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avuko

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I just wanna go slow, sit still, and come undone.

Everybody wants to be a warrior,
nobody wants to be a nurse.

Move slow and make things.

#DeGrowth: nothing of value is lost.

#DigitalAutonomy #DigitalSovereignty #InfoSec #ThreatIntel #CSIRT #STIX #CTI #DFIR #OSCP #OSCE #GCFA #ISO8601 #ActuallyAutistic ∞ #SecularBuddhist ☸ #Solarpunk #Historian #Dutch #PublicServant (I am here as citizen) he/him :donor: ⠠⠵

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@eunews@mastodon.social avatar eunews , to random

US sanctions turn International Criminal Court judge’s daily life into a nightmare

French ICC Judge Nicolas Guillou is living a nightmare after the US sanctioned him and other judges for issuing an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, once again exposing the risk of Europeans' reliance on American services.

http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/18/us-sanctions-turn-international-criminal-court-judges-daily-life-into-a-nightmare

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@eunews

Not to distract from this justified outrage, but in the background, the EU is preparing to share (or are already sharing?) personal data of EU citizens with this US.

Including biometrics. And via the DHS, no less.

The same DHS, and especially their "border and immigration control" elements, which have been identified by US civil rights organisations as the most unrestrained and dangerous government organisation in the US?

Yes, it sucks if we can't use US services.

But it sucks even more if the same US can target us individually and at scale, because they know literally everything about us.

From the detailed Personally Identifiable Information (PII) our government voluntarily shared.

https://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2025/sharing-personal-data-united-states-must-be-accompanied-comprehensive-and-effective-safeguards_en

@avuko@infosec.exchange avatar avuko , to random

There is a really simple and non-violent way to rid ourselves of billionaires.

You see, a billionaire is not a person.

Because “billionaire” does not describe an intrinsic trait of a person.

There is wealth, valued at billions of (most often) dollars. And there is a person who controls that wealth. Because we allow it.

Take the control away, and the billionaire is gone.

✨Poof!✨

🪄 Like magic, You are now left with billions to redistribute amongst the people, and one person (or group of persons) you probably should offer some publicly funded treatment for one or more mental disorders.🌈

It really is that simple.

But yeah: “it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.”

@avuko@infosec.exchange avatar avuko , to random

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@avuko/115842394968244138

I see people again (read: still) wondering and fretting why the supposedly non-fascist elites aren’t doing anything.

Though it is uncomfortable to acknowledge, there is an obvious reason for it.

@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green avatar gerrymcgovern , to random

"A sharp increase in e-waste has accompanied the surge in electronic equipment. In 2022, 62 million tons of e-waste was produced globally. Canada’s e-waste tripled between 2000 and 2019 and is expected to reach 1.2 billion kilograms by 2030. These statistics demonstrate an urgent environmental crisis that demands new ways of thinking and educating future generations."

https://theconversation.com/to-tackle-e-waste-teach-kids-to-be-responsible-consumers-265712

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@gerrymcgovern @peachfront

“Responsible consumers”.

Capitalism only works if consumers are not responsible.

Capitalism only works if everything is consumed and needs to be replaced.

I call bullshit.

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange avatar briankrebs , to random

They had me at the headline: AI isn’t replacing jobs. AI spending is

"From Amazon to General Motors to Booz Allen Hamilton, layoffs are being announced and blamed on AI. Amazon said it would cut 14,000 corporate jobs. United Parcel Service (UPS) said it had reduced its management workforce by about 14,000 positions over the past 22 months. And Target said it would cut 1,800 corporate roles. Some academic economists have also chimed in: The St. Louis Federal Reserve found a (weak) correlation between theoretical AI exposure and actual AI adoption in 12 occupational categories."

"Yet we remain skeptical of the claim that AI is responsible for these layoffs. A recent MIT Media Lab study found that 95% of generative AI pilot business projects were failing. Another survey by Atlassian concluded that 96% of businesses “have not seen dramatic improvements in organizational efficiency, innovation, or work quality.” Still another study found that 40% of the business people surveyed have received “AI slop” at work in the last month and that it takes nearly two hours, on average, to fix each instance of slop. In addition, they “no longer trust their AI-enabled peers, find them less creative, and find them less intelligent or capable.”

https://www.fastcompany.com/91435192/chatgpt-llm-openai-jobs-amazon

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@briankrebs AI isn’t responsible for layoffs, it is just fulfilling its primary purpose:

To create plausible deniability for the billionaires’ wealth extraction, class war, disinformation, destruction of the fourth estate, and fascism. To name but a few.

@404mediaco@mastodon.social avatar 404mediaco , to random

NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.

The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here: https://www.404media.co/army-tells-soldiers-to-go-to-german-food-bank-then-deletes-it/

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@404mediaco USians have no idea how close they resemble the Roman Republic and Empire.

It is both astounding and pathetic.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , (edited ) to random

Children's safety is non-negotiable.

We've asked Snapchat, YouTube, Apple and Google to provide information on age checks, recommender systems and app store risks.

Under the Digital Services Act, they must prove how they protect minors from harmful content and illegal products.

More 👉 https://link.europa.eu/nkJBRV

A laptop surrounded by yellow stars and icons representing online safety, privacy, and ad restrictions. Text reads: 'DIGITAL SERVICES ACT – Snapchat, YouTube, Apple and Google to provide information to ensure child safety online.' European Commission logo at the bottom.
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@EUCommission

I you want maximum harm reduction without violating people’s privacy, just ban what I’ll coin Over-The-Top* advertising. All of these platforms’ advertising.

Yes, that will result in YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Google et al disappearing overnight, their place eventually taken over by federated services.

Talk about maximising harm reduction!

*) from Telco-OTT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telco-OTT

@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

President Trump says he’d consider using the Insurrection Act to deploy the military if federal courts prevent him from deploying the National Guard. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/06/trump-insurrection-act-national-guard-00595241

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@w7voa if he does, does that mean a US continental war between states (with some states backed by the federal government)?

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

can't wait to read Elon's new bio on Grokipedia

Tweet by Elon Musk: We are building Grokipedia @xAI . Will be a massive improvement over Wikipedia. Frankly, it is a necessary step towards the xAI goal of understanding the Universe.

Tweet by Elon Musk: We are building Grokipedia @xAI . Will be a massive improvement over Wikipedia. Frankly, it is a necessary step towards the xAI goal of understanding the Universe.
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@molly0xfff

Lemme guess the quiet part: “We are going to build it by scraping wikipedia.”

@tante@tldr.nettime.org avatar tante , to random

The answer to "the AI systems that corporate overlords push everywhere are shit" is not "so we need open source AI".

These systems are shit cause they structurally are. They are just being shoved everywhere to reduce labor power. "Open source AI" (if that even existed) is not changing that.

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@tante “AI” in its current form is literally just a “plausible bullshit generator”.

It generates bullshit, we’re doing all the mental work of deciding what we’ll let pass as plausible.

Whatever we let pass as plausible, poisons all of our cultural heritage and all of our bodies of knowledge.

As a result, our descendants are going to have “low-slop sources”, just like we now have “low-background steel”.

As someone once said about nuclear waste:

“… nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us.”

GenAI must die.

@Lana@beige.party avatar Lana , to random

Writes down: mask bans are UNconstitutional now apparently.

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@Lana

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

Exhibit # 9.999.999.998

@kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange avatar kevinrothrock , to random

lol, what a loser

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@kevinrothrock

I guess the sabotage is coming from inside the White House. 🤣

“Regarding the teleprompter, we have no comment since the teleprompter for the US president is operated by the White House,” [Stephane] Dujarric [spokesperson for UN secretary general Antonio Guterres] said.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/24/trump-angered-by-bad-escalator-stop-united-nations-white-house-vows-investigate-malfunction

@Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI

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@Daojoan

Nature is healing.❤️‍🩹

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange avatar briankrebs , (edited ) to random

All the feckless scheming by the Democrats isn't going to unseat the Orange Tyrant in the White House. It's going to take mass public demonstrations, extended work stoppages/strikes, govt shutdowns, and sustained and viral boycotts of companies that bent the knee for profit or because they have spineless leaders.

Not saying it's going to be easy, but violent resistance is not the answer, as the Cheetoh-in-Chief would like nothing more than that. Nonviolent resistance works, and has a long history of unseating despotic leaders.

From today's NYT:

"President Trump demanded on Saturday that his attorney general move quickly to prosecute figures he considers his enemies, the latest blow to the Justice Department’s tradition of independence."

“We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility,” Mr. Trump wrote in a social media post addressed to “Pam,” meaning Attorney General Pam Bondi. “They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!”

Mr. Trump named James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director; Senator Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California; and Letitia James, the New York attorney general, saying he was reading about how they were “all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done.”

"Asked later by reporters about his message for Ms. Bondi, Mr. Trump said, “They have to act. They have to act fast.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/trump-justice-department-us-attorneys.html

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@briankrebs there is, of course, already a lot of violence and political murder happening in the US. But not jet in similar amounts towards MAGA and the orange emperor*.

But yeah, as a final non-violent action, a general strike is a good idea.

The last time i suggested that on here, a lot of USians pushed back. In summary, they said they “couldn’t afford” it.

Yes, resistance is made harder by a lot of people living pay check to pay check. Poor people can’t afford to complain. That’s the whole idea.

But in other times and in other countries, people under even worse circumstances made the choice to strike nonetheless.**
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_strike

It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime
What better place than here, what better time than now?

—RATM

*) America is an empire, not a kingdom. That’s what has the rest of the world so worried.

**) in the end, the strikes didn’t help, and we had to resort to a lot of violence and kill many of them to finally (or apparently only temporarily) annihilate the fascists.

@mildsunrise@tech.lgbt avatar mildsunrise , to random

i can't believe this is how i found out oracle is buying tiktok

screenshot of a post by @micr0@wetdry.world: "wait ORACLE??? fucking ORACLE???? is buying tiktok??????? 😭😭😭" the post is being replied to by @Oracle@pathetic.systems: "YEAAAA BABYYYY !!!! WOOOOO"
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@mildsunrise

The Oracle that’s taking over TikTok, that’s the same Oracle that wants to build the AI driven open-air prison, right?

https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-keep-citizens-on-their-best-behavior-2024-9

The same Oracle that pledged fealty to Trump a couple of days ago?

https://archive.ph/2025.09.05-190347/https://www.wired.com/story/tech-ceos-donald-trump-white-house/

The same Oracle that got the rights to build datacenters and what not for their open-air prison AI?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/21/trump-ai-joint-venture-openai-oracle-softbank

That same Oracle is getting access and control over TikTok, the Chinese brain-killing, disinformation and censorship control app?

I mean, what could possibly go wrong?

@kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange avatar kevinrothrock , to random

The arrested ex-governor of Russia’s Kursk region has admitted to accepting 30M rubles ($354K) in bribes. That's a start, but he & his former deputy face fraud charges over at least 1B RUB ($11.8M) embezzled from defense contracts earmarked for border security. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8025575

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@kevinrothrock mymy, those rubles sure aren’t what they used to be… 😉

@kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange avatar kevinrothrock , to random

Orwellian nightmare aside, this is some bizarre grammar. Surely they meant “Americans”?

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@kevinrothrock this surely is a fake account?

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

The only Ukrainian land Ukraine should offer Putin is 2 square meters on a cemetery.

(Inspired by @n1xnx )

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@randahl @n1xnx I’d chip in for Putin’s last resting place to be a Ukrainian public urinal.

@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green avatar gerrymcgovern , to random

"New approach to economic organization is urgently needed, one that doesn’t rely on endless growth and that respects both human needs and the environment. Degrowth offers such an alternative: an economy grounded in sufficiency, where production focuses on fulfilling needs and promoting wellbeing in harmony with the natural world. Achieving this requires an equitable reduction in our material and energy consumption, bringing us back within the planet’s ecological limits."

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/why-canada-needs-degrowth

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@gerrymcgovern

From an earlier conversation I came away with what I consider to be a beautiful slogan:

“degrowth: nothing of value is lost”

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@gerrymcgovern someone better at marketing than I (and with a more optimistic spirit) can probably rephrase that to only contain positive words.

@avuko@infosec.exchange avatar avuko , to random

I’m going to migrate off to now.

I’m wondering how much time and effort it will take.

Update 1: 31 repositories, and there is some mouse clicking involved. Tempted to build a script, but not yet.

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

Ignorance is how we got here. Sigh.

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@georgetakei your ChristoFascist (XF) overlords, like all autocrats, know an educated people is a strong people.

That’s why they started destroying your educational system years ago. And they were very, very successful.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar aral , to random

We allow psychopaths and sociopaths to chart the course for humanity and then wonder why we live in a dystopian hellscape.

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@aral the “allow” part is what drives me nuts.

It’s only because we let people.

@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

AWS Deleted all data despite redundancy, backup, dead man’s switch. This is why you need to keep all your data offline. The 3-2-1 backup rule is a good data protection strategy that states that you kee 3 copies of your data, storing them on 2 different types of storage media, and keeping 1 copy offsite under your bed or office. Don't trust your hosting company's backup service.

https://www.seuros.com/blog/aws-deleted-my-10-year-account-without-warning/

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@AAKL@infosec.exchange avatar AAKL , to random

This isn't scare-mongering. The US regime has implemented search engines that hunt for specific words and online behaviors in social media.

"From now on, every word you write and every photo and video and podcast you post will be analyzed, weighed, and judged for something far more sinister than targeted advertising."

The Register: I just deleted my entire social media presence before visiting the US – and I'm a citizen https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/column_social_media_entrapment/ @theregister

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@AAKL @theregister for us non-USians:

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

A primer for the civically ill-informed.

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@georgetakei

“The death of the American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein occurred on August 10, 2019; ” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jeffrey_Epstein

“Donald Trump […] was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, as the nation's 45th president, and his presidency ended on January 20, 2021.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidencies

@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange avatar JessTheUnstill , to random

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    @JessTheUnstill

    To paraphrase John Milton:

    What though the gui be lost?
    All is not lost;
    the unconquerable will,
    sh, sed, awk,tr, cut and |:
    And what is else not to be overcome?

    @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange avatar kevinrothrock , to random

    jeeeesus

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    @kevinrothrock I just had to verify.

    It's real.

    Every follow-up from Grok, even when challenged, is further evidence of that good 'ol saying: "Garbage In, Nazi Out".

    https://x[.]com/grok/status/1942639450988896463

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    @JessTheUnstill i asked multiple frameworks to generate 200 unique nouns, with between 5 and 7 characters.

    They were neither unique, nor all nouns, nor all between 5 and 7 characters.

    It was a list of 200 of them, I’ll give them that.

    @w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

    US Embassy Thailand - All who are applying for an F, M or J nonimmigrant visa must adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media accounts to ‘public’ for vetting.
    https://th.usembassy.gov/visas/

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    @w7voa across all countries from my small sample (just changed country codes in the URL)

    https://nl.usembassy.gov/visas/

    @tante@tldr.nettime.org avatar tante , to random

    Teaching people how to use LLMs is not "upskilling", it's the opposite.

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    @tante

    Scientifically proven fact:

    https://www.brainonllm.com/

    @w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

    CNN - DHS Secretary Kristi Noem transported by ambulance to a hospital in Washington, DC. https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/politics/kristi-noem-hostpital

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    @w7voa
    Zero. Fucks. Given.

    Here’s the actual news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsoC4vsTy_g

    @indivisibleteam@mastodon.social avatar indivisibleteam , to random

    Due to a shelter-in-place order and ongoing safety concerns following a shooting that targeted two elected officials, the No Kings protest in Northeast Minneapolis has been canceled.

    Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the communities impacted by this horrifying violence. https://www.fox9.com/news/melissa-hortman-john-hoffman-lawmakers-shot-minnesota

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    @tante@tldr.nettime.org avatar tante , to random

    The narrative that will do all routine and we can just focus on important/strategic/big picture things works because it tell us that we are oh so smart and special. WE DO THE BIG STUFF.

    Newsflash: If your big picture decisions are not grounded in real experience they are gonna end up bullshit.

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    @tante the same story was told to sell us factories, computers, cars etc.

    It is never ment to lift us up, only to shift us out and down, further and further away from the fruits of our labor and connection to our families, friends and communities, resulting in increased alienation and exploitation.

    PS: Not a very original take, I know ;)

    @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social avatar gamingonlinux , to random

    If your industry (AI) can only exist by ripping the work of others without credit, then it shouldn't exist.

    The big companies are just steamrolling over the rights of everyone because they're getting away with it. Governments have been cowardly to act on this.

    "Nick Clegg: Artists’ demands over copyright are unworkable The former Meta executive claims that a law requiring tech companies to ask permission to train AI on copyrighted work would ‘kill’ the industry" - The Times
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    @gamingonlinux “unworkable”

    I don’t know what you think it is you AI lot are doing, but “work” it ain’t.

    @stux@mstdn.social avatar stux , to random

    Just blocked an IPv6 used by a Russian troll with multiple accounts

    I recommend admins blocking this IP from signing up:

    2001:999:580:70ce:4c9c:480a:7009:a31f

    Not a but could be handy tagging it

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    @stux

    Huh, coming via Finnish Elisa Mobile.

    Max trolling.

    [...].v6.elisa-mobile.fi

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    A family tree where every branch is rotten.

    A screenshot of a post on X by user Fernando Oliver, Esq. (@Fernand46357857 ). The post includes an image with the text "THREE GENERATIONS OF SCUM" at the top. Below are three sections labeled "GRANDPA," "FATHER," and "SON." Under "GRANDPA," the text reads: "FUGITIVE IMMIGRANT DRAFT DODGER PIMP." Under "FATHER," the text reads: "RACIST SLUMLORD TAX CHEAT." Under "SON," the text reads: "RACIST | SLUMLORD TAX CHEAT | GRIFTER DRAFT DODGER MONEY LAUNDERER TRAITOR."
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    @georgetakei don't forget "mobster" for father and son.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    If as President you answer “I don’t know” when asked if you’ll follow the Constitution, you have violated your oath of office and should be removed.

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    @georgetakei By whom?

    Who do Americans think will come to rescue them?

    Senators? Judges? The UN? Santa Claus? God? Y’all still believe in fairy tales.

    @jerry@infosec.exchange avatar jerry , to random

    Based on my dns hosting bill, it looks like someone tried to ddos infosec.exchange’s dns… at least it didn’t work.

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    @jerry let us know if we need to chip in?

    @hosford42@techhub.social avatar hosford42 , to ActuallyAutistic group

    Currently listening to:

    The sound of Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot walking back and forth between two work areas, on infinite repeat, in my brain. Each time it moves, it takes nine steps; I counted them in the high fidelity recording that my brain's auditory centers have unilaterally decided that I need to listen to over and over until further notice.

    Why do I get non-musical sounds stuck in my head just like "catchy" songs? IDK. The same thing happens with most of my other senses, which is a big contributor to my sensory sensitivity to noise, touch, smell, and visual motion/unpleasant images. I can tell you long afterward exactly where my arm brushed the shower curtain, which dogs were barking and where in the neighborhood they're located, or the gruesome details of that awful thing I saw. Smells are special; recalling an unpleasant one can make me gag even years later, and then, like audio, I can't turn it off.

    Yay, sensory reverb.


    @actuallyautistic

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    @hosford42 actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group

    “Every verse is the same verse. All songs are just one giant mashup.”

    To me this just further confirms your acute sense of hearing. ;)

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    @GreenRoc @hosford42 actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group there are amazing skills underneath this all, but too much of a good thing is still simply too much.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    It’s not theoretical. It’s not a future threat. It’s already here: a system of detention and deportation operating outside the law. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-ice-gestapo-abrego-garcia

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    @georgetakei Not Gestapo. That comes later and will probably be created out of the FBI.

    The equivalent is more like the SA (Sturmabteilung, https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-sa),

    The Secret Service, and especially the Presidents protection detail, will likely be turned into an equivalent of the SS (Schutzstaffel https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/ss).

    All neatly together under the DHS, which I think will fall under direct control of either President or his most trusted confidant in the near future.

    @ProPublica@newsie.social avatar ProPublica , to random

    Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since 2021.

    Deaths tied to the disease are also up — hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years — and cases are on track to exceed that total in 2025.

    Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

    Text: Amid a measles outbreak, whooping cough cases have soared as vaccine rates decline. Graph: Bar chart with year on the x-axis (2014-2024) and number of whooping cough cases on the y-axis (0 through 30,000). The chart shows that cases of pertussis were over 30,000 in 2014, but remained at or below 20,000 from 2015 through 2023. In 2020 and 2021, cases dropped below 10,000 because most schools closed due to COVID-19. Cases stayed low in 2022 and 2023. But in 2024, cases shot back up to 35,435.
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    avuko ,
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    @ProPublica

    Measles can also wipe out most of your adaptive immune system.

    You know, the protection you got from both previous illnesses and vaccines.

    Using the expression from someone I hold dearly: "it's a layered shitcake."

    @nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

    Mom: "It costs nothing to be polite."

    Billionaire Techbro: "Actually..."

    Me: boo 😒 hoo. The environmental impact of this mess is unbelievable and sad

    Sam Altman says being polite to ChatGPT costs OpenAI millions in electricity.
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    avuko ,
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    @nixCraft This should be taken as nothing but a full admission of the complete and utter waste of energy that goes into AI.

    Next up: water!

    @Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

    People who loudly proclaim they "don't care what others think" invariably care deeply what others think about the fact that they don't care what others think.

    avuko ,
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    @Daojoan wondering how this maps to the people who insist everyone should care about what they think*.

    *) often more accurately “feel” or “believe”.

    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

    Google is gifting a year of Gemini Advanced to every college student in the US
    Got a .edu email? You can sign up for a free year of Google One AI Premium.
    https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/google-is-gifting-a-year-of-gemini-advanced-to-every-college-student-in-the-us/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    avuko ,
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    @aral @arstechnica

    Yeah, and then also kindly fuck off out of every other kind of education.

    https://classroom.google.com

    @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

    Trump’s Trump Media & Technology Group has just asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate and potentially pursue civil and criminal action against a short seller

    To: Mark Uyeda, Acting Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission From: Trump Media & Technology Group Date: April 17, 2025 Subject: Potential Illegal Naked Short Selling and Market Manipulation of DJT Stock CC: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA); Nasdaq; New York Stock Exchange This letter serves to inform you of suspicious activity related to a disclosure filed in Germany by the U.K.-based hedge fund Qube Research & Technologies ("Qube"). The following data points raise critical questions about the timing and methods used in Qube's trading activities: On April 10, 2025, Qube disclosed a nearly six-million share short position in Trump Media & Technology Group Corp ("TMTG") (NASDAQ, NYSE Texas: DJT). Thus, a U.K.-based entity, with a data center in Iceland, only disclosed these short sales in Germany. According to Nasdaq, the total short interest in DJT as of March 31, 2025, was 10.7 million shares (see attached chart). Third party sources inform TMTG that the total short interest as of April 16, 2025, is virtually unchanged-approximately 11 million shares. Neither Nasdaq, NYSE Texas, nor any other source has been able to confirm when the trades disclosed by Qube were conducted or if they were conducted at all. The above factors, especially when combined with the history of suspicious trading surrounding DJT stock-including DJT appearing on
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    avuko ,
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    @molly0xfff holy shit. That’s… brazen.

    @Alice@beige.party avatar Alice , to random

    I’m very bad with names and internally associate people by notable attributes and that makes me live in fear of bumping into them and needing to introduce them to my husband.

    This is my husband, Kevin.
    Kevin, these are our neighbors, GossipMom and Mustache.

    avuko ,
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    @Alice @andrewfeeney

    Ymmv, but faceblindness and difficulty remembering names are definitely known phenomena within the Tribe.

    Often offset/compensated by remembering other details about people or situations, in my experience.