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The only constraint is resources. Insufficient resources to absorb spending results in inflation.
True - there is no direct, automatic link between the amount of money the government introduces into the economy and inflation - the link is indirect - the government can create as much money as it likes as long as the economy can absorb it (by employing resources, etc).
It is of course just the uncontroversial - factual - bit of MMT - it doesn't go into the more contentious policy implications (such as the government's ability/duty to create full employment.
@GeofCox "contentious policy implications such as the government's ability/duty to create full employment" -- or indeed the need to link income and employment at all!
Maybe the latter could then be viewed as ... wages/salary being a system of protecting the value of endeavour....
Yesterday, multiple Mastodon users expressed worry that a photo I shared from Russia is AI generated, because the explosion looks spectacular.
(See this thread:
https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116962879145748382)
However, I am sharing the photo because it is consistent with video from the same incident, shared by president Zelenskyy, which looks equally spectacular (note the green roof in the attached video).
I appreciate the concern, and I fully agree that it is important to prevent misinformation, but…
1/2
Unless the video of the same site was AI generated then that looks consistent to me.
…Business as usual ends business. That ought to be clear by now.
Our response?
Business as usual
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@libreoffice does it work on macOS yet?
@jpm that's terrible, have you tried starting another new project to renew your interest in any of 37 previous ones?
@timixretroplays this project is a required part of another project
@decryption the proxy icon? Yeah I love it too when Jony Ive doesn’t hide it away
@huwr yep, i'd drag the icon from sublime text into Safari in the dock and see my HTML! or drag the icon from Preview into Transmit to upload it
@neil It looks like the lawyer was working pro bono, so my guess is the initial use was to try and save time, since it wasn't billable.
However what seems to have made it far worse was saying it was a member of staff who actually used the AI, or an "intern", then refusing to provide that person's details, and finally awkwardly admitting there was no such person after all.
If, at outset, the lawyer had said "yes *I* used AI, sorry, was trying to save time, bad idea" it may have gone better.
Dishonesty is *never* going to come across well, is it?!
⚽🇮🇹 The beautiful game. An abandoned villa, once home to a passionate football coach. Somewhere in Italy.
https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/residential/villa-del-allenatore-italy/
RE: https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/116969236507642065
Piaille est à 66% :blob_wolf_pats:
Bravo à vous les utilisateur.trice.s de Piaille.
On lâche rien. Prochain objectif 70% 😘
Palestinians in Gaza still need eSIMs. For the why and how, read https://connecting-humanity.org/
Depending on your location and payment methode, another organisation gathering funds for eSIM for Gaza is Crips for eSIMs for Gaza: https://cripsforesimsforgaza.org/
Puntarell* e mastodontic* tutt*, sto valutando l'acquisto di una scopa a vapore 2 in 1 con cui pulire le fughe smerdate e la doccia e lo smalto per unghie e i POTENTISSIMI adesivi con cui le figlie dell'ex inquilino hanno TAPPEZZATO il pavimento della cucina. Avete dei suggerimientos? Vi va di condividere? Tanto lo so che state cazzeggiando, è venerdì. Io sto cazzeggiando. Fatelo anche voi.
(grazie 
)
Magari prova a vedere se ci sono posti in cui affittano le scope a vapore professionali, che magari hanno il getto a 100° comediocomanda! ;)
"Bird Trails" by photographer Edu Aguilera. It is a composite photograph created by merging multiple high-speed photo sequences into one image...
@neil Also, I wouldn't want to pay for a lawyer to work for me, and find they had cheated me and not actually done the work I paid them to do - surely, that is breach of contract.
What is going on here...
@xssfox definitely not illegal tobacco trade
@huwr ahh yes, I like dragging the icon in the title bar in macOS between apps
@decryption the proxy icon? Yeah I love it too when Jony Ive doesn’t hide it away
> Irresponsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – The Lawyer admitted to professional misconduct by failing to serve her client to the standard of a competent lawyer with the irresponsible use of AI and failing to act with integrity by misleading the court – The Lawyer also failed to be honest with the Law Society – The panel accepted the joint submission of the parties and suspended the lawyer for six months finding it to be a proportionate penalty – Costs of $10,000 to be paid to the Law Society.
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onlst/doc/2026/2026onlsth136/2026onlsth136.html
@neil It looks like the lawyer was working pro bono, so my guess is the initial use was to try and save time, since it wasn't billable.
However what seems to have made it far worse was saying it was a member of staff who actually used the AI, or an "intern", then refusing to provide that person's details, and finally awkwardly admitting there was no such person after all.
If, at outset, the lawyer had said "yes *I* used AI, sorry, was trying to save time, bad idea" it may have gone better.
Tails 7.10 has been released, adding GNOME shutdown for improved data-loss protection, Celluloid as the default media player, updating Tor Browser to version 15.0.19, and upgrading firmware packages to better support newer hardware.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/tails-7-10-launches-with-shutdown-data-loss-prevention-and-celluloid-as-default-video-player/
@davidou Merci pour la lecture ☺️ Je pense que les auteurs proposent un truc tellement massif (sortir du capitalisme, changer de rapport au monde) que l'aspect motivationnel est pas le sujet dans ce livre.
Mais ils sont visiblement assez concrets et sur des considérations pratiques pour agir... Quand ils n'écrivent pas des livres de philo (source : une collègue d'un des auteurs).
@burgervege sortir du capitalisme ok, et comment tu places le contenu de ce livre, vis à vis du plan de sortie du capitalisme de @timparrique et ses copains ? ( qui me semblent plus motivantes et vivantes)
Feb 2025:
“The Rhône River, a historical and economic backbone of France and Switzerland, is experiencing significant environmental stress. From its glacial origins in the Swiss Alps to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea, the Rhône irrigates agricultural lands, powers hydroelectric dams, and supports a rich ecosystem. However, climate change and human activity are combining to diminish its flow, impacting communities and industries that depend on it.”
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