@sarahmei welp. I guessed correctly... 🥇

When the AI techbros are finally hauled up on charges and asked if they are guilty, their only options for reply should be "yes" or "maybe later".

@molly0xfff sweet, company scrip!

@vruz 🤡

@kbob thanks!

@kbob Google fails me - what are R₂/R₁ here? (and/or, do you have a link explaining the kind of sequence you're using?)

"AI bots that scrape the internet for training data are hammering the servers of libraries, archives, museums, and galleries, and are in some cases knocking their collections offline"

#AI is ruining our digital world

(Original title: AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums)

https://www.404media.co/ai-scraping-bots-are-breaking-open-libraries-archives-and-museums/

@curiously @TheBreadmonkey frozen

Just updated my diagram of Trump’s crypto entanglements based on his most recent financial disclosures 😵‍💫

Full-size image: https://storage.mollywhite.net/trump-family-crypto-projects.png
Disclosures: https://oge.app.box.com/s/k0hxcezgk7j1cyqoue16cillsi9srmfu

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

Hey unsighted fedi-folx! When it comes to good alt-text...

Please select all that apply.

#Poll #Accessibility #AltText

scammers preying on people's basic decency fucks me off no end.

I gave two of the "desperately need money for insulin" ones the benefit of the doubt a week back, despite being pretty sure they're bots, and lo and behold today I see another three accounts using the exact same images with slightly different pretexts and donation links.

scamming people out of donations while also eroding trust in people who really are desperate is the lowest of the low.

@Aschenbrenner you might find https://mycelium.elizas.website/mycelium_kernel/ interesting; perhaps the Rust Embedded matrix room also has some pointers (heh) about running on bare metal

@GyrosGeier @antiaall3s ok that rules

@GyrosGeier @antiaall3s mostly surgical masks tho, right?

Stop using Big Tech to organize your protests! They're part of the authoritarian surveillance and oppression as well.

✊ Replace Meetup/Facebook Groups with Mobilizon:
https://mobilizon.org

📄 Replace Google Docs with CryptPad:
https://cryptpad.fr

📍 Replace Google Map with Organic Maps:
https://organicmaps.app

🎞️ Replace YouTube with PeerTube:
https://joinpeertube.org

📧 Replace Gmail and Google Calendar with Proton or Tuta:
https://proton.me
https://tuta.com

🕸️ Create a simple html website with no tracking and no cookies, and post links to it everywhere, including paper posters and stickers.

We can organize without Big Tech. We have done it for centuries before! :blobcatyes:

#Protest #Democracy #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #MassSurveillance

Explosionsartiger Anstieg: Immer mehr Kinder mit Gedächtnisproblemen – Forscher warnen vor Long Covid https://www.dmz-news.eu/2025/06/16/explosionsartiger-anstieg-immer-mehr-kinder-mit-ged%C3%A4chtnisproblemen-forscher-warnen-vor-long-covid/

New study on the effects of LLM use (in this case on essay writing):

https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

Quote:

"LLM users also struggled to accurately quote their own work. While LLMs offer immediate convenience, our findings highlight potential cognitive costs. Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning."

The interesting thing is: People who used search engines (to find sources etc) did not show similar issues. This is an important antidote against the belief that LLM-based tools are just like search engines. Which they are not. They are massively degrading their users' mental abilities and development. Which is why these systems have absolutely no place even _near_ any school or university.

https://hails.org/@hailey/114691651497761523