Mastoplushy is at Foulab tonight for @n00q 's Fediverse Night! 
#foulab #montreal #plushtodon #plush #plushy #plushies #mastoplush
Four shot dead on US-registered speedboat by border guards, Cuba says
The Speedboat opened Fire on the Cuban Coast Guard. 4 Dead, 6 Taken and given medical aid for injuries.
Sounds Like Trump's Trying to Send In Saboteurs or Assassins and Got Caught
Four shot dead on US-registered speedboat by border guard, Cuba says
The identities of those on board - including six others who were wounded - is unclear.Bernd Debusmann Jr (BBC News)
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Blonde Capuchin Sapajus flavius
Only rediscovered in 2006, Blonde Capuchins are highly intelligent critically endangered primates of Brazil threatened by palm oil and meat deforestationPalm Oil Detectives
The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'CNRS
RE: mastodon.social/@nixCraft/1161…
But at least we only spent a trillion dollars on it, right?
AI Added ‘Basically Zero’ to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says gizmodo.com/ai-added-basically… 😂😂😂So far AI has done more damage than adding any true value to productivty unless you consider the following as plus points:
* Getting staff fired
* Stealing journalist, book authors, or artists’ work
* Environment impact
* Hallucinations that caused harm and loss of life
* Creating undressing images of minors and woman
* The list list endless and you have to be psychopaths to like thisAI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says
Imported chips and hardware mean the AI investments are translating into US GDP growth.Bruce Gil (Gizmodo)
AI Added ‘Basically Zero’ to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says gizmodo.com/ai-added-basically… 😂😂😂
So far AI has done more damage than adding any true value to productivty unless you consider the following as plus points:
* Getting staff fired
* Stealing journalist, book authors, or artists’ work
* Environment impact
* Hallucinations that caused harm and loss of life
* Creating undressing images of minors and woman
* The list list endless and you have to be psychopaths to like this
AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says
Imported chips and hardware mean the AI investments are translating into US GDP growth.Bruce Gil (Gizmodo)
#AI can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in #wargame simulations
Leading AIs from #OpenAI, #Anthropic and #Google opted to use #nuclearweapons in simulated war games in 95% of cases
The scenarios involved intense international standoffs, including border disputes, competition for scarce resources and existential threats to regime survival.
newscientist.com/article/25168…
What could go wrong?
AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of casesChris Stokel-Walker (New Scientist)
Modern Capitalism:
The local shoe store does not sell shoe laces. Not the first time I've asked either.
Also, apparently the local shoe store does employee trainings with upsell consultants, which also nauseates me...
I was at the pharmacy the other day, I asked for an instaxmini film.
This is what I got.
them: "Yes! Of course, let me order that for you."
*opens amazon*
me: "So, you don't."
them: "I do, I do, it will be here later today."
I'm looking forward to the #Fediforum "Growing the Open Social Web" workshop on Monday.
I'm extremely dubious about a lot of the submissions. There are a lot of untested hypotheses in this list:
fediforum.org/2026-03-growing-…
I hope that people's expectations are geared towards experimentation, data collection, and iteration, rather than confirming some of these assumptions.
For the record, no, I don't use 'AI' in any aspect or component of the trainings I give, whether for Nikau, festivals and confs or any of the uni teaching. It is all entirely human made, from documentation, to image and video generation and comms. Always will be, even if supposedly less 'productive' one day, by some empty metric.
I personally don't use it at all.
![A deceased crab sits among rocks, mostly intact. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1409512 "A deceased crab sits among rocks, mostly intact. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]")
As I mentioned earlier today, after 10 years we'll be closing @weareopencoop on May 1st.
If we'd been shutting down this time *last* year, it definitely would have been for lack of work. But, weirdly, this year it's a confluence of factors.
blog.dougbelshaw.com/next-chap…
(I'd better get my consultancy business, Dynamic Skillset, on the Fedi!)
The next chapter
For the past decade, I've been a founding member of a worker-owned cooperative. In a couple of months, we're closing it down to focus on other things.Doug Belshaw (Open Thinkering)
After ~5 of Being a student teacher shadowing others I've been asking myself the same question in the back of my head: Is python and scratch really the best options we have for teaching kids logic and programming?
Why not (S (Expressions)), why not concatinative programming, why not a simple rewriting system? I feel like the method we have made for teaching kids CompSCI is fundamentally flawed as we are trying to teach kids programming and not logic that its built apon
Desde @articaonline reseñan “Inteligencia artificial: jugar o romper la baraja”, de Marga Padilla
El libro propone una tercera vía: hackear la IA desde adentro. Rechaza tanto el hype catastrofista como la negación del problema. Lo que importa no es la máquina aislada sino su ensamblaje con relaciones de poder. Y el error "técnico" siempre lo pagan quienes menos poder tienen.
🔗 articaonline.com/2026/02/resen…
¿Cómo construimos una relación hacker con la IA desde nuestros movimientos y comunidades?
Reseña de “Inteligencia artificial: jugar o romper la baraja”, de Margarita Padilla
Hace poco terminamos de leer el nuevo libro de Margarita Padilla, Inteligencia artificial: jugar o romper la baraja, publicado por la editorial Traficantes de Sueños en octubre de 2025.Ártica - Centro Cultural Online
A few Dash to Dock tweaks can quietly make your GNOME desktop feel just right.
itsfoss.com/dash-to-dock-tips/
Exploring Dash to Dock: (Probably) The Most Downloaded GNOME Extension
Considering the vast configuration options it offers, you can guess why so many Linux users prefer Dash to Dock over others.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
4 years ago, I spent a weekend putting together a little slideshow program, and have since given every single presentation in it. The idea was that I wanted a slideshow format that was textual so that I could version it, and that I could write the speaker's notes in that same source.
I occasionally found little optimizations so that images are drawn faster, but otherwise, it's essentially the same.
The Brutal Truth About That Sad Mess of A Speech...
He is VERY right ...and why I didn't bother watching the Monster Speak Last Night
#OurModernTimes #StateOfTheNation
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.youtube.com
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Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/open…
#Mesa #Linux #OpenSource #Drivers #LinuxGaming
Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the Mesa 26.0.1 update for open source graphics drivers, the first set of bug-fixes for the latest release.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
EVERYTHING’S GOING TO BE OK
Implementing a tiny virtual machine, assembler, and compiler
The thesis of Tre O’Neal
digitalcommons.ncf.edu/cgi/vie…
I need a little help please!
The RSS feed for my website is passing the online validators, but doesn't seem to be downloading to any reader. Can anyone help, maybe spot something that I am missing?
I update this XML manually, and just added one item last week which seemed to work fine then. I noticed today that the feed was not updating; to test, I changed the most recent post to today's date which is why it is not last week's.
Mad Hatter (“Alice in Wonderland”) at #autumn #Toguchi #cosplay #festival (November 16th, 2025).
#ToguchiAutumn #Toguchi2025
#photo #photography
#cosplayer #portrait #people
#darktable
#creativecommons #ccbysa
Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/brot…
#Brotato #IndieGames #GOG #Linux #PCGaming
Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG
GOG fans can finally get in on the Brotato action, just keep in mind - it might suck away endless hours of your time if you're not careful.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/kde-…
#KDE #Linux #OpenSource
KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin
The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of bug fixing.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Are you passionate about computational biology and the evolution of specialized plant metabolism?
We invite highly motivated and experienced students and early-career researchers to join @PuckerLab in Bonn for a visiting research stay. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience, exchange ideas, and work in a collaborative and supportive scientific environment with excellent computational resources.
More details and contact information:
izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/contac…
The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-…
#BoomerShooter #FPS #GameBundle
The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more
Digiphile, the indie bundle site started by former Humble Bundle staffers, has an excellent Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle out that's worth grabbing.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/happ…
#SteamDeck #Steam #SteamOS #Valve #Linux
Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld
Four years ago today, the original Steam Deck LCD released, with it going on to change how everyone sees handheld gaming PCs and Linux for gaming.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/lutr…
#Lutris #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #OpenSource
Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners
Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux and emulators too - with multiple new versions released.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
D7VK version 1.4 bringing further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/d7vk…
#Linux #OpenSource #Vulkan #Direct3D #D7VK #DXVK
D7VK version 1.4 bringing further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan
Even more improvements have arrived for D7VK that brings Direct3D 5, 6 and 7 via Vulkan for use with Wine / Proton in version 1.4.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
In a new review for Le Monde Informatique, writer Dominique Filippone explores Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter and highlights our performance gains coming with the ADA engine. 💪
Read the article (in French):
lemondeinformatique.fr/actuali…
#Nextcloud #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty
Nextcloud enrichit sa plateforme collaborative - Le Monde Informatique
Baptisée Hub Winter 26, cette actualisation de la plateforme collaborative de Nextcloud ajoute des des capacités de migration de données et de...LeMondeInformatique
congrats for the press coverage in France! You deserve all the praise and attention.
sincerely,
a self-hosted Nextcloud user who loves the service
Malware beware? Australia's Azul is now available for everyone to use.
itsfoss.com/news/azul-malware-…
Australia's Cyber Agency Releases Azul, an Open Source Malware Analysis Repository
Think of it as a searchable, automated knowledge base for malware.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
If you can't put solar panels on your roof, you can often put them on balconies. At the moment groups of people are also putting up community solar energy sites. If you can do neither, you can join clean energy and environmental coalitions to pressure your government into legislating that your apartment must have solar panels on the roof, or to build wind/solar plants that everyone can use.
If you go "blah blah blah, can't be done", then go someplace else and waste someone else's time. We aren't interested in people living in the stone age.
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Jenniferplusplus (@jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io)
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in reply to Jenniferplusplus • • •Jenniferplusplus
in reply to Jenniferplusplus • • •What's a capital strike? That tends to be the question I get in response to this rant.
You know what a labor strike is, right? It's wielding labor as power, by witholding it, as a bargaining tactic.
A capital strike is the same thing, except with capital.
Jenniferplusplus
in reply to Jenniferplusplus • • •But, you have to understand what capital actual is. It's not money. Money is a loose proxy for capital, but that's all. Really, capital is control over economic resources. Raw resources, sure. Big industrial machinery, sure. Networks of transportation and communication, yes. And labor.
Money is kind of the exchange medium for all of that. But capital isn't the money, and it's not the resources. It's the power to distort how those resources are used and applied to suit your own interests, at the expense of the other people involved.
Jenniferplusplus
in reply to Jenniferplusplus • • •That's part of what makes a capital strike non-obvious, if you don't already know what it looks like. It's not just sitting on the money and refusing to spend it. Because that's the one thing you literally can't do with capital. If you leave those resources idle, especially labor, it just goes and does its own thing. You lose control over it. If you just fire everyone, they eventually start working for themselves.
So, to conduct a capital strike, you have to direct the capital toward useless things. Or actually destructive things, if you can manage it.
And thus, AI had "basically zero" effect on the GDP. Because it's economically worthless activity for the purpose of keeping all the resources occupied so they can't be put to any other use.
Daniel Gibson
in reply to Jenniferplusplus • • •I don't know, calling it a "strike" gives this practice more legitimacy than it deserves.. makes it sound like a tool to achieve (mostly) legitimate/understandable goals
Daniel Gibson
in reply to Daniel Gibson • • •Aaron
in reply to Daniel Gibson • • •Aaron
in reply to Aaron • • •We need to end capitalism. We don't have to end markets. We don't have to (and shouldn't) end distributed decision-making. In fact, the real problem is a dearth of these things. We already have centralized control, thanks to our current economic system's ongoing concentration of wealth.
Imagine what an economy made up entirely of cooperatives would look like. Decision-making: distributed equally among stakeholders. Profit: distributed equally among stakeholders. No more perverse incentives to exploit workers and customers for the sake of far off shareholders who don't have to see the consequences of their actions on the local community, because the shareholders *are* the local community.
How much more money, and power over our own lives, would we all have if we didn't have to pay the transactional tax known as "profit" in perpetuity for a one-time investment of capital? *We* would have the capital then!
Alsy
in reply to Aaron • • •Stephen Dioxide
in reply to Alsy • • •Aaron
in reply to Stephen Dioxide • • •Precisely this. We have two avenues available to us: Push for changes to the law, which is the long-term solution, and take our business (and labor!) to cooperatives, which is the short-term solution.
The third thing we can do is increase awareness. Talk about it. Spread the word. Things don't have to work the way they do. We have legitimate and *practical* options!
@Doomed_Daniel @jenniferplusplus @ireneista
Stephen Dioxide
in reply to Aaron • • •I'd argue that working at and shopping at co-ops is a short-term solution AND and a long-term solution. Changes to the law are few and far between, inconsistently enforced, and in danger of being repealed. Expanding the presence of co-ops in the economy is a solution with both breadth and depth.
As for spreading the word, I'd love to refer you to a group I'm part of, GEO (geo.coop), which exists for just this reason. The website is crammed full of useful information, and I'm coordinating the relaunch of our print journal.
Jenniferplusplus
in reply to Stephen Dioxide • • •If you're looking for a USA perspective, we need to change the laws here, first. US law is quite hostile to cooperatives. It's all organized around creating and sustaining corporations owned by shareholders.
In most cases, the closest you can get to creating a coop in this country is to establish an LLC with bylaws that require all owners to also work for the company. Established companies can sometimes transition to cooperatives, but that's a much longer and more difficult path.
Stephen Dioxide
in reply to Jenniferplusplus • • •Aaron
in reply to Stephen Dioxide • • •It's actually super common for C corps, I think. They call them "Delaware corps" because that seems to be the place everyone registers in. I'm guessing there's a lot less of a common standard for cooperatives, though.
@jenniferplusplus @Alsy @Doomed_Daniel @ireneista
Stephen Dioxide
in reply to Aaron • • •Nathan Schneider
in reply to Stephen Dioxide • • •Actually now that is a registered trademark of Jason Wiener's firm:)
Colorado really does have some important advantages, including flexible statutes and experienced lawyers.