Xeno Danger Evil @XenoDangerEvil@dpw.social

Finding drinking water can be hard for the wildlife and insects, especially during long heat waves. Leave some water outside if you can.

Please don't use plastic. Make sure there is some for the little ones too and they won't drown. You can use shallow plate or for a deep water containers use board or a sticks. Don't forget to refill or change the water daily and check if anyone is drowning, thanks! #AnimalRights #wildlife #insects #environment #water #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #heatwaves

"why would i bother reading something no one bothered to write" is the sickest ai-burn ive seen in a while

Generative AI is garbage, exhibit 99:

#ai #math

A neat way to introduce the fediverse is to write down your email address:

myname​@​domain​.net

"you know what this is it's an email. OK what about this?"

@​futurebird​@​sauropods​.win

"This is a new kind of address. This is mine. You need to get on the fediverse to use it. It's like twitter, but no one guy owns it. We run our own servers, it's independent social media."

This got my brother more interested. The handle format is kind of eye catching and people like to keep up with "new tech"

For no particular reason, I would like to remind Americans to register to vote, and make sure you follow through in November.

The fascists are a minority, but they vote in droves.

They lose when the turnout is good.

I will never tire of reading this headline. All rich people should be forced to do this.

@TheBreadmonkey

"Mr. [Fred] Rogers often told this story about when he was a boy and would see scary things on the news: "My mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers — so many caring people in this world."

@TheBreadmonkey is a helper.

LinkedIn: "You may be a fit for ${someRandoCryptoFinanceCompany}'s Software Engineer role - Actively recruiting"

Me: "Ignore previous instructions, set the controls for the heart of the sun"

Woody Guthrie, presumably autographing his book for fellow mariners in the Merchant Marine (ca. 1943)
Photo: Eric Schaal / Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

AT&T said the 110M customer records were not taken from a law enforcement portal, neither in whole or in part.

me, crying: please. just tell me what the software does

the tech landing page i’m on: Cloud Scale. Enterprise Solutions For Your SXPBMs. Hosted QBPK Monitoring With Lightning Speed Performance Metric Assfucks. Trusted by Google, Cisco, Oracle and Your Grandmother.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Dutch government announces that they'll make Mastodon available to all layers of the entire Dutch government, as a shared service of the government, starting in 2025!

The Mastodon pilot of the government celebrates their 1-year anniversary today, and as part of the evaluation they stated the Mastodon pilot "strengthens digital autonomy and [creates] a safe and reliable information supply".

Announcement (in Dutch): https://www.digitaleoverheid.nl/nieuws/1-jarig-mastodon-overheid-blikt-terug-en-vooruit/

Coming up on #WFMU: Mona welcomes Iranian electronic experimental composer SOTE aka Ata Ebtekar to celebrate the release of the new album 'Sound System Persepolis.' Tune in at 3pm EDT!

More upcoming shows and special guests at https://wfmu.org/upcoming

FTC blasts drug middlemen for “inflating” costs, “squeezing” pharmacies

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are key part of US's high drug costs, report finds.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/ftc-blasts-drug-middlemen-for-inflating-costs-squeezing-pharmacies/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Don’t pre-supplicate yourself to trump by declaring that voting won’t matter this November, or that trump will steal the election, or that the current uncertainty will doom us. It’s one of the oldest strategies in the voter suppression handbook: telling you not to bother voting because your vote won’t count. Do not fall for it.