Bruno Nicoletti
@bjn.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
Unabashedly “woke” professional software guy, a Sydneysider exiled to London who used to write special effects software for a living. I teach and study historical martial […]
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Just a reminder that you really should #boycottfigma.
The fact they slurp all your designs into their slop machines by default, and you have to go opt-out if you don't like them stealing your creative work…**all in a product which literally exists to aid creators**…makes me nauseous.
There are […]
The fact they slurp all your designs into their slop machines by default, and you have to go opt-out if you don't like them stealing your creative work…**all in a product which literally exists to aid creators**…makes me nauseous.
There are […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
December 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Just a reminder that you really should #boycottfigma.
The fact they slurp all your designs into their slop machines by default, and you have to go opt-out if you don't like them stealing your creative work…**all in a product which literally exists to aid creators**…makes me nauseous.
There are […]
The fact they slurp all your designs into their slop machines by default, and you have to go opt-out if you don't like them stealing your creative work…**all in a product which literally exists to aid creators**…makes me nauseous.
There are […]
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I have disabled every fucking piece of AI bullshit I can find from Firefox and DESPITE THAT today I got ambushed by a new ASK AN AI CHATBOT line in a fucking image context menu
jesus FUCKING CHRIST @mozilla
STOP.
FUCKING.
PUSHING.
THIS.
SHIT.
ON.
US.
(I know the account's abandoned […]
jesus FUCKING CHRIST @mozilla
STOP.
FUCKING.
PUSHING.
THIS.
SHIT.
ON.
US.
(I know the account's abandoned […]
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mastodon.murkworks.net
December 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I have disabled every fucking piece of AI bullshit I can find from Firefox and DESPITE THAT today I got ambushed by a new ASK AN AI CHATBOT line in a fucking image context menu
jesus FUCKING CHRIST @mozilla
STOP.
FUCKING.
PUSHING.
THIS.
SHIT.
ON.
US.
(I know the account's abandoned […]
jesus FUCKING CHRIST @mozilla
STOP.
FUCKING.
PUSHING.
THIS.
SHIT.
ON.
US.
(I know the account's abandoned […]
Curate your feeds folks, the torrent of slop is only to get worse until the bubble pops. I still use youtube, but I’ve turned off history and suggestions and am very picky about who I follow and what I watch. https://c.im/@cdarwin/115792842222393328
Chuck Darwin (@cdarwin@c.im)
More than 20% of the videos that YouTube’s algorithm shows to new users are “AI slop” – low-quality AI-generated content designed to farm views, research has found. The video-editing company Kapwing surveyed 15,000 of the world’s most popular YouTube channels – the top 100 in every country – and found that 278 of them contain only AI slop. Together, these AI slop channels have amassed more than 63 billion views and 221 million subscribers, -- generating about $117m (£90m) in revenue each year, according to estimates. The researchers also made a new YouTube account and found that 104 of the first 500 videos recommended to its feed were AI slop. One-third of the 500 videos were “#brainrot”, a category that includes AI slop and other low-quality content made to monetise attention. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/27/more-than-20-of-videos-shown-to-new-youtube-users-are-ai-slop-study-finds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
c.im
December 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Curate your feeds folks, the torrent of slop is only to get worse until the bubble pops. I still use youtube, but I’ve turned off history and suggestions and am very picky about who I follow and what I watch. https://c.im/@cdarwin/115792842222393328
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I know a few people on here as well as myself will FEEL this cartoon.
December 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I know a few people on here as well as myself will FEEL this cartoon.
How I’m currently feeling.
December 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
How I’m currently feeling.
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The two hardest problems in Computer Science are:
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The two hardest problems in Computer Science are:
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/115664123221310113
today’s #alttxt #yaddayadda:
❝ Time for your annual reminder that, according to A Christmas Carol, Bob Cratchit makes 15 shillings a week.
Adjusted for inflation, that's $530.27/wk, $27,574/yr, or $13.50/ hr.
Most Americans on […]
today’s #alttxt #yaddayadda:
❝ Time for your annual reminder that, according to A Christmas Carol, Bob Cratchit makes 15 shillings a week.
Adjusted for inflation, that's $530.27/wk, $27,574/yr, or $13.50/ hr.
Most Americans on […]
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/115664123221310113
today’s #alttxt #yaddayadda:
❝ Time for your annual reminder that, according to A Christmas Carol, Bob Cratchit makes 15 shillings a week.
Adjusted for inflation, that's $530.27/wk, $27,574/yr, or $13.50/ hr.
Most Americans on […]
today’s #alttxt #yaddayadda:
❝ Time for your annual reminder that, according to A Christmas Carol, Bob Cratchit makes 15 shillings a week.
Adjusted for inflation, that's $530.27/wk, $27,574/yr, or $13.50/ hr.
Most Americans on […]
Dear Fediverse. I’m thinking of adding a wiki to my historical martial arts club’s website. I need it to be self hosted and free. There are quite a few of these out there, what do folks recommend?
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Dear Fediverse. I’m thinking of adding a wiki to my historical martial arts club’s website. I need it to be self hosted and free. There are quite a few of these out there, what do folks recommend?
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So this puts my university's claim that MS Office365 is our only GDPR-compliant cloud platform in an interesting light. No US-owned holder of data can be GDPR compliant thanks to the US CLOUD Act 🫠 https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/europe_gets_serious_about_cutting/
December 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
So this puts my university's claim that MS Office365 is our only GDPR-compliant cloud platform in an interesting light. No US-owned holder of data can be GDPR compliant thanks to the US CLOUD Act 🫠 https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/europe_gets_serious_about_cutting/
@davidgerard I assume you’ve seen this bit of insanity? 1 Microsoft developer porting 1 million lines of code per month from C++/C to Rust. I may have a few teensy doubts about that […]
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mstdn.social
December 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
@davidgerard I assume you’ve seen this bit of insanity? 1 Microsoft developer porting 1 million lines of code per month from C++/C to Rust. I may have a few teensy doubts about that […]
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The CBS 60 Minutes CECOT segment showed up in Canada's Global TV app and then quickly disappeared. But a direct copy (not a screen recording) is now archived online: https://archive.org/details/60minutes-cecotsegment
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The CBS 60 Minutes CECOT segment showed up in Canada's Global TV app and then quickly disappeared. But a direct copy (not a screen recording) is now archived online: https://archive.org/details/60minutes-cecotsegment
Good interview by Paul Krugman of Paul Kedrosky (from MIT) about the AI industry and its associated bubble. This bubble combines three bubbles into one, real estate, tech and credit, with a helping of government assistance.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-paul-kedrosky
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-paul-kedrosky
Talking With Paul Kedrosky
So, about this AI thing ...
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good interview by Paul Krugman of Paul Kedrosky (from MIT) about the AI industry and its associated bubble. This bubble combines three bubbles into one, real estate, tech and credit, with a helping of government assistance.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-paul-kedrosky
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-paul-kedrosky
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Great take from @anderspuck putting Europe's support of Ukraine into context
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTNUZ2zONY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTNUZ2zONY
December 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Great take from @anderspuck putting Europe's support of Ukraine into context
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTNUZ2zONY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTNUZ2zONY
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Marsha De Cordova MP:"I cannot stress enough that leaving the ECHR would place these protections at risk for everyone.
"It does not just affect cases related to immigration – it would undermine essential pillars of our peace and democracy."
https://bit.ly/4qjX6G0
"It does not just affect cases related to immigration – it would undermine essential pillars of our peace and democracy."
https://bit.ly/4qjX6G0
Brexit's ‘wild promises’ have not been fulfilled, so why believe them about leaving the ECHR?
By Marsha de Cordova MP
bestforbritain.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Marsha De Cordova MP:"I cannot stress enough that leaving the ECHR would place these protections at risk for everyone.
"It does not just affect cases related to immigration – it would undermine essential pillars of our peace and democracy."
https://bit.ly/4qjX6G0
"It does not just affect cases related to immigration – it would undermine essential pillars of our peace and democracy."
https://bit.ly/4qjX6G0
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"Just like Brexit, the Tories and Reform need a scapegoat for the country’s problems.
This time they are selling the deceptive promise that leaving the ECHR will magically solve the problems their policies and governments have created," writes @marshadecordova.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/4qjX6G0
This time they are selling the deceptive promise that leaving the ECHR will magically solve the problems their policies and governments have created," writes @marshadecordova.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/4qjX6G0
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Just like Brexit, the Tories and Reform need a scapegoat for the country’s problems.
This time they are selling the deceptive promise that leaving the ECHR will magically solve the problems their policies and governments have created," writes @marshadecordova.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/4qjX6G0
This time they are selling the deceptive promise that leaving the ECHR will magically solve the problems their policies and governments have created," writes @marshadecordova.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/4qjX6G0
Does Trump have a scar on his ear, you know, the one that was shot?
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Does Trump have a scar on his ear, you know, the one that was shot?
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UK media: what’s the etiquette for talking to more than one media outlet about the same subject? OK or considered uncouth to the first one that asked?
December 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
UK media: what’s the etiquette for talking to more than one media outlet about the same subject? OK or considered uncouth to the first one that asked?
For all the #hema folk on mastodon, I’ve been working for months on my translation of Fiore dei Liberi’s late mediaeval book, Fior di Bataglia, which covers sword play and armed combat. Finally finished it and I released it today.
https://armizarepress.com/books/ms_ludwig_xv_13_softback/
https://armizarepress.com/books/ms_ludwig_xv_13_softback/
Armizare Press
armizarepress.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For all the #hema folk on mastodon, I’ve been working for months on my translation of Fiore dei Liberi’s late mediaeval book, Fior di Bataglia, which covers sword play and armed combat. Finally finished it and I released it today.
https://armizarepress.com/books/ms_ludwig_xv_13_softback/
https://armizarepress.com/books/ms_ludwig_xv_13_softback/
I won’t use GenAI for the same reasons I don’t buy stolen cars. I’ve never interacted with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and all the rest unless I’m forced to because a dumb support bot on a website is the only way to interact with a company.
This means I may have problems ever being employed as a […]
This means I may have problems ever being employed as a […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
December 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I won’t use GenAI for the same reasons I don’t buy stolen cars. I’ve never interacted with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and all the rest unless I’m forced to because a dumb support bot on a website is the only way to interact with a company.
This means I may have problems ever being employed as a […]
This means I may have problems ever being employed as a […]
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Works.
December 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Works.
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The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
So the Lords now wants to mandate the installation of spyware on every computer in the UK believing that it will prevent CSAM (there is no other way of doing what they specify in the bill). This will obviously have no downsides whatsoever.
Page 20 of the bill… […]
Page 20 of the bill… […]
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mstdn.social
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
So the Lords now wants to mandate the installation of spyware on every computer in the UK believing that it will prevent CSAM (there is no other way of doing what they specify in the bill). This will obviously have no downsides whatsoever.
Page 20 of the bill… […]
Page 20 of the bill… […]
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"Flu surge a challenge for NHS 'unlike any' since pandemic, Streeting says"
WHY DID YOU RESTRICT THE FLU JAB MORE THIS YEAR YOU UTTER NUMPTIES?!?
WHY DID YOU RESTRICT THE FLU JAB MORE THIS YEAR YOU UTTER NUMPTIES?!?
December 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"Flu surge a challenge for NHS 'unlike any' since pandemic, Streeting says"
WHY DID YOU RESTRICT THE FLU JAB MORE THIS YEAR YOU UTTER NUMPTIES?!?
WHY DID YOU RESTRICT THE FLU JAB MORE THIS YEAR YOU UTTER NUMPTIES?!?
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This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
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All corruption, all the time in Trump world. Trump's sons (including/especially the youngest) helped get one of most vile people on the planet out of legal trouble. Fine NYT reporting here:
https://archive.md/uAYtL
https://archive.md/uAYtL
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
All corruption, all the time in Trump world. Trump's sons (including/especially the youngest) helped get one of most vile people on the planet out of legal trouble. Fine NYT reporting here:
https://archive.md/uAYtL
https://archive.md/uAYtL