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Original cover design by Peter Saville in collaboration with the band

#postpunk #joydivision #unknownpleasures

Space people:

Why is the Artemis test called a "wet" dress rehearsal?

During my time in the messaging trenches, we tried to avoid the adjective "wet." In cop novels, "wet work" is, uh, wet. As a parent, "wet" is hardly ever good. Three letters, one short syllable, but it packs a lot of baggage.

Is there a VP of Naming Things Badly at NASA?

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/19/live-artemis-ii-wet-dress-rehearsal-coverage/

Libcom: **An Inheritance: The Anthropology of Liberation - Amiri Barksdale**

https://libcom.org/article/inheritance-anthropology-liberation-amiri-barksdale

@randahl Excellent work!

It's really striking when you become an adult and realize how irrational most adults are.

Arturo the burro here to ask the important Valentine’s Day question:

Are you ever going to pick up our poop?

#asstodon

Happy #Mondog even though this is a burro from the San Antonio Livestock Show. I live with #dogs, but I love animals.

#Burro #donkey #asstodon

Mon obstination autistique pour les ânes, jour 83 (Quatre vingt trois). Qu'il neige ou qu'il vente, je n'aurai plus de week-end.

#Asstodon #SolAne

@pleia2 for his #Hextraction set, @Longwing ended up resin printing the screws

A few months ago ago @pluralistic described the AI bubble thusly:

"The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly. Seven AI companies currently account for more than a third of the stock market, and they endlessly pass around the same $100b IOU."

I've been thinking of it as a check-kiting scam, but it's really simpler than that: it's a game of Hot Potato. Whoever has the IOU when the bubble pops loses the round. The rest scavenge the parts and then start shaking VC trees for the next round.

Day 19/25 20-minute art challenge. Process video will be in comment.
https://www.pictorem.com/2582736/life-in-motion/
#art #abstract #painting #wallart #artprints #ayearforart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6OwIIDZuso
thanks @pluralistic @aljazeera #llm #ai #teamhuman

@jamie @headius I thought @pluralistic made some good points here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

"It’s wonderful to run a company that has a growth stock. Your shares are as good as money. If you want to buy another company or hire a key worker, you can offer stock instead of cash."

Reverse Centaurs of AI, by @pluralistic

https://locusmag.com/feature/commentary-cory-doctorow-reverse-centaurs/

#ai #llm #aislop

@randahl disgusting.

Fun article from Bruce Schneier about the developing world of Promptware attacks:

The fundamental issue lies in the architecture of LLMs themselves. Unlike traditional computing systems that strictly separate executable code from user data, LLMs process all input—whether it is a system command, a user’s email, or a retrieved document—as a single, undifferentiated sequence of tokens. There is no architectural boundary to enforce a distinction between trusted instructions and untrusted data. Consequently, a malicious instruction embedded in a seemingly harmless document is processed with the same authority as a system command.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/the-promptware-kill-chain.html

Someone I know referred to dye-and-perfume-free laundry soap as “neurodetergent,” and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about that since.

Federal judge accuses #Trump admin of ' #terror' against #immigrants in scathing ruling

A federal judge has accused the Trump admin of terrorizing immigrants & recklessly violating the #law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally.

#StateSponsoredTerrorism #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-detention-bond-judge-50a5da122aa51eed77cace0830548df3

Wie oft müsen wir uns anhören, dass für Radwege kein Platz auf der Straße sei. Oder Busspuren den Autoverkehr ausbremsen würden.

🚍 Dabei ist es doch genau aundersrum: Ein Bus oder eine U-Bahn können auf gleichem Raum viel mehr Menschen transportieren, als ein Auto. Es wird Platz auf den Straßen frei!
🚲 Ein guter ÖPNV und sichere Radwege ermöglichen Menschen den Umstieg vom Auto auf die klimafreundlichen Verkehrsmittel – es wird Platz auf den Straßen frei!

There's a reason we don't make screws from plastic (PLA+) 😅

I appreciate the effort to make as much of this index #typewriter 3d printed as possible, but the mix of 3d printed hex screws and 3d printed holes? More than a couple stripped screws. Had to get out the pliers.