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That would be bad, but not quite as immediately catastrophic as if mainframes disappeared.

If you’re missing your potato in #CambridgeMA, it’s at the Mt Auburn St & DeWolfe St bus stop.

The implicit use of unique factorization in rings of algebraic integers is behind the error of many of the numerous false proofs that have been written during the 358 years between Fermat's statement and Wiles's proof.

what if........the unique factorization wasn't implied. because it doesn't exist

We need a hashtag for pics of dogs in windy environments

No fridge, no fans, just blocks of ice: improvising to survive in Pakistan’s searing heat
By Hazaran Rahim Dad and Changeez Nazir in Nasirabad, Pakistan

With limited electricity and poor ventilation, many families in Nasirabad have little to shield them from temperatures of up to 50C

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/24/pakistan-extreme-heat-50c-ice-blocks-nasirabad

#Globaldevelopment #Pakistan #Extremeheat #SouthandcentralAsia #Climatecrisis #Environment #Worldnews #Accesstowater #Globalhealth #TheGuardian #HazaranRahimDad #ChangeezNazirinNasirabad #Pakistan

@ottaross @occult Clicked through for this comment. Did not disappoint. You win one free internet!

@elena @pallenberg Worth noting the folks on the Bluesky subreddit caught 'centrist' Anna signal boosting propaganda from a far right think tank.

https://furs.social/@Rycochet/117122217687161943

This failure of unique factorization is one of the reasons for the difficulty of the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.

literally gauss had to fuck this all up for everyone else

Dear friends,

Please gather around for a long post about #WSocial and how they are responding to critiques.

I have noticed a trend: W Social leaders and staunch supporters are describing any critical posts about the company as "targeted disinformation." Its CEO said they will soon have a technical solution in place for this. Oh?!?

🔗: https://mu.social/profile/anna.wsocial.eu/post/3mtqufy6g4s2r

I suppose the "targeted disinformation" claims are about recent posts by the likes of me and @pallenberg about troubling hate speech that is allowed on W Social.

Claims backed by hard evidence, in the form of screenshots and video captures. (I am increasingly doing screen recordings of problematic posts and interactions by W Social people because they have a tendency to delete evidence - like an infamous comment on a video by the Instutute for Remigration).

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Discrediting sources, renaming evidence as "disinformation" and creating a victim narrative has a long, storied history.

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But I'm digressing. I speak up about W Social because:

1. Mainstream media runs PR fluff about them;

2. Horrid hate speech on the platform is completely unmoderated.

W Social is currently showing the limits of free speech absolutism. Its CEO wrote: "We don’t need W to become another echo chamber."

Reminds you of something?

Atmosphere user @echna.bsky.social astutely remarked that "W Social is on an X speedrun, without ever having been like Twitter."

🔗: https://mu.social/profile/echna.bsky.social/post/3mtqlknzork2t

Bluesky, #Blacksky, and #Northsky have mechanisms in place to report hate speech - and I am super thankful for that.

As of today, I cannot report to W Social posts by their users that contain hate speech.

The W Social moderation list's only purpose is to make a distinction between verified users and bots.

Compare it with Blacksky's moderation list and be amazed (see screenshots).

What's the big deal about the lack of content moderation on #WSocial?

Well, I am haunted by some posts by their users.

A repeat offender (routinely posting racist and xenophobic posts) recently commented "Awesome news" to a newspaper article about a Palestinian family drowning in Sussex.

His profile is still up and he's followed by W Social's CEO and its co-founder Ingmar Renzhog (yes I have evidence of this, via a video capture - so even if they unfollow him or delete his account, well, I have proof of my claim).

I agree with "Echna" that W Social is on an X speedrun, allowing racist, transphobic and xenophobic posts. Evidence:

🔗: https://mu.social/profile/elenarossini.com/post/3mth3hwhvzs26

Instead of addressing these critiques head-on - and moderating hate speech - the W Social co-founders are lamenting being subjected to a "targeted disinformation" campaign.

Oh ok?

IMHO free speech absolutism ultimately only coddles far right extremists and is a very dangerous thing.

Would you call this disinformation?

Special thanks to my #GoToSocial account for allowing this message all in one go, without having to break it up in a hundred-post thread.

TL;DR: W Social is taking a dark turn real fast.

#SocialMedia

Il Mondo estate. Quattro interviste sull'idea di viaggio, di cinque puntate ciascuna, ogni mattina alle 6.00⁠.⁠ Dal 24 al 28 agosto Arundhati Roy intervistata da Junko Terao.⁠ intern.az/1QS2

Don't want to be too dramatic but there's literally one copy of my zine remaining...

https://cognitivewallpaper.com

Miyu Yamashita tied an LPGA Tour scoring record as she sailed to a nine-shot victory at the CPKC Women's Open in Edmonton on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/08/24/more-sports/miyu-yamashita-wins-cpkc-open/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #miyuyamashita #lpga #cpkcwomen039sopen

Then its the turn of defence force heads. Teanua asks again about veteran support. Then about compensation to Samoa for the sinking of the NZ Navy ship Manawanui in their waters.

He asks how they plan to make sure they have people who know how to operate the new tech they're proposing to buy. About the scope and source of the "cyber-attacks" they talk about. About whether spook agencies or multinational corporations, eg StarLink, have a role in NZ space policy.

https://www3.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCFADT_EVI_f732bcb7-78ff-48be-f530-08de0c1ab09b_FADT2065/5c5145292e9fbf34d2bbcbe957a350ba20cfd18b

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@xenu it’s also really really really far away

However, the theorem does not hold for algebraic integers.[a]

the note [a] says it works if you factor into ideals.........

@phoenix it could be 20°f and there is a 50/50 chance I will be in shorts haha

@pezmico Given that most under 13s are on social media already despite the platforms not allowing under 13s*, I don't think what the government is proposing will stop anything.

Unless they want us all to provide ID to go online. That becomes quite a different argument altogether.

*My 12 year old daughter thought I was the cruelest person in the world for not letting her on social media until she was 13, and it did mean she was excluded. Her dance classes had group chats on social media and sent dances to practice through the group chats even though none of the students were old enough to be eligible for social media. It meant she would arrive at dance behind the rest of the class despite not even knowing what is was she was meant to have been practicing.

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@noamross/117017079246581729

EDIT: One more day! Get your comment in by the end of Monday, Aug 24!

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Three more days to comment on NSF's attempt to smuggle in OMB's already-rejected policies of terminating any grant without cause, gutting civil rights obligations and restricting international collaborations.

Submit your comment today! Then call your representatives.

https://fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/ProtectNSF_Comment/

#NSF #Science #USpol

@davidgerard I learned of this yesterday because someone I was following (this has been rectified) boosted a blog post from a sobber who was all in on the idea. The blogger's profile picture was ... cinema
https://chaos.social/@dngrs/117145829198953090