Cary
@crenquis.mstdn.io.ap.brid.gy
a swinger of birches; spermologer
cat wrangler, turtle keeper, and admirer of opossums
#science (mostly deals with radioactive stuff)
[bridged from https://mstdn.io/@crenquis on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
cat wrangler, turtle keeper, and admirer of opossums
#science (mostly deals with radioactive stuff)
[bridged from https://mstdn.io/@crenquis on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Ha! MIT Media Lab figured out people using ChatGPT use their brains 40% less than those using search engines to answer the same questions https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ha! MIT Media Lab figured out people using ChatGPT use their brains 40% less than those using search engines to answer the same questions https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
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If AI coding is so good … where are the performance numbers?
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/13/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-performance-numbers/
AI coding bros right now are super-impressed with the latest version of Claude Code. This is a game changer! It is the future! You can’t deny […]
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/13/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-performance-numbers/
AI coding bros right now are super-impressed with the latest version of Claude Code. This is a game changer! It is the future! You can’t deny […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
If AI coding is so good … where are the performance numbers?
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/13/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-performance-numbers/
AI coding bros right now are super-impressed with the latest version of Claude Code. This is a game changer! It is the future! You can’t deny […]
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/13/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-performance-numbers/
AI coding bros right now are super-impressed with the latest version of Claude Code. This is a game changer! It is the future! You can’t deny […]
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RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@brucelawson/115898907374519188
Oh my gosh, you must absolutely avoid Vivaldi browser because it doesn’t have AI in it!
Oh my gosh, you must absolutely avoid Vivaldi browser because it doesn’t have AI in it!
According to Tech Radar, a reason to avoid using Vivaldi web browser is "No AI-powered assistant". Yup - and we're proud of it! If you don't want slop while you shop, or scurf while you surf, give the European browser a try.
https://vivaldi.com/blog/a-i-browsers-the-price-of-admission-is-too-high/
https://vivaldi.com/blog/a-i-browsers-the-price-of-admission-is-too-high/
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@brucelawson/115898907374519188
Oh my gosh, you must absolutely avoid Vivaldi browser because it doesn’t have AI in it!
Oh my gosh, you must absolutely avoid Vivaldi browser because it doesn’t have AI in it!
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"This sudden brutal and indiscriminate violence is so shocking and upsetting. I don't even recognise my country anymore!" - Americans who have never actually critically examined their country's history in their lives.
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 AM
"This sudden brutal and indiscriminate violence is so shocking and upsetting. I don't even recognise my country anymore!" - Americans who have never actually critically examined their country's history in their lives.
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Today, I got an order from an interior design co requesting two lamp bases using my #florida crackle surface. I’ve only ever used it for the pieces I’ve made for local gallery shows to share my #wildclay experiments with the general public. I mark them NFS […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Today, I got an order from an interior design co requesting two lamp bases using my #florida crackle surface. I’ve only ever used it for the pieces I’ve made for local gallery shows to share my #wildclay experiments with the general public. I mark them NFS […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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We don't want Greenland.
We want the Epstein files released iin full.
We want Trump's sky high tariffs removed from the goods we buy.
We want universal health care.
We want the Epstein files released iin full.
We want Trump's sky high tariffs removed from the goods we buy.
We want universal health care.
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
We don't want Greenland.
We want the Epstein files released iin full.
We want Trump's sky high tariffs removed from the goods we buy.
We want universal health care.
We want the Epstein files released iin full.
We want Trump's sky high tariffs removed from the goods we buy.
We want universal health care.
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I'm helping an elderly person with a patient portal, and wow, there are about 4 different problems ranging from unclear instructions to pages that don't work well when the phone is zoomed in enough for an older person to actually read the text.
Plus, the iPhone keeps popping up unhelpful gunk […]
Plus, the iPhone keeps popping up unhelpful gunk […]
Original post on zirk.us
zirk.us
January 14, 2026 at 7:06 PM
I'm helping an elderly person with a patient portal, and wow, there are about 4 different problems ranging from unclear instructions to pages that don't work well when the phone is zoomed in enough for an older person to actually read the text.
Plus, the iPhone keeps popping up unhelpful gunk […]
Plus, the iPhone keeps popping up unhelpful gunk […]
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Odin is an exceptionally quiet dog but he's been slowly learning to voice his displeasure. Today, me and my husband left on an errand and I came back an hour later without him. Odin howled and barked in concern that I'd forgotten him somewhere. Later, we […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Odin is an exceptionally quiet dog but he's been slowly learning to voice his displeasure. Today, me and my husband left on an errand and I came back an hour later without him. Odin howled and barked in concern that I'd forgotten him somewhere. Later, we […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
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apologies if this is dumb but as somebody who has been reporting pretty extensively on the grok csam hellscape and also consuming news about the darkness of american politics...i am looking for a brief respite (stupid, funny, weird, joyful stuff that maybe i can report on/think about/or just read)
January 14, 2026 at 9:35 PM
apologies if this is dumb but as somebody who has been reporting pretty extensively on the grok csam hellscape and also consuming news about the darkness of american politics...i am looking for a brief respite (stupid, funny, weird, joyful stuff that maybe i can report on/think about/or just read)
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“A car crash involving a pedestrian” is one of the dumbest things I read constantly in the news.
How hard is it to say that a person driving a car killed another person on foot? […]
How hard is it to say that a person driving a car killed another person on foot? […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
“A car crash involving a pedestrian” is one of the dumbest things I read constantly in the news.
How hard is it to say that a person driving a car killed another person on foot? […]
How hard is it to say that a person driving a car killed another person on foot? […]
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In case it somehow wasn't already obvious how completely repellent the administration's legal harassment of Becca Good (Renee Good's widow) is, *six* senior career prosecutors in the local US Attorney's office resigned today because they wanted no part of it.
SIX.
SIX.
January 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
In case it somehow wasn't already obvious how completely repellent the administration's legal harassment of Becca Good (Renee Good's widow) is, *six* senior career prosecutors in the local US Attorney's office resigned today because they wanted no part of it.
SIX.
SIX.
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Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents to IceList wiki — Personal data on at least 4500 agents.
"Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees—including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement..."
IceList is slow to load as of the […]
"Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees—including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement..."
IceList is slow to load as of the […]
Original post on oldfriends.live
oldfriends.live
January 13, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents to IceList wiki — Personal data on at least 4500 agents.
"Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees—including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement..."
IceList is slow to load as of the […]
"Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees—including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement..."
IceList is slow to load as of the […]
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As #ice operations become more violent and chaotic, it’s worth thinking about the capacity of ordinary men to commit atrocities and what conditions facilitate this transformation.
Christopher Browning’s book, Ordinary Men: Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland, is most […]
Christopher Browning’s book, Ordinary Men: Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland, is most […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 AM
As #ice operations become more violent and chaotic, it’s worth thinking about the capacity of ordinary men to commit atrocities and what conditions facilitate this transformation.
Christopher Browning’s book, Ordinary Men: Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland, is most […]
Christopher Browning’s book, Ordinary Men: Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland, is most […]
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/115885266442589208
One of Browning's key findings--and this can be said of the Holocaust more generally--is that the perpetrators became habituated to increasing levels of violence. They became less morally and psychologically restrained as their deployment […]
One of Browning's key findings--and this can be said of the Holocaust more generally--is that the perpetrators became habituated to increasing levels of violence. They became less morally and psychologically restrained as their deployment […]
January 13, 2026 at 9:08 PM
RE: https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/115885266442589208
One of Browning's key findings--and this can be said of the Holocaust more generally--is that the perpetrators became habituated to increasing levels of violence. They became less morally and psychologically restrained as their deployment […]
One of Browning's key findings--and this can be said of the Holocaust more generally--is that the perpetrators became habituated to increasing levels of violence. They became less morally and psychologically restrained as their deployment […]
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After 3 years of testing water samples from 11 regional & 10 major airlines, nonprofit Center for Food as Medicine & Longevity released alarming results. It found that airlines are offering unsafe drinking water to passengers, with American Airlines among those receiving the lowest scores.
January 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
After 3 years of testing water samples from 11 regional & 10 major airlines, nonprofit Center for Food as Medicine & Longevity released alarming results. It found that airlines are offering unsafe drinking water to passengers, with American Airlines among those receiving the lowest scores.
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This face is getting me through.
Happy Dootsday!
#allcatsarebeautiful #dootsday #dootstoots #catsofmastodon #catsoffediverse #catsofpixelfed #catstodon #cats #cat #lynxpointsiamese
Happy Dootsday!
#allcatsarebeautiful #dootsday #dootstoots #catsofmastodon #catsoffediverse #catsofpixelfed #catstodon #cats #cat #lynxpointsiamese
January 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This face is getting me through.
Happy Dootsday!
#allcatsarebeautiful #dootsday #dootstoots #catsofmastodon #catsoffediverse #catsofpixelfed #catstodon #cats #cat #lynxpointsiamese
Happy Dootsday!
#allcatsarebeautiful #dootsday #dootstoots #catsofmastodon #catsoffediverse #catsofpixelfed #catstodon #cats #cat #lynxpointsiamese
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I think the appearance of free software really broke the oligarch's brains. People are just giving away stuff that should be Shareholder Value? And we *can't* buy it off them and own it? People are just running a compiler whenever they like to make whatever they want without paying anyone?
The […]
The […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
January 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM
I think the appearance of free software really broke the oligarch's brains. People are just giving away stuff that should be Shareholder Value? And we *can't* buy it off them and own it? People are just running a compiler whenever they like to make whatever they want without paying anyone?
The […]
The […]
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An old potato storage. Or, if you prefer, a hobbit lives there.
#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #winter #grass
#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #winter #grass
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
An old potato storage. Or, if you prefer, a hobbit lives there.
#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #winter #grass
#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #winter #grass
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:neocat_floof_cute:
June 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
:neocat_floof_cute:
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[Musk, White Supremacy, Mention of Nazi]
"....
At this point, we’re so desensitized to Elon Musk’s open endorsement of blatant white nationalism that we may be tempted to shrug and move on. Beginning in 2022, he steadily embraced more explicit shades of Great Replacement rhetoric, though over […]
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At this point, we’re so desensitized to Elon Musk’s open endorsement of blatant white nationalism that we may be tempted to shrug and move on. Beginning in 2022, he steadily embraced more explicit shades of Great Replacement rhetoric, though over […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
[Musk, White Supremacy, Mention of Nazi]
"....
At this point, we’re so desensitized to Elon Musk’s open endorsement of blatant white nationalism that we may be tempted to shrug and move on. Beginning in 2022, he steadily embraced more explicit shades of Great Replacement rhetoric, though over […]
"....
At this point, we’re so desensitized to Elon Musk’s open endorsement of blatant white nationalism that we may be tempted to shrug and move on. Beginning in 2022, he steadily embraced more explicit shades of Great Replacement rhetoric, though over […]
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I understand medical privacy is important, for astronauts as well as anybody else, but this statement from NASA about a medical situation on the ISS is so vague that it could about a million different things. "...we are actively evaluating all options, including the possibility of an earlier end […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
January 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I understand medical privacy is important, for astronauts as well as anybody else, but this statement from NASA about a medical situation on the ISS is so vague that it could about a million different things. "...we are actively evaluating all options, including the possibility of an earlier end […]
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Donegal whale in 'extraordinary' sighting in US coastal waters https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2y8ve5wv6o 🐋 #cetaceans #marinemammals #marinelife #marinebiology #whales #Science
Donegal whale in 'extraordinary' sighting in US coastal waters
North Atlantic right whales are among the planet's most critically endangered large ocean mammals.
www.bbc.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Donegal whale in 'extraordinary' sighting in US coastal waters https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2y8ve5wv6o 🐋 #cetaceans #marinemammals #marinelife #marinebiology #whales #Science
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At Enshitr our mission is to accelerate the startup to IPO pipeline while respectively maximizing and minimizing value to shareholders and users.
January 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
At Enshitr our mission is to accelerate the startup to IPO pipeline while respectively maximizing and minimizing value to shareholders and users.
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Went to bed at 10. Missed the count-down, fireworks, and a phone call from my best mate as he'd changed his bloody number again :eyeroll: Happy New Year!! Gonna watch The Last Leg of the Year 2025 now, lol 🎆
January 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Went to bed at 10. Missed the count-down, fireworks, and a phone call from my best mate as he'd changed his bloody number again :eyeroll: Happy New Year!! Gonna watch The Last Leg of the Year 2025 now, lol 🎆