@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-03-12 08:47:00
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-13 00:11:07
Scott Borchetta, who founded Big Machine Records and signed Taylor Swift in 2006, is leaving Hybe America, which bought Big Machine in 2021; Hybe retains assets (Jem Aswad/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/scott-borchetta-exit…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-03-12 10:11:00
@crell@phpc.social2026-04-12 19:03:09
Devil machine, indeed.
@bencurthoys@mastodon.social2026-03-12 15:14:20
I have been recommending this book to basically everyone and the Kindle version is currently on a massive discount at £2.49
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unaccountability-Machine-Systems-Terrible-Decisio…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-11 06:19:55
The Karpeles Museum,
a true hidden gem of downtown Santa Barbara
and an important free museum for all to visit,
is set to close because the building is being sold.
Perhaps some local collective or organization could buy the building and continue to lease the collection of documents and artifacts from the Karpeles family?
The building has an upstairs and courtyard that would be a perfect venue for all sorts of live events
— in the not-so-distant past the …
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-02-11 23:45:19
So glad we spend more than 900 billion dollars on defense, so we can panic and shoot down a mylar party balloon with a high energy laser.
"After the shutdown was lifted, the New York Times reported the military was conducting tests of counter-drone technology.
The weapon…a high-energy laser, was used earlier in the week to target what turned out to be at least one mylar party balloon…"
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social2026-02-11 20:15:42
Joseph P. Sweatpants 😉 writes:
Ok Machineheads! I hope it's ok to call ourselves that!?! Maybe "loose screws" is better??? Haha. Hey all you Loose Screws, the first This Machine was a huge success!! The New Deal Cafe wants us back!! Basically, we're going to roll every two months. The next This Machine open mic for works of political protest will be Sunday, April 12, sign-ups 1230p, music 1-4p. Watch the news, work on your songs, poems, jokes, etc.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-11 16:56:02
Source: OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team and transferred its staffers; Joshua Achiam, who led the team, will take on a new title of "chief futurist" (Casey Newton/Platformer)
https://www.platformer.news/openai-mission-alignment-team-joshua-achiam…
@servelan@newsie.social2026-03-13 00:48:57
UN fact-finding mission warns of continued human rights abuses in Venezuela | Human Rights News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/12/un-fact-finding-mission-warns-of-continued-human-rights-abuses-in-venezuela