@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-15 19:55:46
Andrea Vallone, who left OpenAI in November as the head of its safety research team, joins Anthropic's alignment team (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/862…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-08 16:32:10
Then-candidate Donald Trump famously remarked two weeks before the Iowa caucuses in 2016 that he could
"stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody"
and he "wouldn't lose any voters."
Last year, Trump's lawyer suggested in federal court that a president could order SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political rival and — unless he was impeached and convicted by Congress — be immune from criminal prosecution
Increasingly, Trump's …
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2025-12-11 07:09:41
Iceland is the fifth country withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest because Israel is allowed to participate in the middle of its genocide against the people of Gaza.
https://bsky.app/profile/nu.nl/post/3m7nj3ujz5f2v
@Davey@social.linux.pizza2026-01-03 17:48:32
LFS101
A kind soul on mindly.social pointed me to the Linux Foundation's free Intro to Linux course. I'm slogging through it, learning bits. I'm in the fifth module, and have just learned a bit that I can use I loaded gnome-tweaks, and it may have allowed me to ease a nuisance. I'm patient enough to work my way through this intro, and hopeful.
One nice feature for me is that the presenters are more fluent in English than some of the W3 creators whose modules I'…
@earlofedgecombe@mstdn.social2026-01-22 19:23:09
Good morning from Honolulu
#Photography #GoodMorning #Sunrise #Hawaii
