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@cdarwin@c.im
2026-09-12 18:08:59

Although this year’s Democratic primary season brought a surge of left-wing momentum,
and a handful of victories by democratic socialists running for Congress in Colorado, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvaniaand Florida,
no credible midterm candidate identifies as a communist.
And there is little momentum behind any communist movement in U.S. politics at the federal level.
Still, for months now, Mr. Trump and Republicans, staring down a daunting political environment and …

Republicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists
Communism, in the president’s hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-10-13 17:36:20

Google says users with a standard account can now build personal Android apps for free in AI Studio and will be able to share them with friends in coming months (Artie Beaty/ZDNET)
zdnet.com/tech/custom-android-

Google lets you make personal Android apps for free now - with just prompts - ZDNET
It just got a whole lot easier to vibe code the exact Android app you need - no developer experience required.

@marcel@waldvogel.family
2026-10-13 18:40:51

Your personal communication on behalf of your employer may be worth millions.
But not to you; to your company selling your remaining bit of imaginary privacy to the highest bidder.
fastcompany.com/91622918/ai-co

AI companies are offering businesses up to $2 million for something their employees create every day
AI developers are paying businesses for access to employee-generated data, with some deals reaching seven figures while the workers who created the information receive nothing.

@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-10-13 12:32:38

Brian Schottenheimer Promises Changes Are Coming For Dallas Cowboys in Week 6 si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/brian-

Brian Schottenheimer Promises Changes Are Coming For Dallas Cowboys in Week 6
Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer said on Monday that changes are coming. What those changes are remains to be seen.

@patrickquin@furry.engineer
2026-08-13 09:42:26
Content warning: job anxiety

Submitted my self-eval perf review yesterday. It's so different this year around, as it felt like I was reapplying for my job. More and more I am suspecting disclosing my disability was a mistake, as the new HR in town might be looking for pretexts to cull the herd based on LLM hype. My past handful of experiences of applying for jobs while working my current one, even for curiosity rather than putting my experience up for bid, did not go anywhere.
Yet in the coming months I might …

@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy
2026-08-12 20:11:22

Climate bills are coming in now, big time: Rhine shipping cut in two as ships coming from Rotterdam can't get any further than Duisburg or Cologne anymore, instead of being able to reach Switzerland or even further via the Danube. Billions of damage for German industry.
nos.nl/l/2626584

Map showing that ships cannot pass the stretch between Koblenz and Mainz anymore.
@acka47@openbiblio.social
2026-08-12 09:42:51

"I've come to believe that quality software is not about how many features something has or how quickly it is built but rather how cared for it is by the designers, developers, and product people who work on it." From "I'm done using AI" by @…:

I'm done using AI
Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-10-13 14:20:34

Discovery raises US prices, a week after the Paramount-WBD deal closed; the ad-supported tier goes up $1 to $6.99/month, the ad-free plan up $2 to $11.99/month (Todd Spangler/Variety)
variety.com/2026/tv/news/disco

Discovery+, Now Owned by Skydance, Hikes Prices Effective Immediately
Discovery+ is raising prices for U.S. customers, coming one week after Paramount closed its megamerger with Warner Bros. Discovery to form Skydance Corp.

@stefan@gardenstate.social
2026-09-14 02:43:07

🗓️ Friday, September 18
⏰ 7PM-11PM
📍 Glass Woods Tavern Bar & Lounge in the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick
📍 2 Albany St, New Brunswick, NJ
🎫 Tickets at the link in our bio!
🚫 18 only event
instagram.com/p/DdJ6abzRJuB/

⭐️ Our Anime Social Night returns to New Brunswick, NJ on September 18! ⭐️ Join us for a fun night all about socializing and making new friends in the anime/pop culture space! We’ll be running speed friending along with other games and activities where you’ll get to meet others with similar interests! ❗️NEW:❗️PowerPoint Night is coming to our Anime Social Nights! ✅ We’re looking for up to 5 presenters to kick off the social night by sharing some of their favorite, informative or funny topics…
@cdarwin@c.im
2026-10-12 22:26:29

No organization in the world operates more robots than Amazon.
The company already has more than 1 million robots working in warehouses around the clock to make tens of millions of same-day and one-day package deliveries happen on a daily basis
—and Amazon is poised to significantly grow that robotic fleet in the coming years as it establishes new factories to churn out increasingly more capable robot workers.
Despite deploying so many robots, Amazon is also the second-large…

Inside Amazon’s robotic arms race and what it means for the future of human work
The second-largest corporate employer has bet big on robot workers to scale.