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707Kat
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A full-stack Dev here to enjoy beautiful art and upload my own creations occasionally.

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Open knowledge sharing AND copyright are both under siege. Whether you are for one or the other doesn't matter.

This is a shared issue that's hitting "both sides". They are taking away YOUR choice, replacing it with regurgitation & centralisation while the open internet withers away.

📌 Instance🧵
They are making it impossible to host information online and drying up resources. Stop defending and supporting these malicious entities.
It should be common sense. 😅
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Thought y’all would enjoy.

Yesterday over on x:

They removed dim mode because the overhead of CSS variables was too much

AI will skip coding and write binaries directly by end of year
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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had a great time talking with @patrickklepek.bsky.social about parenting, screen time, roblox, and more. Please listen so I can do more mommy blogging on 404 Media www.404media.co/the-screen-t...
The Screen Time Panic Sets Parents Up to Fail
Patrick Klepek on the reality of parenting in the age of Roblox and YouTube.
www.404media.co
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
You don't even need to go there.
We're starting to see the fallout of too much and too early screen time in early education and childhood development, this is without LLMs and AI adding to the issue.

AI is only going to exasperate it.
Too Much Screen Time Harmful for Kids’ Development (Especially Those Under Age 5)
A new study finds too much screen time is bad for your preschooler’s development. Our pediatrician gives tips for setting limits and finding other activities they’ll love.
health.clevelandclinic.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Signal video and voice calls are now supported for up to *75 participants*!

Share your screen, raise your hand, react with the right emoji, and create easily shareable call links with Signal calls.
signal.org/blog/call-li...
February 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Also be mindful that Meta might scan your camera roll if you have their apps on your phone.
Is Meta AI scanning your camera roll? Here's how to check | Proton
Remember giving Facebook access to your camera roll? Some users don't, so Meta AI could be scanning their photos right now. See how to check.
proton.me
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
It's a thing on Meta's platform. They will try to sell you stuff with your own images and generations from it.

404media posted about it last January. It will become increasingly more common in the future.
Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves
Meta AI put a Redditor into "an endless maze of mirrors" as part of a new AI feature it is testing.
www.404media.co
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Facebook just took my girlfriend's profile photo with both of us in it and presented AI generated videos of us together without consent in any way shape or form. Unbelievably pissed off, what the fuck.
February 12, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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Like in the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, DHS might have gotten away with its false claims about Martinez were it not for the video evidence that contradicted its account.
DHS shot her and called her a “terrorist.” New videos show something different.
"It’s time to get aggressive," a Border Patrol agent said shortly before Marimar Martinez was shot five times.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Also several of the people involved in pushing and making it are in the Epstein files and what they intend to do with it regarding surveillance and giving them the data of ordinary people is vile. Not making it up.
Mandelson’s links with US tech firm Palantir must be fully exposed, campaigners warn
Government faces call for transparency on former peer’s involvement amid fears he may have leaked more sensitive information
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Safer Internet Day reminder: your search engine probably knows more about you than your email provider.
We've teamed up with Kagi, a paid search engine that doesn't track you. No ads, no profiles, no data selling.

www.fastmail.com/blog/safer-i...

#Fastmail #Email #BetterEmail #Kagi
Safer Internet Day: Why your search engine matters more than you think
You switched to private email, but what about your search engine? Learn how to complete your privacy stack with tracking-free search.
www.fastmail.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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jake the puppy and bmo!
February 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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ONE PIECE manga is free to read on the Shonen Jump App until April

The Shonen Jump App has unlocked the first 155 chapters of the One Piece manga, making them free to read until April 10.
ONE PIECE manga is free to read on the Shonen Jump App until April
The Shonen Jump App has unlocked the first 155 chapters of the One Piece manga, making them free to read until April 10.
www.comicsbeat.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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I did some old-fashioned StreetView OSINT and also pulled some government contracts.

I have the same model ALPR cameras that utterly failed to do the single thing they claim to do in Tucson and will be doing a real-time technical failure analysis with them next week. Stay tuned.
February 10, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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In today’s #404DeepDive, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social gets into Ring’s new feature Search Party which was advertised at the Super Bowl which essentially turns the entire neighborhood into a security dragnet.

Read more: www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
February 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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It’s a category mistake nobody really talks about: most AI companies are not trying to sell creative tools, they are trying to sell content streams.
Why would anyone buy an AI-written romance novel when you can just prompt the chatbots yourself and "write" your own? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
February 10, 2026 at 10:39 PM
He's documented in their pockets. Watch Led By Donkey's videos on the man.
February 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Winter Olympic AI slop.
Olympic Ai Slop Scandal Is Pathetic
YouTube video by Stylosa
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Technology from 2026 is technology from the past, but now it's single use/worse quality/breaks faster etc.
Do you remember this candy from the 90s?
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
and a good portion of the US parliaments + the entirety of the current US government.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
A: "Why is London a dead town overrun with criminal gangs?"

B: Because you can make money saying so online.

Right wing meme account grifters on social media said so and is spinning a narrative that doesn't match any real statistics or facts.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDky...
Why The Internet Is Terrified of London
YouTube video by Evan Edinger
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Introducing the “AI-BOROS”: the few companies at the ‘top’ of the economy handing each other billions of (debt-ridden) dollars for a product that both doesn’t exist AND doesn’t make any money.

and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!

youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
The Entire Tech Industry is Screwed
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Why use AI writing tools when you can just build your own workflow in Emacs instead?

itsfoss.com/emacs-the-ux...
In the Age of AI Writing Tools, I Picked Emacs for My Sci-Fi Novel
The venerable text editor feels timeless and timely in the age of AI and enshittification. A novelist argues that it is perhaps because Emacs is the embodiment of FOSS ideals
itsfoss.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM