Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.

"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.

I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).

So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

Bisweilen scheint mir, vielen - auch aufgeklärten - Menschen ist nicht ganz klar, wie Behinderung entsteht. Es scheint mir da die Vorstellung eines schweren Unfalls oder sonstigen Unglücks beherrschend zu sein, also so eine Art höhere Gewalt.

Weniger bekannt ist, dass in den Werkstätten immer […]

Orange film clap logo and MakerTube text

MakerTube is open for public registrations! A PeerTube home for #makers, #musicians, #artists and #DIY #creators.

If you’ve been wanting to try video beyond big tech platforms, now’s a great time.

This instance is community-funded. If you value independent […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

A two-panel Charlie Brown comic. In the first panel, three young children (Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Linus) stand outside. One of the children, Linus, approaches the other two children, holding a library card, and says: "Look! Library card! I've taken out a library card!" He stands proud, holding his library card to his chest, and continues: "I have been given my citizenship in the land of knowledge!"

Happy National Library Week!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Week

#libraries #NationalLibraryWeek #LibraryWeek #books #reading #bookstodon

New DoD leader connected to firm that trained Khashoggi’s killers George Kollitides is part of a cadre of Cerberus financiers brought into Pentagon budget and procurement over the last year

The director of the Pentagon’s new “Economic Defense Unit” helped train four of the Saudi bonesaw operators who dismembered Jamal Khashoggi.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/khashoggi-cerberus/

a woman passing in front of a tram with the driver gesticulating and very clearly being pissed

4 super cute baby goats milling around a straw-filled barn stall, while the two mama goats (one white and one black) eat their morning grain treat. Don't worry, the 5th baby goat is hanging out under the heat lamp just out of the camera shot.

A night sky view, with an arc of bright green auroras low on the horizon, and silhouetted trees on both sides of the photo. The Milky Way is just visible above the auroras, and there's a shooting star! Also lots of satellite trails. Sigh.

Another view of the night sky with the green arc, and a pink pillar poking up out of it. There are a clump of silhouette spruce trees under the Milky Way, and snow on the ground below.

No new baby goats in the #BabyGoatCountdown, but the 5 I've got are still ridiculously cute. It will be warm enough (FINALLY) to get them outside in the sun later this morning. Their mamas will be VERY happy to be back with the whole herd, they are getting […]

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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

This is what knowing your physics well means

A face carved into a massive tree trunk, foliage in the background with a small tree growing out of the top of the stump appearing like hair on the top of the faces head. Another tree obscures the second half of the face in the foreground and warm light casts in from the left creating depth to the face.

#SilentSunday

A grid photo of 16 different characters all played by the legend Tim Curry.

Tim Curry, the absolute legend, turns 80 today. This man took huge swings.

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Gibt es eine Webseite, die Züge und Busse landesweit in #Spanien anzeigt?

Is there a webpage showing trains and busses nationwide in #Spain ?

#interrail

Alex Karp making money and pulling the strings of Trump yelling at a man “get in the fucking box” pointing to a coffin wrapped I. An American flag and the recipient of the yelling is an American wearing a maga hat saying “there must be some sort of mistake! I voted for no new wars!”

The Palantir manifesto summarized

A married couple who met over a dissected brain and went on to create the first approved gene therapy for blindness have been awarded one of the most lucrative prizes in science.
Molecular biologist Jean Bennett and ophthalmologist Albert Maguire share the $3m (£2.2m) Breakthrough prize for life […]

Der US-Konzern #Meta hat seine Richtlinien zum Umgang mit dem Begriff »Antifa« für die Plattformen #Facebook und #Instagram verschärft: Es gilt künftig als potenzieller Verstoß gegen die Gemeinschaftsstandards, wenn das Wort zusammen mit sogenannten inhaltsbezogenen Gefahrensignalen auftaucht […]

NRW-Datenschutzbeauftragte warnt vor Datennutzung um jeden Preis

NRW meldet Rekord an Datenschutzbeschwerden. Gesetze werden übereilt verabschiedet, Grundrechtsschutz bleibt oft auf der Strecke, heißt es im Tätigkeitsbericht […]

A woven tapestry featuring a brown bear standing on its hind legs, holding a large silver broadsword with both paws against a textured dark teal background.

Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Murder Bear Blanket. Yes, women would still choose the Murder Bear. No, I don't blame them.
https://collabs.shop/8sn7pg

I hate virality.

I've been online since 1998, and the first decade or so was great, so peaceful. Of course, even back then, occasionally some douchebags would comment on my posts, wondering why I liked electronic music when the guitar is the most beautiful instrument in the world. This was back […]

@prune602

‼️ Russia: “Lithuania and Latvia have announced they will not allow Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico’s plane to fly through their airspace en route to Moscow for Victory Day events.”

🇱🇹: 😎
🇱🇻: 😎

www.gazeta.ru/politics/news/2026/04/18...

I agree with God @thegodshow.com

chick moth :D

Ennomos alniaria - Canary-shouldered Thorn (Geometridae)

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

AI Cybersecurity After Mythos: The Jagged Frontier Why the moat is the system, not the model

An interesting perspective.

Similar to what @karenhao.bsky.social mentioned: lots of specialized, less powerful models might be better suited to many tasks than one extreme one.

To survive, the big players need to push their monolithic narrative.

#ai

The Quiet Way Authoritarianism Begins to Crumble Among the many reasons for Viktor Orbán’s defeat was the rural clubs where citizens relearned democratic habits.

Read this, then emulate it.

- form local groups
- pierce through the tribalism
- do things together as a society
- show alternatives exist and are feasible

The AI Doomers Who Are Playing With Fire For years, the dangerous rhetoric has been out of control. And things are turning violent.

Dario Amodei: »Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power, and it is deeply unclear whether our social, political, and technological systems possess the maturity to wield it.«

I don't know, it's pretty clear to me at this point :(

#ai

a close up of donald trump 's face with a smile Alt: a close up of donald trump 's face with a smile

Good morning!

Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates—

💰His net worth is up $2.1 billion, to $6.4 billion

💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million

💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million

💰20-year-old Barron is worth $150 million

And Jared became a billionaire last year.

Have a great day!

Wenn ihr den Ton anmacht, hört ihr die Bienen summen in meinem Kirschbaum.

🐝🐝🐝

Ich hoffe ihr habt euch Gedanken darüber gemacht, dass wir dieses Jahr die lokalen #CSDs physisch verteidigen müssen?
Es ist vorbei mit toleranzbesoffenen Partys.
Diese viel gerühmte flächendeckende Toleranz gab es nie. Es war Verachtung hinter vorgehaltener Hand an den Theken des Landes. Ihr […]