The 2020 Presidential election was not stolen, Trump is just a pathetic sore loser. Please voice your opposition to unconstitutional federal interference in elections.
https://www.lwv.org/take-action/oppose-proposed-mail-and-absentee-ballot-regulations
Trillions invested, entire industries destroyed, our information ecosystem fundamentally compromised, and all we accomplished was, at best, a 0-5% bump in overall aconomic productivity.
RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116770333053823108
@BerserkEd_PT @_elena @aral
One #problem with #realnameregistration is that it can be used as an #ID for governmental services as well
That is what you could call a #thecirclescenario
Another problem is the #superapp
In #China it became nearly impossible to exist without the #微信 #app , known as #WeChat internationally
If you analyse what #AnnaZeiter said in interviews there are possibilities they want #WSocial to become a #superapp
I'll write it in more detail, in the future, I promise…
Yes, genAI is going the fuck away!
They stopped putting lead into (road vehicle) fuel! They stopped putting CFCs into sprays and refrigerators! They stopped putting asbestos into buildings! They are going to stop shoving genAI into fucking everything!
They are paying influencers and celebrities to try to convince you that you have to accept it, but if they weren't losing already, they wouldn't need to pay anybody!
Hang in there, 6 more months or so!
#fedihelp hey Fedi! I am trying to get in touch with the owners to the rights of Joseph Weizenbaum;s "Computer Power and Human Reason".
The Weizenbaum Institute (a research institute, not a family foundation) does not seem too responsive.
Last time (1987) the rights were with Penguin in the UK.
These days they may be still with them or possibly with Prof. Weizenbaum's heirs.
Anyone know someone who knows someone who knows someone?
Thank you!
#WSocial: "We want to promote European digital sovereignty. We're made in Europe, for the world!"
@EUCommission: "A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. Today, we’re expanding our presence to W."
W Social: "You need to verify your identity. Please download our #WIdentity app from Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store"
No further comment necessary.
Check for yourselves (04:30): https://inv.nadeko.net/Vcq4MiabpEQ
https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/06/10/announcing-stack-overflow-for-agents/
I'm laughing so hard that I'm having trouble breathing
The free and open web is facing a major threat from publishers that are trying to change core internet standards at the IETF. Altering these protocols could harm how we use the web every day. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/free-and-open-web-under-attack-ietf
Don't let lawmakers erode transparency. California Assembly Bill 1821 would let officials delay responses to record requests, charge an hourly rate to search for and review them, and even allow government agencies to sue requesters.
Urge them to vote no.
https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/transparency-is-under-attack-in-a-late-breaking-bill/
#OpenAI is sinking faster than expected. https://www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/openai-is-in-a-far-worse-position-d8a?r=dcpca&utm_medium=ios&utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e233_tv2_tp1_a1dennhb52ftc5&fbclid=IwY2xjawShPztleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFIR09GVk1WajBpZjFralRCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHoFtP9dLTNM4YcBb3utWYak46CXMre6Zmd35x049NWPKxcAnaLL3dFVVCvhS_aem_UQbIBBY-utV4Z2O-T03ZHA&triedRedirect=true
@dalias @Captain_Jack_Sparrow @_elena @xChaos European “real names, closed source, Nazis are welcome, actually” Bluesky.
@conservancy I'm going to state this very clearly:
Projects/communities have an absolute right to exclude people whose behaviors they deem unethical, unsafe, or hostile from participation.
And deeming LLM-gen-AI use as unethical is a completely reasonable position.
Prediction markets promise ordinary users a shortcut to wealth.
But Bloomberg found that the majority of Polymarket profits went to a tiny slice of accounts that appeared to be automated bots. Everyone else lost $131 million in aggregate.
A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/natural-world-digital-biodiversity-heritage-library-scientific-knowledge-free-access-aoe #AI companies should fund this; it would be pennies for them... #bhl
Newsletter: The crypto industry spent the spring buying primaries, an octagon at the White House, and — they hope — a market-structure bill by the Fourth of July.
So, if folks are using git-pages to deploy their static websites (e.g. via the *new* Codeberg Pages) and are building with the Woodpecker CI, I made this small plugin for pushing the build pages out:
https://codeberg.org/gedankenstuecke/git-pages-woodpecker-plugin
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa