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favorite genre of linkedin bro-posting

submitted 30 days ago • 4 comments

Archivists are working to identify and save thousands of datasets disappearing from Data.gov 🔗 www.404media.co/archivists-w...

submitted 38 days ago • 8 comments

Meta has told employees that they're laying off 5 percent of staff on Feb. 10, sources tell me & @mikeisaac.bsky.social @sheeraf.bsky.social. Layoffs are coming after employees have pushed back on new content moderation rules.

submitted 54 days ago • 107 comments

I’ll miss the era of human-generated slop

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

Something to consider when mainstream Dems start getting mad at Big Trans all over again

submitted 57 days ago • 28 comments

NEW: I've obtained internal Meta docs revealing an array of sample posts that are now allowed under new hate speech rules. Examples include calling children "trannies," “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians," and “immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit” theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...

submitted 59 days ago • 375 comments

Master doc of mutual aid groups helping people and animals on the ground in LA. Please share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

submitted 60 days ago • 29 comments

For SoCal friends, Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can. For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla

submitted 60 days ago • 83 comments

Meta's policy is that group-based harassment is generally bad and forbidden except for this one particular group

submitted 61 days ago • 15 comments

OpenAI is completely screwed. If they're losing money on $200/month, they're losing it on $20/month and their real costs are so much higher than they can ever get anyone to pay. A pale horse. techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/o...

submitted 63 days ago • 165 comments

tired: fearing that robots will become so smart they take your job wired: fearing that robots will still be dumb but take your job anyway

submitted 63 days ago • 51 comments

What’s a girl gotta do to offload a thousand Oreos in Los Angeles

submitted 65 days ago • 7 comments

The reviews are in for the new patron content www.patreon.com/posts/new-ye...

submitted 67 days ago • 46 comments

If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...

submitted 75 days ago • 435 comments

I made a gingerbread panopticon

submitted 75 days ago • 400 comments

As an American who’s lived in London this is too accurate

submitted 86 days ago • 129 comments

“He wasn’t the only person to raise questions about the study — its results had appeared in medical journals. But he was the one who kept at it. He shared his concerns with colleagues. He spoke to journalists. After he left his job for law school, he grilled his profs about potential legal actions.”

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

It’s insane how far gamers will go to give transparently bad actors with many allegations (or the companies that enable them) the benefit of the doubt just so they can buy a video game with a clear conscience.

submitted 79 days ago • 5 comments

QUICK! You should go support this game about running a social media platform from people who know how it actually works. These guys make shockingly fun games that truly enlighten you about how social media platforms operate (and maybe give you some ideas about what we can actually do about them).

submitted 80 days ago • 3 comments

Please check your emails and all your DMs!!! (yes including on LinkedIn)

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Download Signal, get everyone you talk to to download Signal, and turn on disappearing messages now.

submitted 87 days ago • 19 comments

Journalists: How's your digital security looking for 2025? Track your progress with our checklist: freedom.press/digisec/blog...

submitted 89 days ago • 4 comments

This is why Democrats supporting KOSA is so fucking dumb

submitted 93 days ago • 29 comments

There are four or five distinct arguments that get called "AI skepticism" and the tactic of pretending that the least serious of them—"AI is bad at hands, hurr"—represents the whole stack is very Chamber of Commerce–coded.

submitted 93 days ago • 3 comments

Last month I was shopping for a fire blanket to hang over the pellet stove for safety, and the 5-star blanket had thousands of reviews about how easy it was to install, how good it looked, and how safe it made them feel. The 1-star reviews all said "the fire blanket caught on fire"

submitted 93 days ago • 20 comments

Why did they make toy chica sexy

submitted 96 days ago • 9 comments

Two things can be true: Meta did overstep during COVID & and over-relies on hamfisted AI tools to moderate; and all these public mea culpas done to kiss the ring are not actually what free speech looks like. www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...

submitted 96 days ago • 4 comments

same energy

submitted 98 days ago • 12 comments

Contribute to Wikipedia and one day you’ll have the honor of a YouTuber copying your work for content 🥹

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Patients often don’t know what care they’re entitled to under state law. One survey found 86% of people with insurance don’t know which government agency to call for help. Knowing how to navigate the system can make all the difference.

submitted 99 days ago • 31 comments

I don’t care, I’m still free You can’t take bluesky from meee 🎶🎵🎶

submitted 103 days ago • 9 comments

chill advice for people getting into digital security for the first time, before downloading anything or getting hung-up on what devices you need or getting lost in long lists of do's-and-don'ts... did you do a risk assessment first? here's how to do that (a guide for journos but useful for many!)