Mastodawn

"The heatwave media formula is still extravagantly weird: all stock photos of ice-creams and suns with their hats on.

It’s like illustrating a war with a photo of a soldier coming home and kissing his sweetheart: sure, that must happen to some people, eventually, but it is not most people’s lived reality of war."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/23/why-do-we-pretend-heatwaves-are-fun-and-ignore-the-brutal-burning-reality

Why do we pretend heatwaves are fun – and ignore the brutal, burning reality?

The heatwave media formula is still extravagantly weird: all stock photos of ice-creams and suns with their hats on. It is time we recognised this extreme weather for exactly what it is, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian

MikeSafari 5d ago

404 Media 5d ago

‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops

A free tool that allows anyone to upload a photo of an LAPD officer to get their name and badge number.

https://www.404media.co/fucklapd-com-lets-anyone-use-facial-recognition-to-instantly-identify-cops/

‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops

A free tool that allows anyone to upload a photo of an LAPD officer to get their name and badge number.

404 Media

MikeSafari 6d ago

Bread and Circuses Jun 21

Of course I would prefer no cars at all, but this is certainly an improvement…

MikeSafari Jun 20

Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱Jun 19

I had already basically written-off ever going back to the United States ever again, but these (repeated) stories of completely innocent travellers getting detained and deported are the nail in the coffin.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-my-reporting-on-the-columbia-protests-led-to-my-deportation

How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation

Alistair Kitchen on being detained at Los Angeles International Airport and sent back to Australia because of his reporting on the protests at Columbia University criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza.

The New Yorker

MikeSafari Jun 20

SwiftOnSecurity Jun 19

In command prompt type:

hostname|clip

to put machine name in clipboard

MikeSafari Jun 20

SwiftOnSecurity Jun 19

I'm lucky to have a massive ZIP file of my music from 2012, my library has gotten so butchered I'm going to have to pull it out of retirement. And stuff falling off Spotify, etc. For example CD-length Deadmau5 mixes are all gone you can't even buy them online.
https://mastodon.social/@True_Heresy/114705456853561557

MikeSafari Jun 16

Jack Daniel (often offline)Jun 15

Overheard yesterday:
"May he die surrounded by friends.
You know, like Julius Caesar."

MikeSafari Jun 16

David Gerard Jun 16

the problem with LLMs

https://bsky.app/profile/craigshackleton.com/post/3lrnweyuz2c2c

Show thread

MikeSafari Jun 12

@aby Wait, why are police investigating pregnancy losses anyway? The fuck?

MikeSafari Jun 11

Bread and Circuses Jun 11

Do the right thing.