@onepict Here's the issue: charities have boards. These boards are populated by upper management class who bring in their big donor friends. They have incredible sway over charity exec teams. My voice is rarely enough to sway the execs. I've tried.

So I do have sympathy for charities that founder on oligarch tech. Many of these orgs are helping vulnerable people navigate hostile systems. Staff care deeply. And are too often forced to implement big tech solutions against in-org tech advice. 🫤

@einsiedlerspiel deleted thank you

@ChrisMayLA6 In theory, better preventative care sounds great.

But it usually involves public policy on a spectrum from preachy through nagging to coercive. Eat like this, exercise like that, do more X, don't do Y. Demand individual responses to systemic problems.

What's actually needed is radically non-medical, systemic approaches to public health. Facilitate healthy life, instead of preaching it. Safe secure housing for all. Infrastructure for active travel. Create allotments.

Die Jazztube Bonn 2026 ist wieder am Start!

Das Programm und die Zeiten gibt es unter: https://jazz-tube-bonn.de/

Die Jazztube Bonn wird präsentiert von:

SWB Bus und Bahn https://www.swb-busundbahn.de/
und
KUNST!RASEN Verein e.V https://kunstrasen-verein.de/

#bonn #jazztube #jazz #konzert #swbbusundbahn #kunstrasenbonn
#openair #festival #stadtwerkebonn

@littlemouse I doubt it.

In my experience only organisations that deliberately chose Free Software from the beginning for ideological reasons will be long term.

Even then, if someone comes into the organisation and doesn't feel comfortable using Free Software you have an opposition that will undermine your position if you don't have a relationship of trust.

Most organisations also quite rightly just want something to work. Even if it works badly. No one gets fired for using Microsoft.

@Tutanota Is adding Snooze on your roadmap?

how did I not spot that relentless data centre shill Andy Masley is funded by the Effective Altruists and calls himself one

specifically Coefficient Giving, previously known as Open Philanthropy, bankrolled by Dustin Moskovitz

cite: his front page lol

truly, fucking data centres everywhere sucking up all the local water is the most effective possible altruism

@ErikUden@mastodon.de thanks for sharing this 💜
we'd also love to see more peopel experiment with it...
it is currently used in production by jacobin.de ( powered by #ghost ) and of course on our blog ( powered by #11ty ) eg bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bo...

@ErikUden@mastodon.de thanks for sharing this 💜
we'd also love to see more peopel experiment with it...
it is currently used in production by jacobin.de ( powered by #ghost ) and of course on our blog ( powered by #11ty ) eg bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bo...

🕳️ Schlagloch, überfüllte Tonne, dunkle Laterne: Über den Mängelmelder tragen Bonnerinnen und Bonner täglich zusammen, was ihnen an ihrer Stadt auffällt.

📊 Neu: /anliegen zeigt, wie viele Meldungen offen sind, was täglich dazukommt, welche Themen führen — und wer sich kümmert. Ist die Zuständigkeit nicht belegbar, sagen wir das. 🧭

Quelle: Mängelmelder der Stadt Bonn (Open311).

➡️ https://lage.bonn.machdenstaat.de/anliegen?utm_source=bonn.social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=anliegen-launch

@fj that looks really impressive! Hope to read more about the results :)

@afewbugs My objection to this kind of stuff is that it's not very holistic. "Part of a balanced breakfast" and then it's the consumer's fault when they don't eat all the things they need. We've probably identified all the trace elements and vitamins that people need but we still don't have a good grip on conditionally necessary components of diet. We have some idea that maybe dietary creatine is good because while we synthesize it we also excrete a ton. So much unknown.

Is there anyone on here who does metal fabrication for a living, who wouldn't mind having a chat about what it's like?

Like, welding, machining, drill presses and routers and lathes and press brakes and whatnot?

(Boosts welcome)

iOS 27 fixes three of the most annoying Messages bugs https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/24/ios-27-fixes-three-of-the-most-annoying-messages-bugs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Bremen ohne Plan und Ahnung oder auch nur Verwendungszweck. Immerhin könnte die erste umfassende Evaluation vom #Verhaltensscanner kommen https://netzpolitik.org/2026/ueberwachung-im-oepnv-mit-dieser-realsatire-fuehrte-bremen-verhaltensscanner-ein/

Super animation of trains in 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇱🇧🇪🇱🇺🇨🇭
https://chillchamp1.github.io/github.io/#eu

A city like Marseille (France's second or third largest, depending how you define it) has so few trains you can barely see where it is

Agent Is Not the Model

https://code.joejag.com/2026/your-agent-is-not-the-model.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49418163

#HackerNews #Agent #Is #Not #the #Model #AI #Ethics #Machine #Learning #Data #Science

I will admit, I did get a bit carried away with @pixelfed features over the years.

Collections, DMs, Ephemeral Stories, Filters, Groups and Portfolios were all started with good intentions, but without the continued focus and stability they deserve.

Once I get caught up with bug fixes and making the core features more solid, they are up next!

No new features will be added until the platform is as rock solid as Loops is 😉

#pixelfed #loops #activitypub #fediverse

We can do better than we did last week.