RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115974050817264132

This is why I drew a line in the sand.

The industry wants to turn the browser into a concierge between you and the web, interpreting and filtering your reality. They call it delegation - I call it a loss of agency.

A browser should be a tool you wield, not something that makes decisions for you.

@arstechnica maybe worth mentioning us as an alternative ;)

Yes the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders. – Finding back the source

A lot of people publish unattributed copies of the cartoon "Yes the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.", so I tried finding it back. I found out that the Google Image Search has deteriorated to the point where it could not find the 2012 original. Luckily [Wayback…

http://wiert.me/2025/09/15/yes-the-planet-got-destroyed-but-for-a-beautiful-moment-in-time-we-created-a-lot-of-value-for-shareholders-finding-back-the-source/

En omdat een JPG toch ook maar een interpretatie van de camera is, hierbij een artist's impression vanuit RAW van dezelfde set foto's...

#Schiermonnikoog #DarkTable #aurora #Nederland #naturephotography #noorderlicht #waddenland #landschap #image #raw #art #edit

#PPOD: Here is a little surprise rock from Mars (another one!). NASA's Perseverance rover made this latest discovery in the Jezero crater, and we cannot wait to hear the analysis results. This rock does not look like anything we have ever encountered on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

#space #science #scicomm

@notjustbikes

Your video is flying through g0v, thank you for making it! I live in Taipei and got fed up a few weeks back, so I'm kicking off a g0v project to improve pedestrian rights at the hackathon Sept 29.

Would love help from anyone else here tired of brushes with death!

g0v hackathon: https://g0v-jothon.kktix.cc/events/g0v-hackath63n
My project pitch: https://hackmd.io/7K4kLkseTYCPI7DWoNv5mA

Ambulances aren’t slowed by bike lanes and traffic calming measures

People love to complain about traffic calming, but it makes roads safer.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/07/ambulances-arent-slowed-by-bike-lanes-and-traffic-calming-measures/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social