Following a discussion on reddit of all places, here's a poll. Please spread far and wide because [garbled audio, static, unintelligible noises] The question is: do you normally listen to and enjoy audiobooks? Also, this is what I mean by "inner monologue" (sorry it's not WP but that page terrifies me)

Psychology Today

How Inner Monologues Work, and Who Has Them

Inner monologues can represent a rich experience for some, as long as they don’t get out of hand.

#askfedi

hunting for fluorescent minerals has unexpected results

A somewhat shitty day vastly improved by discovering that the French version of #bluey has Bandit speaking Italian in Pavlova

If GenAI companies were serious about how good their "agentic" stuff is, they would give write permission to their git repo to their agents and ask it to improve its own performance 10x.

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.