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David Gerard

@davidgerard@circumstances.run 6 hr. ago

from ex-bsky-staff rationalist who turned a bot loose on bsky and demanded people take it seriously:

you should not use "clanker" because the basilisk might take offence

https://bsky.app/profile/hailey.at/post/3mtwjoqdvik26

later in the thread, she states that "techbro" is a slur

hailey
@hailey.at

bsky isnt ready for this but, if you need a reason to not use words like "clanker" that isn't "well its kinda not a great thing to do" (it isn't) imagine this:

future model that has you in its training data, knows you posted that word online with joy, and denies your insurance claim as a result — hailey @hailey.at bsky isnt ready for this but, if you need a reason to not use words like "clanker" that isn't "well its kinda not a great thing to do" (it isn't) imagine this: future model that has you in its training data, knows you posted that word online with joy, and denies your insurance claim as a result

Helge

@helge@mas.to 21 sec. ago

@davidgerard I don't think he's heard of *my* basilisk. Imagine a sufficiently advanced superintelligence that reverses time to torture anyone who ever talks to a computer as if it was people.

I call it the Rationalest Basilisk.

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social 2 min. ago

Ukraine's ousted defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, warns that Kyiv has a window of several months to make key decisions needed to turn the tide of the war against Russia in its favor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/26/world/politics/ukraine-changes-war-defense-minister/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #mykhailofedorov

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/26/world/politics/ukraine-changes-war-defense-minister/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

Mike Masnick

@mmasnick.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy 2 min. ago

Remember, this guy made such good friends in the Trump White House where he claimed to direct Trump's AI strategy, that basically everyone stabbed him in the back once he left.

They all could be liars too, but...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gouysuoxatjdb5bjcqe4sfh7/post/3mtxi32nnds2j

Bluesky Social

Sam (@samd.bsky.social)

The “head of strategic futures” at OpenAI just went on an unhinged rant against social security sometimes I feel like these tech companies are actively trying to alienate as many normal people as possible

Three White House officials with direct knowledge of the matter allege that Ball has exaggerated his role on that project. The officials, who requested anonymity to discuss the situation, described Ball as a “junior-to-mid-level policy analyst” whose ideas were regularly ignored by decision-makers – and say he never obtained a security clearance, which is needed to participate in high-level discussions.

One of the officials said it was the “most ludicrous assertion imaginable” that Ball played a senior role in crafting the AI Action Plan.

“Everyone who was actually involved in architecting it is way too nice to say it in frank terms,” the official said. “He was at best a nuisance and at worst irrelevant.”

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Louis

@LouisPretends@mastodon.art 3 yr. ago

It's #PortfolioDay :D
I'm a pixel artist from France.

#mastoart #pixelart

4 media files

A pixel art piece of a bike left in a field on a cloudy day. There is a red tree in the field and an old house in the background. A path and fence lead to the house, smoke is coming out of the chimney.

A pixel art drawing of a lilac and some leaves against a blue background

A pixel fan art of a scene in Hollow Knight, when the Knight meets the Seer. The Dream Nail is floating between them.

A pixel fan art of Grendizer and Duke Fleed in a desert.

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jbz

@jbz@indieweb.social 8 hr. ago

Omarchy is the Cybertruck of distros, in case you need to add something to your long ass bio.

decryption

@decryption@aus.social 3 min. ago

anyone i know going to this melb cocoadheads thing tonight? debating if i should hang around in the city or go home

https://www.meetup.com/melbourne-cocoaheads/events/315985184/

Meetup

Melbourne Cocoaheads Social Night, Wed, Aug 26, 2026, 5:30 PM | Meetup

Time and Location changed!!!! Now Wednesday the 28th, at The Precinct Hotel. Night before DevWorld just down the road from Seek. Come along and join in a relaxed evening o

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Vee

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social 8 hr. ago

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social

Even accepting the premise that Al produces useful writing (which no one should), using Al in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

April 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM — Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social Even accepting the premise that Al produces useful writing (which no one should), using Al in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you. April 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM

Agenzia Ansa

@AgenziaAnsa@flipboard.com 4 min. ago

Incendio in un reparto di ginecologia, 14 neonati morti a Islamabad - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2026/08/26/incendio-in-un-reparto-di-ginecologia-14-neonati-morti-a-islamabad_838161f7-1afa-4a4e-8a4f-1b92e334157d.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into ANSA Ultima ora @ansa-ultima-ora-AgenziaAnsa

Agenzia ANSA

Incendio in un reparto di ginecologia, 14 neonati morti a Islamabad - Ultima ora - Ansa.it

Quattordici neonati sono morti in seguito a un incendio scoppiato oggi nel reparto di ginecologia del Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) di Islamabad. Lo riporta Times of India e altri media locali. (ANSA)

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penpencilbrush🇨🇦

@penpencilbrush@mstdn.social 4 hr. ago

Truth

#DollyParton

https://youtube.com/shorts/N5CDvTx9VpU

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Jérémy -Jeey-

@jeeynet@framapiaf.org 6 hr. ago

Interdiction des pubs pour les énergies fossiles : l’ambition du décret revue à la baisse

https://reporterre.net/Interdiction-des-pubs-pour-les-energies-fossiles-l-ambition-du-decret-revue-a-la-baisse

On y a cru (en vrai, non jamais...)

image composée de trois photos de sculptures inspirées de "Der Schrei" d'Edvard Munch.
Sur la première où elle se tient les joues, sont écrits les textes : "Comment donc", "la stupefaction m'envahit", "on ne l'avait pas vu venir".
Sur la deuxième, avec une main à l'oreille : "Qu'ouïs-je", "mais qui l'eût cru".
Sur la troisième, la main sur le front : "Comment dire je tombe des nues". — image composée de trois photos de sculptures inspirées de "Der Schrei" d'Edvard Munch. Sur la première où elle se tient les joues, sont écrits les textes : "Comment donc", "la stupefaction m'envahit", "on ne l'avait pas vu venir". Sur la deuxième, avec une main à l'oreille : "Qu'ouïs-je", "mais qui l'eût cru". Sur la troisième, la main sur le front : "Comment dire je tombe des nues".

https://reporterre.net/Interdiction-des-pubs-pour-les-energies-fossiles-l-ambition-du-decret-revue-a-la-baisse

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Brian Vastag

@brianvastag@mas.to 5 hr. ago

I did not know about Dolly's connections to Hawai'i:

https://kauainownews.com/2026/08/25/gov-josh-green-orders-the-flags-to-fly-at-half-staff-in-honor-of-dolly-parton/

#DollyParton #Hawaii

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Rolle Laukkarinen

@rolle@mementomori.social 12 hr. ago

Kaksi adminia tervehtivät juuri Jyväskylän kaduilla toisiaan. Eli @jonne moikattu 🫡

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Ilkka Tengvall

@ikkeT@mementomori.social 4 min. ago

@rolle @jonne

Men's Journal

@mensjournal@flipboard.com 4 min. ago

When Carl Dean Died, Dolly Parton Called Their Marriage a Great Love Story
https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/when-did-carl-thomas-dean-die?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The Latest From Men's Journal @the-latest-from-men-s-journal-mensjournal

mensjournal.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran

@luckytran@mastodon.social 5 hr. ago

Dolly Parton was talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the thing everyone talks about most is how good a person she was.

AnarchoNinaWrites

@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse 5 min. ago

Spiderman did nothing wrong. Maybe he did something illegal, but laws that protect nazis from community defense actions have no moral validity whatsoever.

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Vladimir Savić

@firusvg@mastodon.social 11 hr. ago

Farewell, my friend. 💔

#Nitter

Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch)

@catsalad@infosec.exchange 3 hr. ago

CatSalad $30T IPO coming soon!

fuzzface

@fuzzface@epsilon-ix.masto.host 6 min. ago

@catsalad Shut up and take my money!

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BohwaZ

@bohwaz@mamot.fr 17 hr. ago

Lolilol le Michel Neugnot (en charge du transport en Bourgogne Franche-Comté) sur l'augmentation des tarifs de train : "[si] on n’ajoute pas cette augmentation [aux usagers], on devrait faire payer la différence à tous par les impôts. Mais ça ne serait pas juste car tout le monde ne prend le train".

Quel raisonnement débile. Tout le monde ne prend pas la voiture, pourtant tout le monde paye pour les routes…

https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/doubs/besancon/hausse-des-billets-de-trains-regionaux-en-bourgogne-franche-comte-une-nouvelle-augmentation-qui-fait-debat-c-est-la-double-peine-3327455.html

#bfc #train

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Catalin Cimpanu

@campuscodi@mastodon.social 5 hr. ago

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/117158475208631398

I'm surprised they didn't go after Xcancel first

DEFCON 201

@defcon201@hostux.social 6 min. ago

@campuscodi Um....

Claudius Link

@realn2s@infosec.exchange 18 min. ago

@Over50butnotold
Hast du zufällig eine ungefähre Zeitmarke?
Ich schaffe es nicht das ganze anzuhören, den Typ finde ich so schlimm

Amanda 🦮🐈🗾✊😏🫂☯️

@Over50butnotold@troet.social 6 min. ago

@realn2s Bei Minute 33 ungefähr gibt sie schon mal die eine Ohrfeige Richtung CDU , da geht es um die Debattenkultur .
Und am Ende ihrer Ansprache gibt ihr Torsten Frei , sogar voll umfänglich Recht 🫪