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I see the comparison of "AI" with Asbestos
And I think it is totally correct. I fear that we will suffer decades of damages caused by "AI" (or more specifically, LLMs) being integrated int "everything"

Sadly, I see another apt comparison
It asbestos combined with Radium fad. The marketing at the beginning of the 20th century that radium-infused products were beneficial to health or whatever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_fad

I'm not aware that asbestos was ever marketed in a similar aggressive manner.

#AICon

@Em0nM4stodonEm
Well, there you go.

Only just made a Bluesky account, thinking it would help me promote my books a little farther.
Felt kinda uncomfortable with it, to be honest, but saw it as an obligation.

But nope. You gave me the perfect excuse to get and stay off.
Me and my 9 measly followers won't make that big of a difference, but I'm gone.

Readers on the Fedi are better, anyway 😜

사실 혐오자들도 사람이라고 생각해서 어떻게든 설득하려고 했지만 돌아오는 것은 우리 동지들의 부고소식이었습니다.

Hello creature. #catsofmastodon #caturday

보송보송 동글동글 고로로롱

#無言でロボットをあげる見た人もやる

Some good news in a time of darkness: the European wildcat, Felis sylvestris, is making a comeback! This thoughtful-looking example was photographed in a mountainous region of the Czech republic.

The European wildcat's extreme elusiveness may have helped it avoid hunters in places where a larger native cat, the lynx, has been killed off. There may be about 140,000 European wildcats spread across more than two dozen countries. But they are very hard to find!

Wildlife photographer Andrea Giovanni, who made a video of one, writes:

"I'd never even thought of taking photos of wildcats, for a simple reason: I thought it was impossible, or at least, extremely difficult. It's considered 'the ghost of the forests' because it's very, very elusive, and it's hard to predict where it can be spotted. Other animals tend to follow the same trails through the forest. The wildcat goes wherever she wants to."

One reason the European wildcat is coming back is increased legal protections. But another is that villages in Italy and other regions are becoming depopulated! Some are very worried about declining human populations. But it does make room for other species. That gives me some hope for the future.

I got this picture, taken by Vladimír Čech Jr in the Doupov mountains, from a very nice article on the European wildcat:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260112-rare-images-of-europes-ghost-cat

For more on this species:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_wildcat

Seven subspecies have been demarcated!

#cats #catsOfFedi #catsOfMastodon

졸려서 이만 자러 갑니다 안녕히 주무시고 좋은 꿈 꾸세요 고양이 사진 투척

우리 고양이 물어와도 됨 지금 8번째 공 다시 던지라고 내 얼굴에 폼폼이 계속 올려놓음 나 힘들다...안 던져주니까 쬠 시무룩하신 듯

https://discord.gg/x5ZkNx4SY

디스코드 펨웨어개발자 커뮤니티

Tfw you could have been writing urban fantasy bestsellers and going to board game night at the queer sober bar but instead you can’t go outside without a bustle and a chaperone

1880s lesbian novelist named Amy Levy is a truly tragic born in the wrong century situation

Today I once again remembered this is a thing that exists

#caturday is for napping.

#cats #CatsOfMastodon

So, going forward, Auto Encrypt¹, Kitten², and Catalyst³ will be seamlessly (automatically; with zero config) supporting Web Numbers⁴ (IPv4, IPv6), and, of course, should you want to point one at your server for old time’s sake, legacy domain names too.

I still have some dev to do on this on the Kitten side of things but I’m hugely excited about being able to remove another centralised component – DNS – from the Small Web⁵ (peer-to-peer, personal web) as we inch nearer to making it available this year to everyday people who use technology as an everyday thing.

¹ https://codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-encrypt
² https://kitten.small-web.org
³ https://catalyst.small-web.org
⁴ https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
⁵ https://ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen/

#SmallWeb #SmallTech #SmallTechnologyFoundation #peerToPeerWeb #personalWeb #WebNumbers #decentralisation #web #dev #humanRights #democracy

I've switched from Thunderbird to the Fastmail application on Android. It seems to have improved, and since neither respects Material Design, I'll choose the better application.

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.

#Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy

@GargronEugen Rochko
Whatever happened to "never again"?

Whenever you see what #ICE is doing in front of cameras, you must imagine what they're doing where nobody can see them--like in the concentration camps the USA is building. It's easy to read those words and much harder to fathom what they mean; that this is happening in our day and age, in what until recently was believed to be a first world country. "Abolish ICE" doesn't go nearly far enough in my view.

Does anybody else find it annoying that tech consents don’t have a “no” option anymore? Like Venmo just sent a push notification asking if I want to open a debit card and the options were “Yes” and “Maybe later.” Not later, Venmo. Stop asking!

Some good news in a time of darkness: the European wildcat, Felis sylvestris, is making a comeback! This thoughtful-looking example was photographed in a mountainous region of the Czech republic.

The European wildcat's extreme elusiveness may have helped it avoid hunters in places where a larger native cat, the lynx, has been killed off. There may be about 140,000 European wildcats spread across more than two dozen countries. But they are very hard to find!

Wildlife photographer Andrea Giovanni, who made a video of one, writes:

"I'd never even thought of taking photos of wildcats, for a simple reason: I thought it was impossible, or at least, extremely difficult. It's considered 'the ghost of the forests' because it's very, very elusive, and it's hard to predict where it can be spotted. Other animals tend to follow the same trails through the forest. The wildcat goes wherever she wants to."

One reason the European wildcat is coming back is increased legal protections. But another is that villages in Italy and other regions are becoming depopulated! Some are very worried about declining human populations. But it does make room for other species. That gives me some hope for the future.

I got this picture, taken by Vladimír Čech Jr in the Doupov mountains, from a very nice article on the European wildcat:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260112-rare-images-of-europes-ghost-cat

For more on this species:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_wildcat

Seven subspecies have been demarcated!

#cats #catsOfFedi #catsOfMastodon

#MagicInTheMundane

#photography

Escaping the trap of US tech dependence

Link: https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46659194

"Thank you for calling The Void. Your scream is very important to The Void but right now it's overwhelmed. If you could please leave your scream at the beep The Void will accept it as soon as possible. Thank you. "

I'd love to hear uplifting news, stories, or just things y'all are creating and doing. I'm getting bogged down in the doom.

#good #goodNews #creative #projects #hobby #fun #Happy

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@jfmezei/115903954764380552

Prime Minister Mark Carney states Canada’s position clearly:

1. The future of Greenland is a decision for Greenland and Denmark.

2. We are NATO partners with Denmark, and so our obligations under Article 5 and Article 2, stand, and we stand fully squarely behind them.

3. We respect our obligations and our responsibilities under NATO and we expect all NATO partners to do the same.

Look for the slight head nod and knowing smile on “ça suffit”.

#Greenland #Canada #Arctic #Carney #ElbowsUp

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1880s lesbian novelist named Amy Levy is a truly tragic born in the wrong century situation

The Best Robot Mop System: Flat, Spinning, or Roller?

https://hackaday.com/2026/01/17/the-best-robot-mop-system-flat-spinning-or-roller/

Bloquear el teléfono, prestar atención a lo que se lleva puesto e idear planes para comunicarse con los demás son medidas clave que hay que tomar antes de asistir a una protesta. https://ssd.eff.org/es/module/asistir-una-protesta

Kinda weird how I see ppl from the US telling us Europeans that we should stand up against Trump. Maybe clean your own house (and senate) first? It's your country, your president. You are far better equipped to end this dystopia. I am counting on you. And rest assured, we WILL stand with you in that fight.

Very serious, very sentinel #caturday #catsofMastodon #cat

I'd love to hear uplifting news, stories, or just things y'all are creating and doing. I'm getting bogged down in the doom.

#good #goodNews #creative #projects #hobby #fun #Happy

Fuck … and I cannot stress this enough … Trump.

To obtain a neat PostScript rendering of a manual page, use ``-t'' switch
of the man(1) utility: ``man -t <topic>''. For example:

man -t grep > grep.ps # Save the PostScript version to a file
or
man -t printf | lp # Send the PostScript directly to printer

This initiative as part of the FreeBSD laptop support enhancements project didn't pan out in time for FreeBSD 15.0 but now they are working on getting the installer option ready for FreeBSD 15.1: FreeBSD 15.1 Aims To Have KDE Desktop Installer Option - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.1-KDE-Desktop-Option

Fuck … and I cannot stress this enough … Trump.

Kinda weird how I see ppl from the US telling us Europeans that we should stand up against Trump. Maybe clean your own house (and senate) first? It's your country, your president. You are far better equipped to end this dystopia. I am counting on you. And rest assured, we WILL stand with you in that fight.

Bloquear el teléfono, prestar atención a lo que se lleva puesto e idear planes para comunicarse con los demás son medidas clave que hay que tomar antes de asistir a una protesta. https://ssd.eff.org/es/module/asistir-una-protesta

"Somehow" our #NeighborCat Evan got in. Our elderly cat, Mojo, has no idea he's there.

#caturday #BlackCatsOfMastodon

I wonder if used #Apple #MacBook Pros that are still on Sequoia command a premium?

They should. For the right price I'd part with mine. Individual resale value for a 2021 MBP 10 core / 16GB / 1TB is around $800. Let's say, $1200?

50% mark up seems reasonable.

美國總統川普 #Donald_Trump 宣佈要向丹麥等歐洲8國加徵關稅，2月加10%，6月調升至25%，直至有關「完全及全面的格陵蘭收購」達成協議為止

8國包括丹麥、英國、挪威、德國、法國、荷蘭、芬蘭、瑞典，都是兩天前派了士兵往格陵蘭 #Greenland 的國家

https://europechinese.blogspot.com/2026/01/815-25.html

@Em0nM4stodonEm I've read that in an Ars Technica post, this quote was from a privacy expert referred to as em 💡.

Annoying Linux geeks by pronouncing "Debian" like the last name of Montréal Victoire goalie Ann-Renée Desbiens

The 'untouchable hacker god' behind Finland's biggest crime

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/17/vastaamo-hack-finland-therapy-notes
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46656045

기초일본어를 배워봅시다

안녕하세요
こんにちは

감사합니다
ありがとうございます。

이건 얼마인가요?
これはいくらですか？

혼돈의 소용돌이에 삼켜진 이야기꾼이여 나의 언명에 따라 여기 조율을 시작하오니
混沌の渦に飲まれし語り部よ 我の言の葉によりて、ここに調律を開始せし

만상의 서적이여 나의 언명에 따라 우리들을 시작의 페이지에 데려다 주리니 리페이지
万象の書物よ 我が言の葉によりて、我らを始まりの真へと誘え リ・ページ

혼돈의 소용돌이에 삼켜진 이야기꾼이여 나의 언명에 따라 그대의 운명을 재편하오니
混沌の渦に飲まれし語り部よ 我が言の葉によりて、汝の運命を再編せし

천지 만상을 이루는 서가여, 나의 의지에 응하여 지금 여기에 새로운 책을 추가할지니 크리에이션!
天地万象を約めし書家よ 我が意志に答え、今ここに、 新たなる書物を加えたまえ クリエイション！

사실 혐오자들도 사람이라고 생각해서 어떻게든 설득하려고 했지만 돌아오는 것은 우리 동지들의 부고소식이었습니다.

Hack & Craft! Today! In just over an hour! https://fossandcrafts.org/hack-and-craft/

Come code things, come craft things!