Margaret Hamilton has died. Absolute legend, it was my honour to meet her and have a conversation with her just a few years ago, super nice and still sharp. Ave atque vale Margaret. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

news.mit.edu

Happy Rice Truck Day to all who observe

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 2y ago

4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day. On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga

Am nächsten Sonntag in Sachsen-Anhalt

„„Seufz", „Grübel", „Freu" Das nennt man einen „Erikativ" - benannt nach Erika Fuchs, die die Micky-Maus-Comics ; ins Deutsche übersetzte. Denn sie hat diese Verbform (eigentlich Inflektiv) in Deutschland berühmt gemacht.“ #AltText (Text auf einem Bild von WDR 3 mit Micky Maus & Pluto) #Erikativ

Christa Dürscheid@christaduerscheid.bsky.social · last mo.

Vor 75 Jahren erschien das erste Micky-Maus-Heft in deutscher Sprache. Wie lange es diese Hefte am Kiosk wohl noch geben wird? Und wer hat die Sprechblasen ins Deutsche übersetzt? Das ist das Verdienst von Erika Fuchs. Sie wagte mit stöhn, seufz etc. ein neues Stilmittel. *Freu*.

Release the Kraken 🤣😆😏🔥🍁💪🏻🇨🇦⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

BE PREPARED TO DANCE

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · last mo.

Get ready for the DJ @scalzi.com Discotheque tonight in Hilton's Pacific Ballroom A, and for those who like a little cocktail, there will be two Star Wars themed drinks offered - the Coruscant Cooler and the Obi-Wan Old Fashioned! Join us starting at 10 pm, PDT.

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

This is a really significant development, especially given that it’s the UK that wants to get rid of US components - one of the hitherto closest US allies, with a deeply US-intertwined defence industry. ”We don’t want to depend on how some negotiations are going”, a UK govt official said

UK unveils prototype missiles for Ukraine with no US components

Low-cost, long-range weapons could be deployed as soon as this year in war against Russia

ft.com

A fly just zipped into my mouth while gabbing on CNN. Next question was about the Fed, so I did what Kevin Warsh won't—I swallowed hard and kept talking. I figure folks deserve some clarity about the economy. (Postscript: The fly is dead. And I'm no longer a vegetarian.)

I mean, that group actually exists: www.sigmaforum.org (Disclosure: I am not a member)

Pyperkub@pyperkub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ah, but would you be in the Goverment SF Writer group for an Alien Invasion ala Footfall! (Provided we ever have a sane government again)

Universe sending mixed messages....

Post by Peter F. Hamilton on Facebook! Otherland -- amazing

OpenAI-Vorfall: KI-Ausbruch ist kein KI-Aufstand https://www.mimikama.org/openai-vorfall-ki-ausbruch-kein-ki-aufstand/

OpenAI-Vorfall: KI-Ausbruch ist kein KI-Aufstand

Meldungen zu einem "KI-Ausbruch" sorgen aktuell für Sorge: KI-Modelle kompromittierten bei einem Test "Hugging Face".

mimikama.org

These are so good. I must see more. Please reply with your favorite.

„Zelenskyy sagte, wenn Putin am 23. September die allgemeine Mobilmachung verkündet, werde niemand mehr an digitale Reformen denken. Wir müssen die Mobilmachung noch vorher regeln“, erinnerte sich ein Abgeordneter der Partei „Diener des Volkes“ an die Worte des Präsidenten.

Zelenskyy could no longer tolerate ongoing conflict between Defence Minister Fedorov and Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi – UP sources

According to Ukrainska Pravda sources, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decided to replace Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov because of his prolonged conflict with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.

pravda.com.ua

Auch wenn ich klar Stellung beziehe und Fedorov weiterhin als Verteidigungsminister sehen würde, gilt es etwas klar zu stellen. Dies vor allem zur Rettung der Ehre von vielen anderen Leuten in der ZSU. Der Wendepunkt, der derzeit spürbar ist, hängt nicht nur mit der Person Fedorov zusammen. ☝️ /2

Fallout zur nicht Nominierung von Fedorov Der stellvertretende Kommandeur der Luftstreitkräfte der ukrainischen Streitkräfte, Pavlo Jelizarow, hat seinen Rücktritt eingereicht. Er erklärte, er habe sich nach der Entlassung von Verteidigungsminister Fedorov entschlossen, sein Amt niederzulegen. 🤷‍♂️

Bunkerhunter@bunkerhunter.bsky.social · 9mo ago

‼️Ich habe die Ernennung eines neuen stellvertretenden Kommandanten der Luftstreitkräfte – Oberst Pavlo „Lasar“ Yelizarov – genehmigt. — Zelensky Oberst Pawlo „Lasar“ Jelizarow Ist der Gründer der erfolgreichen und von russland gefürchteten „Lasar‘s Group“

THE FEDEROV DILEMA: ZELENSKY FACED HARD CHOICES The argument over whether or not Federov the defence minister should stay or go is complex. He is wildly popular in the public domain and seen as the architect of Ukraine’s sudden dramatic change of fortunes. He has wide support in the rank and file

It’s really important that the #Vancouver Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

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Panama - England, das Kanal-Duell.

Amazing. At age 20, Lionel Messi did a UNICEF Barcelona photo shoot for a calendar, of him giving a baby a bath. That baby was Lamine Yamal. It’s his first World Cup, and Messi’s last. They’ll play against each other. What a crazy story.

Etwas Kontext zum „Streit“ den der polnische Präsident mit der Ukraine angezettelt hat. Es geht dabei wenig bis nix um die Ukraine, als viel mehr nur um die polnische Innenpolitik und einen Ruf, den der polnische Präsident drauf und dran ist zu verlieren. Resugram erklärt. t.me/resurgammmm/...

"Fvcking MORON" to quote ¡Q45's former Secretary of State RexTillerson. "WHO WOULD EVER HAVE GUESSED THAT ALGAE IN A REFLECTING POOL WOULD END UP BEING THE PERFECT METAPHOR FOR ALL MAGA'S CORRUPTION, INCOMPETENCE, WILLFUL STUPIDITY, & DESPERATION TO DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD ABOUT AMERICA."

Aibo - Zonny@aibo-zonny.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Here are the criminals......👇

Die Gleichsetzung von CDU und AfD ist inhaltlich falsch, geschichtsvergessen und mit Blick auf die Verteidigung der Demokratie gefährlich.

Früher war alles besser (roflmao).

ianVisits@ianvisits.co.uk · 4mo ago

At the Museum of Brands, admiring the "fresh food our grandparents ate", which were so packed with artificial additives that dropping pallets of the stuff to famine ridden countries would breach the Geneva Convention on Chemical Warefare.

DON'T SHARE THIS, IT'S AI FABRICATED It's fake - the media outlet almost certainly used generative AI to write this and it pulled from a "parody" acct (www.instagram.com/p/DZu8trmR89Y/) The more you share this, the more you help the pro-AI bros say this is all fake www.youtube.com/live/ho_Zmwg...

Wie kann man das jetzt so drehen, daß Deutschland am Ende ist, Merz, Scholz, Kubicki und sowieso die Grünen alle Scheiße sind und abgeschafft gehören und man ja nur fragt, was jetzt noch helfen kann? Was ja die Lieblingsbeschäftigung vieler Bürger ist, die AFD, BSW und Linken damit Wähler zutreiben.

Akshat Rathi@akshatrathi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This chart continues to be one of my fave

1/ Ukraine's massive drone strike against Moscow – with a reported 555 drones and missiles fired, and 180 claimed to have been shot down over Moscow – has prompted anger, defiance, and resignation from Russian warbloggers. "Tehran is safer", one says. ⬇️