when reading a book and a character comes to life

#smol #books #caturday #caturdayeveryday

Solidarity is not a crime.

@evacide, I guess what do we expect from a tool that uses gaslighting as one of its powers.

Digital rights activists have long railed at the use of the term "IP," criticizing it for being deceptively imprecise and also rhetorically dishonest. I get where these objections are coming from, but I think they're misguided.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/28/cost-of-everything/#value-of-nothing

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@tek Latvia

I love this beach and these rocks. One day I'll go back with someone so I can stay later. I leave just as the lighting gets really interesting. It's a bit of a walk out and along a dark, mostly deserted trail when the sun sets.

#MileRocksBeach #SanFrancisco #JPegsFolder

RT: @susanabulhawa If you're in London this Wednesday, get your tickets for The Shroud Maker, a play written by Ahmed Masoud, a Palestinian playwright from Gaza.

Please support Palestinians to tell our own stories, in our own voices, with our own talents and potential—because opening your mind and heart to indigenous storytelling will open your heart to a truth hidden for so long in the fog of empire's carefully crafted brainwashing.

Imperative reading. ‘For every arrest that breaks through into public view, countless others happen quickly, before anyone can notice. “The detentions are happening in a flash – we’re talking, like, 90 seconds from the time ICE shows up to that person being driven away,” Willis said. “And often they are moving very quietly, with very soft feet.”’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/28/ice-us-immigration-new-tactics

Every year or so I forget and investigate: "Surely there's a way to set my business's Facebook account to disallow comments by default?" and every year I realize that the answer is is no because drive-by rage from haters is their entire business model.

European finance is deepening its stake in #Palantir – We demand: Terminate all contracts and permanently ban the company from future public contracts in Europe! https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/LETTER_SIGNATORIES.pdf

NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-plan-to-restrict-mail-voting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #USPS #Voting #Vote #Election #Midterms #Law #USPolitics

@dansup Actually lets not spread the word, banning agentic generated contributions is basically denying the fact that if done right, people can actually achieve good quality with coding agents. Look at Techopolis for example https://techopolis.app/ their apps are very high quality and they use coding agents, not completely relying on it but they use it to get the hard stuff done easier.

Trump cuts fuel economy standards back to 2014 levels

In 2020, Trump cut CAFE to 40 mpg. Now he’s cut it again to just 35 mpg.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/09/trump-cuts-fuel-economy-standards-back-to-2014-levels/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@fesshole Isn't this just Hetalia: Axis Powers?

@evacide

But I lust in my heart.

@petko

Top notch security. #grickledoodle #wizards #protection #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor #puns

@gfpreger Viu esta matéria? https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/ceo-da-quaest-lula-volta-a-ter-probabilidade-de-reeleicao-acima-de-50#goog_rewarded

The "AI changes everything" people rhyme remarkably well with the "blockchain changes everything" people.

@kanedatux "Il blocco di un account dovrebbe restare una decisione individuale, non una politica della casa". Come dire che in una associazione di vegetariani può entrare gente a proporre barbecue, e poi ognuno decide se mangiare o meno. Qui non siamo singoli utenti di una megapiattaforma generalista, siamo membri di una comunità ecopacifista che crede nelle scienze sociali sui conflitti e ci tuteliamo dal discorso d'odio antiscientifico, anche nella variante militarista e guerrafondaia.