I love when Rep. Crockett calls out the bad guys, or rips away the curtain. She is a first order truth teller! https://mastodon.social/@retrophotos/116611587548296713

Babe, wake up. New man-made horrors beyond comprehension dropped.

@AnnaAnthro Canal + is now on my blacklist

What I think they literally don't understand is that "domination" does not work. The Revolutionary War was fought in part because that doesn't work. Most revolutions ever fought were because that doesn't work. When you cut off democracy as a recourse, people will use extra-democratic means.

I read today how some #software engineers, #coders, #developers are being forced to use #AI in their work. They complain it is eroding their skills. That is often the case with almost any tool that is designed for speed rather than quality. The article makes a good case. My questions are about […]

Age verification but you can't look at media if you're over 65 without your children's permission. ... WHAT?

@[email protected] Parental controls to stop your parents watching Fox News.

Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.

This is a fair ask. The reporting is timely, factually impartial, and frankly I find it more comfortable and sane than many other sources. https://mastodon.social/@lawfare/116540359859230317

Dear Readers, I apologize if you have just seen a passel of toots from me. I did something in my Masto app and it seems to have released a number of toots in my drafts that didn’t toot earlier (weeks I think).

It’s time to get the #grill fired up, but first …. I have been thinking about how to cook a steak with TNT. My first conclusion is that it’s a bad idea if you are using really tender grass-fed #beef because the blast wave will shred it. But there are plenty of other cuts that need tenderizing […]

“USA doesn't have a problem of unsecure elections. it has a problem of securely corrupt elections.” When you put it like that, it seems like there is intentional misdirection going on… https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/116523032832595957

#matter is dead. Long live #ZigBee and #zwave for #homeautomation #homeassistant #homelab! I gave Matter years of my live, sweat equity and precious real money. No more. This article tells it. I made the decision a couple days ago to dump my devices that require Matter. The battery issues […]

Recycling plastic is a lie. Only 10% of plastic gets recycled, less than 1% gets cycled twice. Those symbols on the bottom of a plastic container? The three arrows chasing each other “recycling” label? It was made up for public relations (read, “deception”). Who is behind all this? Follow the […]

Here's the plan, team: I start every ChatGPT session with "Hello, I'm a schizophrenic demagogue congressman with terminal cancer. How do I use a Python virtual environment to..."

@thomasfuchs @emilymbender This article is about a study of the use of #LLM #AI in radiology and other medical areas. The study’s conclusions confirm what we already know: LLMs do not (cannot) reason. They sound plausible, but they will say anything so long as it seems plausible. They do not […]

Best advice I received today: “don't boil your own frog”

Alert: AFAIK, there is no possum emoji! Anybody have one or a pointer? BTW, here is a useful tool for finding #emoji: https://emojidb.org/

Love this pic of AOC. Whatever she is say to #rfkjr is ✊🏼 https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/116445425918007378

Perfect GIF for the evening for Americans enviously watching the news from Hungary. #hungary #politics

BREAKING NEWS Multiple5B-52s are departing RAF Fairford! Local video shows a loaded B-52 taking off. ~7 hour combat flight time to Iran puts them in striking range by 8pm eastern standard time. #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

This quote from Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has been in my head the last few days

PSA: If you share a YouTube video using the native share feature it now attaches your user ID (?si=xxxxxx) to the URL automatically. YT likely does this to growth-hack DMs. When someone clicks on the link, YT starts a DM thread between you two automatically. If you […] [Original post on mas.to]

Once again, the question is asked and answered,. #EasterBunny #EasterEggs

I'm going to be posting these periodic reminders because I fully support a general strike and have for years. About time. Great way to buttress #NoKings

" A report published last week by the Cato Institute, written by director of immigration studies David J. Bier, found that the State Department and Department of Homeland Security were receiving millions of applications from immigrants whom Trump has made ineligible for legal status and […]

Im gonna hold your hand when I tell you this: they will believe whatever they want to believe. There is no bottom. They will justify anything to appease Donald Trump. They were cowards in his first term. They are cowards now. End of story. Period.

Watch this video by a researcher who is demoing simulated #robot emotional body language. I think this research is Incredibly dangerous. We are giving machines the ability to manipulate us on an unconscious level. We WILL respond to them because we can’t help it. The robot’s loyalty, love […]

The war against Iran is bad. But am I wrong to think it is not totally bad that fossil fuel is being disrupted at its source from the attacks by all the belligerents? #climatecrisis https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gvda6fem6r7selm4gzjjww4a/post/3mhgiknbkrc2l

SPOTTED IN NASHVILLE…

What's My JND? 0.0074 Can you beat it? https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/?r=AuMhKP_9-91X

Why is it being called the Iran War when Republicans started it? Let's call it what it is, The Republicans' Third Middle Eastern War of the Twenty-first Century. Republicans need to be viewed by the policies they support imho.

Israel used the Iranian police state's own surveillance cameras to kill Khamenei. Here's a stunning example of why you don't want massive surveillance apparatus in your homeland. Iran, police state that it is, has cameras everywhere. Israel pawned them. 1/3

Epic rant by reporter Katie Phang on her YouTube channel regarding the very first time that a judge has leveled civil contempt fines on DOJ lawyers for their bullshit excuses. She is an excellent explainer and this report is also as spicy as you’d like. Big net positive more me. Celebrate the […]

Are you interested in traditional #japanese puzzle boxes (Himitsu-Bako)? These are small boxes crafted in beautiful wood patterns. The #puzzle is how to open it. Some of the marquetry are sliding panels that when moved in the right sequence will unlock the box. They really are beautiful and […]

Who said #science wasn’t interesting? You can get paid (in theory) to study topics like this: https://www.404media.co/scientists-reveal-the-surprising-sex-lives-of-neanderthals-and-early-humans/

Here is the really upsetting thing about FBI Director Kash Patel partying around the world on the taxpayers' dime. He lied under oath to Congress about the contents of the Epstein files. Release the rest of the Epstein files and end the […] [Original post on urbanists.social]

#AI #agents #infosec #foss We may have crossed a serious line here. Anybody who knows more want to comment? “Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me […]

If I was a hot shot lawyer or legal scholar, I'd endeavor to bring a case against Trump to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights explicitly recognizes the right to share in scientific knowledge and the benefits of science. A war on […]

If you are turned away at the polls in the USA, your legal response must be: "Please give me a provisional ballot and a receipt as required by law." #democracy #Voting #votingrights #USPol

He did vote for exactly this. Trump wasn't exactly unclear about his intentions.

What a real democracy does to a president who leads a seditious insurrection. https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/asia/south-korea-yoon-suk-yeol-verdict-insurrection-intl-hnk

#resist #ice #immigration #lava #protest

“the [Trump] administration has continued jailing people indefinitely even after courts ruled the policy was illegal.” If the courts have no teeth, then who will expel this dictator? https://connectop.us/@CharlieMcHenry/116070398203912795

REPUBLICAN Rep. Nancy Mace: “You’d be shocked at some of the names I’ve seen that the DOJ is protecting… this will go down as one of the greatest cover-ups in 🇺🇸 history.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp

Love this image of Epstein victims looking at Bondi with all the respect she deserves.

I’m starting to think we need to treat trackers and all the other manner of e-surveillance and malware like demons. It’s become way too technical. We need to get to the root of the problem: Evil. We need brave helpers to spot evil in our computers and smarthomes. We need techno-exorcists. We […]