@timnitGebru
the grant Ghent gave him to supplement his (prestigious) ERC Starter Grant on loneliness, with which he hired Cofnas: https://research.ugent.be/web/result/project/2d10a669-1427-11ee-a391-81a6d079669c/details/en

the report Ghent professors compiled to protest and show evidence of Cofnas' unsuitability and shoddy scholarship when he was hired has also been released (apparently, and an English translation, with a dropbox link going round)

US is set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/canada-us-trade-tariffs-trump-857ef76b20a766e370d70176135b678e
http://www.memeorandum.com/260822/p1#a260822p1

@mattblaze @khleedril Isn't it hilarious how the mute/block fodder so stridently identifies itself EVERY SINGLE TIME?

@siracusa So Apple is "testing" your patience and making you want to get the "flight" out of here?

Frog! In the lettuce.

This might be the most 2026 thing to happen all year. It turns out that when comparison shopping toothbrushes you need to specify if you don't want it to come with AI.

Zero shots fired. Total destruction. 🇺🇦💪

A Ukrainian MiG-29 just took down a Russian Shahed drone using nothing but pure physics. By weaponizing its wingtip vortices, the pilot forced the UAV into a terminal spiral. High-stakes, high-precision, and absolutely legendary airmanship.

#Ukraine #Aviation #MiG29Crash

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Ukrainenews/117133377760121069

The RAF destroyed several V-1 rockets using similar physics. History does not repeat, but it echoes.

Secondly, I give a lot of these away to local chefs and my friends (as well as people whom I want to get to know). They don’t all really understand what I do. Many of them wonder if perhaps I’m trying to sell them something. I explain that it’s leftover work swag and then explain briefly what I do and I’m not sure they all get it, but they do get that I’m not trying to sell them weird pickles.

I guess they're going to take the bourbon back off the shelves. #ElbowsUp #ElbowsWayUp

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/midnight-deadline-trump-tariffs-trade-deal-leblanc-greer-9.7310605

@mia Look at Parker beating that poor bike and car with a bat!

@stshank @jalefkowit that actually laster longer than I expected