Joyeux #memecredi
Merci a @Gen_G !

Saw this poster downtown,
putting it up here for everyone

Update, here's the link:
https://saw-centre.com/club-saw/noice-vol-1-a-night-of-inuit-circumpolar-excellence
@NunavutBirder #Ottawa #Inuit #Concert

Timeline conjunction
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@adhdeanasl @fredy @petes_bread_eqn_xls @Guillotine_Jones

Yesterday it was a mild +6, light jacket weather.

So I'm wondering ahhh what is the weather this morning then?

Renault might be forced to stop selling cars in Germany because some of them infringe on a Broadcom patent for (checks notes) Ethernet.

Hat tip @bert_hubert @pluralistic #WeirdCarMastodon
https://mastodon.social/@Tweakers/116029171337757938

@pluralistic , we spoke Saturday about whether the French translation is closer to 'merde' or to 'chier' (pardon).

The way I see it, enshittification is more of a dark alchemy, so it has little to do with the act, and everything to do with the result.

Therefore

➡️ Emmerdification

But soft! French also has

➡️ Démerder

which is to be resourceful!
So there is hope yet!

(en français ci-dessous)

“The Economics Prize has nestled itself in and is awarded as if it were a Nobel Prize. But it’s a PR coup by economists to improve their reputation,” Nobel’s great great nephew Peter Nobel told AFP in 2005, adding that “It’s most often awarded to stock market speculators .... There is nothing to indicate that [Alfred Nobel] would have wanted such a prize.”

Ping @pluralistic
Hat tip @AliceMarshall

https://www.alternet.org/2012/10/there-no-nobel-prize-economics

Cory @pluralistic have you seen this?

"Our corporations and, increasingly, our algorithms, also resemble these kinds of people,” he says. “They’re basically amplifying the worst of us.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse

Feel like this comic is at the intersection of the
@rubenbolling / @pluralistic
Venn diagram

Also #AltText4u

https://mastodon.social/@rubenbolling/113074614225270708

Hey, I found a cool classic #bicycle repair shop _and_ café on Sparks St in #Ottawa! And they're licenced!! #RetroRides

In other news, the value of existing keyboards without the co-pilot key has suddenly increased by 30%, and Kevin's vintage IBM with Cheetos crumbs between the keys will soon be going under the gavel at Sotheby's.
@pluralistic @cstross
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/ai-comes-for-your-pcs-keyboard-as-microsoft-adds-dedicated-copilot-key/

Hey @FediTips ,

Is there a way to translate #AltText ? I'm using the official Mastodon app* and while I can translate toots, not only is there no option to translate alt text, neither can I select it to copy it and paste it into a translation app. Thoughts?

*for those of you who might suggest I use a different app because the official app sucks, why are you using that, etc, #ThanksButNoThanks , I'm happy with the official app which aside for this works great.

Helpful tips #MeanwhileInCanada @MeanwhileinCanada

How is this not a @georgepenney toot? :ablobthink0grav:

https://mas.to/@cat_news/110996643156465611

@georgepenney George, take note!