@Salvo

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What people don't understand is it never used to be this bad. Even the tunnels under the Internet used to be well-kept by their inhabitants. Radscorpions were trained by diligent owners and didn't need leashes. There was a sense of community.
A Valentine’s message from your ZX Spectrum.  
As of today, mstdn.social, masto.ai, mastodon.coffee, gram.social, pixey.org, vido.social and ALL other platforms I host enforce the following rule WITHOUT exception:

3/3

He was banned from racing in that helmet.
He was disqualified before he could compete.

When an athlete stands for truth, honour, and remembrance, that is already a victory.

Thank you, Vladyslav, for defending their dignity 🇺🇦

#MemoryCannotBeBanned

Fun Fact: My smartphone is turned off 95% of the time or so. I only turn it on when I have a specific need for a specific function. The overwhelming vast majority of my activities are on desktop systems, using native code or browsers where the invasive permissions of common mobile apps are generally not present. REMEMBER: The reason so many websites push you to use their mobile apps is that the iOS and Android permission environments provide vastly more opportunities for the collection of your personal data.

security advice, 1996: writing your passwords down in a notebook is a very bad idea and nobody should do it

security advice, 2026: writing your passwords down in a notebook is one of the most secure storage methods for most users

(fun how threat models change over time, eh?)

RE: https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/top-stories-u7govdf1z/-/a-Dpz7LK2BRzGyXWsVpl3LMA%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0

this is completely against the Voting Rights Act ―because proof has never been enough for fascists.

they will demand you look exactly like whatever photo they decide is you and write exactly the signature they decide is yours. oh, you don't live in the same address? can’t vote. forget about transitioning: you’re a cis woman who had plastic surgery? too bad.

ALL OF THESE EXCUSES WERE USED BEFORE THE #VRA

white people, the fascists are coming for your right to vote.

#USpol #2026Elections

A very large CDN supplier emailed us today to say they are having to increase prices because their energy costs have risen up to 2x and servers are now 1.5x the price.

Sounds like AI crap making everything else more expensive, again.

"AI is built on the collective knowledge of humankind."

No. Nononononono. It is not built on _knowledge_, it it built on _data_. And not everyone's experiences are available as data, many communities are excluded. Also: "Collective" implies some sort of collaboration and shared activity. But "AI" is just accumulation by a few powerful.

So No. It's not collective but extractive, not knowledge but data, not humankind but the hegemonic western view. Everything in that statement is wrong.

A female OpenAI executive who raised concerns about the upcoming ‘Adult Mode’ - which lets you sex ChatGPT girlfriends - has been fired for ‘sexual discrimination against men’

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-executive-who-opposed-adult-mode-fired-for-sexual-discrimination-3159c61b