@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI says it now has 10M people using Codex and ChatGPT Work, nearly doubling usage from earlier this month when the company announced ChatGPT Work (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07…
@cdarwin@c.imOfficially an engraver and accorded the lowly status thereof,
William Blake devoted his labors to realizing his elaborately idiosyncratic visions using images and words together in ways that no artist had done before.
Blake swam against the current “of modern human understanding, whose bedrock is the principle of specialization.”
Today, nearly two centuries after his death, that principle still obtains -- and in some ways more rigidly than ever.
But his work remains,
@yetiinabox@todon.nlyesterday after much anticipation the proper futon arrived. not a squudgy foam foldable thing, a solid extremely firm not very thick actual futon. i only know one place in the uk that makes these. and I slept. i actually slept, and today my back does not feel like it has folds and twists, it's just a column of bones and muscles and nerves all stacked up.
for context, when I used to have travel for work, I would pull the hotel duvet onto the floor and sleep there.
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialYeah, 8,000 layoffs & 7,000 internal transfers tend to piss people off.
✅ Meta AI Reshuffle Sparks Employee Morale Revolt
https://winbuzzer.com/2026/06/21/meta-ai-reshuffle-sparks-reported-employee-morale-revolt-xcxwbn/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPenguin Random House has suspended promotion and sales of Ross Barkan's upcoming book on Zohran Mamdani after plagiarism allegations about Barkan's other work (Scott Nover/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/20
@mlawton@mstdn.socialTime-shifted to watch with my son, who was at work today. We managed, somehow, to stay spoiler-free. 🎉 🙌
Spain were the better team, by far, although the first half was relatively even. Any real hope Argentina had evaporated after Enzo Fernandez’s ridiculously stupid challenge. That late, while carrying a yellow?!? The only question was whether Argentina could steal it via PKs. The way Martinez was playing, you could see it.
Happily, it was decided in open play.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBrazil takes its National Civil Defense warning platform offline after suspected hackers send an unauthorized alert to mobile phones in several states (Mariana Catacci/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/20/americas/brazil-hackers-unauthorized-alert-latam
@jeang3nie@social.linux.pizzaOne of my biggest disappointments was always not seeing Rush live while Neil Peart was alive. I almost passed on this tour, but tickets for the second Cleveland show came down in price at the last moment and I realized that I'd never forgive myself if I didn't go. So after leaving work early and braving the downtown Cleveland traffic I actually managed to find on street parking and go see one of the best concerts that I've ever been to.
I thought the first set was amazing. …
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzMick Shots: No matter surprises, back to work https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mick-shots-no-matter-surprises-back-to-work
@cdarwin@c.imLong after his death in 2010,
Howard Zinn's books and speeches
are frequently targeted by right-wing critics, MAGA book-bans, and fundamentalist politicians.
In 2020, Trump called out Zinn by name from the White House lawn,
smearing Zinn’s work as “propaganda… that tries to make students ashamed of their own history.”
So, who was Howard Zinn?
And why are his critics so determined to keep his work from the public?
In this live event, hosted at…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzStock up, stock down after Week 1 victory for Raiders https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/stock-up-stock-down-after-week-1-victory-for-raiders-3886516/
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzMick Shots: No matter surprises, back to work https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mick-shots-no-matter-surprises-back-to-work
@tgpo@social.linux.pizzaLittle warm getting in the car after work today. 🫠
@trezzer@social.linux.pizzaMX Linux seems to be a very polished product in the sense that a lot of work has clearly gone into it - and into trying to make it pretty friendly. At least compared to how things used to be. On the other hand it also very much feels like late 90s Linux where everything is cobbled together from all kinds of bits and things are named after application names rather than features. It is kind of fun to have to figure things out this way. Mint/Fedora etc. are so polished these days, you rarely ha…
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizzaSigh, it is hard to do pre-release work with a network that goes up and down every 15-30 minutes.
I am waiting to hear from someone tell me 'you can do it after regular work hours' as my response will be HELL NO.
@hex@kolektiva.socialNow, I don't especially like the term "church" so I may use something else... like "coven." You can do what you want. But I happen to have already mapped out an example. (It is exactly that, just an example, so take if it's useful, change if you need, and don't stick to anything too closely.) Oh, this mapping also means that you would, for religious reasons, only be allowed to work under capitalism 4 days a week instead of 5.
Given the increases in productivity over the last 100 years, a 4 day work week is a completely reasonable expectation. If we have to annex Monday for the weekend by force of religion, so be it. It is rightfully ours anyway. If enough people try it, this will probably work. If it doesn't work, it just needs more people.
The Practice of Worship:
It is recommended to break down worship in to three sections: the functional, the communal, and the spiritual. It is also recommended to break these across multiple days. A common structure for some Christian churches is to take 10-15 minutes for announcements (Functional), an hour or two for services (Spiritual), followed by (Communal) coffee, tea, and cookies for an unspecified time up to two hours after. When starting or working with limited time a single compressed model like this may work, but it's not optimal.
- The Functional
The purpose of this section is to address the functional needs of the coven. Block out time (less than 90 minute blocks is recommended) to go through reports and updates from those involved in the Dispensary, Library, Works Committee (infrastructure), and Services Committee (providing services internally and, potentially, externally). Talk through any additional announcements, including those from other covens you may be federated with.
It is helpful to include unstructured communal time, such as shared meals, during or after functional meetings. As the federation grows, more time will be needed. It is recommended to break functional meetings, work parties, and such across multiple days. When a federation becomes sufficiently large, it is recommended to take every Monday, on top of Saturday and Sunday, as a third day of community and worship.
The scope of the functional spans 3 realms (which may be more-or-less fluid): the personal or family, the coven and federation, and humanity itself. It is up to each coven and individual to negotiate how to allocate the three days of the weekend once we have liberated Monday from the work week, but it is important to reserve it for one of these three. However, some people must work on weekends. Medical personnel, for example, cannot conform to a standard work week. While the work week should be universally restricted, which specific days are used will be up to the specific coven and their members.
A functional meeting can start with an agenda like the following:
Functional Invocation
Announcements
Report Backs
Dispensary
Inventory Check
What is low
What is empty
What is expiring
What is needed
Funds status
Library
Inventory Check and Items needing return
Library acquisition requests
Funds status and budget check
Works Committee
Upcoming projects
Subcommittee updates (Following the Works Committee agenda)
New committee formations
Funds status
Services Committee
New capabilities announcements
New needs requests
Subcommittee updates (Following the Works Committee agenda)
New committee formations
Funds status
Task Check
Breaking the Circle
This agenda is a suggestion for those who don't know where to start. It can be adapted or ignored as appropriate.
- The Spiritual
Spirituality is necessarily an undefined space. It is deeply personal. Each individual taking time to share their own personal spiritual experiences can help each connect with each other. This experience of connection can itself be a spiritual experience. It may also be useful to read esoteric, mystical, or philosophical texts together as type of "book club" and share thoughts. Others may draw from their own knowledge or traditions. This is something that must be defined together within a group.
- The Communal
The communal aspect of the practice of worship bind the coven and federation together. Within the community we find joy and release, connection and comfort. The coven is where we turn in times of need, and where we share our hopes and dreams.
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsThe word for Sunday in Slavic languages (e.g. "niedziela" in Polish) stems from "do not work" which refers to how everything's broken after Friday's push to production.
#shitposting
@cwensel@fosstodon.orgHad hoped to work on https://retrofit.sh this week between trips but my laptop screen died in CO and just got word it will take a week to fix after dropping it off in Roseville.
Here’s hoping the backup on my new SSD backup will restore. Unsurprisingly they have to wipe the disk to diagnose the screen.
@lpryszcz@genomic.social"We often hear that Europeans don’t have, like Americans, the "success culture."
...
Europeans like success. But they often don’t consider "winning against the whole society" as one. Instead, they tend to consider success a collective endeavour. Success is when your work is recognized long after you are gone, when it benefits every citizen. Europeans dream big: they hope that their work will benefit humankind as a whole!"
@bobmueller@mastodon.worldDenver PD is reopening at least 13 SA cases after the investigation into Missy Woods' work at the state crime lab. She's been sentenced to 10 years in prison for altering #DNA lab results. Roughly 10% of her caseload is suspect, some 1,045 cases.
@metacurity@infosec.exchange"The Air Force is scrambling to get employees across the service back online after weeks of rolling cybersecurity quarantines locked numerous troops and civilians out of their computers, sometimes for days."
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense
@publicvoit@graz.social
@Demirramon@cyberfurz.socialHey there! Long time no see. Haven't forgotten about fedi but I've had so much on my plate as of lately. I was fired alongside half of my team last month, which kind of took me off guard and made me change a lot of my plans. I hated my job, so overall it was something good, but after 8 years working at the same place it's hard to not feel lost now. I'm taking this chance to take things easy for a month, work on my projects, and hang out with my friends. After that I guess I…
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.social"Hustle culture" is named after Jan Hus, a proto-Protestant preacher who invented the "Protestant work ethic."
Followers of Jan Hus dedicated their life to Hustle culture. They rode horses everywhere, so that they could waste less time on walking. They became known as Hussars and were often drafted into the army for their riding skills.
The rivals of the Hussars were the laid-back Dragoons—so called by their commanding officers because they were seen as "…
@markhburton@mstdn.socialGareth Dale:
“The perpetrators were far-right activists and racist media organisations. They were seeking to push back against social gains made by anti-racists. Arday may have plagiarised, but no more than many a white professor..... why the media engaged in a pile-on, instead of investigating the far-right activists who were creating a lynch-mob atmosphere.”
#JasonArday
@yetiinabox@todon.nlSecond Dog is recovering from surgery. It's been a week since her spay, and we've been wondering when High Energy Collie would return.
As for us, younger child brought back a fever and sore throat from school, as they always do after about a month. They gave it to me.
So yesterday, having taken a few days off work, I had finished a round of Feeding Kids and Administering Medicines and was settling down for a very much needed nap. Second Dog appeared, in a perky mood, and…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Caroline Polachek:
🎵 Welcome to My Island (PVA remix)
#CarolinePolachek
https://stereonuke.bandcamp.com/track/caroline-polachek-welcome-to-my-island-stereonukes-after-work-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/4bp2wYweUPvsBrQfntdYcr
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioOK, I guess I wasn't done after all.
Much of the opining about developer backlash to LLMs falls into two loose theoretical categories:
(1) Labor problem: developers now experience employment threat, loss of job security, layoffs, new levels of worry about the future
(2) Identity problem: developers used to feel special because generating code was placed on a cultural pedestal (sign of a special third brain lobe or whatever), that perceived specialness was a pillar of our personal identity, and now our egos are bruised because machines can do it and we don’t feel special anymore
While there’s doubtless truth to both of those in some / many cases, I posit a third theory:
(3) Purpose problem: contrary to popular belief, developers actually care quite a lot about the people who use our software and we derive a sense of purpose and meaning from doing what we believe to be good work; the current environment undermines that, not just LLMs but LLMs as part of a broader vortex of enshittification, and our world is effectively saying “everything you cared about doesn't matter, you can't hope to fight to make it matter, and you are stupid for caring”
I think there's evidence for that last theory in the kinds of despair you hear from developers: not just anxiety about paying the bills, not just angry feather-puffing, but a kind of existential despair that comes from the unraveling of one’s internal sense of purpose and meaning.
4/3
@cdarwin@c.imMullin threatens states that refuse Trump's election demands
Mullin also repeated his threat of withholding Federal Emergency Management Agency grant funding to states that don’t work to “secure” elections.
“If they’re not willing to do it, it should raise serious questions.
It’s not that hard. This isn’t a partisan issue,”
the homeland security secretary said.
This also comes after the Trump justice department sent letters to election officials in every sta…
@dariaphoebe@mindly.socialLeftover biscuits became mini breakfast sandwiches with egg, bacon and Gruyère today after a late night yesterday with films, gathering after, and work stuff. Today’s just work and necklace repair. #TogetherBreakfast https://photos.app.goo.gl/uDEm2pV3piyRKWyb6
@tiotasram@kolektiva.socialSo about that discomfort...
In the end, we have basically "hooray, national park declaration will protect the endangered species, whose traditional guardians, effectively extinct, will move into a new formal structure."
Celeste isn't Indigenous-coded, but this is *way* to close to several layers of colonialist myth that we have in America. The real story of our national parks, after all, is that we genocided the original inhabitants and forced them to move out of the parks, including banning culturally-important religious ceremonies at sacred sites in parks like Yosemite (in a country that's supposed to be very serious about freedom of religion...). Then we mostly erased those tribes from officially-taught history, pretending that they had tragically disappeared (they're still around; I could probably go look up their websites right now if I wanted to), and said "look at the majesty of this *wild*, *untamed*, *remote* wilderness. Isn't its completely *natural* beauty, untouched by humans, so wonderful?" Then just like the original tribes we do a bunch of human intervention to maintain the ecosystems there, and start charging camping and parking fees to support that work.
Yeah, it's a really fucked-up history.
So that's why it bothers me that the book ends with this as a positive resolution. In the book, the dragons' guardians are actually extinct, down to just Celeste. The prophecy-bending pretty much ensures that they won't actually make a comeback as a culture... But in real life, the descendants of the tribes that were forced out of Yellowstone, Yosemite, and other national parks are still around. The portrayal of genocides of indigenous peoples as completed is actually one big part of the colonialist myth: if they're all dead already, it might be tragic, but it's history, and there's no reason to give the land back or pay reparations or anything like that (Hollow Knight is sadly another extremely popular example of this myth-making). Then there's the idea that humans and nature are separable, the idea that the colonizers are trustworthy stewards of the land they stole, etc. When you set these things up to be true in your fictional world, you're helping acclimate readers to the idea that they're true in the real world, and that's bad.
I don't think that Matrin necessarily did this with malice: she's probably just reflecting back the myths she was taught. Special order tasked with sacred duty now almost extinct? Great way to give a character a tragic backstory and some powerful motivations, right? Etc.
TL;DR: I wish Martin had been as conscious of and clever in undermining colonialist myths as she was in dealing with standard fantasy racism.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialLee Enterprises journalists face layoffs again, months after David Hoffmann's investment raised hopes that cuts could ease; he has called layoffs a "bad word" (Angela Fu/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2026/lee-enterprises-layof…
@esoriano@social.linux.pizzaNew preprint:
Auditable and Transparent Fully Authenticated Disk Encryption via USB Storage Interposition
(Codename: cryptocondom)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.12716
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com@… I’m working with a client right now that is *heavily* in the LLM kool aide. So much so that it’s impossible for me to avoid interacting with LLMs while performing my work.
I absolutely feel like a disgustingly gross person after I’m done with work.
@acka47@openbiblio.social
@wyri@toot-toot.wyrihaxim.usWas planning to roll out a bunch of upgrades today, after months of work, and planning, but #GitHub has other plans, well bruch it is then!
@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz#Upcoming “Viva Negativa! The New Blockaders: The Noise of Art and Nothing” by Nick Soulsby is the most extensive consideration given to everything from their groundbreaking 1982 LP, “Changez les Blockeurs” to their most recent work. Limited to 400 copies, the book is 416 pages and the deluxe edition comes with a CD/DVD. Available via
@bogo@hapyyr.comFinally after a decade of thinking, I have a new website. I'd love if you can give me some feedback: https://talkweb.eu/
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsOh, so #Microsoft explains that #GitHub wasn't down due to vibe-coding, but due to "a new peak" in traffic. So sorry to hear that, really. Who would have expected that would happen after they (checks notes) practically monopolized software hosting, and then started aggressively pushing for unethical technology that is killing the Internet. But don't worry, their best vibe-coders are now working on the ultimate prompt to make everything scale.
https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/the-august-17-outage-and-the-work-ahead/
@georgiamuseum@glammr.usQ: How did you get your start in museum work and art handling?
A: I had gone to art school at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. After that I was doing odd jobs, restaurant jobs, one prop painting job and one dock building job, but mostly restaurants. Then a friend told me about opening at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and I applied and got that job.
2/
@cdarwin@c.imFirst, let’s talk about “grokking”.
In 2022, OpenAI published a paper showing that if you train a model on a simple dataset
(for instance, a simple mathematical operation like division),
and keep training it long after the training looks like it’s stalled out,
the model will suddenly make a massive jump in capability.
Why does this work?
The first stage of training is like rote memorization:
the model has to compress as much of the training data as…
@cdonat@hostsharing.coopThis week on #ProFed: visible progress again after weeks of backend work.
The immediate trigger was getting timeline entries to render differently by type - but the restructuring opens up much more. Like e.g. moving away from the traditional microblogging view towards something that better fits professional use.
@ubuntourist@mastodon.socialWork on Trump’s E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case Divides Sullivan & Cromwell
Law firm’s co-chairman assured partners it would stay out of the president’s appeal of sex-abuse and defamation cases. It reversed course after being asked by Trump’s personal lawyer.
https://www.wsj.co…
@matthiasott@mastodon.socialThanks for coming to my #T3DD2026 talk, everyone! 🤗🧡
Here are the slides: https://noti.st/matthiasott/3QwwRt/painting-with-the-web
I’ll be around for the rest of the co…
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.social"Hustle culture" is named after Jan Hus, a proto-Protestant preacher who invented the "Protestant work ethic."
Followers of Jan Hus dedicated their life to Hustle culture. They rode horses everywhere, so that they could waste less time on walking. They became known as Hussars and were often drafted into the army for their riding skills.
The rivals of the Hussars were the laid-back Dragoons—so called by their commanding officers because they were seen as "…
@peterhoneyman@a2mi.sociali'm finna mail out some mix tapes this weekend so heads up michigan (ann arbor, ann arbor, and birmingham) and california (LA, oakland, SF).
hey, check out the splatter!
@aardrian@toot.cafeI was unaware that I could not keep the original CodePen editor (yes, probably in one of the emails I didn’t read). But I tried the 2.0 once and didn’t go back.
Today I was forced into the 2.0 and my first experience was… underwhelming.
This after the window sat idle for 10 minutes.
@tezoatlipoca@mas.toI don't get to work directly with our software team much these days. But I still get to go out for lunch with a few of them, part of our regular "lunch" crowd.
Its been a bad year or two. SW morale is low. The new SW mgr is an idiot who doesn't advocate for the team, is merely the executive's slave whipper. Ship fast, break things kinda stuff.
So I asked today, after a vigorous round of bitchin bout work, look guys I know its pretty bad but I'm curious -…
@jswright61@ruby.socialGrand wash trail, Capital Reef National Park this was midway through a 4.5 mile hike.
I wished it was a 3.5 mile hike, but I did fine. My left knee is not good 6 months after replacement despite much pt and individual rehab work. This trip was planned with a good result in mind, but I said F it, hurts at home, might as well see some beautiful country.
It’s just Collette and I so the stakes are low if I have to bail on anything. So far, so good.
@jake4480@c.imIt's Bandcamp Friday!
https://isitbandcampfriday.com
I think I'm gonna grab at least 6-8 things, but it's gonna be much later today, after work. Will post about em when I do, as usual. Anyone picking up or already picked up something cool?
@pre@boing.worldWatched "Mythic Quest" which is four series of ten episodes of a sit com about a fictional video game studio on Apple TV.
I have previously said Apple are great at Sci Fi but have nothing remotely funny, but Mythic Quest is all right*. I laughed one or two times an episode at least.
Used to work in the game biz and it does show the character of that work surprisingly well.
"Always Sunny In Philadelphia"'s Charlie Day is involved in production and Rob McElhenney from that show one of the two main stars.
Does feel a bit like that show, the way the dialog from the actors is so often teasing verging on spiteful.
*, yeah okay Ted Lasso is alright as well. New womens-game series of that, after a long absence, is going okay too.
#watching #tv
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLondon-based Jack & Jill, which offers Jack, an AI agent for job seekers, and Jill, an agent for companies, raised a $40M Series A, after raising $20M in 2025 (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/09/14/agentic…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzThe Athletic's review of Dianna Russini's work concludes she was 'noncompliant' with standards https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7562229/2026/09/03/dianna-russini-report-released-athletic-investigation/
@CubitOom@social.linux.pizzaA local family and school community are seeking answers after school custodian was abducted by fascists (ICE) on his way to work (St. Johns County, FL)
Video Source
https://reddit.com/comments/1vjwzo2
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@hex@kolektiva.socialAnd the answer will be "fine" as long as "the military" is thought of as a block that is treated as an enemy of the left. In the Russian case, leftists intentionally joined the military to radicalize units. In the German case, conscription meant that leftists ended up in the military radicalizing people.
The US is different, intentionally. Vietnam changed a lot. While some people resisted the draft, others rolled hand grenades into their officers' tents. Fragging commanders was a huge problem. After the end of the war, the US military adapted by ending the draft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging
The US military works hard to brain wash recruits, yes. There are *a lot* of controls in place to minimize the probability of the type of revolt that has been part of other revolutions. One of those is "merit based" promotion. But, as we know from the Vietnam War, evrn that breaks down.
And it's easy to forget, or ignore, but the military *does* sometimes radicalize people or people radicalize themselves in response to their experiences in service. Smedley Butler is perhaps one of the more interesting examples, but there have been plenty. Aaron Bushnell should be at the top of your mind, as should Chelsea Manning (and perhaps others like Reality Winner).
Lots of people join the military for reasons other than patriotism, and some of those who join because of patriotism see what the US really is as part of their service. Support our vet comrades. Support those doing the work of trying to radicalize service members. Keep an open mind when talking to folks in the military today. Welcome comrades who are still in the military and have come to realize what's happened. And, most importantly, listen to those who have served to understand other things you can do to support service members who are in the process of rejecting their indoctrination.
@blackknight95857669@social.linux.pizzaThe House of Da Vinci (Multi, XP'd on PC) An explosion rocks the tower after a guard gives you a note from Leonardo. Follow his trail and uncover the secrets before it's too late.
Back to the thinky pain games, this time with more of a hidden object type game. Find and open hidden panels, unlock doors, manipulate and combine objects you find to create tools, etc.
Nice setting for this one, Renaissance Italy is always a cool place to check out, and traipsing through Le…
@stefan@gardenstate.socialSo sad Mindy Kaling's Not Suitable For Work Canceled After 1 Season.
This was a very fun show. Characters shows are always hard these days since they just need more to find an audience. I was really impressed with the writing of this show. Characters were strong and the plotting was strong. I was really worried they would not be able to balance home and work life but they did a really amazing job. The actors also had a great chemistry. Keep trying Mindy!
@elduvelle@neuromatch.socialSo I am forced to use Win11 (pro) at work and I am discovering a list of annoying things (even after removing all there is to possibly remove from settings, like "Copislop"):
@cdarwin@c.imA proposed constellation of satellites has astronomers very worried.
Unlike satellites that reflect sunlight and produce light pollution as an unfortunate byproduct,
the ones by US startup
"Reflect Orbital" would produce light pollution by design.
The company promises to produce “sunlight on demand” with mirrors that beam sunlight down to Earth so solar farms can operate after sunset.
It plans to start with an 18-metre test satellite named Earendil-1
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeFinally got the 100G core switch I was waiting on. The little half rack FS switches were a nice holdover (and I'll keep them around for port expansion) but not a long term solution, not enough interfaces.
This should be big enough to actually meet my needs for a while.
Probably won't have time to set it up until after work or overnight though.
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys Headlines: 3 Positives for Week 2, Pickens looks to rebound https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/09/17/cowboys-headlines-positive-signs-for-week-2-pickens-talks-drops…
@sean@scoat.esHad quite an adventure in hardware debugger land at @… Mesh Night, last night, but we managed to get the bootloader onto this board by way of a Pi Pico Zero and the debugprobe firmware (after failing to make the Tigard do what we needed—certainly our fault, not Tigard’s).
Fun little project. Really rewarding to see it work, despite being way out of our depth on …
@eyebee@mstdn.socialToday will be fun. NOT. Awake after five hours of sleep, and today I have to work from 5 pm to 2 am. I think the body state after that, plus 3 pm to midnight tomorrow begins with an ‘F’.
@servelan@newsie.socialMust-read at NextGov: "Voting machine researchers say federal work abruptly ended after Trump ally pushed back on their findings" - Election Law Blog
https://electionlawblog.org/2026/must-read-at-nextgov-voting-machine-researchers-say-federal-work-abruptly-ended-after-trump-ally-pushed-back-on-their-findings/
@cdarwin@c.imSerena Williams is back.
First, by teaming up with rising Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko for a straight-sets win over the No. 3 seeds in women’s doubles at the Queen’s grass-court tournament in London,
Williams sent a message to the tennis world that it may be in for an interesting summer.
Then she sent an even bigger message, by accepting a wild card into the singles at Wimbledon, which she has won seven times.
Williams’ comeback comes just under one year after she d…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzFernando Mendoza shares message for Raiders fans after signing rookie deal https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/07/23/fernando-mendoza-excited-to-get-to-work-after-signing…
@lpryszcz@genomic.social"Conversations became focused on how to integrate AI into the software that the customers used. I was watching it spread like a virus throughout that organization, while I continued programming away as I had for the decades before, writing tests and building features, and largely enjoying the work.
...
I didn't, and I still don't, see the need for working faster. I really like what Cal Newport encourages in his book Slow Productivity: work at a natural pace."
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI restores 5-hour Codex and Work limits for ChatGPT Plus users, after weeks without the restriction, saying it would smoothen the load on its compute (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/24/openai-restores-5-hour-codex-a…
@peterhoneyman@a2mi.socialwas it something i said?
(yes: you said "i'm thinking we could extend the control flow hacking module with spectre and rowhammer. also we could expand on use-after-free and heap grooming.")
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@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialCalifornia AG Rob Bonta says Paramount is trying to "blackmail the state" and "it won't work", after David Ellison reportedly threatened to move it out of state (Adam Chitwood/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/busi
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzShavon Revel Jr. Made Bold Claim After Cowboys-Rams Practice https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/shavon-revel-claim-cowboys-rams-practice/
@tezoatlipoca@mas.toMy former manager (semi-retired to a different role) send me a congratulations on my work anniversary this morning. 13 yrs ago today I joined this company. (I had worked here before, left for a now defunct #Canadian fruit-related tech company, then returned after they imploded - so really its should be closer to 16 yrs, all told).
I responded with the appropriate niceties of course, but really my…
@cdarwin@c.imThe Trump administration has repeatedly claimed without evidence that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s peeling lining was the work of vandals.
An independent analysis has concluded otherwise.
After reviewing photographs and satellite imagery, and speaking with experts,
The Washington Post found that the extensive gashes in the pool liner were likely the result of improper application.
The Thursday report noted that the tears appeared in at least seven places
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com@… Super appreciate all the work on the latest version. After taking a break for a while I reinstalled the app, and it’s super awesome!
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Cursor is building a general-purpose AI agent codenamed Sand, aimed at non-developers, that handles emails, texts, and documents to rival Claude Cowork (Grace Kay/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cursor-developing-ai-a…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAs microdrama makers embrace AI, actors say once-reliable work is scarcer; Axis AI Studios: live-action costs $100K-$300K vs. $60K-$100K for AI production (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business…
@cdarwin@c.imSen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization,
breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican’s health.
McConnell, 84, said in a statement that he was “briefly unconscious” around the time he was first taken to the hospital
and has undergone a battery of tests to try and determine what led to his fall.
He said he was also treated for mild pneumonia and has b…
@georgiamuseum@glammr.usAs she prepares for retirement, Arscott is mostly looking forward to traveling and spending more time with her friends and family. After years of keeping the engine of the director’s office running, she leaves behind a legacy bigger than her work. Beyond her dedication to the museum’s operations, she leaves with respect from her colleagues. 7/7
@markhburton@mstdn.social"In 1948, after an immensely costly war but also trade union and socialist mobilisation, the share of national income going to capital was 35 per cent, much lower than it had been the 1930s. Today it is back at 45 per cent. 35 per cent today would mean another £1.4 trillion for those who work, our services and communities."
Burnham’s got a long road ahead, and the left must keep up the pressure along the way | Morning Star
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialNice. <slow clap>
▶️ 'I'm going to make my husband work hard tonight!' | Jabeur reacts after her win | Eurosport Tennis
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ap1DzlbyG00&si=0va7NoOTjYM25bP2
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the Trump admin is weighing a $100K fee for foreign students seeking to work in the US after graduation; a judge blocked Trump's $100K H-1B fee in June (Michelle Hackman/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy…
@cdarwin@c.imWork is mostly good for our brains.
The evidence is strong that cognitive decline speeds up after retirement.
Now some people with hard physical jobs simply can’t keep them up.
The point here is what retirement means.
If you move from your job to other work such as volunteering,
new leisure activities,
learning new and complex skills,
then that’s actually not retirement.
You’re still at work.
Retirement to the couch and Netflix is a …
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders DE Maxx Crosby has a new reason to be angry on Sunday https://raiderramble.com/2026/09/08/raiders-de-maxx-crosby-has-a-new-reason-to-be-angry-on-sunday/
@cdarwin@c.imAs the implementation of AI disrupts dozens of industries,
it isn’t surprising that a crop of recent television shows and movies are depicting the villainy of this rapidly changing technology.
After all, screenwriters have been at the forefront of this fight.
“We were on the front lines as both the people who are being stolen from,
and the people whose work is being used to eliminate them,”
Carolyn Lipka, who co-wrote Hacks’ QuikScribbl episode, told The Flytr…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Alibaba has banned employees from using Claude Code and asked them to remove all Claude models from their work computers, citing security concerns (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/alibaba-bans-employees-using-claude
@hex@kolektiva.social- Ordained ministers selected after completing prescribed courses of study
You've read through this whole thread. Congratulations, you're ordained! Wow, that was a lot of hard work. I'm glad you made it. Now you can call yourself "Reverend" or "Jedi" or whatever the fuck you want. Make yourself a little document in Paint with your name on it, print it out, and frame it.
Seriously though, it can be that simple. It just needs to exist and end with some kind of accreditation that's tracked somehow. That study can also be "forming the coven" and the tracking can just completely overlap with the legal paperwork needed for the whole "ecclesiastical government" bit.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe OpenAI Deployment Company agrees to acquire Northslope, an applied AI company founded by ex-Palantir employees, its second acquisition after buying Tomoro (Madison Mills/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/08/openai-deployment-company-northslope-acquisi…
@cdarwin@c.imVideos show ICE’s pursuit of immigrant’s van before Houston shooting
Videos that capture the minutes leading up to and immediately after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot an undocumented Mexican immigrant in Houston early Tuesday morning
show agents aggressively following a white work van and then approaching the vehicle on foot.
Security camera footage from nearby businesses and residences, obtained and analyzed by The Washington Post, provides a n…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn Athletic probe finds journalist Dianna Russini violated standards due to her relationship with an NFL coach but finds scant evidence it impacted coverage (Andrew Marchand/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7562229/2026…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe DOJ withdraws subpoenas that would have forced three NYT reporters to testify about sources, after a federal judge criticized the DOJ for sloppy legal work (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/usmediatimesair-force-one-42429e4d4da8accc42b6c3…
@cdarwin@c.imUS senator Mitch McConnell is still not cleared to return to work, his office confirmed on Monday,
six weeks after he was hospitalized after a fall at his home.
An update released alongside a new photograph of the Republican lawmaker – one of the highest-profile figures in Congress, as a former Senate majority leader – said he was undergoing “intense physical therapy” and is “working hard” to get back to his duties.
In the statement, he said that he wouldn’t be able to make…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialLetter: WGAE withdrew its sponsorship of NY film festival Urbanworld after it unveiled a new programming section for directors using generative AI in their work (Brooks Barnes/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/movies/urbanworld-writers-guild-ai.htm…
@cdarwin@c.imThe once-independent system that Congress established after Watergate
has radically transformed in Trump’s second term.
Trump’s unprecedented firing of nearly 20 inspectors general
has unraveled the firewalls government’s ombudsmen have operated under for decades.
The new watchdogs are erasing the lines between agency leadership and their own watchdog offices,
Office of Inspector General employees told NOTUS,
openly suggesting they should work hand-in-glov…
@cdarwin@c.imAmericans are not accustomed to learning lessons about democracy from Nigeria, Peru, or the Philippines.
That disregard may soon change.
Those countries offer examples of what it looks like to reclaim stolen or swindled wealth from fallen authoritarian rulers.
Done right, this work can deliver justice and strengthen democratic institutions for the long run.
But cleaning up after a corrupt regime also comes with serious challenges and hazards.
The Trump presi…
@cdarwin@c.imAlmost four months ago Tom Kean Jr, a Republican, vanished from public view.
He missed more than 100 votes,
all while continuing to collecthis full taxpayer-funded salary of $174,000 along with excellent benefits.
The only explanation given for his absence was a cryptic statement from his office in late April saying he was dealing with a “personal health matter”.
Kean’s father, former New Jersey governor Tom Kean Sr, further told CNN in May that his son was battling…
@cdarwin@c.imFive people have reportedly been arrested for vandalizing Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC,
with Donald Trump insisting repair work will begin “immediately”.
CBS News reporter Emma Nicholson tweeted on Sunday that an administration official told her five people had been arrested for vandalizing the pool
and another five issued federal citations,
bringing the total number of police reports filed to 14, including one related to an alleged 250ft gash in …
@cdarwin@c.imThe family of US billionaire
James ‘Fergie’ Cox Chambers Jr.,
who was arrested in Ibiza at the request of the United States,
claimed on Monday that his extradition is the result of
“political persecution” by the Trump administration
due to the philanthropist’s support for the Palestinian cause.
The family has therefore called for action to be taken against his handover to the US authorities.
In a statement sent to EFE, the family reported that Chambe…
@cdarwin@c.imThe Democratic establishment had the money, the machinery and the candidate with national name recognition.
Angie Nixon had a bookshop called Café Resistance and a grassroots campaign for the Senate.
On primary election night in Florida, Nixon won in arguably the biggest upset of the primary season.
But at least one person was not shocked: Angie Nixon herself.
“We weren’t surprised,” the 42-year-old reflects after overcoming a vast fundraising disadvantage to defe…
