i can't get over how similar this is to the ancient point of sale software at the local anarchist bookstore, it's uncanny.

onekade@onekade.bsky.social · 11h ago

This is not a joke. This is a screenshot of the actual case management software used by Massachusetts' 11 District Attorneys. Must-read work here by @nasser.wiki nasser.blog/dial-up-just...

our defcon shirt is cool as hell this year (it's always cool, but like, this year is *very* cool) supporters.eff.org/donate/Virtu...

Many Hands Make Light Work

Take back digital privacy and free speech. Donate this week and get a DEF CON 34 puzzle t-shirt.

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why isn’t the future the way we thought it would be

im using a browser to visit your site. im using an adblocker to make it palatable. that i feel such a use of technology is required is a failure on your part, not mine.

"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!

the wreckage on the moon will outlast even the memory of musk

I want AVs to improve urban safety outcomes and mobility choices. But absence of basic data transparency and worsening public comms suggest Waymo hasn't learned from Dec 22 and July 4 debacles - and isn't ready to scale in cities. Read: thefrisc.com/waymo-behavi...

Waymo Behavior Now Harder to Decipher, Even After July 4th Fiasco

Mayor Lurie wants more scrutiny. Despite new California DMV rules, there’s less information publicly available, not more.

thefrisc.com

i think this is close to right. people love unadulterated algorithms. tiktok's algo (and likely others) will show some small % of whatever it wants to show you regardless of your prior established interests. under the new ownership it's increasingly obvious when this happens. jarring.

Keith Kurson@keithlaugh.love · 2d ago

it turns out, also, that people really want algorithms. they say they want a straight chronological feed, and then ask where is the “suggested content” and how to find people talking about similar things. those are algorithms! people love the tiktok algo!

we need "waymo" artificial reefs im sorry im sorry im trying to delete it

Lauren McKenzie@themckenziest.gay · 3d ago

Hopecore

leaving instructions to post my drafts after i die

latest chapter in "parenting can be a trip" - reflecting on last night's bedtime conversation in which i needed to explain the difference between gilded and gelded. never in a million years.

hercelot clowning on satie, if you're short a little thursday whimsy hercelot.bandcamp.com/track/sheep-...

sheep and box (gymnopedie.1), by Hercelot

from the album smallest advent

hercelot.bandcamp.com

muttering "seems like AI slop" after every email i send

do an image search for "photo of the president donating blood" go on, i'll wait

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last wk.

"On Monday, the Red Cross declared a national blood crisis for the second time ever in its history."

the singularity will be real when it's a valid excuse to call out from work

saw a vid that auto-captioned "pete hegseth" as "P Hex F" and that's just what he's called now

"hence LSD"

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 2w ago

The answer, from a trio of Norwegian physicists, turns out to be more complex than expected.

Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out

I know that most of our digital tools are controlled by awful billionaires and it's almost impossible for us to divest ourselves of all of them. But I think that X and Substack are so horribly toxic that everyone should avoid them as much as possible.

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3w ago

And as a commenter welcomes, guess who just welcomed Andrew Tate onboard? Yep, Substack.

i wonder how long until street sweepers get the autonomous vehicle treatment. prob a mistake to think of them as just big roombas, eh?

Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.

hot take: bike barriers should have a more threateningly destructive design. the deterrent should be maximal damage to the vehicle. drivers shouldn't just avoid them, they should fear them.

Harvey J. Miller@mobileharv.bsky.social · 3w ago

In other words they are doing their job

is subspace down for everyone or just me

had cause to export my user data from linkedin recently and took a look at what they infer about me: ✅ not an HR professional 👎 interested in luxury goods 😬 MALE 🤷

autocorrect emergencies into emergent niceties

gremlins wet bulb temperature

This is a huge deal - New York City is getting it's own Public Interest Technology Crew! (PIT CREW) www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

Mayor Mamdani Launches “Public Interest Technology (PIT) Crew” to Rapidly Build Digital Solutions to Public Problems

nyc.gov

when i caught up on news late last night i was forced to consider an overlap between stories and whether he shat himself to death

tfw you don't have to actively wish harm on someone, but can quietly celebrate the fact of their mortality smiling for an eventuality

licensing-based psychic damage