"You're right, this is amazing stuff!" The werewolf said, an intoxicated look on their face. They sat halfway - human shape with claws and fangs out - a red drop trickling down the corner of their mouth.

"I'm glad you finally understand," the vampire giggled and picked up the bottle. "Here, have some more."

The door smashed open and several humans entered, armed with silver daggers and wooden stakes.

Their leader shouted "What is the meaning of this? Are you teaching the werewolf to drink blood?!"

The vampire calmly refilled the two glasses. "Actually, it's cherry brandy."

#Mastoprompt #cherry

#wss366 #brandy

#microfiction

PSA: uBlock Origin's EasyList has an AI Widgets option that doesn't get turned on by default, including if you had other EasyList items selected already before it was added.

Enabling it removes a number of various AI buttons, nags, prompts, etc. across various sites.

#AI #LLM #Firefox

If you've got an opinion you want on here - submit it to the form: https://forms.gle/1gNMupaNHQf8xeRE6

"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." -- Samuel Johnson

its a really interesting choice to only send ausalert alerts to ios 26.
It seems that only 79% of phones have been updated to it, so 20% of Australian apple users WON'T get these alerts!
(I checked the ausalert site, and, yes, you need ios 26 to get these life saving alerts :( https://www.ausalert.gov.au/receiving-alert/compatible-mobile-devices )
#ausalert #ausalertfail

Fast source:

RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@thepurpleoctopus/116987402506449170

100% this! Its madness to discourage the arts!

Weirdly, i popped out to the shops this evening and had a working 4g connection. #confused #ausalert

IDK who needs to hear this, but you shouldn't buy promises of utopian futures with abundance and UBI from dudes who spend a considerable fraction of their time figuring out how not to pay their taxes.

update: seems more likely its because I'm still on ios18, not due to my plan

original:
oooh!

my Telstra prepaid expired at 11:59 this morning - its a 365-day plan and I wasn't going to leave the house today, so seemed pointless to refill it as the phone never rings (apart from spam) - its purely an internet device.

And... I did not get the Emergency alert!
Um ah!

(One way to stop my phone from making horrible noises! :) )

#ausalert #ausalertfail

I have, after two years, allowed myself to talk about my experiences with AI madness again, this time with the benefit of speaking to people all around the world, including Fortune 500 executives. This one is on my regular blog for casual readers, and cross-posted to the company blog if you need to share this with someone and have it look official.

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decision-making/

https://hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decisionmaking

Somehow we need to monetise this - and quickly

Nine months of solar and battery :)

RE: https://assortedflotsam.com/@NewsBot/116965414422284535

So, the US are at war with Iran because they have nuclear capability, but are about to willingly setup a neighbouring country with the same… can we go back to the timeline that makes sense? :(

You know what would be cool? Being friends with a trans woman my own age.

I think there are only 2 trans women I'm actually close with, and one of them's >10yrs older than me and the other's > 10 years younger than me.

I'm not sure I've even *seen* any trans women my age (early 50s) here on fedi. I hope there are some. 🤞

I just feel kind-of isolated. You know?

Anyway. If there are any 50ish yr old trans women out there looking for a friend… 👋

#transgender

#TIL Australia has a political party called the Fusion Party (@FusionPartyAus ). I found this via the #UBI tag. A brief look at the website suggests it's kind of like an Oz version of the Opportunity party here. Any Ozzie fedizens know anything about this?

#FusionParty #Australia

This political cartoon by American artist Ron Cobb in 1975 is still relevant today 51 years later.

if it is going to be England vs Argentina in Atlanta, local law enforcement might want to consider seeking help from the UK’s specialist “you’d be amazed at how much damage fellas who are 17 pints deep and world champion grudge holders can do” task force

If anyone is wondering how well ‘AI’ in hiring is going:

My partner just tried putting her CV through some ATS checkers that use LLMs. Her name can be turned into a male name by deleting one letter. Doing so caused her score to jump 10 points.

Anyone using these tools for hiring is going to have some massive discrimination lawsuits in their future.