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AI does not disrupt. AI entrenches. AI turns money into more money; AI turns investment into dependency. We are living in a funhouse mirror of that right now where the combination of overly-plausible demos and first-one's-free incentives are swamping the actual balance-sheet math. But the […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3h

Anybody have dark sky connections around the Lone Pine, CA area? Can the town slap them with some nuisance lighting fines? That would be funny.

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Glyph @glyph.im · 9h

It's also very frustrating to constantly have my opposition to AI be taken as an opposition to abstraction, or to automation, and a desire to do every little thing by hand. But it's the opposite. For a whole bunch of reasons, AI anti-abstracts. It adversarially creates oceans of duplication to […]

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Pasu / ⏁⍜⌿⏃⋉⊑ @pasuteru.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

even Kerfur said happy birthday to my wife @yourfoxsis.bsky.social today wow!!!!

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Jessie Kirk @thejessiekirk.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

I don't care if the homeless person we house or the refugee person we welcome is a "good investment". Humanity is not a business. I just want as many HUMAN BEINGS to be warm, happy, safe and healthy as possible. Wrap that up in whatever political affilliation you care too, it's how we should […]

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Amber :neodog_box: @puppygirlhornypost2.transfem.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

things to say to the police detective where were you the night of the murder sell me this confession i brought my own handcuffs let me speak to the district attorney directly where do you keep the evidence what are your intentions with my trial i am going to be the one asking questions

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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

I’m pushing this reply to top level because it’s extremely important: is.badat.dev/objects/a142a17d-9320-… > I asked whether that risked cutting off bright new developers that we would rather hang onto; Torvalds answered that the kernel project only wants serious […]

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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

this is the one and only reason that the Linux kernel is going out of its way to hide which commits are LLM generated by abolishing the Assisted-By tag, simultaneously with torvalds fully slopcoding a core “improvement” to the kernel’s memory management if you don’t believe me, here’s part of […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

It was -7C according to my (very old, mercury) thermometer when I went out to do chores this morning. Quite a bit colder than forecast SIGH. I hope the few tomato plants still hanging on in the greenhouse didn't freeze, because we didn't pick them clean yet...

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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

what do I recommend? fuck another OS. hold these motherfuckers responsible. why in fuck should Torvalds have a place in polite company anymore? why in fuck should Stallman? any the Linux Foundation employees? any of the slop-loving fuckers at the OSI? why should any of the people whose actual […]

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Companies when IT says they need more budget to improve security: "how can we afford that?" Companies when the inevitable security incident happens: "we definitely can't afford this" The IT department when that happens: "we fucking told you so" Blame is always going to land on the IT folks […]

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

There is a certain type of cafe catering to a certain type of tourist in South Asia whose entire thing can be summarized as: cannot have any spice at all? Come have our food which has no spice and also absolutely no seasoning or salt! Those places are very much not for me. Sadly I just ate at […]

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2 Spoopy 4 You @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

I can't wait for that fat piece of shit to die.

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Daniel Rigal 🇪🇺 🦋 @danielrigal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The BBC really will put any old shit in their "Science" News. The island isnt 'infested" with crabs. The crabs live there. BBC News - Crew searching for Amelia Earhart arrives at crab-infested island www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Crew searching for Amelia Earhart plane lands at remote island infested with carnivorous crabs

Researchers will sleep on their ship to avoid giant crabs that can lift heavy weights, split open coconuts, and may have played a role in Earhart's demise.

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

my anger about this has to go somewhere, someday. the anger is just growing, constantly, with nowhere to go, as the cowards are hiding behind their residential proxy mafia

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

once again i'd like to be compensated for these damages

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

currently blocking around 30 unique ai crawler bot IPs per second (!) on our gitlab

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I asked a trusted colleague for comments on a written document and they fed it in to chatGPT and sent me back that output and I just want to cry. Guess I won't be asking that person for help or advice on anything anymore. Enshittification happens in people's writing skills too, I guess. I also […]

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xssfox (crossy) @xssfox.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Three nice things today: - I helped someone fix their misadjusted derailleur and stuck chain - I experienced the sun set and Melbourne's skyscrapers silhouette - I received socket adapters which now allow me up put my big sockets on my tiny torque wrench, which is seemingly a fairly regular […]

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Surveillance video obtained by our Houston station, ABC13 shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ⚠️ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas on Saturday. The video out of west Harris County shows a white pickup truck stopping […]

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stand a little out of my sun 🍉 @fiend-unpleasant.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

"... I never had one, that's why they never bothered me" is too good of a line for this shitty movie. #monsterdon #MonsterdonDoubleFeature #TheBat1959

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 12/10/2026

I love it when one fallen log has it all going on… #MentalHealthHike #trees #plants #mushtodon #lichensubscribe #mosstodon

Mosss, lichens and mushrooms on an old log

moss, lichen and mushrooms on the end of dead log

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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

> “Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 billion invested in OpenAI,” Cage said Saturday during a panel on the Empire Stage at New York Comic Con. “I am not an AI-friendly actor, so it’s like, connect those dots! I’m not a member of their club. I didn’t sign the waiver to let […]

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Ika Makimaki @pezmico.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Phone call with the conservative uncle: -The problem with all this Socialist and communist ideology is that it doesn't consider people are different. We don't have the same interests, capacities, desires. That's why it's bound to fail. Me: Right. Everyone has something different to offer and […]

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Misofist @misofist.girlcock.club.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

[subpost, AI & consciousness, also I'm coming down from my first acid trip but this is stuff I've talked about before] We are made of matter and electricity and chemicals and they are messy messy messy but they all follow rules. If you add up all the rules you get a person. You are the process […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

This paper title is 🔥🔥🔥 "Systematic non-compliance of satellite megaconstellations with IAU brightness limits" arxiv.org/pdf/2610.10834 Congrats to the Global Meteor Network team on a great paper demonstrating how bad SpaceX and other satellite operators are on following through on […]

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David Huggins-Daines @dhd6.jasette.facil.services.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

@sundogplanets reminds me of how we went to the dark sky reserve a few months back to see the Perseids and we saw no Perseids but plenty of satellites 🤬

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Pāpāmoa Beach is perfect today. Azure blue skies, 22°c with a gentle cool breeze. Its heavenly. There's a volcano erupting nearby but we won't worry about that.

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Phil M0OFX @philpem.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

my level of "impressed" in your project, in descending order: "I architected and developed it myself" "Did it with a few friends, props to X, Y and Z" "Did it with a mix of friends and used slopbot for review. Didn't let it write code." "I did the architecture but the slopbot wrote the code." […]

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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

My cheesy family is SAVED!! Or are we? Trans fats are only a small percentage of dairy fats: "In cow's milk, butter, and cheese the proportions oftransfatty acids ranged between 3.2 and 6.2% of fatty acids." www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic… But the rest […]

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Jakob @jdw.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I feel like it's important to emphasize that this is not about math. These people are on their way to destroy everything you love and care about, within but mostly outside of mathematics. Even if you might have a permanent position which might secure you financially for your future, you will […]

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arclight @arclight.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

My favorite episode of the The Twilight Zone is "What You Need" which aired on Christmas day, 1959 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_You_Need… I had sort of a What You Need moment at work. I wrote a small program and a large amount of documentation because the process for […]

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everton137 @everton137.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

A prominent German politician like Norbert Röttgen can have 150,000 followers and international visibility, yet feel unable to move because his audience is locked into infrastructure controlled by someone else. That *is* power. And every politician, journalist and institution that concludes "I […]

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Coleen Walter @coleenwalter.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Spiders are fascinating, mostly because of the architecture of the webs they build. This spider (maybe an orb weaver?) sits at the center and has constructed a zigzag ladder directly through the center of the web. It was made this way for a purpose, but I […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A spider sits at the center of a web with red leaves in the background

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

damn straight. ain't no fuckass bird eating my liver. i'm doing it myself

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C. @cazabon.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Yesterday I saw someone say "Kubernetes is made out of attack surface" and I'm still chuckling about it. #Kubernetes #k8s #wiseacre

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

learn how much you deserve kindness

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casualkellinfan.bsky.social @casualkellinfan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Because literally everyone here would rather see you stay safe than get hurt worse every day

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

#HighSchool blockades & #protests are taking place across #France as #students & #unions demand that the cash-strapped government fix understaffed & dilapidated #schools. Tuesday's nationwide protests come after a fortnight of demonstrations which began in the deprived suburbs of Paris before […]

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Amber :neodog_box: @puppygirlhornypost2.transfem.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

the thing with this network is that i cant tell if im just being lame or if federation is broken

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Amber :neodog_box: @puppygirlhornypost2.transfem.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

[us politics, flock] i just hope there is the same amount of pushback on axon's competing ALPRs as there is on flock.

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QGIS @qgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

And now for something completely different 🎶☀️🎶 #QGISUC2026

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Michael K Johnson @mcdanlj.social.makerforums.info.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

If you want to make sure that your site can be manipulated agentically by Meta's Muse, do not block traffic from ASN AS32934, because if you did that, it might make it impossible for the Muse agents to reach your site. 🤡

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