mastodon 4.7.2The articles I've read.
Zuzai, a new word, indicates the absence of AI
> About the word zuzai, coined to denote things made or done without artificial intelligence.
Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity
Consumption rose another 10% while restrictions on most new grid connections remained around Dublin
Trump Flies Waaaaay Off The Rails In Bonkers AI Slop Posting Spree
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ai-slop-posts_n_6a66d0d0e4b00feba845ef63
> The president posted dozens of times on Sunday, mostly bizarre images of himself.
Unlimited AI tokens aren’t unlimited after all as US Army burns through supply
> Troops received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens.
Alternatywny interface Lemmiego "Tesseract" zawiera ukrytą cenzurę słów kluczowych, społeczności i konkretnych loginów - szmer
Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it. · GitHub
https://gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e27b24a83838202908808ad528b3318
Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it. - bluesky-osa.md
Report: How Developers React to AI-Scented Blog Posts
https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/dev-reaction-to-ai-blog-posts
98% of readers prefer imperfect-yet-authentic human writing; most will stop reading, block you, and downvote you if they suspect AI
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
> Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it.
Ireland is now paying artists a basic income. Will the idea catch on? - Positive News
https://www.positive.news/economics/imagination-and-creation-are-products-of-time-and-space/
Artists boost the economy and enrich society, yet many struggle to make ends meet. Ireland's income scheme aims to change that
‘Hondurasgate,’ the alleged US and Israeli interference plot to destabilize Mexico and other progressive governments | International | EL PAÍS English
> A leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of Claudia Sheinbaum, Lula, and Gustavo Petro
Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender | Music | The Guardian
> Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellation
The Vasa
https://psychsafety.com/the-vasa-disaster/
> A few years ago, I was working for a client in Stockholm and in some free time, I visited the wreck of the Vasa, the world’s best-preserved 17th-century ship. [...] I’d known the Vasa’s story for a while and had even used it in workshops, but standing next to the thing itself is different. I found myself looking up at this huge beast of a construction, wondering how many people who were involved in building it knew that it would sink.
Światy młodych Polaków się rozjechały. Powstała niepokojąca luka
> Relacje stały się bardzo płytkie. Jakbyś zamawiał jedzenie w maku - opowiada Janek. Młodzi mężczyźni coraz częściej zmagają się z samotnością i trudnościami w tworzeniu związków. Oni też częściej zostają w Polsce powiatowej, podczas gdy ich rówieśniczki wyjeżdżają. Powstaje niepokojąca luka. Eksperci nie mają wątpliwości: samotność jest dziś jednym z najważniejszych czynników odpowiedzialnym za spadek dzietności.
Spadek dzietności to uniwersalny wzorzec. Przyczyna jest prostsza, niż można by sądzić
Why Does Andy Warhol Always Wear A Wig?
https://blog.rehairsystem.com/why-does-andy-warhol-always-wear-a-wig/
> Andy Warhol, a name that echoes through the corridors of modern art history, was as much a visual enigma as his iconic works. His silver wigs became as much a part of his identity as his Campbell’s Soup Cans and Marilyn Monroe portraits. But Why Does Andy Warhol Always Wear A Wig? Let’s now expose the secret!
After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38 million because Battlefield 6 did so well
> Remember when Battlefield 6 dropped in 2025 and it was a big hit, selling seven million copies in three days and becoming the first Battlefield game to outsell a competing Call of Duty? And then Electronic Arts rewarded the people who made it by laying off an undisclosed number of them? And also laid off the entire team working on an all-new, more story-focused game in the series?
Pluralistic: Trump's fruitless search for a goreable ox (09 May 2026)
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/09/cossie-livvie-crissie/#dont-let-your-meat-loaf
> I've got good news and bad news for Trump. The good news: you can get elected by promising to do something about the cost of living crisis, and the president actually has a lot of ways to improve people's daily costs. The bad news: everything you could do to fix working people's cost of living will make an oligarch worse off.
Leading AI chatbots are nudging pregnant women to anti-abortion sources
> Exclusive: A handful of US tech firms are shaping intimate medical decisions – with little transparency about answers
Pluralistic: In praise of vultures (06 May 2026)
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/06/champerty-loves-company/#circle-of-life
> One of my bedrock beliefs is that capitalists really hate capitalism. They may name their beloved institutes after the likes of Adam Smith, but they ignore everything Smith had to say about the necessity of competition to keep markets from turning into monopolies
One Aspect in Which ‘Dune’ 1984 Brutally Defeats Denis Villeneuve’s Films Will Be ‘Dune: Messiah’s’ Greatest Challenge
> Denis Villeneuve adapted Frank Herbert’s Dune to near-perfection with his incredible casting, attention to detail, and decision to split the original novel into two films. Despite both films going over five and a half hours combined, Villeneuve’s treatment of the Spacing Guild was very passive and almost absent.
It’s hard to feel sorry for AI companies when China is giving them a taste of their own medicine
https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/hard-feel-sorry-ai-companies-160500996.html
> The latest installment of 'please, dear God, slow down before it gets too dangerous' comes in the form of Pacing the Frontier. Thousands of staff from frontier AI companies once again pleading for a halt in the development of AI technology.
A defense of boring languages
Trump Gears Up to Deport Hundreds of Animals From Red State Prairie
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-gears-deport-hundreds-animals-020231853.html
> The Department of Interior is moving to evict from the Montana prairie hundreds of bison—a symbol of the American West and the once-critically endangered animal on the department’s own seal. The Burea...
Denis Villeneuve Is Doing Dune Messiah
https://reactormag.com/denis-villeneuve-is-doing-dune-messiah/
> Please ready your best "dune it again" jokes
NOTE: The text is from 2024.
AI backlash becomes a real business risk
> The AI hype cycle would have you believe the technology is inevitable. But AI backlash is growing, as people worry it will steal their jobs, jack up electricity rates and further enrich the wealthy, all while hurting the environment.
Who are Reform UK’s voters?
https://www.ft.com/content/dbfee971-7728-45c5-be32-ce41aae3965c?syn-25a6b1a6=1
> Six Britons tell the FT about what attracts them to Nigel Farage’s populist party, which is ahead in opinion polls
Polish nationals among the top property buyers in Malaga
> Housing is a central issue in Malaga province and even more so now, in the midst of the campaign for the Andalusian elections on 17 May. The housing issue has been analysed from almost every possible angle: price, scarcity, lack of social housing, phenomenon of tourist flats. Until now, however, the question of who actually buys these homes had not been studied in sufficient detail.
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
> A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.
EBU called out by Eurovision fans for unfairly targeting Israel
https://www.europesays.com/2979626/
> A grassroots campaign has started among Eurovision fans around the world who feel that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has been treating the Israeli delegation unfairly following a warning issued by the competition’s managing director to KAN, Israel’s public broadcaster, over the weekend.
Botswana Did Everything Right - Cremieux Recueil
https://www.cremieux.xyz/p/botswana-did-everything-right
> Botswana invested its diamond wealth in its citizens. Has it all been for naught?
US government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50849559
> The US Department of Agriculture listed Wakanda as a free-trade partner - despite it being a fictional country.
WhatsApp blocks Dutch sex workers, cutting off their income
https://nltimes.nl/2026/07/18/whatsapp-blocks-dutch-sex-workers-cutting-income
WhatsApp blocked the accounts of at least five Dutch sex workers last year, cutting off their primary channel for arranging client appointments, a Pointer investigation found. The blocks also made it harder for support services to provide urgent assistance to sex workers.
Security Tightens Around Putin Amid Coup and Assassination Fears, According to European Intel Agency | OCCRP
> OCCRP’s Russian partner, Important Stories, obtained a report by an EU intelligence agency that describes extreme new security measures, rising tension among security services, and fears of assassination by drone.
On Superpower Suicide
https://snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpower-suicide
> And the recovery of justice
‘I am trying to stay alive.’ Jobs at mom-and-pop shops are disappearing | CNN Business
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/07/business/jobs-small-business-trump-economy
Ghost Operators: How Israeli Telecoms Were Exploited to Track Citizens Worldwide - National Security & Cyber
Tourist Beat Up for Monk Seal Attack in Hawaii, Faces $50k Fine (Video)
https://www.surfer.com/news/tourist-maui-monk-seal-rock-video
> A visitor hurls a rock at Lani the Hawaiian monk seal on Maui, sparks an on-the-spot beatdown and now faces serious federal penalties.
Mk3 Security Advisory | COINKITE Blog
https://blog.coinkite.com/coldcard-mk3-seed-generation-warning/
> Coinkite is warning users who generated a seed using a COLDCARD Mk3 on firmware version 4.0.1 or any subsequent version that their funds may be at risk.
What to learn
Why hasn’t Israel been banned from the Eurovision Song Contest? | The Independent
> Five countries are boycotting the competition this year over Israel’s involvement
The Eyebrow Auto Brake
https://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/eyebrow_auto_brake
> The August 1965 issue of Popular Mechanics featured an invention called the "Eyebrow Auto Brake." It allowed drivers to brake a car by raising their eyebrows.
Giganci AI kupują i niszczą stare książki. Trwa wielkie skanowanie
> Giganci na rynku AI znaleźli nowe źródło danych: używane książki drukowane. Z powodu wyczerpania zasobów internetu firmy skupują z antykwariatów całe
Opinion | Obsessing About Our Mental Health Is Part of Our Mental Health Problem - The New York Times
Fake Switch 2 cartridges are making it onto Amazon - Hanafuda Report
https://hanafuda.report/articles/fake-switch-2-cartridges-are-making-it-onto-amazon/
> A Switch 2 owner has had their console damaged after buying what turned out to be a fake, counterfeit game cartridge. In a post shared over on Resetera, the forum user noted that they bought what they assumed to be a ‘Like New’ copy of Capcom’s recent sci-fi hit Pragmata. However, upon receiving their copy […]
Max’s Dune: Prophecy Is Basically an Origin Story for the Bene Gesserit
https://reactormag.com/maxs-dune-prophecy-is-basically-an-origin-story-for-the-bene-gesserit/
> Sisters dune it for themselves
NOTE: The text is from 2024.
Scottish mum stuck abroad after baby falls foul of UK dual nationality rules | Home Office | The Guardian
> Sarah Schloegl was unable to board flight home from Spain as 11-month-old lacked documents needed under new rules
How is the Bun Rewrite in Rust Going?
https://lockwood.dev/ai/2026/07/27/how-is-the-bun-rewrite-in-rust-going.html
> The Bun rewrite seems well positioned as proof-positive that AI and specifically Anthropic’s AI can do the work of open-source maintainers, for some money, but faster.
Reggie Fils-Aimé Says Amazon Asked Nintendo To Break The Law
> A recent lecture at NYU suggests the unstable relationship between the gaming and e-commerce giants dates all the way back to the Nintendo DS
