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johnofrobotz

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Boops, Peeps, Boosts (♻️), and Memes, generally reposted from my Mastodon account. 🔗 links.girolab.foo 🌀 Digital artist 🌀 No gen-AI 🚫 🌀 #art #artist #illustration #gaycomics

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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 03/10/2026
♻️ tankgrrl: Shared on work Slack today: Number go up.
@SarahStarberry
oh my god read the vertical axis

@ Sashi @ @sashikantsingh - 1day
Open Al's internal benchmarks show GPT-6.1 Sol
crushing Opus 5.5, with Anthropic struggling to
keep up

Explanation: 
The graph uses the version numbers to plot the vertical axis, not actual performance. So you endd up with: 
ChatGPT 6.1
Opus 5.5
Grok 4.7
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 02/10/2026
♻️ DrALJONES: Interview: AI is not the threat. It's the people building it "that are the existential risks to humanity." "If a bridge collapses, we don’t ever ask, “Was the bridge uncontrollable? Was the bridge unethical?” And really, AI is no different than that." When we… mastodon.social/@DrALJ…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 27/09/2026
♻️ mattblaze: @gooba42 well, I’m an engineer and I don’t think “going rogue” is a useful term either colloquially or technically here. It’s buggy software. Or maybe not buggy, but intentionally malicious. But either way, software lacks the agency required to up and decide to… federate.social/@mattb…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 27/09/2026
♻️ mattblaze: Complex software behaving in unexpected and sometimes harmful ways has been a persistent problem since software was invented. The phenomenon used to be called “bugs” or “defects”, but I guess “going rogue” sounds cooler. It also implicitly frames “rogue”… federate.social/@mattb…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 25/09/2026
♻️ FediGarden: TheBlower.au is a general Mastodon server based in Australia. Do you need to sort it out? Get on The Blower! You don’t have to be Australian to post here, but it helps. This server has a post size of up to 1000 characters. :Fediverse: theblower.au… You can find out more at
theblower.au
The Blower
Do you need to sort it out? Get on The Blower, a public social network site that's part of a global federation! Give it a go! You don't have to be Australian to post here, but it helps.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 21/09/2026
♻️ dangillmor: No one covers the pernicious, pervasive reality of American racism than Nikole Hannah-Jones, and this is a must-read example of her work: nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazin…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 10/09/2026
♻️ GrimmReality: You seem to be doing something. This obviously requires my oversight and assistance. - every dog
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 10/09/2026
♻️ thegeektribune: OpenAI’s sly mathematical breakthrough sends a chill through academia… #technology #thegeektribune theverge.com/ai-artificial-int…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 09/09/2026
Every time I see this kind of news, the summary is the same. * AI is prohibitively expensive (AI is also notoriously bad at math) * The claim is not verified (AI is notoriously a bad platform to develop facts) * AI helped itself to the results of another researcher to… mastodon.girolab.foo/@…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 09/09/2026
Every time I see this kind of news, the summary is the same. * AI is prohibitively expensive (AI is also notoriously bad at math) * The claim is not verified (AI is notoriously a bad platform to develop facts) * AI helped itself to the results of another researcher to… mastodon.girolab.foo/@…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 08/09/2026
♻️ eliasulrich: "One guy in #Sweden built a #searchengine to fight Google, and it works. It's called #MarginaliaSearch. It runs its own #crawler and builds its own #index instead of borrowing Bing's. It has no ads, no investors, and no loans. What it does differently: it… hachyderm.io/@eliasulr…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 05/09/2026
♻️ hn100: .gitignore Everything by Default Link: packagemain.tech/p/gitignore-e… Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
packagemain.tech
.gitignore everything by default
An opposite view on .gitignore files.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 05/09/2026
♻️ c64whiz: So I found this article on Mastodon: gizmodo.com/millions-of-comcas… which has a link to a German study: gizmodo.com/researchers-issue-… Short version: Routers can tell if your moving and Wifi 5 has the ability to provide enough information for "AI" models to… oldbytes.space/@c64whi…
gizmodo.com
Researchers Issue Warning About Tech That Could Turn Every Router 'Into a Potential Means for Surveillance'
Researchers warn that a new method for detecting people through WiFi signals poses a serious privacy risk.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 05/09/2026
♻️ jeffjarvis: This by Cal Newport is very good, though I wish it would cite work on #TESCREAL (Google it) & its eugenicist roots. *That* is how scary crazy the AI boys are. It's not the technology; it's the technologists. How Scared Should We Be of A.I. Right Now? nytimes.com/2026/09/05/opinion…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 04/09/2026
♻️ moira: TAKE YOUR BALLOTS TO A DROP BOX THIS NOVEMBER. Don't use a mailbox. Use a ballot drop box, because the US postal service is _already_ fucking with ballots. This is not a guess, theory, or extrapolation, this is an _observed fact_. Here's the Thurston County… mastodon.murkworks.net…
The Problem with Mail Delivery 

By law, we must certify the election by a specific deadline. For the primary, that date was August 18, 2026, two weeks after Election Day. Any ballot that arrives after this date cannot be counted, even if it was mailed on time.  

We are seeing two main problems with the post office: 

* Slow Mail: Many people mailed their ballots well before Election Day, but the ballots sat in post office sorting centers for weeks. In one case, a ballot was mailed in late July but didn't reach our office until after the August 18 deadline. It took 19 days to arrive, so it could not be counted.

* Ballots sent Between Counties: In Washington State, you can drop your ballot into any official drop box in the state. Other counties collect those ballots and mail them back to us using USPS Priority Mail. In the past, this worked well. But this year, mail sent on August 5 didn't reach us until August 24, six days after the deadline.   

So far, our office has received 70 va
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 04/09/2026
♻️ sn: @GossiTheDog we're witnessing how 1930s would look like if they had internet and games
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 04/09/2026
♻️ jik: "OpenAI’s president claims AI is as capable as humans now" washingtonpost.com/technology/… #ai #OpenAI #HypeCycle
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 04/09/2026
♻️ mez: 8hrs until Bandcamp Friday! Start marking what music you want to buy (and own, and not have disappear because of a change in subscription terms). I've missed the last couple so I'm teeing a few albums up now! Also, if you're an artist, share your music here! I love… mastodon.nz/@mez/11720…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 04/09/2026
♻️ hackernews: Models Don't Go Rogue mail.cyberneticforests… #HackerNews #Tech #AI
mail.cyberneticforests.com
Models Don't Go Rogue
Stochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium' 💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it on your podcast services here. OpenAI put out its full technical report on the Hugging Face hack this week, alongside
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 04/09/2026
♻️ homegrown: If you're wanting to self-host a password manager you might want to check out Vaultwarden. It's a free open source alternative to 1Password, Bitwarden etc. It is compatible with Bitwarden clients but is a totally separate project. More info at: 🌱 <a… social.growyourown.ser…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 04/09/2026
♻️ redsad: REM be like :thisisfine:🔥
Emily Heller @MrEmily Heller says 

I gotta say, R.E.M. gave me unrealistic expectations about how good I'd feel at the end of the world
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 04/09/2026
♻️ cabel: life can be good random and bad random, so i really really appreciate good random. this made my day.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 28/08/2026
♻️ Gte: John Ternus’ first day on the job deciding if Apple Maps will rename Lake Ontario.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 26/08/2026
...reminded of something I started a while ago #TimCurry #RockyHorror
Illustration of Tim Curry as Dr Frank-N-Furter from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, standing behind a microphone, red lips, indigo pencil sketch and indigo shaded background.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 24/08/2026
♻️ als: How to live in the age of AI - Gautami Reddy
A collection of drawings with suggestions of how to live in the age of AI. 
- Read slowly. 
- Make ugly things. 
- Don't believe everything. (With a drawing of a man with a tie saying "the future is here, while a woman is holding a dog that's pooping while on a lead)
- Eat together.
- Get bored. (With a drawing of someone stargazing)
- Avoid instant replies. (With a drawing of someone playing with a fish in a fish bowl while their phone goes "ting ting ting ting!" on a nearby table
- Call your grandma/grandpa (A drawing of two people next to each other, have a phone conversation "Where are you?" "Right behind you"
- Fall in love (A drawing of two people dancing together)
- Cry every now & then (A drawing of someone lying on the floor, sobbing, while holding a flower and telling it "omg you're so pretty!"
- Memorise a poem (A drawing of someone holding a piece of paper, reading "I'm a phenomenally phenomenal woman, that's me!")
- Trust your gut (A drawing of someone who has freed three
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 24/08/2026
♻️ NovaNaturalist: Thoughts it time we gave this picture some more attention.... #elbowsup #canadagoose #fucktrump
An American Eagle came to attach a Canada Goose, and is getting more than it bargained for. The Canada Goose's elbows are up, and its hissing. The eagle is scared.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 24/08/2026
♻️ owlsintowels: A short clip of a Snowy Owl being inspected for injuries at Wild North in Northern Alberta 🇨🇦. Want to donate to Wild North? wildnorth.ca/support/donate/… Source: fb.com/reel/1238805331486611… #owlsintowels 💛🦉
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 21/08/2026
♻️ duskcomics: Help me celebrate my 20th Year in Comics! DUSK A DAY! dusk #duskcomics #dusk20 #comics #comicbooks #horror #vampires kickstarter.com/projects/rsbco…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 21/08/2026
♻️ pippa: mood
famichiki.jp
lesbian furry 🦁 (@pippa@famichiki.jp)
Attached: 1 video mood
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 21/08/2026
I enjoyed this episode far more than I thought I would. #STSNW 4.5 Level-Five Transporter Accident. #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds
Fuzzy puppet of Carol Kane playing her character, Pelia, on Star Trek Strange New Worlds. Short puppet with red Star Trek uniform and big, bouncy, and curly, yellow hair.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 21/08/2026
♻️ mhoye: On November 17th, Voyager 1 will be a full light day away from the Earth. That seems like something worth celebrating. 💬 voyagers: Voyager 1 is 25.61 billion km/15.92 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 90 days, 18 hours: <a… cosocial.ca/@mhoye/117…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 21/08/2026
♻️ hrefna: One thing that doesn't seem to penetrate the brains of most cis people much in this discourse, but which every trans person is keenly aware of, is just how _long_ the process with hormones takes. You don't take estrogen and suddenly ka-girl! That's not how any of… hachyderm.io/@hrefna/1…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 19/08/2026
♻️ aburtch: Government has been captured by surveillance capitalism in order to profit off of us. This man puts it very clearly. substack.com/@justindeschamps/…
substack.com
Justin Deschamps (@justindeschamps)
What this man said about flock and red light cameras is 🔥
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 18/08/2026
♻️ zackwhittaker: @wdormann i swear i will start using wired headphones in the future just to clearly distinguish myself from glassholes.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 18/08/2026
♻️ zackwhittaker: Not content with Meta making camera-equipped pervert glasses, now Apple is making camera-equipped headphones. PervertPods. macrumors.com/2026/08/17/camer…
macrumors.com
Apple's Camera-Equipped AirPods Confirmed: See Them in Action
Apple is working on camera-equipped AirPods that appear to be nearly ready to launch, based on a video MacRumors found in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate. In a short demo, a man holds a book up so the camera in the AirPods can see the title. "With Visual Intelligence, your world becomes savable. See something you like? Just ask me to save it for later," says the voiceover text.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 18/08/2026
♻️ maxleibman: Someone mentioned the use of prompt injection in resumes and CVs, to which I replied, "If you're going to use AI to triage resumes, applicants are allowed to talk directly to the AI." I think that principle generalizes: if you put an AI between us, I am… beige.party/@maxleibma…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 18/08/2026
♻️ rooniecomics: I should get SOMEthing. | Get free comic emails: patreon.com/portermason/?rr_id…
MEL: If I listen to your problems, what do I get in return? PETER: Nothing, Mel! But it'll HELP me, and I'm your FRIEND. | MEL: How about you throw in ten bucks? PETER: This isn't a NEGOTIATION, Mel! MEL: Fine! FINE. (sigh)... Tell me your thing. | PETER: So, Peter gets coffee without me and did I stop drinking caffeine during my cleanse? Yes. But I want to be ASKED. So I confront Peter, and I'm like, &quot;I want to be ASKED.&quot; And he's like, &quot;Of COURSE.&quot; But I don't think he MEANT it. And I think he THINKS I think he didn't mean it. On top of all of that, Starbucks is TOTALLY anti-union, you know? | MEL: $7.50. Final offer.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 16/08/2026
♻️ redsad: get in loser, we're going caring
Care Bears driving their cloud car in a pink and purple sky 
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 16/08/2026
♻️ airspeedswift: Bluesky has been down for hours. Me: goes to mastodon wondering if anyone knows why Mastodon:
The elevator scene from Mad Men where, in reply to someone telling Don Draper "I feel bad for you", he replies "I don't think about you at all".
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 16/08/2026
♻️ FediThing: When the book-burning by GenAI/LLM companies was revealed, the defences of this were "oh the books aren't rare" and "oh they're only buying books from pulping companies that will be destroyed anyway". Neither of these is true. The AI companies are buying bulk… social.chinwag.org/@Fe…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 14/08/2026
♻️ Natasha_Jay: The professor is absolutely correct 🔥 #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
#1 Pouch Pediatrician

@ZachsCubClinic

Today in one of our med classes we talked about LGBT patients and the professor isn't taking anyone's shit

Student: What if we don't feel

comfortable treating someone following that lifestyle?

Professor: Find a different career

10:12 AM 05 Apr 18
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 12/08/2026
♻️ jaykuo: The 2026 writers delivered another insane plot line. Trump secretly hid on a catering truck to swap planes and thwart a possible assassination attempt, leaving AF1 and his press corp as a decoy. And that could explain why the DOJ subpoenaed NYT reporters in July.… universeodon.com/@jayk…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 12/08/2026
♻️ hotdogsladies: "Is this your first time dining at A.I. Parades?" 💬 hotdogsladies: Is this your first time dining at D.B. Friday? We do things a little bit different here. share.contiguous.me/share/DBF-…
share.contiguous.me
“Is This Your First Time Dining with Us?”
11 visits to some uniquely off-piste dineries. A Do By Friday supercut.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 11/08/2026
♻️ skeletor:
I will be okay. Not because everything is fine, but because I am surprisingly difficult to destroy. Says Skeletor who notices being hard to destroy sure doesn’t mean a bunch of asshoes don’t keep trying.
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 11/08/2026
♻️ briankrebs: The fastest way to get VIP treatment when you land...seriously, how dumb do you have to be to try something like this? This person on Reddit stole my thoughts verbatim: "committing federal crimes from inside a sealed metal tube that lands exactly where the feds… infosec.exchange/@bria…
A screenshot of a trending post on Reddit

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DL591 LAS-ATL arrival met by federal agents following mid-air WiFi

hacking

News
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A wild scene just unfolded at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport (ATL) after Delta Flight 591 landed from
Las Vegas. A group of passengers returning from the DEF
CON cybersecurity convention allegedly used a portable
network hacking tool (like a Wi-Fi Pineapple) to launch a
mid-air "de-authentication" attack. They successfully
jammed the plane's official in-flight Wi-Fi, kicking everyone
offline, and broadcasted a malicious clone network named
"Delta WiFi Fast." The fake hotspot served up a phishing
landing page designed to harvest passengers’ personal
credentials and Google login data, prompting the captain to
send an emergency ACARS alert to the ground. Upon
docking at Gate A18, federal authori
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 10/08/2026
♻️ johnofrobotz: @404mediaco Don't think his manifesto really deserves the "deranged" category. Though it's definitely self-serving and disconnected from within the Meta bubble. The sections to geopolitical power and the "America first" viewpoint is everything you need to… mastodon.girolab.foo/@…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 10/08/2026
♻️ Em0nM4stodon: Your AI did not "go rogue" it's just a program. Your AI did not "hallucinate" it has no brain. Your AI did not "create" anything it's just a plagiarism machine. Your AI is not your "friend" stop anthropomorphizing it. It's just code. Exploitative,… infosec.exchange/@Em0n…
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 09/08/2026
♻️ catsalad: Thwarted again
This person tried to unlock your Phone
2016/07/23 15:51

[Photo of a diluted calico cat with wide eyes and tongue sticking out.]
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 09/08/2026
♻️ redsad: what's the most forgotten generation🤔
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johnofrobotz @mastodon.girolab.foo · 08/08/2026
♻️ strangequark: @rk @bms News of the World album cover art was painted by sci-fi artist Frank Kelly Freas, who had painted a similar illustration for the cover of Astounding Science Fiction (October 1953). Queen approached Freas and commissioned him to paint the same robot… dice.camp/@strangequar…
The cover of Astounding Science Fiction (October 1953) illustrated by sci-fi artist Frank Kelly Freas. The painting depicts a giant robot holding dead body of a man, with caption, "Please... fix it, Daddy?"
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