Tim Walz on Trump using the US military to go after 'the enemy from within.'

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/thats-you-tim-walz-sounds-the-alarm-on-trump-threatening-to-sic-the-military-on-the-enemy-from-within/

"He crossed a line that, I have to tell you, in my lifetime, I would have never imagined... Donald Trump... was talking about using the U.S. Army against people who disagree with him. Just so you’re clear about that, that’s you... This is not some mythical thing out there. He called it “the enemy within.” And to Donald Trump, anybody who doesn’t agree with him is the enemy."

@KamalaHarrisWin

iOS 18 fixed my motion sickness problem with one new feature https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/11/ios-18-fixed-my-motion-sickness-problem-with-one-new-feature/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@tanyatussing @pluralistic

IDEA: Transfer the .io domain to the residents of the Jupiter moon, Io. Problem solved.

"Hacktivists" attacking the Internet Archive does absolutely nothing to help Palestinians. This is so astonishingly stupid, it has to be some kind of disinfo op.

https://gizmodo.com/hacktivists-claim-responsibility-for-taking-down-the-internet-archive-2000510339

Elon thinks he’ll go to prison if Trump’s not elected which only means he should probably be in prison right fucking now.

"Now that 4.3 is done, our focus for the next release will be on implementing the highly requested features of quote posts..."

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/10/mastodon-4.3/

Today in TLD shenanigans: dot io is being killed off.

Wishing a very pleasant rebranding to all techbros who squatted their web site in an unrelated nation because it made a good pun. On October 3, the British government announced that it was giving...
https://jwz.org/b/ykab

Sounds about right.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Harris campaigns in Wisconsin with Skeletor, Sen. Holden Bloodfeast, Reanimated Henry Kissinger, Ming the Merciless and the Cheneys to court moderates

I open the closet marked "In Case of Emergency" to find two water guns, one pre-loaded with holy water and the other with Dip from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. There's also a piece of kryptonite in case of Supes, and a crucifix in case of Peter Thiel. The box of table salt is there to make circles with, and just in case, there's silver ammunition and a sharp wooden stake. I know it's a long shot, but the last shelf has a branch of a tree from Burnam Wood, in case of Macbeth.

A law against whatever Peter Thiel is doing this time

Indiana and Alabama has essentially banned online porn and Florida follows on January 1.

To sum up the political position in these states:

Automatic rifles… NOT dangerous.

Pornography… VERY dangerous.

— Yes, you get the politicians you vote for.

https://uk.pcmag.com/vpn/154565/pornhub-block-expands-to-alabama-how-to-watch-anyway

Every time I see a news item about a Trump trial it's like "Jack Smith filed a brief proving that Trump did more crimes than anyone since 'Crimes Georg' in 1921, as Judge Cannon delays the trial another three years"

"For legal reasons the Torment Nexus will not be made available to our valued customers in the European Union. We apologise for the inconvenience." ;)

#ThanksEU #GDPR #AIAct #DMA #TormentNexus

A solid theory.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

@mastodonmigration @benroyce @eberhofer

He’s a toxic person and always has been.

Some people can’t (or refuse to) see it.

Others are paid not to.

Still others are •also• toxic themselves.

Q: WHAT IS A NECROMANCER'S PREFERRED WORKOUT

A: DEADLIFTING

Before and after: Aerial photos show what being Elon Musk's neighbor can do to your land - Sherwood News

https://sherwood.news/power/elon-musk-cards-against-humanity-lawsuit/

I heard someone on the bus jokingly call his friend a "whoreson jackanape" and now you need to know about it too

‘Click to Cancel’ subscription law goes live in California https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/25/click-to-cancel-subscription-law-goes-live-in-california/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I've been playing #Warhammer40000RogueTrader and man, the injury system in this game is ass (mostly because the characters always skitter about like chickens with their heads cut off and immediately set off traps that they themselves just discovered)

Also, the fact that Hit Points are called Wounds (when I think of wounds as missing hit points) is very strange

Musk is following through on his pledge to “deprecate” Twitter’s block feature. 𝕏 is reportedly about to make your posts visible to users you’ve blocked. (I wonder if they can reply too?) It’s sure to lead to more harassment. https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252438/x-blocked-users-view-public-posts

Tired: Americans getting tattoos in other languages that don't mean what they think they mean

Wired: picking names for AI models that don't mean what you think they mean

Today on CNN, the president of the think tank that employs the guy who offered a $5,000 bounty for video of black immigrants eating pets discusses whether the Democrats are using dangerous rhetoric.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3l4oas3sfvn2o

Billionaires on social media thoroughly puncture the American presumption that billionaires got that way by being super-intelligent or extremely insightful, as opposed to “smart enough and in the right place at the right time.” This guy’s a fortunate dumbass with zones of competence.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rogqxhzq6vy54nbuy4n6rwyd/post/3l4mriresub2i

Also discussed: Planning a closed environment where you can introduce the history of video games to your child in chronological order, and then realizing that that's how we got modern gamers. (Ep.68)

Here’s the thing though: Trump voters (1) won’t believe any quantum of evidence (2) don’t care whether it’s true or not (3) will increase their support of him because anyone “attacked by the media” is inherently good (4) don’t think anything he said is particularly bad.

you can determine how bad a political scandal is by looking at its permalink slug

"The reason we don’t see exploding battery attacks more often is not because it’s technically hard, it’s because the erosion of public trust in everyday things isn’t worth it."

https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2024/turning-everyday-gadgets-into-bombs-is-a-bad-idea/

Reading through Mozillas jobs page: "Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Gen AI", "Senior Staff Software Engineer, Ads", "Program Manager, AI 360", "Principal Product Manager, Generative AI","Sr Staff Fullstack Engineer, Anonym", "Senior Manager, Sales (Anonym)"

I see they have fully pointed the ship towards a future of AI and Ads.

Mozilla deciding to put an end to its Fediverse investments while simultaneously going all in on AI tells you everything you need to know about what it has become.

Venn diagram of what indie tech people think Mozilla wants to be/should be and what Moz actually wants to be: OO

https://mas.to/@mozilla@mozilla.social/113153943654216889

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic!
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THE HAITIANS, OF SPRINGFIELD, USA
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Brought to you by the Inner Hive, including longtime member Justin Ramsey and new member John C.
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The scariest US president was Rushmore because he had 4 heads. It's a good thing they trapped him under that mountain

@mozilla "Ever since we shutdown mozilla.social and disengaged from Mastodon, the sentiment analysis on our social media posts regarding our AI initiatives shows positive reactions went up a staggering 857%! I guess everyone on X seems to like them! A great win for our sharehol—I mean, our sponsors!"