Mastodawn

Every year, January to April, people accuse me of fearmongering in my reporting. Every year around this time, bills pass. And without fail, every year, the ratchet tightens. And now Idaho just passed a bill that could put me in prison for years—for washing my hands in a bathroom.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:m65ifh7vn5zdgs7izcmht4gy/post/3mi2qpk2wi22z

Jernej Simončič �2h ago

kuriko 2h ago

MAMMA

UUUUWWWWUUUU

Jernej Simončič �2h ago

Tim Bray 1d ago

Hmm, writing a thing and, without thinking about it, used the verb “enslopify”. I can’t be the first. I think it’ll catch on.

#GenAI

Jernej Simončič �3h ago

✧✦Catherine✦✧9h ago

i'm in love with aliexpress item descriptions

Jernej Simončič �3h ago

Misty 9h ago

I like how Twitter/Bluesky/Threads have all converged on exactly the same look to the point each app has to inject a little logo in the corner when you take a screenshot so you can tell what the hell site a given screenshot is supposed to be from

Jernej Simončič �3h ago

Jeff Jarvis 11h ago

Some hero renamed the White House on Google Maps as Epstein Island. Bless you, whoever you are.
Post reporters called the White House. Their phones showed ‘Epstein Island.’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2026/03/27/white-house-google-database-epstein/

Post reporters called the White House. Their phones showed ‘Epstein Island.’

Washington Post journalists who called the White House switchboard using Google Pixel Android phones saw “Epstein Island” on their screens Thursday.

The Washington Post

Jernej Simončič �11h ago

Dataline 15h ago

My friend won a hundred bucks at a poster competition for *promoting generative AI adoption* with this poster, by popular vote no less. Hilarious

Jernej Simončič �12h ago

Fi 🏳️‍⚧️12h ago

So, I haven't seen anyone else remark on this yet, but -

if they got into his gmail, then they presumably had the ability to get into his google account -generally-, including things like "backups" and "findmyphone."

Jernej Simončič �13h ago

Nel Apr 29, 2025

I love making the silliest stuff

Jernej Simončič �13h ago

Aline Blankertz Sep 17, 2025

Apparently this requires restating:
We should not want a European Palantir.
We should not want an open-source Palantir.
We should not want a non-commercial Palantir.

If it is supposed to do what Palantir does, we should not want it.

And I don't care to what extent Palantir's products are shaped by political or profit motives. We know enough to reject its logic altogether.