Angry, confused and worried about police – behind Instagram bans

Hundreds of people have contacted the BBC to say they have wrongly been shut out of their accounts.

Meta response to random bans (and extreme slander, i believe) is "watchagunnadoaboutit". And you know what? They're right, because they're powerful and uncaring and safe in the knowledge they'll face no repercussions for getting it wrong. At this point, they're doing what any other hegemonizing swarm would do, it's their nature. It's US who should do something.

Everybody's going on about boiling frogs and how stupid they are but have you ever wondered how the fuck they're supposed to know that a) the water is going to boil; and b) even if they knew, how should they know this will cause their death? They're frogs, for fuck's sake. We, on the other hand, are not.

I wish Scotland welcomed Trump yelling "Nae King! Nae Quin! Nae Laird! Nae master! We willnae be fooled again!" And then follow with "Crivens!" and whatever feels most Feegle at the time. #GNUTerryPratchett

The NSFW takedowns have been orchestrated by big crypto. It sounds like conspiracy bullshit until you remember who's sitting in the white house.

I endorse every single word of this. Yes, including the repetition of "extreme".

Hackaday

The Death Of Industrial Design And The Era Of Dull Electronics

It’s often said that what’s inside matters more than one’s looks, but it’s hard to argue that a product’s looks and i...

I realized I'm generally no longer replying to people vaunting the benefits of LLMs (online and IRL) the same way I'm no longer replying to people vaunting the benefits of killing somebody at winter solstice to ensure the sun returns.

CNBC

Jack Dorsey launches a WhatsApp messaging rival built on Bluetooth

Block CEO Jack Dorsey has launched Bitchat, a new peer-to-peer messaging app that works entirely over Bluetooth mesh networks.

This is interesting, and I'm curious to see how he's going to fuck it up.

I don't believe in a literal hell but I'm prepared to make an exception for Sam Altman. No other individual has ever caused so much damage to humanity's long-term prospects.

Whenever somebody says "that's fascism" and somebody replies with "no that's just violent, racist and bigoted conservatism" I wonder if, when they see a red traffic light, they keep on going because that is, in fact, more of a crimson or possibly even carnelian.

There are greedy people, and I don't like them very much. But people who aren't greedy, per se, but who will nonetheless always be the last to offer to pay for something, always be ready to point out that they drank half a glass less than the others, always wait to see if I cave and say ok, I'll settle this then we'll see. These people. These people, they make life just that little shittier, for absolutely fucking nothing.