(Naw if you pissed me off enough that I literally NEVER want to hear from you again, I will literally log onto the other account to block you there too. So if you're reading this, it was probably something dumb you said. I likely don't even remember - I just have no patience for bullshit and I'm a super busy lady. I can, and have, unblocked people across accounts. I don't unblock people I blocked on both accounts. A woman must live by a code...)

@jenniferplusplus

apropos:

"In July of 2021, Snupo and hundreds of workers walked through the gates and took over the factory. It was the most natural thing in the world, that we could go back into our factory, and fight for the chance to start over.

"It was the most natural thing in the world.

"There's a precedent for this: the Marcora law, which lets workers buy out their factory when the business is in crisis. And over the years, plenty have done just that, turning failing companies into thriving cooperatives."

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=dQMZR64G_eM

Here, it would be community stakeholders, rather than workers.

Why do I not use “AI” at OSNews?

In my fundraiser pitch published last Monday, one of the things I highlighted as a reason to contribute to OSNews and ensure its continued operation stated that "we do not use any 'AI'; not during research, not during writing, not for images, nothing." In the comments to that article, someone asked:

Why do I care if you use AI?
↫ A comment posted on OSNews

A few d

https://www.osnews.com/story/144405/why-do-i-not-use-ai-at-osnews/

#OSNews

High Agency

One term that keeps coming up in discussions about thriving in the AI era is "high agency." This 30-minute longread by George Mack is a great way to get you thinking about how high or low agency shows up in your life.

https://ma.tt/2026/02/high-agency/

@annaleen I think this question depends entirely on if you've got clothes that fit you or not. 🤔

@jaredwhite @jamesthomson All LLM generated code is in the public domain. The commercial companies just protect it all behind private repos. If you could force them to release it that would be what you’d need.

Otero County, #NewMexico ICE detention center to close. https://www.koat.com/article/otero-county-will-close-detention-facility-in-alamogordo/70368926

This is why we fought for #HB9 Immigrant Safety Act, just passed by Legislature and signed into law by our Governor.

@dansup Somehow top right or bottom right ones stand out to me.

#Roblox, #Reddit and #Discord users must use biometric #ageverification tool backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel

@JamesBaker says:

“People are worried, and angry, about having to hand over biometric scans of their face to overseas companies just to access online platforms. This includes children.

“Users deserve to know who is behind these systems, how their data is being used, and to have a real choice about who verifies their identity online.”

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/roblox-reddit-and-discord-users-compelled-to-use-biometric-id-system-backed-by-palantir-co-founder-peter-thiel/

Pink noise reduces REM sleep and may harm sleep quality

https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/pink-noise-reduces-rem-sleep-and-may-harm-sleep-quality

#HackerNews

Pixelfed logo variants, one of these will be the new logo ✨

@strypey
The Sophia Charter is all about community building along roughly similar lines

https://www.otago.ac.nz/about/social-responsibility/sophia-charter/the-charter

Writers: Generative AI models were built on our stolen works, are deeply unethical, and risk devaluing our entire profession.

Artists: Generative AI models were built on our stolen works, are deeply unethical, and risk devaluing our entire profession.

Developers: Wheeeeeeeeee!

@Gina bahahaha it looks like they're blaming you for this indignity

The redesign of the street could be a mass collaboration. Gathering ideas and needs assessments from past and present residents, student union reps, students and staff in relevant academic disciplines, uni governance reps, and botanic gardens reps, along with DCC city planners and community teams. This space that's so often characterised as a problem to be solved could instead be a living artwork.

As permaculture co-founder Bill Mollison famously said, the problem is the solution.

(8/8)

Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.

Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

Image: NASA

Katia Diachenko was eleven. A young gymnast from Mariupol, killed by russia’s invasion. Her name appeared on a tribute helmet worn by Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych. For that helmet, he was disqualified — deemed a “political demonstration” under IOC rules.

When remembering a murdered child becomes sanctionable, neutrality stops being balance and starts looking like moral failure.

@jonny
I don't know that they know. It may depend on who they talk to. There was apparently something of a hazing culture around aliens in the Air Force. Some are in on the joke and others aren't. There are people in Congress who believe fervently because there are people in the military who believe fervently but never have real evidence. I've heard multiple versions of the VIP being told not to ever ask again story. So who knows. Maybe someone convinced him.

@joenepraat @ErikUden FYI that's not star wars music, that's the ride of the valkyries by Wagner.