Kat
@tak.notapattern.net
maker of many things, mostly lists. armchair #cloud documentarian.
🎭 i love any and all live #theatre and try to see every show on #Broadway
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[bridged from https://weatherishappening.network/@kat on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
🎭 i love any and all live #theatre and try to see every show on #Broadway
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[bridged from https://weatherishappening.network/@kat on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
i feel smug about not having an android phone but slightly less smug about also not having an employer 🫠
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/115650854720043858
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/115650854720043858
AI6YR Ben (@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)
Forbes: Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer As reported by Android Authority, “Google is rolling out Android RCS Archival on Pixel (and other Android) phones, allowing employers to intercept and archive RCS chats on work-managed devices. In simpler terms, your employer will now be able to read your RCS chats in Google Messages despite end-to-end encryption.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/02/google-starts-sharing-all-your-text-messages-with-your-employer/ #privacy #android
m.ai6yr.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
i feel smug about not having an android phone but slightly less smug about also not having an employer 🫠
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/115650854720043858
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/115650854720043858
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Colorado Sun: First responders in Colorado’s mountain towns are receiving wave of unfounded texts for help from satellite-enabled iPhones
At least 10 Colorado 911 dispatch centers have received emergency texts from iPhones saying people were trapped, lost or on fire […]
At least 10 Colorado 911 dispatch centers have received emergency texts from iPhones saying people were trapped, lost or on fire […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Colorado Sun: First responders in Colorado’s mountain towns are receiving wave of unfounded texts for help from satellite-enabled iPhones
At least 10 Colorado 911 dispatch centers have received emergency texts from iPhones saying people were trapped, lost or on fire […]
At least 10 Colorado 911 dispatch centers have received emergency texts from iPhones saying people were trapped, lost or on fire […]
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William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer
YouTube video by williamburroughsVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Randall Monroe's #xkcd comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons.
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
Original post on social.chatty.monster
social.chatty.monster
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Randall Monroe's #xkcd comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons.
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
i am enjoying Pluribus a lot and i recommend it if you like thoughtful scifi! but also, watching something that was filmed very nearly in the neighborhood i grew up in is a little disconcerting. i keep getting distracted from the story by trying to figure out something tangential, like exactly […]
Original post on weatherishappening.network
weatherishappening.network
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
i am enjoying Pluribus a lot and i recommend it if you like thoughtful scifi! but also, watching something that was filmed very nearly in the neighborhood i grew up in is a little disconcerting. i keep getting distracted from the story by trying to figure out something tangential, like exactly […]
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My cat Rainbow likes to sit in this basket in my bathroom. My daughter painted a portrait of Rainbow in the basket. I hung it in the bathroom, naturally. Then I got a photo of Rainbow sitting in the basket underneath the painting.
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My cat Rainbow likes to sit in this basket in my bathroom. My daughter painted a portrait of Rainbow in the basket. I hung it in the bathroom, naturally. Then I got a photo of Rainbow sitting in the basket underneath the painting.
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You’re not ready to see a sphinx stand up
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
You’re not ready to see a sphinx stand up
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Gemini 3 came to me in a dream last night and said, “sorry that I’m such a disappointment”
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Gemini 3 came to me in a dream last night and said, “sorry that I’m such a disappointment”
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my whole smart home setup relies on IR lights and switches hooked up to a flipper zero that i'm pretty sure my cats stole so i guess we just live in the dark now
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
my whole smart home setup relies on IR lights and switches hooked up to a flipper zero that i'm pretty sure my cats stole so i guess we just live in the dark now
using AI to speed up the construction of nuclear power plants? well, it’s been nice knowing you all 😬
https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115549364008098533
https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115549364008098533
404 Media (@404mediaco@mastodon.social)
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants. https://www.404media.co/power-companies-are-using-ai-to-build-nuclear-power-plants/
mastodon.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
using AI to speed up the construction of nuclear power plants? well, it’s been nice knowing you all 😬
https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115549364008098533
https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115549364008098533
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There's a lot of talk of treating LLM-written code as code written by a junior developer, but it's almost more like code written by an extremely stoned senior developer.
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
There's a lot of talk of treating LLM-written code as code written by a junior developer, but it's almost more like code written by an extremely stoned senior developer.
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Good news, my man Gödel out here still going hard. I'm not sure I agree with the conclusion but there's some interesting stuff here phys.org/news/2025-10...
Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation
It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization's supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically pr...
phys.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Good news, my man Gödel out here still going hard. I'm not sure I agree with the conclusion but there's some interesting stuff here phys.org/news/2025-10...
i happened to be at the nail salon (the only place where i nonconsensually watch TV) at exactly the right time to see one of Trump/RFK’s medical ghouls keel over on live TV! dude straight up passed out and they cut the live feed.
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
i happened to be at the nail salon (the only place where i nonconsensually watch TV) at exactly the right time to see one of Trump/RFK’s medical ghouls keel over on live TV! dude straight up passed out and they cut the live feed.
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This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
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The neighborhood Halloween decorations are good.
October 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The neighborhood Halloween decorations are good.
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“the goal is liberation, not celebrity”
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https://adhd.irenes.space/@ireneista/statuses/01K8CEQA2EKMGQYD5Z53MABYCC
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https://adhd.irenes.space/@ireneista/statuses/01K8CEQA2EKMGQYD5Z53MABYCC
Post by Irenes (many), @ireneista@irenes.space
oh wow. **REALLY** nice piece. this stuff matters, and we didn't see anyone addressing it from what we felt was the right angle, until now. https://trans…
adhd.irenes.space
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“the goal is liberation, not celebrity”
👏👏👏
https://adhd.irenes.space/@ireneista/statuses/01K8CEQA2EKMGQYD5Z53MABYCC
👏👏👏
https://adhd.irenes.space/@ireneista/statuses/01K8CEQA2EKMGQYD5Z53MABYCC
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Grinch-level of hatred here. You gotta just tip your beret to it.
Andrew Cuomo, your soul is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable. Between the two of you, I'd take the seasick crocodile.
Andrew Cuomo, your soul is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable. Between the two of you, I'd take the seasick crocodile.
October 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Grinch-level of hatred here. You gotta just tip your beret to it.
Andrew Cuomo, your soul is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable. Between the two of you, I'd take the seasick crocodile.
Andrew Cuomo, your soul is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable. Between the two of you, I'd take the seasick crocodile.
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I don't normally like seeing animals dressed up, but this Halloween costume stood out 🤣🤣
October 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I don't normally like seeing animals dressed up, but this Halloween costume stood out 🤣🤣
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Remembering that I had this weirdass dream last night where (I assume I was watching a movie?) and Leonardo DiCaprio had been kidnapped by a gang of hyperintelligent dogs and made to do their bidding, and he finally outsmarted them by using a sign to ask for help because the dogs couldn't read. Huh.
October 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Remembering that I had this weirdass dream last night where (I assume I was watching a movie?) and Leonardo DiCaprio had been kidnapped by a gang of hyperintelligent dogs and made to do their bidding, and he finally outsmarted them by using a sign to ask for help because the dogs couldn't read. Huh.
i can’t stop laughing at the phrase “don’t fuck with me, i can be noodles”
i love it here in the land of dumb little text posts. it’s the only social media i need
https://mastodon.social/@DaddyJew/115400973524176619
i love it here in the land of dumb little text posts. it’s the only social media i need
https://mastodon.social/@DaddyJew/115400973524176619
DaddyJew (@DaddyJew@mastodon.social)
spaghetti squash just straight flexing on other vegetables like, don’t fuck with me, i can be noodles
mastodon.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
i can’t stop laughing at the phrase “don’t fuck with me, i can be noodles”
i love it here in the land of dumb little text posts. it’s the only social media i need
https://mastodon.social/@DaddyJew/115400973524176619
i love it here in the land of dumb little text posts. it’s the only social media i need
https://mastodon.social/@DaddyJew/115400973524176619
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Hey Blue Prince is available for Mac now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569580/Blue_Prince/
Save 25% on Blue Prince on Steam
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
store.steampowered.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Hey Blue Prince is available for Mac now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569580/Blue_Prince/
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Hacker gets annoyed at Amazon’s Kindle apps, reverse-engineers the Kindle web reader’s protocol (which basically sends each page as a set of glyphs in a deliberately broken variant of SVG). Such obscurity, much security.
https://blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-drm/
https://blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-drm/
How I Bypassed Amazon's Kindle Web DRM Because Their App Sucked
As it turns out they don't actually want you to do this (and have some interesting ways to stop you)
blog.pixelmelt.dev
October 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Hacker gets annoyed at Amazon’s Kindle apps, reverse-engineers the Kindle web reader’s protocol (which basically sends each page as a set of glyphs in a deliberately broken variant of SVG). Such obscurity, much security.
https://blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-drm/
https://blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-drm/