Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

the ring-around

"EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications"
Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance.
https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-eu-ban-deepfakes-ai-generation-official-messages/

How To Live A Good Life #oldknees

DDos (Distributed Denial of Service) attack against BlueSky a few days ago: The whole network goes down.

DDoS against mastodon.social today: Lots of users on that instance impacted, the rest of the Fediverse keeps on running, my instance doesn't really notice, messages will be queued up until mastodon.social is reachable again.

Both networks claim to be decentralised and federated. You decide :)

black latex gloves may look hot, but their low chemical resistance poses a huge risk when doing actual evil scientific experiments

even intimidating and morally questionable women in STEM need adequate PPE!

Hey, friendly reminder that if you smoke up and drive or otherwise operate a vehicle while high (whatever the mind or state-altering substance), you're a massive sack of shit. I don't care how well you think you can 'handle it'. It's not safe.

Don't be putting yourself and others in danger.

my family was about to release a brilliant new smart phone where you couldn't change the battery, everyone was going to love it, but thanks to these Filthy Eurocrats my children will starve

oh no! EU regulations are stifling innovation again!! https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/20/eu-to-force-replaceable-batteries-in-phones-and-tablets-from-2027/

reminder: you're not lazy

PSA:

Direct all screams to The Void.
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, under any circumstances, scream into a colander.
You'll strain your voice if you do that.

i've updated my #chumby weather widget with a customization panel where you can set your precise location and units https://chumby.com/guide/C78EE13C-CE96-37DB-8202-C7A207F24A0D/widget

"I’m sorry this industry took a heel turn. The shittiest of heel turns. It absolutely sucks. But you should take solace in the fact that whatever it might have done to you, it didn’t take away your desire to be useful. It didn’t kill your desire to help others.

You get to keep doing the thing you love.

Now do it for people who will love you back. This is the work."

"The same industry that once called you family is now using the fruits of your labor to commit war crimes. The same industry whose leaders once posted front-page missives to their sites about doing a better job in terms of diversity and inclusion are now selling their technology to fascists who use it to bomb schools.

The industry has decided what it wants to be."

https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-do-the-work/

Following timeline is nice but the local instance timeline is absolutely worth a visit, maybe you might make some more friends who share the server ✨