btw this afternoon like, right now is when I finally do my legal name change. theoretically. I'm half expecting they'll create trouble over me not having a German birth certificate but eh, I don't even care very much at this point, I waited 8 years, what difference will it make. anyway I also gave up being completely plastic-free because I need *some*thing to warm my legs when I'm out, so I got these plush leggings with stockings look from calcedonia. they're comfy and should layer well with something water-resistant on top when I get waxed pants or skirts, and they go great for OL days like today

> “$64 billion of data center projects have been blocked or delayed amid local opposition: Local activism threatens to derail the U.S. data center boom.” > *Cooool.*

Pivot to AI

Data Center Watch worries that anti-AI activism is working

Data Center Watch sounds like a group keeping an eye on the threat of data centres. It’s actually the opposite — it’s an AI industry astrotur...

keep up the good work, folks! hit them where it hurts, make data centers unprofitable!

my ex made me this super loving gift box with little drawings and multiple languages in different scripts and stuff so I don't want to throw it away but also I don't know what to use it for

If you haven't cancelled #Mozilla yet, check out

Tabstack

Tabstack - Web Browsing for AI

Automate web browsing for AI systems with Tabstack's API. Click, scroll, search & submit forms. Mozilla-backed privacy. Free starter plan ...

yes that's a captcha-dodger scraper bot for "AIs". as a service. powered by the Mozilla Corporation. now you know how they're planning to make bank. oddly under-the-cover project, isn't it? not even showing in search engines. I wonder why :thaenkin:

also even the ~34% figure includes victimless "crimes" such as expired visas, document issues (the most common), and personal drug consumption.

I find it darkly funny that "Tintin in Congo" is so completely racist that to simply translate it as-is into Lingála counts as an artistic intervention / social commentary

Ilan Manouach

TINTIN AKEI KONGO | Ilan Manouach

Tintin Akei Kongo Tintin Akei Kongo is the translated version of Tintin au Congo in lingala, the official Congolese dialect. The book is an exact f...

because after 112 languages up until that point nobody bothered to even translate it into the language of the actual people being caricatured

tfw both KeePassXC and Bitwarden are now vibecoding-curious

"no way to prevent this", says mastodon admin running instance in the only account creation mode where this regularly happens

original: kakaw, kakawatl Spanish: cacao German: Kakao Portuguese: cacao French: cacao Polish: kakao Japanese: カカオ Russian: Какао Hungarian: Kakaó Arabic: كَاكَاو English: cocoa :thonking: I never thought about that, why is English like, metathesised the vowels? it doesn't make sense phonetically either, you would expect something like "cackaw" or whatever if they were trying to imitate the sound. it feels as if at some point someone mixed up the letters rather than the sounds