@siracusa Overview of a Jony Ive designed infotainment/interior controls for Ferrari EV
@kezcub I watched it yesterday. Will discuss on ATP eventually.
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Mike Masnick
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Trumpism is a personality cult. This is bad because the cultists have no loyalty to anything beyond Trump and no principles outside of pleasing Trump. But it also means Trumpism is unlikely to have much force without Trump himself.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/post/3mejaw2bldc2k
It also remains one of the saddest things about this whole sordid era: Bad enough to have a major party succumb to a demagogue, but it’s a personality cult around a doddering buffoon who is, along every personal, professional, and moral dimension, one of the least admirable humans on earth.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x2xmijn2egk5g67u3cwkddzy/post/3mejnpsu3m224
Which EU country will be the first to officially move its public institutions to a national Mastodon instance, bringing political debate to the Fediverse and away from disinformation platforms like X?
We know some national-level instances already exist (e.g. in Germany). The question is: who will make it a political decision, not just a technical one?
If you think of another country, add it in the comments 👇
@leavex it will be funny if the answer is: CANADA! 🤣
Again, the best way to understand Putin, Trump, and even Netanyahu, is “L’état, c’est moi.”
And that's how all the billionaires think. That's literally the purpose of the Network States they're trying to destroy the world so they can carve out.
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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Security
Some of my old comics have aged well!
#discord
I see tons of posts about #selfhosting here, and it makes sense. It’s a great option for people who can.
But this excludes the vast majority of regular people who do not have the technical skills to run a data center.
We own it to everyone to make open cloud services that:
- do not put profit first
- do not “own” or “monetize” their users’ data
- resist enshitification by letting users take their data somewhere else
- are as easy and straightforward as the “closed” status quo
@benpate who does selfhost a data center? 😂
Cory Doctorow
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I think Dems should start a Nuremberg Caucus, named for the Nazi war-crimes trials that followed from the defeat of German fascists and the death of their leader:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials
What would this caucus do? Well, it could have a public website where it assembled and organized the evidence for the trials that the Democrats could promise to bring after the Trump regime falls.
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RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116046419430463041
This is an excellent idea. Unfortunately I don’t think the Dems realize they’re the opposition party in an authoritarian regime. They are instead normalizing backsliding. Doesn’t mean that the public can’t do this!
Mike Masnick
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This is true, and even if we get rid of Trump, we still have to reckon with the fact that a substantial proportion of US economic and political elites were *eager* to jump on the fascism train. They will still be the same people when Trump is gone.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lwlwbg4mvvz4uppezlxcczm2/post/3mejhkhh7wc2z
ICE is now saying that revealing its new office locations is a "national security concern."
It's not.
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-expansion-across-us-at-heres-where-its-going-next/
@freedomofpress I stg every time I hear "national security" from this regime, I immediately get Cartman from South Park in my mind... "Respect my national securitah!"
It's so incredibly overused I cannot take it seriously.
joene 🏴🍉
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Tegendemo: Tegen 'genezingsdiensten' Frontrunners
Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 7:30 AM (+1:00)
💜✊ KOM IN ACTIE - HET IS GEEN ‘GENEZING’ HET IS GEWELD
14 februari komt Frontrunner Ministries, geleid door Tom de Wal, naar Utrecht. Zij beweren dat mensen te ‘genezen’ zijn van wie ze zijn.
🧠 zij noemen neurodivergentie ‘demonisch’
🏳️🌈 zij willen LHBTQIA+ mensen ‘genezen”
Dat is onwaar.
Dat is schadelijk.
‼️ Daarom laten wij van ons horen! Wij laten zien dat we de acties van Frontrunner Ministries en Tom de Wal niet accepteren.
✊ Wij staan daar! Jij ook?!
🗓️ 14 februari, 9:30
📍 Utrecht, Stationsplein
🏳️🌈 Kom met vlaggen.
🪧 Kom met protestborden.
🫂 Kom met mensen.
📣 Kom met je stem.
Wij zijn het tegengeluid!
[Dolle Mina (bron)]
Event
Tegendemo: Tegen 'genezingsdiensten' Frontrunners
Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 7:30 AM (+1:00)
💜✊ KOM IN ACTIE - HET IS GEEN ‘GENEZING’ HET IS GEWELD
14 februari komt Frontrunner Ministries, geleid door Tom de Wal, naar Utrecht. Zij beweren dat mensen te ‘genezen’ zijn van wie ze zijn.
🧠 zij noemen neurodivergentie ‘demonisch’
🏳️🌈 zij willen LHBTQIA+ mensen ‘genezen”
Dat is onwaar.
Dat is schadelijk.
‼️ Daarom laten wij van ons horen! Wij laten zien dat we de acties van Frontrunner Ministries en Tom de Wal niet accepteren.
✊ Wij staan daar! Jij ook?!
🗓️ 14 februari, 9:30
📍 Utrecht, Stationsplein
🏳️🌈 Kom met vlaggen.
🪧 Kom met protestborden.
🫂 Kom met mensen.
📣 Kom met je stem.
Wij zijn het tegengeluid!
[Dolle Mina (bron)]
We should all get used to no longer saying "GitHub" but "Microsoft AI GitHub" just so it's clearer where your code lies and for what purpose.
The light in #vancouver is astonishingly beautiful today. After plodding all over town in the rain looking for apartments yesterday, I feel that I have earned this sun!!!
@annaleen Whoa, moving hereabouts! Welcome! Let me know if you come to Vancouver Island and want to go out tromping around in the bush. ~__~
Curious how Crossref membership fees are set? Our latest ticket breaks down annual membership fees, content registration fees, and the principles behind equitable fee tiers. https://community.crossref.org/t/how-does-crossref-calculate-my-membership-fee-membership-ticket-of-the-month-january-2026/15205
@gabriel Felicitaciones! Lo importante es la constancia. ¡Igual 500 m de mariposa es un motón!!
@yabellini si, es una buena distancia. 😁 Y me divierto montones.
for /t/ in English, the rule is approximately
when the phoneme /t/ is the first sound of a stressed syllable, pronounce it as the allophone [tʰ]
that's why <top> is [tʰɑp], and <stop> is [stɑp]
because in <top> the /t/ sound is the first sound of a stressed syllable
whereas in <stop>, the /t/ phoneme is NOT first, there's a /s/ phoneme before it, so it does NOT get pronounced as [tʰ]
languages have many such phonological "rules", as they're called, and the totality of the rules constitute the a bunch of the phonology of the language
1027 words (26735 total) on “The Post-American Internet,” a sequel to "Enshittification," about the better world the rest of us get to have now that Trump has torched America #DailyWords
Powering possibility through play. This #ResearchSpotlight dives into Black Game Studies, tracing how Black creativity and critical thought shape the terrain of digital play. Explore the worlds being built: https://works.hcommons.org/records/lindsay-grace-black-game-studies
Neville Park
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Wikipedia might blacklist Archive.today after site maintainer DDoSed a blog
DDoS hit blog that tried to uncover Archive.today founder's identity in 2023.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-might-blacklist-archive-today-after-site-maintainer-ddosed-a-blog/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
