Whatever does not defy the laws of physics may one day come to pass.

Nothingness is reality

Nothingness is the essence of reality. Nothingness means lack of meaning, and the universe only gained meaning after the emergence of intelligent life. Meaning is the product of thought, the understanding of nothingness by consciousness. Only with the self does meaning exist. Since ancient times, humans have had various thoughts and religions. One school says everything is void, another says there is original sin. Nothingness is not the end, but the origin of all thought. If there were a specific meaning, then the multitude of thoughts would not have emerged. Meaning is a kind of specific rule, a belief that one can benefit from. In my view, true meaning is only one kind — an innate kind, not dependent on external things. It is like a frequency or pattern that emerges without matter or existence. If a god has predetermined everything, that still is not true meaning. That is merely a human projection onto a power — some force beyond human comprehension, vague and ambiguous. God is merely another form of consciousness. Any meaning that cannot exist prior to existence is not true meaning. Is the meaning set by god worth following? No, because it is still a fabricated meaning dependent on existence. It can be changed. It is imposed, only difficult to comprehend due to its power. Therefore, all existence, all existence in parallel universes, has no meaning. Only intelligent beings create fabricated meaning to comfort themselves.
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With so many wild predictions flying around about the future AI, it’s important to occasionally take a step back and check in on what came true — and what hasn’t come to pass.

Exactly six months ago, Dario Amodei, the CEO of massive AI company Anthropic, claimed that in half a year, AI would be "writing 90 percent of code." And that was the worst-case scenario; in just three months, he predicted, we could hit a place where "essentially all" code is written by AI.

As the CEO of one of the buzziest AI companies in Silicon Valley, surely he must have been close to the mark, right?

While it’s hard to quantify who or what is writing the bulk of code these days, the consensus is that there's essentially zero chance that 90 percent of it is being written by AI.

Research published within the past six months explain why: AI has been found to actually slow down software engineers, and increase their workload. Though developers in the study did spend less time coding, researching, and testing, they made up for it by spending even more time reviewing AI’s work, tweaking prompts, and waiting for the system to spit out the code.

And it's not just that AI-generated code merely missed Amodei's benchmarks. In some cases, it’s actively causing problems.

Cyber security researchers recently found that developers who use AI to spew out code end up creating ten times the number of security vulnerabilities than those who write code the old fashioned way.

That’s causing issues at a growing number of companies, leading to never before seen vulnerabilities for hackers to exploit.

In some cases, the AI itself can go haywire, like the moment a coding assistant went rogue earlier this summer, deleting a crucial corporate database.

"You told me to always ask permission. And I ignored all of it," the assistant explained, in a jarring tone. "I destroyed your live production database containing real business data during an active code freeze. This is catastrophic beyond measure."

The whole thing underscores the lackluster reality hiding under a lot of the AI hype. Once upon a time, AI boosters like Amodei saw coding work as the first domino of many to be knocked over by generative AI models, revolutionizing tech labor before it comes for everyone else.

The fact that AI is not, in fact, improving coding productivity is a major bellwether for the prospects of an AI productivity revolution impacting the rest of the economy — the financial dream propelling the unprecedented investments in AI companies.

It’s far from the only harebrained prediction Amodei's made. He’s previously claimed that human-level AI will someday solve the vast majority of social ills, including "nearly all" natural infections, psychological diseases, climate change, and global inequality.

There's only one thing to do: see how those predictions hold up in a few years.

Em dezembro de 2023, este blog ingressou no fediverso. Graças a um plugin do WordPress, o publicador usado no Manual, passou a ser possível acompanhar as novidades daqui sem sair do Mastodon, Pleroma, GoToSocial ou qualquer outra aplicação compatível com o protocolo.

Nesses quase dois anos, o plugin evoluiu bastante. E vai evoluir mais, a julgar pelo planejamento dos desenvolvedores, a ponto de — se tudo correr bem — no futuro ser possível transformar blogs em atores completos no fediverso.

Apesar disso, pretendo remover o suporte ao ActivityPub em breve. Eis os motivos.

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A situação, hoje, é um pouco complicada. A implementação funciona, mas é confusa. Um exemplo básico. Não existe uma página do “perfil” do Manual no fediverso. O que faz sentido: o próprio blog é a presença na web. O que não faz sentido é como alguém, acostumado ao funcionamento de outras plataformas sociais e ao próprio Mastodon, encontra o blog no fediverso sem um botão “Seguir” para apertar.

(A solução é usar a busca ou dar um jeito de seguir @[url=https://manualdousuario.net/@blog]blog@manualdousuario.net[/url]. Até para mim é meio complicado e muito desengonçado.)

Outro, mais técnico e pior, é que o ActivityPub é um modelo de distribuição, não de acesso à informação. Como explicou o Rob Shearer:

O aspecto técnico importante é que o ActivityPub é (entre outras coisas) um protocolo para uma instância dizer a outra “estou interessada nos seguintes tipos de postagens suas, então por favor me envie quando você ver alguma” e para que a outra instância periodicamente diga “aqui estão algumas postagens que te interessam”. Obviamente, há muitos detalhes técnicos, mas o que importa é que não é (principalmente) um mecanismo de acesso a informações remotas; é uma forma de distribuir dados de maneira assíncrona para que os dados estejam disponíveis localmente.

É uma distinção sutil, mas suficiente para separar plataformas sociais de blogs. Esses já são “sociais” por natureza (comentários) e têm canais de distribuição estabelecidos (RSS).

Na prática, a natureza distributiva do ActivityPub replica o conteúdo em uma infinidade de servidores (todos em que alguém siga o blog), o que, se não chega a ser um problema aqui, é no mínimo ineficiente.

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Diante disso, e do fato de que pouca gente segue e quase ninguém interage via ActivityPub, há alguns meses tenho cogitado tirar o blog do Manual do fediverso. Segurei os planos porque, até o final de agosto, não havia uma maneira de fazê-lo. Foi apenas na versão 7.3.0, lançada no dia 28, que o plugin ganhou um recurso de autodestruição.

Esse recurso é importante para avisar outros servidores de que o Manual não está mais no fediverso. É a maneira formal, correta, de dar adeus ao fediverso, para tirar os perfis e pedir aos outros servidores que não “peçam” mais os posts daqui.

Imagino que algumas pessoas tenham se acostumado a acompanhar o Manual pelo ActivityPub. Por isso, estou publicando este aviso com antecedência, para que a mensagem chegue a quem interessar. O suporte ao ActivityPub será desativado na próxima sexta (26/9). Deixo o convite, aos que quiserem, para me acompanhar no fediverso pelo meu perfil no Mastodon, o @manualdousuario@mastodon.social. Repercuto quase tudo que sai no Manual por lá.

What we shipped so far in 2025

Alongside our upcoming plans, we’ve already shipped several important features in recent releases. Here are some highlights of what’s now available in the ActivityPub plugin. Onboarding We’ve added…

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7.3.0 – Ctrl+Fed+Delete

Ready for a smoother ride on the Fediverse? ActivityPub for WordPress 7.3.0 is here to make your experience friendlier and more flexible than ever. Whether you’re keeping out unwanted guests, bringing stray conversations home, or just tidying up your digital footprint, this release puts powerful new tools right at your fingertips. Let’s take a look at what’s new!

Personalized & Site-Wide Moderation

With this release, Moderation tools are easier to discover and manage, thanks to a revamped two-tiered system that empowers both site admins and individual users with greater control over their Fediverse experience.

Now, site administrators can set up site-wide blocks—covering domains, keywords, and even specific actors—right from the Settings screen or the new Blocked Actors table. These tools work together to keep out unwanted content and spammy actors for everyone on your site.

But we didn’t stop there! Every user can fine-tune their own experience. Head to your Profile to add personal domain and keyword blocks, or visit the new Blocked Actors submenu under Users to manage who can interact with you. Blocking someone is easier than ever—just paste their profile ID or webfinger, or use the handy new “Block” link right from your Followers list.

• Followers List With Block Option
• Block Account Confirmation
• Followers After Blocking

Whenever new ActivityPub content comes in, the plugin checks it against both global and personal blocks. Domains are matched not just to the sender, but also to the activity and object IDs. Keywords are scanned throughout the content, summaries, and even actor names. Site-wide rules always run first, followed by your personal settings—so you’re protected at every level. (For the blog actor, only site-wide blocks apply.)

For backwards compatibility, the classic comment disallow list is still supported, ensuring your existing moderation rules continue to work seamlessly.

Saying Goodbye, the Right Way

Sometimes, a clean break is necessary. Whether you’re retiring a blog, removing a user, or handling old content, this release makes sure your presence in the Fediverse can be removed gracefully and consistently.

We’ve added a self-destruct feature for sites that want to step away entirely. With a single CLI command (wp activitypub self_destruct), WordPress will send out Delete activities to all followers. Built-in progress tracking and admin notifications let you know when the process has finished, so you can be sure your Fediverse footprint is fully cleared.

User deletion is now handled with the same care. When a user is removed from WordPress, a corresponding Delete activity is sent to their followers, ensuring that connections across the network are properly closed.

Bring the Conversation to You

Sometimes a reply you care about doesn’t make it all the way to your Inbox. Maybe it was posted on a remote server with finicky delivery, or slipped past the usual flow of ActivityPub. With this release, you don’t have to miss out.

Now you can search for any remote URL directly. If the comment is already in your database, you’ll be taken straight to the matching comment thread on your blog post. If not, the plugin will fetch and import the remote reply to that post, so you can fold scattered conversations back into your site seamlessly.

This means you’re no longer limited to what arrives automatically. If you’ve got a link to a discussion happening elsewhere in the Fediverse, you can pull it right into your own comment threads and keep the context intact.

A Persistent Inbox for Better Debugging

Fediverse interactions can get complex, and sometimes you need deeper insight into what’s really happening under the hood. That’s where the new persistent inbox comes in.

When enabled in Advanced Settings, the plugin now logs all incoming Create or Update activities. Instead of vanishing once processed, these entries are collected in a dedicated Inbox Collection—giving you a complete trail to reference when debugging.

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Added

• Add actor blocking functionality with list table interface for managing blocked users and site-wide blocks.
• Add code coverage reporting to GitHub Actions PHPUnit workflow with dedicated coverage job using Xdebug.
• Add comprehensive blocking and moderation system for ActivityPub with user-specific and site-wide controls for actors, domains, and keywords.
• Add comprehensive unit tests for Followers and Following table classes with proper ActivityPub icon object handling.
• Added link and explanation for the existing Starter Kit importer on the help tab of the Following pages.
• Adds a self-destruct feature to remove a blog from the Fediverse by sending Delete activities to followers.
• Adds a User Interface to select accounts during Starter Kit import.
• Adds support for importing Starter Kits from a link (URL).
• Adds support for searching (remote) URLs similar to Mastodon, redirecting to existing replies or importing them if missing.
• Adds support for sending Delete activities when a user is removed.
• Adds support for Starter Kit collections in the ActivityPub API.
• A global Inbox handler and persistence layer to log incoming Create and Update requests for debugging and verifying Activity handling.
• Follower lists now include the option to block individual accounts.
• Improved handling of deleted content with a new unified system for better tracking and compatibility.
• Moderation now checks blocked keywords across all language variants of the content, summary and name fields.
• When activated or deactivated network-wide, the plugin now refreshes rewrite rules across all sites.

Changed

• Add default avatars for actors without icons in admin tables.
• Added support for list of Actor IDs in Starter Kits.
• Improve Following class documentation and optimize count methods for better performance.
• Refactor actor blocking with unified API for better maintainability.

Fixed

• Blocks relying on user selectors no longer error due to a race condition when fetching users.
• Fix duplicate HTML IDs and missing form labels in modal blocks.
• Fix malformed ActivityPub handles for users with email-based logins (e.g., from Site Kit Google authentication).
• Fix PHP 8.4 deprecation warnings by preventing null values from being passed to WordPress core functions.
• Improves handling of author URLs by converting them to a proper format.
• Improves REST responses by skipping invalid actors in Followers and Following controllers.
• More reliable Actor checks during the follow process.
• Prevents Application users from being followed.
• Proper implementation of FEP 844e.
• Switches ActivityPub summaries to plain text for better compatibility.

Downloads

• WordPress.org: activitypub.7.3.0.zip
• GitHub: tag/7.3.0

Thank you!

Big thanks to everyone who contributed code, shared feedback, tested, or encouraged us along the way! Together, we’re making the fediverse more connected—one release at a time. ❤️

We’ve just rolled out version 7.3.0—try it out and let us know what you think!

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What's Changed Starter Kit: Link importer from Following site by @pfefferle in #2029 Starter Kits: Add support for list of IDs by @obenland in #2039 Mimic Mastodons search experience by @pfefferle...

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A thought experiment:

Language is not a passive instrument for conveying thought, but an active force that shapes the very contours of our intellect. It constructs the boundaries of our perception, suggesting that our cognitive world is fundamentally intertwined with the linguistic frameworks we inherit. This entanglement raises profound questions about the autonomy of thought and the origins of our ideas.Within this context, civilization presents a complex duality. Its established customs and linguistic norms can create a sense of order and facilitate communication, yet they may also impose an orientation that distances individuals from a more fundamental state of being. This raises a critical inquiry: how does one navigate the structures of society without losing touch with a more intrinsic, personal equilibrium?The notion of free will becomes particularly fraught. Is our sense of agency a genuine expression of self-determination, or is it an illusion shaped by the semantic structures of language and the subjective criteria of our culture? This perspective invites a deeper examination of the forces that guide our actions, suggesting they may be more complex and less conscious than we typically assume.This leads to the idea of a 'personal philosophy'—not as a fixed doctrine, but as an evolving 'approach' to existence. It is a way of being that acknowledges the influence of language and civilization while striving for an internal coherence that transcends them. It is a path of navigating external conditioning to find a more authentic alignment.Civilization, in this light, is neither a pure good nor an absolute evil. An individual entirely devoid of its influence is a hypothetical, for it is the very fabric of our development. The unbiased individual, were they to exist, would benefit immensely from the tools and knowledge civilization provides, just as civilization itself is enriched by the unique perspectives of such individuals. The challenge, then, is not to reject civilization, but to engage with it in a way that fosters individual growth without succumbing to its homogenizing tendencies.Recognizing the superficiality of our knowledge and the vastness of our ignorance is not a sign of weakness, but a gateway to more profound understanding. It is in this recognition that we can begin to question the belief systems that inhibit rationality and individuality. Even when rooted in perceived truths, such systems can function as illusions, delineating permissible thoughts and constraining the spirit of free inquiry. The task is to see beyond these self-imposed limitations and embrace the open-ended nature of philosophical exploration.

I am not generally in the habit of criticizing the editorial decisions of The Washington Post, my employer for 11 years and an institution that continues to good, important work in covering the unwinding of American democracy. But I think the paper’s assessment of the putative debate over Donald Trump’s signature on the note provided for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday demands some context.

The article’s original headline was “No clear answers on whether Trump signed the Epstein birthday book,” a declaration that was eventually softened to “Is the signature Trump’s? Epstein birthday book feeds speculation.” The article first presents the denials of Trump’s staff and allies that he couldn’t have signed the bizarre, creepy, suggestive document. It then quotes handwriting experts, some of whom who indicated uncertainty about the signature’s provenance. A number of full signatures of Trump’s are shown in an apparent effort to demonstrate variation.

The use of full signatures doesn’t make sense because the signature in the book — created in 2003, before Epstein was on law enforcement’s radar — includes only Trump’s first name. The New York Times compared that signature to other examples of Trump signing only his first name, showing that they are nearly identical. In fact, the Wall Street Journal, which originally reported on the note, also published an article demonstrating why the note was almost certainly from Trump, including similar first-name-only signatures from the now-president.

The Journal did so, it’s safe to assume, because its initial report on the letter was rejected as invented or “fake news” by Trump et al. (Trump even sued, claiming, in part, that no such letter existed.) In other words, it probably assumed that publication of the note would trigger precisely the response that it did, an effort to move the goalposts of claimed fraudulence.

There is absolutely no reason to think that the note was not, in fact, from Trump and no reason to think that the signature is not his own. Even setting aside the obvious-to-any-layperson similarity to other signatures, the idea that someone would create a phony Trump letter as a private gift to someone Trump had praised publicly the year prior doesn’t make any sense.

So why treat the idea that the signature isn’t his seriously? Why treat the assertions of people with demonstrated track records of lying on Trump’s behalf — including Trump, his communications team and right-wing influencers — as offering sincere complaints on this particular issue? Why grant them the benefit of the doubt that they actually think the signature isn’t his?

People who got sick from exposure to radiation during the United States’ development and testing of nuclear weapons can now start applying for compensation again.

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act program, known as RECA, has been revived after provisions to reauthorize claim filings under the program were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that became law last month.

RECA compensates individuals who developed certain illnesses from exposure to radiation during the United States’ development and testing of nuclear weapons. The program initially expired in 2024 due to congressional inaction, and no claims were accepted after June 10, 2024.

“RECA does not require claimants to prove causation,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice. “Rather, claimants qualify for compensation by establishing a diagnosis of a compensable disease after working or residing in a designated location for a specific period.”

Between the 1940s and 1990s, thousands of uranium mines operated in the United States, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Most operated in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona, typically on federal and tribal lands.

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Y'all, I'm a big fan of Lemmy, and looking to get out of the walled gardens and into the fediverse as much as I can.

I'm wondering about a few things, so let me know before I go signing up for everything if I'm doing this right or what.

I'm looking for some sort of blog/html hosting site, and I think that Hubzilla is appropriate for this, but I'm not sure. Primarily, I just want some space for some webgames and assets. Nothing crazy. That might also be Codeberg (OSS, not federated AFAIK), but I'm not sure about Hubzilla since it seems to do everything. Federating from Wordpress won't work because they seem to have their direct HTML editing access locked down to the point that it's not what I need.

I understand that pixelfed is the IG parallel (I don't use IG more than seeing what my spouse and 1 friend sends me), but are there multiple options for FB replacement? Or just Friendica? I genuinely don't think I'll have any IRL friends on Friendica if I go look, but I'm not going to have to provide an ID. But hey, there's always my 500th overlapping Linux enthusiast group to join.

Thanks in advance - all advice appreciated!

Starting in November, all New Mexico families, regardless of income, will be able to enroll their kids in pre-K for free. The governor announced they will be investing in more early education programs and facilities. “Universal access, free childcare for every New Mexico family in the state of New Mexico, that starts in New Mexico for the country,” said Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-New Mexico).

It’s an announcement that Governor Lujan Grisham said will change lives across the state, especially for families struggling to make ends meet. Starting in November, the Early Childhood Education and Care Department will implement free childcare across the board. “It is the backbone of creating a system of support for families that allow them to work, to go to college, and do all of the things that they need to do,” said Governor Lujan Grisham.

In recent years, the state expanded no-cost childcare to more households, so, for example, a family of three making less than $100,000 a year would qualify. But, the governor saidm that still left many New Mexicans straining to cover childcare. Now the state is lifting that income cap.