Erik Moeller
@eloquence.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
Currently working on https://permacommons.org/ - a permanent home for useful shared resources maintained with AI assistance.
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.coop/@eloquence, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.coop/@eloquence, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Reposted by Erik Moeller
As of today, NOS (the Dutch news agency) will no longer post news items on X (Twitter):
https://over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-plaatst-vanaf-vandaag-geen-nieuwsberichten-meer-op-x/
Isn't it time all progressive organisations did the same?
#nos #Twitter #abandonx #leavex
https://over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-plaatst-vanaf-vandaag-geen-nieuwsberichten-meer-op-x/
Isn't it time all progressive organisations did the same?
#nos #Twitter #abandonx #leavex
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
As of today, NOS (the Dutch news agency) will no longer post news items on X (Twitter):
https://over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-plaatst-vanaf-vandaag-geen-nieuwsberichten-meer-op-x/
Isn't it time all progressive organisations did the same?
#nos #Twitter #abandonx #leavex
https://over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-plaatst-vanaf-vandaag-geen-nieuwsberichten-meer-op-x/
Isn't it time all progressive organisations did the same?
#nos #Twitter #abandonx #leavex
Reposted by Erik Moeller
"#europe cannot buy #sovereignty off a shelf, it has to build it. In an age of geopolitical volatility and rapid innovation Europe must play to its strengths, including world-leading researchers and a rich history of #opensource development. It faces a choice: use these strengths to carve out […]
Original post on mato.social
mato.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"#europe cannot buy #sovereignty off a shelf, it has to build it. In an age of geopolitical volatility and rapid innovation Europe must play to its strengths, including world-leading researchers and a rich history of #opensource development. It faces a choice: use these strengths to carve out […]
Musk, his DOGE gang, and Marco Rubio are responsible for a staggering death toll. It should be reason to refuse association with any of Musk's products, but large death tolls become statistics.
In the short doc "Rovina's Choice", Atul Gawande shows what happens when you suddenly withdraw aid […]
In the short doc "Rovina's Choice", Atul Gawande shows what happens when you suddenly withdraw aid […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Musk, his DOGE gang, and Marco Rubio are responsible for a staggering death toll. It should be reason to refuse association with any of Musk's products, but large death tolls become statistics.
In the short doc "Rovina's Choice", Atul Gawande shows what happens when you suddenly withdraw aid […]
In the short doc "Rovina's Choice", Atul Gawande shows what happens when you suddenly withdraw aid […]
Chabeau 0.6.0 (open source chatbot TUI in #rust) has been released.
This is another feature-packed release. Most notably, it ships the `/refine` command (quick in-place revision of an assistant response using a prompt) and in-place editing of assistant messages […]
[Original post on social.coop]
This is another feature-packed release. Most notably, it ships the `/refine` command (quick in-place revision of an assistant response using a prompt) and in-place editing of assistant messages […]
[Original post on social.coop]
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Chabeau 0.6.0 (open source chatbot TUI in #rust) has been released.
This is another feature-packed release. Most notably, it ships the `/refine` command (quick in-place revision of an assistant response using a prompt) and in-place editing of assistant messages […]
[Original post on social.coop]
This is another feature-packed release. Most notably, it ships the `/refine` command (quick in-place revision of an assistant response using a prompt) and in-place editing of assistant messages […]
[Original post on social.coop]
The thing I'm learning about TypeScript is that you can spend a lot of time with TypeScript.
But, I don't hate it. It does feel like it gives real payoffs. Just not nearly as "oh, it's just plain JS at the end, super easy to work with!" as people sometimes make it out to be.
Right now I'm […]
But, I don't hate it. It does feel like it gives real payoffs. Just not nearly as "oh, it's just plain JS at the end, super easy to work with!" as people sometimes make it out to be.
Right now I'm […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The thing I'm learning about TypeScript is that you can spend a lot of time with TypeScript.
But, I don't hate it. It does feel like it gives real payoffs. Just not nearly as "oh, it's just plain JS at the end, super easy to work with!" as people sometimes make it out to be.
Right now I'm […]
But, I don't hate it. It does feel like it gives real payoffs. Just not nearly as "oh, it's just plain JS at the end, super easy to work with!" as people sometimes make it out to be.
Right now I'm […]
Detailed investigation from Sky on how X boosts extreme right-wing content into user's feeds. Unsurprising, of course. The bigger questions is why so many journalists, politicians and institutions (including SkyNews) feel the need to continue to legitimize X through their presence -- a platform […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Detailed investigation from Sky on how X boosts extreme right-wing content into user's feeds. Unsurprising, of course. The bigger questions is why so many journalists, politicians and institutions (including SkyNews) feel the need to continue to legitimize X through their presence -- a platform […]
Gee, I wonder why billionaires want to control the encyclopedia.
(Kudos to the contributors of this very astute section of Zohran Mamdani's Wikipedia bio.)
(Kudos to the contributors of this very astute section of Zohran Mamdani's Wikipedia bio.)
![Screenshot from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zohran_Mamdani&oldid=1320519259 (current as of November 4, 2025)
Mamdani's campaign platform has been considered by outlets to be similar to the policies pursued by former New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia and former U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt.[91][92] The German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle classifies Mamdani's policies as being on the center-left of the global political spectrum.[93] This is unusual in the United States, as the 1950s Second Red Scare and the 1990s Democratic Pivot towards centrist neoliberalism occurred, which shifted the overton window of American politics significantly to the right compared to almost any other liberal democracies, and led national politics to being generally restricted between centrists and the hard right.[93] While misinformation has spread during the 2025 New York mayoral race calling his policies radical or communist, there is a consensus among political scientists that his policies are similar to those pursued by mainstream center-left parties in other developed democracies.[93] Mamdani identifies as being within the democratic socialist tradition.[51][94] He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[60][71] Mamdani has also been called a progressive.[68]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bza5bvcxgkztks5f4kpdypzf/bafkreichoshkqhf5hgr7jutal3jr77bgzjczzwdgd24km3bt43agarges4@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Gee, I wonder why billionaires want to control the encyclopedia.
(Kudos to the contributors of this very astute section of Zohran Mamdani's Wikipedia bio.)
(Kudos to the contributors of this very astute section of Zohran Mamdani's Wikipedia bio.)
Reposted by Erik Moeller
The first release candidate for Dangerzone 0.10.0 is out, and we’re looking for feedback from users, especially on macOS and Windows. Thanks!
https://dangerzone.rocks/news/2025-11-03-0.10.0-call-for-testing/
https://dangerzone.rocks/news/2025-11-03-0.10.0-call-for-testing/
Dangerzone
Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to a safe PDF.
dangerzone.rocks
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The first release candidate for Dangerzone 0.10.0 is out, and we’re looking for feedback from users, especially on macOS and Windows. Thanks!
https://dangerzone.rocks/news/2025-11-03-0.10.0-call-for-testing/
https://dangerzone.rocks/news/2025-11-03-0.10.0-call-for-testing/
Managing focus and scrolling in a terminal UI (TUI) is tricky, but I think I landed on a reasonable approach for Chabeau (https://github.com/permacommons/chabeau).
It's very subtle, but you can see it in this video:
- "›" indicates focus, "·" indicates out of […]
[Original post on social.coop]
It's very subtle, but you can see it in this video:
- "›" indicates focus, "·" indicates out of […]
[Original post on social.coop]
November 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Managing focus and scrolling in a terminal UI (TUI) is tricky, but I think I landed on a reasonable approach for Chabeau (https://github.com/permacommons/chabeau).
It's very subtle, but you can see it in this video:
- "›" indicates focus, "·" indicates out of […]
[Original post on social.coop]
It's very subtle, but you can see it in this video:
- "›" indicates focus, "·" indicates out of […]
[Original post on social.coop]
Sometimes it's the little things .. made myself a little helper script using `yad` that I can use to quickly bounce the dev env for @lib_reviews :)
One minor annoyance this helps address is the "oh, dev env isn't running" problem when hitting the browser; now I […]
[Original post on social.coop]
One minor annoyance this helps address is the "oh, dev env isn't running" problem when hitting the browser; now I […]
[Original post on social.coop]
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Sometimes it's the little things .. made myself a little helper script using `yad` that I can use to quickly bounce the dev env for @lib_reviews :)
One minor annoyance this helps address is the "oh, dev env isn't running" problem when hitting the browser; now I […]
[Original post on social.coop]
One minor annoyance this helps address is the "oh, dev env isn't running" problem when hitting the browser; now I […]
[Original post on social.coop]
Got my first scam call with a spoofed "Kaiser Permanente" caller ID today. Apparently quite common.
Nice reminder not to put too much automatic faith in any form of "identification".
Nice reminder not to put too much automatic faith in any form of "identification".
October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Got my first scam call with a spoofed "Kaiser Permanente" caller ID today. Apparently quite common.
Nice reminder not to put too much automatic faith in any form of "identification".
Nice reminder not to put too much automatic faith in any form of "identification".
Reposted by Erik Moeller
Whenever you're feeling lost, like you don't have a clue
Remember, somewhere out there, is a guy
Typing into a small box
@grok Is this true?
He'll always be more lost than you
Remember, somewhere out there, is a guy
Typing into a small box
@grok Is this true?
He'll always be more lost than you
September 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Whenever you're feeling lost, like you don't have a clue
Remember, somewhere out there, is a guy
Typing into a small box
@grok Is this true?
He'll always be more lost than you
Remember, somewhere out there, is a guy
Typing into a small box
@grok Is this true?
He'll always be more lost than you
Reposted by Erik Moeller
Canada has made its national school food programme a permanent part of the federal budget, committing to C$1 billion over five years and ongoing annual funding thereafter. The initiative will provide healthy meals to up to 400,000 additional children while supporting local producers, and marks a […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Canada has made its national school food programme a permanent part of the federal budget, committing to C$1 billion over five years and ongoing annual funding thereafter. The initiative will provide healthy meals to up to 400,000 additional children while supporting local producers, and marks a […]
you've heard of the banality of evil
meet its twin brother, the cowardice of institutions
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/university-of-virginia-trump-agreement.html
meet its twin brother, the cowardice of institutions
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/university-of-virginia-trump-agreement.html
University of Virginia Makes Deal With White House to Halt Investigations
The Justice Department had been scrutinizing one of the nation’s premier public universities over accusations of civil rights violations.
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
you've heard of the banality of evil
meet its twin brother, the cowardice of institutions
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/university-of-virginia-trump-agreement.html
meet its twin brother, the cowardice of institutions
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/university-of-virginia-trump-agreement.html
Three weird things about social websites:
1) If you run a a social website, you don't actually have to allow nazis and demagogues to sign up.
2) If the nazis and demagogues sign up anyway, you can kick them out. It sounds weird, I know, but it's totally a thing you can do!
3) If you've signed […]
1) If you run a a social website, you don't actually have to allow nazis and demagogues to sign up.
2) If the nazis and demagogues sign up anyway, you can kick them out. It sounds weird, I know, but it's totally a thing you can do!
3) If you've signed […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
October 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Three weird things about social websites:
1) If you run a a social website, you don't actually have to allow nazis and demagogues to sign up.
2) If the nazis and demagogues sign up anyway, you can kick them out. It sounds weird, I know, but it's totally a thing you can do!
3) If you've signed […]
1) If you run a a social website, you don't actually have to allow nazis and demagogues to sign up.
2) If the nazis and demagogues sign up anyway, you can kick them out. It sounds weird, I know, but it's totally a thing you can do!
3) If you've signed […]
Chabeau 0.5.1 is out (chatbot TUI compatible with many APIs). A few goodies in this release:
- Built-in presets. You can still configure your own, but Chabeau now ships with three sample presets: short (quick responses followed by a numbered menu), casual, and […]
[Original post on social.coop]
- Built-in presets. You can still configure your own, but Chabeau now ships with three sample presets: short (quick responses followed by a numbered menu), casual, and […]
[Original post on social.coop]
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Chabeau 0.5.1 is out (chatbot TUI compatible with many APIs). A few goodies in this release:
- Built-in presets. You can still configure your own, but Chabeau now ships with three sample presets: short (quick responses followed by a numbered menu), casual, and […]
[Original post on social.coop]
- Built-in presets. You can still configure your own, but Chabeau now ships with three sample presets: short (quick responses followed by a numbered menu), casual, and […]
[Original post on social.coop]
[uspol, shutdown]
The shutdown is one plausible pathway to full autocracy, and the Trump gang is already laying the groundwork for it with illegal appropriation of funds.
As more essential government functions are threatened, the executive can just keep asserting more and more authority to […]
The shutdown is one plausible pathway to full autocracy, and the Trump gang is already laying the groundwork for it with illegal appropriation of funds.
As more essential government functions are threatened, the executive can just keep asserting more and more authority to […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
[uspol, shutdown]
The shutdown is one plausible pathway to full autocracy, and the Trump gang is already laying the groundwork for it with illegal appropriation of funds.
As more essential government functions are threatened, the executive can just keep asserting more and more authority to […]
The shutdown is one plausible pathway to full autocracy, and the Trump gang is already laying the groundwork for it with illegal appropriation of funds.
As more essential government functions are threatened, the executive can just keep asserting more and more authority to […]
"All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out." - Ludwig von Mises
October 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out." - Ludwig von Mises
Took me long enough, but I am _finally_ learning to love `systemd`
October 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Took me long enough, but I am _finally_ learning to love `systemd`
Chabeau 0.5.0 (my open source terminal chatbot TUI) is the first version that supports character cards, personas, and presets.
Here's a simple preset in action that 1) keeps responses concise, 2) facilitates menu-style exploration.
`cargo install chabeau` (full […]
[Original post on social.coop]
Here's a simple preset in action that 1) keeps responses concise, 2) facilitates menu-style exploration.
`cargo install chabeau` (full […]
[Original post on social.coop]
October 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Chabeau 0.5.0 (my open source terminal chatbot TUI) is the first version that supports character cards, personas, and presets.
Here's a simple preset in action that 1) keeps responses concise, 2) facilitates menu-style exploration.
`cargo install chabeau` (full […]
[Original post on social.coop]
Here's a simple preset in action that 1) keeps responses concise, 2) facilitates menu-style exploration.
`cargo install chabeau` (full […]
[Original post on social.coop]
You wouldn't know it from how it was covered in major news outlets, but: "No Kings Day on June 14 was one of the largest single days of protest in United States history."
Let's make October 18 the largest […]
Let's make October 18 the largest […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
October 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You wouldn't know it from how it was covered in major news outlets, but: "No Kings Day on June 14 was one of the largest single days of protest in United States history."
Let's make October 18 the largest […]
Let's make October 18 the largest […]
People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities". That is true, but also reductive. It is useful for everyone, as is generally the case with accessibility.
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I […]
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
October 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities". That is true, but also reductive. It is useful for everyone, as is generally the case with accessibility.
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I […]
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I […]
Reposted by Erik Moeller
Trump got his COVID19 vaccine today.
He will always have access to everything he needs to maintain his health while denying others the same.
He will always have access to everything he needs to maintain his health while denying others the same.
October 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Trump got his COVID19 vaccine today.
He will always have access to everything he needs to maintain his health while denying others the same.
He will always have access to everything he needs to maintain his health while denying others the same.
Reposted by Erik Moeller
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
At this rate it's honestly surprising that none of the major #ai players have issued an "AICoin" yet (aside from Altman's aspirational spycoin). Maybe that's the final step after institutional investment dries up.
(Graphic from Bloomberg: https://archive.is/Pagn7)
(Graphic from Bloomberg: https://archive.is/Pagn7)
October 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
At this rate it's honestly surprising that none of the major #ai players have issued an "AICoin" yet (aside from Altman's aspirational spycoin). Maybe that's the final step after institutional investment dries up.
(Graphic from Bloomberg: https://archive.is/Pagn7)
(Graphic from Bloomberg: https://archive.is/Pagn7)