I have a Pixel 7 Pro on Google-Fi. Unfortunately the phone has a broken USB-C but I can still charge it on the stand. Repair shops say it would take several days to fix which I can't commit to. I'm thinking of switching to Mint and #grapheneos. Should I get a Pixel 9 or stick with what I have […]

#solarpunk #degrowth #humantech #fckllms #fckbigdata #riseupagainstbigtech

All the feckless scheming by the Democrats isn't going to unseat the Orange Tyrant in the White House. It's going to take mass public demonstrations, extended work stoppages/strikes, govt shutdowns, and sustained and viral boycotts of companies that bent the knee for profit or because they have […]

MSNBC - In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help win government contracts in a second Trump administration […]

Starting today I'm going to become more aggressive about supporting independent media and journalism. I'm not wealthy enough to make a big difference on my own but I think this is something that could have an impact if enough people with a little handful of disposable income and deep concerns […]

No, we're not going to limit COVID vaccines. We're just going to continue to sow fear, uncertainty and doubt in the minds of the public about whether it's safe or even available. From NYT: "The federal vaccine committee appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted unanimously on […]

@Unsightly3055 Here's a list of #nexstar stations: https://www.nexstar.tv/stations/

Share this far and wide. #kimmel #abc #nexstar #uspol

Saying the quiet part out loud, the orange tyrant doubles down and calls on NBC to fire Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, writing: "Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done," Trump […]

Malignant narcissists can't stand when you make fun of them because they lack any real sense of humor or introspection. And they're totally fine with trampling on the First Amendment if it makes their critics quiet down and self-censor. From NYT: "President Trump threatened on Thursday to […]

As some of you know, I have moved over to Linux. I have tried different distributions, but using Ubuntu at this time. I have found one issue. When I click links in other apps and they open in Vivaldi, there is a notification that the page is ready, instead of just taking me to the page. Seems to […]

Apparently it is impossible to have a city without cars... Oh, and here is a photo of a traffic jam in Venice... #fuckcars

Actor Robert Redford has died at rhe age of 89. https://people.com/robert-redford-dead-at-89-7502405

#enshittification Next month, Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices outside of the EEA region that have the Microsoft 365 desktop client apps, Bleeping Computer writes. "The Microsoft 365 Copilot app integrates the AI-powered Copilot […]

yeeeessss YEESSSS more batshit like this https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/

Seriously: How much is too much to spend on a presidential campaign? $2 billion? $5 billion? No limit? At some point, you almost guarantee that you're being bought by interests you can't control.

Reposted with alt text #flexiblework #remotework #ReturnToOffice https://mastodon.social/@mklopez/115187361052628583

A short story about getting the COVID vaccine in Virginia. Having read a WaPo story about how CVS was bucking the trend in VA, which is to require a prescription or note from a doctor about a pre-existing condition for anyone 18-64 years of age. Confusingly, WaPo's US map of state policies on […]

For the record, they're over on Xitter calling for war on the left over Kirk being shot. We don't know anything about the shooter's motivations or political leanings; it's ~24 hours after the shooting. I'm telling you, in a month they'll act like no one ever said any of it. #uspol #charliekirk

When a person dies, for whatever reason, we're supposed to remember their deeds and actions, no? So, what were Charlie Kirk's deeds and actions? What do we remember him *for*? I remember him as the guy that said he wanted pilots with the "right stuff" when a black pilot was flying his plane […]

It's incredible that we have these things called cameras often attached to our phones that record what people say and do. And yet many politicians act like we have no record of them saying and doing things. #uspol #charliekirk #assassination #nancymace

ProPublica, best in its class these days, extensively debriefed a Trumpist who repented after collaborating in an unparalleled invasion of Americans' data privacy. https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek As always, the Trump regime response was to […]

You remember when everyone (including AI firms) claimed that "Hallucinations" would soon be saved and I got so much shit for arguing that they are a structural property of LLMs? Now OpenAI releases a paper stating the same and just gets to move on (with all its sycophants). Really fucking […]

NATO's Article 4 Enacted! Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the activation of Article 4 of the NATO treaty - which requires urgent security consultations among member countries if one of them feels threatened. Tusk said that last night there were 19 […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

I've never before seen this particular 550 error in response to an email that was sent to me by a reader. Proton seems to be dunking on their own user here. "550 5.6.0 Message rejected due to potential violation of our ToS by the recipient"

“Some people driving through a neighbourhood and they are five, 10 kilometres over, they are getting nailed. It’s not fair.” You know what's not fair? Selfish drivers making the neighbourhood unsafe […]

An illustration by Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist Ann Telnaes. PS: Fuck Washington Post for forcing her out to appease Trump. #cartoon #politicalcartoon #kakistocracy #trump #trumpepstein

Alternative headline: Biggest purveyor of bullshit machines complains there's too much bullshit on the interwebs. https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/08/sam-altman-says-that-bots-are-making-social-media-feel-fake/

“Meta CEO and alleged human being Mark Zuckerberg” Haha. Nice one. https://futurism.com/hot-mic-mark-zuckerberg-groveling-trump

I would like to call attention to the fact that Bubblegum Crisis has a racial epithet for machines way before "clankers." That term was, "boomers!" #ai

Everyone wins! #alttext #accessibility

Reuters bends knee to China dictatorship and removes video of Xi and Putin talking about changing out body parts. Presumably lots of people have copies, so it's important for them to post them promiscuously -- and if possible anonymously -- to boost Streisand effect […]

This is a list of companies that were using Salesloft Drift before this breach. I should emphasize that this is just a customer list, and not a list of companies that are known to have data theft incidents as a result of the Salesloft incident […]

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Go with me on this. Wouldn't it be possibly the funniest thing ever if #kilmar kept getting smuggled back into the country after #ice deported him? #deportation #uspol

Get bent, #rfk! #covid #flu #vaccines

I have a buddy I've known for almost 30 years. He commutes out of the city by car. To his credit, there aren't enough good transit options where he's headed. We were just talking about public transit improvements around town and his take was essentially, "transit investment is bad for traffic." […]

New, by me: GOP Cries Censorship Over Spam Filters That Work The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week sent a letter to Google's CEO demanding to know why Gmail was blocking messages from Republican senders while allegedly failing to […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

#streissandeffect Copying an archive.is link of this OregonLive.com story because it probably deserves more attention and is behind a paywall: "A former University of Oregon undergraduate who says he discovered a significant security flaw in the college’s computer network and twice reported it […]

One of the ways that LLM-authored code improves productivity is by merely SAYING it does things. It's way faster than the whole time-consuming process of actually doing things. This is real code someone sent to me for review.

I tried to sign up with #walgreens to get my #covid booster. #colorado recommends everyone get it but it looks like Walgreens is toeing the regime line and only allowing 65+ and "at risk" adults to get it. Shame! https://cdphe.colorado.gov/covid-19/vaccine#FindVaccine

I was hoping to see Young Windows at the Hi-Dive tonight. They played last night. The email I got from Deezer had the wrong date.

Managed to spend a few almost full days developing on @silverbulletmd very nice. Wouldn’t mind doing this full time (hint, hint). I’m currently seriously rearchitecting the sync engine, moving it to the service worker. What’s cool about that is that sync can now even happen in the background […]