Google Gemini is A/B testing its AI-generated responses. #AI #Google

@ND3JR @littlemiao Yup! But I used to do the 2nd flush thingy in mugs.

That got in my nerves, though. 😅

"It costs a lot to look this cheap" describes AI slop so well

The Roberts Six used the shadow docket to quash an earlier injunction Talwani ordered to prohibit USPS from acting on Trump’s EO to federalize vote-from-home (a more accurate term than mail-in voting or absentee voting). The Six argued that plaintiff states’ challenge was not yet ripe when Talwani issued that injunction, bc the USPS had not issued a final rule. 2/

Busy month so here's a v short and sweet BADBOOL update to fix the dead link for Unite4 Heritage and update the link for SpyFly. https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List.

Thank you so much for the donations, which I used to get fancy olives, panini, and a salad. I even added an Oxford comma in honor of a donor!

She looked at him.

His head was still firmly in his hands as he sat across the room. where the two of them had desperately been searching for a solution, for several hours.

Then, inspiration hit her. She ran through the idea internally before electing to voice it. It passed the internal monologue test, and it was time to commit publicly.

"I've got it...," she began, "what if we, simply, turned off the computer?"

His head slowly lifted, and he turned towards her.

For the briefest of seconds, it seemed as if she'd solved it. But, just as soon as the joy had begun to rise, it was brought back down to earth with a massive thud.

"But, the computer is how we look at cat pictures," he said.

"Oh right," she agreed. "Forget that then, we need those."

The thinking process started over, once again.

#microfiction

@casy oh no. its WWW spot has shaky moving photos, though I try to block such things. On my no buy list now lmao

Yesterday, I managed to get some footage of a pod of Dolphins that came right up to the southern end of the loch. The largest of them was huge. Best guess; 4 metres long.

@trib *nods* load-bearing tek screws

ok, here's the email with a lot more details about our 10th anniversary year and our triumphant-ish return to downtown petaluma

buttondown.com/northbaypyth...

19-20 June, 2027 – Save the da...

Picture 1: Nazi Germany, 1938. The Nazi party is assembled in Berlin and using their slogan "One people. One realm. One leader", contradicting the fact that Germany had Jewish, Polish, Danish and other minorities.

Picture 2: Trump's America, 2026. Trump's Department of labor uses the slogan "One Homeland. One People. One Heritage", contradicting the fact that the US has large Hispanic, African, Asian, Native American, and other minorities.

parton (n.): unit of measure for the extent to which a wealthy person uses that wealth to make the world a better place. Sadly, the milliparton and microparton are more commonly used. Note that negative values are frequently observed.

Add your fess: http://b3ta.com/addfess

#bushlife things. New gate latch.

First Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units Fuels Botnet https://www.securityweek.com/first-malware-built-specifically-for-car-head-units-fuels-botnet/

@decryption ah the good old "you're promptin it wrong" / "you just have to keep adjusting the prompt"

I figure if the kids aren't interested in a up and coming tech it doesn't have a chance

@casy oh. I was a bit curious about alts to Android

My "Artists of Mastodon" collection is finally ready to be shared. Please peruse if you want to fill your home feed with art.

https://mastodon.social/collections/116777306758391615

Climate change is a moral catastrophe because countries like Nepal who are least responsible for causing it suffer the most.