Duolingo is getting weirder and weirder since they went all in on #ai I stopped doing most of the lessons and just did a word a day as a keepie-up. But, er. Araña means chandelier? Tea translated to merianda instead of té, this actually makes sense to me as a northern brit, but who else is going to think tea means snack time? Weird words with weird uses and not in a fun way, in an ai slop kinda way. #duolingo

"...and our electricity here comes from a renewable source ... nuclear ..." Let me just stop you there. You don't need an Oxford degree to know Nuclear might be low carbon (construction depending) but it aint and can't physically *be* renewable. Unless those clever boffins have figured out how to break entropy and rejoin U235 atoms. time code 7:28 #energy #electricity

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FediForum Keynote: Cory Doctorow

Keynote by Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) at FediForum June 2025. More info: https://fediforum.org/2025-06

Ugh, I was mostly on side but then it went all libertarian techbro-privilege on the topic of creating net-neutrality by systematically forbidding server moderation. As seductive as mechanisms of fair-play replacing human relationships is; Just No. That and the contrived centrism he's offering bsky. The bad false equivalence to ActivityPub is a real tow curler. What a duff ending to an otherwise good talk. @npub1ma3a...zykq @npub1fdrp...lvhs

We do a group photo when we do an #inkscape event. This year because I had to attend remotely; I've added myself into the photo. You can barely notice I wasn't actually there! #lgm #conference #photo #Nuremberg #vectorArt