Mastodawn

/7 This administration, from top to bottom, is ABSOLUTELY capable of getting Maxwell to clear Trump and implicate Trump’s political enemies in exchange for some commutation or pardon of her sentence. If you say otherwise you’re a liar or a fool.

Bruce Davie 3h ago

Katherine Copsey 1d ago

It's concerning to see the government proposing to ban e-bikes and e-scooters from public transport - they're an important part of an integrated transport network. How much would this mess with your commute?
Have your say: https://engage.vic.gov.au/public-transport-regulations

Bruce Davie 1d ago

Public Transport Users Assoc 1d ago

Safety is paramount, but e-Bikes and e-Scooters are a vital option for last mile connections where public transport is lacking. Banning them outright isn't the answer - government should work to ensure they are safe.
Have your say on the regulations here: https://engage.vic.gov.au/public-transport-regulations

Conduct on Public Transport Regulations

We’re seeking feedback on the rules that guide and manage behaviour on and around Victoria’s public transport network.

Engage Victoria

Bruce Davie 2d ago

This is very good from Mike Masnick, although I’d prefer a different headline. Like, it’s not in your self-interest as a tech person to embrace fascism. One of many choice quotes:
“So here’s your choice: you can embrace the chaotic, messy, sometimes frustrating democratic system that has produced more innovation than any other system in human history. Or you can bet your company’s future on a dictator who eagerly promises to make everything simple and efficient mainly by ignoring the nuances and complexities of reality.”
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/

Fascism For First Time Founders

Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…

Techdirt

Bruce Davie 2d ago

Adrianna Tan 2d ago

Fascism for first time founders

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/

As usual I’ve found that techdirt is doing more to call out the fash in tech than most

Fascism For First Time Founders

Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…

Techdirt

Bruce Davie 3d ago

mx alex tax1a - 2020 (5)3d ago

you asked chatgpt? well we asked our tarot deck and drew a 7 of wands, a 9 of cups, and the Empress

Bruce Davie 5d ago

devopscats 5d ago

Exhausted man defeats AI model in world coding championship

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/exhausted-man-defeats-ai-model-in-world-coding-championship/

Exhausted man defeats AI model in world coding championship

“Humanity has prevailed (for now!),” writes winner after 10-hour coding marathon against OpenAI.

Ars Technica

Bruce Davie 5d ago

This Is My Glasgow 5d ago

Seen in Glasgow recently: A reminder of how people had arguments with random strangers they'd never met before the internet came along.

#glasgow #keepglasgowweird #grafitti #throwback #throwbackthursday #1980s #scotland #scottishhumour #glasgowhumour

Bruce Davie 6d ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation 6d ago

Age verification via face scans is not safety — it's surveillance. Biometric age guessing is inaccurate, discriminatory, and creepy AF. Stop normalizing it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/face-scans-estimate-our-age-creepy-af-and-harmful

Face Scans to Estimate Our Age: Harmful and Creepy AF

Government must stop restricting website access with laws requiring age verification.Some advocates of these censorship schemes argue we can nerd our way out of the many harms they cause to speech, equity, privacy, and infosec. Their silver bullet? “Age estimation” technology that scans our faces,...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Bruce Davie Jul 17

ibk Jul 17

David Pope, in The Echidna.

https://www.theechidna.com.au

#taspol #politas #auspol #afl

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