@julieofthespirits The unstated recommendations as usual include "have rich & powerful friends who can bail you out of trouble." In old age, Ayn Rand became a "welfare queen"

If a browser vendor can get away shipping 4GB "nano" #LLM bundles on the side, soon pre-caching the whole node_modules dependencies of some #React framework will seem natural and lightweight.

#predictions #web

human-to-human transmission of fucking HANTAVIRUS through casual contact. well, at least this time we'll all just straight-up die, no fussing around with masks and such.

oh cool, cool, yeah that's fucking amazing, great. https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/07/klm-flight-attendant-hospitalized-contact-hantavirus-cruise-ship-passenger

Philips Hue smart lights will soon be able to react to live sports events in real-time https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/07/philips-hue-smart-lights-will-soon-be-able-to-react-to-live-sports-events-in-real-time/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“Even if you're well-intentioned and want to comply with this law, it's nearly impossible to do so,” EFF’s Rin Alajaji told KUER 90.1 NPR Utah. “Our worry here is that this opens the door to other states and other countries to start creating these unworkable mandates.” https://www.kuer.org/politics-government/2026-05-07/utahs-online-porn-age-verification-law-now-includes-vpns-critics-say-it-wont-work

Hands-on: Lexar ES5 brings MagSafe convenience and ProRes SSD speeds to your iPhone https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/07/hands-on-lexar-es5-brings-magsafe-convenience-and-prores-ssd-speeds-to-your-iphone/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@farah Sorry! That's "Son Goku"!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goku

RE: https://climatejustice.social/@PeterRu/116533776117642126

the Ohio House passed House Bill 249 targeting drag performers & gender-nonconforming people as "adult cabaret”. this means that the state now dictates how everyone dresses in public with the cops as fashion critics.

“What you wear should not be a crime.”

After a whole week, slept so much, I had some really weird dreams

Off to vote in the Scottish Parliament elections.
For the uninitiated you can vote at age 16 and over, you get two votes.
One vote is a first past the post constituency vote for a candidate and the second is for a Party (or independent candidate) from a regional list.
Although not strictly PR, the system is designed give a more proportion outcome.
You also don't have to be "Scottish" to vote, just normally resident in Scotland and forfil the criterion that allows you to register to vote here.

We could easily feed, house and provide healthcare to everyone many times over.

Overpopulation arguments ignore the elephant in the room, which is the unequal distribution and consumption of resources.

The earth can support billions, but it cannot support billionaires.

🚨 5 hours until the polls close!

Every vote counts. Let's demand better.

🗳️ Everyone in Scotland can vote Scottish Greens on the peach ballot paper
✉️ If you have a postal vote you can hand it in
🪪 You DON'T need photo ID in Scotland

If data centres were a country...

via @the_imf

RE: https://mastodon.transneptune.net/@owen/116529543186641483

I have since found confirmation that the 4GB blob Google helpfully shat into Chrome users' computers and the standards proposal linked below are two ends of the same project. Someone at Google is in a real hurry to turn their quarterly performance review into a durable internet standard.

What else do I find concerning?

That the 23 people who were on the cruise ship Hondius, and have left to go back to their home countries, a handful of which are now in the US (who have quit WHO and seem hell bent on destroying any semblance of healthcare), are only being "monitored".

There's up to a 30 day incubation period for #HantaVirus and I don't understand why they aren't being quarantined for 6 weeks since this type #AndesVirus can spread human-to-human.

We've learned nothing.

IMO

@noodlemaz @TindrasGrove @cstross

Also, remember in Scotland, the plan was to ban smoking on the public streets, but then the Fossil Fuel lobbies argued against that, as if the ban went through, and people still died of respiratory problems, they would find out where the problems really came from... :|

@sundogplanets if your goats had a blog, I’d read that.

@cassidy codeberg is good. I found it has had some downtime more frequently than I wished but now it's not like it's somehow worse than github 😅

@zackwhittaker

Presumably, someone's proof of concept.