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Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels
The private Android-based OS will expand beyond Pixels next year.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/motorolas-grapheneos-phones-will-launch-in-2027-priced-higher-than-pixels/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica Chinese hardware. Not necessarily a security nerd dream I guess 🤔
Are we plugging our phone physically with a wire into our computers and moving files between them?
@danirabbit No, but only because MTP is the worst file transfer protocol ever developed & stops working & breaks completely if you look at it wrong. Plugging in the phone used to be more convenient than wireless transfer when you didn't have to use MTP, but not anymore.
My website and its RSS feed were/are compromised. 😱
I’m working on fixing things up. Thank you to everyone who reported the problem to me. (And, I suppose, thanks for subscribing to my blog!)
@rmondello are you going to do a (mini) writeup of what happened, just in case so others can avoid the same issue?
New response script: "Trans women are taking over women's sports"
💬 The one-liner:
"When a 'sports takeover' can't name one real athlete, it isn't protecting women — it's using them."
Ask which sport, which athlete — the specifics usually aren't there. The big one this summer (the WNBA) had zero trans players and still got 8 hours of TV.
The somehow-alpha release of Gestalt is available for testing purposes:
Codex only for now. In case anyone tries, let us (cc @jaromil ) know. Note that mobile GUI needs a TLS setup.
I'm working on Silex Desktop for a week: bring your own forge \o/
On publish it pushes to your repository, the forge builds it and serves it. Supports GitLab, @Codeberg, @forgejo pipelines. Your CMS can trigger a build without Silex in the loop
For SourceHut / sr.ht it needs a paid account to build. If you have one, I would love to guide you to test it
Asked my daughter if she knew what a demon core was and she sent me this.
In LA immigration courts, Indigenous migrants face deportation because they don’t have interpreters.
Advocates for Indigenous migrants say little to no court-provided translation means some people don’t understand what immigration judges are asking.
https://lapublicpress.org/2026/08/immigration-courts-indigenous-speakers-migrants-deportation-interpreters/
"Certainly, compared to the situation of critical disability theorists, eugenic philosophers enjoy far more publicity, institutional support, and financial security.
Now we have a better understanding of *why* these hateful bigots have been so successful..."
https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/08/20/how-much-dark-money-is-in-professional-philosophy/
#philosophy #NathanCofnas #eugenics #PeterThiel #RaceScience
@inquiline Did Yarvin spill his drink? What's happening there?
Color your own momo
Any interest in coloring sheets like this?
@heyheymomo actually, I think what I like about all your variations is diversity. Having one single style (angular or scribbly) feels less enriching. Feel free to alternate between scribbles, refined, vector art, non-color, color, I like it
@CStamp Interesting is fine. Enjoying the foods and dances and other traditions of your people, sure. That’s all great.
It’s when it gets to bumper-sticker declarations that I start to lose the plot. What’s that about, identifying yourself to compatriots? It’s somewhat mystifying to me.
@adamgreenfield I once dated someone whose dad was of Ukrainian descent. My dad was also half Ukrainian, so I could make some Ukrainian food. His parents decided to join the local Ukrainian social group. The group invited a popular Ukrainian artist over to Canada as part of their Ukrainian appreciation of the culture. Man comes over, a celebrated Ukrainian artist. Turns out, he doesn't pain folk images of people in Ukrainian costumes. They are confused, he was confused. 1/2
Southern California students struggle at school while fearing ICE will take their families.
As students go back to school, concerns about immigration raids are disrupting their education and taking a toll on their mental health.
https://lapublicpress.org/2026/08/la-california-schools-ice-students-anxiety-depression/
A co do hejtu, to jestem niestety przekonany, że ogromna jego część jest po prostu mizoginiczna i obrzydliwa.
Nie chcę umniejszać tego problemu.
Bardzo tu profesor Mróz-Gorgoń współczuję, i chciałbym, by nie było taryfy ulgowej dla tego typu zachowań.
Idę o zakład, że skala reakcji nie byłaby taka sama, gdyby za projekt odpowiadał akurat jakiś pan profesor, a nie pani profesor. I to jest dodatkowy poziom dramatu w tej i tak już gównianej sytuacji.
@rysiek Już mniejsza że wygenerowała AI slop, nawet że chyba nie przeczytała co wygenerowała i podpisała swoim nazwiskiem - ale do diabła, zgarnęła za to dwieście tysięcy, a potem zamiast się pokajać rzuciła coś w stylu "ups, zdarza się, wszyscy profesorowie używają AI".
Co więcej, jestem absolutnie stuprocentowo przekonany, że skala reakcji byłaby albo taka sama, albo gorsza gdyby odpowiadał jakiś pan profesor posługujący się takim samym językiem jak pani profesor. Ostatecznie, w badaniach naukowych nt hejtu w sieci mężczyźni równie często lub częściej jak kobiety padają jego ofiarą. Różni się tylko charakter hejtu oraz konsekwencje.
“Et si l’âge du bronze c’était tous les amis qu’on s’est fait en chemin ?”
@alcinnz I'd get it for me and maybe for family, but **only** if it is accessible. I'm blind, so for me it's priority #1.
@menelion Yes, it will be! My engineering standards are that anything I'm offering for others to use must be accessible!
I've found Arduino-Flite which I can use to build a screenreader, & I think everyone would enjoy tactile controls.
Him ? Pardon ?
Estaba yo volteando la composta cuando vi que algo se movía entre las plantas.
It's been a tough few years for MacStories.
An explanation of why we resumed posting on X, and what comes next:
@viticci That’s your choice.
My choice is to stop reading and boosting MacStories.
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