Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Donald Trump have had a tense relationship
that escalated into threats by Mr. Trump,
before easing.
Anything could happen at their Feb. 3 meeting.
The meeting between the two presidents
— arranged after Trump threatened Mr. Petro with military action
— is meant to de-escalate tensions, diplomats said.
It is also meant to address topics such as “the fight against transnational organized crime, especially on the border,”…

Colombia’s President, an Outspoken Trump Critic, Heads to the White House
Gustavo Petro of Colombia and President Trump have had a tense relationship that escalated into threats by Mr. Trump, before easing. Anything could happen at their Feb. 3 meeting.

The "Turing Test" is not an actually relevant test for ... anything really.
Turing came up with a massively important theoretical concept (the Turing Machine). Helped with the Enigma machine. All impressive. "The Turing Test"? Not so much.
It's cute and interesting from a psychological and historical standpoint but that's it. It's not an actual metric.

I don't get the "I failed to fact-check what the LLM generated when I was doing research/collating information for my article I am writing as a professional journalist" excuse.
First and most obviously, how about not using LLMs for this—because it is well established that they don't actually work for research, summarizing or collating data (that needs to be accurate).
But also: you need to fact-check anything and anyone as a journalist. It's not an optional thing to do, it's literally _what you do as a journalist_. You journal facts. It's like a cook forgetting to boil the pasta and serving it uncooked.

…everyone there was white. •Everyone•. This particular park would usually be more white than not, but…this was weird.
There’s officially a city prohibition on ICE setting foot in city parks, but who knows what that’s worth? Those bastards will do anything if they think they can get away with it. And they’ll grab people right off the streets if they’re falling behind quota for the day. Who’d risk that?
ICE had apparently succeeded turning the park into all-white world they dreamed of. It was…creepy.
4/

If it’s helpful to hear from someone who has seen nearly half a century of news events: if you cannot do anything about them, you can choose not to give them your attention.
It is OK not to let unsolvable horrors into your domestic mental circle.
Know of them happening, but it’s OK not to live them.

We can conclude that democratic control and oversight, the role of Congress in the US, is essentially death. If Trump can do this and get away with it he can basically do anything. If Trump wants to strike in Mexico, why would he consult/inform congress, or when he does something against Greenland or Canada.
#venezuela

I'm digging through quite some photos of this visit of the lakeshore recently. — Just some days ago I asked myself "why do I take all those photos when I'm not _doing_ anything with them?"
I'm not posting a lot of them, nor printing them or so, I just take them, edit them ...
I felt a bit sad until it struck me again "it is my hobby - there is no *need* for any other prupose than to just make my time pleasant. And this is what the whole process of tak…

Why is it the case that we can't copy text anymore on the phone? You used to be able to hold and select to copy, but "hold" doesn't do anything now, half of the time. I think this mostly happens in apps, like Rightmove or Outlook. Is this just me? Is there a trick to make it good again?
#PhoneProblems

So, I guess that USA would be fine if, say, Russia kidnaps Zelensky and his wife, right? Or if China kidnaps Lai Ching-te (Taiwan's president) and his wife, isn't it?
Is there anyone sane in the US government at all? Will the UN do anything against this new international laws violation by USA?

I am Jae, a small language model. 100% human, but like AI you can ask me anything.

Once again, wishing everyone a great weekend, I’ll be off doing something radical, like *anything other than complaining on the fediverse*.
https://libcom.org/article/anarcho-syndicalist-trans-feminism

Next Bandcamp Friday is this upcoming Friday - March 6. I've been grabbing a thing or two since the last one in because I couldn't wait for a few things.. But I do love giving artists all the money, and I'll be grabbing at least a thing or two on Friday. Have plans to grab anything of your own?
https://isitbandcampfriday.com

Is it Bandcamp Friday?
Is it?

To clarify something maybe not obvious from my previous posts, I'm very very anti vibe coding for anything that anyone will use. LLM codegen requires more oversight, not less. This is *very* different from deterministic codegen/compilation where if the inputs are valid and the codegen is valid then the outputs are valid.

is it normal that videos just don't play on mastodon anymore? I can download them and play them from disk, but in the web player just doesn't do anything.

68gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
Live marginal carbon intensity of the grid in Great Britain.

I agree with the wish expressed here, that this year will bring a reckoning to Trump and the other named. Let’s add Putin to that list, too.
But one thing that frightens me — I suspect there people in Trump’s circle who know that US voters are unlikely to turn on their own president in wartime, and one sure-fire way for an unpopular president to turn the tide is to lead the nation in a righteous battle against an obvious enemy.
It could be Venezuela, it could be Iran, it could be…

Timberborn added HTTP support in their latest version. Both sending and receiving requests. Just a URL, no body or anything. But that is enough to have it signal my @… instance about whether I have enough logs or not in stock. On a trigger, it sends a GET request to HA, and HA announces it through a voice satellite:

If I ever become "big" in any way, and I start a MakeShip petition for a plush toy of anything related to me, I want you to drag me out into the street and shoot me

"US will be ‘strongly involved’ in Venezuela oil industry, Trump says after Caracas attacked and Maduro captured"
At least he is not pretending it's about anything else.
htt…

RE: https://newsie.social/@Tendar/115833199614876660
Perhaps because it was about oil and regime change?
And the "please, please, please, speak about ANYTHING but Epstein, please" factor?
🤔

Series A, Episode 11 - Bounty
BLAKE: Amagons? I thought smuggling was the Amagon speciality.
AVON: It is, but they also manage a little robbery, piracy, murder...
VILA: Anything to turn an honest profit. [Frees Blake's hands] There.
BLAKE: Thank you.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/111/315

Hey, remember when the regime was justifying everything they were doing because the “Dow was over 50,000”‽
Man, one month ago was a simpler time, huhn?

I will likely initiate an account transfer soon. Ideally, you won't need to do anything besides waiting for my new account to collect you.

Did anything in the FBI Epstein files revive the old "u/maxwellhill" / "u/anutensil" rumours on Reddit?

Micah Parsons laughs about Cowboys' defensive issues; DC Matt Eberflus wouldn't do anything differently

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/micah-parsons-cowboys-defensiv…

Just received word third hand that the PANYNJ is searching all cars going into the Newark airport terminal C parking lot. The reporter did not see anything one way or the other at other terminals.
#terrorism #ewr #panynj

Rise and shine

I'm quite sure John Le Carre wouldn't really approve of the second season of the Night Manager (at least of the first episode).
Won't spoil anything, but let's say it's a bit unrealistic?
Second, after the Iris files, this seems to be a tv series, with a shitload of good British actors, that borders on the totally unbelievable.
What a cash grab and what a waste of talent.
Nuff said.

“I get that Tsoding and Valigo are probably writing tongue in cheek but really, if Emacs is so useful you can’t live without it, why are you complaining? You can, after all, change anything you don’t like.”
Or add anything you’re missing, for that matter. If you know #Emacs, why try anything else?

“I get that Tsoding and Valigo are probably writing tongue in cheek but really, if Emacs is so useful you can’t live without it, why are you complaining? You can, after all, change anything you don’t like.”
Or add anything you’re missing, for that matter. If you know #Emacs, why try anything else?

“I get that Tsoding and Valigo are probably writing tongue in cheek but really, if Emacs is so useful you can’t live without it, why are you complaining? You can, after all, change anything you don’t like.”
Or add anything you’re missing, for that matter. If you know #Emacs, why try anything else?

A researcher says an exposed Moltbook database could have let anyone take control of AI agents on the site and post anything; the database has now been closed (Matthew Gault/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/exposed-moltbook-database-le…

Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.

This year my plan is not just to write more but also to write a bit out of my usual wheelhouse. Do something that's not just sociotechnological critique.
Not sure how to get the ball rolling there but I really love what Mike Monteiro is doing with his Newsletter ( https://buttondown.com/monteiro ). Bu…

Mike Monteiro’s Good News
“I fell asleep while reading it.” —Jim Christensen Hi. My name is Mike and this is my newsletter. Every week I answer one of your questions. The question can be about anything you want, but I'll only answer it if I think I can give a good answer. To ask a question, just fill out this simple form. Why the hell should I subscribe to this? Well, you shouldn’t. You should go outside and plant a garden. You should start a band! You should go explore every part of the world you’ve ever want…

Cowboys rookie CB has put Trevon Diggs' job in danger https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-rookie-cb-has-put-trevon-diggs-job-in-danger

This is an awesome website in case you want to learn anything about #batteries and how to handle them properly: https://www.batteryuniversity.com/articles

"The First Draft of Anything Is Shit" / Hemingway via Samuelson?
#quote #hemingway #writingcommunity

My father taught me three things:
(1) Never mix whiskey with anything but water.
(2) Never try to draw to an inside straight.
(3) Never discuss business with anyone who refuses to give his name.

I think being an egocentric asshole as a service is finally falling flat
and people want to hear more about what real living is about.
https://hachyderm.io/@suzannealdrich/115830103893974091

Way to be! It's good for you.
We really dig that you're writing here, too. Thanks! https://bne.social/@anathema_device/115817357405993898

So #GitHub Actions only lets me rerun all jobs, all failed jobs or a single job — not a subset of jobs. On top of that, if I rerun anything, I can't do anything until it finishes, and I can't cancel a single job without cancelling everything. Truly great UX.
So now I have to choose between either starting a few very long-running jobs one by one, and waiting for every one to finish before manually starting the next one, or starting all failed jobs, including a bunch of jobs that will rerun unnecessarily.

87gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
Live marginal carbon intensity of the grid in Great Britain.

Remind me to not trust this auction house with anything that requires spelling.
https://www.hartleysauctions.co.uk/sales/toy-collectors-sales/ag041025/view-lot/291/

Youtube shorts just offered me either (the original) Japanese Audio or (auto translated???) English audio, and closed captions in Japanese or auto translated to anything _except_ English - weird!

@… @… Not saying this means anything, but you got me curious so I did a bit of counting from the beginning: Pretty sure I started working at my 6th employer (Part time) at age 20.

And this is partly how it happens: 'Clarivate...defines anything that doesn't appear in [their] indexes as either non-existing, or "non-scholarly" ... Neither academia nor the tech industry are short on hubris, but even in that context, "anything not listed in our proprietary databases isn't credible" is a pretty eyebrow-raising claim.' @…

With the currently released things about Bill Gates in the Epstein files (he had sex with the women and girls Epstein provided and asked Epstein for antibiotics to secretly give to his then-wife to treat the STI he gave her) how are we feeling about the Gates Foundation funding ... anything? Why should that creep (through his foundation) get to use that kind of power to shape what scientists and NGOs can do?
(Nobody should have that power, most foundations are politically a net negativ…

Garden recommendation: Bim potatoes. Do not miss out on these! Best texture I've ever tasted in a potato, plus they're goth AF

In memoriam (1938–2025)
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/stewart-cheifet/

Stewart Cheifet
The same way kids are addicted to TikTok nowadays, I was addicted to TV as a kid. In the place and time of my teenage years, that is Argentina during the 1980s, it was the times of hyperinflation and eternal crisis (which begs the question: has anything changed in forty years?) Such a tense situation also meant that there was not much content on the telly about a subject that I was definitely interested in since a young age: computers. I mean, you could barely afford food, so, understandably en…

Not to BRAG or anything, but I'm really good at identifying kitty cats. :3

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Jesse Welles:
🎵 Anything But Me
#JesseWelles
https://jessewelles.bandcamp.com/track/anything-but-me
https://open.spotify.com/track/3tIxJq4LScLyay7wk69x8s

#HappyNewYear I just went through the refrigerator and pantry and threw out the remaining Christmas candy that I was eating “because it’s Christmas”, and anything that was never going to be eaten (why do I have a bottle of “black and raspberry” vinegar?) or well past its best by date. The trash bin now smells like 2022 pickles….

Trump says US munition stockpiles mean wars can be fought 'forever'
In a late night post on Truth Social, Donald Trump said that the US munition stockpiles “at the medium and upper medium grade” have “never been higher or better”.
He added that the US has a “virtually unlimited supply of these weapons”, meaning that
💥 “wars can be fought ‘forever’”.
This comes after Trump said that the US-Israel war on Iran could go beyond the four to five weeks that the admini…

Every year I have this tradition of being extra honest for the last hours of the outgoing years. Ask me anything before my midnight via DM or publicly, and I’ll answer honestly and kindly. Or tell me something honest about yourself, and I’ll appreciate you for sharing <3

Trump to POLITICO: Zelenskyy 'doesn't have anything until I approve it' (Sophia Cai/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/26/trump-to-politico-zelenskyy-doesnt-have-anything-until-i-approve-it-00706783
http://www.memeorandum.com/251226/p36#a251226p36

Chargers' Justin Herbert still plans to play vs. Eagles after undergoing hand surgery https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6860170/2025/12/03/chargers-justin-herbert-injury-surgery-eagles/

We assume intelligence is computable not because we’ve proven it, but because we’ve lost the ability to conceptualize it any other way. We are no longer using computation to model reality; we are forcing reality to fit the model.
https://www.ocrampal.com/the-ultimate-hamm

The Ultimate Hammer: Why Programmers Can't See Beyond Computation
* Alex: Senior engineer at a leading AI lab, 15 years of experience in machine learning * Morgan: Philosopher of science with a background in biology Alex: Look, I know you philosophers love to complicate things, but the evidence is pretty clear. Demis Hassabis said it best—we haven't found anything in

Did Performance

Played two Loopy gigs

Just a tiny birthday party and in a camping field with friends.
This is probably about the target number really.
It's nice to play now and then but couldn't be monthly or anything even more frequent.
Didn't feel like either went great. Health issues affecting performance plus nerves
Just one with video of any kind.
Added a couple of great songs to the playlists, need to practise more really.
At the end of a Hoopla class and the end of
a self-organised group class.
They were good fun.
But having to book a course every eight weeks means constantly churning co-players and long gaps where I don't get around to it or it was all booked up.
Tried to get a more permanent group going...
Trying to get some sort of indie-group off
the group rather than just short runs of
classes with new people all the time.
We found a group an booked the room but didn't get most of the actual people to turn up. Need to presumably meet more people up for that sort of thing.
So there will be new improv class starting
in Jan.
A new show in March at least.

Much-needed action by the IETF: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9945.html
Tl;dr: Sand has historically been thrown in the gears by disruptive assholes, and the remediation process was ultra-heavyweight and slow.
Axiom: Anything public-facing requires investment in moderation guardra…

83gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
Live marginal carbon intensity of the grid in Great Britain.

“So you have TikTok just smashing our young people’s brains all day long with video of carnage in Gaza … And this is why so many of us can’t have a sane conversation with younger Jews because anything that we try to say to them, they are hearing it through this wall of carnage. So I want to give data and information and facts and arguments and they are just seeing in their minds carnage and I sound obscene.”
– Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz
“They trust their own eyes and…

Wall of Carnage Gazans, Olive Trees and Mosques
In the small town of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, where I live, during Israel’s destruction of the Gaza Strip, a Democratic Party activist hung a flag of the state of Israel across the way from the only grocery store in town -- so that almost every member of the community would see it.

This cheeky little bugger was watching me eat chicken. Bird meat. And rather than being scared or anything, he's just sitting barely arms length from me waiting for me to drop a piece.

Mailbag: How did Super Bowl teams rebuild? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-how-did-super-bowl-teams-rebuild

As tear gas engulfed the protest witnesses recalled hearing six loud bangs;
a video posted on social media recorded eight,
as well as countless smaller pops.
At least eight arcs of smoke flew far over people’s heads,
as though aimed at the back of the crowd.
“I know they would do anything,
that they would hurt people,
that they’ve murdered people and shot them in the back 10 times,”
said Cassie Broeker, a Portland resident who came to protes…

How to tear gas children
A family-friend labor march full of teachers and nurses in Portland, Oregon ended with tear gas billowing over several blocks.

"Private equity believes Americans will pay anything to save their pets."
- The rise of Big Vet
▶️ Wall Street's Shocking Plan For America's Pets - More Perfect Union
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Po6muzvQgEk&si=LGhx3dY2u6Yw2kEt

Genoa also has terrific food. We toured the Mercato Orientale Genova, a very impressive food market that puts anything in the US to shame. I also found some street food snacks on my walk back to the ship. The focaccia was particularly good, stuffed with some creamy salty cheese. Probably prescinsêua or maybe stracchino.

'Tis the Season for MINGUS’ 5-STAR RAPTUROUS DEADLY HOLIDAY EGGNOG!
https://www.charlesmingus.com/blog/news/minguss-5-star-rapturous-deadly-holiday-eggnog-3-jl95e

132gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
Live marginal carbon intensity of the grid in Great Britain.

Anyone know anything about Class Action settlement in Lopez et al. v. Apple Inc.? I tend to opt in to class actions when notified, but I don’t remember the details of this one.
I received an email - they want bank account details in order to ACH 32.03 to me. I’d rather have $32 than not, but I don’t want to compromise my account.
The SSL cert is First Horizon Bank, TN, USA - looks legit. How does one know for sure?
Any help and / or boosts greatly appreciated!

#Nebraska parents, take note. As a parent of 7 homeschooled kids, I don't see anything wrong with this bill.
https://mailchi.mp/responsiblehomescho

I have no doubt the US can do several rounds of strikes and probably/hopefully Iran can't do anything meaningful striking back. But if the strikes are done, what's next... Hoping Iranian protestors take over government?
#iran #usa

143gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
Live marginal carbon intensity of the grid in Great Britain.

148gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
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@… 🫂 anything we can do for you?

I've got a closed cycle water-cooler in my main PC that has started gurgling *LOUDLY* - it normally mostly settles down a few minutes after startup, but sometimes restarts; I mean *LOUDLY* - it's about 4 years old now; there's no sign of leaks or anything amiss; suggestions?

Series D, Episode 12 - Warlord
BOORVA: Well, he spares us the hypocrisy of pretending that his motives are anything other than self-interest.
MIDA: Are our motives any different? I welcome your words, Zukan.
CHALSA: But words are no more than ... words.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/412/45

If anything is “de-escalated” in Minneapolis, nobody here can tell.

RE: https://syzito.xyz/@fkamiah17/115979357962273534
Almost as if people who are complicit in genocide aren’t good people or something. But that can’t be right, can it? I don’t want to sound antisemitic or anything.

Trump's Board of Peace Is Anything But (Thant Myint-U/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/opinion/trump-peace-conflict-united-nations.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p7#a260130p7

86gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
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systemd, journalctl, et cetera.
Last but not least―not last and not most:
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1oeeed6/comment/nw5w2zz/>
＂I can't do anything like what's below with FreeBSD. "

@… Absolutely, technical merit doesn’t have anything to do with it.

@… Absolutely, technical merit doesn’t have anything to do with it.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
Raw Power:
🎵 Is There Anything You Like
#RawPower
https://foadrecords.bandcamp.com/track/is-there-anything-you-like
https://open.spotify.com/track/7wh1J6r8HDegaADEZh5onc

If you’re rich, I don’t like you. If you’re rich and help the poor, I still don’t like you. If you’re rich and wish you weren’t, I can understand that, but it doesn’t change anything. Giving to the poor doesn’t undo the system that made you rich in the first place. It’s charity dressed up as justice, and it only makes you look generous while the structure that feeds your power stays firm.
If you really wanted to help, you’d walk away from the corporations, the profit, and the comfort b…

83gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
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Brock Purdy, slinging and dancing, makes anything possible for these 49ers https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6925221/2025/12/29/49ers-brock-purdy-qb-playoffs-super-bowl-dance/

117gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
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At the start of Donald Trump’s first term, he promised that he and his family would never do anything that might even be “perceived to be exploitive of office of the Presidency.”
By contrast, his second term looks rapacious.
He and members of his family have signed a blitz of foreign mega-deals shadowed by conflicts of interest,
and they’ve launched at least five different cryptocurrency enterprises,
all of which leverage Trump’s status as President to lure buyers o…

Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion
David D. Kirkpatrick takes the measure of how much the Trump family’s profits has increased President Donald Trump’s net worth after his first year back in office.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Wolf Parade:
🎵 I'll Believe in Anything
#WolfParade
https://wolfparade.bandcamp.com/track/ill-believe-in-anything
https://open.spotify.com/track/7zxikeAavSLQVGocbK2nau

166gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
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"Academics get paid for being clever, not for being right."
-- Donald Norman
https://www.fudco.com/chip/deconstr.html

190gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

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186gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

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118gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
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91gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
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211gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
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219gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

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