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@rolenthedeep amen. my one wish is for computer guys who understand how viscerally users loathe their working tools changing out from under them.

(i started on xfce in 2010 and continue to be pleased)

@rolenthedeep Actually 99% of computer users want OS/2's WPS, but they'll never know it.

Just got contacted by a recruiter for a venture-backed startup looking to replace 911 operators with LLMs to triage emergency calls and boy I can’t express how much A) no I do not want to join your company, and B) how much I do not want to live in the world where 911 calls are handled by LLMs

"Majority (55%) of Britons think under 18s should be banned from using #VPNs" - yougov.co.uk/topics/technology most people are idiots, and don't understand why VPNs are vital #security #privacy

Privacy‑Preserving #AgeVerification Falls Apart On Contact With Reality - techdirt.com/2025/08/19/privac "It adds identity friction to lawful speech, supercharges data linkage, and hands governments and intermediaries a revocation switch. That’s not child protection; it’s infrastructure for control."

Exposure to "AI Assistance" lowers doctors' ability to diagnose cancer just after a few weeks.

"AI"s main effect on people is skill decay.

thelancet.com/journals/langas/

I read @oblomov's piece on the assault on the #OpenWeb by #BigTech and, yes, I got riled up just as @elena predicted.
So I curated some #RSS feeds in #Nextcloud News to calm myself and looked into replacing my dusty website with a home-built #XML / #XSLT #indieweb #blog now that development for #PicoCMS has stopped.
wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/goog

Here are a couple of vine weeds to watch out for at the moment that are still uncommon but actively spreading around Ōtautahi-Christchurch, New Zealand.

What's commonly known as German Ivy (Delairea odorata) is a fast growing vine from, well, not anywhere close to Germany. It's a native to southern Africa. It's been establishing in parts of the Port Hills and I saw the first one in Halswell last week. Its leaves are thinner than English ivy and it has yellow flowers.
inaturalist.nz/observations/30

Chilean glory creeper (Eccremocarpus scaber) is an orange-flowered vine that's been popping up in and around the city. Every year I see a few more plants.
inaturalist.nz/observations/30

Weedbusters has fact sheets on these, including recommendations on how to get rid of them.
weedbusters.org.nz/what-are-we
weedbusters.org.nz/what-are-we

Please report sightings on #iNaturalist if you find them.

#nz #weeds #InvasivePlants #InvasiveSpecies #iNaturalistNZ

Some days I really feel like everything I do trying to make the world better is a waste of time. Like my efforts are not only ineffective, but actively counterproductive. Like the world would be a better place if I spent my days smoking ganja and stacking supermarket shelves instead of trying to support community infrastructure projects.

But the only way to totally fail is not to try. Also this kind of ennui often results from relentless gaslighting by authoritarians. Fuck them.

The most overtly racist executive branch in at least a century says "Get used to it," and guess what?

Big Journalism systematically normalizes it.

Glad to see that NPR -- with federal money gone and thereby free to reflect reality, not bogus "both sides" -- still cares.

npr.org/2025/08/18/nx-s1-54829

Avelo Airlines profits off Trump’s terror tactics by running secretive (often illegal) deportation flights. We’re organizing to ground “ICE Air” by undermining the pillars that prop up Avelo’s business. Join our campaign to make Avelo Airlines’ deportation flights too costly to continue. groundavelo.org/?utm_source=ma

Microsoft have hidden a vulnerability in M365 Copilot from customers.

Copilot allowed access to enterprise files without generating access logs, MS patched it but didn’t issue a CVE or tell anyone about it.

pistachioapp.com/blog/copilot-

"Corporations and politicians who discriminate against journalists who are lawful residents of the United States, presumably to score cheap political points, should be ashamed of themselves," Seth Stern told Penn Live.

pennlive.com/news/2025/08/jour

Today marks the anniversary of the first IWW Little Red Songbook, published in 1909 to inspire workers with songs like “Solidarity Forever” by Joe Hill. A labor history classic. Get a copy of the 19th Edition here: pmpress.org/index.php?l=produc

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