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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 7h

My younger kid has realized that school is at least in part, a prison where kids are kept so parents can be farmed by capitalists, and that the grading, testing, major, and degree system serves to normalize and perpetuate hierarchies of importance among people. Also that many people have no […]

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Katrina Katrinka :donor: @katrinakatrinka.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 6h

The buried lead: Vivian Wilson is a strong, inspirational woman who survived and thrived after dumping this dead-beat dad.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 09/10/2026

Can confirm. I mean, being in the Epstein files per se isn't necessarily bad, like when you're in the Epstein files because Richard Dawkins used to complain to Epstein about how much he hates you, but I definitely know a couple of people who knew people who were _on the island_.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 23h

It's remarkable how little of a surprise it is to me that my alleged uncle Robert C Martin is one of those people who believes LLMs are sentient but remain perfectly untroubled by forcing a sentient being to perform slave labour for him.

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rickf - a cynical professor @rickf.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Interesting how the media keeps referring to the AI companies as "labs" as in "a model escaped the lab.." or "research at the labs shows that..." 'Lab' implies a place where experimentation and 'accidents' understandably might happen. Y'know, like Ebola or Covid. A 'company', on the other hand […]

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

@chama.pro Thanks for that. ~/.cache/tracker3/files directory was 1.6GB and my ~/.cache/tracker/files from an earlier version of Kubuntu was 4GB.

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

I don't expect anyone in my network to know this, but is there a way to disable GNOME localsearch-3 without removing GNOME itself? I have millions of files under my $HOME directory, so the so-called helpful file search utilities are pointless. After half an hour of trying things, I gave up and […]

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/10/2026

We may cover this tomorrow, but I just wanted to signal boost this. After months of pushing the administration to make good on its promises for trans youth, NYC appears to be taking steps to do so. I do believe the city can be doing much more, but this is a wonderful start from Mayor Mamdani.

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NYC moves to spend nearly $9M of gender-affirming care fund for minors

The funding is part of a $15 million investment announced in June as major hospitals retreated from providing such care.

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

@Lazarou We won't stop him in the mid-terms, anyway. There won't be enough seats flipped in the US Senate for an impeachment to succeed. And without that, any control Congress tries to wield is toothless. And beyond that, there are enough AIPAC-owned Democrats in Congress that will let Trump […]

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

@wackJackle Western economic and global trade experts have been predicting Chinese economic collapse every year for 30 years. They may well be correct now, but at this point it's impossible to take them seriously on the topic.

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lea @lea.ordinary.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

If you/your project is affected by DigitalOcean stopping their OSS credits program, please shoot me a PM immediately. Might be able to help. Boosts for visibility would be appreciated. #foss #linux

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

@lars Agreed. But also, 😭 I desperately want this to be viable, but the technical knowledge you need is just too much.

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b4ux1t3 :trek_ds9_sisko:#1️⃣ @b4ux1t3.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

So, uh, job search update: About a month ago now, I pleaded on mastodon for help. I didn’t really have a goal in mind. I was just miserable at work, not getting paid enough to do too much work. I posted a big long, rambling post that ended with, effectively, “will someone please help me” A […]

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Lenny @f09fa681.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

(Boosts welcome!) Hi there! @theova and I are two software engineers with a combined 11+ years of experience building privacy-focused communication systems at @threemaapp in the Protocols and #Security team, now looking for our next opportunity. Our background spans protocol design, applied […]

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Ten years ago all of my family's streaming services combined was $50 per month. We had fewer choices with more content, cheaply. Now we're paying $80 for a subset of those options *with ads*. I'm trying to convince my household to ditch everything and just make a $50/month donation to the […]

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Robert Kingett @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

If cops spoke like AI developers and AI users, It wasn't me that shot you or my gun. It was a bullet with misalligned objectives. #FuckAI #AI #AIHype

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I just found out that Islamic Relief USA changed its name to Islamic Development and Empowerment in America (IDEA). New website development.org They have a top rating at Charity Navigator www.charitynavigator.org/ein/954453… I make a monthly donation there for the relief […]

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Daniel Supernault @dansup.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Say what you want about me. The receipts are public: - Instead of Instagram: pixelfed.org - Instead of TikTok: joinloops.org - Fediverse onboarding: fediverse.info - Fediverse Network Stats: fedidb.com - Digital Charter of Rights: respectfulplatforms.org […]

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SellaTheChemist @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Beware. If you are looking for Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's film "Naza" based on interviews with 24 Israeli soldiers, that is currently in film festivals and cinemas, you won't find it online. Instead you will find the IDF's "Naza - The True Story" that presents a very different picture of […]

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@CharlieMcHenry I thought this had to be a hoax, but a number of news outlets are carrying it. I hope their sales plummet even faster.

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Charlie McHenry @charliemchenry.connectop.us.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Can you believe this? #Tesla lawyers defending the use of the “N” word in the workplace environment. Literally arguing it’s ok to be #racist - Stands to reason given it’s #ElonMusk we’re talking about. #racism

A Threads post discussing Tesla's court case where the company's attorney defended the use of the N-word towards Black employees. The image features a Tesla dealership and a circular inset of Elon Musk with the text highlighting the controversial statements

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

There is an attempt to make people feel like being critical of using LLMs is not "hip and with it" Only old people who don't understand technology are unimpressed. Nothing could be further from the truth. Young people don't like the slop, the most tech people have the harshest words. The […]

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Abeloth Penfro KC @kneel.before.dog · 30/09/2026

A wiggly bum walk in the woods. #dog #DogsOfMastodon #corgi

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

RE: tacobelllabs.net/@astraluma/1173636… Digital Ocean killed its "we give Open Source projects a bit of free hosting" policy basically at the same time they droppen 3 millions USD on Omarchy, DHH's (who is a fascist and racist) set of config files he calls a distribution […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Does anyone work as a housekeeper for "care.com" they are the most popular service for finding people to hire for home cleaning in NYC but I don't like their uber-like structure. They say they do "background checks" and of course you can have cash tips on top of the normal rates. Their […]

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A handful of pro-Israel ppl are outside the Green party conference. They’re outnumbered by the pro-Palestine side, which includes the Jewish Greens bloc It sucks that I still have to deal with pro-Israel ppl after everything that genocidal state has done to my ppl - but good to see the solidarity

Mostly Palestine flags, and some Israel ones

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@tcarmody.bsky.social I believe that was proven to be just a joke. But it was a brilliant joke, for sure.

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@dangillmor Ed Zitron, one of the loudest voices calling out financial misinformation in the AI boom, has dug into this in detail. A large data center running LLMs needs orders of magnitude more copper than a traditional data center running virtual machines and data storage.

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Glyph @glyph.im · 30/09/2026

I logged in to LinkedIn to see a page full of people praising DHH, got mad, and wrote this. Less than 12 hours later I got an email telling me "Your post doesn’t comply with our Professional Community Policies on bullying and harassment. It’s been removed […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A LinkedIn post from me that reads "DHH is openly a Nazi. You should not promote anything he is doing or relay his opinions on software development. It is shocking to me when I open this app and see people casually discussing his opinions on AI or interface design or whatever, as if he were a "thought leader". He is an open advocate for mass murder. It doesn't matter what else he thinks, do not promote his ideas." followed by the text "Only you can see this post because this content goes against our Professional Community Policies."

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

@cazabon I admit, I was tempted to only favorite this post just to be silly. 😁

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C. @cazabon.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Reminder: if you want other people to read a toot because you think it's important, you need to boost that toot, even if you favourite it. Favouriting doesn't by itself show it to your followers or anything else. With no algorithm controlling what you see, boosting is the only thing that makes […]

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Agreed 100%. Two "Yes, and also" points: 1. I have spoken with dozens of rape victims. For every rapist that tattoos his criminal intent on his forehead and makes rape jokes on social media, there are dozens or hundreds of men that you would never, ever guess are rapists. A guy I went to […]

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026

Transgender girls have a biological advantage at... winning homecoming queen? That's apparently what Clayton County Public Schools in Georgia believes. They have blocked a transgender girl from running for homecoming queen in her high school Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Georgia School Blocks Trans Homecoming Queen, Citing Title IX

A Georgia school district is saying Trump’s Title IX crackdowns means only cisgender women can run for Homecoming Queen.

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

@quinn Bill Gates has billions of dollars of Microsoft stock, and Microsoft has hundreds of billions invested in LLMs. The doom-mongering by AI boosters has two purposes: 1. Boost LLM-related stocks. 2. Push the government to regulate LLMs in a way that gives US Big Tech a […]

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

[Death and dementia] @JessTheUnstill I'm so sorry. I lost a grandparent to dementia the same way. On a lighter note, I've told my spouse and kids that when my mind starts going they should take me deep sea fishing* and then tell me it's time to go swimming. Then they should take the boat home […]

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026

Hey y'all, I don't usually share GFMs but Katra is a good friend and the fact that her job was terminated literally a day before her bottom surgery is atrocious. Definitely go give her some help if you can.

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

@wendythedruid The article had useful nuance: "I am not handing Newsom a halo. Last weekend he vetoed a bill that would have shielded gender-affirming care and abortion providers from extradition, citing executive authority, and he has taken heat for how he talks about trans athletes — so the […]

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

@wendythedruid The fact it is above 0%, and has ever been above 0%, is a damning indictment of our country.

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

@dw_innovation It would be hilarious in the best possible way if western capitalism's determination to milk the fossil fuel cash cow is what destroys its global hegemony. Exxon, BP, Citgo, etc... - any of them had the resources to transition into the world's leading supplier of green energy […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

"A data-driven analysis of global energy trends suggests many developing countries are moving directly from traditional biomass to electricity, avoiding the long fossil fuel pathway taken by Western economies." 📺 #DDJ #video report by Kira Schacht […]

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026

In response to a slew of anti-trans Democrats pushing hate during the 2026 midterms, Governor Andy Beshear provided principled criticism to the idea that red-state Dems need to adopt anti-trans views to win: "We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus," he said. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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KY Gov. Beshear Has Message For Anti-Trans Dems: “We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus.”

The governor provides a counterpoint to those who believe red state Democrats need to capitulate on transgender rights.

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

@atax1a Right. But we have to get past the first problem - the tech industry is spending literal trillions on it. The sooner their return-on-investment for LLMs drops to zero, the sooner they can go back to finding other equally evil but less efficient ways to ruin the world.

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

@atax1a @ramsey @catsalad The Swiss government's Apertus LLM is trained on open data and using open weights, so it actually fits the open source definition. I'm hopeful the existence of Apertus will help pop the AI bubble sooner.

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firebreathingduck @firebreathingduck.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

@paninid That's my wife, and she hit burnout in her early 40s.

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @lazarou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Xi is many terrible things....but as far as anyone knows, he didn't rape a load of kids, so.... #Trump #XiJinping #GeoPolitics

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MrAlanCooper @mralancooper.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

I've been raising a couple dozen chickens from day old chicks for a few months now. It takes these heritage breeds about 5 to 6 months from hatching to laying eggs. it's been about four months now and I'm hoping they are Swedish chickens. You see, I check the nesting box every day, hoping for a […]

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