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in reply to Kater Bilbo

The image shows a ginger and white cat partially covered by a green blanket on a blue couch. The cat's tail and front paws are visible, with the tail having distinct orange and white stripes. The blanket is textured with a grid pattern and drapes over the cat, leaving only the lower part of its body exposed. The cat's paws are white with pink pads, and its tail is also white with orange stripes. The couch has a dark blue cushion, and the blanket is a vibrant green, contrasting with the blue of the couch. The cat appears to be resting comfortably, with its body partially hidden under the blanket.

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giving #Bluesky a rest for a little while. Don't seem to be able to get much going on there after over a 1000 posts. I engage and get very little back. Not expecting much different here, I know it's quieter but I think it's a good idea to keep one foot in the #Fedi & need a change of vibe.
in reply to bledley 🕸️💀👻

@mastodonmigration My experience and advice regarding "engagement" on Fedi --> shellsharks.com/notes/2023/09/…. True even with 100's of followers too. Sometimes it's just quiet too 🤷‍♂️
in reply to shellsharks

@shellsharks
Yup. Start by doing a lot of responding, and if you feel like a response is particularly good, and people who follow you would enjoy it, you can boost your own reply for emphasis.


People complain about #LLMs for "hallucinating." In this context, a hallucination is something that looks like a fact but is actually completely fictitious. (It's a terrible name.)

But here's the thing: every day I talk to humans. The vast majority of humans that I interact with say things that look like facts but are actually completely fictitious.

FWIW, I get many more daily hallucinations from *people* than I do machines.

¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

#ai #aihallucinations #bullshit #GenAI #AIhype



Horror legend Tony Todd improvised a goodbye to his fans in Final Destination: Bloodlines polygon.com/horror/599677/tony…



Imam Khamenei: With the efforts of the people of the region, America must leave this region and will do so. english.alahednews.news/fastne…


Sign the petition
Monster fishing vessels are hoovering up whole ecosystems in UK waters that are supposed to be protected. I just signed a petition calling on the new government to save our seas from destructive fishing, by banning supertrawlers in UK Marine Protected Areas. Will you join me? act.gp/3B9jU74


The #misinformation shared on mainstream #media platforms about the conflict between India and Pakistan is the latest blow to what was once a vibrant journalism scene in #India.

nytimes.com/2025/05/17/world/a…



45 years ago, May 18, 1980: the big eruption of Mt St Helens. It started with the biggest landslide in recorded history as the northeast side of the mountain slid away. That uncorked the gas-pressurized magma inside the mountain that exploded without the weight holding it down. An 8 hour eruption killed 57, flattened forests and sent mudflows downstream. Volcanologists learned a lot from it. USGS article about the eruption: usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount-st.-h… #MSH45 #volcano #geology #PNW #history #TDIH

in reply to Peter Jakobs ⛵

Ein Handgelenk hält eine türkisfarbene Tasse mit einem dampfenden Cappuccino, der mit einer dicken Schicht Schaumkrone bedeckt ist. Die Tasse hat einen rauen, speckigen Rand und ist aus Keramik. Im Hintergrund ist ein Hafen zu sehen, mit mehreren Segelbooten am Steg und einem ruhigen Wasser, das die Wolken im Himmel spiegelt. Der Himmel ist teilweise bewölkt, und die Sonne scheint durch die Wolken. Ein blaues Seil liegt auf einem Holzdeck im Vordergrund, und ein Teil eines Gebäudes ist sichtbar. Die Szene vermittelt ein Gefühl von Ruhe und Entspannung, ideal für einen Moment der Erholung.

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Andare al lavoro in bicicletta riduce l'assenteismo perché migliora la salute e il benessere del lavoratore [Finnish Institute of Occupational Health]

benzinazero.wordpress.com/2025… #lavoro #pendolari #automobile #bicicletta #assenteismo




10 filmes de faroeste novos tão bons quanto os clássicos do 'bangue bangue'
https://www.techtudo.com.br/listas/2025/05/10-filmes-de-faroeste-novos-tao-bons-quanto-os-classicos-do-bangue-bangue-streaming.ghtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub


LIVE: Israel kills 78 in pre-dawn attacks on Gaza, resumes talks with Hamas | Al Jazeera
aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/20…

- Houthis say they struck Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport
- WATCH: ‘No soap, no morphine’ – Gaza volunteer describes life under intensified bombing
- Trump envoy personally promised to lift Gaza blockade in exchange for US-Israeli captive, Hamas official says
- Photos: Palestinians in north Gaza flee as Israel intensifies air raids

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel
@palestine




Chatbot e documenti

prealpinux.com/2025/05/18/chat…

@tecnologia



I inadvertently caught an optical illusion of a floating rock in the Mersey River while out for a walk today.

#tasmania #lutruwita #River #reflections

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In this world where software is constantly enshittifying and programs are always broken, the FOSS #mastodon client @phanpy by @cheeaun is such a delightful change of pace. It is really well done, works flawlessly on every platform, and has very thoughtful features. It is my daily driver now and I recommend it to everyone.


Viaggio a Gaza


Mercoledì 21 maggio, alle ore 16.30, nell’Auditorium del Monastero dei Benedettini, con ingresso da piazza Dante 32, verrà proiettato in anteprima a Catania il film

Viaggio a Gaza, del regista italiano Piero Usberti.

L’ingresso è libero ed aperto alla città, oltre che agli studenti del Dipartimento.

Il film sarà presentato dal prof. Giovanni Canova, docente di lingua e letteratura […]

Leggi il resto: argocatania.it/2025/05/18/viag…

#cinema #Gaza #Israele #Palestina



Scenes from the #garden

First bud on the cherry tomatoes.

Got two sunflowers planted.

Goji is going nuts, but I don't know if I'll get fruit this year.

#gardening #flower #flowers #flowerstadon #bloomscrolling #tomatoes #goji #pansies #sunflower #spring #spring2025 #springtime



Cohere Health, which uses AI to provide prior authorization for health plans, raised a $90M Series C led by Temasek, taking its total funding to ~$200M (Noah Tong/Fierce Healthcare)

fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-ma…
techmeme.com/250518/p5#a250518…



Still one of the best clap-backs I’ve ever seen on the Internet.

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Celluloid 0.29 Video Player Fixes Nvidia Flickering and UI Glitches lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Lancio fallito per l'agenzia spaziale indiana ISRO. Problema al terzo stadio del razzo. Perso un satellite per l'osservazione della Terra. Qui l'accaduto intorno al minuto 34.45
youtube.com/live/y63x4kjvAc0?f…



Video: Trump Says Goodbye to “Greater Israel” michelchossudovsky.substack.co…

in reply to Fire Alarm Puller

The video features animated characters from the show SpongeBob SquarePants, specifically Squidward Tentacles and another character. Initially, Squidward is shown with a surprised expression, accompanied by the text "HEH HEH NICE ASS SQUIDDY!" in bold, black letters. The scene transitions to a close-up of Squidward's face, displaying a range of emotions from surprise to embarrassment, with his mouth open and eyes wide. The text remains the same, emphasizing the humorous context.

The video then shifts to a scene where Squidward and another character, dressed in a sailor outfit, are holding hands. Squidward's expression changes to one of shock, with the text "(GASP) SQUILLIAM!!!!!!" appearing above him. The other character looks embarrassed, with the text "NICE PANTIES SQUIDDY!" displayed next to him. The background is plain white, focusing attention on the characters' expressions and the text.

Throughout the video, the characters' expressions and the text convey a humorous and exaggerated reaction to an unexpected situation, highlighting the comedic nature of the scene.

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theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

*Food security experts warn Gaza at ‘critical risk of famine’ amid Israeli blockade.*



Steeds minder Nederlanders staan achter het Israël-standpunt van het kabinet, dit weekend zijn er in Amsterdam en Den Haag pro-Palestinademonstraties. Tegelijk wenden meer Nederlanders zich af van de oorlog in Gaza.
nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/05/16/demon…



Today, #Händel's 'Tamerlano' with Zazzo, Kemény, Sancho and Mynenko from #Göttingen worldconcerthall.com/en/schedu… #wch



Gaza: Israël intensifie son offensive – Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE (01:31) #palestine #israel

Gaza : Israël intensifie son o...






NYC-based Optimal Dynamics, a provider of AI-powered fleet management software to trucking companies, raised a $40M Series C led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (Marc Vartabedian/Wall Street Journal)

wsj.com/articles/koch-venture-…
techmeme.com/250518/p4#a250518…



I could use some help, friends. I really appreciate it. :flan_tired:

Sorry for the non-CW post.

paypal.com/donate/?hosted_butt…

bsd.network/@brynet/1144589971…


#MutualAid #MutualAidRequests

I could use some help, friends. I'd really appreciate sharing. :flan_peek:

If you can help out with the occasional pizza, that would really mean a lot to me. Monthly gifts would take care of a lot of my financial stress/anxiety as well.

brynet.ca/wallofpizza.html

paypal.com/donate/?hosted_butt…

If you aren't able help with PayPal, I have an Amazon .ca wishlist with some odds & ends, computer hardware: amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/2E7N6…

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Younger me used to dream of being rich, famous, successful etc.

Now, I just hope to remain human.

#gaza

#gaza


Escaping US Tech Giants Leads European YouTuber to Open Source


The video (embedded below) by [TechAltar] is titled “1 Month without US tech giants“, but it could have been titled “1 Month with Open Source Tools” — because, as it turns out, once you get out of the ecosystem set up by the US tech giants, you’re into the world of open source software (OSS) whether you want to be or not.

From a (German-made) Tuxedo laptop running their own Linux distro to a Fairphone with e/OS (which is French), an open version of Android, [TechAlter] is very keen to point out whenever Europeans are involved, which is how we learned that KDE has a physical headquarters, and that it’s in Berlin. Who knew?

He also gives his experiences with NextCloud (also German), can be used as an OSS alternative Google Workspaces that we’ve written about before, but then admits that he was the sole user on his instance. To which one must question: if you’re the sole user, why do you need a cloud-based collaborative environment? To try it out before getting collaborators involved, presumably.

Regardless what you think of the politics motivating this video, it’s great to see open source getting greater traction. While [TechAltar] was looking for European alternatives, part of the glory of open source is that it doesn’t matter where you’re from, you can still contribute. (Unless you’re Russian.) Have you found yourself using more open source software (or hardware) of late? Do you think the current political climate could lead to a broadening of its reach? Is this the year of the linux desktop? Let us know what you think in the comments.

youtube.com/embed/7w8jmw96ryA?…


hackaday.com/2025/05/17/escapi…



So nah sind Freude und Trauer bei mir - Freude für #JJ als Gewinner des #ESC , Trauer, weil es in #Österreich scheinbar keine 13395 Menschen gibt, denen das hier ein Anliegen ist.

Mein Lebensthema wieder mal, Scham/Fremdscham. Warum sollte sich das ändern, nur weil eins schon einige Jahrzehnte auf dem Buckel hat.

(Und danke an all die Länder, die die 100% schafften, Kroatien auch noch in letzter Minute).

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/…

#BanConversionTherapy #EU #Europe #Europa






title: William L. M. Burger
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M…




De Knaller zondag 18 mei 2025

TOPPOP: Pookiesnackenburger - Just One Cornetto

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První plnohodnotný volební program pro sněmovní volby je tu .. a je od hnutí STAN

Priority i kompletní program najdete na jejich volebním webu starostove.cz/program, také ve formátu PDF

A také už i na Programech zde:
programydovoleb.cz/volby/snemo…

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in reply to albi always there

@albi insincerely yours Tak srovnávat dětské porno s našetřenými penězi a nákupem bytu jako investice(který není prázdný, to jsme si snad už vyjasnili, že to je naprostá ocasovina) je docela silné kafe.
A samozřejmě poskytovat službu, vydělávat na ní a platit daně je naprosto, ale naprosto v pořádku.

Abych se vrátil k meritu věci - neexistuje žádný úřad, který by mohl nějak kontrolovat, zda je byt obsazený nebo prázdný. Vedle byl byt oficiálně prázdný 8 let. Většinu času tam žili nájemníci, dokud si nezařídili vlastní bydlení, nebo se hned nevyplašili, když se dozvěděli, že majitel se schovává před věřiteli někde na Moravě. Celý soudní systém, celý bankovní systém, všechny vymahačské firmy, katastrální úřady, finanční úřady, .... to všechno by bylo nutné propojit, aby šlo zjistit, jestli je byt prázdný.
Takže to nejde, chlapci a děvčata. Zapomeňte konečně na to a řešte příčinu! Vyšší poptávka než je nabídka zvyšuje cenu. Elementární základy ekonomie. Platí to pro rohlíky úplně stejně jako pro byty.

@brabitom @Petr Skála

in reply to Martin Kostera

@martin to, ze je to jeden z aspektu ceny, neznamena, ze je to jediny aspekt tu cenu ovlivnujici
monopoly nebo kartely umele zvysujou cenu, nasi operatori taky nedrzi ceny nahore (cirou nahodou na stejnych hladinach) kvuli poptavce
a srovnavani detskeho porna s kupovanim bytu je falesny argument, ja poukazoval na to, ze osobni vlastnictvi neni nedotknutelne ani ted a nikdy nebylo, to jenom establishment si historicky zakony poskladal k obrazu svemu a do dneska na nich lpime ze setrvacnosti
zakony jsou celospolecenske pravidla hry, takze pokud chceme zit v pravnim state, musime zaridit, aby tu hru chteli vsichni hrat
cikani (i ti bili) to vzdali, protoze podle nasich pravidel nemohli nikdy vyhrat
super-bohati se do basy dostanou jenom ve chvili, kdy by bylo spolecensky neunosne je tam neposlat (Rath, Janousek), jinak jsou zakony postavene pro ne tak, aby mohli zit beze strachu (nedotknutelnost nezastropovaneho majetku)
10 % nejbohatsich lidi na svete ma na svedomi 80 % skod zpusobenych ekologickymi katastrofami, ale nikdo z nich za to odpovednost nenese, ani financni ani jinou, ale kdyz "luza" vytvori malou nelegalni skladku u sebe za barakem nebo nestihne schuzku na pracaku, ktera je v jinem meste, tak je ohen na strese a je potreba je potrestat, aby "se pro priste poucili", prestoze zjevne nemaji prostredky na to se kazdy den cely den svobodne rozhodovat "spravne"
nase zakony objektivne nejsou fer ani temi danemi a povinnymi poplatky, na kterych chudy clovek na Sluknovsku zaplati pomerne k platu nasobne vic, nez pan velkopodnikatel z krajskeho mesta, natoz z Prahy
takze ne, platit dane, jak zakon kaze, neni ani nahodou dostacujici a fer
@brabitom


Tragedy at sea: New Zealand begins turning back luxury yachts full of rich Australians fleeing fair taxes.
Desperate billionaires with nothing but a private chef and a helipad to their name now face the horror of paying their fair share back home. Thoughts and prayers.

#inequality #taxtherich #australia
theshovel.com.au/2023/03/02/nz…