Mastodawn

the fraction of communication we experience — across all media, excluding what is explicitly fiction — that is in one form or another a lie is extraordinary.

Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷2h ago

madame poolhair 9h ago

I'm trying to settle a debate I keep having with privileged white men; In times of crisis, are humans generally:

	Kind hearted & helpful towards victims & eachother
	Predatory & more willing to cause harm to survive

Poll ends at 1:18pm.

Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷2h ago

Honora NiwlCraft 8h ago

"It would better for your career if you shut up about climate change" a co-worker said to me in 2019.

This was the moment I realized a career in tech was servitude. You're expected to shut up about the horrors and partnerships with big oil to collect your paycheck.

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Jonathan Schofield 5h ago

Funnily enough we have air quality sensors that clearly indicate that we shouldn’t fly at all

#climateCrisis

https://tenforward.social/@SeanAloysiusOBrien/115796005419226551

Headphone Jacques Clouseau (@SeanAloysiusOBrien@tenforward.social)

Attached: 1 image dang this sounds like a very good reason for airplanes to have air quality sensors

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Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱5h ago

It's hard to really grasp how much AMOC collapse would change everything.

I've been aware of this for a while (heck THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW(2004) is based on it, but notably not scientifically accurate), but...

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Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱5h ago

"Asked to explain the silence,Fuller points to the media executives and press barons, keen to stifle awareness about the climate crisis so they can retain their luxury lifestyles. But when it comes to the government’s silence, he puts it down to simple cowardice in the face of a resurgent far-right"

This is the UK, but just as easily describes the US.

Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷2h ago

geoff martin Oct 20, 2024

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
- Frank Herbert, Dune (1966)

#ai

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Headphone Jacques Clouseau 15h ago

dang this sounds like a very good reason for airplanes to have air quality sensors

Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷2h ago

J.L.1285

4h ago

For anyone dealing with the freezing rain now: if you’ve got a heat pump with a horizontally mounted fan, randomly check on it to ensure there’s no ice buildup on the blades. I’ve seen ours become very unbalanced before; it only requires a little bit of hot water on the blades to correct it. Shut the unit down before doing it though. #ONStorm

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Zack Whittaker 4h ago

One of the most important tools you can use on the internet to protect yourself from online security and privacy threats is… an ad-blocker.

In this deep-dive (and one of my favorites), I explain how ad blockers defend against surveillance and malware. I also have plenty of ad blocker suggestions for you to consider!

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/why-ad-blockers-are-a-top-security-and-privacy-defense-for-everyone/

Why ad blockers are a top security and privacy defense for everyone

Ad blockers can help defend against some of the top hacks, scams, and surveillance today. Here are some of the best ad blockers that you can use.

~this week in security~