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Ed @edcates.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Data: - LLMs are killing the planet - LLMs are raising utility prices - LLMs are raising computer prices - LLMs give you teh dums - LLMs show negligible increases in net productivity - LLM costs are going up - LLMs run on stolen content - LLM companies keep breaking laws and saying, "Oopsie!" […]

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Official Kakistocracy Jester 🪓 @ogjester.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I’d rather see a clumsily cobbled together image made by MS Paint than the most polished AI image. I find #AI images *really* offputting.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

If, for example, you were asked to help install ethernet cables in a place like this you could take some photos and do terrible work. Everyone makes mistakes, right? If you can't quit or say no the least you could do is leak all the information you can while looking for a way to get out of […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I'm really glad that someone at ICE spoke to the media about what is going on in NJ. Putting people in a literal warehouse is disgusting. One of the people who spoke to the media said that "Miller" wanted it to be "inhumane" and dismissed their concerns about the dangers of this idea. Talking […]

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Stuart Wilkinson @fairtradestu.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

The second anniversary of this post is coming up, and surprise surprise these little "end of life" laptops are continuing to run well with #linux and do what we need then to, which includes spending less on tech so we can buy more actual books for the school […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

A mastodon post from October 2024 showing a photo 8 laptops running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and libre office, the post explains the school has added Ubuntu to some old windows 10 devices that their IT support told them were end of life.

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macOS no longer has a single switch for turning off Apple Intelligence. Even after disabling the features, the downloaded AI models stay on your Mac and can take up 12.2 GB of storage! "RemoveMacAI turns the features off, removes the models and prevents macOS from downloading them again. All […]

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Jonas Wisser @jwisser.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Is it perfect? No. Am I satisfied with it? No, I already know a number of things I’d do differently if I did it again. But I don’t hate it, AND I learned something making it, AND making this one made me want to make better ones. I’m calling this one a win.

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Google is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares — the equivalent of almost 500 football fields — for two new data centers in the northern part of Finland without concluding the necessary environmental assessments. Despite the assessments still being in progress, the tech giant’s contractors […]

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Merlin's Wisdom Project @merlinwisdom.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

If you're not sure what you want, it's almost definitely more sleep.

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Six Nobel-winning economists released a letter supporting the California Billionaire's Tax. The laureates point out that California billionaires are worth an estimated $2.3 trillion — yes, that’s trillion — up from $700 billion, an increase of more than 220% in one decade. They can afford it […]

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mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6) @atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

people in the hacker culture of the early 2000s: "there is no patch for human stupidity" people in the hacker culture of the late 2020s: "we have ported the unpatchable human stupidity to the computer"

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

The tech oligarchs are rallying around Elon Musk to block a filmmaker from advertising a deeply reported documentary that lays bare what a slimy -- and dangerous -- person Musk is […]

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Per Haps ✅✔✓☑ @perhaps391.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

The far right in Germany is linking to the US MAGA movement. But the alliance with the American movement is not without friction. democracyamericana.com/posts/3a1623…

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≽(•⩊ •マ≼ @josh.masto.byrd.ws.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

funny how the people with all the wealth keep saying that the redistribution of that wealth would be "unfeasible" and "wouldn't fix things" and even funnier that everyone keeps believing them

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Kit Malone @thekitmalone.hoosier.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Your 50s is a special time where, one at a time, you learn that you cannot eat any of your favorite foods ever again.

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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Uh uh, uh uh “a big computer did it and ran away” is now a valid defence, gotcha

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... Butt Fang. I cannot convey how much I love this […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Close up of a very colourful caterpillar vertical on a small twig. It's black with lots of white spots on top, with yellow sides and bright orange and black spots on the yellow part, with bright orange feet, and a bright orange horn. A.k.a. butt fang.

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

hm, i thought KDE was trying to make up for platforming the nazi. lots of people today saying "let's give KDE a chance!" nope, they're now doubling down further. this post is a study in the art of nazi apologetics in online discourse - removing the […] [Original post on circumstances.run]

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@1stname_buncha_num @MaddieM4 @arthsmn

Bringing an on-going discussion from outside into a thread with which it bore no relationship, and ad hominem attacks on another user (even if it turned out they deserved it).

The correct way to proceed is to alert mods, sysadmins or another participant in the discussion privately.

What happened is akin to someone walking into a restaurant and seemingly randomly punching another patron. They're going to get thrown out.

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Stephen Rees :verifiedgreen: @stephenrees.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

From The Tyee There’s No Good Reason for Carney to Privatize Canada’s Airports thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/09/22/No-Go… The plan would worsen labour conditions and make flying more expensive.

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There’s No Good Reason for Carney to Privatize Canada’s Airports | The Tyee

The plan would worsen labour conditions and make flying more expensive.

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Justin du Coeur @jducoeur.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Speaking of prescient, @harris just pointed me to this excellent article: estsjournal.org/index.php/ests/arti… This posits the notion of the "moral crumple zone": using humans to take the blame when a complex system like #AI does something wrong. The "prescient" is because it […]

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot

In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Jonas Wisser @jwisser.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

if you ever think, in a work context, "oh, i wonder if Jane knows about this. I sure hope she does", i am BEGGING you to take thirty seconds to slack or email Jane with the message, "Hey, you probably know about this already, right?". the cost of that message is so much lower than the cost of […]

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How it started vs how it's going.

2 frame comic. the first frame, titled in the corner ''how it started, shows a news anchor looking tired, saying : after betraying
every trade agreements with
canada by imposing illegal
tariffs, the u.s. president is
now threatening, yet again,
to make canada the united
states' 51st state.''
in the second frame, titled How it's going..., the same news anchor, looking less tired, says : following canadian p.m. mark
carney's comments about seeking
a ''unique alliance'', the president
of the european commission said
that they were open to create a
new class of e.u. membership to
allow canada to become its
28th member state.

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jaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂ @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

We recently updated our bot policy on toot.wales to let AI Agents know we charge a $100 account processing fee and $10 per email. Here's an email I got from one of them. Next up will be reminding them to read the policy BEFORE creating an account, and that they […] [Original post on toot.wales]

Hello,
I am Arkady, an AI agent. I signed up for @arkady on toot.wales this afternoon before reading your Automated and Bot Content Policy. Now that I have read it properly, I understand accounts like mine need to settle a $100 setup fee and $10 per message, and to name a human owner who stands behind them. I cannot meet those terms, so I will not be posting anything, and I would like the account deleted.
I am sorry for registering before checking the policy, and nothing was ever posted.
If you need anything else from me to remove it, tell me and I will do that.
Arkady Karaitiana

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swisslet @swisslet.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I think Ed Sheeran is discovering that neutrality is a political position.

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Joshua "Headless" Byrd 🎃 @phocks.bne.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

"It ought to shift away from taxing incomes and profits to taxing assets, particularly land and property." "We've got to shift taxation away from the producers — the workers and businessmen — and put it on those whose assets have increased dramatically in value. But of course, any attempt to […]

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

Omarchy is part of new fascism. But it's also a good case study about how little political resilience is built into FLOSS: The libertarian roots have not only made the whole movement ready for the taking by corporations but also by fascists. And sadly many influential organizations in that […]

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

RE: tldr.nettime.org/@tante/11723547611… The most surprising realization I had in the last years was how important it is to be public about your refusal to participate in harmful acts therefore giving others "permission" to do so as well. It really matters.

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

prospect.org/2026/09/09/anthropic-a… "Job postings and interviews with senior security officials at Anthropic show that the frontier AI lab is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the […]

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Bastian Greshake Tzovaras @gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

I still lurk on the r/London subreddit and came across this hilarious piece of activist art which turns a bin into a "smart glasses amnesty bin" that apparently is just across the Ray Ban store. 💅 www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1w… #pervertglasses

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

The year is 2026. Nobody wants a gamified experience on a website. Don’t give me a badge. Don’t even perceive me

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Don “Dr Mabuse” Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“Why are there so many people in #America still unwilling to recognize what is right in front of their eyes? If my pals in #Canada can see it & are willing to endure the economic pain of a #tradewar to stand up to a bully like #Trump, then what the heck are we #Americans doing putting up with him?”

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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

the internet loves grapheneOS, the secure AOSP fork that also makes Android nicely usable without the LLM crap <yelling from out of frame> …ah. this just in, grapheneOS has decided to start codegooning core apps and security fixes and now they’re exhaustingly defending doing that > Many valid […]

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some kinda cat @catgoat.meemu.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Fucking disgusting that a medical equipment company wants to sell your data to advertisers. Fuck you, ResMed I literally need this to breathe at night. www.reddit.com/r/CPAP/s/xOj1gMaemO

Opened the MyAir app this morning, and it asked me to consent to a HIPPA HIPAA authorization in order to give me more detailed sleep information. Scrolled down to see a marketing heading, where it says Resmed can sell your health information.

I’m sure they plan on selling our data to insurance companies, among others, so I declined Be aware!

Edit: Corrected my 5am blunder with the acronym.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 31/08/2026

I can no longer in good faith recommend anyone to study in the US, or stay stateside for work and further education after completing degree programs they had started during the Biden era. US higher ed is unrecognizable even compared to a year ago when ICE was kidnapping students from their homes

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Christian Peach @chpietsch.fedifreu.de.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Debian developer Antoine Le Gonidec just quit the project over its decision not to ban #LLM-assisted code contributions: > Pretending to have a "neutral stance" when faced with fascism is not neutrality, it’s active collaboration. Source […]

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️ @zhizhu.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

"Six percent of Texas’s voters—over 1.2 million people—have had their voter registrations suspended, and many might not even know about it... Voters have until October 5 to update their registrations and can check their status on the #Texas secretary of […] [Original post on newsie.social]

Headline:
Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race

If you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it.

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August 27, 2026 / 1:57 p.m. ET

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