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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/112593346831011142
So hear me out... I've just been inform about the Gum Wall in Seattle and have an idea.
Kitty has something to tell you
@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
oh my gods, he looks and sounds so much like Prometheus!
Can"t a fella get a good night's sleep around here. Arrrg
https://amy.is-a.dev/posts/no-e2ee/ got angry on main
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One week in, and the little furballs are settling in very happily. I think this morning's sun might be the first time their silver linings have been so nicely highlighted!
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Now more than ever, people have seen the real-world risk of invasive face recognition technology. We won’t lose focus. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/seven-billion-reasons-facebook-abandon-its-face-recognition-plans
Wow, I had been running out of patience with Yegge’s uncritical #GenAI boosterism, but this is epic: “The AI Vampire.”
As usual with Yegge, it could have been edited down to half its size, but go read it anyhow. I’m going to adopt that “AI Vampire” phrase and start using it, a lot.
They are just like us:
“Agents shouldn’t be rawdogging the internet anyways”
(As seen on Reddit)
Air to Ground Message:
MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL... WILL LGA BE THE BIGGEST SHTSHOW OF THEM ALL WE FLY ALL DAY TODAY LOL YALL EXPECTING IROPS MG
Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Type: Embraer 175 (Enhanced Wing)
A: #a3f91bb3363
F: #f96ab740ee0
Winter sunrise.
#Watercolour on paper, 11x14 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt
Painting of the day 2181.
Happy Valentine's Day from Charlotte 
Meeting in the cat cave 😅💖 #FosterKittens #cats #caturday #CatsOfMastodon
LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptop
Link: https://github.com/TechPaula/LT6502
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025399
美 최장수 애니 '심슨 가족' 800회 맞아…"종영은 멀었다"
(로스앤젤레스=연합뉴스) 김경윤 특파원 = 미국의 최장수 시트콤 애니메이션 시리즈인 '심슨 가족'(The Simpsons)이 800회를 맞았다.
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260216002100075
It's good to see people quitting large AI companies and being candid about the immediate harms that led to their resignations.
And: claiming that AI-based ads will "manipulat(e) users in ways we don’t have the tools to understand" is just another lie.
We do understand this. It's what adtech has been doing for decades.
We don't need to have a metric for precisely how much the poison will burn to know that drinking it is best avoided.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11664538/anthropic-ai-safety-researcher-mrinank-sharma-quits-concerns/
the birth of the internet?
Hi friends,
As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.
I have seen firsthand what happens when the government sends children and families to camps — detention centers, “facilities,” whatever name they choose to soften the blow. I know what that kind of incarceration does to a child’s spirit, to a family’s sense of safety and belonging. I cannot stand by while our government once again enables agents to strip people of their dignity, their rights, and the fundamental freedoms every human being deserves.
That’s why I’m urging you, with all the gravity this moment demands, to add your name to a petition telling Congress: abolish ICE.
When enough of us raise our voices together, we remind our leaders — and ourselves — that compassion is our strength, not cruelty.
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/158/719/983/?TAP=2430&source_id=AbolishIce
Remember when we told you it was never about “come here legally”?
The Trump regime is expanding efforts to strip citizenship from foreign-born Americans — folks like me.
It was always about developing a white ethnostate ruled by fascists.
https://youtube.com/shorts/zHa0160UI9c?si=HTuF0kLkfgR96ZaY
If you own glasses that record people without their consent, we can't be friend, and please don't talk to me.
@Em0nM4stodonEm 
I cannot express how much I've been dying for glasses that are also screens since I read Snow Crash.
And I cannot further express how angry I am that the companies finally making that a reality are fucking it up by making them inherently surveillance devices.
Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel
You "may be part of an experiment where your information will be processed by an age-assurance vendor, Persona."
#Discord #privacy #surveillance #AgeVerification #enshittification #Persona #Palantir #dystopia #socialmedia #gaming #technology
Today we played with miniature displays, some artwork and merch, new KMK macropads, and also did some future planning. #meetup #maker #london
https://hackwimbledon.org/news/2026-02-15-micro-displays-building-connections/
Micro displays & building connections
A small meetup this week, in more ways than one! Andy had seen some articles about using an ESP32-powered LCD as a miniature monitor but he had not been able to get the exact model of devboard mentioned, and ended up with a slightly larger 1.9" screen instead of the 1.14" model. It turns out that the original code was (probably?) written for Windows, as well, so he had to jump through some hoops with Python, Wayland, and desktop portals to get things to work.
hackwimbledon.org · HackWimbledon
Link author: 
HackWimbledon@hackwimbledon@mastodon.org.uk
If you own glasses that record people without their consent, we can't be friend, and please don't talk to me.
@Em0nM4stodonEm yes, and that also goes "AI pins". I've actually had to tell some people how insanely creepy it'd be for them to just bring these things everywhere to "summarize" their life. bad enough on its own, but even worse if they send off the audio/transcripts to be summarized by an inference provider.
美 최장수 애니 '심슨 가족' 800회 맞아…"종영은 멀었다"
(로스앤젤레스=연합뉴스) 김경윤 특파원 = 미국의 최장수 시트콤 애니메이션 시리즈인 '심슨 가족'(The Simpsons)이 800회를 맞았다.
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260216002100075
今日が何の日か知ってるぅ？
"It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me, and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor — who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."
Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
古典を用意したノゾミ
” 되겠네Making the best of a cold and snowy evening 🙂🌨 #CatsOfMastodon #TheNetherlands #Lego
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Since Cookie came into my life, she's not just a cat… she's a piece of my heart walking on four legs 🐾🤍. With her sparkling eyes and soft fur, Cookie has always filled the house with warmth and peace, as if she knows exactly how to brighten my day with just a look or a gentle meow.
And today I have wonderful news… Cookie got married! 🥹✨ It feels like she's grown up suddenly before my eyes, and is about to begin a new chapter in her life.
Does the Bandwagon.fm player not work on iOS?
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Certains instrumentalisent le décès tragique d'un membre d'un service d'ordre d'extrême-droite à Lyon pour dénoncer l'antifascisme comme responsable et générateur de violences.
Inversion nauséabonde.
Le fascisme génère l'antifascisme, pas l'inverse. Il n'y a pas d'équivalence (et personne ne doit mourrir).
Dessin de Jo dessin de presse
This morning we spent a couple hours introducing ourselves to other businesses in beautiful downtown #Milwaukie. They're a really welcoming bunch!
While doing that, we learned that the Made In Milwaukie store has the BEST free schwag in the whole #Portland area. 😍
Not bad for a 3 days old account! Take that #TikTok! 
https://vido.social/invite/a_019c0565-43b2-7142-a249-c4193ce9565dFNNtC5E
🔴 ❤️ - AOC: "Wir sehen Volkswirtschaften auf der ganzen Welt – auch in den USA –, in denen extreme Einkommensungleichheit zu sozialer Instabilität führt und in gewisser Weise den Autoritarismus vorantreibt … Das ist eine direkte Folge nicht nur der Einkommensungleichheit, sondern auch des Versagens der Demokratien über Jahrzehnte hinweg, dies zu erreichen – das Versäumnis, höhere Löhne zu liefern, das Versäumnis, Unternehmen einzudämmen."
Gesamter Stream:
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/live/wF4ZRwJCwTw
“Measles is a nasty illness for any child, but for some it can lead to long term complications and tragically death, but is so easily preventable with two doses of the MMRV”
Protect your loved ones and those around you. Get vaccinated.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev7edxxzm7o
Today we played with miniature displays, some artwork and merch, new KMK macropads, and also did some future planning. #meetup #maker #london
https://hackwimbledon.org/news/2026-02-15-micro-displays-building-connections/
Micro displays & building connections
A small meetup this week, in more ways than one! Andy had seen some articles about using an ESP32-powered LCD as a miniature monitor but he had not been able to get the exact model of devboard mentioned, and ended up with a slightly larger 1.9" screen instead of the 1.14" model. It turns out that the original code was (probably?) written for Windows, as well, so he had to jump through some hoops with Python, Wayland, and desktop portals to get things to work.
hackwimbledon.org · HackWimbledon
Link author: HackWimbledon@hackwimbledon@mastodon.org.uk
#Roblox, #Reddit and #Discord users must use biometric #ageverification tool backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel
@JamesBaker says:
“People are worried, and angry, about having to hand over biometric scans of their face to overseas companies just to access online platforms. This includes children.
“Users deserve to know who is behind these systems, how their data is being used, and to have a real choice about who verifies their identity online.”
They're the same picture dot jpeg
❤️ A big thank you to all the #maintainers of:
@archlinuxArch Linux 
@centos 
@debian 
@elementary 
@fedoraFedora Project 
@FreeBSDFoundation 
@gentoo 
@linuxmint 
@manjarolinux 
@netbsdNetBSD Foundation 🚩 
@nixos_orgNixOS 
@openbsdnowOpenBSD Now! 
@opensuseopenSUSE Linux 
@tails 
@ubuntuCanonical Ubuntu
+ other distributions who enable so many crucial aspects of our society. #ilovefs ❤️
(Please help by thanking those maintainers of distributions for which I did not include their #mastodon account 🙏)
Your reminder that we do not accept code contributions that have been generated by LLMs. If you submit LLM-generated code we will simply close the pull request
https://docs.elementary.io/contributor-guide/development/generative-ai-policy
jnkrtech
Inside Fediverse
Evan Prodromou
![A white and grey cat lying on its side on the floor next to a box with a drawing of a wine bottle, with its back legs up.
[Portuguese] Gato branco e cinza deitado meio de lado no chão ao lado de uma caixa com desenho de vinho, com as patas traseiras para cima.](https://s3.metapixl.com/metapixl-media/public/m/_v2/602314164030286761/fbedcc803-0ec729/s5n6gzVfhSoy/7bHAhHn3QXG9ce9MwEdErSmEBHaPIGBSVmEKyv7m.jpg)
![White and gray cat lying on its side on the floor, sleeping soundly, with its little teeth visible through its half-open mouth.
[Portuguese] Gato branco e cinza deitado de lado no chão, dormindo profundamente, com seus dentinhos vistos pela boca entreaberta.](https://s3.metapixl.com/metapixl-media/public/m/_v2/602314164030286761/fbedcc803-0ec729/wqAT2KL8FgLK/d88bU3g1DO50yvLAolHyD1xiU6vIta2ZXiX51JHq.jpg)
🏳️🌈🖖🏽 
Andy Piper
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