@catsalad I did this in stone :)
RE: https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/116476861264305122
Sono nella minuscola percentuale dei nuovi arrivati.
Immagino, vista la natura del fediverso, che il sondaggio possa essere viziato. Ma cmq mi sorprende che la migrazione in corso non sia più consistente, visto il crollo delle condizioni "di là"
@fulviothecat non è un numero rappresentativo. La probabilità di seguire Jan (o chiunque) è una funzione crescente del tempo passato su Mastodon.
Thank you everyone for the reception of @fediprofile the excitement, the questions, the donations!(WOOT), it just encourages me to continue.
There are MANY things I want to do, and if you want to join the journey as developer, tester, user, advocate, please don't hesitate to reach out!
Go ahead and close all US military bases that'll show em sir (dooooooooo itttttttt)
@kiwi
Oh no please don't close all the bases. That would own the libs so hard. Anything but that
Bloomberg Talks: Kevin Hassett
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2026-04-30/bloomberg-talks-kevin-hassett-podcast?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Podcasts @podcasts-bloomberg
@ptoothfish @Nickiquote @stevegis_ssg @amiserabilist @steggy @chiraag
Growing up my best friend had a tshirt he'd wear all of the time with a frog on it saying I'm so happy here I could just shit. I never understood it.
@TheBreadmonkey @ptoothfish @Nickiquote @amiserabilist @steggy @chiraag
I have a friend for whom one of the foundational stories of his childhood was seeing that shirt for sale in a tourist trap gift shop when he was a very small child learning to read, and reading it out loud, to his family's great amusement.
RE: https://mastodon.art/@mahtheyzhawey/116360035238882901
480/2500 raised Been in hospital for a week now. Feeling better. Still have another week to go. I do need some help affording a wheelchair ramp cause insurance won't get one. So any donations would help. I also need rent. Any help is appreciated.
#MutualAid #Boost #Disabled #FediHelp #HelpFolksLive2026
April Mutual Aid. Goes towards bills, medical, personal care, and May rent. If you want to just support a disabled Native artist share or donate. Also have my kofi where I sell my art.
PayPal.me/kiagbear
Cashapp $kiagbear
Venmo kiagbear
https://ko-fi.com/mahtheyzhawey/goal?g=0
My ko-fi where I sell my art
https://ko-fi.com/mahtheyzhawey/shop
My link🌲 where I have wishlists for medical stuff and other things.
https://linktr.ee/mahtheyzhawey
#MutualAidRequest #FediHelp #DisabledArtist #HelpFolksLive2026 #NativeArtist
Too beautiful.
South Africa withdraws AI policy after it was found written by AI
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ai-policy-south-africa-withdraw-b2966866.html
If your grocer can screw you out of an extra $50/month on your household food bill, that's $50/month you can't spend on a babysitter, a movie, or a couple of nice books for your kid. The American economy runs on consumption, and the American consumer has less discretionary income than they've had in generations. Anything that reduces consumption is a drag on the whole economy.
11/
The odd hypocrisy of the "Economy that Koch Built: Immiseration Policy on Steroids"
Charles Koch started his career as a fascist-fostering bigot under the guise of "anti-communism".
This is basically opposition to unions & democracy, because regular people shouldn't band together & do "group solutions to group problems".
However, billionaires faced with the grim possibility of failing to become trillionaires, have banded together to fry the planet, ...
1/
Sherif from Eurosky is here at #FediForum demoing their new Atmosphere account portal and their EU-Haul migration tool!
@johnefrancis tell me they're going to take on the priced-by-how-expensive-the-nearest-phone-is grocery cartel and I'll help write the drafts.
@johannab the Ministry of Enshittification it ain't 😐
Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. Like, bro, your local water treatment plant runs Windows XP, your mobile provider's hardware is older than you are, and the protocol that routes internet traffic is secured by everyone just agreeing that hijacking it would be uncool.
@malwaretech I think it would be kinda cool.
It is disheartening to see RightsCon 2026 called off. Engaging on human rights in the age of AI is critical, and I was eager to do so in Lusaka next week. My thoughts are with all participants, and I look forward to alternative spaces for necessary dialogue.
@rightscon @accessnow
We went from precise web search with boolean operators to "natural language models" of AI search.
You can tell nuerodivergent, Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, etc folks created the early internet...
...and you can tell that neurotypical folks are now leading the current overlays of the internet.
We used to have very precise search mechanisms. Specific words found in web pages with boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT, etc) to filter out the web pages that contained specific words and did not contain other words.
Now, we search for web sites (or don't even search for web sites, yay abstraction layers that separate us from actual raw information) using "natural language" to try and coax out info.
Have you ever been frustrated when you use very precise and direct language to communicate a specific idea with someone who then takes those specific words and adds obscure meaning and connotations and personal fears and bias to what you said... thus completely misunderstanding you... only to then try and clarify what you said with more precise language only to have that further degrade the conversation?!
Yeah. That's the internet with AI "search" now.
They took something that worked precisely and directly and muddied it.
We've introduced the "double-empathy problem" to web search.
I'm noticing that everyone in my circles, family, and especially work that are nuerotypical LOVE LOVE LOVE the new AI search mechanisms. They'll tell me exactly what the answer they received was - regardless of whether it's right or has multiple possible and conflicting answers. They just repeat what the AI said like it was the Gospel Truth.
And they love talking to it like it was a "real person."
It certainly takes my search parameters and adds its own interpretation to which I have to clarify and correct which is then misinterpreted further...
I haven't tried vibe coding, but I can only imagine the horror.
Can you imagine vibe pentesting with Claude / Mythos?!?!?!
You know how neurodivergent folks gravitated towards IT because it was precise?
Yeah, that's gone now.
@tinker Un-solving a solved problem, for the sake of the next cool thing. A hallmark of consumerism.
Go ahead and close all US military bases that'll show em sir (dooooooooo itttttttt)
This year’s INSAR meeting brought together more than 2,200 people from around the globe to share, learn and discuss the latest in autism research.
By Diana Kwon
🗓️ Mark your calendars for an exclusive summit on resisting the EU's digital #deregulation agenda!
We're excited to announce the summit ✊🏽 "Fight for Us, not for Them": A public interest vision for EU tech policy ✊🏽
📍Tuesday 23 June 2026, 14-18.00 CEST
11 civil society orgs will convene European lawmakers, regulators, journalists, and key civil society voices to lay out our bold alternative vision for tech laws, policies and practices.
Register now to join us online ➡️
https://edri.org/our-work/announcing-the-summit-fight-for-us-not-for-them-a-public-interest-vision-for-eu-tech-policy/
Well, I made it, almost.
Another year of life, another year after some of the most horrific experiences.
I'm still, somehow, looking forward to good things.
But I do have to survive to see them...
I need my communities to rally around me once again, in my birth month, to keep me housed and a few small bills address.
That's all I want for my birthday.
To stay housed and safe. Anything extra, I consider a blessing. Thank you.
linktr.ee/khernandez
#helpfolkslive2026