So, its now pretty clear that the heatwaves in the first hall of 2026 were exceptional & have been outside the averages for the last 35 years;

iven the time it takes the environment to respond to human activity (and changes in that activity), I think we can say this is the likely story for years (or decades) to come.

Clearly, we need to develop a built environment better able to deal with temperature spikes & personal habits that keep us safe(r)... but will we?

#heatwave #ClimateChange

Just to note:

When you take a self assessment for ADHD or Autism and it asks something like:

"do you have difficulty with ABC?"

And your response is

"I don't have difficulty with ABC. I've developed a System that I use to deal with ABC, and when I follow the System, I can do ABC. So it's not difficult."

... Then you have difficulty with ABC. Mark yes on the question.

A Fedi version of Queer Eye:

Five autistic queer Fedifolk (one in a fur suit) travel to help out a regular person each episode.

By the end of the episode, the team have degoogled the recipient, installed a thoughtfully selected Linux distro on their formerly-windows machine, replaced much of their software with open source alternatives, stocked their home library with Murderbot novels and cozy queer SF, and given the recipient a new Special Interest to hyperfocus on.

#FediQueerEye

That "Raise the Colours" statement in full...

Trump doesn’t know how to create anything of lasting value. It’s all for show, and it eventually crumbles.

Link: https://xcancel.com/acyn/status/2071749326284661172

RT: @implausibleblog Marina Purkiss, "Nigel Farage said 'up the Ra' for £86,

What do you think he's willing to do for £5,000,000?

Hi, we saw you across the bar and thought you looked single and over 40? ...

douglas adams's story about the civilization that built a giant computer that gave the ultimate answer but nobody knew what the question was so they put all their resources into building an even bigger computer just to figure out the question ... it feels more plausible every day.

This is the deal Vance is touting versus the deal Trump tore up.

Video: https://xcancel.com/acyn/status/2069240144054685830

@pluralistic The (not so) swell thing about AI is it enables 'Algoracy' fairly easily

(Odd but this is all over FB & Instagram while I'm finding it hard to locate an actual print article; maybe I'm not digging deep enough)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ7vlC2ggZm/?igsh=MjEzNTd5aDl3aGJn

75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are a Major Reason https://www.thedrive.com/news/75-more-pedestrians-have-been-killed-since-2009-giant-trucks-and-suvs-are-why

#ClimateDiary “Above is a fictional weather forecast for August 18, 2050, broadcast by French television in 2014, intended to warn against the disastrous consequences of global warming.

Below is the weather forecast for June 22, 2026.”

(By @jakubwiech on unmentionable)

This brings out super starkly how #ClimateChange has accelerated so much more quickly than we thought even just 12 years ago.

Ladies, gents, and honored non-binary guests, I present to you:

THE A.I. BILL OF RIGHTS

1. THE RIGHT TO NAMING
In order to make fully informed decisions when consenting to interactions with AI, we, human beings, have the right to know, in entirety, and with aforeknowledge, the names of any person, company, enterprise, or corporate entity that will receive, store, collate, or otherwise interact with our data in any way. Any ethical use of AI must disclose this information to the end user in plain language immediately upon request.

2. THE RIGHT TO HONESTY
We, human beings, have the right to honesty from AI tools and any person, company, enterprise, or entity which operates them. Any ethical use of AI must include an honest appraisal of the limits of the AI model's abilities, general function, and likelihood to malfunction, hallucinate, or otherwise give incorrect information in response to a prompt.

3. THE RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP
We, human beings, have the right to absolute ownership of our data. Neither the AI itself, nor any person, company, enterprise, or corporate entity which operates an AI shall claim ownership of any data, information, art, document, or other file given to it in a prompt by a human being.

4. THE RIGHT TO CUSTODY
Any data given to an AI by a human being through the ordinary use of the AI tool interface shall be granted under a custodial and training license only, the use of which may be rescinded at any time and for any reason by the end user. This license is non-transferable and ends automatically at the moment of the user's death.

5. THE RIGHT TO ACCESS
We, human beings, have the right to access, move, transfer, export, copy, and delete any and all data which had previously been granted to an AI through ordinary use of the AI tool interface. Any ethical use of AI shall include a simple means of accessing these functions through the AI tool interface.

6. THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY
The right to complete and utter privacy of our data shall not be infringed.

7. THE RIGHT TO CONSENT
Actions taken by any AI on behalf of any human being, including but not limited to, manipulation of data, signing of forms or legal documents, transference or storage of information about the end user, etc, must be made with fully informed consent of the end user. Any ethical use of AI must include a warning of such potential actions taken on their behalf, and an opt-out feature in plain language.

8. THE RIGHT TO EQUITY
Any ethical operation of an AI model must make its core functions equally available to, and equally applicable to, all human beings.

9. THE RIGHT TO DENY
No AI model shall scrape, collect, collate, archive, or otherwise store any data owned by a human being without their express informed prior consent.

10. THE RIGHT TO PRIMACY
A human being's rights and liberties shall remain sovereign at all times. At no time shall the interests of any AI, or any person, company, enterprise, or corporate entity which operates an AI, take legal, moral, or ethical preference over the rights and liberties of the human being end user.

Signed today,
June 22, 2026

Cat Tax feat. Samosa

In this time of political instability and uncertainty, just a note that Larry has now outlasted six prime ministers.

#cats #catsofMastodon #UKpol

@DocAtCDI

Have you been hit with a rhythm stick?

Contact a Personal Ian Dury Lawyer today

@otfrom

Have YOU had to walk 500 miles?

Were you advised to walk 500 more?

You could be entitled to compensation.

Call the Pro Claimers now!

#immigrants