@NFL@darktundra.xyzColston Loveland injury update: Rookie TE progressing in recovery, expects to 'do a lot more' in training camp
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/…
@hex@kolektiva.socialI have my share of issues with Parkrose Permaculture, but she has a lot of things I do strongly agree with. I can't stress enough that you never dehumanize your enemies. You can respond appropriately to violence. You can defend yourself from them by any means necessary. But you do not dehumanize them. You always limit your response to the minimum necessary to defend yourself.
There are a number of former Nazi skins who became antifascists after realizing they were wrong. Those folks tend to be some of the most dedicated because they feel a debt, and some of the most knowledgeable because they were there. Coming out of these types of cults, police included, is hard and takes time. A lot of us don't have the ability to work with them. But some do.
By repeatedly humanizing your opponent, you can break some of them. The #Seattle Police Department was not defunded but saw a massive reduction in numbers because their morale was destroyed. Some people will never change. Some people are broken and feel like they need the power. But if you change one person's mind, even give them something to think about, it's a crack. If even one cop quits, that's one less trained gun pointed at you in the future.
The 18 year old marines and federalized national guard troops out there are literally kids. A lot of them came from poor communities. They are being used in a way they haven't been trained to do, doing things they (should) have been told are not legal. They joined to get out of poverty, to go to college, or to "defend the American people" (regardless of how misguided that is). Few, if any, of them joined to abuse people. They will be especially open to persuasion.
Remind those troops that they are carrying out illegal orders, that they are being called on to violate their oath to protect the constitution, that they are suppressing the free speech of the fellow Americans they swore to defend. Remind them that the people they could be illegally arresting now are just like their parents, their neighbors, their families, the friends who didn't join. Remind them that this is the first step. They will be called on to kill Americans if they let this keep going.
Remind them ICE sleeps in hotels while they sleep on the ground. Remind them that their drunk and incompetent leadership thinks of them as disposable tools. Remind them that some of these people are out protesting *for them* against cuts to the VA and other services. Remind them that the people they're defending refuse to make college free so they can recruit from poor schools. Remind them that they will always be welcome when they're ready to join the side of freedom and justice.
When you dehumanize your enemies, you unify them. When you humanize your enemies, you can divide them. There is no weapon available to us right now so powerful as compassion.
https://youtu.be/YtWOYUDMsBw
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyOn my way to The Hague, to draw the red line for Dutch government with respect to Israel's continuing genocide in Gaza.
After last time's 100,000 participants, NS put in a lot of extra trains. My very early one already has a lot of passengers in red.
#rodelijn
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioHow do so many people think this was asking for suggestions for software?
It was a commentary on how a lot of mainstream computing platforms fail at the simplest tasks.
(Anyway, I’m using a Mac and an iPhone and sharing files between them is either completely automatic with the Files app or I use AirDrop which uses zero-configuration Wi-Fi.)
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/114849774049568146
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioA lot of the design work that goes into programming languages and tools is about prompting developers to •think about meaning•: tests, types, scope, compile errors, runtime errors — all about •preventing code from running• in the presence of an expectation/reality mismatch.
I’m always on high alert for tools that promise to speed development by letting developers skip the thinking.
5/
@Xexyz@mastodon.me.ukWreckfest: a bit squeezed
I'm not sure I'm going to be able to get a lot from the shops in my Supervan any more. I am stuck on an event in Wreckfest where I have to drive a Robin Reliant, and everyone else has four wheel cars which can actually take a corner. It's a four-race series and I've managed to come third on the first race, and then get completely wrecked on the second. I'm sure I'm missing something; this isn't even that far through the game.
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@jby@ecoevo.social“Apocalypse forces us to radically change. But by facing the future with optimism instead of doom, we can transform ourselves into the kinds of people-the kinds of communities—who can survive.”
https://slate.com/technology/2025/05/human-e…
@benb@osintua.euPutin throws 'a lot of b*llshit', Trump says as he 'looks strongly' at sanctions bill: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/08/putin-throws-a-lot-of.html
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngWell, another one bites the dust... Code Climate is shutting down and their new replacement service (only upgrade option) with the fascinating strapline "Code With Vibes, Merge With Confidence" does inspire anything but... 🙄
(Been using CC for years and even though it produced a lot of false positives, it generally was a very useful tool which sent me off on several major refactoring journeys over the years, from which not only I benefited as a maintainer, but all users of my…
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Soldering the Tektronix way.
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/09/retrotechtacular-soldering-the-tek-way/
saved 2025-01-10
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzNext Total #SolarEclipse - 2027 in Spain again and a lot of North Africa: some aspects highlighted by Jay Anderson at the SEC in Belgium. 14/n
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump is taking the fight to Vladimir Putin. Sort of. For now.
Trump’s deference to Russia’s authoritarian leader has been one of the most enduring geopolitical subplots of the past decade.
But his frustration with Putin has grown.
Last week, the president said the United States was taking “a lot of bullshit” from Putin.
Today, he authorized a significant shipment of U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine via NATO and threatened Russia with new tariffs if the war…
@rberger@hachyderm.io"On Wednesday, the museum announced that the rest of Tolokonnikova’s performance would have to be postponed indefinitely, because of “ongoing demonstrations and military activity”.
“Every single event I did in Russia was shut down by the cops,” she posted on Instagram, “and now it’s starting to feel a lot like Russia.”"
...
“I guess the National Guard will be performing POLICE STATE instead of me this week,” Tolokonnikova wrote on Instagram.
#NoKings #USPolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/15/pussy-riot-nadya-tolokonnikova-police-state
@muz4now@mastodon.world
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scotI think about this a lot.
@elduvelle@neuromatch.socialI am not usually patriotic but in the grand scheme of things, I think #France is not doing so bad, as a country. French people do not necessarily realise how advanced we are on social topics and how precious these things are (e.g. education, healthcare, pension system, etc.).
Of course, a lot more could be done for a fairer distribution of wealth and a much stronger approach on ecological to…
@lornajane@indieweb.socialI’m a recovering frequent flier, and today I’m at the airport to take my first travel-for-work flight in TWO YEARS … after 3 days in my new role. Travel is a craft and I feel like I’ve lost a lot of skills!
@laura@social.coopwell matured commonplace book notes, tech safety and loudspeakers and hopefulness etc. https://lbj20.blogspot.com/2025/05/notes-tech-safety-loudspeakers.html HT @…
@joe@toot.worksI bought 1/4 of a cow over the weekend for $7.70 per pound. I figure that if I want to finish it within one year, I would need to eat 1/3 of a pound of beef per day. That's a lot of meat.
#food #meat #AmishMeat
@samir@functional.computer@… I get that. I’m very familiar with spiraling.
I don’t know if this works for you, but for me, it’s important that after I understand a problem, I’m allowed to fuck around a little bit, do some unrelated stuff, and then come back to it. I find I can focus a lot more if I do this.
I wrote about it in a bit more detail here:
@mlawton@mstdn.socialKoumas certainly ran a lot, but he seemed often disconnected from the trio of midfielders. Difficult task. He wasn't bad, but he just wasn't particularly impactful.
Nallo was solid. The commentators speculated that either he or Stephenson might be loaned out and the other kept for first team depth. If so, I think Nallo stays.
Doak is a terminator. "[He] Doesn’t Feel Pity, Or Remorse, Or Fear, And It Absolutely Will Not Stop, Ever, Until [we score]!" Rumors are a…
@aredridel@kolektiva.socialReminder: public protest is about visibility, not hiding. The power comes from people being willing to be visible, put their time on the line, and if needed, their bodies.
If you're going to start shit, maybe just ... don't. Direct action of the illegal sort requires careful planning and a tactical and strategic plan for why it will win. It happens sometimes, but it's not the mode, it's not the mode of the No Kings protests. This is a popular, public demonstration of outrage. It's legal (for now, and I hope, ever).
Yes, the police may try to kettle protesters and then trap them into curfew violations in places that have curfews. Masks won't save us from that where it happens. Just running the system with competent representation (and enough bodies to make it A Problem for the system) will.
We don't all need to be masked vigilantes at protests, and in a lot of cases, we need to be worried about the people masking up and starting shit. Remember that this is our opponents current tactic: masked, violent attacks. Don't look like them.
@samvarma@fosstodon.orgA lot of buzz in my world about the upcoming new flagship from Line 6—Helix Stadium
#guitar #GuitarEffects #AmpModeling
@wraithe@mastodon.socialSo we started up “Black Mirror” S7, & now I get why I hadn’t seen anyone posting about it. 😬
I mean, sympathy for the writers - *waves at current timeline* this is a lot to compete with.
But c’mon. One episode was basically just a “Rick and Morty” pilot.
OTOH: we also started “The Decameron” 👍
@sean@scoat.esI know this makes me one of those chlichéd people that listens to someone’s music after they pass, but…
Pet Sounds is a masterpiece album that I always undervalued.
My parents played the Beach Boys, quite a lot, when I was young. I should have explored this—more—as an adult.
@grumpybozo@toad.socialReally wish the sneeze-sneeze-uhoh-puke-I’m-fine episodes would fully cease.
They’re similar to the hot flashes, but different. More imperative.
Going back to milk in my coffee has helped a lot, but apparently not enough.
There’s no logical reason I should be experiencing both ‘morning sickness’ and a menopause symptom. I don’t have the right sort of biology.
Probably some sort of hormone-producing tumor hiding out somewhere. Or a kinked vagus.
@timfoster@mastodon.socialYep. A lot of very wet, very dedicated car people here today. I'm already completely soaked to the skin, but hoping it clears up later.
@teledyn@mstdn.caI've mucked up something with #Jellyfin Television library:
- Recently Added shows only three series, only one of them new.
- MyMedia/Television with no filters shows only one, a different series
- Suggestions shows the R-A 3 plus one more yet still different
- Genres shows a lot, perhaps all?
- Episodes will show 1400 files.
Any ideas on a likely cause/fix?
@ubuntourist@mastodon.socialBlender Studio Releases Free New Game 'Dogwalk' to Showcase Its Open Source Godot Game Engine
#FLOSS
@domm@social.linux.pizzaToday we had our first two dives in Rabac, Croatia, where we saw a lot of fish and other fauna, eg some rather small but very purple Flabellina affinis.
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsAbout morbid thriftiness (Autism Spectrum Condition)
As you may have noticed, I am morbidly thrifty. Usually I don't buy stuff that I don't need — and if I decide that I actually need something, I am going to ponder about it for a while, look for value products, and for the best price. And with some luck, I'm going to decide I don't need it that bad after all.
One reason for that is probably how I was raised. My parents taught me to be thrifty, so I have to be. It doesn't matter that, from retrospective, I see that their thriftiness was applied rather arbitrarily to some spendings and not others, or that perhaps they were greedy — spending less on individual things so that they could buy more. Well, I can't delude myself like that, so I have to be thrifty for real. And when I fail, when I pay too much, when I get cheated — I feel quite bad about it.
The other reason is that I keep worrying about my future. It doesn't matter how rich I may end up — I'll keep worrying that I'll run out of money in the future. Perhaps I'll lose a job and won't be able to find anything for a long time, Perhaps something terrible will happen and I'm going to need to pay a lot suddenly.
Another thing is that I easily get attached to objects. Well, it's easier to be thrifty when you really don't want to replace stuff. Over time you also learn to avoid getting new stuff at all, since the more stuff you have, the more stuff may break and need to be thrown away.
Finally, there's my environmental responsibility. I admit that I don't do enough — but at least the things I can do, I do.
[EDIT: and yes, I feel bad about how expensive my new phone was, even though it's of much higher quality than the last one. Also, I got a worse deal because I waited too long.]
#ActuallyAutistic
@cjhearn@mastodonapp.ukWait... #Luxembourg's chorus sounds an awful lot like Mae Muller's I Wrote A Song #Eurovision
@NFL@darktundra.xyzJaguars' Trevor Lawrence details Travis Hunter's toughest assignment in first season: 'It's a lot on a rookie'
https://www.cbssports.com…
@nebucatnetzer@social.linux.pizzaI’m currently playing Jedi Outcast on the #NintendoSwitch
I played it when I was around 15 I think so about 20 years ago.
It is still a lot of fun and I love the fact that there is no auto healing but you have to hunt for medi packs.
However I could do with a bit more auto aim.
My controller skills are still very poor.
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.social
@tiotasram@kolektiva.socialSo the basic idea is that we first compute a "level" for whatever interaction, by adding beneficial modifiers and subtracting harmful ones. Imagine most modifiers are smallish integers like 2 or -3 (though they can be non-integers too). Each level can be thought of as making things twice as good/bad, although this only applies directly when they're balanced. The actual formula starts with a 50/50 chance of "success" at level 0, and then each positive level halves the chance of failure, or if the levels are negative, each negative level halves the chance of success (note that halving the chance of failure is not the same as doubling the chance of success).
The intuitive explanation is that you start with a coin flip. Then if the level is positive, you flip that many additional coins and succeed if any single coin succeeds, but it the level is negative, you have to flip that many additional coins and succeed only if *all* flips succeed.
For example, if I have a dagger with 5 crit chance, and I attack an opponent with no armor modifiers, I'd have to win any 1 of 6 coin flips to score a crit (p = 1 - (1/(2^6)) = 63/64. Increasing my crit modifier by 1 ups my chances only slightly, to 127/128. This is obviously pretty poor return, indicating that the 5 I already have is very strong. If the opponent had armor with -3 to crits, the interaction is now level 2, so the crit chance is 7/8, which is still pretty good. We can see from these examples that the basic system
rewards a small level advantage a lot, but the rewards diminish rapidly. The system has a few avenues for tweaking how it works though, that can let us modify this. There's also a potential benefit (though sometimes drawback) that no matter what the level gap, there's an effective limit to how much the interaction swings.
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioThe good news here is this guy was an aberration. We got a LOT of supportive honks from passing cars.
@ThatHoarder@mastodon.onlineSometimes I write an interview question for the podcast that seems reasonable on paper, then I ask it out loud and it's... a lot!
Dr Jan Eppingstall, however, handled it beautifully and this point about keeping things for their potential rather than their use in episode 185 was a real 🤯 moment
@adulau@infosec.exchangeMany are complaining about CISA removing the RSS feed for KEV. Just a reminder: we expose a lot of the API via RSS and Atom in vulnerability-lookup. KEV is included.
🔗 https://www.vulnerability-lookup.org/user-manual/feed-syndication/
@yaxu@post.lurk.orgIs it better to let people know when you see them doing something when others have done something similar previously?
I've found myself doing this a lot around live coding, on one level it seems helpful to know about prior art, and fun to talk about weird old projects/events. On the other it could be stifling to obsess over identifying the 'first' person to try something, and might feel like old people are trying to pitch their tents all over your garden.
@raiders@darktundra.xyzHow Raiders' Ashton Jeanty is Already Impressing Coaching Staff https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-pete-carroll-devin-white-zamir-white-ashton-jeanty
@hex@kolektiva.socialThe military is a lot more complex than most folks know. Keep that in mind. Don't give up and assume they're all just born to kill, or that if they are deployed against Americans they'll shoot. Some may, some may not, treat them like people and some of them might act like people. That's the take away here.
Since this toot is more popular than the parade itself, I'm gonna mute to save my inbox.
I also want to apologize to the admins here for the extra traffic. :P
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzAnd yet more Masana slides about the 2026 Total #SolarEclipse - which largely hits a sparsely populated region of Spain. Which has a lot to offer besides the eclipse, of course. Also a helpful matrix comparing the five zones of the eclipse in Spain. 12/n
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.social
@daniel@social.telemetrydeck.comMy life has become a germophobe‘s worst nightmare. There is no way I could even begin to describe the scenes I woke up to without making you gag. The digestive tracts of cats are truly wonderful machines that produce a lot of … content.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCalifornia pastor says apparent immigration agents waved a weapon at her in church parking lot (Jack Jenkins/RNS)
https://religionnews.com/2025/06/13/in-church-confrontation-apparent-immigration-agents-wave-a-weapon-at-pastor/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p127#a250613p127
@jake4480@c.imTom Petty's 'Square One' was on The Bear in episode 8, I always forget how much I love that song. The things that guy could do with just a guitar and voice- damn. Magical. And then Strange Currencies later on in the episode. A lot of great and sometimes really unique musical choices on the show in general.
#TheBear #TV
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukThe problem with building old source is a lot of it isn't parallel build compatible (says he having just built binutils 2.15)
@arXiv_csAR_bot@mastoxiv.pageReal-World Deployment of a Lane Change Prediction Architecture Based on Knowledge Graph Embeddings and Bayesian Inference
M. Manzour, Catherine M. Elias, Omar M. Shehata, R. Izquierdo, M. A. Sotelo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11925
@Dragofix@veganism.socialLives, not stocks! Animals are not stocks! #AnimalRights
@floheinstein@chaos.socialEU's Frontex has published a children's book for children who are about to be deported
😲
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/6eea0e99-e464-11ef-be2a-01aa75ed71a1
Official PDFs availabl…
@bici@mastodon.socialProvincial parks staff will be stationed at the Joffre Lakes parking lot to redirect visitors to alternate locations, such as Nairn Falls, so that the local First Nations can use their traditional lands in the absence of hordes of day trippers visiting the park’s turquoise mountain waters.
This in 2025!
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.infoReading this update on M17 and MMDVM makes me sad. Maybe it doesn't matter much any more because the essential AMBE patents have expired and there's just no particular reason to do M17 instead of P25 on VHF/UHF? I don't know a lot here...
I've found myself doing more HF than VFH or UHF, so if I do digital voice I suppose it's likely to be
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioThis video was incredibly impressive even •after• I realized it was looping. Damn that s a lot of people. https://mastodon.social/@Decad3nce/114684213005505348
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaI’ve realized I actually enjoy working. What really frustrates me is that the big decisions about my day are made by people who have never even been on my shop floor. On top of that, the things I help make don’t even go to my own community, which just makes it feel even more disconnected.
Honestly, I’d get a lot more satisfaction from my job if we could run things democratically and see our work benefit the people around us. There’s a real sense of pride in building something for your …
@45names@mastodon.social
@alejandrobdn@social.linux.pizzaLinus Torvalds goes back to a mechanical keyboard after making too many typos https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/linux_6_15_rc6_keyboards/
This change will cost Mr. Torvalds a lot of money. It's another rabbit hole down which your money is dippi…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Coup:
🎵 We've Got a Lot to Teach You, Cassius Green
#TheCoup
https://open.spotify.com/track/5XO0RMg6qrsp3yPWvTQdTB
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialPacked my stuff for tomorrow - this damn camera weighs a lot!
@wrog@mastodon.murkworks.net"we could stop him"
that would shorten a lot of these movies
#Monsterdon
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialWhile technically a correct fix, this #dotnet fix is about to break a lot of deployments. This was just deployed in the latest release of .NET 8 and 9.
https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/p
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.socialIf you burn fossil fuels (and have no plan to migrate to an EV & heatpump or similar), plus you buy a lot of plastic (made from fossil fuel) and acrylic/polyester clothing - well I hate to break it to you, but you cannot make up for this by being a vegan or re-posting toots from a Kindness to Animals NGO.
Those animals you want to be nice to require a clean world with a normal climate in order to survive (incidentally, so do we).
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzDunno about the rest of you, but I've been wondering for quite a few years how long it would take for one (or more) of the very very large baskets into which many people, businesses, and organisations have put *all* their eggs to suffer a catastrophic failure. Because it will happen. And some people will be caught out, and a lot will be lost. Because: unaware users & late stage capitalism.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioOn mainstream platforms like Windows/Android sharing files from your computer to your phone is still a weirdly big deal in 2025.
I see lot of young people do this via Discord of all places, often in public channels. It’s just easier to them than other methods.
@alexanderadam@ruby.social"A lot of #HackerOne notifications that we're getting, are #AI generated garbage" says the director of #OpenSource @…
@ian@phpc.socialOh, Cloudflare is having some issues too. Smaller blast radius it seems, but still a lot that's broken, sounds like.
@pbloem@sigmoid.socialDoing calculus and checking my results with o3 feels a lot like Jernau Gurgeh talking to the ship about the progress of his game in Player of Games.
@NFL@darktundra.xyzJets CB Michael Carter II 'in a lot better place' after adverse 2024, eager to play for Aaron Glenn https://www.nfl.com/news/jets-cb-michael-carter-ii-in-a-lot-better-place-after-adverse-2024-eager-to-play-for-aaron-…
@kcase@mastodon.socialAnd then there's just the random stuff, like Guitar Hero guitars and drums and keyboards (in a bundle with the associated vintage consoles), an old MakerBot 3D Printer, some telepresence robots, and a fair bit of A/V equipment. Hopefully some folks out there will enjoy these, too!
https://mastodon.omnigro…
@timbray@cosocial.caI like this introduction a lot: https://jointhefediverse.net/
@simon_lucy@mastodon.socialOn Saturday we spent a deal of time cleaning up the shed and whist it's not finished it's a lot closer to the way it looked some 15 years ago when I started using it.
There is still a lot to do, build another 2 bookcases and put them in the server room at the end of the shed. And then replace the blinds.
#Shed
@elduvelle@neuromatch.socialI see a lot of posts about people getting #Covid these days, so I wonder if there is currently a wave?
Have you recently (in the past few weeks) had Covid?
See below for same question but for people you know ⬇️
1/2
@benb@osintua.euTrump says US will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/trump-says-us-will-send.html
@boris@cosocial.caChecked in at Welk’s General Store. Welk’s has a little bit of everything, & a lot of coffee and cocktail paraphernalia. House of Funk is local roaster with great design
@oligneisti@social.linux.pizzaI was never one for noting the pagecounts of books. My measurements were usually "about one third done". Doing ebooks means that I think of a progress as percentages and length in hours.
For most of this year I read books that were over 25 hours long and am now in the three hour range.
Of course this is distorted. Reading during the day is usually quicker and if I fall asleep before turning off the e-reader (which happens a lot) the estimates get thrown off by the idle …
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzSubmit you Cowboys mailbag questions to Saad Yousuf https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6424311/2025/06/13/submit-you-cowboys-mailbag-questions-to-saad-yousuf/
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
KASABI: You think so?
SERVALAN: Oh, yes, we think so.
TRAVIS: You could spare yourself a lot of pain.
KASABI: No doubt.
TRAVIS: You are a very intelligent woman.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/205/152 B7B3
@hex@kolektiva.socialIt seems like, again, just following the plain logic of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence (which, again, I do not subscribe to), that every law passed under Trump, every supreme court justice appointment by Trump, every supreme court ruling by Trump appointed justices, all the illegal firing, etc, must all, necessarily, be null and void.
And if not following from the insurrection act, or from the oath of office, then following from the Declaration of Independence itself. The logic here being that a constitution is a contract between the people and their government, which the later upholds in order to maintain its legal status. The violation of said laws by the government violates "consent of the governed" (which, again, I have issues with the concept entirely but we're just going to ignore that) and therefore nullifies the authority of that government, granting " the right of the people to alter or to abolish it."
That seems a lot like the hard reset some folks have been looking for. Given that existing flaws allowed this state to be reached, it would also be necessary for the true authority to correct those mistakes before assuming authority that derives from these principles.
Now, personally, I don't subscribe to any of this logic but it's interesting to explore, as an outsider, where the logic goes.
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social"As we approach the coming jobs cliff, we're entering a period where a college isn't going to be worth it for the majority of people, since AI will take over most white-collar jobs. Combined with the demographic cliff, the entire higher education system will crumble."
This is the kind of statement you don't hear that much from sub-CEO-level #AI boosters, because it's awkward for them to admit that the tech they think is improving their life is going to be disastrous for society. Or if they do admit this, they spin it like it's a good thing (don't get me wrong, tuition is ludicrously high and higher education absolutely could be improved by a wholesale reinvention, but the potential AI-fueled collapse won't be an improvement).
I'm in the "anti-AI" crowd myself, and I think the current tech is in a hype bubble that will collapse before we see wholesale replacement of white-collar jobs, with a re-hiring to come that will somewhat make up for the current decimation. There will still be a lot of fallout for higher ed (and hopefully some productive transformation), but it might not be apocalyptic.
Fun question to ask the next person who extols the virtues of using generative AI for their job: "So how long until your boss can fire you and use the AI themselves?"
The following ideas are contradictory:
1. "AI is good enough to automate a lot of mundane tasks."
2. "AI is improving a lot so those pesky issues will be fixed soon."
3. "AI still needs supervision so I'm still needed to do the full job."
@hex@kolektiva.socialY'all were wondering which way the army would break. This is as clear an answer as you're going to get.
This isn't a mistake. It's a message.
Edit: cut out "During drills they were perfectly in time" because I don't have receipts to show. Linking to a longer video in a threads post that shows a bit more intense of a juxtaposition between themselves and the division in front of them. This thread makes the same claim about drills, but I also don't see video.
https://www.threads.com/@davidmorehouse/post/DK7ExrKs5iw?xmt=AQF0w52awa66lUQeIuolzDaz8uSFcMmJLHALm9RZc4P75w
Edit: to clarify a bit, this is one division. The division in front of them in the longer video is in step. This isn't "the whole army is going to refuse" but this may be, "some units are fed up enough to make it clear they don't want to play, which is saying a lot."
Any division that exists needs to be cultivated. The way you cultivate that is absolutely not by lumping them all together. Some of the military voted for Trump, some don't care, some hate him. All of them are being treated like shit right now. All of them swore an oath to defend the constitution. Some of them probably know what that means.
I'm absolutely not a fan of the military, but I will take every opportunity I can to humanize these folks. Look for every opportunity you can to remind them that they are welcome on our side whenever they're ready to actually fulfill their oath, and we will appreciate every subtle bit of resistance they give to those who are violating it in the meantime.
@jake4480@c.imI talk a lot about AK-xolotl and I finally got my Switch to send a video to my phone decently. Maybe I'll post a few more. Think AK-xolotl is on several consoles, it's on Steam, etc. Here's a regular level with some enemies, etc. A blast of a game. Addictive. One more run!
#AKxolotl #TwinStickShooters
@cdarwin@c.imCVS was so worried about shoplifting that it stole its own soul
I’m no marketing whiz, but it seems to me that CVS,
like a lot of brick-and-mortar businesses these days,
is confused about which business it’s actually in.
CVS might think it’s still in the business of helping you restock your toothpaste and bodywash, like a giant vending machine,
but plenty of online sites are doing that more cheaply and just as reliably.
What your neighborhood chain can …
@NFL@darktundra.xyzJets' Breece Hall says he's 'second-to-none to a lot of backs' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45506847/new-york-jets-breece-hall-embracing-rb-competition
@aredridel@kolektiva.socialPeriodic reminder that the literal text of laws are actually full of phrases that have specific legal meanings settled by case law, and in absence of overriding legislation, you need a lawyer or a lot of legal experience to unpack what is actually being said. Sometimes this makes things better than expected, sometimes not.
Lawyers have jobs for a reason and it's not just being bloodsucking leeches.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioA lot of tech people confuse usefulness with what something is being used for.
@joe@toot.worksI'm seeing a heck of a lot of HD trikes around the North Shore. #motorcycle
@teledyn@mstdn.caAnd a LOT of presently familiar names in the #Anduril story:
Anduril Industries, Inc. is an American defense technology company that specializes in autonomous weaponry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anduril_Industries
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioThe short version of my larger soapbox here is that a lot of the hand-wringing and hair-pulling about e-bikes, novel UPS delivery thingers, Those Darned Kids tearing down the sidewalk on scooters, etc. is at its root not about the vehicles, but about infrastructure.
We need vastly more and better infrastructure — physical, legal, and social — for vehicles that are:
- zero-emission (which currently means human- and electric-powered)
- of limited mass (just how much could it harm a pedestrian?)
- traveling in the 10-20mph range
@ThatHoarder@mastodon.onlineI have many regrets about the way I live. I have many regrets about how I've got to this point. I have a lot of self-recrimination for letting things get this bad. https://www.overcomecompulsivehoarding.co.uk/podcast-ep-190-self-compassion-shame-hoar…
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialAI Ethicists: “We mustn’t anthropomorphize AI tools, because it leads to a lot of moral and ethical dilemmas.”
AI Marketers: “IT SMELLS! IT SEES! IT THINKS! IT LOVES! IT BLEEDS! BUY IT NOW!”
AI Ethicists: “Fucking hell…”
@raiders@darktundra.xyzWill Raiders Bring in Secondary Help Before Training Camp? https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-pete-carroll-patrick-graham-eric-stokes
@45names@mastodon.social
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza📌 Pinned Introduction
Hey, I’m Erik. I’m an anarchist with an embarrassingly massive crush on Rudolf Rocker’s syndicalist take. I’m also bisexual, autistic, and genderfluid because why not add some extra flavor?
I’m here to share my weird little world, build some solidarity, and maybe spark a little revolution along the way. No pressure, no drama, just good vibes and a lot of laughs. You do you and I’ll do me. Cool? Cool.
@NFL@darktundra.xyzTop draft pick Jihaad Campbell gives update on Eagles return, has simple goal as he prepares for rookie season
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/top-d…
@cdarwin@c.imAI is coming for entry-level jobs. Everybody needs to get ready.
CEOs are saying that AI is coming for a lot of jobs, and soon
— perhaps as many as half of all white-collar workers.
That’s likely to show up first in entry-level jobs, where the basic skills required are the easiest to replicate,
and in tech, where the ability to rapidly adapt the latest software tools is itself an entry-level job requirement.
Sure enough, in recent years unemployment has risen…
@benb@osintua.euAs Ukraine awaits stalled US weapons, Trump says he's 'helping a lot' in war with Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/07/as-ukraine-awaits-stalled-us.html
@jake4480@c.imThis week's #ThursDeath is a killer new find, Hyvinkää, Uusimaa Finland's DEATHGOAT and their fucking EXCELLENT new LP 'Dragged Into Realms Below' that Xtreem just put out. This thing is a churning, raging, roaring mass of filthy death metal. Riffs, solos, it's got it all. Finnish death metal doesn't fuck around, man. And there's often a lot of gems via Xtreem. A surprising c…
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social @NFL@darktundra.xyzBroncos QB Bo Nix feels 'a lot better' understanding Denver's offense heading into Year 2 https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-qb-bo-nix-feels-a-lot-better-understanding-denver-s-offense-heading-into-year-2
@NFL@darktundra.xyz'You dance a lot': What were the Jaguars' first impressions of rookie Travis Hunter? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45501421/jacksonville-jaguars-minicamp-rookie-travis-hunter-trevor-lawrence
