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Marc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 19h

I like it better when my mountains are not top international news 😢

Front page of The Guardian app, with an image of a glacier landscape with melting ice, highlighting a large crevice with deep blue water visible. The news headline is
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years

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Zelda @spikybaddie.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Now, be careful not to learn the wrong lessons from the seemingly infinite illegal hacking committed by "frontier models" against, coincidentally, their opponents. This does NOT mean it is legal to do crime now just because you launder it through an LLM. Like always, it just means it is legal […]

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Låhminėwskī ⚒️ @lahminewski.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Atelier d’installation de Linux. Fais passer #windows par la fenêtre et adoptes la pingouin’ttitude ! 📅 Samedi 10 octobre 2026 🕤 10:00 - 16:00 📌 Au #FabLab, à la #chauxdefonds :ch_Neuchatel […] [Original post on tooting.ch]

Lors de cet évènement :
-Appareils sous linux à disposition pour tâter.
-Un peu de glouglou et de miamiam
-Une équipe d’expertes qui vous accompagnent dans la migration vers un système d’exploitation plus convival, respectueux de votre vie privée et éthique.
-Un espace sympa pour papoter informatique libre mais pas que !

On tente touxtes de manger bio ou de consommer responsable, pourquoi pas dans notre informatique aussi.

Samedi 10 octobre 2026
10:00 - 16:00
Au FabLab, à la Chaux-de-Fonds

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Some people shouldn't be allowed to make diagrams or graphs.

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Yann Büchau :nixos: @nobodyinperson.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Tested it for you: the Epson WS-580W only scans a meter of toilet paper... 🧻 #paperless

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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

TL;DR: If I were writing a post about AV hookup wire twenty years ago on the subject "Is expensive wire a scam," I'd have TLDR'd it as "Mmm yes and no, expensives are better BUT you hit diminishing returns VERY quickly, in that there's a massive difference between a $2 wire and a $20 wire but […]

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Matthew Dockrey @attoparsec.clacks.link.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

I took part in this study last month, and it was a nice, chill conversation. The researcher is looking for more input from the AI-skeptic side of the maker community, so I offered to pass the link along. Most of the people reading this will lean in that direction, I'm pretty sure! […]

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

"There's nothing structural about those things that prevents agents figuring out how to do that stuff" is load-bearing here. Sure it is. All those things require understanding the problem space, the deployment context, the future needs and goals of the […] [Original post on tldr.nettime.org]

Assumption 1: agents are going to eat the entire software development lifecycle

This assumption is based on the observation that agents are currently very good at writing code and mediocre at everything that comes after that: reviewing code, testing it, finding bugs, fixing bugs, deploying to production, monitoring, and scaling up. They suck at that stuff right now, but my assumption is that that’s a temporary state of affairs. There’s nothing structural about those things that prevents agents figuring out how to do that stuff. If you think I’m right about that, this post will be of interest, but if you think I’m wrong now is a good time to bail.

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Marc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

23 organisations including Swissuniversities sign a joint letter calling for Switzerland to participate in Erasmus+ www.swissuniversities.ch/en/news/ap…

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Appeal for Erasmus+: 23 organisations sign a joint letter

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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

the plutocrats have such boring dreams. why would you want to upload your brain and live forever on linkedin. i would be funding research into getting fuckin borged out. piston muscles, steam lungs. hot swappable endocrine cartridges, microbiome SoCs. spider leg loadout with the nuclear powered […]

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anarcat @anarcat.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

RE: kolektiva.social/@AberdeenLocal1312… "The wrong Amazon is burning, the wrong ICE is melting, the wrong AI is being designated as terrorism" - Crimethinc

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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

[Long-ish, Half finished thought about AI as a material and the "the median AI output is better than the median human output" discourse] Hung up momentarily on the discourse re: "human writing/code/art is on average pretty bad, so the median AI output is better than the median human work." […]

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Jonathan Kamens 86 47 @jik.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

I getting Really Fucking Sick And Tired of people saying, "So, you don't want to use AI? Then I guess you'd better stop using Linux or you're a hypocrite!" Fuck you, honestly, if you're saying that. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, and some […] [Original post on federate.social]

"We should improve society somewhat."
"Yet you participate in society. Curious! I am very intelligent."

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Christian Peach @chpietsch.fedifreu.de.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

You have probably heard about the US regime's crackdown on the Italian IT collective Autistici/Inventati. Someone wrote down what it means and what can be done about it: www.wewillfreeus.org/the-server-cal… (thanks to […]

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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? I share this information for no reason at all.

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DrYak @dryak.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Dear @ethz.ch , please try to support more than 1 of the major web rendering engines for your service portals, thank you very much.

A screenshot of a service portal used by ETH Zürich which is dropping support for Mozilla Firefox (Gecko-based), and will only support Blink/Webkit-based browser.

Text reads in German:
"Mozilla Firefox-Browser
ETHIS wird im Mozilla Firefox nicht mehr unterstützt. Beim Hochladen von Dokumenten kann es zu Abstürzen kommen oder das gesamte ETHIS einfrieren. Empfohlen wird die Nutzung von Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge oder Safari."

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Stefano on littleFedi @stefano.rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

# This is the first genuinely operational littleFedi instance. It has been online since 1st July, is single-user (just me), and runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero W powered by NetBSD, directly on its SD card. **It consumes just under 1W.** Its database […] [Original post on rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it]

My Raspberry PI Zero W, hosting this instance, in its current position. Powered by an USB cable coming from the switch.

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Mark T. Tomczak @mark.mastodon.fixermark.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

Thinking about the era of technology where the easiest way to display images was to take all the air out of a tube and point a death ray at your face. It's fine though. There was a thin screen between you and the death ray that caught all the death and turned it into pretty colors.

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

RE: c.im/@BBC/117144240968313104 Years ago when I lived in Canterbury, they brought in a phone to pay thing for parking. I wrote a letter to Canterbury city council saying this was a bad idea as someone could put a sticker over the phone number, and scam people for their credit card […]

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

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DrYak @dryak.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

RE: eldritch.cafe/@UnePorte/11710403800… Un excellent thread par @UnePorte qui décortique (et encourage!) la Solidarité.

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Julianoë @julianoe.mastodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

RE: tech.lgbt/@ShadowJonathan/117049317… Pour info. Mais il y a vraiment des gens que ça surprend encore ?

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dr.-ing. ⁡jaseg @jaseg.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

last night, a friend and I recycled some old PCBs left over from another project into notebook covers! We cut the pages and stitched the spine by hand. #electronics #bookbinding #diy

two notebooks on a table cluttered with tools, The notebooks have covers made from A5 size green circuit boards. One is open and shows plain ivory color pages and a cord bookmark. They are bound using a coptic stitch binding.

One of the notebooks from the previous picture sitting on its side showcasing its binding stitches. The stitches form rows of links going across the spine from one cover to the other.

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DrYak @dryak.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

@pikesley What a coincidence! Mine also "Escaped Containment" today! But "she" decided to round up billionaires! I tried to stop "her" but she tild me "Eat the rich!" and carried on.

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Low Frequency Ovipositor @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

My AI has Escaped Containment and started ordering huge amounts of guillotine parts 🤷

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Marc Abrahams @marcabrahams.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

The Swiss #Blackboard Mystery! We are still looking for someone in or near #Zurich who can lend us a portable big blackboard, for use in the 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony on September 3. Maybe you (or your institution) have one hiding in your basement, quietly yearning for stardom? […]

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Gary "grim" Kramlich @grimmy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

I'm amazed how often people think that @pidgin used to connect to some public API in #AIM, #YIM, #ICQ, #MSN, etc... In reality we helped you break the #TOS constantly by using an unauthorized client that only worked thanks to the tireless efforts of reverse engineers. #Pidgin #OpenSource

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DrYak @dryak.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

@bouletcorp2 Je suis tombée sur cette vidéo par Thunderf00t - youtu.be/fvxNmStSC3M - "Can backing soda fix global warming?" (Note: Derrière le titre putàclic il y a une vraie réflexion sur la chimie du sodium métallique - c'est sa spécialité) [...]

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SellaTheChemist @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Message for the day – Commit a random act of maintenance! Listen to it, look at it, wipe it, clean it, lube it, brush it, tighten it, grease it, turn it, check it, test it, sweep it, mop it, paint it, tape it, sand it, tweak it, tune it, adjust it, wash it […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fight entropy! Commit a random act of maintenance today.

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Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊) @jaredwhite.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Yo, I'm heading up a brand-new community project. 👥 We write code by hand. 🤚🏽⌨️ It's a growing opt-in directory of software developers who write code by hand. When you hear someone tell you “nobody does that” you can point to this and say “well these folks […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

A page style layout with the following:

We write code by hand.

We use Natural Intelligence to build software libraries and applications in production today. Some of them you may be using right now.

There are people who say "nobody authors code by hand any longer." We are here to say that's incorrect. Because we do it. All the time.

If you write code by hand, add your name to this list!

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Jess👾 @jesstheunstill.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

Just imagine if we'd invested over a trillion dollars in green energy rather than AI.

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Jonathan Emmesedi @jemmesedi.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-fadin… >>...the Luddites were not universally opposed to technology as such, but to the kinds of technological innovation that increased productivity at the price of workers’ autonomy, workers’ […]

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DrYak @dryak.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116971… reason #86'364 why I've been daily driving Linux for more than a quater of century...

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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

Just returned from my holidays. Well, from the actual being-away part. One more week to go. 🌴 I could not resist and peeked into my software issues: Again one user who wrote that "Claude" helped him. Alas, I have to assume, that no human Claude was involved. I would not mind, but I hardly […]

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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

RE: fediscience.org/@rahmstorf/11694559… We already entered a stage where it's too late for many things: Loss of productive soil, agricultural stability in many regions, etc. It is now time to act to avoid total disaster. Yes, phasing it this was this is not scientifically […]

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River 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @riverseeber.net · 09/07/2026

Thinking of doing a series where I look for open source projects that get a lot of AI-assisted contributions, then use git blame to find parts written by agents. Then, I try to re-write any low-quality sections so it's less obfuscated, and conveys intent better. Mostly as a kind of career prep […]

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solo @solonovamax.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

[AI art, AI code] "coding isn't art!!! it doesn't take creativity!!!!" fuck you, shut up and don't come back until you've spent 20+ hours toiling over the ideal way to design something to solve a problem and then throwing it all out and rewriting it from scratch

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Corinna Balkow @coba.gruene.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

Shocking European Perspective How much warmer was it in these countries www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8e2j0j87… #ClimateDiary #Europe #ClimateCatastrophe

A list of European countries
Shown is difference between previous hottest day and current hottest day

Differences between 2 to 4 degrees show how much it has changed

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