I could never get the hang of ideology...
https://youtu.be/kXPCsaO_55o

Entertain me, minions!

Who says AI doesn't create new kinds of businesses: I would hire someone to re-transcribe all the LLM output I have to trudge through back into human language. I don't have trouble with the volume, I can just feel my brain trying to eject my temporal lobes out my ears as each passing word makes becoming alingual more appealing.

“Come all of you good workers, good news to you I'll tell, of how the good ol' union, has come in here to dwell. Which side are you on?” -- ArtemisiaGentileschiFan

(Quoting Florence Reece[0].)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Which_Side_Are_You_On%3F

[1] w.wiki/TqxD

I’ve been putting off reading this because it’s been a rough few days – but now I figure what the heck, in for a dime/in for a dollar.

Decentralized community #microgrids can’t happen a minute too soon, I tell you what.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/magazine/national-blackout-power-electricity-outage.html

@Taweret Is it?

@konstruct i thought his name was Hans, TIL

The average fedi user is an autistic queer genderfucked anarchist therian tech worker with 7 headmates in a polycule with headmates and other systems (this is due to a few outlying users offsetting the average)

The median fedi user is Josh, a cishet man who likes his bicycle

@adamgreenfield The fucking GALL of suggesting our nation’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples is somehow out of bounds for criticism in that regard, too. Like, no no, that is never out of bounds, and we must always hold that foremost in mind.

iPhone 17 was the world's best-selling smartphone in Q2 2026, according to Counterpoint Research, accounting for 6% of global smartphone unit sales.

ICYMI https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/26/counterpoint-iphone-17-topped-worldwide-smartphone-sales-during-q2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@arrjay
Depending on what you mean by cult material, it has an identifiable tone but I don't find it objectionable really

My legs hurt and I’m mad at the government

Japan does not need to revise its nonnuclear principles as it is possible to enhance deterrence without changing the principles, according to University of Tsukuba professor Atsuko Higashino. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/26/japan/deterrence-nonnuclear-rule/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearweapons #defense

@arstechnica

your list is suspect since there’s no mention of Dr. Thornton Poole, the dialectician in Oscar

@davsot tl;dl Luis Muñoz Marín

BREAKING: Man who brought guillotine to D.C. arrested for violating Washington knife laws

@tinker @ness Both!