"In September, the equity market handed [Oracle] $101 billion in a single day for projected revenue from a contract that runs through 2032. No company in this cycle books unrealized contract revenue as earnings the way Enron did; the stock market does the booking on their behalf, pricing the […]

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract/117042908421990486 America in 2016: Calm down, Bodil, we have Systems in place to Prevent Abuse Of Power, and besides, Godwin's Law lolol. America in 2026:

Alley Stoughton@fullyabstract.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11h ago

Breathtaking: "On Saturday, Trump began selling access to his social media posts to Wall Street trading firms milliseconds before they go public, permitting them to buy and sell with insider information. The cost for this service, according to Marina Dunbar of The Guardian, is up to $100,000 a […]

In case you want to help seeding a torrent file for two reports that Amnesty UK published and unpublished this year, there’s a link for that. https://sciop.net/uploads/972d177dffb2d1385b76baf8709470e7375d3399fe655405e716f728e0dc0703

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

The Good Law Project are fighting back against the EHRC’s code of practice, which comes into force e today. See the web page for details https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/fight-back-against-the-code-of-practice/

I see people talking about Steve Yegge in my feed again today and I have to ask: why bother? What is it about Steve Yegge that causes you to keep ingesting his takes and feel like they need responding to this deep into his AI psychosis? You could simply stop giving a shit about what Steve Yegge […]

First Clacton by-election poll is in, and it's about as I expected: * Turnout looks like it's going to be exceptionally low. * Farage isn't going to lose—this is still Clacton. He's polling at 73%. * Count Binface is set for his greatest election victory ever at 20%. In other news […]

Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell’s Accountant Co-Invested With Russia-Linked Indicted Cocaine Trafficker The accountancy firm that administers George Cottrell’s Montenegro company, has invested in a property development with the alleged ringleader of the country’s largest money laundering…

Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell’s Accountant Co-Invested With Russia-Linked Indicted Cocaine Trafficker

The accountancy firm that administers George Cottrell’s Montenegro company, has invested in a property development with the alleged ringleader of the country’s largest money laundering cartel

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Corgis are master communicators through their body language. This means "I know you have treats and I think you should give me some." #dog #DogsOfMastodon #corgi

Sunday. #dog #DogsOfMastodon #corgi

A dark day for human rights.

“Deepfakes and other AI content must be labeled from Sunday, Aug 2, as the EU’s sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in to make sure Europeans immediately know whether the online content they see is real or fake. The #EU's #AI law enters into force in stages. From Sunday […]

If you need a bit of cheering up today, Posh George is once again here for you. This is so bad it might end Farage once and for all, even if he survives Bindependence Day. Of course, it would be even funnier if he didn't […]

When I discuss huge systemic issues, people say "but what I can I do?" When I mention something meaningful you can do immediately, people say (as the replies here show) "but what's the point, in the face of the huge systemic issues?" There are, it seems, plenty of people who want to be helpless.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last wk.

It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/117002475601394149 Ngl, I kind of did skip the queue. When people started posting pictures of their GabeCubes last week, I broke down and bought a Minisforum AtomMan instead. Though when my turn eventually comes I'll be surprised if I'll be able to act […]

Okay, we have a new contender for Most AI Thing to Ever Happen 1) July 25th: someone messes around with an LLM and posts a proof of the Collatz conjecture that does, in fact, verify in the theorem prover. (The AI use is not disclosed on the github page) https://github.com/xrchz/CollatzLean 2) […]

There's an organic exceptionalism at work: I'm a good consumer because I eat only organic eggs / pasture-fed meat etc. In many cases these have a higher, sometimes MUCH higher, environmental impact. The worst of all farm products are organic beef and lamb. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The most damaging farm products? Organic, pasture-fed beef and lamb

Analysis: You may be amazed by that answer, but the area of land used for grazing is vast compared with the meat and milk produced

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It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests

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The collective everyonehateselon_ made this in London, UK. 👾😆

a slop peddler has started a slop-friendly forgejo instance https://www.upd.dev/ every codeberg whiner in your mentions, send them here

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oh my GODS I can’t set a static IP on German locales

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116986124245760573 Reminds me of how people are scared of EVs because "the batteries might catch fire" in ways that a 50 litre petrol tank definitely never would. Every narrative is political.

kim_harding ✅@kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · last wk.

When a fridge freezer caused the Grenfell Tower, there was no sudden panic about how dangerous fridge freezers are, likewise about the number of fires caused by washer dryers (which cause more fires than fridge freezers). But oddly there have been media panics about ebikes (fewer fire than […]

Hey #UK friends. Do you get annoyed by fireworks? Do your pets find them distressing? Do you think anyone should be able to buy them? The UK Government is running a consultation and want your views […]

RE: https://veganism.social/@Geri/116982058351671120 Posh George is the gift that just keeps giving.

We're not swimming yet, but this is another personal best. She was almost thinking about it there for a moment. #dog #DogsOfMastodon #corgi #landseal

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Always this. "Protect our women and children from those people" is pure projection. The beast is the man in the mirror. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse

Exclusive: Hampshire police data reveals 22 of 37 detained had been accused or convicted of intimate partner violence

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the minister for crimes issues a statement

Lots of "ethics aside" people announcing their conscientious boycotts of Codeberg in my feed today, like I didn't have plenty of reasons to love Codeberg already.

This is beyond cartoonishly evil: 1. AI companies buy rare books from bookstores, because they're free from slop. 2. Books get fed to the slopmachine, destroying the books in the process. 3. AI companies don't publish digital books, potentially removing the book from society forever. 4 […]