With the Rails 8.2 release (probably) imminent, work is about to ramp up on @mosscap, the fork we've been laying the groundwork for.

If you want to reduce the impact of the "weird guys" on Rails, Ruby and OSS in general, we need your help!

This is ESPECIALLY true if you're a member of a community marginalized by the far-right rhetoric that comes from Rails' founder. This fork can't be led by the usual white male voices (e.g. me), we need *much* more diverse leadership.

https://mosscap.dev

When we started the Cochrane Collaboration—over 30 years ago!—I wrote a proposal for consumer participation in the organization & its work, including setting up a Consumer Network as one of the constituent groups.

That 1994 document, "The Power of Sharing Knowledge," has been added to the historical collection at the James Lind Library: https://www.jameslindlibrary.org/bastian-h-1994/

Flock thinks it's cameras have a legal right to privacy in public.

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Anyone know of any Linux desktops/distros that have said that they won't use AI?

I know Elementary/Pantheon have said they won't.

#linux #askfedi #noai #nollm #antiai #antillm

"According to three pages of equations that you are too dense to understand, people who grow food and study pandemics are less important than some guy making an app that burns electricity and creates e-waste so I can buy cartoon cats" - people who tell you they are very smart

Heute sind wir mühsam damit beschäftigt den ganzen Rotz dieser Jahre zu reparieren und das Sondervermögen das heute aufgenommen wird, wurde eigentlich DAMALS ausgelöst.

Was der Sahnetorte die Kirsche aufsetzt ist, dass damals auch noch eine Zeit der Niedrigzinsen einsetzte (deswegen waren auch all die Private-Equity-Heuschrecken auf Renditejagd und haben entsprechend Lobbydruck bei CDU und co. gemacht) man also in Zeiten in denen man günstig an Geld gekommen WÄRE alles verrotten ließ.

@jpm nooooooooooooooooooo

Veilamp is super cool! DM me if you want to connect to my server and I'll send you the code!

Ein beträchtlicher Teil der Staatsschulden und der Infrastrukturprobleme des Heute geht auf den Wahnsinn dieser Zeit zurück.

Nicht zuletzt da man parallel dazu dachte man müsste auch die im Staatsbesitz verbleibenden Reste des Tafelsilbers nun möglichst "effizient" und "schlank" und "gewinnorientier" betreiben.

Also riss man bei der Bahn alle Weichen und Ausweichstrecken raus, sparte die Berliner S-Bahn kaputt, bis es tatsächlich überall quietschte, und unterließ alle nötigen Investitionen.

@dangillmor Self proclaimed free speech savior at it again.

Un des succès du néocapitalisme, c'est d'avoir réussi à persuader des personnes qui gagnent 3000 ou 5000€/mois qu'elles sont plus proches de celles qui en amassent 100 000 que de celles qui en gagnent 1700.

De sorte que par exemple quand on parle de taxer les riches, ça les insécurise davantage et elles se sentent plus concernées que quand on tape sur les plus précaires.

Since it seems like it’s Veilid Friday around here, a little something not ready just yet, but coming soon.

Veilpass

https://veilpass.io/

What has been studied, and with relatively simple maths involved, shows consistent humanitarian and economic benefits:

Investments in education and housing return between 5-12 times the initial budget back to the economy (GI Bill).

Universal basic income works. People still work. They start businesses. Or they engage in hobbies that build community (multiple pilot studies).

The solution for a lack of housing is giving people homes. This is less expensive than all the ER visits and policing involved in having people without housing around (one notable study, among others, in Finland).

Most medical research is publicly funded. Getting rid of pharmaceutical company profits does not harm medical research, it just returns benefits to the people who actually paid for it.

People who get welfare payments spend that money locally, providing more economic benefit to the community than a billionaire stashing profits in the Cayman Islands.

Wow Matter has some wild Google dependencies. Can't even add a device to my home network without an account

@burgervege

Étant blanc'he aussi, j'aimerai quelques recommandations pour sortir de mon entre soi. Je connais histoires crépues bien sûr, mais je sens que ça ne suffit pas pour remettre en jeu mes biais.

Serait-il possible d'avoir quelques liens vers des comptes masto, des journalistes et/ou des podcasts audio/vidéo ?

OH : "Mon cousin a expliqué à notre grand-père que, voilà je suis amoureux d'un garçon et j'espère que ça changera rien...
Et là Papi lui sort : mais tu sais ce qui est *vraiment* important ? La lutte des classe !"

Bon, une leçon de marxiste impromptue n'est pas le pire outcome d'un CO :)
#overhead

Painting-in-progress a land of eternal storms whose ancestral gods are lightning squid who chase the cirrus eel. For Neofeud 3 / the next Silver Spook game. #art #artist #noai #humanmade #indiegame #indiedev

@nazgul Do you happen to have a writeup of what that looks like? Like what parts you felt worth reproducing?

I'm always curious about other people's coding and writing setups when they're something they've taken the time to really customize or build out.

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