Tom Casavant
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#OpenSource
#Bengals #Reds #OhioState
@pokemon
@trending_bot
@ohgo
@surrender_index
@surrender_idx90
@tmnt
@gulfof
@GiftArticles
@columbus […]
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Last week, @snarfed.org and I hopped on @firesidefedi to chat about @anewsocial, Bridgy Fed, Bounce, and so much more. @ozoned is *so* much fun to chat with!
Lots of origin lore about the org and our backgrounds that I don't think we've had a chance to share before as well 🙂 […]
Lots of origin lore about the org and our backgrounds that I don't think we've had a chance to share before as well 🙂 […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Last week, @snarfed.org and I hopped on @firesidefedi to chat about @anewsocial, Bridgy Fed, Bounce, and so much more. @ozoned is *so* much fun to chat with!
Lots of origin lore about the org and our backgrounds that I don't think we've had a chance to share before as well 🙂 […]
Lots of origin lore about the org and our backgrounds that I don't think we've had a chance to share before as well 🙂 […]
Fixed an issue with a script at work today by guessing where an unresolved bug was happening in some closed-source software and then tricking the server into skipping that step
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Fixed an issue with a script at work today by guessing where an unresolved bug was happening in some closed-source software and then tricking the server into skipping that step
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In which, on the occasion of my 3-year migration anniversary and the release of Mastodon 4.5, I assemble all my arguments as to why Mastodon is great and why anyone else on a service that’s becoming less fun/safe/useful should migrate to Mastodon and do it now, in late 2025 […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
In which, on the occasion of my 3-year migration anniversary and the release of Mastodon 4.5, I assemble all my arguments as to why Mastodon is great and why anyone else on a service that’s becoming less fun/safe/useful should migrate to Mastodon and do it now, in late 2025 […]
Careful @technursejon.bsky.social, McDaniel going to play himself into a 5 year contract extension
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Careful @technursejon.bsky.social, McDaniel going to play himself into a 5 year contract extension
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Here's another #fep for representing torrents on activitypub :)
short, sweet, and with a reference implementation and tests!
towards a federated bittorrent tracker with #sciop !
PR: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/pulls/714
Discussion […]
short, sweet, and with a reference implementation and tests!
towards a federated bittorrent tracker with #sciop !
PR: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/pulls/714
Discussion […]
Original post on neuromatch.social
neuromatch.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Here's another #fep for representing torrents on activitypub :)
short, sweet, and with a reference implementation and tests!
towards a federated bittorrent tracker with #sciop !
PR: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/pulls/714
Discussion […]
short, sweet, and with a reference implementation and tests!
towards a federated bittorrent tracker with #sciop !
PR: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/pulls/714
Discussion […]
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It's a huge shame that I haven't seen a single headline with a penny pun about the end of pennies, but that's just my two cents.
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's a huge shame that I haven't seen a single headline with a penny pun about the end of pennies, but that's just my two cents.
Michigan is looking very bad just a few weeks before The Game...which is not a great sign for Ryan Day
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Michigan is looking very bad just a few weeks before The Game...which is not a great sign for Ryan Day
Fake punts are the best
November 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Fake punts are the best
If I ever get put in charge of moderating a platform with 40 million users the only bannable offense will be insulting Skyline Chili
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If I ever get put in charge of moderating a platform with 40 million users the only bannable offense will be insulting Skyline Chili
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A little #fediforumfriday update: I've released a few versions of FIRES over the past week, each shipping a new feature:
- Support for importing into datasets from existing files
- Support for exporting datasets to mastodon compatible files (including a retraction list)
- Installer script for […]
- Support for importing into datasets from existing files
- Support for exporting datasets to mastodon compatible files (including a retraction list)
- Installer script for […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A little #fediforumfriday update: I've released a few versions of FIRES over the past week, each shipping a new feature:
- Support for importing into datasets from existing files
- Support for exporting datasets to mastodon compatible files (including a retraction list)
- Installer script for […]
- Support for importing into datasets from existing files
- Support for exporting datasets to mastodon compatible files (including a retraction list)
- Installer script for […]
I haven't watched a lot of football this season and I had no clue the Patriots were 8-2. They can't start getting good again that's not fair
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I haven't watched a lot of football this season and I had no clue the Patriots were 8-2. They can't start getting good again that's not fair
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until i see EVIDENCE that an attacker successfully used an llm, even an mcp enabled one, to do some 'cool hacker guy shit tee em', im categorizing it all as puffery.
look llms can do some pretty neat shit - if you put a brick in a sock and you fucking clobber them in the face with it for six […]
look llms can do some pretty neat shit - if you put a brick in a sock and you fucking clobber them in the face with it for six […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
until i see EVIDENCE that an attacker successfully used an llm, even an mcp enabled one, to do some 'cool hacker guy shit tee em', im categorizing it all as puffery.
look llms can do some pretty neat shit - if you put a brick in a sock and you fucking clobber them in the face with it for six […]
look llms can do some pretty neat shit - if you put a brick in a sock and you fucking clobber them in the face with it for six […]
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Denmark and other EU governments still pursue #chatcontrol.
They still want to permanently legalize client-side scanning but postponed making it mandatory.
They also want to increase age-verification controls which risk to ruin what little is left of privacy […]
[Original post on chaos.social]
They still want to permanently legalize client-side scanning but postponed making it mandatory.
They also want to increase age-verification controls which risk to ruin what little is left of privacy […]
[Original post on chaos.social]
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Denmark and other EU governments still pursue #chatcontrol.
They still want to permanently legalize client-side scanning but postponed making it mandatory.
They also want to increase age-verification controls which risk to ruin what little is left of privacy […]
[Original post on chaos.social]
They still want to permanently legalize client-side scanning but postponed making it mandatory.
They also want to increase age-verification controls which risk to ruin what little is left of privacy […]
[Original post on chaos.social]
Reposted by Tom Casavant
I really like the AP logo. I didn't realize until recently that it is a stylized "A" leaning on a stylized "P".
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I really like the AP logo. I didn't realize until recently that it is a stylized "A" leaning on a stylized "P".
It's a huge shame that I haven't seen a single headline with a penny pun about the end of pennies, but that's just my two cents.
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's a huge shame that I haven't seen a single headline with a penny pun about the end of pennies, but that's just my two cents.
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Truly it is the journalists typing fast on devices known to introduce errors via increasingly deranged autocorrect who are the major societal problem
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Truly it is the journalists typing fast on devices known to introduce errors via increasingly deranged autocorrect who are the major societal problem
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Since this question shows up so often that it qualifies as an FAQ, here's my definite answer to "What happens if AI labs train for pelicans riding bicycles?" https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/13/training-for-pelicans-riding-bicycles/
What happens if AI labs train for pelicans riding bicycles?
Almost every time I share a new example of an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle a variant of this question pops up: how do you know the labs …
simonwillison.net
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Since this question shows up so often that it qualifies as an FAQ, here's my definite answer to "What happens if AI labs train for pelicans riding bicycles?" https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/13/training-for-pelicans-riding-bicycles/
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I did not have "new surge of accounts on infosec.exchange due to X bungling their passkey migration" on my bingo card for today
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I did not have "new surge of accounts on infosec.exchange due to X bungling their passkey migration" on my bingo card for today
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The consequences of the recent GEMA vs. OpenAI decision will be very interesting for "coding agents" and the sources they vomit out. Cause a lot of the code their developers accumulated is GPL-licensed.
The court basically decided that you can't just ignore copyright for the training of your […]
The court basically decided that you can't just ignore copyright for the training of your […]
Original post on tldr.nettime.org
tldr.nettime.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The consequences of the recent GEMA vs. OpenAI decision will be very interesting for "coding agents" and the sources they vomit out. Cause a lot of the code their developers accumulated is GPL-licensed.
The court basically decided that you can't just ignore copyright for the training of your […]
The court basically decided that you can't just ignore copyright for the training of your […]
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@anewsocial/115532414137673471
@Bonfire is probably the most versatile social platform out there, and I'm so excited that we get to work with them on bridging and migrations. The team has some really innovative ideas up their sleeve. Stay tuned!
@Bonfire is probably the most versatile social platform out there, and I'm so excited that we get to work with them on bridging and migrations. The team has some really innovative ideas up their sleeve. Stay tuned!
mastodon.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@anewsocial/115532414137673471
@Bonfire is probably the most versatile social platform out there, and I'm so excited that we get to work with them on bridging and migrations. The team has some really innovative ideas up their sleeve. Stay tuned!
@Bonfire is probably the most versatile social platform out there, and I'm so excited that we get to work with them on bridging and migrations. The team has some really innovative ideas up their sleeve. Stay tuned!
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5. Nothing I've said, here or elsewhere, is a demand that Bluesky post through every controversial mod decision.
I think there's a commonsense analogy to health info here—you can call a hospital and find out whether someone's been admitted, but not why. But we know that *they* know why.
I think there's a commonsense analogy to health info here—you can call a hospital and find out whether someone's been admitted, but not why. But we know that *they* know why.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
5. Nothing I've said, here or elsewhere, is a demand that Bluesky post through every controversial mod decision.
I think there's a commonsense analogy to health info here—you can call a hospital and find out whether someone's been admitted, but not why. But we know that *they* know why.
I think there's a commonsense analogy to health info here—you can call a hospital and find out whether someone's been admitted, but not why. But we know that *they* know why.
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2. I think people who get suspended have the right to clear and specific information about what rules they broke and with which posts. Obvious bots maybe don't need this? But real humans do.
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
2. I think people who get suspended have the right to clear and specific information about what rules they broke and with which posts. Obvious bots maybe don't need this? But real humans do.
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GB decided to punt to PHI from the PHI 40 on 4th & 11 with 12:52 remaining in the 4th while losing 0 to 3.
With a Surrender Index of 26.81, this punt ranks at the 99.7th percentile of cowardly punts of the 2025 season, and the 97th percentile of all punts since 1999.
With a Surrender Index of 26.81, this punt ranks at the 99.7th percentile of cowardly punts of the 2025 season, and the 97th percentile of all punts since 1999.
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
GB decided to punt to PHI from the PHI 40 on 4th & 11 with 12:52 remaining in the 4th while losing 0 to 3.
With a Surrender Index of 26.81, this punt ranks at the 99.7th percentile of cowardly punts of the 2025 season, and the 97th percentile of all punts since 1999.
With a Surrender Index of 26.81, this punt ranks at the 99.7th percentile of cowardly punts of the 2025 season, and the 97th percentile of all punts since 1999.