“Most people think insects are reflex-based machines,” said Dr Olli Loukola, a behavioural ecologist at the University of Oulu, Finland, and senior author. “That they can’t have any emotional states or feel pain. Some people don’t even realise that they have brains. I hope that these results […]

what if we all collectively walked into the forest

if you're old enough to be posting on this website, why are you drinking milk from a cow?

tubular spaghetti dude

GDP is a very stupid measure of the economy

The amount of propaganda bots trying to sign up lately is bonkers. The fediverse feels like it’s becoming a battleground for information warfare. Be safe out there

the vibes are weird. night all.

We just released Mastodon 4.5.11 and 4.4.18. These versions contain several severity security fixes as well as other bugfixes. Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases #mastoadmin

This is the way! https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/fed-up-with-vibe-coders-dev-sneaks-data-nuking-prompt-injection-into-their-code/ #noai #ai #opensource

Shout out to Valibot, the best TypeScript data parser around https://valibot.dev

US news outlet Axios, citing two US sources on the conversation between Trump and Netanyahu, reported on Tuesday that the president was "furious" during his call with the Israeli prime minister. One official, summarising Trump's alleged comments, said: "You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me […]

anyone remember NFTs?

Fedizens! Please send me your favourite meme which shows something important about the #fediverse I'll go first:

hard image thanks 2010-me for saving this

dead internet theory

postmodern monetary theory

i keep pitching complicated user interaction models at work and then i keep having to build those complicated user interaction models at work i never learn

"There is something fundamentally wrong with a system where extreme wealth keeps skyrocketing while so many people are struggling to afford the basics." If you have just 1 billion dollars of assets, even at a relatively low return of around 5 percent, you will be getting 50 million dollars of […]

I'm not sure the media knows this by the way they're carrying on about the possibility of falling house prices but people being able to afford housing is objectively a good thing there is literally nothing bad about that

setup pi-hole again on my network. works perfectly on a tiny alpine container

remember sometimes correlation really does equal causation

The data revealed a massive shift: over 50% of the total distance covered on the e-cargo bikes directly replaced a trip that would have otherwise been made in a car: ➔ Multi-stop school runs ➔ Weekly supermarket shops ➔ Family outings ➔ Routine local errands 👇

Art by lauraklinke_art. 💗

this was a good convo. i especially liked it when the dude asks if we should have funerals for ants and instead of laughing hysterically, Ed calmly and concisely explains that if an ant walks past us right now, you know, just don't try not to stand on them :) […]

If all the #mamdani news seems too good to be true, it’s because politicians haven’t worked for the average person for decades and we’ve gotten so use to it a politician doing their job correctly seems completely foreign.

woof

still very much enjoying https://getsol.us on my thinkpad t480s

me: i'm finally getting better at chess *hangs queen four games in a row*

father time is undefeated

per my last toot

alpine linux containers are so small they don't seem real ... 3.32 MB image vs Ubuntu 158.43 MB image like wow

Just come across this interesting mapping site. https://zoom.earth/maps/temperature-wet-bulb/#view=22.1,76.47,5z/model=icon They have wet bulb temp forecasts at 2m air temperature. Several places in S and SE Asia hitting 28C which is really not good. 35C Wet Bulb is generally considered the […]

Heroine Chick

1.8 GB per emoji

whatever happened to going to a website, entering your username and password, then using that website? i just got redirected by microsoft twice after logging in there then over to github then a six digit sms code then a 6 digit email code then 2 pop ups confirming i want to stay logged in […]

she is amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_dq_0ljsc

there's a grey one and a grey one and a grey one and a grey one

it's important to realise your worth is not how much money you have

Pasting a huge AI generated explanation to a problem in an issue or pull-request is nothing but RUDE. Don't do it. You look stupid and the receivers of that feel insulted. We are humans. We communicate like humans. Fine, use the tools you like, but don't insult us.

in star trek you can fix any problem by reversing the polarity or changing the phase modulation. if only real life was so simple.

anyway, sleep 😴

might install waterfox just for the jpeg xl support mainly

plants have protein animals have feelings and humans have choices

Arty by lauraklinke_art. 💗

Been learning Effect lately and I think I actually like it https://effect.website

oh i get it market regulation that benefits billionaire assets = good fiscal policy market regulation that benefits the people = bad socialist policy

ACAB includes getting out of bed in the morning

here we go again