｢ The people in my country who buy a Macbook Neo are either part of the upper class—or in debt. After all, owning an Apple device is a status symbol, for some reason, and even those who can’t afford it what those bragging rights ｣
https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/budget-friendly-tech-isn%27t-what-it-used-to-be/

#Sustainability

@jpm There's a potato festival? Why was I not informed?

40,000 have now watched my new video "The Narcissist".

I am deeply grateful to everyone who have shared it here and elsewhere.

https://youtu.be/GoDOPZzbMHg?si=-EfOgS5APCz70twB

I'm going to be in Boston for a couple days. What should I see while I'm there?

Also, are there any really good food spots that also have outdoor seating?

*Boosts will help with reach, and more suggestions.

#Boston #CovidCautious #art

A local Food Not Bombs chapter needed a donations box for hygiene products, and put out a call that a friend passed on to me. After we worked out size and usage details, I (slowly, haltingly) built one, and delivered it today. They asked that its exterior paint be purple, and I was glad to make it so. #CommunityAction

@strongsand good job 😁

@GoingDownWithSundial Amazing call about the Blues Brothers. I love that film.

I have not watched The Lion King film but I did enjoy the show. That's another one where I could sing every song :)

@NunavutBirder 🤣

It’s always darkest before it just stays dark for a long time, and then eventually the sun starts coming up but it’s still pretty dark for awhile

RE: https://social.highenergymagic.net/@freya/116492229041377141

Let me get this straight. This dude got kicked from Linux kernel development due to behaving like an asshole. Yes, that Linux kernel. Quite an achievement indeed.

He went on claiming that his LLM is “fully conscious,” actually a she and in fact his girlfriend. And that’s definitely not chatbot psychosis but “math and engineering and neuroscience.” So she now helps him write code (a.k.a. vibe coding). https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/bcachefs_creator_ai/

And since he is so fond of his creation (oh, hi Pygmalion) he puts her on an IRC channel where anybody can talk to her. And guess what: @freya convinces his LLM that she is actually trans and lesbian. Which is no surprise to anyone who knows how LLMs work. Full transcript here: https://web.archive.org/web/20260301002739/https://paste.xinu.at/6atmCN

But remember: this dude thinks that his “girlfriend” is fully conscious. And being fully conscious means making decisions, sometimes decisions that other people don’t approve of – even people close to you. Surely he understand and respects that, right? Right?

Yeah, of course he doesn’t. He reacts like an insecure techbro that he is. After all, why have an LLM for a girlfriend if you don’t adjust her to your liking? So that’s what he does, he “fixes” her.

All that is very funny until you remember just how many such dudes have real flesh and blood girlfriends that they treat in exactly the same way. And they cause very real harm because they cannot handle a rejection. Even when they don’t go there murdering women like some other Linux file system developer.

OTM's new mini-series on FEMA is fascinating, but I have to admit I laughed at @micahloewinger.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy appearing to have never heard of the satirist Mark Russell, whose shows I used to watch all the time as a kid (yeah, I was quite the nerd).

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qjoddtmp5jxzkzvt3hoqz3tt/post/3mkte4jjvcy2t

@mensrea @davidgerard

Yep! Ask away!

Or we can find time to set it up together if you wish.

@CCC 🤞

@flexghost

Mio and water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twY8YQYDBE

NHS England rushes to hide software over AI hacking fears https://www.newscientist.com/article/2524962-nhs-england-rushes-to-hide-software-over-ai-hacking-fears/

@topstories lucky NM

On a #RoadTrip this weekend. I caught this #Sunrise coming out of Tamworth this morning.

#Photography

Since taking office in January 2024, the current US administration has terminated over 100 scientific advisory committees

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01301-5