You know how in every movie set during WWII there’s a scene where Nazis are checking papers on the trains? That is the USA as of today

https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-airport-tsa-federal-immigration-agents-4cfb93f7d2ff5a1ccb87d1bdbf54b959

"Microsoft 365 has more than 450 million paid commercial seats. After roughly two years on the market, Copilot has converted approximately 15 million of them into paying users. That's a 3.3% conversion rate, at $30 per user per month, generating roughly $5.4 billion in annual revenue. That's less than what Microsoft spent on infrastructure in a single quarter (3)."

None of the numbers make economic sense.

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/nadella-paid-650m-recruit-ai-170000361.html?guccounter=1

It's an honour to announce that @jaz has joined the Newsmast Foundation as Commercial Advisor 👏

Jaz has supported the Newsmast Foundation since we first joined the Social Web. He's one of a small handful who realised the vision of our charity and believed in it from the start.

We can't wait to see how his experience helps us shape the future of Newsmast as we deliver our Apps for Change programme and help more communities join the Social Web.

#SocialWeb #Newsmast #SocialMedia #Announcement

Serious offer: i know how to make electric bicycles, electrify analog bicycles and repair broken electric bikes/scooters. If you are in #Brisbane, feeling fuel pinch, and want to get (back/newly) on two wheels, hit me up. Parts to electrify a bicycle cost a few hundred dollars, no need to spend $4000 on a store bike if you don’t want to. I even have some analog bikes we could use for parts. If you have access to ex rental scooters from defunct rental companies, i can also help resurrect these.

Will hold a weekend #ebike #escooter #micromobility workshop if there is interest.

ETA: if not in brissy i can recommend parts to buy

ETFA: if you have a good bike but a dead battery, this can be resurrected for around $100

ETEFA: your replies tell me I'd better pump out a blog post on this subject pronto.

ETYFA: Blog series https://accelerando.com.au/news/

To those who’ve set up #followRequests: Don’t be surprised if you’re currently receiving lots of requests from accounts that appear empty or look familiar.

There’s a major wave of users #migrating, particularly away from mstdn.ca (hashtag). The admin 🧵 : https://mastodon.online/@[email protected]/116278549283984096
When someone migrates, the request is sent again and it takes a while for the #followers to appear on the new profile. It takes also time that you can see content. https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/

#Mastodon #instance #following

Here's a free idea:

No refuelling private jets. ✈️

No matter what price they can afford.

Should be an obvious step 0 in a fuel crisis.
But we wouldn't ever do anything to inconvenience the ultra rich, would we?

#FossilFools

For some reason "AI is just like watching Netflix" is back in my feeds so I took that as a sign to update my data tracking for Netflix. The company's energy use rose 1% from 2021 to 2024.

Compare that to:

Google: 71%
Nvidia: 88%
Meta: 96%
Microsoft: 119%

Where are all the multi-gigawatt, tens-of-megatonnes gas-fired data centres being proposed by Netflix? Are governments frantically rushing fast-tracking laws for video streaming?

A German guard once asked O'Sullivan what was in her suitcase. She laughed. “A wireless, of course!”.

Very early #OnThisDay, 23 Mar 1944 , Maureen 'Paddy' O'Sullivan parachutes into occupied France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive.

The SOE supported the French Resistance. Radio operators were at the greatest risk of capture as their position could be triangulated. O’Sullivan was never captured.

#WomenInHistory #History #WomensHistoryMonth #WW2