Gone in 60 seconds: Across Japan, water meters are being stolen from homes at an alarming rate, presumably because they contain copper, whose price has climbed in recent years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/07/japan/crime-legal/water-meter-thefts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #theft #japanesepolice #water

@anderspucknielsen.dk Sadly, it's not visible in the Fediverse.

@jacksonchen666 IIRC that's a shortcoming somewhere in Forgejo. I will, at some point, make an attempt at figuring out why that happens, and try to fix it.

I can temporarily re-enable the GitHub login if that helps you switch to Codeberg login.

Request pls - "algorithms" are a thing that authors sadly have to feed.

If you've got my book "Up -A scientist's guide to the magic above us" (any version) -

I'd really appreciate it if you could make some time to put a review of it on Amazon pls?

Even if you didn't get it from there.
Thanks x

Image credit @Maker_of_Things

Is OpenAI's model showing signs of model collapse?

(Original title: OpenAI ChatGPT goes goblin mode — let none say ‘model collapse’)

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/06/openai-chatgpt-goes-goblin-mode-let-none-say-model-collapse/

@baldur even Stripe:

https://www.unite.ai/stripe-hands-ai-agents-a-wallet-ushering-in-agentic-purchasing/

Loopt uit de hand, deel 673.

Ondertussen vanavond in Loosdrecht.

Ruim 400 (!) leipe en gevaarlijke mensen lopen in een rouwstoet fascistisch te doen.

> Kamerleden Gidi Markuszower en Mona Keijzer waren hierbij ook aanwezig.

> Eenmaal aangekomen op de eindbestemming hield Markuszower een toespraak. Hij zei onder meer dat asielzoekers "terug naar hun eigen land" moeten.

https://nieuws.nl/algemeen/honderden-deelnemers-aan-mars-in-loosdrecht-tegen-noodopvang

🎉 Gitte 0.2.0 is out!

Highlights:
- Interactive rebasing from the log: reorder via drag&drop, drop, reword, edit, squash/fixup
- Remote ops (push/pull/fetch/clone) now use the git CLI for better credentials & protocol support
- Configurable diff font
- CLI args: gitte ~/repo
- Ahead/behind indicator, merge markers, double-click to switch branches

Plus: Ukrainian & German translations, AUR package, lots of bugfixes and a few easter eggs.

https://flathub.org/apps/de.wwwtech.gitte

#GNOME #git #gui #linux #rust

@Caelumtangi si dimiteix potser Catalunya té una oportunitat

“We stopped classes and tried to flee”—Pakistan Targets Afghan Civilians in Scorched-Earth Military Campaign

www.dropsitenews.com/p/pakistant-afghanistan-university-attack

Pakistan is turning Afghan schools, centers of worship, and family homes into kill zones.

# Akkoma # Statistics 2026-05-07 13:00 CEST
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# Fediverse

Major Homebuilder To Test Placing Mini Data Centers in Suburban Backyards https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/05/07/046259/major-homebuilder-to-test-placing-mini-data-centers-in-suburban-backyards?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

@pallenberg Ich habe großen Respekt gegenüber den Social Media Fähigkeiten von beispielsweise einer Frau Lang. 🙂 Ich kann auch das Argument nachvollziehen, auf X zu senden (ne, nicht diskutieren). Ich kann auch nachfühlen, was Instagramys an Bluesky schätzen.

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@weshouldbuild that’s just @mike

Former NASA chief takes helm of national security space firm
"The spacecraft can also be refueled, and it can refuel others."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/former-nasa-chief-takes-helm-of-national-security-space-firm/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@spla "Catalunya ho estarà"

#LibreOffice has a new website! Many thanks to the volunteers who helped to implement it. You can help us to improve it further, and translate it into languages you know: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/07/announcing-the-new-libreoffice-website/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware