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Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/

So an ai generated article about an ai generated blog post about an ai generated pull request that got rejected. This feels like a new high water mark for absurdity. Things are going just great

Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations

We are reinforcing our editorial standards following this incident.

Ars Technica

A reminder that the Trump regime lies about absolutely everything. https://theintercept.com/2026/01/23/mahmoud-khalil-palestine-protest-rubio/

When you see any statement from this corrupt government, you must ASSUME it is a lie.

And we need, collectively, to educate everyone -- especially people serving on juries -- of this reality.

New Legal Documents Show Marco Rubio Targeted Students for Op-Eds and Protesting

Rubio accused Mahmoud Khalil, Yunseo Chung, and others of supporting terrorism, but records unsealed after litigation by The Intercept undermine his claims.

The Intercept

New post:

"A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 3: Let’s install NextCloud"

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-3-lets-install-nextcloud/

And sorry for repeating myself, but the path to digital independence and empowerment is easier than you thought.

My self-hosted #NextCloud has fully replaced WeTransfer, Google Drive and Dropbox for me... and it's only the tip of the iceberg.

I hope this visual guide will help fellow newbies.

#SelfHosting #YunoHost #MySoCalledSudoLife #FOSS #blog #resist

A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 3: Let’s install NextCloud

A step-by-step visual guide for self-hosting newbies that shows off how to install NextCloud via the YunoHost system

Elena Rossini

In light of the PSF's recent loss of an NSF grant and attendant funding shortfall, I will be matching donations up to $5000. Send me your receipts.

Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot 😉.

Microsoft: We write 30% of code using Gen AI.

The rest of the world: That explains the current state of Windows 11, MS-Office and all other products.

#ai

There's been a lot of fretting recently—some of it from me—about there being Too Much Politics On Here, encouraging people to (A) stop posting so much about it and (B) post about other things. This is a valid concern but I want to take a moment to put a structural lens on this problem.

“All billionaires must submit a list of five things they did for society in the last week or their wealth shall be confiscated”

(Don't know who to credit)

CBI Image of the Day: In 1969, Macmillan Publishing printed its first edition of the Baseball Encyclopedia. This was also the first time ever stats were compiled using computer technology. #baseball #computer #technology #tech #sport #sports #statistics #stats #computation #data #book #books #history
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