No, you’re not a “prompt engineer”, you’re a sloperator.

I really do think we need a thing where the digital assets of insolvent companies become public property.

This from Wil Wheaton is lovely (and it opens with what is probably my favorite paragraph in all of literature)

Later in the piece he says this

https://wilwheaton.net/2025/12/this-is-such-a-painful-loss-my-heart-is-broken/

16.7°C - warmest December day on record for #yyj #VictoriaBC, or so I heard.

This is amazing video about how AI is getting hyped (in good and bad ways), everybody should watch this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKyNdZz3Vw

Agreed, this is a really solid takedown on how the AI boosters are talking about AI.
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115724920757869760

U.S. plan to inspect Canadians’ social media overwhelmed by Peter Mansbridge thirst traps

www.thebeaverton.com/2025/12/u-s-plan-to-inspect-canadians-social-media-overwhelmed-by-peter-mansbridge-thirst-traps

NIAGARA FALLS – A recently U.S. proposal to demand 5 years of social media history from travellers has hit a snag, as American customs agents were wholly overwhelmed by the sheer volume of Peter Mansbridge thirst traps shared daily by Canadians. The…

As a kid, I moved around a lot. As an adult, and a parent, I've tried to minimize that for myself and my kids.

Downside: I referred to a building as "new", and it's actually been there since shortly after my youngest was born.

And he's almost 11.

Brown U kids who survived USA 389th mass shooting of 2025 will now pay out of pocket for their healthcare, because USA guarantees guns but not health.

Australians who survived the 1st deadly mass shooting in 29 years will pay nothing for healthcare because Australia guarantees health & regulates guns.

The vision of #ActivityPub AFAIK is that social media servers would be as ubiquitous as websites and email servers and just as independent. That's not the goal of #bluesky relays or any other social media model I'm aware of.

Am I wrong to think that matters in regards to free speech and #DemocracyOfReach? Is it somehow unworkable? Or are there other goals that people think matter more? What am I missing? #SocialWeb

Unions are not perfect. Indeed, it is possible to belong to a union that is bad for workers: either because it is weak, or corrupt, or captured (or some combination of the three).

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/15/class-war-labor-peace/#workplace-democracy

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@afilina "phpunit --migrate-configuration" should update the schema location and/or introduce it when it is not set yet.

You know that AI is a game changer because it can be used for .. lava dowsing? https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/12/13/2211227/startup-successfully-uses-ai-to-find-new-geothermal-energy-reservoirs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

I love its surface...

#snowscenes #silentsunday #snowscape

I got visited by three ghosts last night, who were all experts in English grammar.

“Electric cars are no more dangerous for pedestrians than petrol and diesel models, researchers find.”

They’re also no safer. Which reminds us that “better cars” aren’t the main answer to the consequences of cars. The main answer is fewer (and smaller) cars driven less frequently in better cities.
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/research-32/news/article/5900/evs-just-as-safe-for-pedestrians

A reminder to anyone looking for Christmas presents, the hashtags to browse are #FediGiftShop and #ArtForSale

These are used by independent artists on the Fediverse, you might find some unique gifts that cannot be bought in any shop.

(And if you're an artist, you might want to use these tags for any sales posts!)

#Xmas #Christmas

Like Mary Poppins for homicides

🕵🏻‍♂️🔎

Hank Green revisits his controversial scishow video about textiles/weaving/knitting/spinning/sewing. Hopefully this is a bit redeeming? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4dYGdjgsz8

One type of scandal: How my reference to the history of government fonts became a viral firestorm. https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/p/its-fontastic?r=1g77q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true