RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/117291064056626215
Everyone at those companies knows what they are doing. They are destroying our information infrastructure for their own gains and profit. We must not forgive them.
All of this coverage of AI Doomerism making you anxious? It's nonsense and you can go back to your more pressing concerns. If you want to learn more:
https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/what-to-read-to-stay-grounded-amidst-ai-doomerism/
I'm currently OBSESSED with @Ultramorbidi's song "No Bro" - I must have already listened to it on loop 10x this morning 😂 🙌
🔗 : https://ultramorbidi.net/0010/1/
The lyrics are pure fire. Aside from "say no to the tech bro" there is also:
"feminism stands for repair
break the blockchain, breathe the air
they invest but we don't stress
running on our own hardware
con fuerza, resistencia!
the revolution will be decentralized
dancing in the ruins of big tech..."
RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/117285530445300899
II created a new list based on @wikidata Information with all Museums in Europe that have a Mastodon Account. In total, there are 59 accounts, with a total of 25,880 toots and a total of 178,903 followers. 🥳🥳🥳
The biggest 5 Accounts are: @auschwitzmuseum, @vagina_museum, @obsoletemediauk, @deutschestechnikmuseum, @muzej
And the newest one is: @MuseeOrsay
You can find the full list here: https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/museum-EUROPA
On this, you can also many other lists. They get refreshed every morning.
Also, thanks to @neuSoM for asking directly for this list. This makes it always so much easier to create them. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
Another fraud-slop empire thrives -- in part because Google lets it thrive (and profits in the meantime): https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/brown-brothers-media-ai-slop-empire
If LLM usage is inevitable, then Bernie Sanders' proposal is a good thing; if LLM usage is a bubble, then the proposal is propping it up with tax payer dollars. https://mastodon.social/@inthesetimes/117289034913075961
It sounds like Bernie is drinking too much AI kool-aid, but I like rule 3, "AI does not increase electricity or utility prices, harm communities or destroy the environment.", which shpould kill LLM usage as marketed today.
Worms, parasites, and other bugs are just extra protein. Eat them up, yum! https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden
New blog post: MCF20: Flatpak support, sorta, kinda
https://linmob.net/mcf20-flatpak-support-sorta-kinda/
#mobileConfigFirefox #Firefox #flatpak #Nova #LinuxMobile #mobileLinux
RE: https://social.coop/@coopcloud/117129278045995157
And, announcing some other upcoming themed kite-flyings! (All in this 19 UTC slot)
Thursday October 1st: What is Co-op Cloud? — a general introduction
Thursday October 29th: How to run a workshop about Co-op Cloud
Thurs November 26th: Trying out some "competitors" to Co-op Cloud
Hopefully this gets more free software projects to leave #MicrosoftGitHub
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/whats-wrong-with-github.html
#GitHubSucks
#FreeSoftware
#Gnu
“Offensively cheap”: #Solar power is looking up - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/offensively-cheap-solar-power-is-looking-up/ " Chinese-made panels on rooftops across the world are changing the facts of life for big utilities. " reasons to be cheerful
25 Years of Mass #Surveillance Is Enough - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough.html "as it becomes increasingly evident that the Trump administration is using mass surveillance to keep itself in power, stifle dissent, and undermine political opponents, these questions are now more urgent than ever."
#Forgejo 16.0.5 and 15.0.9 were just released! They are security releases.
We recommend that all installations are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.
Check out the release notes and download it at https://forgejo.org/releases/. If you experience any issues with this release, please report to https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues.
This book of poems, stories, and essays draws together examples illustrating a mind immersed in Black legends and white myths, and in the growing realization of our place in the world and time, and in irresistible pull of the future: starships, floods, dancers twinned by crystal-filled caverns, and iridescent crops of living retribution.
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“What kind of Software should we fund?”
https://tante.cc/2026/09/17/what-kind-of-software-should-we-fund/
Separately from what I’m responding to, Tante, though, does a good job of gleaning useful observations from the original post. Read this; don't read the original it's responding to
Giving the vibe-written ideas of an npm founder whose track record is such that, if they found the philosopher’s stone they’d use it to turn gold into lead, any airtime is probably not the most constructive use of anybody’s time
Esp. since said idea is basically “Spotify for OSS libraries”
Spotify being a model FAMOUS for paying artists a liveable wage…
Wait, no. It’s famous for the other thing. The opposite.
opened the iOS 27 mail app yesterday and discovered it had enabled intelligence priority inbox or whatever. Setting aside the fact that I don't get enough email to need it and whatever your feelings are about whether LLMs help with email. The fact that I now don't know for sure whether my phone sent my emails to some server somewhere without me enabling it is a very terrible experience for a "we're all about your personal privacy" company.
This is the first iOS I seriously consider rolling back
RE: https://journa.host/@MillMessenger/117285129052695405
time to move UN from #murica if it can't do its job there...
#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