We bought into the "post scarcity" narrative because digital tech feels so magic and ethereal but we need to get back to an understanding of the material costs and effects of those systems. They are not very post-scarce in reality.

@xgranade "i'm not owned! i'm not owned!!" i continue to insist as i shrink and transform into a String

With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels. 10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C. 20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C. 1.5°C was a good target, but did anyone seriously think it was possible? So 2.6°C is […]

An important subcategory of "printf debugging" is my current activity of "introducing swears into the printfs to make sure I'm changing the printf that is actually running"

Okay, but hear me out, what if we produce an entire generation of students who are *all* the ones who did nothing in the group project?

So uh... how many high profile journalists were buddies with Epstein? I'm concerned that the number seems larger than 0.

Does anyone have a convenient list of those trend bots to load into the ol' block list?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/115540115775936463 WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? he posts, on the outrage machine

Holy Shit, #valve did a product launch in 2025 and did not mention AI a single fucking time. So refreshing.

I'm sorry I still don't want to put a computer on my face

RE: https://wetdry.world/@x86Overflow/115537611693240045 one of the eternal questions of our time

AI slop on the speakers at CVS. A robotic voice reads out "a person used A-I to create this message" after each ad. Bleak.

I haven't yelled that many (overwhelmingly excited) swear words at the sky for a long time. WWOOOOOWWWWW. Reddest auroras I've ever seen!! Usually it takes a long time exposure/CCD camera to see red at all. This is BRIGHT!! You can actually see easily outside […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Happy #adhd treasure season (finding lost things in your coat pockets from last winter) to all who celebrate

CI/CD means "crashes immediately, can't debug"

“PLEDGE TO VOLUNTEER THIS PRIMARY SEASON AND SEND CHUCK SCHUMER A LITERAL MESSAGE ABOUT HIS FAILED LEADERSHIP.” https://www.indivisible2026.org/

Call & keep the pressure on like crazy over next 12 hours if any of these 8 Democratic Senators who caved: * Jeanne Shaheen -New Hampshire 202-224-2841 * Jacky Rosen -Nevada 202-224-6244 * Catherine Cortez Masto -NV 202-224-3542 * John Fetterman -Pennsylvania 202-224-4254 * Angus King […]

The hardest problem in computer science is remembering where you put the correct USB cable

"I asked chatgpt and..." without wishing to be rude, I cannot now take anything else you say remotely seriously

when compiling C code, enable the -fPIE option to compile to Proto-Indo-European, for maximum compatibility with all CPU architectures developed on the Eurasian continent

RE: https://exquisite.social/@thomholwerda/115513975995095541 as i said elsewhere, i'm frankly not convinced that the small conveniences that plagiarism machines bring to the programmers should justify the gross and disastrous consequences that plagiarism machines bring to everyone else. burn […]

[uspol] RE: https://mastodon.social/@Cdespinosa/115511522580304761 qb

RE: https://mastodon.social/@kAlvaro/115510291675487800 We have to go deeper

RE: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/115510213296442772 did I hear a quoot quoot?!

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@hachyderm/115509258367273591 quoots!

Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/climate/paris-agreement-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8._FoE.8eesjpnE0K4M&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Gotta love The Guardian for those quotes from Europeans on #mamdani's win in NYC: "Verbeek backed this with a comment he had overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal." “Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his […]

Finally a week with some good US political news. Mamdani elected Mayor of New York. D.C. sandwich guy acquitted. Dick Cheney dies.

Hereby starting my campaign to designate #QuoteToots as "Quoots".

Same

[snark] Linux is so hard to use and configure. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/

Hivemind, I'm looking for a #ToDo list app with the following features: - #android app (PWA that works well is fine) - Sync to web app - At least 3 levels of nesting, preferably infinite The last point rules out Google Keep. I've been using Quillpad which doesn't have a web app. Looking for […]

My kid made this meme which I enjoy immensely. #noaiplease

In two recent public speaking engagements, I made a comparison between the obesity epidemic in various pockets of the globe and AI. Several people came up afterwards and said that was the best analogy they'd heard, so maybe it's worth repeating here. Also, I feel like this one will hold up a […]

Today is the anniversary of Laika's flight :blobfoxcry2:

if I had a nickel for each person in this movie currently trapped hanging from a cable attached to a burning building, then I'd have two nickels... but it's strange that it happened twice #Monsterdon

oh good the ghostbusters are here #Monsterdon

oh NOW she has a regular flashlight #Monsterdon

meat cleaver? I barely know 'er #Monsterdon

are there any hospitals in this city? or urgent cares? #Monsterdon

cutting the power is saving a lot of money on set design for the rest of the movie #Monsterdon

oh finally. good riddance #Monsterdon

"they're here! the furries!" #Monsterdon

my "it's a real town with real people" sign is raising a lot of questions already answered by my sign #Monsterdon

where did all these extra kids come from #Monsterdon

gee, that was predictable #Monsterdon

This weekend, the International Space Station marks a quarter-century of continuous occupancy. "By NASA’s count, 290 people from 26 countries have visited the space station. Seven are up there right now, representing the U.S., Russia and Japan." […]

If you’re a user of Libby (the library app), consider before following their suggestion to type #inspireme into the search bar. It seems harmless, but it turns on an unrequested AI feature, & there is no way to reverse that. This comes courtesy of ProfHeyRochelle, who is now reasonably pissed […]

Remembering that some of us spent the Biden years clamoring to #abolishice. We were right.