"I have cochlear implants and I can only buy parts to fix them or upgrade then from 1 #corporation bc of tech exclusivity. upgrades to get new processors for both ears cost $23k & insurance only covers 90% (and it’s “good” insurance)"

#Cyberpunk #dystopia is already here for the disabled.

https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/734539390906499072/athelind-ironbound-oberon-i-have-cochlear

#classwar #eattherich #ausgov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas

Sam Altman: AI companies will take your job and leave you unemployed

Sam Altman: ... wait not like that

Both Threads and Mastodon surfaced the news of Apple dropping X, and the Sam Altman news within minutes of it being live.

X is no longer the prime place for breaking news, these other platforms have grown to be equal - or actually better at that. And that was X/Twitter's main feature.

People on Mastodon: I don't get why more people don't join the platform. We are very relatable.

Top post on Mastodon: If you spend 72 hours reprogramming the 1982 Commodore 64 computer using a long-forgotten latin coding language, you can make it display a pop-up window that you would typically only see on the original 1984 Apple Macintosh. Go ahead and try it for yourself.

If you're in the US and your phone starts squawking loudly this afternoon, don't worry, it's only a test.

https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system/national-test-2023

If you have an important meeting or video call going on at 2:20pm ET today, you might want to turn off the emergency alerts, or just leave your phone in another room.

On an iPhone, this setting is under notifications, but you have to scroll all the way down to the bottom, after all the individual apps.

Here's something I hadn't considered previously:

Edit: I'm being told by way smarter people that even turning these notification settings off probably won't stop this test on your phone. But turning the phone off will.