Mud Road
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Oh, I see now how I did that name thing wrong...
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#israel used weapons in #gaza that made thousands of #palestinians evaporate.
#aljazeera investigation reveals how US-supplied thermal and thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians […]
#aljazeera investigation reveals how US-supplied thermal and thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians […]
Original post on mastodon.ie
mastodon.ie
February 11, 2026 at 12:47 PM
#israel used weapons in #gaza that made thousands of #palestinians evaporate.
#aljazeera investigation reveals how US-supplied thermal and thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians […]
#aljazeera investigation reveals how US-supplied thermal and thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians […]
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"AI is built on the collective knowledge of humankind."
No. Nononononono. It is not built on _knowledge_, it it built on _data_. And not everyone's experiences are available as data, many communities are included. Also: "Collective" implies some sort of collaboration and shared activity. But […]
No. Nononononono. It is not built on _knowledge_, it it built on _data_. And not everyone's experiences are available as data, many communities are included. Also: "Collective" implies some sort of collaboration and shared activity. But […]
Original post on tldr.nettime.org
tldr.nettime.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 AM
"AI is built on the collective knowledge of humankind."
No. Nononononono. It is not built on _knowledge_, it it built on _data_. And not everyone's experiences are available as data, many communities are included. Also: "Collective" implies some sort of collaboration and shared activity. But […]
No. Nononononono. It is not built on _knowledge_, it it built on _data_. And not everyone's experiences are available as data, many communities are included. Also: "Collective" implies some sort of collaboration and shared activity. But […]
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...horrifying message without context, thank you
February 2, 2026 at 10:42 AM
...horrifying message without context, thank you
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I'm VERY anti "Remote Learning" on snow days. Snow days are magical and young people should play video games and have snowball fights.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
January 27, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I'm VERY anti "Remote Learning" on snow days. Snow days are magical and young people should play video games and have snowball fights.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
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Maribyrnong got about 60m of protected lanes from the state pop up program. City of Maribyrnong removed that when they resurfaced. Other than WGTP on Hyde st. I'm pretty sure Maribyrnong is net negative protected lanes for the last 4 years.
January 15, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Maribyrnong got about 60m of protected lanes from the state pop up program. City of Maribyrnong removed that when they resurfaced. Other than WGTP on Hyde st. I'm pretty sure Maribyrnong is net negative protected lanes for the last 4 years.
Worth a read if you're interested in the state of play in Australia. https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/australia-free-speech-power-speech-bondi/
In Australia's tinpot civil society, 'power speech' is on the cusp of defeating free speech
Free speech in Australia is under attack from multiple directions. And its assailant is power speech: the right of the powerful to dictate terms to and attack those with less power.
www.crikey.com.au
January 14, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Worth a read if you're interested in the state of play in Australia. https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/australia-free-speech-power-speech-bondi/
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The Onion going hard in their year in review.
"Gang Initiate Forced To Peacefully Deescalate Conflict To Prove He Not A Cop"
https://theonion.com/gang-initiate-forced-to-peacefully-deescalate-conflict-to-prove-he-not-a-cop/
#theonion #Humor #funny #acab
"Gang Initiate Forced To Peacefully Deescalate Conflict To Prove He Not A Cop"
https://theonion.com/gang-initiate-forced-to-peacefully-deescalate-conflict-to-prove-he-not-a-cop/
#theonion #Humor #funny #acab
theonion.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Onion going hard in their year in review.
"Gang Initiate Forced To Peacefully Deescalate Conflict To Prove He Not A Cop"
https://theonion.com/gang-initiate-forced-to-peacefully-deescalate-conflict-to-prove-he-not-a-cop/
#theonion #Humor #funny #acab
"Gang Initiate Forced To Peacefully Deescalate Conflict To Prove He Not A Cop"
https://theonion.com/gang-initiate-forced-to-peacefully-deescalate-conflict-to-prove-he-not-a-cop/
#theonion #Humor #funny #acab
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Ok this is from my wife’s facebook feed but it’s pretty rad:
“In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.
The following response is an open letter to […]
“In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.
The following response is an open letter to […]
Original post on beige.party
beige.party
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ok this is from my wife’s facebook feed but it’s pretty rad:
“In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.
The following response is an open letter to […]
“In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.
The following response is an open letter to […]
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The other piece of this, as I've pointed out elsewhere, is that AI boosters intentionally expand the term "AI" to include things that are perfectly sensible and reasonable to provide narrative cover, exactly the same way police do things like direct traffic to shield themselves from public […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
December 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The other piece of this, as I've pointed out elsewhere, is that AI boosters intentionally expand the term "AI" to include things that are perfectly sensible and reasonable to provide narrative cover, exactly the same way police do things like direct traffic to shield themselves from public […]
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I have discovered that teaching programming goes much better with my fifth grade students if I take the time to teach them about all the symbols I think of as "normal" that are totally new to them.
"These are square brackets, you'll find them over the 'enter' key we use them for lists. In […]
"These are square brackets, you'll find them over the 'enter' key we use them for lists. In […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
December 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I have discovered that teaching programming goes much better with my fifth grade students if I take the time to teach them about all the symbols I think of as "normal" that are totally new to them.
"These are square brackets, you'll find them over the 'enter' key we use them for lists. In […]
"These are square brackets, you'll find them over the 'enter' key we use them for lists. In […]
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Okay, but hear me out, what if we produce an entire generation of students who are *all* the ones who did nothing in the group project?
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Okay, but hear me out, what if we produce an entire generation of students who are *all* the ones who did nothing in the group project?
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Killing usually requires dehumanizing one's victims. Thus, one of the most important services the press can perform is to rehumanize them. Profiles of some of the Venezuelan villagers recently murdered by the U.S. military at Trump & Hegseth's direction (and the loved ones left behind) […]
Original post on sciences.social
sciences.social
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Killing usually requires dehumanizing one's victims. Thus, one of the most important services the press can perform is to rehumanize them. Profiles of some of the Venezuelan villagers recently murdered by the U.S. military at Trump & Hegseth's direction (and the loved ones left behind) […]
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"OpenAI uses as much electricity as New York City and San Diego combined, at the peak of the intense 2024 heat wave. Or as much as the total electricity demand of Switzerland and Portugal combined. That's the electricity of roughly 20 million people."
#energycrisis
#energycrisis
October 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
"OpenAI uses as much electricity as New York City and San Diego combined, at the peak of the intense 2024 heat wave. Or as much as the total electricity demand of Switzerland and Portugal combined. That's the electricity of roughly 20 million people."
#energycrisis
#energycrisis
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This one needs to go viral. Aged well huh?
June 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This one needs to go viral. Aged well huh?
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The fact that we were conditioned to accept the mass killing of infants in Gaza and the fact that we are now witnessing toddler citizens be disappeared are related.
April 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The fact that we were conditioned to accept the mass killing of infants in Gaza and the fact that we are now witnessing toddler citizens be disappeared are related.
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NYT - A video on the cellphone of a paramedic who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a Gaza mass grave, shows ambulances and fire truck that they were traveling in were clearly marked and had their emergency lights on when Israeli troops fired on them […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
April 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NYT - A video on the cellphone of a paramedic who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a Gaza mass grave, shows ambulances and fire truck that they were traveling in were clearly marked and had their emergency lights on when Israeli troops fired on them […]
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"Israeli occupation army has just killed 3 Palestinian children while they were playing east of Khan Yunis City."
#eidmubarak #palestine
https://x.com/QudsNen/status/1906259413427470480
#eidmubarak #palestine
https://x.com/QudsNen/status/1906259413427470480
March 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Israeli occupation army has just killed 3 Palestinian children while they were playing east of Khan Yunis City."
#eidmubarak #palestine
https://x.com/QudsNen/status/1906259413427470480
#eidmubarak #palestine
https://x.com/QudsNen/status/1906259413427470480