@katbeller so excited to have you on board!

In 1853, Gauss asked Riemann, his student, to prepare a Habilitationsschrift on the foundations of geometry.

recall again that the foundations of geometry included euclid, who did not agree at all with this unique prime factorization shit

Over many months, Riemann developed his theory of higher dimensions and delivered his lecture at Göttingen on 10 June 1854, entitled Ueber die Hypothesen, welche der Geometrie zu Grunde liegen.[13][14][15] It was not published until twelve years later in 1868 by Dedekind, two years after his death.

so the only attribution of "higher dimensions" to riemann occurs after his death. very good

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

@hipsterelectron sketches from proof sound like "it's true, my uncle who works at nintendo told it to me"

Meet our Ambassadors💖

As you may know, we have an Ambassador Program that you can join https://penpot.app/ambassador-program

Welcome Kat Beller - PenPOD Canada🇨🇦
@katbeller

Hello! I need a room in East London BY SEPTEMBER for a month, possibly two. I'm planning to move in with two others soon but that won't happen before I lose this place.

I need it to be cheap and to have wifi, and the basic living appliances - fridge, freezer, oven, washing machine - but otherwise don't really need much except somewhere to put my stuff (piled high in my room is ok).

I will mostly be in my room quietly working and organising the next move, but I am shockingly lovely in person and will be very easy to live with

Boosts / passing on / whatever welcome, thank you

@Roland

Le problème c'est qu'il n'y a pas que les populations européennes qui ont migré, il y a quatre millions au moins de juifs arabes ou berbères, et ceux-là n'ont pas de solution de repli - aucun pays arabo-musulman n'est réellement prêt à les accueillir en masse.

Déjà que les pays de la région ont raté le coche de l'accueil des juifs soviétiques (qui ne voulaient pas vraiment aller en Palestine, ils ont juste pas eu trop le choix)...

@jpm @dropbear
Ha ha 😹
great description: “those “write-only accounts” [that] never actually read what people are saying”… 😀🙏🏻

#writeOnlyAccounts

Riemann held his first lectures in 1854, which founded the field of Riemannian geometry and thereby set the stage for Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.[9]

yes, of course, just like david hilbert did

The theory of Riemann surfaces was elaborated by Felix Klein and particularly Adolf Hurwitz. This area of mathematics is part of the foundation of topology and is still being applied in novel ways to mathematical physics.

yes, the kind of physics that doesn't use math

Hey les copaines ! On rend cette photo virale ?

Elle fait partie d'une série par Jehad Alshrafi, photographe et photojournaliste palestinien basé à Gaza, pour un reportage en février 2026.

Elle a été retirée de l’exposition du Deauville Sport Images Festival.

Et toute la série est impressionnante et touchante -> https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/photos-soccer-amputees-gaza-ruins-1ce4531db33f03b52a3734b2031da086

Recently, I did an interview with Melt-Banana, it's here on my blog =)
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https://rrrrroseazerty.neocities.org/posts/melt-banana-interview

@Phipe
ouais... MERCI L'IA ! 😒

I saw a post on there that was like "Cory Doctorow is bad" and the justification pretty much boiled down to "I don't like how he's imprecise with his terminology in order to appeal to people" and, uh, idk. If you're not willing to entertain that Cory might be on your side I don't think there's really much hope for you. It feels like it's just continuing the worst libertarian habits of old twitter where social interaction is a numbers game and everybody else is a valid target for zero-sum anger.

Die Idee, dass es den*die absolut besten gibt, der von der Berufungskommission objektiv so gekürt werden kann, ist illusorisch. Natürlich sind manche nicht/noch nicht geeignet, und de fakto passiert auch Vetternwirtschaft. Aber idealerweise wägt man ein Profil immer ab zu denen, die schon da sind.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's bond gambit is being seen as a possible prelude to closer Japan-U.S. coordination, in which the two countries start to address fiscal weaknesses together. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/24/markets/us-moves-japan-fiscal-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #dollar #boj #inflation #currencies

@sebsauvage ben y'a de la RAM dedans nan donc.....

A bit late to the party but finally we hear from our teacher union. Sending sick children to school doesn't improve your attendance rate, it increases your number of sick children and staff. The Ministry of Education is well aware of this yet they still push for 100% attendance. Some schools even offer incentives for teachers and students. It's absolutely nonsensical and it has to stop!
Instead of attendance pressure we need #CleanAir in schools and workplaces, and public health messages on the spread of airborne illnesses. We know all this, we have all the tools! We need government action now!

https://www.nzeiteriuroa.org.nz/about-us/media-releases/governments-attendance-push-driving-vicious-cycle-of-illness-in-schools

Emily writes on how the government has undone our flu protections:
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/this-government-is-making-you-sick/

If you are sick and have to go out or have to go to work, please wear a mask to protect your co-workers and fellow commuters. If you can afford it, wear a good mask (N95).
Aotearoa Covid Action has mask blocs across the motu where you can get free masks. (sorry for the fb link) https://www.facebook.com/aotearoamaskbloc/

#NZpol

@david_chisnall

That last bit is very funny.

Because I live in a very low income neighborhood some of the groceries here get a lot of "seconds" this is stuff that didn't sell at the more upscale stores. A good portion of their stock is always kind of random. How do you price fancy canned wax beans with one more month to the sell by date for people who don't want them?

"I like the new nickname."

@Claire okay, thanks! I'll see what I can do with this