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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 3h

It really looks like the biggest usecase for LLM chatbots is fraud (no surprise there considering how they go about making one)

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 16h

I REALLY like this @anildash.com piece on 'unalive' and algospeak in general, particularly the exploration of the implications for a generation of people growing up steeped in it.

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We are going to kill “unalive” - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 12h

We have invented the mythical man month from classic software engineering book Don’t Invent the Mythical Man Month.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 12h

it's good to see this laid out clearly, but i'm once again going to point to Peter Naur's 1985 essay "Programming as Theory Building"

The present discussion is a contribution to the understanding of what programming is. It suggests that programming properly should be regarded as an activity by which the programmers form or achieve a certain kind of insight, a theory, of the matters at hand. This suggestion is in contrast to what appears to be a more common notion, that programming should be regarded as a production of a program and certain other texts.

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 14h

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

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Piratenpartij Nederland @piratenpartij.nl · 11h

🏴‍☠️ Brussel wil dat je straks moet bewijzen hoe oud je bent voordat je online mag. Leeftijdsverificatie in de EU KIDS Act bedreigt je privacy en het anonieme internet. Wij zeggen: NEE! Vul nú het feedbackformulier van de Europese Commissie in👇 #KIDSAct #privacy

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Commission seeks feedback on EU KIDS Act

The Commission is gathering feedback on the proposed EU Kids Act.

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 18h

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

this all could have been avoided!

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Nutwerk🔻 @nutwerk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Inwoners van de gemeente Oldebroek kunnen gratis een regenboogvlag aanvragen. Hijs de vlag op zaterdag 10 oktober, de dag vóór Coming-Outdag. Aanvragen kan tot donderdag 8 oktober, 12.00 uur, zolang de voorraad strekt. oldebroekvooruit.nl/vlag

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Niet bij het gemeentehuis? Dan bij ons thuis. · oldebroekvooruit.nl

Inwoners van de gemeente Oldebroek kunnen gratis een regenboogvlag aanvragen en hijsen die op zaterdag 10 oktober, de dag vóór Coming-Outdag. Aanvragen tot donderdag 8 oktober, 12.00 uur.

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yes, though I've seen USA politics and bills; so it's a yes after a quick check something horrible isn't tacked onto the law somehow

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Ruud Hendriks @ruudhendriks68.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“NAZA laat een perfect uitgevoerde genocide zien.” archive.ph/WScxH

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Okke Ornstein @ornstein.org · 07/10/2026

Kom daar in Nederland eens om.

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am continually baffled by the desire of people to use the i-helped-my-uncle-jack-off-a-horse language to control computers which infamously require incredibly specific languages to instruct properly

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Did the President of the United States say it was OK for two major US cities, and by extention, over 5 million Americans to be blown up?

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 06/10/2026

btw this company is owned by the same guy who runs ModRetro; if you buy a M64 or Chromatic you’re directly supporting Trump’s corruption and war profiteering

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I have some clarifying graphs for Jeremy courtesey of @datagraver.com

"Afwijking gemiddelde temperatuur zomer van gemiddelde 20ste eeuw, de Bilt - NL"
The deviation of each year's summer's average temperature to the 20th century's average summer temperature as measured at de Bilt, NL
With arrows pointing towards insular bars indicating "hot summers" and with a giant arrow saying, this is climate chane, where there's only hotter than the average. Including a clarifying arrow saying, this is now a cold summer, while pointing towards a hotter than average year, it's justvthe least hotter than average and coldest in that group

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA

Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...

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Fredo Fabrucci: The Poster's Poster™ @fredo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It is funny (in the joker way, as per usual) how so many people's lives were completely shattered over copyright trolling from companies who treated downloading a song as a capital offense but the moment they could make money on it themselves it instantly stopped being relevant

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It feels like mere hours ago that I saw the news there would be an official Sonic Discord server and I quietly wondered how long it'd last

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Evil Con Fettie @spacebeer.net · 06/10/2026

I mean this earnestly and politely: what did they think was going to happen???

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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

WE ARE BACK BABY I appreciate you being reasonable, Travis, despite our fundamental disagreements on fair use. But we will meet again. youtu.be/zjPRAM0WDgw

youtu.be

I Tested Every Cruise Line to Find the Least Evil

YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis

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Syn @theeyesofsyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ko-fi.com/theeyesofsyn between medical bills and the recent move, any support would help immensely.

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Buy TheEyesofSyn a Coffee

Support TheEyesofSyn on Ko-fi !

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Isn't one of the upcoming EU regulations (that isn't mass surveillance) about having knobs and buttons for certain things in cars?

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Reject Convenience @rejectconvenience.com · 05/10/2026

Do you know how much can be inferred from the photos you DON'T upload to Instagram? Learn more here! youtu.be/Psc5wuSNg_c

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A picture is worth a thousand data points

YouTube video by Reject Convenience

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Gamer's Voice @gamersvoice.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We have updated our briefing on how the EU Kids Act would impact gaming and specifically the Stop Killing Games campaign. You can download the updated version here gamersvoice.org/how-the-eu-k... #EUKidsact #Stopkilkinginternet #SKGaming

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How the EU Kids Act impacts gaming and the Stop Killing Games campaign

The EU has proposed a Kids act. This briefing explains the impact on gaming and the Stop Killing Games campaign.

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Witchy Annie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.

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Axel Wicke @elziax.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Ik wil een kamer hebben met muren en een plafond waar niemand mij kan horen huilen.” Denkend aan deze zin, van Sara uit de noodopvang, roept @dolfjansen.bsky.social ons vanaf de achterkant van @trouw.nl op om te blijven bedenken dat de discussie over “de asielcrisis”/“de instroom” over mensen gaat.

Column achter op dagblad Trouw door cabaretier Dolf Jansen: “Gaat het over 'de asielcrisis’? Bedenk dat we praten over mensen”.

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GinGin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🐀🎹💪🔞 @gingintigtig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The situation with FurAffinity is pretty amazing. Advertisers threatened their advertising revenue because they considered Plus Sized characters and characters HUGGING to be adult content. So FA said fuck off, and in two days raised their entire yearly funding. Advertisers are so bullshit stupid.

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Jelmer Visser @dietukkerfries.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Je mag ze geen nazi’s noemen.

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Spooky Scary Stella Tons 🐻💀 @stellaedgecomb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

sorry to say it out loud but "you can buy grand theft auto the coke simulator with a credit card but don't use it to commission furry art" isn't hypocrisy, it's the point. the point is to herd you into consumption of products they like. they want you to directly enrich their own.

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a Mae of blood @eversonpoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

it's almost like spewing hate constantly affects people negatively huh, who would have thought?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026

“The day after I lost $1,800 on basketball in one night … an email popped into my inbox. ‘Welcome to the DraftKings VIP Showcase,’ the subject line read. I couldn’t believe it. My night of loss chasing was being rewarded.”

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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and…

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Kochich @kochich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Here we go again... If you'd like to help slow the onset of our neon-less cyberpunk dystopia, you can and should complain about the Kids Act here: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... Anyone can leave feedback, you don't need to be from the EU, so please come add your voice to the call if you haven't yet.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Back On Her Book Bullshit @sam-animeherald.northsky.social · 04/10/2026

Every single fucking day, my inbox looks like this in the morning:

A list of resource usage and down notifications for Anime Herald, caused entirely by the rise of Generative AI scraper bots

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Engadget @engadget.com · 03/10/2026

A long‑hidden PS2 security component has finally been decoded, revealing surprising design choices and opening the door to fresh hardware insights.

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The original PlayStation 2 security chip has been reverse engineered - Engadget

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DiscoStarslayer @disco.camp · 13/09/2026

After 4 years of effort, I'm happy to announce that one of the final secrets of the PS2 has been broken wide open! It's been a long process of decapping, optical dumping, and now at last a software solution. Thank you @libby.bsky.social for finding the exploit from our dirty optical dumps!

Dump date from the SPC970 based mechacon firmware

Photo of the SPC970 based mechacon from a COH-H31000

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've seen a number of videos from the Ahoy channel, recall one about music trackers being interesting too

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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cruise line video was removed by YouTube over truly the dumbest copyright strike. Obviously fighting it, it’ll be back up in a few weeks like nothing happened. This is not an ad for Nebula, but it is still available on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/linds...

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I love my friends and family, but why would I want to go back? Maybe get some of my friends or family into the Star Trek universe... P.S. I don't think I've seen that trope yet. Want to go back? Yes. Want to stay? Yes. Want some friends or family to join and just live a normal fulfilling life? No

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Blargg @blargg404.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you live in the EU, please voice your opposition to this bill. Even if it doesn't work, it's better to have done something and failed then to have rolled over and taken it. #savespeech

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Marcel Oosting🟥 @marxel.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

Artikel 114 Grondwet: "De doodstraf kan niet worden opgelegd." De #VVD is een verzameling nazi's in schaapskleren, tuk op het deporteren van vluchtelingen, het vernederen van homo's en moslims, het vullen van de eigen zakken met smeer- en belastinggeld en enorme schijt aan de rechtsstaat.

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yet again, the Game UI Database is being scraped to the point that it's getting knocked offline. Even Cloudflare's "I'm under attack" mode isn't working. I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.

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Hidde Bouwmeester @hiddebouwmeester.nl · 04/10/2026

Goede column over hoe Rusland ons publieke debat steeds meer weet te beïnvloeden. En dat vooral online erg goed weet te doen.

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Browsers are a whole operating system these days, but we already have an operating system and don't need two running at the same time

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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 04/10/2026

All I ask out of any computer program is don't be a web browser. Please, you don't need to be a web browser, you really don't.

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Jochem Kuijpers 🎃 @jchmoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I woke up, and want to clarify: Note that none of my arguments were - AI output is ugly/I can always tell - AI can't do my job well - AI looks different from human output These are not sustainable arguments. As AI evolves they will likely erode. That's why I wrote a huge list of DURABLE arguments:

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Jochem Kuijpers 🎃 @jchmoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tech companies simply can't overcome these fundamental reasons NOT to use their AI products Ethics/society: - AI models are largely built on stolen labor - Cognitive health suffers with extended use of AI - AI destroys communities, careers and crafts that drive our culture and society for profit

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Dani Yuan 🔜 LBX @dagger6.art · 04/10/2026

FurAffinity (a furry focused online art gallery) is looking for funding after refusing to comply with advertiser demands. And oh boy are some of those advertiser demands pretty ridiculous. (alt text added)

A post from a FurAffinity developer blog which says:

What makes this situation frustrating is that the bar for what advertisers consider "adult content" is very very low. For example they consider plus size characters, two characters hugging, and "barbie doll nudity" to be adult content, despite these being normal everyday things that are not adult at all. This is why you may see other sites with restrictions on how characters cant be posed or dressed "too provocatively."

We receive a daily list of items that they have flagged as violations and have to sort through them. If they're legitimate violations, we re-rate them. If they aren't, we don't touch them. Submissions that are not violations of our policies are still held against us.

We have had many email conversations, Zoom calls, and even an in-person meeting with representatives to help resolve this to no avail.

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