Stuck in a local minimum (the couch is comfy, the bed is more comfy, but to get from one to the other I have to do uncomfy things)

Calls for “the public” to “own ‘AI’” are just a transparent attempt to make the general populace hold the trillion-dollar bag for a con game.

There is no reason ordinary people need to pick up the tab for this particular Ponzi scheme.

My "Artists of Mastodon" collection is finally ready to be shared. Please peruse if you want to fill your home feed with art.

https://mastodon.social/collections/116777306758391615

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The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs.

Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too.

Luckily, I have a guide for that.

https://disconnect.blog/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide/

#tech #cdnpoli #cdntech #politics #digitalsovereignty #tariffs

Can’t believe August is almost over. Between moving countries, settling in a new home, and getting back into work, summer just kind of flew by… It used to be that #ATG would mark the end of summer for me in a bittersweet way but this year I didn’t go…

Just a reminder - boost everything you love, it helps people find cool stuff on Mastodon.

A diabolical word preserved its form due to the church.

Undergoing the sound changes that turned Latin into Spanish, the word ‘diabolus’ (devil) should’ve become *yablo. However, due to the conservative ecclesiastical context this word was used in, the part ‘di-’ was preserved: ‘diablo’. The same goes for the other Romance words.

‘Devil’ comes from an early borrowing of ‘diabolus’, which itself was borrowed from Ancient Greek ‘diábolos’. This, in turn, was a loan translation of Hebrew ‘śāṭān’:

Popping in from a social media break to say: Reflect Orbital still totally sucks! https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/21/1142755/space-mirrors-night-sky/

#Plushtodon hat Besuch bekommen: das #Michelin Männchen hatte Lust auf einen Ausflug.