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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social Sorry, that's probably not fair to dogs.
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mastodon 4.7.3I am *practicing* Unitarian Universalist. I am exploring identity. I play ttrpg with my family. I dwell in climate anxiety. I may post in 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 for fun.
I live on unceded Kumeyaay land. Black/Indigenous/Trans lives matter. Defund cops.
One or They pronouns
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If I'm lucky, I'll age out of employment in the next few years. It'll probably still come as a surprise.
This is now my permanent account. I've moved here from @ScottMGS@universeodon.com.
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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social It's like they're dogs and they have to piss on something to prove they exist.
This set of proposals from @pluralistic@mamot.fr is the first sweeping denazification program that seems to me to have a chance of working.
Who's got the wiki with the list of indictments for all the Trumpist collaborators?
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/02/denazification/#no-more-mx-nice-lib
I was asleep at the switch when this came out a few days ago. It is *very* worth reading what @pluralistic@mamot.fr has to say. What Trump is doing is horrendous but some things might *inadvertently* change in a positive way - more quickly - because he's doing them.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/praxis/#acceleration
#trump #EnergyTransition #solar #renewables
Individualism and scolding your potential allies isn't the same as politics. Or, at least, it doesn't serve *your* ends. Check out this article by @pluralistic@mamot.fr . Some political catch-phrases may not be as effective as you'd like to believe. For instance, "vote with your wallet" may *literally* be the least you can do.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/21/purity-culture/#stop-fucking-that-chicken
(Not sure why the internal link in that URL is so different from the article title. Must have been renamed at some point.)
Sometimes you've got to hold your nose to build a coalition but that's how big-bads get taken down. Read more from @pluralistic@mamot.fr
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/05/three-is-a-magic-number/#coalitions
Wonderful turns of phrase by @pluralistic@mamot.fr - I'm going to have to read Solnit's book, Truth, Consequences, Climate, and Demand Destruction.
"This is the defective reasoning that caused Comrade Trump to hormuz the world into the full Gretacene."
"That's Comrade Trump's three-part mobilization: human rights, finance, and national security, all insisting that the enemy gets a vote, and voting unanimously for a post-American world."
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/04/hope-in-the-dark/#hormuzed-into-the-gretacene
Do not trust Google Earth screen shots any longer (if you ever did).
@jnl@hcommons.social A masterclass in motivation!
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@axbom That would also mean that you shouldn't send messages *to* someone who hasn't also deactivated notification previews, too, right?
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@SheHacksPurple@infosec.exchange It's hard to imagine a legitimate reason to *not* do that! I hope it passes. (Not holding my breath for something similar in the U.S.)
RE: @zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com
I'd be wary of *anything* that can be *convincingly wrong* regardless of age bracket.
Since an LLM is not a person, it cannot be "confident". If, however, the output convinces a person to accept the LLM output as true, it's the *person* who makes the mistake. And the blame must be split between the people who lied to convince the user that the LLM could be reliable (even while hedging the UI with warnings) and the gullible user who accepted their lies.
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@douglasvb@m.ai6yr.org Most of that will be spent on the local kids for them to mow the lawn.
"Despair is not wisdom."
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"The algorithm does not amplify wisdom."
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@TeamMidwest I haven't thought about the Foxfire books in *ages*!
I'd be concerned with the *looong* term viability of a coastal site in the volcanic, seismic, and tsunami prone place like New Zealand (not that any place is immune to disaster, long term). On the other hand, it sounds like a lovely place to spend a human lifetime, statistically.
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@elrohir@mastodon.gal @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place The temperance movement way back in the 18th century were exactly that. I don't know for sure that they're why we have the alcohol age restrictions we do here in 'Murica but I wouldn't be surprised.
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@MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social If my child got me with that one I would be *so proud!*
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@major@fosstodon.org To be fair, it still comes through my phone and largely consists of screaming bots so...
Mockingbirds: The late-night infomercial multi-tone car alarm of the bird world.
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@dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz But the U.S. way leaves wiggle room to think that we're pullin' somethin' over on the guv'mint by getting some money back after tax day. That distracts us from the fact we're paying more overall.
(Also, it allows those with *lots* of money the ability to pay *way* lower taxes - if any - than us little guys.)
Nero's fiddle is a cell phone this time 'round.
RE: @gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz
The training data *always* includes the biases of the developers, trainers, and training data of the base model. Always.
Imagine using an "AI" "therapist" trained on 20 years of MySpace personality quizzes.
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@pachli@mastodon.social I'd rather it not be the default but that's not a strong opinion.
Is it just me or are most social media posts just basically sub-tooting the real world?
Fluffy "Tasty Toes" Johnson has no idea who committed this theft.