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Let's also be clear because some people seem confused about what a bigot is.
Passive bigotry is still bigotry.
You might think you aren't a bigot because you aren't actively trying to dehumanize gay and trans people, supporting ICE terrorism, or calling cops when you see black people.
A great interview with @Mer__edith by @404mediaco about the state of @signalapp
Some fun facts I learned -
* See all subpoenas Signal has been forced to comply with at signal.org/bigbrother
* Stickers aren't just fun, they're core to communication for some communities (eg: wildly popular in East Asia)
* Microsoft's recent embedding AI inside its operating system breaks a fundamental privacy norm once held (scary!!)
I have been hesitating to say this but the pattern is now so consistent I just have to share the observation: LLM users don't just behave like addicts, not even like gambling addicts. They specifically behave like kratom addicts. "Sure, it can be dangerous. Sure, it has risks. But I'm not like those other users. I can handle it. I have a system. It really helps me be productive. It helps with my ADHD so much."
I have been hesitating to say this but the pattern is now so consistent I just have to share the observation: LLM users don't just behave like addicts, not even like gambling addicts. They specifically behave like kratom addicts. "Sure, it can be dangerous. Sure, it has risks. But I'm not like those other users. I can handle it. I have a system. It really helps me be productive. It helps with my ADHD so much."
The White House would like us to forget this, but we will not.
is it complex, or is it complicated
Motorola brought back the Razr brand when it began selling flip-phone styles smartphones with foldable OLED displays. This year it looks like the company will launch a Razr Fold that will be its first with a large screen that folds in the center like a book. https://x.com/evleaks/status/2007777165178507364?s=20 #Motorola #MotorolaRazrFold #Foldables #Leaks
I pictured the light at the end of the tunnel.
:)
@joynewacc fuck, my heart
all i can see is this was once a lovely corner. there was probably a shop here. people parked here, people met here, people walked here.
now its rubble and a war haze and decades of rebuilding ...if they ever stop bombing
For the longest time I have been puzzled by the fact that so many women in the MAGA movement are so overly obsessed with their looks — to the point where surgery is involved.
This ex-MAGA woman explains why. I recommend looking past the fact that the video is somewhat unpolished, because her points are solid.
Welcome to the botox MAGA prison, where women have zero value and being a sex doll status symbol for men is all that matters:
https://youtu.be/6dbF5eub05o?si=VxTyGfgpexcZTTS0
Thanks for sharing @macberg
testing FediDeck
Still debugging but FediDeck is coming along!
Got it logged in!!! Now to make it more functional.
Who put Sloth in the deadly sins list?? It’s barely a sin
@farah@beige.party Barely a Sin is probably the title of an erotic fiction somewhere
@sashin Get in the ball, Sashin!
I’m sharing this anecdote because it shows how it is important to speak up. Each one of us can make a small difference.
Discussion about the kidnapping of Maduro last night at dinner with my extended family. General consensus: it’s the law of the strongest, it should be expected.
Meanwhile, me: it’s incredibly dangerous to normalize these actions and accept them. This is not normal… if we change the baseline of what a country can do in the international stage, then that country will take the lack of reactions as a sign… and do something even more shocking in the future. People shrugged and said “we see your point but it is what it is”. Still, I like to think I planted some seeds in their minds regarding the dangers of normalizing extrajudicial actions like what happened yesterday.
Then: two people at the table had their hands glued to their cell phones looking up facts on LLMs like ChatGPT, Gemini and Mistral.
So I had to have my saying about the dangers of using LLMs as search engines, their biases and real objectives. I spoke of the loss of critical thinking and… got eye rolls. But an adult at the table (70+) agreed with me.
Then I suggested that people relinquish their cell phones… and put them on a coffee table in the other side of the room so we could have a conversation without the internet - or LLMs - getting in the way.
More eye rolls and protests… but everyone eventually agreed… except for a 22 year old who protested “how can I get my facts?”… and put her cell phone in her pocket. So for another hour we all talked face to face without anyone scrolling or looking things up on LLMs.
Maybe it’s because I’m an only child but I’m not afraid to speak my mind… even when my opinion isn’t the popular one and I appear to be the “wet blanket” of the family.
Speaking up is important.
These are dark, difficult times but we can all resist.
/fin
@elena I’m very proud of you, seriously! Thanks for sharing this experience. You have every reason to be proud of yourself.
L'incendio che ha causato un grosso blackout a Berlino è stato appiccato da un gruppo di estrema sinistra - Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/2026/01/04/lincendio-che-ha-causato-un-grosso-blackout-a-berlino-e-stato-appiccato-da-un-gruppo-di-estrema-sinistra/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su News @news-ilPost
What a player Conor Bradley.
I said previously: "No tech from blockchain dates later than 2001. Crypto added nothing." https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/115810916143765604
Both here and on bsky, I got crypto fans saying "ah ah ah zero knowledge proofs!" These are indeed used in Monero (money laundering coin) and assorted failed money laundering coins!
However, claiming *credit* to cryptocurrency for ZKPs seems implausible.
I'm actually looking into this and I can find shit that isn't proposals for other failed money laundering coins.
Closest a proponent got was, well, cryptocurrency *funded* it. (No examples, just the blank statment.)
So I'm asking those claiming cryptocurrency drove ZK proof research and uses: which papers with which effects and which resulting products are you thinking of? With checkable details. Thanks.
Ukrainians Welcome a U.S. Victory in Venezuela, and Lament a Double Standard
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/world/europe/ukrainians-welcome-a-us-victory-in-venezuela-and-lament-a-double-standard.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Home Page @home-page-newyorktimes
Sascha @pallenberg hat gesagt, dass er demnächst im Peertube erscheint. Sehr begrüßenswert die Videos sehen zu können ohne sich in Googles Welt zu begeben.
Der Haken nur eben, es kommt bei Peertube nix rein. Es ist egal, wieviel der Kanal Mitglieder hat und ob wer kommentiert.
Damit das nicht gleich wieder im Sand verläuft, sollten wir darüber nachdenken, wie man irgendeine Vergütung einspielen könnte.
Frage in dem Zusammenhang, was ist denn aus Flattr geworden?
@wandenwelterer @pallenberg wir müssten eine PeerTube-version mit Möglichkeit für Werbung und gegebenenfalls "paywall" schaffen, um es möglich zu machen für Kreatöre auf PeerTube zu publizieren...