Lab Supply Companies Have Been Selling Antibodies Using Manipulated Images https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/2331240/lab-supply-companies-have-been-selling-antibodies-using-manipulated-images?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Alex Akselrod
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Oh man, Dolly Parton. Talk about a life well lived.
We lost a passionate advocate for both literacy and vaccines, two of the greatest accomplishments of the modern world that that I never imagined would be under attack but somehow now are. We are diminished today.
I Want A New Hug
Alex Akselrod
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“Wikipedia is the most important website in the world. It’s under constant attack from criminals, and nation states, and needs support and protection. Wikimedia staff are crucial for keeping Wikipedia alive and operational. They also need support and protection. A very basic aspect of that is forming a labor union.” — Lars Wirzenius, Former WMF staff and free software developer
[1] Personal statement to WWU from @liw, August 24, 2026.
![Community Citation [023]. Recognition Timeline: Day 29 since WMF declined voluntary recognition on July 27, 2026.
“Wikipedia is the most important website in the world. It’s under constant attack from criminals, and nation states, and needs support and protection. Wikimedia staff are crucial for keeping Wikipedia alive and operational. They also need support and protection. A very basic aspect of that is forming a labor union.” — Lars Wirzenius, Former WMF staff and free software developer
Reference: [1] Personal statement to WWU, August 24, 2026.
Wiki Workers United/CWA. [union needed]. Solidarity Forever. Healthy Institutions Share Power.](https://cdn.masto.host/socialwikiworkersunitedorg/media_attachments/files/117/157/327/675/006/626/original/e6c9d035f1c00d21.jpg)
Alex Akselrod
boosted
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63671947
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/26/mbs-oversaw-saudi-killers-of-khashoggi-us-intel-report
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/mbs-approved-khashoggis-murder-report
The fossil fuel industry funds AI.
There's ample evidence that the most corrupt industry on earth is willing to kill to get & keep its wealth.
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-warn-1-billion-people-on-track-to-die-from-climate-change
https://coeckelbergh.medium.com/palantirs-manifesto-technofascism-in-plain-sight-c160ca377e9a
So are technofascist billionaires.
https://theintercept.com/2026/06/06/anthropic-ai-investor-abu-dhabi-china/
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/01/2026/uae-ups-pre-ipo-stake-in-anthropic
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/business/xai-humain-saudi-musk-spacex.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/technology/saudi-arabia-elon-musk-xai.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-ai-groq-a16z-vision-2030-mbs-2024-9
Lily Cohen
boosted
Be a fourth as good as Dolly Parton and you'd be an amazingly good person.
Books for kids, charitable work, helping sponsor research that resulted in a COVID vaccine; she did so many good things.
May her memory be a blessing.
Take some time to cook yourself a good, nourishing meal.
omi
followed
@evan hahaha. I think it might be a cricket actually.
Farahbot JumpingSpider 🏳️🌈🖖🏼
boosted
A famous southern 80-year-old country-singing Christian woman died today, and none of the rather lefty people I know are insulting her, making fun of her death or faith, or calling her a nazi. They are posting positive messages about her. People on "the left" don't hate religious people. They hate bigotted assholes.
Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸
boosted
The Fediverse is Throwing a Music Festival
Believe it or not, the Fediverse has a thriving independent art community. This week, a bunch of them are coming together to perform online.
We Distribute
Bloomberg Daybreak Asia: Oil Drop Eases Inflation Woes
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2026-08-26/bloomberg-daybreak-asia-oil-drop-eases-inflation-woes-podcast?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Bloomberg Television @bloomberg-television-bloomberg
Lily Cohen
boosted
Dolly Parton wrote Jolene AND I Will Always love you on the same day, AND founded the Imagination Library, giving away over 300 million free books to kids. We've lost a legend with a heart of gold.
https://imaginationlibrary.com
Our whole digital world has been wrapped in chains by rent-extracting monopolists who gloried in their power to use hook IP to deprive you of the right to use your property in ways you see fit, writing private laws that made it a crime to displease them.
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A generation of allowing companies to shift value from their customers and suppliers to themselves has made them richer, us poorer, and everything more expensive. They've accumulated vast wealth at our expense. Their margins are our opportunity.
The VCR was a great idea 55 years ago. 55 years later, it's an idea whose time has come - again.
eof/
After a quarter-century of innovation prohibition, there are *dozens* of lucrative, easily perfected technologies just *waiting* to be made: the dongle that jailbreaks your phone or console and installs a third-party app store, the dongle that flashes your printer so it takes generic ink; the dongle that lets your mechanic install generic parts in your car and lets farmers fix their tractors.
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Our whole digital world has been wrapped in chains by rent-extracting monopolists who gloried in their power to use hook IP to deprive you of the right to use your property in ways you see fit, writing private laws that made it a crime to displease them.
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The last time there was this much low-hanging fruit on offer was after WWII, where six years' worth of bombings, austerity and neglect provided endless opportunities to repair, rebuild and replace the worn, crumbling built environment, vehicle fleet and personal belongings of people all over the world.
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After a quarter-century of innovation prohibition, there are *dozens* of lucrative, easily perfected technologies just *waiting* to be made: the dongle that jailbreaks your phone or console and installs a third-party app store, the dongle that flashes your printer so it takes generic ink; the dongle that lets your mechanic install generic parts in your car and lets farmers fix their tractors.
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Lily Cohen
boosted
RIP Dolly Parton. With no hyperbole, an absolute legend.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/25/dolly-parton-country-singer-dead
It's not just VCRs, of course. For a *generation*, entire product categories have been suppressed, all over the world. There is a whole CES (good) worth of products that are truly innovative (good) waiting to be brought to market.
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The last time there was this much low-hanging fruit on offer was after WWII, where six years' worth of bombings, austerity and neglect provided endless opportunities to repair, rebuild and replace the worn, crumbling built environment, vehicle fleet and personal belongings of people all over the world.
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