The useless loop of students using AI to write papers that professors use AI to grade is the ultimate endpoint of treating education as a product rather than a process.

RE: https://old.mermaid.town/@futzle/116841314627488083

So many times I want to tell someone, "Punctuation, bro" when they post a giant run-on screed, usually combined with, "I know you know how to use the Shift key, I've seen you do it". I've been told many times that insisting on punctuation, capitalization, and proper spelling is "snobbery", and I've tried to be understanding, but.... screw it, I'm a snob.

I don’t usually share messages from the government but this one’s important so please pay close attention.

Airforce Major Jason Paul Watson made history as the first active duty officer in the military to call for Trump's impeachment and removal from office.

He also urged Americans to engage in peaceful, nonviolent protest until Congress fulfills its constitutional duty

Free Speech For People Statement in Support of Active US Air Force Officer Arrested in Peaceful Capitol Protest Calling on Congress to Impeach, Remove and Convict Trump
https://freespeechforpeople.org/free-speech-for-people-statement-in-support-of-active-us-air-force-officer-arrested-in-peaceful-capitol-protest-calling-on-congress-to-impeach-remove-and-convict-trump/

@BigJackBrass It was REAL! https://hackaday.com/2025/12/17/the-pedisedate-a-winning-combination-of-video-games-and-anesthesia/

@BigJackBrass

Jono, why, oh *why*, did you boost that Game Boy accessory? I'm *horrified*... but I'm *researching* the thing now and I can't stop!

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@bri7/116805554566705560

My son will have a *blast* with this, I think.

RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116845447954852584

Gee, whoda thunkit.

RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116846648695885111

I feel this in my aching joints.

“To be an antifascist you have to know how to do more than recognize and fight injustice. You also have to call on the wisdom that tells you the present moment can hold you, and that the future can be informed by the gesture that kills the capitalist desire: a present feeling of contentment.”

-Matthew Remski

Edit: we have enough 😁
Huge thanks to everyone who took time to reply - some fascinating and varied jobs! Also thanks to everyone who boosted so we could reach the awesome people who answered.

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My teenage son is doing a course on animal care. As part of it, he's been asked to investigate animal-related jobs. If you work with animals, would you mind answering a few questions about your job, please? Thank you!

1. What is your job?

2. How did you get into it?

3. How long did it take you to get into your job?

4. Why do you like your job?

5. Are there any disadvantages?

6. Are there any skills you specifically need for your job?


Please boost 😁

Happy Canada day!

#canada #canadaday

RE: https://troet.cafe/@b_rain/116841125032748150

It me~

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Transportist/116841390745671693

I mean, *I* wouldn't trust it, but I'm old and set in my ways. I don't even like roundabouts.

'If you want a good "national #AI strategy," try this: save your money until the bubble bursts, and then buy your GPUs and hire your talent at 10 cents on the dollar and put them to work refining open source models.'

https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/18/their-trillions-our-billions/

Gamepad.Club is a Mastodon server with a video games focus, but we’re open to all forms of gaming from tabletop RPGs to trading card games. Hosted in the UK and EU but everyone is welcome!

:Fediverse: https://gamepad.club

You can find out more at https://gamepad.club/about or contact the admin account @Gazimoff

#FeaturedServer #Gaming #VideoGames #TTRPG #CCG #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

They’re going to call you a socialist regardless.

So be a socialist.

#cdnpoli #socialism

Everyone should know this. If #ICE knocks on your car window, DO NOT roll it down. Lock your doors.
You can say "I am not opening my door or window for you. I know my rights. Who are you? Police? Highway patrol? Immigration? Show me your ID. Am I free to go?
1) You do not have permission to search me or my car or any of my passengers.
2) I choose to remain silent.
3) I want to speak to an attorney.
4) Show me a signed judicial warrant.
We keep us safe.

It's Berkeley Breathed's 69th birthday, which seems the perfect day to share the only Bloom County I was ever moved to snip from a newspaper. Though actually, in this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad timeline, any day is the perfect day to share this February 26, 1989 installment.

...it happened again. A person posted an article, commenting, "This piece from a neurodivergent writer pushes back on the assumption that polished output means the process was effortless, and makes a case for AI as language access rather than thought replacement." I replied that nothing, especially not one person's difficulty with writing, is worth destroying our economy and our planet.

...they faved it. WTF? I expected pushback.