CosmicCactus
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CosmicCactus
@cosmiccactus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Blue colar worker in the EU

I enjoy prompting MLLM's to create images of abstract concepts.

"Moral authority without power is usually ignored" - E.M.Remarque […]

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This is a smart move by companies in #canada 🇨🇦! More nations should copy this—if they do not have something similar already.

👉🏾 Why some Canadian companies are turning their workers into owners instead of selling to the U.S. 🔛 @cbcnews 📰 […]
Original post on one.darnell.one
one.darnell.one
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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Russian drone kills father, 3 children in Ukraine, wounds pregnant mother.

Source: Al Jazeera

#ukraine #russia #war #usa
February 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/technology-vbfhu51bz/-/a--xDYp5bcRTOclmtJtztBmg%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0

So the Bluesky post from the journalist who wrote this article is as batshit to read as the article, unfortunately
February 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Flooded by cheap Chinese goods, Latin America is fighting back to protect its industries https://apnews.com/article/china-latin-america-trump-trade-e78ccd51a7f66099d84fda885d2907a3
Flooded by cheap Chinese goods, Latin America is fighting back to protect its industries
China is flooding Latin American markets with low-priced exports, especially autos and e-commerce goods.
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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People have become far too used to Ukrainians dying.

#Ukraine #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineWar #genocide #Invasion #imperialism #News #War
January 31, 2026 at 3:15 PM
https://tv3.lv/zinas/ekonomika/salsim-needisim-un-tikai-maksasim-par-apkuri-cilveki-ar-bazam-gaida-janvara-rekinus/

Daudzi nezin, bet ir vienkāršs paņēmiens kā nemaksāt augstos apkures rēķinus. Var pārdot dzīvokli un pārvākties uz ārzemēm. Tas protams nav ne vienīgais, ne galvenais iemesls […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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"For more than a century, scientific journals have been the pipes through which knowledge of the natural world flows into our culture. Now they’re being clogged with AI slop."

- Ross Andersen at The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/01/ai-slop-science-publishing/685704/ […]
Original post on scicomm.xyz
scicomm.xyz
January 24, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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"The greatest risks to global stability today arise not from sudden collapse, but from powerful states struggling to accept a changing place in the world.

...

The world, and Europe in particular, must abandon the hope that Trump is a temporary aberration. The political forces that produced him […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Looks like mask production didn't take off in Europe even after COVID. Checked the stand in the shop and everything seems to be made in China.
January 17, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Lastly, join groups who are already fighting. For all of you reading this (statistically mostly non-astronomers), I most highly recommend DarkSky International. They are a fantastic group doing great work!

As an example, please sign this open letter from DarkSky protesting against Reflect […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy!

If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from […]
Original post on camp.smolnet.org
camp.smolnet.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Perhaps someone here knows, is allowing installation of 3rd party apps on Android a security risk if you don't install unknown apps? For example, I only want to install apps I write myself.
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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#trump Is Closing #nasa’s Largest Library

Holdings from the #library at the #goddardspaceflightcenter, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet #space race, will be warehoused or thrown out.

The shutdown of the library…is part of a larger reorganization under […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
January 2, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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@Quasit @DemocracyMattersALot American oligarchs have yet to start walking out of windows:

https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/22/accidental-defenestration-and-murder-suicides-too-common-among-russian-oligarchs-and-putin

Although, I expect it to happen soon. If you are wealthy you do not want to […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I was recently reminded of this.

A couple decades ago, I wrote a short paper that described how the basic approaches of cryptography and computer security lead to an efficient and practical privilege escalation attack against master-keyed mechanical lock, which I published in IEEE Security and […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
December 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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I don't usually like Red Bull sponsored 'person does crazy thing' videos. But I loved this. It shows you the training and prep which went into it and it is truly, epically silly in a good way. The camera angles do a great job of showing the vertigo.
Also, when did Prada start sponsoring skating? […]
Original post on mastodon.nz
mastodon.nz
December 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@paco/115789813520521995

Thank you, James Moylan, for your Moylan Arrow gas tank indicator arrow ⬆️ ⛽

You improved our lives with your humble memo 📝 which is a lot more than most can say.
December 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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'In other words, the layout appears to be designed as something of an improvised superstructure in order to turn the cargo ship into a heavily-armed surface combatant of sorts."

Chinese Cargo Ship Packed Full Of Modular Missile Launchers Emerges […]
Original post on mstdn.ca
mstdn.ca
December 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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I’ve just spotted an interesting disinformation I suspect it targeted at European farmers, claiming that “huge multinational corporations” have just purchased _17 million hectares_ of arable land in #ukraine - that has first appeared in 2024 but now was […]

[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
December 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM