Ki
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Just ur avg guy yk defo ur avg guy r?
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I am glad that one Labour MP is asking critical questions about dependence on AI - economical in this case. It's an MP who didn't get her tech expertise from hosting a Faculty intern for a few months.
The OBR has warned of the downside risk to the UK economy of an 'AI bubble' bursting
I asked the Minister whether he agreed, and what steps his department and UKRI are taking to protect investments in innovative companies that would undoubtedly be affected by a market correction
I asked the Minister whether he agreed, and what steps his department and UKRI are taking to protect investments in innovative companies that would undoubtedly be affected by a market correction
December 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I am glad that one Labour MP is asking critical questions about dependence on AI - economical in this case. It's an MP who didn't get her tech expertise from hosting a Faculty intern for a few months.
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"lethal kinetic strike"
I have more respect for a phrase like "waste disposal technician" (garbage man)
I have more respect for a phrase like "waste disposal technician" (garbage man)
December 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"lethal kinetic strike"
I have more respect for a phrase like "waste disposal technician" (garbage man)
I have more respect for a phrase like "waste disposal technician" (garbage man)
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And while I have you all here: “kids these days are always on their phones” is not the same as “kids these days are always on social media”. stop mixing up the two.
December 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
And while I have you all here: “kids these days are always on their phones” is not the same as “kids these days are always on social media”. stop mixing up the two.
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This is all really difficult though, so best to just put in a ban that’s either unenforceable, or enforceable as a backdoor to spying on everyone. 5/4
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is all really difficult though, so best to just put in a ban that’s either unenforceable, or enforceable as a backdoor to spying on everyone. 5/4
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We need guardrails in social media, for everyone’s well-being:
- stop endless scrolling
- end advertising based on history and social media behaviour
- support parents and teens to put freely chosen boundaries
- GIVE TEENS A VARIETY OF OPTIONS FOR SOCIALISING
- stop thinking we’ll end bullying […]
- stop endless scrolling
- end advertising based on history and social media behaviour
- support parents and teens to put freely chosen boundaries
- GIVE TEENS A VARIETY OF OPTIONS FOR SOCIALISING
- stop thinking we’ll end bullying […]
Original post on mastodon.green
mastodon.green
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We need guardrails in social media, for everyone’s well-being:
- stop endless scrolling
- end advertising based on history and social media behaviour
- support parents and teens to put freely chosen boundaries
- GIVE TEENS A VARIETY OF OPTIONS FOR SOCIALISING
- stop thinking we’ll end bullying […]
- stop endless scrolling
- end advertising based on history and social media behaviour
- support parents and teens to put freely chosen boundaries
- GIVE TEENS A VARIETY OF OPTIONS FOR SOCIALISING
- stop thinking we’ll end bullying […]
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The main reason there is a push back on teens’ social media use is the impact on bullying primarily, and the difference in what adults see as real socialising. But while this is happening (and I’m not going to pretend it’s not), banning teens from social media as a response is not just throwing […]
Original post on mastodon.green
mastodon.green
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The main reason there is a push back on teens’ social media use is the impact on bullying primarily, and the difference in what adults see as real socialising. But while this is happening (and I’m not going to pretend it’s not), banning teens from social media as a response is not just throwing […]
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Woops, this seems to have struck a chord. I’ll expand:
In the last decades (probably the last century actually) spaces to just hang out in public have decreased, while roads have become less safe for light road users - pedestrians and cyclists, which teens overwhelmingly are.
Additionally […]
In the last decades (probably the last century actually) spaces to just hang out in public have decreased, while roads have become less safe for light road users - pedestrians and cyclists, which teens overwhelmingly are.
Additionally […]
Original post on mastodon.green
mastodon.green
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Woops, this seems to have struck a chord. I’ll expand:
In the last decades (probably the last century actually) spaces to just hang out in public have decreased, while roads have become less safe for light road users - pedestrians and cyclists, which teens overwhelmingly are.
Additionally […]
In the last decades (probably the last century actually) spaces to just hang out in public have decreased, while roads have become less safe for light road users - pedestrians and cyclists, which teens overwhelmingly are.
Additionally […]
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My thoughts on social media bans everywhere is that if you're taking digital connections away from teens, you better make sure they have third spaces for physical connection, and give them options for transport that is not "parents drive us around" otherwise all you're creating is isolation.
And […]
And […]
Original post on mastodon.green
mastodon.green
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My thoughts on social media bans everywhere is that if you're taking digital connections away from teens, you better make sure they have third spaces for physical connection, and give them options for transport that is not "parents drive us around" otherwise all you're creating is isolation.
And […]
And […]
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Here is an upload of the video on @MakerTube, an instance of PeerTube, a decentralized YouTube alternative built on top of ActivityPub:
https://makertube.net/w/qnVNkHWSmgUV6uSPKJUStr
6/5
https://makertube.net/w/qnVNkHWSmgUV6uSPKJUStr
6/5
Decentralized Social Media: What You Need To Know
A relatively short video explaining the basics of decentralized social media: what it is, how it works, and the main stakeholders involved. At the end is a few minutes of my own personal editoriali...
makertube.net
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Here is an upload of the video on @MakerTube, an instance of PeerTube, a decentralized YouTube alternative built on top of ActivityPub:
https://makertube.net/w/qnVNkHWSmgUV6uSPKJUStr
6/5
https://makertube.net/w/qnVNkHWSmgUV6uSPKJUStr
6/5
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Yvonne Lam is just brutal in her review of KFC's bánh mì, and rightly so.
Why wouldn't you just go to a Vietnamese bakery and get the real deal for less than KFC's fried chicken coleslaw and mayo sandwich?
"I bite into my KFC bánh mì, and there is silence. No crunch, no crackle. My teeth sink […]
Why wouldn't you just go to a Vietnamese bakery and get the real deal for less than KFC's fried chicken coleslaw and mayo sandwich?
"I bite into my KFC bánh mì, and there is silence. No crunch, no crackle. My teeth sink […]
Original post on gts.sadauskas.id.au
gts.sadauskas.id.au
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Yvonne Lam is just brutal in her review of KFC's bánh mì, and rightly so.
Why wouldn't you just go to a Vietnamese bakery and get the real deal for less than KFC's fried chicken coleslaw and mayo sandwich?
"I bite into my KFC bánh mì, and there is silence. No crunch, no crackle. My teeth sink […]
Why wouldn't you just go to a Vietnamese bakery and get the real deal for less than KFC's fried chicken coleslaw and mayo sandwich?
"I bite into my KFC bánh mì, and there is silence. No crunch, no crackle. My teeth sink […]
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How do we stop the enshittification of the internet? I sat down with @pluralistic at Web Summit in Lisbon.
https://youtu.be/CpLudlrwS_g
https://youtu.be/CpLudlrwS_g
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
How do we stop the enshittification of the internet? I sat down with @pluralistic at Web Summit in Lisbon.
https://youtu.be/CpLudlrwS_g
https://youtu.be/CpLudlrwS_g
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Women and older career switchers are generally not even exposed to red team as an option of interest that they’d be good at using socialized skills, which is kinda crazy when the most ignored people in society who can pretty much walk in anywhere are older women. Instead we portray it like esports.
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Women and older career switchers are generally not even exposed to red team as an option of interest that they’d be good at using socialized skills, which is kinda crazy when the most ignored people in society who can pretty much walk in anywhere are older women. Instead we portray it like esports.
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Cybersecurity also isn’t ready for the conversation about how we as an entire industry trick young men into perceiving red team as a way to be legally allowed to be a high tech, vigilante thief and then hire them for crap salaries to write repetitive and futile vulnerability assessment reports.
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Cybersecurity also isn’t ready for the conversation about how we as an entire industry trick young men into perceiving red team as a way to be legally allowed to be a high tech, vigilante thief and then hire them for crap salaries to write repetitive and futile vulnerability assessment reports.
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Cybersecurity isn’t ready for the conversation about how bad sexism and ageism are in the whole pen test / red team community, or how influencer culture and the saturated market are enabling it to get worse […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Cybersecurity isn’t ready for the conversation about how bad sexism and ageism are in the whole pen test / red team community, or how influencer culture and the saturated market are enabling it to get worse […]
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Having the Twitter/X social media icon on your website these days does more harm then good
It's like a digital: "I am fascist" label :twitter:
It's like a digital: "I am fascist" label :twitter:
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Having the Twitter/X social media icon on your website these days does more harm then good
It's like a digital: "I am fascist" label :twitter:
It's like a digital: "I am fascist" label :twitter:
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@mattblaze Someone i followed back was demanding we all put CW's on political posts.
I also boost posts that are political at times, so obviously i'm not a good account to be following if the intent is to never see anything political in their feed.
I'm #transgender, it's 2025, i live in the […]
I also boost posts that are political at times, so obviously i'm not a good account to be following if the intent is to never see anything political in their feed.
I'm #transgender, it's 2025, i live in the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
@mattblaze Someone i followed back was demanding we all put CW's on political posts.
I also boost posts that are political at times, so obviously i'm not a good account to be following if the intent is to never see anything political in their feed.
I'm #transgender, it's 2025, i live in the […]
I also boost posts that are political at times, so obviously i'm not a good account to be following if the intent is to never see anything political in their feed.
I'm #transgender, it's 2025, i live in the […]
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Just got another flurry of shouty shouty mentions, replying to a post from several weeks ago, complaining about my lack of content warnings on “political” topics.
Sorry, no. This may be a norm on some instances and in some communities, but it isn’t in mine. And politics, law, and policy […]
Sorry, no. This may be a norm on some instances and in some communities, but it isn’t in mine. And politics, law, and policy […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Just got another flurry of shouty shouty mentions, replying to a post from several weeks ago, complaining about my lack of content warnings on “political” topics.
Sorry, no. This may be a norm on some instances and in some communities, but it isn’t in mine. And politics, law, and policy […]
Sorry, no. This may be a norm on some instances and in some communities, but it isn’t in mine. And politics, law, and policy […]
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Musk gets glazed for something called "first order thinking," and the first question is "how do you manage to always disrupt every single industry with that thinking?"
"Well, it's mostly not disruption, it's creation," Musk says. He says there were no electric cars before Tesla (NOT TRUE).
"Well, it's mostly not disruption, it's creation," Musk says. He says there were no electric cars before Tesla (NOT TRUE).
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Musk gets glazed for something called "first order thinking," and the first question is "how do you manage to always disrupt every single industry with that thinking?"
"Well, it's mostly not disruption, it's creation," Musk says. He says there were no electric cars before Tesla (NOT TRUE).
"Well, it's mostly not disruption, it's creation," Musk says. He says there were no electric cars before Tesla (NOT TRUE).
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I have huge respect for everyone contributing to the Fediverse: the larger-than-life architects like @cwebber @evan (without whom we would literally all not be here), implementers like @dansup bringing photo & video to it, new projects like @newsmast @michael @FreddieJ @saskia @bonfire @ivan […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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My vision for Mastodon is a different direction than all previous attempts at social media, by focussing on community ownership, Trust & Safety features, slow user & server growth, and financial sustainability - for the non-profit project, the server administrators, the moderators, and creators […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
My vision for Mastodon is a different direction than all previous attempts at social media, by focussing on community ownership, Trust & Safety features, slow user & server growth, and financial sustainability - for the non-profit project, the server administrators, the moderators, and creators […]
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Mastodon and the Fediverse matter to me because they present a truly viable alternative to this model, by showing its users no advertisement, respecting users’ privacy, focussing on keeping users safe, and allowing them to connect to the Fediverse and beyond rather than putting them into a […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Mastodon and the Fediverse matter to me because they present a truly viable alternative to this model, by showing its users no advertisement, respecting users’ privacy, focussing on keeping users safe, and allowing them to connect to the Fediverse and beyond rather than putting them into a […]
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Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @[email protected] as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @[email protected] as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]
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I'm not a parent, but there are a lot of parents out there I really want to fight over how they push their kids into impossible corners. Today, that can be pushing them into cybersecurity when they don't want to go, and there aren't enough jobs […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I'm not a parent, but there are a lot of parents out there I really want to fight over how they push their kids into impossible corners. Today, that can be pushing them into cybersecurity when they don't want to go, and there aren't enough jobs […]