This week's video might be a bit relevant to those of you who are flying into Vegas for @blackhatevents.bsky.social , @defcon.bsky.social , and @bsideslv.org this week... www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4us...
JustHere4Coffee
@justhere4coffee.bsky.social
A.K.A. Justie or JH4C Not actually a fan of coffee but this has been my name for over quarter of a century, so why change now? Crypto and Finance Bros, AI evangelists, heavily pro/anti-religion, and "just-asking-questions" types need not apply.
Reliable? Mostly. Poop free? Mostly not. Cheap? Absolutely! We pay our workers diddly squat. Send your mail by air today!
i don’t understand why the billionaires who want to build data centres don’t simply construct them on their own property
Do me a favour - Post this link every time you see someone talking about the EHRC guidance. Help the community stay safe in a hostile world. www.essehouse.co.uk/pee-in-peace-program
Esse House UK
Esse House UK offers accessible toilet keys through the Pee in Peace Program, supporting trans rights and community needs.
essehouse.co.uk
Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI
Its maddening that so many people cannot join the dots to see the swastika forming over the UK. Rises in hate crime are across the board because hate is being weaponised to exploit us. Trans segregation is inextricable from this. Its all the same fascism. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients
Survey reveals medics were called ‘monkeys’ and ‘dirty foreigners’, and patients refused to be seen by black or Asian staff
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🚨 BREAKING We are supporting a legal challenge to the Code of Practice. And we need your help. Join us in fighting back 👇
We’re supporting a legal challenge against the code of practice | Good Law Project
The government’s transphobic statutory guidance is now up and running – we’re fighting back
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Currently reading Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet by Claire L Evans, and all the women in it, regardless of tech ability, saw how the new tech of their time could be used, often to make meaningful connections between people & each other or with useful information.
Anyway, here's the book, I'm nearly done and it's really good. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/broa...
Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
In a world where tech companies are still male-dominated and women are often dissuaded from STEM careers, Broad Band shines a much-needed light on the bright minds history forgot, from pioneering data...
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@justhere4coffee.bsky.social @tef.bsky.social @eclectech.uk @edmorrish.com @rathergood.bsky.social @chthonicionic.bsky.social i feel that if anyone can properly address this imbalance, it's us
Pinball Witch@pinballwitch.bsky.social · 3d agothe real issue with the internet in 2026 is nobody talks about Domo-kun anymore.
the real issue with the internet in 2026 is nobody talks about Domo-kun anymore.
"Was I a good game studio?" "Fuck no, but you absorbed some real greats, and they're going to be missed when you get submerged in debt."
Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 19h agoEA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest
“People said we were using an unacceptable amount of power, and with these upgraded facilities that require so much more of it, we’ve shown that we took those criticisms to heart,” said Sam Altman
Technological Advancements Allow Data Centers To Run On Even More Electricity
SAN FRANCISCO—Hailing rapid developments in the infrastructure needed to support artificial intelligence, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced Tuesday that technological advancements were now allowing data...
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“Unlike KOSA and many of the other age verification laws that have spread across the country, the SCREEN Act does not have bipartisan support. It’s the latest in Lee’s repeated attempts to criminalize content he and his co-sponsors personally consider immoral.”
The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare
Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the arc...
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SCREEN does not YET have bipartisan support in the Senate, but Lee is actively courting D members to find that support — and some are wavering. Keep up the phone calls, keep your emails, keep sharing so that others do as well. www.defendonlineprivacy.com/screen/
Defend Online Privacy: Stop the SCREEN Act!
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on the SCREEN Act on August 5. ACT NOW to stop it!
defendonlineprivacy.com
As they amass more money and power, the public views billionaires as sweaty psychos Scrooge McDucking their way into evil amounts of cash. The collective ick emerging raises a question that wealthy men might prioritize over ethical perceptions: Have billionaires become categorically unfuckable?
No One Wants to Sleep With Billionaires
Wealth used to be helpful in the dating pool, but a growing class of billionaires are proving that money can't buy love.
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if you suffer from motion sickness with first-person games, please try one of our "motion reduction overlays" in Big Walk — crosshair, frame, or both. this is experimental, but we really want to improve this accessibility issue. give it a bit of time (if you can) then report back!! here's "both":
I'm a 1/4 through this book "Sick Work" by @elimrogers.bsky.social, and it's such a good capture of life with chronic illness, specifically ME/CFS, that I need to take emotional support breaks to think about how historic neglect of this illness leads to my life now. www.dukeupress.edu/sick-work
Sick Work: Exhaustion, Labor, and Invisible Illness
dukeupress.edu
the revival of “christianity” on the right does not seem to come with a fear of going to hell and i find that curious
Ed Morrish@edmorrish.com · 2d agolook, if fear of having everyone on the internet celebrate your death by bringing up every bad thing you’ve done is what it takes to stop people being cunts while they’re alive, i say let’s give it a go
It. WORKED!!! The calling and comments and yelling! It works. It's a temporary stall but it can be made permanent. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sena...
U.S. senators push against giving political appointees control over science funding
These proposed changes have seen significant bipartisan pushback and have been criticized by scientists across disciplines
scientificamerican.com
"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
Stop-mo PNGtuber for @foxander.bsky.social in the style of Fantastic Mr. Fox. Foxander messaged me about the idea and it seemed so cool! He sent me drawings and screenshots for the idea I got to work, it took a bit, but I streamed most of the process and am happy with the result! #3dart #vtuber
men will see this post and ask "which one is the sexiest?" and we will answer: "Yes"
Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d agoGuys will listen to male influencer bullshit about needing to have a six pack and manipulate everyone and meanwhile women will go “you know who is the sexiest fucking guy I’ve ever seen?” and post this
