@davidgerard This was like six weeks ago, but the head of Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund is very high on AI. He’s mandated all developers to use AI, saying those who want it the least need it the most and “you need to be on them like a wasp”. His favourite pastime is walking around asking devs what they’re doing with AI and asking them to explain what’s on their screens. Really some smashing quotes in this article, unfortunately in Norwegian. https://www.kode24.no/artikkel/hvis-du-nekter-a-bruke-ki-er-du-basically-tjukk-i-huet/259609

Get out there and vote UK people.

Your boss will vote. Your landlord will vote. Make sure you vote.

Polling stations open till 10pm - you need photo ID. (But not in Scotland)

I voted Green 💚

We're thrilled to announce the next section of our Privacy Activism resources! 🎉

📑 The Data Protection Authority Directory is a new tool to help you find the main consumer privacy law in your region, and the authority mandated to enforce that law.

We sincerely hope our DPA Directory will be a useful tool for building your knowledge about what privacy protections you're entitled to. Paired with our resource on reporting privacy violations in our Privacy Activist Toolbox, you can take a stand against violations of your privacy rights, and make a significant impact benefiting both you and your community.

Find your country/state/region here: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/activism/legal/dpa-directory/

#Privacy #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #PrivacyGuides

@wyatt_unhinged @june it was literally just that

Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production
https://www.theverge.com/tech/926376/apple-airpods-cameras-ai-production?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The Verge @the-verge-theverge

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@KevinCarson1/116523070621752364

Reminder that you *can* delete the Chrome AI model this way, but Google can quite easily bring it back by just picking a new name and set of flags for their shitbaggery.

The only 100% effective solution is to erase Chrome.

Under-reported details of the xAI/Anthropic Colossus data center deal: Anthropic get Colossus 1 but xAI keep using the larger Colossus 2, Colossus 1 has a REALLY bad environmental record, and xAI just shut down a bunch of older models on 2 weeks' notice https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/7/xai-anthropic/

"The Abolitionist Map of NYC offers a geographic survey of incarceration and anti-carceral resistance in Manahatta from the Dutch colonization of Lenapehoking to the present day." https://kottke.org/26/05/the-abolitionist-map-of-nyc

the natural world is so fuckin cool but we made up a system where most of us don't even get to enjoy it most days because some rich guys need more numbers

Do me a favor.

Open up your fediverse search. Type in “ #sleepyjoe. ” Hashtag and no hashtag. Immediately find everyone who used it in the pejorative, or as an excuse to not vote for him or Harris.

If you follow them, block them immediately. If you know them personally, punch them in the face.

Thanks.

😲

BREAKING: *Explosie bij partijkantoor D66 in Den Haag, geen gewonden*

https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/6395082/explosie-bij-partijkantoor-d66-in-den-haag-geen-gewonden.html

"Er is donderdagavond een explosie geweest bij het partijkantoor van #D66 in #DenHaag. Dat bevestigt de politie aan NU.nl na berichtgeving door De Telegraaf. Er is schade aan het pand.

De politie kreeg om 21.04 een melding van de explosie, waarna hulpdiensten uitrukten. Niemand is gewond geraakt. Een politiewoordvoerder kon niet bevestigen of er mensen aanwezig waren in het pand toen de explosie plaatsvond.

Het is ook nog niet duidelijk om welk soort explosie het gaat. "Daar doen we onderzoek naar", zegt de woordvoerder.

Eind vorig jaar werd het D66-kantoor in Den Haag ook al doelwit van vernielingen. Er werden toen onder meer ruiten ingegooid."

@catsalad All cats are a.

The deliberate restriction of #food and aid led to alarming malnutrition levels in #Gaza

MSF saw the devastating impact that the man-made #crisis in Gaza had on the #nutrition of pregnant and breastfeeding women, which then affects their newborns and infants

#Palestine #Genocide #EthnicCleansing #Israel #MSF

Press release👇
https://www.msf.org/deliberate-restriction-food-and-aid-led-alarming-malnutrition-gaza

@rigrig The why is not cursed: my VPS doesn't have enough space to hold all the git repos I want to share through Radicle, and I'm not letting random things P2P into my homelab.

So I had to come up with a cursed solution that can bridge this. If it works (and I'm not sure it will), I'll toot about it. If it doesn't, it's better if noone knows. :)

@jeffjarvis

Yeah, I also sometimes do a quick "three degrees of separation" on these things, and am often unpleasantly surprised what that turns up.

Kinda disappointed in The Guardian for not doing that for me. But as a USAian who has given up on NYT and WaPo, and had thought I'd found a good replacement in The Guardian, I've more and more been noticing them doing silly missteps. Bummed.

Instagram suspended our account, one we've never posted from, just added a link to https://pixelfed.org in the bio.

@navi @june getting truthnuked left and right

@MakersHour

A5 chocolate. Or maybe coffee and walnut cake.

#MakersHour