Never let anyone try to talk you out of a quick half hour DIY project. Those three hours will be the best six days of your life.

@mullvadnet You are a commercial entity, selling VPN access. The money your company makes is being used by one of your CEOs to donate to a far-right political party. That's his freedom. It is also my freedom to call it out as unacceptable and to make sure your services are on my personal blocklist. Is all. @rysiek

I'm re-reading Neptune's Brood by @cstross and this quote hits a bit harder nowadays than when it was written in 2013, in the era before the slop engines:

"As I said, these things bore only a thin veneer of intelligence: Once you crack the ice and tumble into the howling void of thoughtlessness beneath, the illusion ceases to be comforting and becomes a major source of irritation. (Which is why I prefer my tools to be less conversational and more functional; there is less scope for self-deception if your spreadsheet is too dumb to massage the figures until they show you something pleasing rather than that which is actually there.)"

Now I have become goose, bringer of value

#Goose

In case you haven't seen it, here's a SUPER cool video where someone builds puzzles based on sporadic groups. In particular, the M12 puzzle looks VERY clean!

I'm sure lots of people would find this interesting, but I think that @henryseg in particular would be REALLY interested!

There's one based on M24 as well, which I'll leave as a surprise for those who watch the video 👀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQ5dx4dE9g

Are you annoyed with the anthropomorphizing language being used in the "AI" discourse, but not sure how to talk about this stuff without it? Nanna Inie and I have got you covered:

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/how-to-talk-about-ai-without-adding-to-the/

Every Homo naledi we know of is female, and the implications are fascinating

"There is no natural explanation," says paleoanthropologist John Hawks.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/every-homo-naledi-we-know-of-is-female-and-the-implications-are-fascinating/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

hodl goose, there’s guaranteed to be a short squeeze on because goose was not valued :Pumpkingoose: 🪿

Goofball 😹

#GooseValue

PHENOM

RE: https://theblower.au/@franksting/116810617175005136

I want to see this in every meme format. “Someone set up us the egg. All your geese are belong to us.”

Goose value
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#GooseValue #SoftBank #AISlop #Boomer #BrainRot

#poll is your goose valued

@SnoopJ @regehr @dan @dev

From 1916 (April 10) in The Evansville Press, by A.D. Condo.

The human condition remains the same, it's only the technology that changes ...

#AI #LLM #Technology

~50 miles from us and big enough to wake hubby and I up. Was closer to magnitude 4 when it reached us.

M 5.6 - 11 km N of Redwood Valley, CA

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75382936/executive

#California #Quake #EarthQuake

Paying for Quiet

https://spectrecollie.com/2026/06/23/paying-for-quiet/

A phenomenon I've noticed recently is people trying to occupy some untenable middleground wrt to the use of systems sold as "AI" -- this is a position where people try to recognize the harms of this tech but also hold space for "responsible" or "ethical" use.

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