Mastodawn

wenestvedt Mar 13

VeeRat Mar 12

Sigh.

New boss: “You’re good at writing notes.”

Me: “Thank you, it helps me to remember so I have been writing summaries for many years.”

New boss: “You should try CoPilot and see what it can do.”

Me: “Well I enjoy summarizing my notes, and it helps me to learn and remember.”

New boss: “Let me show you something I did in CoPilot.”

Ugh. Writing it myself helps me LEARN and REMEMBER. Why are these AI zombies so intent on changing a process that is helpful to me? Feeding notes through CoPilot won’t benefit me when it’s the act of writing that works for me.

wenestvedt Mar 11

Chris Fletch Mar 11

Well this changes the tone

wenestvedt Mar 11

Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪Mar 11

#OpposumsOfMastodon

wenestvedt Mar 11

Ars Technica Mar 11

Exploring the science of "tundra tongue"
Highest risk of part of tongue being torn off is with temps between -5° and -15° C (23° to 5 °F).
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/exploring-the-science-of-tundra-tongue/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

wenestvedt Mar 10

Dave Winer Mar 9

Bluesky: "The reason we have enough money for a war is that we get to print money because we have the reserve currency that the whole world uses. So we could afford to buy you a house or pay for your healthcare or forgive your student loan debt but we don’t because I don’t know."

Dave Winer (@scripting.com)

The reason we have enough money for a war is that we get to print money because we have the reserve currency that the whole world uses. So we could afford to buy you a house or pay for your healthcare or forgive your student loan debt but we don’t do it because I don’t know. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Bluesky Social

wenestvedt Mar 2

Dare Obasanjo Mar 2

A lot of people don't understand what the phrase "Strong opinions, weakly held" means in practices. It means having a perspective based on principles. Seeing evidence that renders that perspective obsolete. Changing your opinion based on those principles given the new evidence.

It's essentially the Scientific Method.

wenestvedt Mar 2

Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀Mar 2

Hello #RhodeIsland

I'm over caffeinated, so here goes:

Climate change and inequality are the real problems of the world.

Immigration is a made up problem to distract you from this.

It is a fire lit by the people that would be mildly inconvenienced by addressing those other problems.

wenestvedt Feb 18

ProPublica Feb 18

NEW: For years, the #FDA website warned of products and remedies claiming to treat #autism that were being marketed deceptively and can be harmful.

Just a few:
•hyperbaric oxygen therapies
•chlorine dioxide
•raw camel milk.

Now, under RFK Jr, that advisory is gone.

https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-fda-removes-autism-treatments-warning

#news #RFKJR #health #medicine #safety #government #trump

Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments

The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discredit long-established science.

ProPublica