Mastodawn

Tech these days: "You have to work from the office so you can have serendipitous interactions with your colleagues that we replaced with the AI that you have to prompt from the office." 🤡

Matt Palmer 4d ago

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lenazun 4d ago

AI is not taking anyone's job, it's some guy making that decision

Matt Palmer 5d ago

Glyph 5d ago

you will not lose your job because an AI will replace you. you *will* lose your job because the white-collar criminals driving AI's fraudulent circular financing are going to cause a global financial crisis when the bubble pops though

Matt Palmer 5d ago

Body-horror photoshoppers, do your stuff!

"Evidence of 25-million-year-old platypuses with teeth found in outback"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-29/ancient-platypus-fossils-with-teeth-found-outback-sa/106616134

Evidence of 25-million-year-old platypuses with teeth found in outback

Researchers have discovered ancient platypus fossils in outback South Australia, where they are believed to have lived with lungfish, flamingos and freshwater dolphins. They also had major a difference from the modern species: well-formed teeth.

Matt Palmer Apr 27

Don't threaten us with a good time.

"E-scooter rental companies say proposed laws threaten Qld viability"

"The government's proposed legislation — including new licensing requirements, a 10km/h speed limit on footpaths, and an age restriction — are expected to become law in July."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-27/qld-e-mobility-inquiry-new-legislation-neuron-lime/106609938

E-scooter rental companies say proposed laws threaten Qld viability

The government's proposed legislation — including new licensing requirements, a 10km/h speed limit on footpaths, and an age restriction — are expected to become law in July.

Matt Palmer Apr 25

codinginquarantine Apr 24

I couldn't stop thinking about this so I had to make it and share it

Matt Palmer Apr 16

I don't think I've ever seen a more load-bearing "could". I mean, I "could" start turning base metal into gold with the power of my mind, but I'm not going to make that the basis of my financial plan.

"Artificial intelligence-enabled robot companions, personal behaviour monitors and pain management apps could soon be used more widely within the sector."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-17/ai-aged-care-boom-and-risks-in-australia/106561812

Australia is on the verge of aged care AI boom

Artificial intelligence-enabled robot companions, personal behaviour monitors and pain management apps could soon be used more widely within the sector.

Matt Palmer Apr 13

Chris Ford

Apr 13

Excellent sustained comparison of AI adoption to the Great Leap Forward. https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/

The AI Great Leap Forward

In 1958, Mao ordered every village to produce steel. The steel was useless. The crops rotted. Today's top-down AI mandates are producing the same pattern: ba...

Han, Not Solo

Matt Palmer Apr 10

The ferry terminal is definitely not where I remember it being.

Matt Palmer Apr 6

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mathew Apr 6

@davidgerard "They stole your code and your art, they built racism into their systems, they're eliminating your job or making it worse, they're enabling criminal fraud, they're trashing the environment, they're making computer hardware unaffordable, they're taking down your web site with their crawlers, and they’re about to crash the economy. Also, their technology is being used to drown out legitimate content with spam, push fascism, generate child porn, and target bombs at hospitals. So why won't you be civil to them and their fans? They just want to talk at you about exciting new uses for the technology, and bully you into accepting it by telling you it's inevitable and you'll be left behind if you don't use it. Your gatekeeping is a tragedy, we should be welcoming them to Mastodon, otherwise number won't go up."