might have to face the fact that they have lived lives that are deeply pathetic, might have to face the fact that only empathy can give one access to deep satisfaction, might have to face the fact that they have lived their whole lives on a treadmill, going nowhere.
But I assume that they won't ever do that, because to do so would force them to face the enormity of the emotional debt, the pain and suffering they have inflicted on the world, and those are big feelings. It's far easier to hide in a hole, forever alone, making up silly rules to keep everyone inside scared and keep everyone outside from seeing in.
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyThermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional - Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon -
@bogo@hapyyr.comMy talk about #Thunderbird was accepted at @…
it's a talk from a community perspective and I will share my personal story (not so much) and some aspects you wont find anywhere else:
@cdarwin@c.imNot being even vaguely sarcastic:
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson
“you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing.
If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed,
and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
-- John Pfaff
https://
@toooobeeee@social.linux.pizzaStart your week- or what's left of it- by looking at @… 's great newsletter "What happened last week": https://mailchi.mp/whathappenedlastweek…
@yaya@jorts.horselol, lmao, and also lol again
shitlibs keep getting mad when I say this shit is not a protest but a parade and then ofc billy pencils talking crazy saying this is bigger than the civil rights movement
y'all are so goddamn GOOFY
@Techmeme@techhub.socialWhat to expect from the Meta Connect 2025 keynote on September 17 at 5pm PT: "Hypernova" smart glasses with a display, Meta AI and Llama updates, and more (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/what
@samvarma@fosstodon.orgThis article starts at the 101 level and then goes pretty hard from there, but I suspect it'll be useful as a reference so I've bookmarked it
Making Software: What is a color space? https://www.makingsoftware.com/chapters/color-spaces-models-and-gamuts…
@deabigt@universeodon.comWhat happened to Click to Cancel?
Seems shady companies fought it to a standstill. After what I just went through to cancel a Nutrisystem subscription, I’d suggest checking how easy it is to cancel before joining anywhere. Canceling Nutrisystem makes dealing with a cable company seem pleasant. https://ground.news/article/democrats-are-desperately-trying-to-revive-the-click-to-cancel-rule
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioDon’t know what to do?
1. Cancel any Disney or Hulu subscriptions and let them know (look for corporate PR contacts, be polite but very firm and specific.)
2. Don’t buy anything else from them.
3. Stop talking about their franchises (like Star Wars).
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizzaFor me... 12mm stone blocking the urtethra. Once they blasted it and function slowly (and painfully) got back to normal.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/what-does-it-mean-if-you-suddenly-cant-pee/
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeKnow what time it is?
It's cat time. :3
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.euI think I chose all the wrong choices at the end of the base game of #Cyberpunk2077 because Keanu Reeves was pretty mad at me 😁 At least I didn't accept the offer of those Arasaka ghouls. What a family of cutthroats 😑 Finally on my way to Dogtown! Probably will finish that DLC after two or three years like the base game, but what's the hurry anyway.
(I think I saved…
@hippyjo@c.imToday I learned about Kukur Tihar, a festival day in Nepal where dogs are honored for their loyalty and honesty.
This year it falls on October 19 - I don't have a dog, but I think it is the kind of festival we should adopt.
Be kind to all dogs, and especially on Kukur Tihar!
https://himalayan-masters.co…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhat the DNC chair told us about 2025 (Adam Wren/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/10/17/what-the-dnc-chair-told-us-about-2025-00613224
http://www.memeorandum.com/251017/p9#a251017p9
@servelan@newsie.socialClinton had an unsecured e-mail server; same law AFAIK. [What Law Did Hillary Clinton Actually Break? – Penn State Law Review
https://www.pennstatelawreview.org/the-forum/what-law-did-hillary-clinton-actually-break/]
**Former Trump adviser John Bolton indicted on classified documents charges** | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/former-trump-adviser-john-bolton-indicted-on-classified-documents-charges/
@aral@mastodon.ar.alCan You Hear Us?: Five Voices from Gaza – Hot Press Magazine, Ireland
https://www.hotpress.com/opinion/can-you-hear-us-five-voices-from-gaza-23113207
The five voices are those of my partner at Gaza Verified, @…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online“On Monday, two hanging deaths were reported in Mississippi, one in Vicksburg and another on the campus of Delta State University.”
So…Mississippi may still be lynching folks. And patel, potus, and governor tate reeves have nothing to say about it.
https://www.
@NFL@darktundra.xyzSteelers-Bengals on 'Thursday Night Football': What We Learned from Cincinnati's 33-31 win over Pittsburgh https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-bengals-on-thursday-night-football-what-we-learned-from-cincinna…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzWhat They're Saying: Chiefs 'fired up' for Raiders rivalry week https://www.raiders.com/news/what-they-re-saying-kansas-city-chiefs-andy-reid-patrick-mahomes-fired-up-for-raiders-rivalry-week
@kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.name> The pope has condemned clickbait
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/10/you-wont-believe-what-degrading-practice-the-pope-just-condemned
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaTrump proclaims he will strike against Antifa. Yet he cannot strike what has no head, what rejects the very principle of leadership. Antifa is not an institution but the spirit of resistance itself. It is the refusal of free people to bend before nationalism, capitalist rule, and authoritarian command.
He believes domination can be imposed upon liberty, as if coercion could extinguish solidarity. But our strength lies in direct action, in the free cooperation of equals, in the collecti…
@servelan@newsie.social“by far the largest single action of union-busting in American history”
What Trump’s Decertification of Federal Employee Unions Means | Portside
https://portside.org/2025-08-17/what-trumps-decertification-federal-employee-unions-means
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialIntroducing "Hey #Copilot..." that recognizes what's happening on the screen to understand what you're doing.
Now with a built-in voice agent that does GENERAL #AUTOMATION for user tasks.
✅ Making every
@raiders@darktundra.xyzWhat They're Saying: Chiefs 'fired up' for Raiders rivalry week https://www.raiders.com/news/what-they-re-saying-kansas-city-chiefs-andy-reid-patrick-mahomes-fired-up-for-raiders-rivalry-week
@davidaugust@mastodon.online"What sets you apart can feel like a burden, but it’s not. A lot of the time it’s what makes you great."
—Emma Stone
#acting #coaching #inspiration
@UP8@mastodon.social🦾 Emotional Manipulation by AI Companions
#ai #seduction
@NFL@darktundra.xyzFully operational: What CeeDee Lamb's return means for an already dangerous Cowboys offense
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/fully-ope…
@cdarwin@c.imI wonder what happened this past January that could cause this?
@arXiv_csAI_bot@mastoxiv.pageLarge Language Models Imitate Logical Reasoning, but at what Cost?
Lachlan McGinness, Peter Baumgartner
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12645 https://arxiv.org/…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioIf you have an Adobe subscription, periodic reminder to see what happens if you go to subscription cancellation, this time they gave me two months for free.
Also true with many other subscriptions, like Microsoft Office (or whatever the fuck they call it currently).
P.S. Please don't reply with how there's free alternatives, I am well aware, thank you.
@servelan@newsie.social"MAGA has become the new cancel culture. You’re demanding people lose their jobs, their visas, their passports for saying things you don’t like."
Hey MAGA, You’ve Become What You Despised
https://socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com/p/hey-maga-youve-become-what-you-despised
@raiders@darktundra.xyzWhat happened to Trevon Diggs? Details behind Cowboys CB's injury and return timeline https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/what-happened-trevon-diggs-details-cowboys-injury-ret…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzRookie quarterback Cam Ward reveals what he's looking for in the Titans' next coach
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/rookie-quarterback-ca…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz @aral@mastodon.ar.alThe UK and Denmark are so poor, so immoral, so without humanity, so uncivilised that they will steal the last belongings of refugees. What sad, pathetic countries. How embarrassed must their people be?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/17/refu…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzBengals' Joe Flacco shines in battle for the ages vs. Aaron Rodgers, Steelers: 'This is what we do it for' https://www.nfl.com/news/bengals-joe-flacco-shines-in-battle-for-the-ages-vs-aaron-rodgers-steelers-t…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzWhat Geno Smith's 2025 Performance Really Means for Raiders https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-what-geno-smith-performance-really-means
@raiders@darktundra.xyzWhat the Raiders Must Change Instantly to Save Their Season https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-what-must-change-instantly-save-their-season
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWhat does Justin Fields' benching mean for the future of the Jets? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47001333/new-york-jets-bench-justin-fields-future-qb-tyrod-taylor
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders rewind: What went wrong in prime-time showdown with Chargers? https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-rewind-what-went-wrong-in-prime-time-showdown-with-chargers-3461964/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWhat's up with Jaxson Dart's chain? Why the Giants rookie QB wears a sparkling necklace during NFL games
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jaxson-…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzBuccaneers-Texans; Chargers-Raiders on Monday night: What We Learned from Tampa Bay's 20-19 win https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-texans-chargers-raiders-on-monday-night-what-we-learned-from-tampa-bay-s-20-19-win…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzAFC West Power Rankings: Chiefs Are Back, But What About The Raiders? https://raiderramble.com/2025/10/15/afc-west-power-rankings-chiefs-are-back-but-what-about-the-raiders/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWhat's going on with Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon? Sideline clash, Michael Vick comment raise questions
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cardinals-jonathan-gan…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzAshton Jeanty says exactly what Raiders fans are thinking about Week 2 workload https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/ashton-jeanty-says-exactly-raiders-fans-thinking-week-2-wo…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWhat we learned in NFL Week 11: Eagles' defense dominates, Broncos stake claim https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6813066/2025/11/17/nfl-week-11-highlights-eagles-lions-jared-goff/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWhat Lions coach Dan Campbell, referee Alex Kemp said about controversial pass interference penalty
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/lions-pass-inter…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWhat's wrong with NFL powerhouses? Early struggles leading to most wide open title race in 15 years
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-pow
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWhat's next for Jets' Justin Fields? Possible landing spots for former first-round pick after benching
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/whats-n<…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzChiefs' Rashee Rice on what he’s learned as he returns from suspension, injury https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6726904/2025/10/17/chiefs-rashee-rice-return-suspension/
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025 NFL season, Week 2: What We Learned from Sunday's games https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-nfl-season-week-2-what-we-learned-from-sunday-s-games
@NFL@darktundra.xyzThe Chiefs aren't broken -- but they could miss the playoffs: Barnwell on what has gone wrong https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46988649/2025-nfl-week-11-kansas-city-chiefs-playoffs-concern-super-bowl-mahomes
