So this happened…

https://globalnews.ca/news/11940775/lost-canadian-citizenship-recalls-lawyers/

"Do you know what a Personal Improvement Plan is?"
"It means your boss wants to fire you?"
"Yup."
"And the 'improvements' are..."
"I don't use enough AI."

https://buymeacoffee.com/infosecexchange

more and more projects are adding an AGENTS.md that explicitly tells agents to stop, drop, and roll off a cliff, so if you see an AGENTS.md, remember to check what it specifically says before concluding it's there because the project is pro-AI

(and people who have done this have reported that writing the fuck-off message in that polite insipid tone LLMs use works better at getting them to actually stop: https://unstable.systems/@AmyZenunim/116672510693285709 )

For they were, all of them, deceived.
For the Dark Lord Sauron had embedded deep within his EULA the right to change the terms and conditions without notice
And once the users had become dependent on the service
He started increasing the cost of his tokens

Due to ongoing pressure from governments globally, we are instituting an age verification program. Recognizing that it is not possible to confirm your age based on a picture of your face, we will instead be counting the number of rings you have. We understand this is the most accurate measure of age.

@mjg59 it is a fair criticism of free software that they haven't managed to meaningfully increase people's agency over the computer

but it is a flight of fancy to suggest that extractive labor and outsourcing gives people that agency or control

even before we get to the "software that kills teenagers" part of the faustian pact

UK, welcome back to Erasmus+ 🇪🇺🇬🇧

The EU and the United Kingdom sealed the deal to bring the UK back into Erasmus+ from 2027.

We are rebuilding opportunities for the next generation to study, work and grow together, giving people the chance to connect across borders once again.

It will also help create and deepen partnerships between our academic institutions.

Together again through learning, exchange and connection 🤝

More: https://link.europa.eu/MHc9JP

“I was lost away from home in a bizarre territory where people made plans that didn’t make sense with the aplomb of a drunk LLM.”

https://isolveproblems.substack.com/p/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion

Canadian citizenship: ACHIEVED 🍁

No I’m not leaving Ireland. I’m a “Lost Canadian”, and Canada recently expanded eligibility for citizenship by descent. Ireland will take a few more months, as I’m taking the naturalization route.

Each sphere is moving in a straight line, but the final motion is circular

I WON!

I’m Mr. Bear Ireland 2026!

It's my birthday, give me boosts! :toot:

LGBTQ is pronounced 'legit barbecue.'

https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/

@fdr @will

@jameswhite

@nicole M-x psychoanalyze-pinhead is a $300bn industry now

It’s that time of the year where Home Alone is going to be on tv a bunch. As relatives go “they should have had a battery powered alarm” and make other judgments on the family’s lack of responsibility in forgetting their kid, get a better source to learn from what happened.

https://ferd.ca/home-alone-a-post-incident-review.html

The only proper response to John Collison's recent article on governance