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@cazencottChloé Azencott bloody daffodils. This is outrageous.
@HydrePreverLe Néandertal sous benzo the name upsets me even more than the tool. Bloody well done.
You might think it's not a priority with all the doom happening around.
But the erosion of privacy rights is directly linked to the erosion of human rights, and the loss of democracy.
Privacy makes it safe for you to discuss, to organize, to resist, and to be your true self. This is exactly why fascists and authoritarians are attacking it.
If we lose privacy, we lose everything else. We have to defend it with all we've got.
Privacy rights are a priority.
@Em0nM4stodonEm 
Also a somewhat distinct right of #anonymity that’s being lost. That you can walk down the street without strangers ID’ing you, likewise surfing the Internet
みなさまおはようございます。
今日もみなさまにとってお健やかに素敵な1日がおとずれますように。
You are broke so we are going to charge you for being broke.
-Bank fees
Tiny Privacy Tip for The Holidays 🎄📸:
Do not forget to ask for consent before posting online a photo including other people.
Data privacy is team work and consent is essential. This is important.
Always ask first ✔️💚
You might think it's not a priority with all the doom happening around.
But the erosion of privacy rights is directly linked to the erosion of human rights, and the loss of democracy.
Privacy makes it safe for you to discuss, to organize, to resist, and to be your true self. This is exactly why fascists and authoritarians are attacking it.
If we lose privacy, we lose everything else. We have to defend it with all we've got.
Privacy rights are a priority.
@Em0nM4stodonEm Privacy and free expression leave your mind outside the purview of fascists. You can still say 2+2=4. This must be defended in order to defend anything else, or we end up with the modern equivalent of the town crier, the bottleneck to control the flow of information.
寒っ、寒っ😆
With algorithmic management, bosses have figured out new ways to evade the law and steal from workers https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/25/roboboss/#counterapps
Workers trapped by algorithmic management are stripped of agency and problem-solving opportunities.
"Cloudworkers" and other algorithmically managed workers are relentlessly surveilled.
おはさむ・すぎる
With algorithmic management, bosses have figured out new ways to evade the law and steal from workers https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/25/roboboss/#counterapps
Workers trapped by algorithmic management are stripped of agency and problem-solving opportunities.
"Cloudworkers" and other algorithmically managed workers are relentlessly surveilled.
Intellectual challenge: Come up with a plausible meaning, any plausible meaning, for the target triple "none-none-none".
Maybe impossible.
Has anyone ever done compiler backend work that resulted in defining a target triple for a turing machine. Or lambda calculus, or the SKI machine
Palm!!! - Hirohisa Suzuki
https://macthemes.garden/themes/1a7e8b587d98-Palm
Every astronomer who complains about satellite streaks has heard the same response from techbro-types: "Why don't you just put all your telescopes in space?"
There are an incredibly large number of reasons why that is totally not going to work. But here's another from Borloff et al "Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy"
The accompanying News & Views piece "Even in space, satellites photobomb telescopes" by @merrdiff.bsky.socialMeredith Rawls is excellent!
Here's a lovely space-based telescope image, with 560,000 satellite friends. Thanks, techbros.
You are broke so we are going to charge you for being broke.
-Bank fees
AI Warning: Google has been caught A/B testing replacing real article headlines with AI-generated substitutes, which are of course sometimes wildly misleading/against journalistic ethics. If you see a blatantly horrible headline in a news aggregator, check whether the site's own page matches before blaming the site! https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/googles-toying-with-nonsense-ai-made-headlines-on-articles-like-ours-in-the-discover-feed-so-please-dont-blame-me-for-clickbait-like-bg3-players-exploit-children/
with or without AI, A/B testing as practiced by Silicon Valley is unethical. It ranges from quiet gaslighting to full-on Stanford prison experiments with no ethics board or informed consent.
函館だって!!
True Blue #photography #sky
A really bright evening in #Bangalore today. I had to take a photo.
@Life_isC.Suthorn 
Die Asbestplatten!
@quincy Hocheffizienzasbest. @Life_isC.Suthorn
Intellectual challenge: Come up with a plausible meaning, any plausible meaning, for the target triple "none-none-none".
Maybe impossible.
@codinghorrorJeff Atwood I actually asked the question to someone I know who is still there and they told me that, to them, it is a battlefield where they stay in order to save the last ones that can still be saved...
I'm a member of the Boulder Valley School District's "District Accountability Committee" or DAC. Each school in the district has a representative that meets once a month at district headquarters to hash out policy, budget, and other recommendations to the school board.
At last night's DAC meeting, during the Q&A period following our Superintendent's briefing (in which he brought up the ongoing problem of kids vaping in school bathrooms), I mentioned an amazing talk I saw at this past 
@defcon #DEFCON33 called "Unmasking the Snitch Puck: The creepy IoT surveillance in the school bathroom" - video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCnojaEpF2I
You see, New Vista High School, which just opened a brand new building, has installed these devices, called a Halo 3C Smart Sensor, in all the bathrooms and elsewhere inside the school building, and has made a measurable impact reducing the number of vaping-in-school incidents. But, as I told superintendent Anderson, the sensor itself brings along with it some seriously problematic security vulnerabilities, in addition to the undocumented capabilities that the researchers in the talk exploited.
The superintendent's response to that made the whole room bust out laughing: "Andrew, you never fail to bring to my attention things that scare the hell out of me" - to which I responded, literally my job, Rob. It's why they call it "Threat Research" my guy.
This is why every community board, council, committee, etc. needs a thoughtful hacker present, to relay important information like this to policy implementers and policy makers who just don't keep up with this space.
#BVSD #schoolboard #edtech #edpolicy #techpolicy #Boulder #COpolitics
UPSのリレーにｶﾁｶﾁ威嚇されました
Kindleで買った漫画が年末年始集英社マンガ祭2025-2026の対象だよってメールをもらったけどやっぱり
> 応募資格
> 日本国内にお住まいで、かつ賞品のお届け先が日本国内の方
AI Warning: Google has been caught A/B testing replacing real article headlines with AI-generated substitutes, which are of course sometimes wildly misleading/against journalistic ethics. If you see a blatantly horrible headline in a news aggregator, check whether the site's own page matches before blaming the site! https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/googles-toying-with-nonsense-ai-made-headlines-on-articles-like-ours-in-the-discover-feed-so-please-dont-blame-me-for-clickbait-like-bg3-players-exploit-children/
Another canary in the collapsing coalmine.
A paper today in Nature by Borlaff et al. on the impact of ever-increasing numbers of satellites in low-Earth orbit on space telescopes like Hubble, SPHEREx, & CHEOPS today, & Xuntian & ARRAKIHS in the future.
The number of proposed satellites is eye-watering, & the effects on astronomy horrendous – there are wider effects on pollution of the upper atmosphere & safety of key orbital assets as well.
I've had a lot of financial setbacks this year. Ripped off several times on my way out of the US. Medical emergency and follow-up appointments that had to be paid for out of pocket. Higher costs than anticipated due to Masters dragging on and tying me down past the best time to leave.
I try hard to keep costs low. I walk in a lot of pain sometimes so I can avoid paying for transportation.
I'd really appreciate whatever help you could spare trying to get an accessible ride again.
The point to donating to this trike crowdfund on #BandcampFriday is that Bandcamp waives its fees for me on that day. Only PayPal will charge me a fee. So that increases the amount of money from a music purchase that goes to me and this recumbent crowdfund.
So this Friday, December 5th, if you're able to donate to help a disabled geezette like me out, I would so appreciate it. https://meganlynch.bandcamp.com/album/songs-the-brothers-warner-taught-me #BikeNite #BikeTooter #MutualAid #Accessibility
In meinen Augen ist es kriminell, Schüler:innen zwangsweise #Microsoft auszuliefern.
Freie und offene Systeme sollten Standard sein.
Intellectual challenge: Come up with a plausible meaning, any plausible meaning, for the target triple "none-none-none".
Maybe impossible.
Why are my headphones buzzing whenever I run my game?
Link: https://alexene.dev/2025/12/03/Why-do-my-headphones-buzz-when-i-run-my-game.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46135627
Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business
Link: https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46137783
I just filed a Rust compiler Major Change Proposal to introduce a standalone, non-WASI Wasm Component target using the `wasm32-component` target triple:
Die erste Schwarze Frau im Bundestag zu sein, klingt großartiger als es ist.
Heute haben wir im Plenum die Erinnerungskultur verhandelt.
Die deutsche Kolonialgeschichte wird von BKM Weimer an den Katzentisch verbannt. Die meisten finden nichts dabei.
An solchen Tagen spüre ich besonders, dass ich die einzige Schwarze Frau im Raum bin.
@pythonbynightMario Munoz 
@vossisbossMeagen Voss I find I learn a lot by writing. It forces me to think through what I really mean. Building the text structures my thoughts. Editing pulls together disparate pieces that I discover have something in common. Writing isn't just about transferring thoughts from your brain to the world. It's a process that helps form those thoughts.
@nedbatNed Batchelder @vossisbossMeagen Voss YES!
I think that's maybe what bugs me about trying to bypass the process altogether.
There is genuine value in learning how to communicate effectively and clearly. Reading through your own drafts, identifying holes in logic or continuity, and sometimes mulling over a specific word that needs tweaking for a specific context--this is an empathetic endeavor (whether conscious or subconscious) toward your reader. It is communal!
And many times, that process uncovers some things you may have overlooked or taken for granted in the past. (This happens every time I try to find how many "just" or "simply" I put in my technical writeups.)
It is unfortunate that this process lacks value for those who would otherwise offload a large part of it to the LLMs.
あ、おはようございます
Big, unnamed, splotchy-gilled mushroom, and more. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/12/look-again.html #VancouverIsland #Fungi #Mushrooms #Invertebrates #Insects #NaturePhotography
while organising some CDs I remembered I have this—it is easy to overlook as it not a classical album but the jazz–classical fusion project of popularity from from a different time. I just stacked it together with Bach, and didn't think more about until I was about to write the pun "Back to Bach", suggesting I am about to have a period listening to Bach again.
I had to google for the title, and it is immediately clear many musicians or promoters have a hard time saying "No!" (I don't like albums that are puns by default, but make exceptions), because ever since the 60s "Switched-On Bach" and "Back to Bach", there is pun in Bach.
I would not select this when choosing Bach to listen while working, but I see that I have not explored Jacques Loussier further, so there might come a time that I will do just that
I don't think i own a CD player, so it is physical mostly for reference. This copy isn't even the first issue of that album, that was originally called "Play Bach live in Japan". huh—he also released an album titled "Bach to the future".
🚀 Ferrocene 25.11.0 is out!
Includes our first IEC 61508 (SIL 2)-certified subset of core, enabling certifiable #Rust for safety-critical systems across multiple architectures.
Also includes updates from Rust 1.89 & 1.90.
🔗 Release notes: https://public-docs.ferrocene.dev/main/release-notes/25.11.0.html
A Safety Certified (SIL 2) Rust libcore is shipping today! Hats off to my colleagues for this extraordinary feat.
eupol, depol, kritis
Die ganzen #Microsoft-Fans werden noch merken, dass sie blank und dumm dastehen, wenn die #USA irgendwas Wichtiges abrupt abstellen.
Lmao. Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service. Microsoft simply doesn't know how to make profit out of AI because it is not profitable for anyone right now. So they are adding AI to Windows 11, GitHub, Office, and everything else they own, hoping that somewhere, somehow, profit will magically show up for shareholders.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/zig_quits_github_microsoft_ai_obsession/
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