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• Post #4484068

  Just an observation: Most toots by people whom I follow, I do not see from their posts, but due to BOOSTS or QUOTES by other people I follow. Remember: On Mastodon, WE are the algorithm. You like it? Then Boost it! #Mastodon #Boost #Quotes #Algorithms

• Post #4354557

  Calling works. Most people believe politicians do not listen. BUT 'The thresholds that move these offices are correspondingly small: - 10 calls in an hour catches attention - 50 calls in a day pulls the senior team - 100 calls in a day clears every other item off the docket - 1,000 calls creates a record the office cannot ignore, and will surface in the next election cycle. One real phone call outweighs hundreds of templated messages.' #Politics #Influence #Impact https://cmarmita...

• Post #4222847

  RE: https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/117003829554514911 An example of how Europe's regulations provide a safer environment worldwide. 'The new Chinese enforcement follows in the footsteps of the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP), where the vehicle safety industry body mandated the inclusion of physical controls in cars from January 2026 onwards to obtain a full five-star safety rating.' Europe is a powerhouse that places consumers first. #Europe #EU

• Post #4121832

  This is interesting news. Swedish education officials are investing heavily again in traditional printed textbooks. The national strategy aims to phase out digital devices for children under the age of six entirely, following a drop in international reading assessment scores. Research indicates that the physical act of handwriting activates complex neural networks governing motor skills, vision, memory, and language-cognitive benefits that are largely lost on a keyboard. #Education #Reading

• Post #4106686

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApartheid/116984957876033412 The most immoral army in the world. #Israel #IDF #Inhumane #Palestine

• Post #4037055

  Sanctioned ICC Judge Nicolas Guillou of the International Court (ICC) speaks about the problems the sanctions give him and his fellow judges and how his age helps him to remain defiant. #ICC #Judge #Guillou #Sanctions #Israel #WarCrimes https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6ovhCogzVy4

• Post #4023228

  RE: https://mas.to/@aiquiral/116965219139878863 Have a laugh.

• Post #3932321

  An in-depth and devastating story/research about how AI fails companies. An experience of the author who was helped by an LLM with a car problem: 'All we know is that it didn’t show up as an error, or I’d have received a call. That looks great in all sorts of metrics except the one that matters: I decided not to buy another car of theirs.' 'Any question about how it’s going, constitutes an attack on the chain of command because there are no good answers.' #AI #LLM https://lud...

• Post #3859752

  It is all about November. A convincing argument for why Trump will resign in 2027. No impeachment needed. #Trump #Vote #Register https://mitchthelawyer.substack.com/p/the-verdict-is-in-he-wont-survive

• Post #3768234

  RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@rogerc2738/116905478866363359 The Human Rights Office of the United Nations speaks out about the Epstein Files. '“The ‘Epstein Files’, which are suggestive of the existence of a global criminal enterprise have shocked the conscience of humanity and raised terrifying implications of the level of impunity for such crimes” -- When will the majority of Americans demand accountability? More and more, we are considering the USA the most corrupt country in the wor...

• Post #3579336

  RE: https://mastodon.world/@ginaintheburg/116858553144897511 When you don't care about the people and the environment, but only about politics and revenge. #USA #Trump #Ridiculous #Dangerous

• Post #2565254

  De consumptie van Nederlanders is in vijftig jaar verdubbeld, gecorrigeerd voor prijsontwikkelingen. "Wat we nu normaal vinden aan bijvoorbeeld vliegvakanties was in de jaren zeventig alleen voor de rijkere inwoners. Wie het zich toen kon veroorloven, werd door de hele familie uitgezwaaid op Schiphol." https://www.nu.nl/economie/6395591/nederlanders-geven-twee-keer-zoveel-geld-uit-als-in-de-jaren-zeventig.html #Nederland #Rijkdom

• Post #2565253

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@freakonometrics/116563668741600824 The experience of a Westerner in a Japanese prison and whose charges were eventually dropped. (with useful dictionary) #Japan #Prison

• Post #2565250

  RE: https://social.mitexleo.one/@ml/116562990663465737 We are so accustomed to having reduced the number of child deaths that some (thousands) now want to stop vaccinations that are in desperate demand in unvaccinated countries. Weird that a US minister of health wants to bring the pre-vaccine world back to the USA. Don't let ignorance kill your children.Follow your doctor's advice. They know the dangers. #Vaccination #Health #USA #Kennedy

• Post #2565249

  RE: https://mstdn.social/@ThomHartmann/116561882213064261 'In my Dad’s generation, conservatism claimed to value humility, restraint, civic virtue, and suspicion of concentrated power. Now self-described conservatives cheer for billionaire spectacle like courtiers applauding the king’s newest palace wing… or his invisible clothes.' 'The White House was never supposed to be Versailles. The presidency was never supposed to be a throne wrapped in gold leaf and ego. A repub...

• Post #2565246

  RE: https://social.groene.nl/@DeGroene/116572371088769419 Een mooi en gedetailleerd artikel in De Groene over een Japan dat al decennia veroudert en economisch zwaar worstelt maar - de levensverwachting steeg tot plek vier in de wereld - De werkloosheid is laag, - scholing en medische zorg zijn goed en toegankelijk, - huisvesting is betaalbaar, - openbaar vervoer en gemeentezwembaden zijn geweldig - steden zijn zowel schoon als veilig en - het land is culinair en cultureel rijk #DeGroene #...

• Post #1824298

  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@mykl/116490190071093285 A recommended read for everybody who wants to know what an unwarranted arrest by ICE, or unwarranted violence by your own government in any country, does to you. Even after you are released, you will not feel safe anymore, you never go to any place without being on alert, you hesitate to express yourself on social media. Fear stops you from living your life as you used to. Installing fear is what they want. #ICE #Violence #Government #P...

• Post #1652164

  RE: https://mastodon.world/@MJmusicinears/116395979427767121 A marvelous speech by French senator Claude Malhuret. Subtitled in English and worth your time. One quote: 'We are in MAGA America, conducting public affairs for the benefit of private interests." There are still sane people in the world. #Trump #Malhuret

• Post #1315493

  RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116362327386076202 #AI is taking over. This is how horrible it is becoming for #creators. You are a #musician, posting videos on YouTube and attracting family and fans. An AI company comes in and feeds your videos into their system and has the AI create similar videos with a copy of your own voice .... and then the AI company HAS THE AUDACITY TO FILE #INFRINGMENT CLAIMS AGAINST YOU, SO YOUTUBE STOPS YOUR SONGS. YouTube claims it is a prob...

• Post #1079112

  Charlie Chaplin on becoming an emperor. #CharlieChaplin #Emperor #Dictator #King #NoKing #Democracy

• Post #1008856

  RE: https://social.groene.nl/@DeGroene/116367800575169985 'Historische analyses leren ons dat optimistische vergezichten over digitale technologie zelden stroken met de complexe maatschappelijke realiteit. Zo zagen we bij sociale media hoe een optimistisch verhaal over toenemende verbondenheid veranderde in een nachtmerrie over polarisatie, onzekerheid en verslaving.' 'Een belangrijke eigenschap van grote taalmodellen is het verschijnsel dat AI-chatbots ons overmatig...

• Post #711378

  Positive News After years of introductions packaging from mushrooms is gaining traction. Without realizing it, many people have already receive products secured during transport by mushrooms. More and more companies are starting to use mushroom derivatives to replace polystyrene. | Instead of forever micro-plastics, we now get packaging that composts in weeks. The video shows some nice examples. #Packaging #Mushrooms #NatureFriendly #Recycle https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d-5JsMnmGoA

• Post #610067

  Purchased 'Man in Search of Meaning' from Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl. 'As a long-time prisoner in bestial WW2 concentration camps he found himself stripped to naked existence.' 'All the familiar goals are snatched away. What alone remains is "the last of human freedoms" - the ability to choose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.' 'A gem of dramatic narrative, focused upon the deepest of huma...

• Post #543739

  @NatureMC Not expected that reaction from Ben Royce. Usually, his posts are very worthwhile, so to get into a word exchange worthy of a pub fight among drunks is surprising. I keep following him (and you 😉 ). All the best, and let's keep standards high.

• Post #351557

  For who don't have access to the Washington Post: https://archive.ph/jEd1i#selection-481.8-481.121 From the article: - one commenter called it “one of the most creative, nonviolent and effective acts of resistance” they’d ever seen. - the teacher video showed the “banality of evil personified.” - “You can kind of sense that they think they’re doing the right thing, and then he just repeats what they said, and they kind of realize they’re doing something terrible.” #WP #ICE @jeffjarvis@m...

• Post #233042

  @donmoyn.bsky.social Unfortunately, I would not be surprised if Trump reaches the bottom of the 30-point scale before the mid-term elections. "A republic, if you can keep it" #Trump #Backsliding

• Post #218710

  @Madame@mastodon.nl Laat ik het als levenslang D66-stemmer zo zeggen: de euforie van de verkiezingen is wel verdwenen. #D66

• Post #196142

  @WastelandWandrr@freeradical.zone But first ' Arbeit macht Frei'. Benefiting from the free labor in the American prison system. #ICE #Camps #WorkCamps #Trump #GOP @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social

• Post #196040

  The Epstein Files Dump: A Masterclass in Distraction. 'Let’s be clear about what’s happening in Minnesota: federal agents are deploying military tactics against American citizens, killing protesters, and the administration is celebrating the arrest of a journalist who covered those protests. That’s not law enforcement. That’s authoritarian suppression of dissent and press freedom.' #Trump #Distraction #Dictator #Press https://www.rawamerica.com/p/the-epstein-files-dump-a-masterclass?...

• Post #195710

  @Gina@fosstodon.org I agree with the sentiment but disagree with the statement. When people lose democracy, Open Source solutions become more important. They are alternatives to the limited options then being offered. For example, solutions such as Meshtastic for mesh-driven communication. https://meshtastic.org/ #OpenSource #Democacy