@jonny I've managed to bag a trolley full of nicely priced decent wine in the past.

No sé si os habéis enterado (ojalá que sí y ya lo estéis gozando), pero OpenAI (ChatGPT), Anthropic (Claude) y xAI (Grok) se han venido abajo simultáneamente.

https://es.gizmodo.com/apagon-global-y-efecto-domino-en-la-ia-chatgpt-claude-y-grok-interrumpen-sus-servicios-en-un-apagon-cruzado-sin-precedentes-2000255506

#GenAi #Grok #Anthropic #Claude #OpenAi #ChatGPT #Fiesta #Vamooooooooooo #DalePrimo #PisaleToreteQueNosEscapamos

I know I have a couple of people from the UK following me, do any of you would have recommendations for promoters / gig organizers / venues that book queer goth and dark electronic music artists? I would be super grateful for any tips :)

Feel free to retoot! 🔁

@Sammiemo I alway think of Windows 2000 being the transition point because it dropped the “NT” and became “normal” Windows (which all had year suffixes, like 2000).

RE: https://indieweb.social/@sstephenson/117207724475481360

Literally the only benefit that has accrued to me over 30 years of writing in public has been the occasional note I received from someone telling me that something I wrote was meaningful to them.

Those messages matter, more than you realize

"Ethics aside..." Don't do that my dude. Contingent ethics are just tribalism. The idea of contingent ethics is an oxymoron that plagues the small-minded.

La gueule du truc (je te tague @Looping pour que tu puisses rire)
#VisMaVieEnFauteuilRoulant

Ethical behavior flows from a world view that acknowledges and holds sacred the inner being of all, uh, beings. Ethics are universal and timeless, like math. You can't "set aside" 2 + 2 = 4.

Shared infrastructure is how the #Fediverse can grow without recreating enshittified platform silos.

We’re excited to share that Bonfire is working with Mastodon on two critical areas of Fediverse infrastructure: remote media storage and automated content detection.

Built around open Fediverse Auxiliary Service Provider (FASP) specifications, this work will help platforms connect to shared services instead of each having to build and operate the same capabilities alone.

Our aim is to make these capabilities open, interoperable, and available for any federated server to adopt.

A big thank you to @Mastodon@mastodon.social team for involving us in this work. We’re looking forward to building together and sharing what we learn along the way.

Read the full post: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bu...

#ActivityPub #FASP

The three stooges

ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Are Down https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/03/chatgpt-claude-and-grok-are-down/

@randahl well done ! Thank you so much !

Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners

The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/meet-the-2026-ig-nobel-prize-winners/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Audacity 4 Rebuilds the Open Source Audio Editor But Leaves Some Features Behind https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/03/163216/audacity-4-rebuilds-the-open-source-audio-editor-but-leaves-some-features-behind?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

so remember all those years I spent saying that the people in charge of big foss projects were elitist creeps who were, ironically, mostly interested in being the arbiters of what software you are and aren't allowed to use on a computer, and building cults of personality and dogmatic quasi-religions around licenses to keep themselves relevant and powerful despite being deeply odious?

you'll have to excuse me for gloating but I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO

@johnrogers.bsky.social The distinction is punching down vs. punching up. One can punch back.

Shared infrastructure is how the #Fediverse can grow without recreating enshittified platform silos.

We’re excited to share that Bonfire is working with Mastodon on two critical areas of Fediverse infrastructure: remote media storage and automated content detection.

Built around open Fediverse Auxiliary Service Provider (FASP) specifications, this work will help platforms connect to shared services instead of each having to build and operate the same capabilities alone.

Our aim is to make these capabilities open, interoperable, and available for any federated server to adopt.

A big thank you to @Mastodon@mastodon.social team for involving us in this work. We’re looking forward to building together and sharing what we learn along the way.

Read the full post: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bu...

#ActivityPub #FASP

RE: https://noc.social/@AltAltNPS/117208158274947404

Keep up the pressure! Every bit of friction makes it harder for them to pursue their lawlessness.

Hopefully this is the first case of many in the years to come.

#resist

Just updated my website for devices with basic web browsers, including e-readers https://eink.link

@jonny I'm curious how this works per customer?

How do they connect the price displayed to the customer, and what if it change etc?

In UK we don't have digital prices tags afaik. Maybe the price is "displayed" on a customer price scanner? We have those but they are not common. I suspect people don't used them where they are optional and I'm not sure they are allowed in law to not display prices on the shelves.

I know that you can insist they honour the price on a shelf even if wrong.

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117206299065068372

Großartiger Post. Einer der Gründe warum ich nach self-hosted alternativen suche für meine Firma und unsere Kunden. Was wenn big-tech einfach alles abdreht... Dann haben wir hoffentlich selbst die Infrastruktur mit der wir unsere täglichen Geschäfte erledigen können... Denn sonst sind wir erledigt.

#digitalsovereignty