This is genius.

https://inpreparation.substack.com/p/opinion-i-was-not-allowed-to-type

https://tech.lgbt/@toolbear/116859571074072923

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_poll

#Poll
#PushPoll
#TheMoreYouKnow
#Subtoot

I reject entirely the implication that opponents of AI simply do not understand AI. I, for one, didn't get my PhD by intellectual laziness.

https://cosocial.ca/@evan/116838869694493363

#meme #memes #wetlands #wholesomeMemes #ecology #environment

What I'm listening to today: "Can You Feel", Torchkas (Namco WSG remix by Abstract 64)

The sound chip in the "Pac Man" arcade cabinets turns out to be a really fascinating piece of engineering, a 4-bit wavetable synth like the tiniest, cheapest Korg Wavestation.

Covering a vaporwave chiptune originally for SNES, A64 makes a song using only the "Pac-Man" waveforms and a WSG emulator, and it's *so* evocative. Definitely the best song I've ever heard to sample "Pac-Man".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SQ31UdIXNc

@ireneista @alice I most vividly remember his little poll trying to show that the fediverse was too hostile towards AI. The interactions around that were so completely toxic and boosterish that I think of Evan as a bad-faith actor as a result.

(Another for the annals of AI and boosterism damaging trust.)

@alice until this incident we've never specifically seen Evan be an ass to people, and were maintaining space in our mind to assume he might be working for the greater good as he sees it. so, thank you very much for drawing him out into an illustration of what he's for-real about

New from 404 Media: we've got leaks from Amazon, GitHub, Adobe, Citi, and more. The big takeaway is that companies in all industries are suddenly throttling their employees' AI use because AI is actually too expensive. Cutting off access to some models entirely https://www.404media.co/companies-are-throttling-employees-ai-use-because-its-too-expensive/

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

DSA member Melat #Kiros, age 29, has defeated a 15 term incumbent in #Colorado's US House district 1 primary. She is a naturaized native of Ethopia. She is virtually guaranteed to win in the Denver district https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/01/melat-kiros-democrat-defeats-diana-degette-blue-state-colarado-house-primary-denver

“‘Response to Antisemitism is Decolonization of Palestine’: Pappé on Zionism and Europe”

by Romana Rubeo in The Palestine Chronicle

@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
@iraq
@palestinenews

“Jewish anti-Zionists must also continue dismantling two narratives that remain deeply entrenched across Western societies: the claim that Zionism is the natural expression of Judaism, and the assertion that anti-Zionism is inherently antisemitic.

Both, he [Pappé] said, require sustained historical education rather than political slogans”

#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #EradicateZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #MoU #Europe #Germany #FreePalestine

federation to klingon power adapter

it's still fat shaming if you're talking about someone reprehensible

I'm sorry.

Somebody asks a question. Here are the answer patterns rated from top to bottom:

The person knows the answer. End of story. This is great.

The person boosts the question so that somebody else can answer. Nice! Thank you.

The person connects emotionally. I like to know that I've been heard and understood, but people with a lot of followers don't always appreciate it.

The person connects anecdotally. I always like to read about other people's lives but people with a lot of followers don't always appreciate it.

The persons knows the answer but didn't realize that dozens of correct answers have already been posted. Oh well. It's the fediverse and I also don't always click through to the original (and that only works for public posts, so sometimes there is no good solution).

The person disconnects emotionally, answering with misplaced humour, irony, sarcasm, nihilism, etc. There is no answer, no emotional support and no interesting diversion.

The person is condescending or shows a lack of benevolent reading skills. It doesn't matter whether a correct answer is hidden somewhere in the thorns.

The person asked a chat bot and pastes the generated text. It doesn't matter whether a correct answer is hidden somewhere in the slop.

The person asked a chat bot and reports that no plausible text was generated.

#ButlerianJihad #fediquette

Capitalization, punctuation, spelling, exist as conventions because writing is a lossy medium, and using them in consistent ways boosts the signal-to-noise ratio.

I wish I could explain to young people with perfect vision that some of the signal loss happens between my screen and my brain, and it’ll happen to them too if they are lucky enough to not die young.

This has been a subtoot but it is also a plea to just find the Shift key.

... almost by me! #adoptdontshop #kitten #oaklandcountyanimalshelter

HTTP Status Code
571 - Goose Not Valued

Used whenever a service goes down due to laying off tech workers or forcing them to use AI coding tools.

Pride and Curb Cuts

Simple thoughts about how LGBTQ pride helps everybody (but that's no reason not to keep celebrating it)

https://spectrecollie.com/2026/06/29/pride-and-curb-cuts/