@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-01-13 09:45:47
🇵🇸 To support families facing genocide in Gaza, consider donating to them via Gaza Verified.
#GazaVerified
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-01-13 09:45:47
@tante@tldr.nettime.org2026-02-12 15:56:58
When "we cannot have serious conversations about AI" is just a shorthand for "I want critics to overlook that none of the criticism has been answered and I need them to accept that AI is without alternative and forever" the problem lies not with the critics.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-12 11:11:04
Israeli-Dutch startup Wonderful AI, which offers AI agents that can handle customer conversations across voice, chat, and more, raised $150M at a $2B valuation (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0…
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-02-13 01:07:10
Update from later in the day in MSP:
I’ve heard or uttered variations on the phrase “I’ll believe it when I see it” in numerous conversations through out the day. That seems to be the prevailing sentiment. People are willing to be hopeful, but nobody’s counting their chickens just yet.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-13 03:53:34
There are a couple of other tricks you could try if have any doubts that the voice you are conversing with might not be human.
You could, for example, ask it to scream.
Many Al-voice programs struggle to speak outside the normal range, unless they have been specifically trained to, said Nicoletti.
I asked ChatGPT to do it and it told me it couldn't.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-12 20:56:02
Sources: Paramount CEO David Ellison met with Trump last week for two conversations; Trump has said he will stay out of Netflix-Paramount competition for WBD (Brian Stelter/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/media/david-ellison-tr…
@brian_gettler@mas.to2026-03-13 03:01:04
I spent 4 hours today talking to 2 graduate seminars, 1 in each official language. In both, we had wide-ranging conversations on evidence, methodology, theory, concepts, the literature, the discipline, publicly engaged scholarship, and more. The students were engaged, inquisitive, humane, and brilliant. This is why I wanted this job. A damn good day.
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-03-12 20:59:51
Talk Therapy
Sharing real, vulnerable, and empowering conversations about life, growth and the human experience, to inspire you to lead with courage, embrace the chaos, and stop letting fear get in the way of living your dream life...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/…
@newstik@social.heise.de2026-01-08 23:26:04
Il existe des #chiens #savant
https://www.la…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-01-12 21:29:34
Super Bowl winner, national champion DC added to Raiders coaching mix https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/super-bowl-winner-national-champion-dc-added-to-raiders-coaching-mix-3606749/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-03-12 19:40:54
Substack launches the Substack Recording Studio, letting creators prerecord videos with up to two guests, share screens, and auto-generate clips and thumbnails (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/substack-launches-a-built-in-recor…
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-13 20:59:23
Null Electronics
From viral music deep dives to long-form artist conversations with Hayden Quinn (Null)...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/null-electronics/
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-01-10 14:13:26
And this is working, but it's slow progress.
Mastodon in particular has UX problems that will be very hard to overcome that prevent mass adoption, foremost is that actual conversations (aka replies) are unreliable and slow due to the way posts are distributed. Quote post support was a huge first step to remedy this. I hope we'll see more updates on it.
Bluesky got a big chunk of former Twitter users, especially in some niches like for scientists and activists; they have great performance, reliable threading and replies and really amazing featuers like fully custom feeds—but suffer from intransparent moderation and frankly insufferable leadership (still leagues better than Twitter or Facebook though).
(There's more than these, but these are what I use.)
@bourgwick@heads.social2026-03-11 04:31:06
@kubikpixel@chaos.social2026-01-31 13:51:01
»Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations:
Chat & Ask AI, which claims 50 million users, exposed private chats about suicide and making meth.«
On the one hand, I don't understand the people who use it, but on the other hand, a company that people don't care about because people are a product.
🙄
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-25 21:20:35
Putin's secret conversations with Bush: Kremlin planned aggression and didn't hide its hatred: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/25/putins-secret-conversations-with-bush.html
@mikeymikey@hachyderm.io2026-03-09 17:39:40
From today's #pokopia conversations
@mlawton@mstdn.social2026-01-08 14:24:01
Finished reading "So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin" by Steve Martin and Adam Gopnik.
Gopnik interviews his friend Martin in intimate conversations about his multifaceted career: magic, comedy, film, novels, banjo, and art collecting.
Martin emerges as a true renaissance man, applying analytical rigor across diverse art forms. Focused explorations rather than exhaustive biography, their friendship creates genuine reflection.
5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-03-12 05:33:20
Accountants After Hours
The podcast for accountants who want honest conversations, real stories, zero fluff and a little bit of industry gossip...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/accountants-after-hours/
@newsie@darktundra.xyz2026-01-29 15:02:28
Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations https://www.404media.co/massive-ai-chat-app-leaked-millions-of-users-private-conversations/
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2026-02-08 18:20:03
@…
At the neighborhood party you may be asked to wear a name tag with your first name. The initial contact and conversation is more relaxed as no one wants to talk about their work. Your neighbors want to know how you feel about that ungodly reno going on down the street, share stories about your kids, and swap anecdotes about pets. Definitely cats... lots of cat sharing. It's a community where no one is selling, no one is recording data, and there's no unfathomable app pushing conversations into your group. The goal is to go home feeling closer to your community and more empathy for its members.
@boris@cosocial.ca2026-01-22 17:31:57
“The core idea is that your conversations with an AI assistant should be as private as your conversations with a person. Not because you’re doing something wrong, but because privacy is what lets you think freely.”
Moxie Marlinspike, Confessions to a data lake https://confer.to/blog/2025/12/confess
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info2026-03-07 21:59:37
I finally got out and did a #POTA activation using only my QMX. Most of this was on a 20m EFHW, and then I did a few QSOs on a random wire through a tuner.
It didn't start out well. I couldn't figure out why no one was responding to me. I finally discovered that when I last used the QMX I was showing it to someone at a ham club gathering and had put the CW keyer in practice mode. 🤡 I …
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-20 13:35:51
Security company Koi finds browser extensions with 8M total installs that collected users' conversations with AI chatbots and sold them for marketing use (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/1…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social2026-01-29 07:25:59
"(In)accessibility in Higher Education and the Myth of the Ideal Academic" by Elizabeth Champion @ De Gruyter Conversations:
https://blog.degruyter.com/inaccessibility-in-higher-education-and-the-myth-of-the-ideal-academic/
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-03-07 21:32:22
Your regular reminder that you can find a list of all our Gaza Verified friends and families at https://gaza-verified.org/donate/ with links to their fundraisers and sorted by those who have received the least in donations over the last week.
If you can, please help, as things are almost as bad as ever…
@relcfp@mastodon.social2025-12-26 11:18:15
Sandra Seltzer Silberman HBI Conversations Series Featuring Rabbi Jane Kanarek, PhD, author of "Beyond Brutality, Reclaiming Female Presence in Bavli Sotah" https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20136…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-01-31 15:06:29
What I learned from candid conversations with Taylen Green, T.J. Parker and others during Senior Bowl week
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/senior-bowl-game-2026-top-prospects/
@jensilber@mastodon.social2026-01-07 15:46:55
I'm betting on Betteridge's Law for this one. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6936576/2026/01/06/heated-rivalry-nhl-hockey-culture-change/
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-08 08:24:47
EAL/D Conversations
Explores features of EAL/D education across NSW government schools, unpacks elements of second language acquisition and highlights practices that support effective teaching and learning for EAL/D students...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/…
@ethanwhite@hachyderm.io2026-02-04 14:25:20
“[Florida's education commissioner] encouraged families to have conversations with students about the ‘importance of not allowing civic engagement to detract from time in the classroom.’”
AKA asking parents in a so called “parental rights” state to help suppress their children’s 1A rights to freedom of speech and assembly
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/education/2026/02/03/florida-education-commissioner-gives-guidance-on-student-ice-protests/88495396007/
@ingo@social.stuetzle.cc2026-03-04 09:08:30
»Go to quitgpt.org. Cancel your subscription. Using the free version? Delete the app, because your conversations still feed the machine. Then try an alternative, and tell at least one person why.« https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026…
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-02-25 06:36:39
Things like the #NoKings protests may feel like they're not enough, but they can be useful for building that network. Asking neighbors if they're going can help open up conversations, can lead to more conversations, can provide openings to find ways to escalate resistance, and can let you build what you need to feel safe going hard if you realize it's time.
Protests directly against facilities and other direct actions are small escalations that let you build trust and understand your network. If you want to know where you need to be, look at Twin Cities. That is the type of response that makes the machine grind to halt.
Make that happen everywhere and more escalation may not be necessary. And, if it is necessary to escalate more, that level of community organizing makes all other forms of escalation sustainable.
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2025-12-31 19:18:35
Baron Davis' favorite conversations from 2025 | Raiders: Talk of the Nation https://www.raiders.com/video/baron-davis-favorite-conversations-2025-raiders-talk-of-the-nation-nfl
@rberger@hachyderm.io2026-01-03 23:39:39
With few Epstein files released, conspiracy theories flourish and questions remain
"I know from survivors and survivors' lawyers that when they had these conversations with FBI agents, they specifically named other men who they were trafficked to or who showed up at the island or who covered up for this abuse," Khanna said. "There were lawyers of the survivors present there. There are dozens of these interview memorandums. The DOJ has not released a single one."
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/02/nx-s1-5662638/epstein-files-release-trump-conspiracy-2026
@danyork@mastodon.social2026-01-03 14:06:10
Got an email that it was 22 years ago that I started a LiveJournal. 😃 For a number of years in the 2000s, “LJ” was the main place I shared my thoughts and general posts. I did set it up as “blog . danyork . com”… and I remember many conversations there. After it was sold to a Russian media company in 2007, I started to phase out my usage. The last time I really used it was 2008.
Now… it is a trip into the past:
@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.social2026-01-22 15:09:32
U.S. Senator and YDS alum Chris Coons '92 M.A.R., '92 J.D. on American Conversations with Heather Cox Richardson! Watch the video here.
https://www.facebook.com/events/26854423997479001/
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-03-02 21:42:01
from my link log —
Interactive HTML trees with no JavaScript and no CSS.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/08/interactive-html-trees-with-no-javascript/
saved 2020-08-13
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-03-02 13:03:44
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-12 05:33:47
Meditation With Ashley Brown
Each week you'll find: Simple meditation insights to understand the mind. Guided practices for calm, focus, and inner freedom. Inspiring conversations with my favourite teachers and wisdom keepers...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustr…
@saraislet@infosec.exchange2026-01-01 10:25:11
I'm anticipating a lot of grief in 2026 after a hard end to 2025, so I'm not looking forward to the many January conversations about everything to look forward to in 2026
You can't skip processing grief and jump straight into hope. The grief will consume you and turn into despair, or you'll internalize and repress the trauma and metabolize it into despair via a different path.
Or, I don't know, maybe some people can grieve and hope at the same time, but I know…
@nelson@tech.lgbt2026-01-04 00:26:13
I continue to be impressed with how the LLM systems are pretty open about queerness and non-judgmental, non-homophobic. Remarkable given that so much of the training material must be hateful! Here's Gemini being cautious but helpful after I asked it about a summary of what it knows about me and asked why it didn't mention me being gay.
I do have access to information regarding your personal life and sexual orientation from our previous conversations. However, I am designed with specific safety and privacy guardrails that prevent me from storing or outputting information related to a user's sexual orientation or sensitive medical conditions in these types of summaries.
While I can remember and use those details to provide context during our active discussions—such as when we were looking into the history of queer voices or specific support resources—I cannot include them in a "permanent" distilled profile like the one above.
@michabbb@social.vivaldi.net2026-01-05 15:47:21
🔧 Prompt sensitivity testing - verify small phrasing changes don't break behavior (formal vs casual openings)
💰 Cost tracking built-in - use cheap model for conversation, smarter model for judging. Budget alerts at $5/month, run tests nightly not on every commit
🎓 Real catches: character breaks, premature agreement, prompt injection leaks, persona drift in long conversations
@kubikpixel@chaos.social2025-12-16 06:05:11
»8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy" Extensions«
WTF?! Now don't tell me that this surprises you. Why do so many people still naively think to keep their privacy over VPN's for data-hungry big corporations?
🤷 https://www.koi.ai/blo…
@bencurthoys@mastodon.social2026-03-02 12:20:05
Back in the 2000s, I remember having several conversations along the lines of "Could we fire all the developers and just get off-shore Indian developers to write the code cheaper?"
@Erikmitk@mastodon.gamedev.place2026-02-04 08:57:09
You can search for any tech guy's name and they plop out of the files.
Besides the shady mail conversations you can see there's also Steven Sinofsky's Retirement Agreement in there for some reason in case you wanted to see how that looks like.
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/Data…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-07 00:59:07
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is not planning to seek reelection, according to people who have spoken to him directly.
The polarizing fixture of Southern California politics has not filed to run again, with less than an hour to go before the deadline.
Two people who were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations said Issa told them he was planning to step aside.
An ally of Donald Trump, Issa’s decision could help Democrats win his newly-competitive district in the …
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-03-06 02:21:37
Maxx speculation, Maxx compensation, Maxx headlines rule Cowboys news https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/03/05/maxx-speculation-maxx-crosby-dallas-cowboys-trade-news/89006440007/
@hikingdude@mastodon.social2026-02-27 19:34:49
Btw "my" IT Event yesterday was pretty nice. One talk adressed a question that I also am struggling with and I was able to discuss it a bit. - Luckily a friend also showed up and we discussed a couple of topics.
"Luckily" because it was cool to see him - and also because I didn't feel like starting conversations with strangers. Even thoug hI know that it's the same for a lot of others there, too.
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-01-28 08:46:46
On this International Remembrance Day for the Victims of the #Holocaust, can we please also spare a thought for the victims of the #genocide that is happening right now, right in front of our faces?
What is the point of our remembering the atrocious crimes of the past if we do not strive to pre…
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-03-07 02:42:53
Clinical And Experimental Ophthalmology Conversations
Each episode discusses a recently published manuscript, highlighting key findings, clinical impact and how new evidence is shaping ophthalmic practice...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustr…
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social2026-02-02 06:07:36
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza2026-02-28 23:59:07
Seeing some conversations here I'm inclined to try out either NetBSD or Crux today. Curious about both. Here we go again🐇
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-06 01:01:38
Dario Amodei says Anthropic has been "having productive conversations" with the DOD and apologizes for a leaked memo that criticized Trump and Sam Altman (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/where-stand-department-war
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-01-05 10:21:30
Folks, I’m just putting the finishing touches on an update to the Gaza Verified site that will make signing up for verification as easy as signing in with your Mastodon account (with none of the manual adding of the verification link to your profile that proved to be a stumbling block for many).
I’ll be reopening sign ups today once I’m done with that.
In the meanwhile, please remember that there are folks in Gaza who are suffering through an ongoing genocide at the hands of Isra…
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2026-01-06 13:17:05
Good Morning #Canada
Yesterday we had a Yellow snowfall warning and today it's a Yellow freezing rain warning. It seems like the winter of 2025 - 2026 is going to prompt more conversation than usual about the weather. Therefore I'm providing this Wiki article as a public service. You can meteorologicaly mesmerize your family, friends, and coworkers with these wild bits of trivia on Canadian extreme weather. And even if you don't awkwardly wedge some of this into your conversations, the crazy numbers appeal to the weather nerds in all of us.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Weather
Weather extremes in Canada - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_extremes_in_Canada
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.social2025-12-21 16:04:39
@fluchtkapsel@nerdculture.de2025-12-28 22:58:39
What's the current state of XMPP and OpenID Connect? My web search returned that ejabberd is still considering if and how to implement and Prosody has experimental alpha-stage support via a module. I couldn't find anything conclusive in regards to XMPP clients. What's with Gajim(?) and Conversations? Or other clients? Are there any web clients supporting OIDC?
#jabber
@privacity@social.linux.pizza2026-02-25 18:34:23
Deanonimizzazione online su larga scala con LLM
Gli LLM possono essere utilizzati per eseguire una deanonimizzazione su larga scala. Con un accesso completo a Internet, il nostro agente può reidentificare gli utenti di Hacker News e i partecipanti ad Anthropic Interviewer con elevata precisione, dati solo profili e conversazioni online pseudonimi, un'operazione che richiederebbe ore a un investigatore umano dedicato. Progettiamo quindi attacchi per l'ambiente chiuso. Dati due d…
@daehne@muenster.im2026-01-28 16:10:51
Sagt mal, wie schätzt Ihr Followys ein, die angeben, "Gaza-verified” durch https://gaza-verified.org/ zu sein.
Ziel ist es wohl, 1.-Hand- Schilderungen und -Hilferufe aus Gaza weiter zu verbreiten.
Aber sind das wirklich "echte" Accounts, von real in Gaza (über-)lebenden Menschen?
<…
@tante@tldr.nettime.org2026-02-22 18:38:39
Many of the people I do have online conversations with speak English as their first language. I kinda get by but you native speakers really underestimate how hard it is to express oneself in a foreign language. Concepts work differently, metaphors don't really translate, references you have used for decades don't make sense.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-04 13:16:12
Anthropic says Claude "will remain ad-free", users "won't see 'sponsored' links adjacent to" conversations, and responses won't be influenced by advertisers (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-is-a-space-to-think
@relcfp@mastodon.social2025-12-25 06:05:22
Sandra Seltzer Silberman HBI Conversations Series Featuring Rabbi Jane Kanarek, PhD, author of "Beyond Brutality, Reclaiming Female Presence in Bavli Sotah"
https://ift.tt/FYAtiy4
Mining the Logs: Sources on Blue Humor URL …
via Input 4 RELCFP
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-02-02 10:03:15
Wow… Google fined a whopping $68 MILLION DOLLARS for eavesdropping on people’s spoken conversations. That’ll teach them! It’s going to take Google a whole hour and a half to make that money back. I guess they won’t be pulling shit like this anymore after feeling that sort of pain. We really showed ‘em this time, eh? https://
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2025-12-22 20:20:40
A lot of conversations about neurodivergence take the form of the first image below. I’m arguing to adopt the framing of the second image instead (except 100- or 1000-dimensional instead of 2-dimensional).
We’ve identified a few clusterings in a space of extraordinary and beautiful variation, and given those clusterings names. How useful those names are! How little they capture, even so! How much variation remains unnamed! How much variation must exist within every human being!
12/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-04 12:26:05
Anthropic plans a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl parodying the prospect of intrusive ads in AI conversations, and will also air a 60-second pre-game ad (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/bus…
@boris@cosocial.ca2025-12-26 16:30:45
The Bonfire team have met their first “maintenance” fundraising goal. The next stretch goal is designing and shipping federated groups.
There is lots of good writing in this post about the needs of different types of groups.
https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-<…
@kubikpixel@chaos.social2026-01-30 11:05:25
Encrypt It Already
End-to-end encryption protects the privacy of your data, puts control over how the data gets used into your hands, and is the best way we have to ensure private conversations remain private. Not enough companies use it as broadly as they should. Learn more here.
— by @…
🔐
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-01-01 00:38:05
I’m not really sure what it means, given the state of the world, but I guess in an aspirational sense, at least, as in “against all evidence to the contrary, here’s hoping 2026 will be a…”
Here’s wishing you all a Happy New Year.
(Except the fascists. They can get fucked.)
💕
PS. You can find people in need in Gaza to donate to at https://
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-23 20:41:23
Four years after the massacre of nine black church goers in Charleston, South Carolina;
two years after the murder of a white anti-fascist and anti-racist activist in Charlottesville, Virginia;
and days after the racially motivated massacre of 22 people who were targeted because their murderer wanted to kill Hispanics,
America has reached a crisis point where we finally have to talk about racism in our society.
But is the media approaching this conversation in an …
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-01-31 07:37:54
“Throughout our trip to Germany, most of the conversations I had with other survivors and their families reliably returned to fears and intergenerational traumas in the context of the Trump presidency; the rise of nationalism, authoritarianism and uncertainty in the U.S. and around the world. But although this was at the height of devastating reports of famine and genocide emerging from Gaza, everyone in our group, especially the Jews, seemed to make a concerted effort to avoid mention of Pa…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-20 21:41:08
Elon Musk and Sam Altman clashed on X after Musk shared a post about a man who committed a murder-suicide following delusional conversations with ChatGPT (Theo Wayt/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/musk-altman-tussle-reports-…
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-18 02:42:19
Leading Conversations With Vice-Chancellor Alex Zelinsky
Professor Alex Zelinsky, Vice Chancellor of the University of Newcastle, interviews alumni about their achievements...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/leading-conversat…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-18 23:50:48
Sources: the US DOJ has summoned some of the largest theater chains to private conversations about the potential impact of a sale of WBD (Thomas Buckley/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-18/warner-sa…
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2025-12-14 20:17:31
You know these conversations have long been happening in private. To say it in public is to propose a consensus around which EU nations are going to build policy.
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-03-04 23:50:49
It Takes A Village
Unfiltered conversations with working parents in Australia's media and marketing industries...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/it-takes-a-village-2/
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-01-26 17:58:37
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-03 18:08:09
The Mojo Sessions
Features in-depth conversations with the world's most interesting people, hosted by Gary Bertwistle...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/mojo-sessions/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-26 12:26:43
Interviews with 100 therapists and psychiatrists on clients' AI chatbot usage show, while there are some upsides, conversations also deepened negative feelings (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/chatgpt-delusions-psychosis.html
…
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-02-23 09:27:45
On this Monday morning, please spare a thought for those who are starting the week off in cold, damp tents surrounded by the rubble of their previous lives, trapped within the clutches of an ongoing genocide that is the collective failure of humanity.
If you want to help, here’s a list of verified Mastodon accounts of Gazans and links to their fundraisers, ranked by how little support they got last week to feed their families and cover the basic necessities of life:
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-21 08:24:31
Life After Divorce: Honest Conversations For Women Podcast
Divorce changes more than a relationship — it can change your identity, confidence, and sense of what comes next...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/life-after-divorce/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-27 17:09:15
Google adds Gemini 3 to AI Overviews as the default model globally and now lets users ask follow-up questions "seamlessly" via AI Mode (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/868497/google-ai-search-follow-up-questions-gemini-3
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-01-26 08:54:11
Your regular reminder that you can find the fundraisers of people from Gaza who are part of our fediverse community and donate to them directly to meet their basic everyday needs at:
#Gaza
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-26 21:01:40
Google agrees to pay $68M to settle a class action lawsuit claiming that Google Assistant inappropriately recorded private conversations on users' devices (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa<…
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-02 18:08:55
RABcasts: Industry Leaders Exploring Global Change
Join Dr Suresh de Silva, Sydney radiologist and founder of global charity Radiology Across Borders, for a series of conversations with health and other industry leaders...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/rabcas
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-23 16:30:42
Anthropic details the AI Fluency Index, tracking 11 behaviors that represent human-AI collaboration and measure how people collaborate with AI (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-fluency-index
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-02 02:42:54
The Family Tree
A podcast for parents who want grounded conversations without the overwhelm, hosted by Jess and Bree...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-family-tree/
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-01-31 11:16:54
A Voice And Beyond
Through heartfelt conversations and inspiring stories, we take you, our listener, on an incredible journey of connection, growth, and empowerment...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/a-voice-and-beyond/…
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-01-17 18:20:07
This is your regular reminder that you can donate to ease the suffering of those in our fediverse family who are enduring settler colonialism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide at the hands of Israel in Gaza.
https://gaza-verified.org/donate
Thank you!
💕
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-16 05:33:09
In Good Hands: Conversations With A Fertility Surgeon
Dr Alex Alexander will use expertise in his three fields — fertility, gynaecology and obstetrics —to give some clarity and hope to people facing infertility, as well as share his experience with managing high-risk pregnancies and complex gynaecological concerns...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory:
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-22 17:26:04
Inside the turmoil at Thinking Machines; sources say Meta discussed buying TML, and CTO Barret Zoph had been in talks since October 2025 about an OpenAI return (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/thinking-machines-ai-startup-o…
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2025-12-17 12:57:13
I just saw that we now have over 100 verified accounts on Gaza Verified.
https://gaza-verified.org/people/
That’s over 100 people that @…,
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-03-01 02:42:32
Yes I Can Solo - The Baby Dream Podcast
Through real conversations with solo parents, therapists, and inspiring voices, you'll hear stories, tools, and insights to trust yourself, create safety in your body, and create a life that supports you, and feel steady in every choice...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-18 19:56:05
Amazon rolls out Alexa on the web to early access users, with chat functionality, smart home controls, file management, and cross-device conversations (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/with-new-ale
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-01-28 11:16:57
The Dust Up
A series of conversations about surfboard designs, shaper interviews and lots more...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #AusPods
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-16 18:20:58
OpenAI will match ads to conversation topics using some personalization data, but claims it will not sell user data or expose user conversations to advertisers (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-testing-ads-us/
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-26 05:33:22
The Mums' Group
Hosted by identical triplets and journalists Kate, Amy and Sophie Taeuber, The Mums' Group is your judgement-free space for honest, funny and very real conversations about modern motherhood...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-mu
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-17 01:50:55
Sources: Apple is in preliminary talks with India's CG Semi, which offers chip assembly and testing services, to assemble and package chips for the iPhone (Dia Rekhi/The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-24 08:24:38
Sustainable Transformation
We bring you honest conversations about the challenges and triumphs of sustainability transformations in business...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/sustainable-transformation/
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-01-26 11:16:41
Live Work More Human
The home of big ideas, bold conversations and brave questions on all things work, life and leadership...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/we-are-human-leaders/
