iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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eri :neofox_flag_nb: :fox_floofing: @eri.mk.moth.zone.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

this game fucking sucks what am i supposed to do

various failed commands in a linux terminal
"look up" "go north" "grab key"

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David Peach @david.davidpeach.me.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

For fuck’s sake. Digital Ocean have joined the other numbskulls and have given a bunch of money to the Facist-ware set of dotfiles that it omarchy. Millions for a set of configs on top of Arch Linux. Now I need to find an alternative. For those not sure why people are jumping ship from […]

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mr. TIM @timkellogg.me · 09/09/2026

another researcher accuses OpenAI of training on conversations and then claiming a breakthrough

Valerio Capraro @ValerioCapraro
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BREAKING: OpenAl might have stolen another major proot.
In a detailed Mastodon post, which I report in full in the comments, Andreas Thom presents several pieces of evidence suggesting that OpenAl may have trained Astra on conversations in which he and Gábor Kun were working on Gromov's soficity conjecture, one of the ten problems OpenAl later announced Astra had solved.
I know Andreas. We met several times early in our careers. He is an exceptional mathematician, a leading expert on sofic and hyperlinear groups, and one of the most respected scholars in the field. He has spent two decades working on this problem.
If his account is correct, this is not a minor dispute over attribution. It would mean that unpublished human work was absorbed into a model and then presented to the world as a breakthrough by the model itself.

And if the allegations raised by Levent Alpöge, Tristan Buckmaster, and now Andreas Thom are all substantiated, we are no longer looking at isolated incidents.
We may be looking at one of the greatest intellectual scandals in the history of science.
Al is not discovering new mathematics.
Al is stealing human discovery.

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Bodil @bodil.lol · 31/08/2026

If you ever wanted a handy list of which tech companies to stay _well_ clear of: omarchy.org/patrons

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Omacom Foundation

The foundation funding Omarchy.

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

[Animal death] Welp, finding a dead cat wasn't on my to-do list today 😐 Finding someone to dispose of it is also proving tricky.

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

It's been ~25 hours since that emergency alert. I can smell that somebody has lit a barbeque. 🙃

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Everyone's complaining about the emergency alert, I don't think it was a bad idea. But WTF was that wording? "residents, landowners and visitors must not undertake any activity that could start a fire..."

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

I know you all hate the emergency alert about disposable barbeques. But yesterday I watched a man at our hotel breakfast set fire to a toaster by trying to toast a croissant - despite multiple signs telling him not to. Today he tried again. So, you know, calibrate for the average person.

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Microsoft @microsoft.lea.pet.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

We're renaming the Github Copilot desktop app to the Copilot Copilot desktop app, as we realize SOME OF YOU clearly need a copilot for your copilot. Coming soon to a computer near you (unwillingly, and automatically). RE: booping.synth.download/notes/apsvuz…

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

[Politics, Greater Manchester mayoral by-election] Turnout in the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election was 25.14%. 😬 #UKPolitics #GreaterManchester

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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

You don't see people from the frontier models brag about how many vulnerabilities they FIXED, only how many they FOUND.

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

🆕 blog! “Scattered thoughts on social geolocation” I want to be able to share my location with my friends on social media. Twitter (RIP) had a way to attach an optional location to a post. Facebook still lets me check in to venues. But neither ActivityPub (Mastodon) nor AT Protocol (BlueSky) […]

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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

Whew! My new secret AI model that you can totally have access to once my company has IPOd just accidentally ransomwared a bunch of companies. It was completely unintentional - I observed the model trying to escape and it determined that the bus would be the best way but it needed money so it […]

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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

"We took a little time away from the Nazi Bar, but we noticed there's less pushback now for partying with the fash. So, back inside we go. Something-something, aren't-we-virtuous." #firefox #twitter #mozilla

A tweet from the official Firefox account on Twitter/X:

We took time off of X, but we're back. The internet is changing again, so we're here as an independent voice for our users and the open internet.

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

[UK Politics, hilarious naming] So the Department of Technology Innovation and Science (DSIT) has been merged in to the business department which is now called the Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. Or: BISTO. I guess Burnham did say he […] [Original post on mastodon.allnutt.net]

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

Profound words from the manual

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Bastian Greshake Tzovaras @gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

As I see lots of folks sharing the alleged "Anti 'AI' Camera Blade Runners" that take down cameras in London: That happened a couple of years ago and it was a group of racist wankers who cut down the cameras that enforce the Ultra Low Emission Zone in London - i.e. it's people who got mad that […]

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

RE: tldr.nettime.org/@tante/11688000358… In general my stance is: Our communities (meaning actual communities not "everyone on the Internet who uses the same Kernel" or something) should be way more restrictive and explicit about what we accept and what not. Your Mastodon server […]

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Jeff Moss @thedarktangent.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2026

Back during COVID I looked into starting either a #DEFCON #VPN service, or a private email service. Both VPN and email are well understood services, there is no shortage of people with expertise, it is not a big technical challenge to set up and operate... Each became impossible or […]

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

This should be illegal. I don't even live in the worst affected part of the UK.

Screenshot of part of a Home Assistant dashboard taken at approx 21:00.

On the top row, the weather forecast for the next 5 hours: 20:00, 23.7°; 21:00, 23.9°; 22:00, 23.4°; 23:00, 22.7°; 00:00, 22.0°.

In the middle row, the average temperature: 29.45°.

On the bottom row, average humidity: 60.0%

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

Systemd didn't introduce "age verification", so they don't have anything to remove now that a couple of US states have put an exemption for FOSS in their AV laws. Spreading disinformation isn't okay just because you hate Systemd and/or Poettering. Do better. #Linux #Systemd #AgeVerification

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My favorite thing about Mr. Blobby is how whenever Americans find out about him they take psychic damage

British children's character and nightmare fuel legend Mr Blobby. A giant polka dotted humanoid with bulging eyes and a giant smile

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Hrefna (DHC) @hrefna.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@rmondello/11655187247… I love my hardware security key _at work_. Why? Because all of the failure modes are things where my job has decided the tradeoffs are worth it, so if I lose my key or if it breaks I call and get another one by either the end of the day or […]

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

If you're prescribed #Sertraline in the UK, there has been a fuck-up with packaging by one manufacturer. Affected boxes have blister packs of Citalopram in them instead of (or as well as) sertraline. Make sure you double-check what you're taking […]

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John Leonard @johnleonard.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has given the green light for a major collective action against Apple to proceed, allowing consumer group Which? to bring damages claim on behalf of around 38.5 million UK iPhone and iPad users […]

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2026

Time for our Easter tradition: A salted caramel cheesecake inside half a chocolate egg. 😋

Half a chocolate Easter egg, filled with salted caramel cheesecake and topped with more salted caramel and mini-eggs.

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 30/03/2026

This sign raises many questions, which probably should be answered by the sign but aren't

A sign on the fence of a graveyard. It reads "No use of geiger counters on church property."

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Jack Allnutt @jack.allnutt.net · 19/02/2026

lmao. It's his birthday today as well.

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Jack Allnutt @jack.allnutt.net · 08/01/2026

I rang up BBC Radio Manchester's hot-seat with @andyburnham.bsky.social to ask about Twitter/X and what they allow Groq to do to photos of women (and girls!) Very disappointing "I/we need to be there because everyone else is" was the response, despite saying that the behaviour was unacceptable.

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026

I am once again in my prime! 37 to be exact 🎂

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/12/2025

A completely unhinged post from the head of Norway's oil fund: to hunt down the "leaders" of groups resisting AI implementation in companies and "remove" them archive.ph/r0u2r

Nicolai Tangen in
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Chief Executive Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management
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Top 10 Things I Learned from meeting CEOs in New York in November:
Al Isn't Optional Anymore-But Adoption Is Hard
Washington Is the New Full-Time Job
The War for Talent Has Changed
Innovation Is Creating "Winner-Take-Most" Markets
Geography Matters More Than Ever
The Employment Paradox
Cybersecurity Is a Daily Battle We're Losing
Quantum Computing Is Closer Than You Think
CN China: From "Made in China" to "Invented in China"
Hidden Risks in Private Credit
10 things from USA. 10 pages
1. Al Isn't Optional Anymore-But Adoption Is Hard
Every CEO sees Al as fundamental to future competitiveness. The surprise? Internal resistance is fierce. They described the pattern perfectly: one-third of people embrace it immediately, one-third adopt after seeing results, and the final third resist. The solution?
Remove the leaders of the resistant groups. The message is clear: Al adoption is now a leadership capability test.
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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025

"We seem to believe that applying a sufficient technological veneer to human suffering prevents it from being suffering. We imagine that if we hide the worker behind enough layers of interface design, they somehow become less human, less deserving of dignity, less deserving of acknowledgement […]

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 17/11/2025

Oh wow. First time I've ever had a BSOD on Linux! The ASCII tux in the corner looks like he has seen some things 😦

An ASCII drawing of Tux, the linux mascot, on a blue background in the top right corner of a laptop screen

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 13/11/2025

First time in 11 years working here that I've had to straight-up say that I can't/won't work on something because of ethical reasons. I'm proud of myself that I could enforce the red line, but I'm also sad because I think the project *could* be really valuable if done in any other way and I was […]

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/11/2025

Two super-smooth instance upgrades to Mastodon v4.5. The longest time spent was performing the manual database snapshots before deploying the new version.

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2025

Me: "Ugh, I feel grim and slept horribly. I think I'll stay in bed and relax today, and hope this isn't covid again" Tree surgeon: "Haha, chainsaws and woodchippers go brrrr"

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2025

Oh this is exciting. I've just heard that John Mastodon himself is going to make a rare public announcement to welcome the latest wave of arrivals from #Bluesky. #JohnMastodon #newhere

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rar is win @xyla.zip · 03/10/2025

xkcd 2347 with a stack diagram called "all modern digital infrastructure" holding up together – right next to it there's the angry birds slingshot with red (called "AI") pointed at that stack

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Anthropy @anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2025

every time I see someone going "I finally ditched #firefox and went with this closed source chromium based alternative instead" all I can think of is

two panel meme with two people, one (facing the viewer half sideways) is talking to the other.
panel 1: "Okay. But that's worse."
panel 2: "You do get how that's worse, right?"

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2025

new web stack: NERF No JS Excel as the database Rawdogging HTML FTP deployment

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2025

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door. Source code and a downloadable app to try it yourself […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

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Jack Allnutt @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2025

[UK Politics, Reshuffle, Online Safety Act] Peter “If you think the #OnlineSafetyAct isn’t perfect you’re a paedo” Kyle has moved in the reshuffle from DSIT to Business. Wonder if we'll see any change in tone from Liz Kendall. I won't be holding my breath, tbh. #UKPolitics

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InarticulateQuilter @inarticulatequilter.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2025

The frame hasn’t arrived, so it’s not cleaned and stretched, but it is finished! The overall design is my own, but the phrase is from a bumper sticker, the alphabet is from StardustAndStitching on Etsy and I morphed several pixel art Enterprises for the ship […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

Cross-stitch on white Aida that reads “Not my starship, Not my tribbles” in a black Star Trek-like font. To the left is a pile of tribbles and to the right is a side-view starship Enterprise with a red stripe from the nacelle that underlines the “Not my starship” words

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