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Tired: straight
Wired: nonpracticing bisexual
It's been nice being on Linux for the last year or so. Every update is something like -Performance improved 30% -New cool feature added -Compatibility increased Whereas every Windows update has been -Your PC cannot boot anymore -Your SSD is dead -We trained our AI on your credit card number.
"Monty Python was better" as the default reply to modern slop
A small group of users in the U.S. will start to see search results that include interactive product carousels with pricing, images, and direct where-to-buy links. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/reddit-is-testing-a-new-ai-search-feature-for-shopping/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Sometimes in life you have to stop when you least expect it.
Sometimes all you can do is... wait.
AI Makes You Boring
Link: https://www.marginalia.nu/log/a_132_ai_bores/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47076966
Doña Maria Rigoberta Martinez
RE: https://mastodon.social/@appassionato/116098569156517959
So, which mask do you wear - a tragic or expressionless one?
WHAT IF THERE WAS A SET OF NEUTRAL RULES THAT APPLIED EQUALLY TO EVERYONE?
Not a gift from the geeks. A gift from the grifters
like many open source repos, mine are also getting spammed with AI slop.
my attempt at this is to "prompt inject" the spammy agents into refusing to do the bare minimum, and try enforce contribution guidelines as much as possible.
anyone care to review my PR? other examples of projects doing this?
Replace `prettier` with `oxfmt` (#37893) by renchap has been merged! https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/e24737c612730fd865f62905484dbfa25b82d27e
„Innenminister Poseck will der Polizei erlauben, untergetauchte Ausreisepflichtige per Handyortung aufzuspüren. Die Gewerkschaft der Polizei warnt vor einer "perfiden Menschenjagd" nach dem Vorbild der US-Behörde ICE und lehnt den Vorstoß ab.“
For no reason that I can explain, I am curious about which is scarier to you? If you hate binary choices, you may wish to forgo the poll.
Nice that 
@kagihq Translate is available on iOS now. Using it as my new default.
https://apps.apple.com/se/app/kagi-translate/id6748310237?l=en-GB
There were a lot of horrible things about the George W Bush administration which continue to impact us even today. But we learned one essential lesson from it we shouldn't ever forget
Don't put the comic relief character as the lead role
RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116098046729306020
Hello yes this is me also.
One of the wonderful things about the #Fediverse are the people you meet. Especially when your isolated from your community. I so rarely get to interact with other musicians that it is always a pleasure to talk to them and hear them perform.
In that spirit I yesterday had the opportunity to listen to a livestream by @alisynthesis . I had never heard her music before but had a fantastic evening listening to her. If you don't know her then do take a listen. I will certainly be listening to more of her.
I have also had the opportunity to talk with @elifyalvac . She has such an amazing back catalog of music in many different genres as well as a podcast. I am quite overwhelmed with her music and I feel that I learn from listening to each of her tracks. So do take a listen to her.
I know there are many more musicians out there and so little time to listen to everyone.
Sending love to you all, Sammi xxx
For fans of my thread from a couple weeks ago re: that anthropic paper about the effects of AI on learning, I collected it into a blog post with a slightly more professional tone. Should be a lot more shareable than a mastodon thread.
https://jenniferplusplus.com/reviewing-how-ai-impacts-skill-formation/
MastoAPI Enhancement Proposals? I'd like to hear some opinions about the idea.
MastoAPI Enhancement Proposals? I'd like to hear some opinions about the idea.
@mkljczknicole mikołajczyk i could definitely see some use in a standard for unofficial mastoapi extensions
(note: chuckya has had an api_versions field for some time now, and glitch-soc just recently added its own)
remember Nostr? probably not.
It's been a few years, but the "chance of working" tagline next to invalid JSON still cracks me up
https://web.archive.org/web/20230301005459/https://nostr.com/
Not a gift from the geeks. A gift from the grifters
Amp가 〈코딩 에이전트는 죽었다〉는 제목의 글을 올려서, 난 또 무슨 엄청나게 획기적이고 그 누구도 상상도 못 한 차세대의 혁신적인 에이전트를 선보인다는 줄 알고 설레며 읽어봤는데, 그냥 에디터/IDE 확장은 없애겠다는 공지였다… 누가 그런 공지를 이렇게 거창한 제목으로 해요.
I have had my Kinesis Advantage 2 for long enough that it could legally vote in the US
@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber my model m ssk is turning forty next year. perhaps we should start a retirement home for keyboards.
salt-lang.dev looks like something that I might like… systems language with code contracts. I’d read more about it, but their graphic design talents are amazingly hostile. I can’t read this on safari on my iphone, but maybe it’s just my eyes?
The History of the View-Master
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/the-history-of-the-view-master/
my workflow so far is to always clear my db rm tap.db* run tap and ingester again whenever things get out of sync. this doesn't seem like the intended workflow? @dholms.at@bsky.brid.gy halp
"Let me get this straight:
Trump🚨greenlit a #Palantir “master database”
8 new🚨"mega #detention centers" are being built
#CBP🚨just bought access to Clearview’s 60B‑image facial ID system
#DHS🚨is now demanding names of social media users critical of ICE
#ICE agents🚨on our streets threatening to put people in a "domestic terrorist" database
And no one sees where this is going?
-J Bassler
#BigTech #Surveillance #PoliceState #Protest #NoKings #Fascism #Nazis #USPol
https://apnews.com/article/ice-detention-facilities-expansion-warehouses-c61c3e23c4246e94a760b4d979cb9c48
"[F]irst time the government has ever filed terrorism charges against 'antifa.'"
"[T]his case could shape 'the future of American civil liberties' and set a precedent that results in 'people facing terrorism charges for doing [..] mainstream activism.'"
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Author: Steven Monacelli
Publication: Texas Observer 
@TexasObserver
February 17, 2026
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#Texas #USA #Courts #Protest #Incarceration
https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/
TFW you explain Gas Town to your therapist
Amazing video with massive FFXIV spoilers
For all the #FFXIV fans, someone put together this amazing animation:
I’ve heard it said
that today’s med students
are using AI
to cheat through med school
so you had better
start eating healthy,
but if you are really worried
about the quality
of your future doctor
you had also better
start wearing a mask.
@viss lul
"Let me get this straight:
Trump🚨greenlit a #Palantir “master database”
8 new🚨"mega #detention centers" are being built
#CBP🚨just bought access to Clearview’s 60B‑image facial ID system
#DHS🚨is now demanding names of social media users critical of ICE
#ICE agents🚨on our streets threatening to put people in a "domestic terrorist" database
And no one sees where this is going?
-J Bassler
#BigTech #Surveillance #PoliceState #Protest #NoKings #Fascism #Nazis #USPol
https://apnews.com/article/ice-detention-facilities-expansion-warehouses-c61c3e23c4246e94a760b4d979cb9c48
TFW you explain Gas Town to your therapist
On 19 February 1957: #Falco [Johann "Hans" Hölzel], Austrian rock vocalist ("Rock Me Amadeus"), born in Vienna, Austria.
#HappyBirthday #69 🎉🎂🎀💗🥳
I've uploaded a new scrolling ASCII art piece, "Candlelight"
https://scrollart.org/candlelight/
(Click VIEW FULLSCREEN for best effect.)
When AI turns grant evaluation into a lottery https://osf.io/d8gcu
On 19 February 1957: #Falco [Johann "Hans" Hölzel], Austrian rock vocalist ("Rock Me Amadeus"), born in Vienna, Austria.
#HappyBirthday #69 🎉🎂🎀💗🥳
“Looksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology.
https://www.404media.co/we-have-learned-nothing-about-amplifying-morons/
ZFS can display I/O statistics for a given pool using the iostat subcommand.
By default, it will display one line of current activity. To display stats
every 5 seconds run the following command (cancel with CTRL+C):
zpool iostat 5
To view individual disk activities, specify the -v parameter:
zpool iostat -v
Of course, both can be combined. For more options, see zpool(8).
-- Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org>
Working from home with my #Plushtodon
BRB just boiling the oceans to generate an SVG of a pelican on a bike
Ael Yokan
silverpill
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Eugen Rochko
