Imagine if we just believed disabled people?

If we trusted that they were the experts in their bodies?

If we listened when they said they could do something, and supported them when they said they couldn’t.

If we gave accommodations and assistance without judgment?

That’s true inclusion.

#disability #ableism #chronicillness #eugenics #inclusion

Ach joh FUCK OFF!

#hitte #hittegolf #klimaatcrisis

birthday fun(gi)

#fungifriday #fungiverse #fungi #mushtodon #mosstodon

@EUCommission
Designs 2 and 3 were gorgeous imho

Secret Panel HERE 😩 https://tinyview.com/mrlovenstein/2026/07/23/old

@Fritange J'étais pas clair. Je sais que les IA ne sont pas conscientes, mais je me demande si les journalistes qui en parlent le savent ou pas. Et s'ils le savent pourquoi continuent-ils a en parler comme si elles étaient conscientes.

Je pense que s'ils arrêtaient d'en parler comme si elles étaient conscientes, peut-être que moins de gens le penseraient.

9to5Mac Daily: July 24, 2026 – Apple and Ford partnership, more https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/24/daily-july-24-2026/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

This is fascinating. Humans don't have to leave earth for long or far before they start to forget what "human" means.

"Every astronaut who spends more than a few months in orbit comes back describing some version of the same disorientation. Rain smells overwhelming. Fabric feels abrasive. Familiar streets feel piloted rather than driven. The Earth their bodies evolved for has become, briefly, a foreign planet their nervous system is re-learning in real time."

#space

https://spacedaily.com/j-v-astronauts-returning-from-long-stays-in-orbit-say-the-smell-of-rain-is-almost-too-much-to-bear-and-a-familiar-street-feels-like-something-they-are-piloting-rather-than-driving/

Why PID strategies need more than PIDs: our first position paper - Crossref https://www.crossref.org/blog/why-pid-strategies-need-more-than-pids-our-first-position-paper/

The world needs more hackerspaces! I want to help with that. Specifically, in the little slice of Scotland I call home.

I love the existing spaces in Glasgow and Edinburgh, but I know some incredible hackers, makers, and creators who aren't close enough to make those places home.

So, if you know anyone who happens to live in/around the south west coast of Scotland, could you please share this survey with them?

https://tally.so/r/gDxoAl

@lowqualityfacts I mean, the least they could do is to arrange a dinner date

@Techaltar I totally agree with your theory. "Oooooh lool how dangerous [and thus valuable...] that stuff is" has been Open AI's main marketing strategy for a while now. I hate that everyone just goes along with it. You'd think media and marketing literacy would be a bit more substantial by now...

Today's repair task - fix the breadmaker.
Belt had worn out after 11 years faithful service.
Not the easiest thing to unscrew (needed a fair bit of WD40) but this iFixIt guide was mostly accurate.
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Morphy+Richards+Fastbake+breadmaker+48280+belt+replacement/162561

New belt on order. Isn't it fun to take apart your toys 😄

@timnitGebru what does it even mean to ban a tensor

aww

see, folks, this is what we lose if we lose the National Historic Preservation Act

we lose Ursula K. LeGuin's house

https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2026/07/this-literary-giants-portland-home-just-became-a-national-historic-landmark.html?gift=aa2f7d47-3a25-4fa9-8bc0-ed8ffbcec018

New paid position at The Document Foundation, the non-profit that coordinates the @libreoffice project – We are a looking for a Marketing and Communication Professional (full-time, remote): https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/23/join-the-libreoffice-team-as-a-marketing-and-communication-professional-full-time-remote-m-f-d/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

Pre-announcement: the website for "Mathematical Discourse", a new peer-reviewed video journal that will referee and publish mathematical *videos* rather than papers, is now online: https://www.mathematicaldiscourse.org/ . I am serving as one of the editors. (A more detailed announcement will be forthcoming.)

Half-Life 2 running natively on HaikuOS

https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/haiku-nvidia-porting-nvidia-driver-for-turing-gpus/16520?page=18

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49034868

#HackerNews #HalfLife2 #HaikuOS #Gaming #LinuxTuring #GPUs

@EUCommission In contrast to other replies here, I appreciate that action is being taken. Of course, there's always room for more—but given that we live in a democracy with numerous 'decision deciders,' the EU seems to be heading in the right direction compared to other major nations and unions worldwide.

@octothorpe this is what happens when you fire all of the people who try to stop this from happening.