Mastodawn

Hey house heads: my friend DJ SirRound is looking for donations for a local PDX radio station... if you're in PDX, or just like to support local house heads (and listen via the net), check it out...

https://xray.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/xray/campaign.jsp?campaign=229&fundraiser=11418&team=null&

The Afterparty: Help us raise $777 for the XRAY.fm spring fund drive

XRAY.FM

Trav Stone Feb 3

A small piece of good news: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/mozilla-will-let-you-turn-off-all-the-ai-in-firefox-browser-if-thats-what-you-dream-of/

Mozilla will let you turn off AI features in Firefox, if you want none of it

Mozilla is adding a new AI kill switch to Firefox that lets you turn off all AI features at once, giving users more control as other browsers continue to push AI features by default.

Digital Trends

Trav Stone Jan 19

Don't know how true this is, but heads up Santa Rosa area... https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1qhg5na/ice_agents_in_santa_rosa_hyatt/

Trav Stone Jan 13

Every year, billions of “Like” buttons are smashed. Don’t normalize button violence. Fondle the “Like” button instead.

Trav Stone Dec 8

is prolly fake, but I choose to believe: https://www.reddit.com/r/programminghorror/comments/1phktuq/manager_in_csuite_meeting_tries_to_fix_error/

Trav Stone Nov 12, 2025

Happy birthday to… me!

Trav Stone Nov 5, 2025

MostlyHarmless Nov 4, 2025

My son told me he was awarded the Leslie Neilson badge at school. I asked “What's that?” He said, “It's a big building with lots of kids, but that's not important right now.”

Trav Stone Nov 5, 2025

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Nov 5, 2025

Brief snapshot of tonight:
•Mamdani wins NYC Mayor
•California passes Prop 50 Redistricting
•Maine votes NO on voter ID laws & YES on red flag laws
•Dems Sweep state-wides in VA & pick up 10+ seats in VA House
•Cincy reelects Mayor Aftab Pureval, beating JD Vance’s brother 78-21

We embrace these victories tonight. Tomorrow, we use this momentum to continue to expand access to justice for all. ❤️✊🏽

Trav Stone Oct 26, 2025

This is fun...

Trav Stone Oct 20, 2025

Louder, for the execs in the back: https://fastcode.io/2025/10/20/why-large-language-models-wont-replace-engineers-anytime-soon/

Why Large Language Models Won’t Replace Engineers Anytime Soon

Explore the mathematical and cognitive limits that stop large language models from achieving true human-like engineering intelligence

FastCode