RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/117139363113373904

Quelle surprise…

A very few more tickets became available for the 26th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony (which will happen on Thursday, September 3, in #Zurich, Switzerland). Grab ‘em while you can. #IgNobel https://eventfrog.ch/de/p/wissenschaft-und-technik/the-36th-first-annual-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-7446575553581194400.html

Holy shit. They tried to get Canada to give up the ability to freely negotiate trade with other countries *and* expected it to stop caring about French language information on products. That's basically being a vassal state.

Good on Carney for walking away.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/u-s-encroaching-canadian-sovereignty-tariff-negotiations-frechette-9.7317055

#uspol #cdnpoli #fuckTrump #No51stState #french

Sounds like this is the story that is going to stick.
Trump is not a reliable partner in anything.

Carney: “last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal”

Ask Ukraine. Ask Iran. Ask NATO.

The American Century is over.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-us-tariffs-trump-imposes-new-50-per-cent-levy-on-canadian-goods-august-22-9.7311417

#canpoli #cdnpoli

(via @kfdm)

Spider-Man loves to punch Nazis

#uspol

@mttaggart these_are_the_same_picture_dot_jpeg

@ireneista I really don't know what I'd choose, but this is interesting to me because it seems to suggests you don't believe LLMs will collapse under their own weight, thus deserving your intervention.

New Certified Open Source Hardware!

3dplam has the UID CH000032.

3dplam is:
An open-source, 3D-printable membrane-filtration manifold for E. coli testing in drinking water, the method WHO and UNICEF use in household water surveys. Three parts (base, funnel, filter support) print without supports on any FDM printer and are used with a 100 mL syringe and a 0.45 micron membrane. About $0.80 a set in ABS. Validated at 8 sites against a s...

Find it in the directory!
https://certification.oshwa.org/ch000032.html

Hm, the way in which my back is sore makes me think I need to start doing rows.

But I don't wanna do rows. They're boringgggg

Si vous êtes intéressé'es par un projet de mutualisation intelligente de nos relais SMTP, un projet porté par les CHATONS en est à un moment charnière : https://forum.chatons.org/t/mutualisation-smtp-relance-2026/8750
#email #smtp #federation #postfix

@ajn142 I don't know that I've ever seen an employer require employees to sit at a blackjack table outside of Vegas, but I do agree there are similarities.

#notesArt #mastoArt #art #illustration #fediArt

A new microseason in the "Manageable heat" (処暑 Shosho) division has begun:

Cotton flowers bloom (綿柎開 Wata no hana shibe hiraku)

This microseason will last until August 27.

When we liberate women, we liberate humanity.

-- Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (Speech, 1910)

#feminism #quotes

Hugs for the sisters #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday