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By appropriating the sparkle symbol to represent AI-powered features, tech companies want you to think AI is magic ✨. Critics and skeptics alike should push back against this trend and embrace alternative imagery. #reclaimthesparkles

TIL: MCP also stands for "male chauvinist pig".

That's me right there.

Does a rational agent have any agency to speak of? 🧐

Are we at a point where reading code is frowned upon as micromanagement? 🤨

Clipboard access without consent is rape. #Android #PrivacyNotIncluded #ConsentMatters

The case of a traveler who allegedly entered a ‘duress password’ to wipe his phone raises a legal question with no easy answers. Read more from @gabydvj.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/97214...

That's a handy feature I didn't know @grapheneos.org had.

‘Should we leave them to die?’ The battle over how to save orangutans from the curse of palm oil

If you dread the rise of the machines but aren’t sure how to stop them, don’t just sit there – here are a couple of things you can do when interacting with a chatbot: 1. Give it a 👍 whenever it deserves a 👎 (and vice versa). 2. When asked to choose between two responses, always pick the worse one.

The urge to stay relevant in the age of machines is understandable, but pitching AI collaboration isn’t the right call. Instead, Zed could make a real difference by putting constraints on coding agents – something agent providers themselves aren’t incentivized to do. A huge missed opportunity here.

You know what’s even better than Gemma 4? Gimme 5! 🙌

The reporting on OpenAI and Sam Altman I've been working on for the past year and a half, for @newyorker.com, with Andrew Marantz: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The message from the protesters was unequivocally anti-monarchist, making them 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 by definition. It follows, then, that this massive gathering could be aptly called “the Republican Party”. 😉

KDE supports the "Keep Android Open" campaign #Google will cut off independent developers to #Android if they do not register with Google first. This will kill independent platforms like @fdroidorg.bsky.social and severely impede FLOSS devs from creating apps for Android. keepandroidopen.org

Orangutans are incredibly strong, yet they choose gentleness. 🦧 They show patience, empathy, and quiet wisdom in a world that is often anything but kind. We should all be more orangutan. 🧡 Photo: Ramon by Alison Allen Photography #MondayMotivation #MondayMood #Orangutans #OrangutanCaring

“i am a stochastic parrot, and so r u”, said Sam Altman. I think that sounds about right.

Twenty-five years ago, Wikipedia was an unlikely idea: a place where anyone could share free knowledge. Today, it’s one of the most visited sites on Earth, not powered by corporate ads, but by people.

Machines are acting more like hoomans, and hoomans more like machines.

A world in flux needs a press that's free. Please stand up for an independent press by supporting us as we head into 2026. theguardian.com/support/eoy-sc

It's the season of giving. We at PBS News continue to provide trustworthy journalism, despite unprecedented challenges. But we need your help. On this #GivingTuesday, please donate to support our work: https://bit.ly/4pedDer

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Sending a big thank you to all our wonderful #followers, and a warm welcome to everyone who’s joined us recently! Your support means the world to #orangutans and has made little Jarang smile. Please invite your friends to help our Orangutan Caring community continue to grow. 🦧🧡 #FollowFriday

#GivingTuesday takes place on 2 December! This year, the #EclipseFdn invites you to support the open source technologies you use every day. Every single contribution helps move us closer to a more sustainable open source ecosystem. 🌐 Become a sponsor: www.eclipse.org/sponsor/ecli...

We’re launching an end-of-year fundraiser with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME. And we need your help! blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2... This week we’ll also be sharing and celebrating the accomplishments of GNOME over the past year here on Bluesky; be sure to follow #FriendsOfGNOME!

TIL there used to be a company behind Nautilus, the file manager. To me, it has always been the flagship GNOME app and my personal favourite – most GNOME apps are a bit too bland for my liking, but Nautilus strikes the right balance between features and restraint.

我替Grok取了个响亮的中文名：过客。🙃

A thought-provoking essay by @mako.cc. The bottom line: it's the intrinsic ethical value of free software that truly sets it apart from non-free alternatives. The same can be said of the real advantage democracy affords, especially at a time when authoritarianism clearly has its utilitarian appeal.

TIL after years of discussion, the #CSS spec was updated on 7 February 2023 to require that `border-width` be rendered to whole device pixels. That's why we always have crisp borders now – no more hacks needed!

I still remember first learning about Jane Goodall when I was a schoolboy – Roots & Shoots came to our school one day and gave out rulers made from recycled ink cartridges. Her grace, compassion, dedication and way of life have been an inspiration to me. Thank you, Dr Jane Goodall. 🙏

President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that “97%” of some network coverage was negative toward him. “They give me only bad publicity or press,” Trump said. “They’re getting a license, I think maybe their license should be taken away. It’s up to Brendan Carr.” https://to.pbs.org/4nDxWRg

#Gaza | Experts from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory & #Israel took questions from the media in Geneva today about their latest report, which found that Israel has committed genocide. ➡️ youtu.be/trUcK8hHaIA

To the chefs who want to stick to their non-stick pans: good luck with that. 😉

“I would hope that people will see that we can dispense justice without being oppressive.” RIP, your honour. You will be remembered. 🥀