Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
https://www.404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-books-because-theyre-free-of-ai-slop/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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What we allow to happen to others eventually comes home to us...and part of me thinks we deserve it.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/07/palestine-laboratory-greg-stoker-politicide-loewenstein-ice-ukraine.html

Free idea for Marvel: once Doomsday flops, ENTER THE GERBERVERSE. Man-Thing, Howard the Duck (Just follow Gerber's original scripts and try not to cast any pedophiles), The Defenders...I would watch the shit outta that stuff

We have restored the primary Forgejo instance, which handles authenticated traffic from codeberg.org, to the rebooted server. This deployment also resolves the issue where editing the wiki resulted in a JavaScript error, and where self-hosted Forgejo runners were displayed as offline when they were not.

We're still tracking and investigating the poor performance of codeberg.org

RE: https://sfba.social/@ryanboswell/116955954613253992

“An EV charger's charging port is a network port. We found SSH and Telnet services exposed on XCharge C6 chargers with default root:root credentials. A threat actor with a malicious EV can gain immediate full control access on the charger and perform energy theft or potentially cause physical damage.”

Just amazing.

RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/116954518144682511

Again, this is just a specific example of the general genAI problem: It makes shit up & most of it will seem OK because you don't know enough about the subject matter to see the harm it does.

Until now we've been able to assume that even lies & misinformation took at least some effort & someone would need a reason for it - but now they just happen, with zero effort or reason.

We also thought the utility of asbestos & leaded gasoline outweighed the harms. We were wrong then, too.

#AI

It's a fun contrast to see how AI apologists say that criticism of data center water use is overblown, while the actual water utility companies loudly point out that data centers plans are a problem to the water supply.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/21/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says

Overheard two tourists at the local bakery:

"Now we know that we can't trust AI for the bus schedule".

#AI #search

#Forgejo 16.0.1 was just released!

We recommend that all installations are upgraded to the latest version.

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.

#forgejorelease

"Ironically, the trail of wrecked cars actually proves that the protected bike lanes are doing exactly what they were designed to do: take the hit."
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/atlantas-new-bike-barriers-are-flipping-cars-and-sparking-debate/

Ok, as someone who's never used/paid for either, I'm interested to know what folks, either on a biz/org capacity, or personal/family level are paying Microsoft or Google for MSO 365 or Google Workspace these days, and what you get for it. Please clarify the currency you're using. Feel free to DM if you prefer results not to be public. My discretion is assured.

A Nikkei investigation showed that Tech giants Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, & Oracle hide $1.65 trillion in off balance sheet debt from GPU contracts, data center leases, & joint ventures. That’s even more than their $1.35 trillion in official debt! Because accounting rules don't count these obligations until facilities go live, investors are getting a skewed picture: hidden debt that inflates current profit figure & yes it is all legal 🤣 https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/five-us-tech-giants-hidden-debts-soar-to-1.65tn-on-opaque-ai-funding ( https://archive.ph/lOlv5 )

I’m a firm believer that nonprofits, especially, should be incorporating Fediverse technologies as part of their social media strategy. I understand that they still need the major social networks for reach, but in my experience, Fediverse users volunteer and donate more often.

I know I do, and I know a bunch of my friends on the Fediverse do as well. We’re a generous bunch, and we often show up.

Red and blue states alike have “stopped talking about harmful content that’s sexual or harmful to minors and are moving towards complete bans on internet access for young people, on social media access for young people,” EFF’s Rin Alajaji told @BloombergLaw. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/product-liability-and-toxics-law/state-age-verification-law-rulings-leave-trail-of-uncertainty

I lived in #Philadelphia for two years in the 90s, but this is the kind of thing that gives that town a special place in my heart.

Bombs do not liberate women. They create refugees, orphans and survivors forced to carry the consequences long after governments declare victory.

Dena Al-Adeeb writes on the familiar lies being used to justify war in Iran.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/iran-war-united-states-israel-women-liberation

There's a new directory of US worker-owned co-op products!
#WorkerCoops #Coops #Market

https://geo.coop/articles/new-directory-worker-co-ops-products

https://wikiworkersunited.org/announcements/2026-07-20-us-demands-voluntary-recognition/

My gawd these poll results are depressing.

https://mayfirst.coop/posts/2026/rewriting-ai-narrative/

What could it possibly mean to "re-imagine" synthetic text extruders "for radical ends"? Like, what specifically?