Mastodawn

‘It was like a mosh pit’: #Swatch closes stores as #watch launch causes crowding and scuffles

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/17/swatch-royal-pop-launch-chaos-closures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

‘It was like a mosh pit’: Swatch closes stores as watch launch causes crowding and scuffles

French police fire teargas and UK shops close for safety reasons as hundreds queue for Royal Pop timepieces that make up Audemars Piguet collaboration

The Guardian

The Whore of Blahbylon May 4

I don't believe in fairy tales.

#MAGA #HumanStupidity

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Su_G Apr 29

@munin
Yes yes yes!!! 🙏🏻 I wish I could boost boost boost this multiple times!: “… "asking" the LLM to explain "why" "it" did a thing is thrice-divorced from reality:

“It cannot have a why;
It cannot have a self to have motivations;
And the LLM you ask is not the one that did it, but is a new instance reading from its predecessors notes.

“Treating it as tho it is an entity with continuity of existence is fucking delusional and I am fucking sick of pandering to this horseshit.

Touch some grass and get a fucking therapist.”

What were the motivations of the PERSONS involved in this stupidity and why do so many PEOPLE prefer to argue about the LLM rather than examine the stupidity? (Crudely stated but I hope clear)

#GrandTheftAutoComplete #LLMs #HumanStupidity

DoomsdaysCW Apr 24

Speaking of #CorporateSuckups... Way to NOT get my vote, #JanetMills! 🖕🏼

Janet Mills vetoes #Maine #DataCenter ban

by Ethan Andrews, April 24, 2026

"Gov. Janet Mills on Friday vetoed a bill that would have created a temporary statewide ban on large #DataCenters.

"The bill passed by the Maine Legislature earlier this month would enact an 18-month moratorium on new data centers that use more than 20 #megawatts of power.

"It would have made Maine the first state in the country to enact such a ban on the controversial facilities, which support #CloudComputing and artificial intelligence at the cost of large amounts of electricity and #water."

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/DlifM

#AISucks #DatacenterMoratorium #AIDatacenters #EnvironmentalRacism #PreyingOnThePoor #BigDataSucks #EnergyVampires #NoisePollution #MainePol #ResistAI #WaterIsLife #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanStupidity

Janet Mills vetoes Maine data center ban

The bill would have made Maine the first state in the country to enact such a ban on the controversial facilities.

Bangor Daily News

Droppie [infosec] 🐨

Apr 3

manifest moronification 🙄🤦‍♀️

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mount-everest-death-zone

#everest #humanstupidity #hubris

'It's A Living Hell': Inside Mount Everest's Death Zone And The Stories Of The Climbers Who Have Perished There

Most of the deaths on Mount Everest occur above 26,200 feet, within the mountain's "Death Zone."

All That's Interesting

alice 🪞♥️ 🎩🐇Mar 9

I don't know if you've noticed that in supermarkets now, there are shelves crammed with meh products and others with essential products empty.

I've received reports that retailers are using AI massively to manage stock and replenishment. If it weren't tragic, it would be hilarious.

#ai #humanstupidity

DoomsdaysCW Feb 13

Um, anyone who willingly uses #PFAS-laden #SkiWax these days should be forced to eat it! After all, all the critters exposed to the wax will end up consuming it. Fairs fair! You use it, you eat it!

The #Olympics just saw its first ‘forever chemical’ disqualifications

Waxes containing #PFAS are banned at the Milan-Cortina Games. Three athletes already have been disqualified for using them

Tik Root, Feb 12, 2026

"Heading into the Milan-Cortina #2026Olympics, skiers and snowboarders were already adjusting to a ban on #fluorinated waxes long prized for making their equipment faster. This week, the #WinterGames saw their first enforcement of that rule, which is aimed at protecting public health and the #environment.

" 'South Korean cross-country skiers #HanDasom and #LeeEuiJin were disqualified from the women’s sprint event on Tuesday. That came one day after Japanese snowboarder #ShibaMasaki was disqualified from the men’s parallel giant slalom. In all three cases, routine testing found banned compounds on their equipment.

"For decades, elite snow sports athletes have relied on waxes with #fluorocarbons that are exceptional at repelling water and dirt. Former U.S. cross-country racer Nathan Schultz told Grist the so-called '#fluoro' waxes provide a 'really ridiculous speed advantage,' especially in warmer conditions like those experienced at these Games.

"But these waxes also contained PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. This class of 15,000 so-called 'forever chemicals' are notorious for never breaking down. Studies have linked exposure to PFAS to #ThyroidDisease, developmental problems, and #cancer, and research has found elevated levels in ski technicians who regularly handled the waxes. PFAS have also been detected in #soil and #water near ski venues, including wells drawing from aquifers in #ParkCityUtah, suggesting broader #environmental #contamination."

Read more:
https://grist.org/accountability/the-olympics-just-saw-its-first-forever-chemical-disqualifications/

#ForeverChemicals #Poisons #Wildlife #WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #HumanStupidity #3MKnew