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@cdarwin@c.im
2026-02-02 13:29:59

This DHS funding battle is part of a bigger question Democrats must answer as they fight to regain power.
Large sections of the Democratic base are now echoing calls to “abolish ICE.”
Some Democratic leaders, like New York Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader,
are pushing back against this with much more tepid, unwieldy, and frankly pretty weak ideas to “restrain, reform, and restrict” the agency.

ICE is just over 20 years old, formed as part of the sec…

Democrats Should Take Control on Immigration
The battle over DHS funding should prompt Democrats to reexamine some of their assumptions on this topic.

@hynek@mastodon.social
2026-04-01 07:52:13

dependency cooldowns are all cool and nice until dependabot comes in hot and trying to update reverts some oMg cRiTiCaL rEdOs
Adjacent problem: maybe I want a cooldown for external packages but none for mine? Although the whole topic is moot since devpi doesn't provide upload dates anyways.
our tools still have a LONG way to go, unfortunately. there is no “JUST do this best practice”.

Add `upload-time` support to links parsed from a JSON API · Issue #1061 · devpi/devpi
See #1023

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-03-01 22:20:50

2026 NFL combine: Spencer Fano expresses openness to position change after arms measure 32 1/8 inches nfl.com/news/2026-nfl-combine-

2026 NFL combine: Spencer Fano expresses openness to position change after arms measure 32 1/8 inches
Arm length was a hot topic at the NFL Scouting Combine on Sunday after Spencer Fano's arms measured 32 1/8 inches. Is a position change in the former Utah offensive tackle's future?

@anildash@me.dm
2026-03-31 21:42:15

Yesterday, I got an incredible opportunity to watch Cindy Cohn bring @…'s story to one of its biggest audiences yet, as she did an extraordinary job on the Daily Show, pulling off the unlikely task of making the topic of digital privacy and civil liberties seem fun, engaging and witty. I took the chance to share some reflections — and a couple of behind-the-scenes ph…

Defending Privacy, Daily
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-28 00:25:55

Largest federal employee union calls for Noem, Miller's resignations (ABC News)
abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates
memeorandum.com/260127/p142#a2

@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-03-31 18:01:53

Professional work related account on an IT topic instance or selfhosting (and then perils of the software choice).

@kubikpixel@chaos.social
2026-01-31 07:05:28

MapComplete — Verschiedenen Themenkarten, zu denen ihr beitragen könnt
Nutze @…, um Daten zu einem bestimmten Thema auf @… einzutragen. Beantworte Fragen, und in wenigen Minuten sind deine Beiträge überall verfügbar.…

MapComplete - editable, thematic maps with OpenStreetMap
MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-03-01 21:53:59

Media Shied Away From Climate Coverage in 2025
Despite Increased Reader Interest
Mainstream media around the world last year drew back from reporting on climate change, according to new reports.
This drop occurred despite increasing reader interest in the topic,
while greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations continued to hit new historic highs.
According to a year-end analysis by the Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO),

Media Shied Away From Climate Coverage in 2025 | Earth.Org
As temperatures and emissions rose in 2025, climate news coverage around the world took a dramatic plunge.

@stf@chaos.social
2026-02-28 20:14:52
Content warning: inspiring off-topic thought of the weekend

what if Colin Robinson would be Agent 47?

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-30 21:15:21

More on the topic (I still like this metaphor):
hachyderm.io/@inthehands/11409

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2026-01-30 14:32:36

Is there some actual study on the "life expectancy" of magnetic media such as cassette tapes or floppy disks?
E.g. I have a pre-recorded compact cassette that is 50 years old and works just fine (and sounds great!), and floppy disks from the early 80s that read with no problems.
Yet when I search for this topic everyone always claims "10–20 years" is what to expect from magnetic media.

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-03-25 18:42:05

from my link log —
Covid-19 will never become endemic.
thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinio
saved 2022-01-16

Why Covid-19 will never become endemic
For most of the pandemic Australia has worked to contain the virus through evidence-based public health measures such as border closures, case finding, contact tracing, quarantine, social distancing, vaccines and, at times, lockdown. Sadly, the weaponisation of lockdown as a pointscoring issue and emotional trigger has led to a conflation of lockdown with all other public health measures, most of which do not impinge on freedoms. Denial is a major theme during the pandemic.

@theodric@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-31 22:25:22

I fucking hate KDE on Wayland. Entire evening wasted thanks to their goddamn fucking unnecessary hardcoded gestures. I am to the point of rebuilding kwin_wayland with the patch from the Arch AUR `kwin-without-gestures` package.
This was supposed to be getting fixed!
blogs.kde.org/2025/06/1…

Gesture customization mini-sprint
To briefly recap, Natalie Clarius and I applied for an NLnet grant to improve gesture support in Plasma, and they accepted our project proposal. We thought it would be a good idea to meet in person and workshop this topic from morning to evening for three days in a row. Props to Natalie taking the trip from far away in Germany to my parents' place, where we were kindly hosted and deliciously fed.

@jdrm@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-30 08:44:21

He visto esta comparativa de navegadores y me parece sublime lemmy.sdf.org/post/30262814

Firefox alternatives comparison - asking for advice/opinion - SDF Chatter
Meta note : am not sure if this is on topic for this community, please tell me if it is not. I could not find rules, so I assume it’s okay, but i’ll remove it if its not. (Also, please consider the info given here with precaution, for they are only based on people feedback and media report, not any technical certainty). So, after the recent Mozilla privacy drama, I saw multiple recommendations of alternative browsers, each one with their pros and cons. I was trying to get a better understan…

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-21 14:06:42

At the World’s Largest General Science Meeting, Surviving Trump Is the Topic 404media.co/at-the-worlds-larg

At the World’s Largest General Science Meeting, Surviving Trump Is the Topic
“This is really a turning point and we’re in a historical transition at present.”

@cheryanne@aus.social
2026-03-29 21:00:28

Movie Squad
Where you can hear Simon, Tristan and special guests discuss movies at length and in detail, covering every kind of topic and every type of movie, from blockbuster extravaganzas to arthouse fare, from celluloid excellence to glorious trash...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greata…

Movie Squad Screenshot of the podcast listing on the Great Australian Pods website
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-27 10:52:41

This is an essential read from @… – well worth your time to understand the points he’s making fully as he’s spot on and the excellent analogies will make it easier for you to discuss the topic with others.

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.social
2026-01-28 16:15:19

I didn't think I'd have an existential crisis reading the breadcrumbs for AWS documentation, but “No AWS, I've got issues, and I would appreciate you not pointing at them.”

Next topic: Are you Well-architected? From AWS documentation
@drbruced@aus.social
2026-02-25 23:23:35

I really like this viewpoint on AI performing "semantic ablation". It hits home as I work diligently to write a textbook that contains plenty of nuance and (I hope) a unique perspective on the topic (computer networking).
"By running a text through successive AI "refinement" loops, the vocabulary diversity (type-token ratio) collapses. The process performs a systematic lobotomy across three distinct stages:
- Stage 1: Metaphoric cleansing. The AI identifi…

Why AI writing is so generic, boring, and dangerous: Semantic ablation
opinion: The subtractive bias we're ignoring

@neverpanic@chaos.social
2026-01-29 21:12:55

Emily Fox with a fun to read retrospective on what my team and a few other teams have done with post-quantum #cryptography at #RedHat and in #RHEL:

From if to how: A year of post-quantum reality
For the last 5 years, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) has largely been discussed as a research topic.

@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-23 11:04:50

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce's future nytimes.com/athletic/7063486/2

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce’s future
The NFL combine kicks off this week with plenty of offseason storylines to follow across the league. The Athletic's writers discuss.

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-30 20:37:43

The Raiders Were Responsible for One of NFL's Biggest Storylines si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-ve

The Raiders Were Responsible for One of NFL's Biggest Storylines
Win, lose, or draw, the Las Vegas Raiders will always be a hot topic of conversation around the National Football League.

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-03-22 14:51:12

Whatever eagerly awaited #Kreutz #comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) is up to - see also groups.io/g/comets-ml/topic/11 and nitter.net/JAtanackov/status/2 and scicomm.xyz/@qicheng@cometary. - less than two weeks from perihelion, it has developed a long plasma tail now: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=25816 (Rhemann & Jäger yesterday with a 12 inch telescope; full and detail).

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-02-26 02:55:43

On that topic, see my text in the “Software in Context” section at the bottom of this reading assignment from one of the courses I teach:
“Generating code is the easiest part of software development.”
comp127.macalester.digital/f25

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2026-03-28 11:10:23

While working through another last rites slew, I was thinking that back in the day there were a number of developers who believed they should add a lot of packages to #Gentoo, in the name of giving users a choice. Like, they were projects whose sole purpose of existence seemed to be to find every piece of software that roughly fit a specific topic, get it to build and package it for Gentoo.
Of course, the long-term effect of that is that there's a lot of unmaintained, often broken packages. "The choice" doesn't really work. Sure, users have a lot of packages to choose from — but they have to actually figure out which of these packages are actually useful (if any).
A few years ago attempting to remove packages also faced some verbal opposition. You shouldn't remove unmaintained or outdated packages, because they still work. You shouldn't remove packages that sometimes fail to build, because some flag combinations still work. You shouldn't remove packages that don't build at all, because the user can visit Forums and find some workaround to make them build 🤦. Or they'll have an ebuild handy to start working on it. And anyway, you shouldn't be removing stuff at all, but fixing it instead.
Sometimes the arguments were straight dishonest too: people literally said we need more packages to lure new users in. Like, it didn't matter to them that the packages didn't really work and that the people trying to use them will get a nasty surprise. They wanted people to say "hey, Gentoo has this software we need, let's start using Gentoo".

@usul@piaille.fr
2026-01-22 05:47:49

Spectre gcr - Atari ST/TT/Falcon Computers - AtariAge Forums
#atari

@brian_gettler@mas.to
2026-02-24 01:51:57

I'm afraid my students might not be pleased with one of tomorrow's assigned readings. Of course, I didn't read it ahead of time and threw it on the syllabus mainly because of the topic and the fit with this week's lecture. I should've known that the author, who writes mildly interesting but bone dry stuff now, wouldn't have written more interesting or less dry material in the past.

@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-02-27 18:58:31

'Hohe Berge' #FotoVorschlag 'High Mountains'
High #Mountains - okay - I had to smile this morning because I thought "yeah, I have something for this topic!"
This is one of my very loved photos. It took me a bit until I was able to take right this photo b…

A breathtaking alpine landscape unfolds in this vibrant image, capturing the stunning beauty of nature. In the foreground, a meadow is adorned with bright yellow wildflowers, their cheerful colors contrasting beautifully with the lush green grass. The flowers add a touch of warmth and vitality to the scene. Beyond the meadow, a dense forest of evergreen trees stretches out, their dark green foliage creating a rich tapestry of texture and depth. The forest leads the eye toward a brilliant turqu…
@arXiv_csCL_bot@mastoxiv.page
2026-03-31 11:12:28

Replaced article(s) found for cs.CL. arxiv.org/list/cs.CL/new
[1/5]:
- Beyond In-Distribution Success: Scaling Curves of CoT Granularity for Language Model Generalization
Ru Wang, Wei Huang, Selena Song, Haoyu Zhang, Qian Niu, Yusuke Iwasawa, Yutaka Matsuo, Jiaxian Guo
arxiv.org/abs/2502.18273 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Benchmarking NLP-supported Language Sample Analysis for Swiss Children's Speech
Anja Ryser, Yingqiang Gao, Sarah Ebling
arxiv.org/abs/2504.00780 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Cultural Biases of Large Language Models and Humans in Historical Interpretation
Fabio Celli, Georgios Spathulas
arxiv.org/abs/2504.02572 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- BRIDGE: Benchmarking Large Language Models for Understanding Real-world Clinical Practice Text
Jiageng Wu, et al.
arxiv.org/abs/2504.19467 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Understanding the Anchoring Effect of LLM with Synthetic Data: Existence, Mechanism, and Potentia...
Yiming Huang, Biquan Bie, Zuqiu Na, Weilin Ruan, Songxin Lei, Yutao Yue, Xinlei He
arxiv.org/abs/2505.15392 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Just as Humans Need Vaccines, So Do Models: Model Immunization to Combat Falsehoods
Raza, Qureshi, Farooq, Lotif, Chadha, Pandya, Emmanouilidis
arxiv.org/abs/2505.17870 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- LingoLoop Attack: Trapping MLLMs via Linguistic Context and State Entrapment into Endless Loops
Fu, Jiang, Hong, Li, Guo, Yang, Chen, Zhang
arxiv.org/abs/2506.14493 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- GHTM: A Graph-based Hybrid Topic Modeling Approach with a Benchmark Dataset for the Low-Resource ...
Farhana Haque, Md. Abdur Rahman, Sumon Ahmed
arxiv.org/abs/2508.00605 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Link Prediction for Event Logs in the Process Industry
Anastasia Zhukova, Thomas Walton, Christian E. Lobm\"uller, Bela Gipp
arxiv.org/abs/2508.09096 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- AirQA: A Comprehensive QA Dataset for AI Research with Instance-Level Evaluation
Huang, Cao, Zhang, Kang, Wang, Wang, Luo, Zheng, Qian, Chen, Yu
arxiv.org/abs/2509.16952 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Multi-View Attention Multiple-Instance Learning Enhanced by LLM Reasoning for Cognitive Distortio...
Jun Seo Kim, Hyemi Kim, Woo Joo Oh, Hongjin Cho, Hochul Lee, Hye Hyeon Kim
arxiv.org/abs/2509.17292 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Dual-Space Smoothness for Robust and Balanced LLM Unlearning
Han Yan, Zheyuan Liu, Meng Jiang
arxiv.org/abs/2509.23362 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- The Rise of AfricaNLP: Contributions, Contributors, Community Impact, and Bibliometric Analysis
Tadesse Destaw Belay, et al.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.25477 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Open ASR Leaderboard: Towards Reproducible and Transparent Multilingual and Long-Form Speech Reco...
Srivastav, Zheng, Bezzam, Le Bihan, Koluguri, \.Zelasko, Majumdar, Moumen, Gandhi
arxiv.org/abs/2510.06961 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Neuron-Level Analysis of Cultural Understanding in Large Language Models
Taisei Yamamoto, Ryoma Kumon, Danushka Bollegala, Hitomi Yanaka
arxiv.org/abs/2510.08284 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- CLMN: Concept based Language Models via Neural Symbolic Reasoning
Yibo Yang
arxiv.org/abs/2510.10063 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Schema for In-Context Learning
Chen, Chen, Wang, Leong, Fung, Bernales, Aspuru-Guzik
arxiv.org/abs/2510.13905 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Evaluating Latent Knowledge of Public Tabular Datasets in Large Language Models
Matteo Silvestri, Fabiano Veglianti, Flavio Giorgi, Fabrizio Silvestri, Gabriele Tolomei
arxiv.org/abs/2510.20351 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- LuxIT: A Luxembourgish Instruction Tuning Dataset from Monolingual Seed Data
Julian Valline, Cedric Lothritz, Siwen Guo, Jordi Cabot
arxiv.org/abs/2510.24434 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
- Surfacing Subtle Stereotypes: A Multilingual, Debate-Oriented Evaluation of Modern LLMs
Muhammed Saeed, Muhammad Abdul-mageed, Shady Shehata
arxiv.org/abs/2511.01187 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/
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@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-01-27 19:59:22

🛏️ Social standing and isolation shape sleep quality in mice, study finds
#sleep

Social standing and isolation shape sleep quality in mice, study finds
While some factors that improve or reduce the quality of sleep are relatively well understood, many are not. Given the impact that sleep is known to have on matters such as stress, concentration and cognitive abilities, it is an important topic of study.

@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.social
2026-01-26 21:22:37

Interested in taking YDS-style courses online? Try our Summer Study program, open to the public; featuring renowned YDS faculty in small seminars that focus on the Bible or on a specialized topic in religion and theology. Courses are not for academic credit, but can count towards continuing education requirements for some clergy. summerstudy.yal…

A banner image "Summer Study at YDS" with an image of Marquand Chapel.
@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-30 20:56:06

Drake Maye injury: Patriots QB, dealing with shoulder issue, misses practice due to illness, per Mike Vrabel

cbssports.com/nfl/news/patriot

Drake Maye injury: Patriots QB, dealing with shoulder issue, misses practice due to illness, per Mike Vrabel
Maye's health has become a buzzy topic around the Patriots ahead of the Super Bowl against the Seahawks

@AccordionBruce@Mastodon.social
2026-01-25 00:23:00

Listen to @… radio this week with some Greenland commentary including Inuit #accordion
And donation suggestions from my friends on the ground in Minneapolis
Because we’re a full-service socio-political-musical

Accordion Noir radio playlist 2026-01-21: Greenland for Greenlanders
With all the talk about Greenland in the news recently, Bruce was inspired to devote an episode to the topic of that big cold island. (He didn’t get very far on short notice, but it’s w…

@debellum@ludosphere.fr
2026-01-17 16:50:22

Le créatuer de la chaine YouTube `Lowang_jdr` demande votre avis sur son travail, je pense qu'il cherche a se motiver pour continuer.
scriptarium.org/forums/topic/3

Chaîne YouTube Lowang_jdr
Bonsoir à tous zé toutes je viens vers vous afin de savoir dans quel mesure vous avez regarder/écouter les deux saisons de la campagne de rêve de dragon de ma chaîne YouTube si pouviez me donner vos avis positifs et négatifs et si vous souhaitez également des nouvelles vidéos https://www.youtube....

@degrowthuk@mstdn.social
2026-03-16 11:15:07

Degrowth and socialist comrades, what should we be doing?
Ted Trainer* This is an attempt to clarify this discussion of degrowth strategy, a topic on which I think there is considerable confusion and mistaken approaches. Debate has recently been fuelled by Jason Hickel’s argument for a socialist position on both the goal and the means do it for degrowth. Liegey, Nelson and Leahy replied against Jason, defending the wide and diverse range of strategies now…

Degrowth and socialist comrades, what should we be doing?
Ted Trainer* This is an attempt to clarify this discussion of degrowth strategy, a topic on which I think there is considerable confusion and mistaken approaches. Debate has recently been fuelled b…

@vrandecic@mas.to
2026-01-14 15:10:33

One thing I like to do is to compare the articles in different Wikipedia language editions about the same topic (I know, I'm a nerd). My daughter was watching me, and then she suggested a topic and that we should ask an AI to help.
She suggested YouTuber Technoblade, whose article is available in 35 language editions of Wikipedia, and I chose Gemini since I got a free subscription for its paid-tier service.
Since all are tired of AI dialogs, it is radically edited. Full dialo…

@niqdanger@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-16 23:42:04

"Try to research a topic that hasn't been investigated before." Ok, google scholar, lets see what I can find. So my topic MIGHT have been done before, but it will cost be $56 to find out. WTF?! Journal articles are insane. I keep having to ask my wife (works @ an ivy) to get articles for me I can't get myself.

@rmdes@mstdn.social
2026-01-24 17:24:33

Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server rmendes.net/bookmarks/2026/01/

Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server
Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server 24 January 2026 indieweb indiekit 🔖 https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/14942/indiekit-for-cloudron-indieweb-publishing-server - A Cloudron-packaged htt...

@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-01-10 18:06:19

RE: social.makerforums.info/@mcdan
This morning, I heard the first report of someone passing their US ham radio exam by using Open Ham Prep …

Screenshot showing the first 6 of 16 lessons covering the US ham radio Technician class exam material, starting with "Welcome to Amateur Radio". Because I have passed all the quizzes associated with topic 2, "Your Identity on the Air", it is marked as completed. Two other topics are marked as partially complete because I have passed some but not all of the associated quizzes.
Screenshot showing the first six of 57 topics, starting with "The Transceiver - Your Voice to the World". Because I've taken the quiz for the first topic, it is marked as "Completed"
Screenshot showing the result of successfully answering all the questions in a quiz, and that you can always review questions for a topic by re-taking the quiz.
Screenshot of dashboard, showing that answering only a few questions does not demonstrate that I'm ready to take the test, even though I answered all of those few 100% correctly.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-01-12 01:50:38

Circana BookScan: US print book sales hit 762.4M units in 2025, up 0.3% YoY, settling at levels higher than before the pandemic; graphic novels saw a 9.2% rise (Jim Milliot/Publishers Weekly)
publishersweekly.com/pw/by-top

Print Book Sales Rose Slightly in 2025
A mild rebound in children’s book sales helped to offset softness on the adult side, resulting in a 0.3% increase in unit sales of print books in 2025 over 2024. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins was last year’s top-selling title.

@chrislowles@mastodon.social
2026-02-24 22:13:09

It's hard to approach the topic of Persona and all their partners without just falling into the suggestion of telling everyone to self-host their life online, it's probably gonna be what everyone needs to do eventually but in a way it's a platform-wide version of when we were leaving Twitter.

@shacker@zirk.us
2026-01-23 17:29:41

Excellent conversation on the F-stop podcast with Jason Hatfield about intersection of landscape photography, endurance, ethics and the controversial topic of gatekeeping sensitive locations. Really good listen.
overcast.fm/ AALaCzGAmLw

@oligneisti@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-24 22:27:54

Searched for the film Big on Duck Duck Go. I pressed "continued on Wikipedia" and ended up on a non-existing page for "Big (film)" on Icelandic Wikipedia.
I went back and noticed that Iceland was checked as my location. I unchecked and tried it again and got the expected English language article.
There are levels of problems here but the most obvious might be the assumption that Icelandic Wikipedia has a page about any topic and that the Icelandic article woul…

@privacity@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-24 23:57:39

Red Lines under EU AI Act: Unpacking the prohibition of emotion recognition in the workplace and education institutions
fpf.org/blog/red-lines-under-e

Red Lines under EU AI Act: Unpacking the prohibition of emotion recognition in the workplace and education institutions
The sixth blog in the “Red lines under the EU AI Act” series focuses on unpacking the prohibition on emotion recognition in the workplace and educational institutions, as contained in Article 5(1)(f) AI Act and explored in the Commission’s Guidelines on the topic.

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2026-03-25 16:19:09

Or maybe sometimes you stop writing a reply and instead you're starting to make a post of your own about a topic, etc.
This is actually a nice demonstration of how the writing process itself helps you think things through.

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-23 11:04:18

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce's future nytimes.com/athletic/7063486/2

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce’s future
The NFL combine kicks off this week with plenty of offseason storylines to follow across the league. The Athletic's writers discuss.

@hanno@mastodon.social
2026-03-18 10:07:55

There's a lot about the whole "AI topic" where I don't know what I should think. But I am quite worried what the flood of low-quality "AI" code will do to the free and open source ecosystems.
I found this mail from Michał Górny, one of the most active developers at Gentoo Linux (full disclosure: I'm also a Gentoo developer, but not one of the most active ones 🙂 ), about the issues the ecosystem is facing, quite insightful:

@shriramk@mastodon.social
2026-02-03 13:08:23

Not all heroes wear capes; some just wear ∀s and ⊃s.
forum.cspaper.org/topic/191/ic

@deabigt@universeodon.com
2026-03-23 12:31:48

He can’t even stay on topic for a whole post now. Sounds like NOTHING is happening till the “SAVE Act” gets passed. So, not till after the election or the GOP decides to retire him. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTru

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-23 11:06:55

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce's future nytimes.com/athletic/7063486/2

One hot topic for every team at the 2026 NFL combine: Quarterback contracts, Kelce’s future
The NFL combine kicks off this week with plenty of offseason storylines to follow across the league. The Athletic's writers discuss.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-23 10:30:32

This speech by Zelenskyy at Davos is biting. Glad to see him call out the European hypocrisy of “speaking of values [when] they often mean valuables.” But, my friend, not one mention of Gaza or Palestine given the topic? Ukraine is the closest thing to Palestine Europe has and still no solidarity, not even an acknowledgement? I just don’t get it.

@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.social
2026-03-20 16:44:38

Ich finds gut, dass die Collien Fernandes Story immernoch den größten Teil der Beiträge oben im Spiegel online einnimmt. Das ist zu wichtig als das es einfach vom nächsten Topic verdrängt wird.

@LillyHerself@Mastodon.social
2026-01-17 20:06:00

The English in this article is so poor, there are several paragraphs I had to read several times to get any sense out of them. AI or the four(!) reporters named? Interesting topic, but nothing much added in this piece.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/13/pol

Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome
The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting spies, diplomats and troops that are colloquially known as Havana Syndrome, according to four sources briefed on the matter.

@cdamian@rls.social
2026-01-26 13:30:08

Any publication that uses a topic like
"The subject that is/does something or other special"
Without naming the subject, will directly blocked by me.
I'm not going to fall for these click baits any more.

@HugeGameArtGD@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-01-22 22:00:07

@… @…
Technically every message is rather manipulative.
I think one problem is that admins on topic related instances are likely preferring advocacy groups targeted against another lobby, e. g.
"oil against …

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-09 02:58:42

Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by His Own Hubris
On topic after topic, Trump made clear that he thinks he is the arbiter of any limits to his authorities, not international law or treaties.
"My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
“I don’t need international law,”
he added.
“I’m not looking to hurt people.”
When pressed further about whether his administration needed to abide by international law,
Trump said,

Trump Addresses Venezuela, Greenland and Presidential Power in New York Times Interview
On topic after topic, President Trump made clear that he would be the arbiter of any limits to his authorities, not international law or treaties.

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-01-18 19:09:14

OMG, why in God's name are we killing Lens? JFC, 'OneDrive scan' doesn't have a 1/10th of the features of Lens. 🤬
☑️ Retirement of Microsoft Lens - Microsoft Support
support.microsoft.com/en-us/to

@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-28 12:39:30

What do NFL players think of tush push, hip-drop tackles and kickoff rules? We asked them nytimes.com/athletic/6999586/2

What do NFL players think of tush push, hip-drop tackles and kickoff rules? We asked them
We asked players from across the league about hot-topic rules — and which player would make a great official.

@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-02-24 20:15:54

'Eingefrorene Bewegung' #FotoVorschlag 'Frozen Movement'
Ah I almost didn't want to post a photo for this topic until this photo came to my mind. And it's a frozen motion even literally... right?
More about this day:

A dynamic and atmospheric winter scene unfolds in this image, capturing the raw beauty of a snowstorm. The sky is filled with swirling snowflakes, creating a dense curtain of white that partially obscures the landscape. The snowfall adds a sense of movement and energy to the scene, as the flakes dance and swirl in the wind. In the foreground, patches of snow-covered grass and rocks are visible, their textures softened by the falling snow. The contrast between the white snow and the darker tone…
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-03-20 05:24:24

I like pop artists that sing about politics and social issue. 💕
music.apple.com/us/album/topic

Topical Dancer by Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul on Apple Music
Album · 2022 · 13 Songs

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-01-17 09:45:38

@… off-topic, a GitHub hint. Note the blank line in this screenshot.
I learnt the hard way. Today I discovered some online hints:
GitHub spoiler markdown – <gist.…

@benb@osintua.eu
2026-01-09 14:59:21

We had some issues with media files stream/download but its now fixed : #osint

Browse Messages - OSINTukraine
Archive and analyze Telegram intelligence with AI-powered topic classification and importance analysis

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-03-26 09:06:24

What are the Philadelphia Eagles' future stadium plans? It will soon become a hot topic nytimes.com/athletic/7144297/2

What are the Philadelphia Eagles’ future stadium plans? It will soon become a hot topic
The Eagles' lease with Philadelphia runs through 2032, and a new or renovated stadium with a roof could allow the city to host a Super Bowl.

@tschfflr@fediscience.org
2026-01-14 16:00:48

International postdocs: Come to Bochum for a two-week stay to plan a research project and learn how to apply for funding for it in Germany.
I'm available as a host for any topic related to my research interests: digital forensic linguistics, experimental semantics/pragmatics, emojis, (computational analyses of) harmful language, metaphors, discourse, etc.
research-academy-ruhr.de/progr

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-01-29 20:01:01

"The UK Could Eliminate Caged Eggs By 2032"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Eggs #Food

The UK Could Eliminate Caged Eggs By 2032
The UK could eliminate the use of caged egg production by 2032, as the government launches a new consultation on the topic

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-25 15:41:44

This is a fashion trend. It’s not just functional; camo serves no purpose of disguising whatsoever on Minneapolis streets. Militaries are dressing the part — and ICE is playing dress-up.
Avery Trufelman’s excellent podcast Articles of Interest spent an entire season on this topic, under the name “Gear.” Here’s on relevant episode.
2/2
articlesofinterest.substack.co

@luca@social.luca.run
2026-03-07 06:32:33

Tonight's mild nightmare: I was at an event. Introduction session. Most people already knew each other. Me and my companion were there for the first time. People kept going off topic. I carefully prepared my sentences and adjusted them several times. Shortly before it would have been my turn, the time was up and everyone walked away. I woke up.
The combination of how much energy it took me to find the right words, the tension while waiting and then realizing that it was all for not…

@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io
2026-03-05 03:11:04

I remember seeing someone make a post about this topic a few weeks ago here on Mastodon, but for the life of me I can’t find it, so I can’t tag the author or reply to it :(

@hanno@mastodon.social
2026-03-18 10:07:55

There's a lot about the whole "AI topic" where I don't know what I should think. But I am quite worried what the flood of low-quality "AI" code will do to the free and open source ecosystems.
I found this mail from Michał Górny, one of the most active developers at Gentoo Linux (full disclosure: I'm also a Gentoo developer, but not one of the most active ones 🙂 ), about the issues the ecosystem is facing, quite insightful:

@scott@carfree.city
2026-02-04 21:44:00

"Both candidates agreed that Market Street should be reopened to cars (a few people booed, then some cheered). They also both agreed that new housing developments should include more parking."
No problem for the "urbanists" at SF YIMBY, who just endorsed Sherrill.

S.F. housing is hottest topic in first debate between District 2 supervisor candidates
Appointed supervisor Stephen Sherrill and neighborhood organizer Lori Brooke face off on housing, cars, and public safety

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-01-06 19:25:38

HarperCollins France says it is testing using AI-assisted translation, citing declining sales and following in the footsteps of Taylor & Francis and others (Eva Baron/Publishers Weekly)
publishersweekly.com/pw/by-to…

Harlequin France to Test AI-Assisted Translation
Following backlash from the French Literary Translators Association, HarperCollins France confirmed it’s “conducting tests” with a French company that “uses experienced translators who utilize artificial intelligence tools,” to translate Harleq

@laimis@mstdn.social
2026-01-12 17:37:50

Reasonable take on this whole tailwind layoffs and #AI takeover topic that has been going on:
youtube.com/watch?v=GbGPcgwKu8I
This might trigger some people as it's not "omg AI…

@njamster@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-02-08 08:29:47

If you can, go watch "It Was Just An Accident". It's good (albeit a little slow) and will stay with you long after the credits rolled. Can't say I've watched anything similar yet.
letterboxd.com/njamster/film/i

A ★★★★ review of It Was Just an Accident (2025)
Takes quite a while to get going and is pretty slow-paced in general, but if you can handle that, you're in for a treat! During the middle part Panahi masterfully manages the really impressive tightrope act of being almost comedic despite the very heavy topic. The central question of "Did he really do it?" remains open right until the end, and will keep you at the edge of your seat, despite the rather minimal (almost "chamber play"-like) set pieces and cast. And the ambiguous ending is just... …

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-28 12:43:18

What do NFL players think of tush push, hip-drop tackles and kickoff rules? We asked them nytimes.com/athletic/6999586/2

What do NFL players think of tush push, hip-drop tackles and kickoff rules? We asked them
We asked players from across the league about hot-topic rules — and which player would make a great official.

@deepthoughts10@infosec.exchange
2026-02-07 20:33:59

RE: #olympics You learn something n…

@debellum@ludosphere.fr
2026-01-07 11:55:01

Scriptarium viens de mettre un place un fil sur son forum pour collecter les coquilles sur les livres liés Š la Gamme Rêve de dargon.
scriptarium.org/forums/topic/3

Miroirs des Terres Médianes - collecte des erratas
J'ouvre ce sujet pour collecter les erreurs diverses (coquilles, erreurs sur les règles, problèmes techniques) qui sont relevées dans les ouvrages imprimés pour le financement des MTM (les deux volumes des MTM, l'écran, la Traité des Personnages et Lieux Communs, l'Artbook de Rolland Barthélémy, ...

@crell@phpc.social
2026-03-05 14:30:14

I have been very impressed in recent months with youtube.com/@TLDRnews. They're a small, independent news org based in the UK, and their videos have a higher "understandable information"/time density than any other I've seen. Good context and background on the topic, no-BS, an…

TLDR News
TLDR News aims to make news and politics easier to understand. No one person can be an expert in everything so we create videos to make the world around you simpler. Our videos are designed to make complex topics understandable and to help you engage more with news and politics. TLDR News is owned and operated by THREE26 Ltd

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-03-22 02:12:45

I see somebody else is on this topic today! And yes, billionaires will use regulatory capture to the maximum extent they can get away with — so yes, I fully expect the AI lobby to advocate a tangled legal regime where LLM output is copyrighted but copying data to train an LLM is not a copyright violation.
social.coop/@cwebber/116266757

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2026-03-16 03:00:35

Free topic for you #retrocomputing YouTubers, the Zoomed Video Port.
Didn’t find videos about it in my admittedly cursory search.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoomed_v

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-28 10:36:34

What do NFL players think of tush push, hip-drop tackles and kickoff rules? We asked them nytimes.com/athletic/6999586/2

What do NFL players think of tush push, hip-drop tackles and kickoff rules? We asked them
We asked players from across the league about hot-topic rules — and which player would make a great official.

@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-03-15 00:03:11

While Rob Sherwood is unlike to test the QRP-Labs QMX as far as I know, #HamRadio

@cheryanne@aus.social
2026-02-12 11:16:49

The Psychology Of Your 20's
Hosted by Jemma Sbeg, we deep dive into the science and psychology behind a topic, concept or universal experience that defines our 20s...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/psycho

The Psychology Of Your 20's Screenshot of the podcast listing on the Great Australian Pods website
@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-25 18:15:30

Top DL prospect Rueben Bain Jr. says teams not 'concerned' with arm length during combine meetings nfl.com/news/top-dl-prospect-r

Top DL prospect Rueben Bain Jr. says teams not 'concerned' with arm length during combine meetings
Miami edge rusher Rueben Bain Jr.’s arm length might be a hot topic in 2026 NFL Draft media circles, but Bain said on Wednesday that NFL clubs don’t appear too focused on the matter.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-03-19 20:15:53

Sony Music exec Dennis Kooker says the company has sent 135K takedown notices for deepfakes of its artists, but sees opportunities in AI with proper licensing (Stuart Dredge/Music Ally)
musically.com/2026/03/18/music

Music and AI: ‘There is a really big opportunity here – if we get it right’
The IFPI launched its latest Global Music Report this morning in London, and AI was a key topic during the panel of label executives.

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-01-10 19:59:49

@… I think I'm OK on Kubuntu 25.10.
Slightly off-topic, I recently began using my hearing aids with an iPad. It's almost indescribably wonderful.
<oticon.global/support/pairing

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-15 05:47:57

A much-discussed topic on here is how many pundits only assign agency to Democrats.
(Not Ned, other people.)
Clear R role in MN cop-tracking/mocking.
Seems very clear to me that the mass pardon of J6ers made it hard for Rs to credibly finger-wag about Disrespecting Law Enforcement.

Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social)
Folks, Trump has brought the full force of ICE to bear on a mid-sized city and he can't even stop the demonstrations there. He's not going to be able to cancel the midterm elections by fiat or station his goons outside more than a handful of polling places.

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-24 16:51:49

Raiders GM John Spytek breaks silence on Maxx Crosby saga at 2026 NFL Combine, expects pass rusher to return

cbssports.com/nfl/news/maxx-cr

Raiders GM John Spytek breaks silence on Maxx Crosby saga at 2026 NFL Combine, expects pass rusher to return
Crosby figures to be a hot topic in Indianapolis

@cheryanne@aus.social
2026-02-10 23:51:11

NobleSole | Where Creativity Meets Consciousness
Join hosts Amy Sole and Ben Noble as they delve into where creativity meets consciousness. Each week they tackle a different topic about the intersection of being a creative and being a human...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpod…

NobleSole | Where Creativity Meets Consciousness Screenshot of the podcast listing on the Great Australian Pods website
@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-03-16 18:32:28

'Blick von oben' #fotovorschlag 'view from above'
When I saw the topic, I wasn't sure wether I should post a mountin photo or not. But as I have seen so many others doing so, I decided to also post this "view from above" from ~3 months ago when I went to this mountain and enjoyed not only the silence but also the view.
Enjoy!

A breathtaking alpine panorama unfolds in this image, capturing the stunning beauty of a snowy mountain landscape. The foreground features a snow-covered slope, its pristine white surface glistening under the bright sunlight. Footprints in the snow suggest recent activity, adding a touch of life to the serene scene. Scattered across the slope are clusters of evergreen trees, their dark green foliage providing a striking contrast to the white snow. The trees add texture and depth to the scene, …
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2026-01-07 17:13:33

“But software design is just vibes!”
No, it’s absolutely not. It’s an extremely well researched topic with an abundance of studies, literature and scientific articles over the last 75 years.
Here’s some books to get you started. They’re over 30 years old.

@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-02-13 07:18:55

'Tierische Begegnungen' #FotoVorschlag
'animal(ic) encounter'
I wasn't sure if I have a good or funny one to share with this topic. But I remembered visiting a wildlife park nearby at an autumn day.
It was a beautiful stroll through the park, watching the wildlife there when this situation came to be. Unplanned, just by pure luck.
And well.. I thin…

A magical autumnal scene unfolds in this serene forest setting. The forest floor is carpeted with a thick layer of golden and orange leaves, creating a warm, inviting atmosphere. Sunlight filters through the tall trees, casting a soft, golden glow that illuminates the scene and highlights the vibrant colors of the foliage. In the center of the image, a majestic animal with large, curved horns stands gracefully amidst the fallen leaves. Its presence adds a sense of tranquility and natural beaut…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-11 22:44:12

Always The Topic of Conversation | The Break youtube.com/watch?v=8nUvO-mmt08

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-03-20 21:22:34

Raiders Hit With Maxx Crosby Trade Take From Insider heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas

Raiders Hit With Maxx Crosby Trade Take From Insider
The future of Maxx Crosby with the Las Vegas Raiders remains a topic of discussion in mainstream NFL media. With the NFL Draft approaching in a few weeks, teams could decide to pull the trigger on a trade for the veteran pass rusher. After the trade to the Baltimore Ravens fell through due to a failed physical, Crosby hasn’t been shy about his commitment to the Raiders ahead of the 2026 season. The question is whether that’s a long-term commitment or whether this upcoming campaign is still …

@cheryanne@aus.social
2026-01-07 11:16:30

Infection Control Matters
In this podcast series, we discuss new research and issues on the topic of infection prevention and control...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/infect

Infection Control Matters Screenshot of the podcast listing on the Great Australian Pods website
@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-03 17:23:38

My thread on the topic, if anyone wants to hear it: hachyderm.io/@inthehands/11537
@…
2/2

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-03 03:41:52

The rise of candidates centering gun violence is a result of the growing prevention movement across the US, which has become something of 👉a pipeline for new candidates running for office.
#Maxwell #Frost, the nation’s first gen Z US representative, started off as a volunteer before becoming organizing director for <…

‘It’s our turn’: gun-safety advocates are riding a ‘seismic’ wave to US legislatures
A once-toxic topic is helping survivors and relatives of victims get elected to enact the laws they helped draft

@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-03-05 19:03:50

'Nebel, Dunst' #FotoVorschlag 'Fog, Mist'
Hmm that topic is a bit of a pity. I know that I have some #fog / #mist photos but it seems like I haven't tagged them in a way so that…

A serene and atmospheric winter scene unfolds in this black-and-white photograph, capturing the quiet beauty of a misty landscape. The foreground features a bare tree, its intricate branches reaching upward and outward, creating a striking silhouette against the foggy backdrop. The tree stands as a focal point, its stark lines adding a sense of drama and elegance to the scene. The ground is lightly dusted with snow, adding texture and a sense of stillness to the landscape. A simple wooden fenc…