it's important to fight against tools of control because they are tools of control, regardless of whether the harms they're causing in the short term seem serious enough or not
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@rysiek
Do you need some tests?
I use Thunderbird and Nextcloud.
I can configure kmail and kontact, why not. And Korganiser too, but I remember there is some time some conflict. (Worked fine last time I used it, in Bookworm).
Cory Doctorow
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Meanwhile elsewhere in social media land....
Its seems Yanis Varoufakis is being imitated & misrepresented by a deep AI fake in videos on YouTube.... which YT will not take down
#SocialMedia #Varoufakis #economics
h/t AdamTooze (for the screenshot)
@TashTaylor beautiful
OpenAI operates its own crawlers and also licenses search results (Bing, as part of their longstanding relationship with MSFT); it's undisclosed what the exact "mix" is that comprises responses.
In terms of free vs. paid, the free plan is heavily restricted. In the response I shared it spent 75 seconds in "thinking" mode. For more comprehensive reports they have a "Deep research" feature that can run for 5-10 minutes.
That increase does tend to improve the quality of responses, better attribution of claims to sources, etc. It does not obviate the need to verify, of course.
Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉
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Apparently LG TV's now installs a CoPilot app that cannot be deleted.
No wonder I've been seeing more articles about "Dumb" TVs lately.
But also, I've seen way too many ignorant mansplainer takes like: "You don't have to connect your TV to the Internet!"
Okay buddy, I'm sure everyone has your level of privilege. Why not tell the fish to avoid drinking the piss in the pond while you're at it?
Gert V 🇵🇸
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If I wanted to be on a "better" Twitter after the Musk takeover, I would open a BlueSky account. It delivers the same centralised, algorithm driven experience that divides in overhyped influencers and mere click fodder users, just the way all centralised "social" networks are designed to be.
And that's why I am NOT on BlueSky but here on the Fediverse. The Fediverse isn't a better X, Facebook, Instagram. It's the Fediverse. People to people. Embrace the principle and you will be happy here!
Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh:
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📝 If you were reading Jim’s Blog™️, I already gave this advice for free.
But in case you were on the fence about it, you can also pay global research firm Gartner to tell you the same thing:
Don’t use an AI browser unless you want to be part of a global experiment in security.
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/dont-use-ai-browsers-they-say/
@kenjen I don't take you questioning personally. You're asking reasonable questions. I tried to make it clear that I'm NOT suggesting making any wholesale changes to the UX. I'm literally trying to understand how this is being used, by everyone, not just experts.
What little discussions I've had show that the vast majority of people have deep problems with the current solution. I don't think enough old-timers appreciate how bad it is.
A lovely continuation of the origins of the terms upper case and lower case in typewriter form https://mastodon.social/@Edent/115744273649107608
…here’s a nice explainer of uppercase and lowercase https://nowiknow.com/why-capital-letters-are-called-upper-case/
Em :official_verified:
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vruz
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With its standard credulous, stenographic political coverage style, the NY Times reports with a straight face that Trump's "Justice" Department just "found" a million more Epstein documents.
On some days, the Paper of Record struggles to be merely pathetic.
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Japan 2-Year Bond Sale Sees Weaker Demand Than 12-Month Average
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-25/japan-2-year-bond-sale-sees-weaker-demand-than-12-month-average-mjkw7sl3?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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lol oh no, Bec complaining that she can’t smell anything with the cold she has and I suggest it might be COVID.
It is.
@jpm ah fudge!
Wouter Tebbens ⁂
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lol oh no, Bec complaining that she can’t smell anything with the cold she has and I suggest it might be COVID.
It is.
maco
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Here’s a magical future feature idea for Apple to build.
If you square up your iPhone camera to take a photo of your computer screen, your Mac actually captures a proper screenshot of the viewfinder’s visible area and saves it to your camera roll as if it were a photo, as long as both devices are authenticated with the same Apple ID.
Joel Michael
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just as a little pro-tip for being a considerate help recipient, I’ve found that IT service people are quite happy when you use the exact words “resolved, you can close the ticket”
Shauna GM
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