Touching grass is not enough, I need horrible things to happen to powerful people. #TouchGrass

#moutainbiking #switzerland #prealps #touchgrass

@0x00string m8, please go touch #TouchGrass and actually look at what the bottom 75% of society are concerned with…

• Spoiler Alert: People who live paycheck to paycheck and can't stomach a surprise $400 expense with savings (i.e. 90% of all US households) are less likely to be politically active and may not have the capacity to focus on it.

Dismissal of these factors doesn't make them go away!

• People who are exhausted after a 48-60+ hours, 5-6 day work week (not counting in unpaid labour ranging from commute to carework) may be barely able to keep their shit together...

#thxbye #EOD #next

$8.8 trillion. Yes, with a T.

In 2024, my friend Frank Nagle (et al.) at Harvard Business School dropped a paper titled The Value of Open Source Software

https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/24-038_51f8444f-502c-4139-8bf2-56eb4b65c58a.pdf

It’s not light reading, but here’s the TL;DR:

* Supply-side value of creating and maintaining popular open source software? About $4.15 billion.

* Demand-side replacement cost if companies had to rebuild that OSS themselves? A casual $8.8 trillion.

Let that sink in. Open source software is quietly propping up the global economy like a tired BOFH running on coffee and unpaid emotional labor.

And how do we reward open source maintainers, the unsung heroes keeping the digital world upright?

Enter the AI Slop Era.

Take @bagder — creator and lead maintainer of cURL and libcurl — two of the most widely used OSS projects in existence. Instead of sipping margaritas on a beach somewhere (as he should be), he's busy triaging nonsense AI-generated “exploits” reported via HackerOne.

Want a peek into his inbox of doom?
1. HackerOne cURL Hacktivity https://hackerone.com/curl/hacktivity?type=teamFilter
2. Filter by: Report State = Not Applicable
3. Feel: 😬 existential dread

This is what happens when people feed vibe-code into an LLM, squint, and hit “submit.”

So, what can you do?

* Using AI to vibe-code security bugs? Please stop. Seriously. Shut the laptop. Go touch grass. Maybe talk to a human.
* Using OSS in your business? Chances are, you are. Time to give back — with funding, sponsorships, or actual engineering help.
* Using OSS personally? Thank a maintainer. Donate. Contribute. Even fixing a typo in the README helps.

Open source built the internet. It’s still holding it together with duct tape and goodwill.

Let’s treat it — and the people behind it — like the $8.8 trillion miracle it is.

#aislop #opensourcesoftware #security #cybersecurity #touchgrass

#USPol #SelfCare #TouchGrass

Leute wie #Merz müssten mal ne #Legislaturperiode lang #Lohnarbeit machen.

• So mal richtig #Vollzeit auf #Mindestlohn (oder gleich #Multijobbing auf mehreren #Minijobs weil #Präkariat) ohne irgendwelche #Boni oder Geschenke und dann mal sehen ob diese Form von #RasenAnfassen als "#Therapie" wirkt...

Denn ganz offensichtlich ist der #Bankster von #BlackRock komplett entkoppelt von der #Realität der #Wähler*innen und ganz allgemein #Bevölkerung!

• Und das gefärdet den #SozialenFrieden ganz erheblich...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMBS6uQ-3ng

#Einkommensmillionär #TouchGrass #DEpol #BlackRot #FDGO #SozialerFrieden #FriedrichMerz #Kleptokratie #Gerontokratie #DieDaOben #Demokratie #SozialeMarktwirtschaft #Ordoliberalismus #SozialeFrage #Realitätscheck #Politik #bundespolitik #CDU #CSU #NSAfD #AfD #CDUverbot #CSUverbot #NSAfDverbot #AfDverbot #CDUverbotJetzt #CSUverbotJetzt #NSAfDverbotJetzt #AfDverbotJetzt #CDUverbotSofort #CSUverbotSofort #NSAfDverbotSofort #AfDverbotSofort

Gestern wieder Gras angefasst. #touchgrass #wakenitz

#Crunchyroll’s subtle hint for me to go #TouchGrass?

I'm back home from the park! Here are some photos.

#Dog #Dogs #FediDogs #DogsOfMastodon #DogsOfFediverse #TouchGrass

@derekmorr

Parroting the same #propaganda doesn't make it any less wrong.

• Please go #TouchGrass and think about it.

Once you've calmed down you can come back and apologize.

• Cuz you've disproven nor evidenced any of your claims whatsoever!

Meanwhile @signalapp's @Mer__edith can blast all the #Advertising #lies they want, that doesn't make their #Security better than the "#TrustMeBro!" claims of #NSAbook's #WhatsApp!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PW3O2mqTn8

• You may laugh at this, but my instincts and insights have kept me alive so far without failing so obviously it's kinda hard to consider some #copaganda and random dude splaining as valid arguments!

Consider the #timeout an olive branch.

#thxbye #next #EOD #muted

@PeterRu tja, #DTAG hat damit bei mir verschissen, gerade weil diese NULL GRÜMDE dafür haben!

• Aber bei einer #Aktiengesellschaft erwarte ich nix anderes...

Ich wette #JohnLegere als ehemaliger #CEO von #Tmobile #USA ist absolut stocksauer, denn die zerstören sein Werk als based CEO!

• Dabei wäre der #Führungsstil von #Legere auch in #Deutschland gut: Schließlich können wir nicht alle #Manager zwecks "#RasenAnfassen" aka. #Servicekultur lernen nach #Japan schicken!

Gerade auch weil die #Telekom so elementare dinge woe #FTTH-Ausbau komplett verweigert!

#TouchGrass

I touched some grass and changed my mind today.

#Brompton #JuliaGalef #TouchGrass #hollowknight

@BenBen @tagesschau die #Spahnplatte ist weniger qualifiziert als jede*r 08/15-Azubi*ne in Gesundheitsbereich.

• Hat der Typ jemals #Lohnarbeit zum #Mindestlohn gearbeitet oder sonstwie sich mit der Lebensrealität der Wählerinnen befasst?

Weil dem täte "#RasenAnfassen" ganz gut...

#DEpol #Spahn #JensSpahn #TouchGrass #Maskenaffäre #Veruntreuung #Testzentren #Sarkasmus

#Switch2 has more profile icon elements to choose from. I couldn’t help but make some that were themed for #Pokémon Silver, Gold, and Crystal.

#Nintendo #Gaming #TouchGrass #LetsGoJohto #Johto

@TonyStark I don't want to sound ableist, given the whole #NatSec implications one may percieve #Musk to not be "mentally fit" for the roles and responsibilities he's currently in.

• Responsible employers in rational juristictions would sent him home, request him to report in sick and apply for medical leave for rehab.

But Musk is a "Multi-#CEO" and #Billionaire in the #USA so we can all count on #TMZ showing his total collapse live on TV...

• Lets just hope it doesn't involve any sort of (sexual) assault or other indecency but him being jailed and sentenced to sober up and #TouchGrass...

I think #Billionaires and those "earning" millions per year [exchanged in € as per rate] should be forced to #TouchGrass for all the right reasons.

• I mean, the fact that something as simple as "I see the problem and I do acknowledge that my company should pay more!" didn't occur to a #Bankster is a clear indication of #LateStageCapitalism & #greed - induced #BrainRot to me.

This doesn't require him to take notes, but just do some "quick maths" on a napkin if he can't memorize stuff in his head to acknowledge that paying people a living wage is the solution.

• In #Germany noone would work at a bank for $16,50 (or rather €14,50/hr) cuz that's less than € 2 more than minimum wage of €12,82/hr and that includes #healthcare #insurance!

I’m trying to start a regular walking practice again. While I intend to mostly keep the things I experience private, because there’s a power in holding these things sacred, I couldn’t resist sharing how awe-inspiring it was to witness the cicadas molting. Part of my motive for sharing is to encourage everyone to get outside and “touch grass” in these trying times. You never know what you’ll notice if you go outside and just pay attention. #walkingpractice #touchgrass #insects #Cicadas #insectphotography #cicadas2025

@stuffifound I hope the #USA gets a #hyperinflation that puts #Zimbabwe to shame!

• Forcing people to #TouchGrass and #EatTheRich may be a net positive...

#Sarcasm #USpol