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*What is people's relationship with "space" when it's got about a thousand machines and no human "explorers"
in reply to Bruce Sterling @bruces

There's a lot of human stories behind every one of those machines, and also there's a lot of humanity we imbue into the machines themselves (particularly JAXA, but also others).

Is it logical or rational to humanize a robot halfway across the solar system? Maybe not. But we humans do it anyway.





I don't know how much of the new tell-all book about Meta/Facebook is true, but the company's hardline panic suggests there's plenty of meat on those bones. reuters.com/legal/meta-wins-ha…

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in reply to Dan Gillmor

For folks who want to listen and don't like Amazon: libro.fm/audiobooks/9781250403…


Spooked: #Trump disowns his "take over the #Gaza Strip" remarks after his golf resort was vandalized (video) - boingboing.net/2025/03/12/spoo… "Nobody is expelling any Palestinians," Trump said incredulously, as if he were hit with a wave of dementia" #astonishing
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Elon #Musk targeted me over #Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working - theguardian.com/commentisfree/… "I’ve always believed the people are powerful. Now we know the world’s richest man does too"

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in reply to Glyn Moody

@cwebber

The Biden administration shoveled American taxpayer money into Tesla by subsidizing the purchase of Model Y’s, making it the 4th best selling car of 2024 (according to Car and Driver). 400k Tesla Y’s sold in America in 2024 alone.

Many people on the left purchased Teslas. I refuse to demonize my friends and neighbors.

It is unclear to me how demonizing millions of Tesla owners is going to win hearts and minds. This is madness.

irs.gov/credits-deductions/cre…

in reply to Rob

@rob yes, people who bought them in good faith in the past should not be blamed; people who buy them now on the other hand.... @cwebber



Chinese Companies Rush to Put DeepSeek in Everything - wired.com/story/deepseek-china… "From video game developers to a nuclear power plant, companies across China are adopting DeepSeek’s AI models to boost stock prices and flaunt their national pride." #monoculture #ai



Trump officials to reconsider whether greenhouse gases cause harm amid climate rollbacks - theguardian.com/environment/20… terrible, but I read elsewhere that they may charge climate researchers with *fraud* - could #trump sink that low? #ClimateCrisis
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Trump hints at financial repercussions if Russia rejects Ukraine ceasefire - theguardian.com/world/2025/mar… useless; they've been doing that for three years...



Ach, wie läuft es eigentlich bei den rechten Nationalliberalen der FDP? Oh, no, oh jesus. What the fuck?



Baby #wombat-snatching US influencer at risk of losing Australian visa - theguardian.com/australia-news… confirms that "influencer" == idiot



‘80 years of lies and deception’: is this film proof of #alien life on Earth? - theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/… "The Age of Disclosure, a provocative new documentary that argues for the existence of #extraterrestrials, has drawn gasps and criticism at the SXSW film festival"


#Texas #measles outbreak spills into third state as cases reach 258 - arstechnica.com/health/2025/03… it's coming...
in reply to Glyn Moody

there should be a human rights case made against whoever is not actively promoting the vaccination for this



Trump says he will label violence against #Tesla as domestic #terrorism - techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/trum… #perfectly reasonable behaviour...
in reply to Glyn Moody

Time for Tesla owners to check if their car insurance covers acts of terrorism, or they might suddenly find their claims refused. That would be a shame...



How whale urine benefits the ocean ecosystem - arstechnica.com/science/2025/0… "Great whales can transport 4,000 tons of nitrogen annually to tropical coastal areas." clever old #whales




A 4WD tour through the rugged interior of #Tahiti in French #Polynesia with its #rainforests is a wonderful experience. We saw more than 100 #waterfalls after it had rained the day before. Did you do this tour? backpackandsnorkel.com/Tahiti/…




Forgot to connect a resistor to pin 7 so this 555 didn’t oscillate. There is now a resistor hidden under the 555, as well as me having to lift the leg of another and run a bodge wire.



Want to be more productive by being less alone? Join our co-working day this friday at the hackerspace! We'll all be in our own little worlds, but at least we'll be in them together. Paradoxical productivity awaits! #coworking #hackerspace #bruxelles #HSBXL hsbxl.be/events/open-coding-da…
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Gnome Team should be made aware that gitlab.gnome.org anti AI bot does not impact Meta.

People share links to there, and the previews work just fine, which means, you guessed it.

#Gnome #Meta




Billionaires should not exist.
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Here's the web page and registration form for the "Safe place for science" program from Aix-Marseille University, directed towards US scientists who would want to come work here for 3 years:

univ-amu.fr/en/public/actualit…

#standup4science #amu



Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for these Plants vs. Zombies Plush Toys. I'm rooting for plants, they provide me with delicious watermelons and limes. Zombies haven't done anything for me since Rick stopped yelling "Carrrrrlllll" on The Walking Dead.
amazon.com/dp/B0B6QW3LVK?ref=t…
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Why does the second one have 4... uh.. heightening tools in their uh... what even is that, is it its mouth or what..