@Anomnomnomaly

I’ve said for a while that this is why people are nostalgic for the ‘50s and ‘60s. It’s not because things were better then: racism and misogyny were entrenched and systemic to an even greater degree than today. It’s because things were improving rapidly. Universal suffrage, the civil rights movement, decriminalisation of homosexuality, universal healthcare, and so on all were all happening in the cluster of countries that viewed themselves as ‘the West’. High taxes in the top tax brackets were preventing the worst growth of wealth inequality and productivity increases were funding a growing middle class, rather than being siphoned off by a handful of families. The Cold War was driving an investment in technology that came with a lot of civilian benefits.

People aren’t nostalgic for the state, they’re nostalgic for the trajectory. MLK’s Arc of History.

And that’s what political movements need to capitalise on: the hopeful feeling when the direction of change is the right direction.

@sebsauvage

Comme ces gens là sont réactionnaires, il a peut-être employé "gay" au sens "joyeux" 🤪

"So in summary: using AI for coding led to depression, apathy, existential dread, and worse software. Not good. Add on top of that the negative environmental, community, and economic impacts of AI, and it became extremely apparent to me that something's gotta change."

https://brettcodes.com/im-done-using-ai/

@pwa I'll let you know when I've tried it

“ The Fifth Circuit ruling comes as the #Trump admin moves to weaken clean-water-related protections.

Also on Friday, Trump’s #EPA released a supplemental rule to further dilute the Clean Water Act, quickly condemned by environmental watchdogs.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/drinking-water-mississippi-lawsuit/

@sirodoht alerta alerta slopware and the licensing note on their README smells like "growth hacking" https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/blog/2025-12-commoning-opensource/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@AnnaAnthro/117221133554393477

Any system that decides humans have no right to clean water is fatally flawed. Simple as that.

I don’t adhere to any specific -ism or ideology. I’m about outcomes. All humans have a right to

- clean water & air
- food
- shelter/housing
- healthcare
- education
- bodily autonomy
- religious expression / freedom from religion
- equal participation in society regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, etc.
- equal participation in politics (voting, holding office) regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, etc.
- speech / expression
- privacy
- safety
- dignity

at a minimum. I’m sure I’ve missed a few.

Any system that fails to provide these or protect these is broken, and must be fixed or destroyed to make way for one that guarantees these outcomes.

the thing i was looking at was the page for the east wing of the white house because i saw someone saying "it had been there for decades before being destroyed" and i was like "i thought it was longer than that," and wikipedia tells a sort of three stage history: first there was just the side of the building, then they added stepped terraces with little collonade passages with washrooms, because i guess people would be arriving by horse/carriage or walking and would just be filthy. then they added a U shaped driveway that was mostly an entryway for dignitaries in 1902 shortly after the mass manufacture of cars began. then in WWII it ceased to be an entryway at all, sort of exactly the opposite, a bunker, to keep the out out rather than the in in.

and since i was also reading about some of the biblical wall fist shaking the other day it made me want to know more about the architectural/political history of approaches to buildings

@Caelumtangi bon dia tingui!

URGENT: Autistici/Inventati says Banca Etica is terminating its banking relationship and blocking access to donated funds, leaving A/I unable to pay suppliers or maintain services. A/I says it will pursue legal action.

Read. Share. Preserve. Organize.

Read A/I’s Sept. 5 statement
https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/banca-etica-shuts-down-a/i-funds/

@filmfacts das ist ja was anderes als wenn ein teil des textes plötzlich eindeutig ein roboter spricht^^

À Lyon, la mobilisation contre les logements bouilloires engrange des premières victoires

« En plus, pour équiper son logement de volets, le propriétaire n’a pas besoin de décision collective. Et les architectes des bâtiments de France ne bloquent pas tant que ça », insiste-t-elle. « C’est vraiment une fausse excuse : la protection solaire sur les immeubles est traditionnelle à Lyon, où l’on voit des lambrequins et des persiennes. Cela exclut simplement la pose de volets bas de gamme en PVC sur des bâtiments classés », affirme Florent Torres, locataire rue du Lac devenu « habitant expert ».

Ah ? C'est totalement à rebours de tous les articles de cet été, ça. Je suis étonnée.

#Lyon #canicule

@spla cap problema, d'acord 👌 i bon dia!

There is a technology which is so expensive to operate that *just by existing*, it has made things like RAM and hard drives unaffordable to me and the humans I know, because the expensive technology's operational demands are so high they had to buy RAM and hard drives *until there weren't anymore RAM or hard drives*.

*A technology with this property is not, and was never going to be, a "democratizing" technology*.

Fire his ass. Right now. Don't wait for January, fire his ass right now. This is NOT getting better - write that down.

@hukl Wie lang braucht der um 100GB einzubrennen? Ich habe, denke ich, vor 15 Jahren zuletzt eine DVD gebrannt.

- Dis-moi Jordan, est-ce que tes capacités cognitives sont bien à la hauteur des fonctions que tu veux briguer ?
- Hein ?
- Tu serais pas complètement con des fois ?
- Ah !