Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026Hate to say it but she's kind of right. There are projects on there to add more women, but half of the new articles get deleted for "lack of notability". It's impossible to prove the bias but it stinks […]aoir.socialOriginal post on aoir.social 000 0
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026@astroroyalscot.bsky.social Lauren invented fuzzing! 000 0
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026call me a coward but maybe "everyone who disagrees with me is a wanker" is not a smart thing to have in a party manifesto 000 0
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026www.thebignewsletter.com/p/ai-is-an… 001 1
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026The longest musical performance on earth is about to have a chord change www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkOiG-iSluE… 000 0
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026As a country, Britain is going to have to start getting air con everywhere, and that really sucks? 000 0
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026How do people make CVs look nice in 2026? I've been using the same OpenOffice, copyright-free-alternative-to-times-new-roman-ass .docx since like 2012 000 0
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026@Mastodon @sovtechfund Blocklist synchronisation is vital for the survival of the platform, good news 010 1
Reposted by Jess Fairbairn洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary: @hongminhee.hollo.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026I don't own a car. I take public transit everywhere, and I do think personal vehicle use has real environmental costs. But I don't think driving is inherently unethical. I live in Seoul, and the city makes transit easy for me. That's not a virtue. It's a condition I happen to benefit from. Some […]hollo.socialOriginal post on hollo.social 1015129 129
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026RE: framapiaf.org/@blp/1160593696717010… For a long time I thought I was weird for being the only person to prefer smooth. Now I think I have a very mild allergy and just don't want my throat scratched upframapiaf.org 000 0
Reposted by Jess FairbairnOpenStreetMap Ops Team @operations.openstreetmap.org · 11/02/2026OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AIopenstreetmap.orgOpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license. 425113 113
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026RE: hachyderm.io/@diemkay/1160007106030… Seriously, I love my power-user tools but open source needs to remember how important usability by non-nerds is if we're going to actually "disrupt" the silicon valley hellscapehachyderm.io 000 0
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026#StarTrek Academy episode 1 was really fun, it's looking to be a good jumping on point for new fans. 000 0
Reposted by Jess FairbairnHeidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2026Indonesia today became the first country to block Grok. "The government views non-consensual deepfake practices as a serious violation of human rights, dignity, and the security of citizens in the digital space." www.cbsnews.com/news/indonesia-susp…cbsnews.comIndonesia suspends Grok AI over sexualized imagesElon Musk's platform is facing global backlash after reports emerged that its image creation feature allowed users to sexualize pictures of women and children using simple text prompts. 789123 123
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/01/2026turns out Skinny Puppy is worse for my heart rate than Machine Girl, which is impressive #industrial #music 020 2
Reposted by Jess FairbairnStefan Bohacek @fediverse.stefanbohacek.online · 04/01/2026I know this is already on Mastodon team's radar, but I do want to stress how important this feature is. github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues… We won't get rid of the racism and the mansplaining on the fediverse overnight, but giving people control over their replies would […]stefanbohacek.onlineOriginal post on stefanbohacek.online 5038 38
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026I know I am completely overthinking an old fairytale but The Princess and The Pea has kind of a messed up message that the aristocracy innately has more pain sensitivity than normal people 000 0
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2025This story is wild arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12…arstechnica.com 000 0
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2025at this point i'm not sure a rest api has actually ever been built 000 0
Reposted by Jess FairbairnZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you. 12936431505 3.6K
Jess Fairbairn @jessfairbairn.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2025HACK THE PLANET! The most 90s film to ever 90s, Hackers, is 30 years old today 000 0