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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 1d

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 14h

I'm not (yet) old enough to yearn for the mines, but it feels like we lost something, somewhere...

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 14h

Witnessing the fall of society, except you know people have said that before and it turned out 'fine' (maybe like those "I was beaten as a child and I turned out 'fine'" people?).

But when you're in those times it really does feel like it though.

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Piratenpartij Nederland @piratenpartij.nl · 22h

Heel goed nieuws!

De Duitse overheid besloot na protesten tegen chatcontrole te gaan stemmen. Dit protest werd geleid door Patrick Breyer @piratenpartei.de.

Geen meerderheid in de EU voor nu, maar ze zullen het ongetwijfeld weer gaan proberen.
#StemPiraat

www.patrick-breyer.de/en/citizen-p...

Citizen Protest Halts Chat Control; Breyer Celebrates Major Victory for Digital Privacy

In a major breakthrough for the digital rights movement, the German government has refused to back the EU's controversial Chat Control regulation today after facing massive public pressure. This block...

www.patrick-breyer.de

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Piratenpartij Nederland @piratenpartij.nl · 2d

Chatapp Signal zal niet langer werken in de landen van de EU als de EU de wet op chatcontrole aanneemt. Die wet verplicht chatapps om een achterdeur in te bouwen om alle chats te scannen. Signal is daarop tegen en wij ook!

www.nu.nl/tweakers/637...

#TK2025 #StemPiraat

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 3d

A major new peer-reviewed Australian report warns that the UK’s Cass Review is fundamentally ill-suited to guide care for trans young people — and should not be adopted as a benchmark in Australia www.starobserver.com.au/news/new-rep...

New Report Says Cass Review Should Not Be Benchmark For Trans Healthcare in Australia - Star Observer

A major new peer-reviewed report warns that the Cass Review is fundamentally ill-suited to guide Australia's care for trans young people.

www.starobserver.com.au

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matt’s slutty lil halloween name @windows98support.bsky.social · 4d

Turns out, 6 months was optimistic

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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 5d

The AI bubble is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy, and four times the subprime bubble, analyst says. It's not just a bubble but an epically sized one, an analyst argues. When it will burst it is going to hit harder for tech sectors especially AI and related compaines and stocks

AI bubble is 17 times the size of that of the dot-com frenzy, analyst says

A research firm is arguing not just that AI is in a bubble, but that it is 17 times the size of the dot-com bubble.

www.marketwatch.com

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 5d

I think my favorite planning term is “traffic calming” because it shows planners admit cars are more often problematic to cities

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 5d

The Online Safety Act sure has made being online more dangerous.

The Verge @theverge.com · 5d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 5d

Chem Lab 03

tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 5d

The amount of times I can't find something which I know that Google or YouTube has...

deficit-hawktuah.bsky.social @deficit-hawktuah.bsky.social · 6d

It's really bad that searching on Google or Youtube has just become the "show me mountains of themed slop" button.

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 5d

Ik wou al een "Wij van WC Eend...?" doen, maar dat geven jullie zelf toe :p

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 7d

Incidentally, earlier this year Microsoft announced it was investing $80 billion in AI. EIGHTY BILLION DOLLARS.

They gobbled up half the games industry in a disastrous acquisition spree that never should've been allowed to happen, then saw something shinier and immediately fumbled the gaming bag.

Shinobi602 @shinobi602.bsky.social · 7d

Microsoft is increasing the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by 50% to $30 a month ($360 annually)

➡️ news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...

New updates and changes to tiers, Essential, Premium, and Ultimate, Cloud streaming quality, etc

#Xbox #XboxGamePass

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 6d

Relevant The Verge article that explains Wikipedia, specifically of interest here is how it builds concensus on facts and events

www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

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Piratenpartij Nederland @piratenpartij.nl · 6d

De Belastingdienst heeft besloten toch over te stappen op Microsoft365. Daarmee groeit de afhankelijkheid van de cloud van het Amerikaanse softwarebedrijf.

Waar is de Digitale Autonomie nou gebleven waar het laatst in Den Haag nog over ging?

De oplossing? #StemPiraat !

#DigitalSovereignty #TK2025

Belastingdienst gaat alsnog de Microsoftcloud in

Clouddiensten: De Belastingdienst heeft besloten toch over te stappen op Microsoft365. Daarmee groeit de afhankelijkheid van de cloud van het Amerikaanse softwarebedrijf. De meeste gegevens van de fis...

www.nrc.nl

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 8d

Even more (yes, again) classics join the GOG Preservation Program
#GOG #RetroGaming #Gaming #PCGaming

Even more (yes, again) classics join the GOG Preservation Program

GOG are really stretching out the announcements for their 17th anniversary, with a second helping of classic games now in the GOG Preservation Program.

www.gamingonlinux.com

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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 8d

The Austrian military just ditched Microsoft Office. They’ve fully migrated 16,000 computers to the free and opensource LibreOffice suite. Proof that you don't always need the biggest brand name to get the job done. Tax payers money goes towards good causes instead of Microsoft vibe working AI

Austria's military switches from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog

Like we’re seeing in Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark and many other government bodies and organisations, the Austrian military (Bundesheer) has migrated 16,000 PCs from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice. As...

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 10d

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

South Bay Queer Solidarity @sbqsolidarity.bsky.social · 12d

A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!

Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...

#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia

Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills

TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...

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Pat Stares At Clown World @patstaresat.bsky.social · 9d

Oh EA's gunna go BANKRUPT bankrupt. Like...fast.

Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 9d

Wait was EA’s big GenAI push a bid to convince potential buyers that it could lower operating costs after a purchase to help pay for debts??

They have like four whole game studios making the Battlefield series, you can’t run a CoD-competing juggernaut with automation.
www.ft.com/content/be98...

Interesting section on EA's £55 billion takeover, I'm sure this is all gonna work out so well...
"The deal is a huge bet that artificial intelligence can significantly cut EA's operating costs, allowing the equity consortium to manage a large debt load on a company that historically carried limited net debt.
Al is already widely used across Silicon Valley to accelerate many kinds of computer programming. In games development, it can be used to replace voice actors and create backdrops and other assets, as well as automating play testing to avoid bugs before release."
"The investors are betting that Al-based cost cuts will significantly boost EA's profits in coming years, people involved in the transaction told the Financial Times."
Source: https://www.ft.com/content/
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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 9d

A therapist who doesn't respect your pronouns has someone else as a client; they are serving an interest that is not yours and you shouldn't participate.

Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 9d

Safety Advice:

I keep seeing young trans people on social media talking about therapists disrespecting their pronouns and parents telling them that the therapist has a right to their beliefs.

I want to be clear: you have a right to the therapy room being a safe supportive space for YOUR growth.

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tiaxanderson.bsky.social @tiaxanderson.bsky.social · 9d

This will be financed with debt, meaning EA will inherit that debt, expect EA games to become even worse. You should probably stop buying them.

They're basically looking to Red Lobster it

Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 9d

Confirmed - Electronic Arts (EA) sold off to investors including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund
#EA #ElectronicArts #Gaming #PCGaming

Confirmed - Electronic Arts (EA) sold off to investors including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund

Well, there it is. It's now official after earlier reports that EA (Electronic Arts) is being sold off to an investor consortium.

www.gamingonlinux.com

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