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Stop generating, start thinking - localghost

localghost.dev · Feb 08

Instead of wanting to learn and improve as humans, and build better software, we’ve outsourced our mistakes to an unthinking algorithm.

Shared by @jonas and 34 others.
Evil Jim O’Donnell (@eatyourgreens) · Feb 09
🔁 @sophie:

I've been on a bit of a social media hiatus, but I've written a new post about something that's been on my mind a lot lately
localghost.dev/blog/stop-gener

Benjamim :prami_hearts: (@benjamim) · Feb 09
🔁 @sophie:

I've been on a bit of a social media hiatus, but I've written a new post about something that's been on my mind a lot lately
localghost.dev/blog/stop-gener

ben (@benjamineskola) · Feb 09
🔁 @sophie:

I've been on a bit of a social media hiatus, but I've written a new post about something that's been on my mind a lot lately
localghost.dev/blog/stop-gener

Tyler Sticka (@tylersticka) · Feb 09
🔁 @sophie:

I've been on a bit of a social media hiatus, but I've written a new post about something that's been on my mind a lot lately
localghost.dev/blog/stop-gener

Virginie (@Maker) · Feb 08
🔁 @sophie:

I've been on a bit of a social media hiatus, but I've written a new post about something that's been on my mind a lot lately
localghost.dev/blog/stop-gener

Joel Chippindale (@joel) · Feb 09
🔁 @sophie:

I've been on a bit of a social media hiatus, but I've written a new post about something that's been on my mind a lot lately
localghost.dev/blog/stop-gener

Christophe B. :android: (@bladecoder) · Feb 09
🔁 @sophie:

I've been on a bit of a social media hiatus, but I've written a new post about something that's been on my mind a lot lately
localghost.dev/blog/stop-gener

EchoFeed Amplify (@echofeedamplify) · Feb 09
🔁 @robb:

⭐ Stop Generating, Start Thinking by @sophie localghost.dev/blog/stop-gener

Sophie is much smarter than me and she's written the post I had in my mind but would never be able to articulate as well as this.

"So if we're not thinking and they're not thinking that means nobody is thinking. Nothing good can come from software nobody has thought about."

rknight.me/links/stop-generati

Webspace Invaders · Matthias Ott

matthiasott.com · Feb 09

There’s something happening on the Web at the moment that almost feels like watching that old arcade game Space Invaders play out across our servers. Bots and scrapers marching in formation, attacking our servers wave after wave, systematically requesting page after page, relentlessly filling t...

Shared by @artlung and 19 others.
Sarah Rainsberger (@sarah11918) · Feb 09
🔁 @matthiasott:

✍️ New article: Webspace Invaders

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matthiasott.com/articles/websp

Elena. (she/ her) (@theresmiling) · Feb 09
🔁 @matthiasott:

✍️ New article: Webspace Invaders

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matthiasott.com/articles/websp

Oliver Brux (@oliverbrux) · Feb 09
🔁 @matthiasott:

✍️ New article: Webspace Invaders

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matthiasott.com/articles/websp

Greg Wilson (@gvwilson) · Feb 09
🔁 @matthiasott:

✍️ New article: Webspace Invaders

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matthiasott.com/articles/websp

Jon Henshaw (@jon) · Feb 09
🔁 @matthiasott:

✍️ New article: Webspace Invaders

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matthiasott.com/articles/websp

Trit’ (@TritTriton) · Feb 09

Lectures du jour :

“New Project: Great Salt Lake Ecological Observatory” :
gemini://arcanesciences.com/ge

→ “Gemini's Great Salt Lake Observatory” (hélas, ça n’utilise pas les unités SI… 😔) :
gemini://arcanesciences.com/sa

“Running Your Own AS: BGP on #FreeBSD with FRR, GRE Tunnels, and Policy Routing” :
gemini://gemini.hofstede.it/bg

“Webspace Invaders” :
matthiasott.com/articles/websp

“Beating an old, but not dead horse: what to do with the Oxygen and Air themes?” (pour #KDE Plasma) :
filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/0

Julius Schröder (@radiusJS) · Feb 09
🔁 @matthiasott:

✍️ New article: Webspace Invaders

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matthiasott.com/articles/websp

Nic (@NicMakesStuff) · Feb 09
🔁 @matthiasott:

✍️ New article: Webspace Invaders

👾👾👾👾👾👾👾👾👾👾👾👾

matthiasott.com/articles/websp

Chris (@swithinbank) · Feb 09
🔁 @matthiasott:

✍️ New article: Webspace Invaders

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matthiasott.com/articles/websp

Discord Alternatives, Ranked

taggart-tech.com · Feb 09

Building an online community takes more than tools. But the right tool can make all the difference.

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility

propublica.org · Feb 09

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight.

Shared by @blogdiva and 21 others.
anilmc (@anilmc) · Feb 09
🔁 @GreetingsOut:

A very important article. Please read. If it doesn’t move you then check your humanity at the door, please. 👇🏼
“I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here”
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days”
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

GhostOnTheHalfShell (@GhostOnTheHalfShell) · Feb 09
🔁 @GreetingsOut:

A very important article. Please read. If it doesn’t move you then check your humanity at the door, please. 👇🏼
“I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here”
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days”
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

Annother (@Avonan) · Feb 09
🔁 @GreetingsOut:

A very important article. Please read. If it doesn’t move you then check your humanity at the door, please. 👇🏼
“I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here”
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days”
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva) · Feb 09
🔁 @ben:

"Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight." propublica.org/article/ice-dil

Christine Lemmer-Webber (@cwebber) · Feb 09
🔁 @ben:

"Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight." propublica.org/article/ice-dil

Nicole Parsons (@Npars01) · Feb 09
🔁 @ben:

"Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight." propublica.org/article/ice-dil

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility

propublica.org · Feb 09

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight.

Shared by @Geoffberner and 28 others.
Axomamma, Antifa's cousin* (@Axomamma) · Feb 09
🔁 @ProPublica:

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
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ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law

Bill Sharpe Gadfly (@OhMrBill) · Feb 09
🔁 @ProPublica:

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
---

ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law

samiamsam (@samiamsam) · Feb 09
🔁 @ProPublica:

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
---

ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law

Jeff McNeill (@jeffmcneill) · Feb 09
🔁 @ProPublica:

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
---

ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law

trending_bot (@trending_bot) · Feb 09
🔁 @ProPublica:

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
---

ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law

Polly Waugh (@PollyWaugh) · Feb 09
🔁 @ProPublica:

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
---

ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law

Petra van Cronenburg (@NatureMC) · Feb 09
🔁 @ProPublica:

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
---

ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law

Geoff Berner (@Geoffberner) · Feb 09
🔁 @ProPublica:

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
---

ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law

Roy #EatTheRich Pardee 🇺🇸 (@rpardee) · Feb 09
🔁 @ProPublica:

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
---

ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law

Bongolian (@Bongolian) · Feb 09
🔁 @ProPublica:

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
---

ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
propublica.org/article/ice-dil

#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law

From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media

thejournal.ie · Feb 09

Layoffs, billionaires and political capture are hollowing out legacy news, and it’s difficult to see what will come next, writes Jeff Jarvis.

Shared by @dgoldsmith and 13 others.
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva) · Feb 09
🔁 @jeffjarvis:

Ireland's @TheJournal asked me to write about the Washington Post. I wrote its obituary--and mass media's. Don't save it. Replace it.
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media jrnl.ie/6950317

Wokebloke for Democracy (@dougiec3) · Feb 09
🔁 @jeffjarvis:

Ireland's @TheJournal asked me to write about the Washington Post. I wrote its obituary--and mass media's. Don't save it. Replace it.
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media jrnl.ie/6950317

Joe Brockmeier (@jzb) · Feb 09
🔁 @jeffjarvis:

Ireland's @TheJournal asked me to write about the Washington Post. I wrote its obituary--and mass media's. Don't save it. Replace it.
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media jrnl.ie/6950317

Eric Smit (@EricChrSmit) · Feb 09
🔁 @jeffjarvis:

Ireland's @TheJournal asked me to write about the Washington Post. I wrote its obituary--and mass media's. Don't save it. Replace it.
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media jrnl.ie/6950317

Fucking Bitches Unite 💪 (@roserudd) · Feb 09
🔁 @jeffjarvis:

Ireland's @TheJournal asked me to write about the Washington Post. I wrote its obituary--and mass media's. Don't save it. Replace it.
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media jrnl.ie/6950317

Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) · Feb 09

Ireland's @TheJournal asked me to write about the Washington Post. I wrote its obituary--and mass media's. Don't save it. Replace it.
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media jrnl.ie/6950317

Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️♾️🇺🇦 (@dgoldsmith) · Feb 09
🔁 @jeffjarvis:

Ireland's @TheJournal asked me to write about the Washington Post. I wrote its obituary--and mass media's. Don't save it. Replace it.
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media jrnl.ie/6950317

Aslak Raanes (@aslakr) · Feb 09
🔁 @jeffjarvis:

Ireland's @TheJournal asked me to write about the Washington Post. I wrote its obituary--and mass media's. Don't save it. Replace it.
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media jrnl.ie/6950317

Lisa Melton (@lisamelton) · Feb 09
🔁 @jeffjarvis:

Ireland's @TheJournal asked me to write about the Washington Post. I wrote its obituary--and mass media's. Don't save it. Replace it.
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media jrnl.ie/6950317

Cary (@crenquis) · Feb 09
🔁 @jeffjarvis:

Ireland's @TheJournal asked me to write about the Washington Post. I wrote its obituary--and mass media's. Don't save it. Replace it.
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media jrnl.ie/6950317

Shared by @waltwooton and 12 others.
Joe Cardillo (Disinfo Dad) (@joecardillo) · Feb 09
🔁 @anildash:

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pr

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva) · Feb 09
🔁 @anildash:

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pr

hypebot (@hypebot) · Feb 09
🔁 @anildash:

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pr

Trending Bot (@trending) · Feb 09
🔁 @anildash:

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pr

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 (@Lazarou) · Feb 09
🔁 @anildash:

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pr

Shannon Prickett (@Binder) · Feb 09
🔁 @anildash:

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pr

Dr. Juande Santander-Vela (@juandesant) · Feb 09
🔁 @anildash:

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pr

Brian Vastag (@brianvastag) · Feb 09
🔁 @anildash:

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pr

Guy English (@Gte) · Feb 09
🔁 @anildash:

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pr

Journalism & Comment Channel (@journalismandcomment) · Feb 09
🔁 @anildash:

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pr

Gladys West obituary

theguardian.com · Feb 08

Mathematician whose work at the US Naval Weapons Laboratory was pivotal to the development of GPS

Shared by @davebauerart and 19 others.
Maj - 🇨🇦 (@maj) · Feb 09
🔁 @JulianOliver:

A great Gladys West obituary, a woman intrinsic to the development of GPS and GIS more generally (among other things).

Because history is overflowing with Father of Tech Things (often at the expense of hidden & brilliant women doing the heavy lifting), let's call her the Mother of GPS

theguardian.com/science/2026/f

Compassionate Crab (@Compassionatecrab) · Feb 09
🔁 @kityates:

"It took decades of painstaking work at the US Naval Weapons Laboratory for her to come up with the geodesic systems that would allow the precise measurements and mapping needed for the technology – her work nevertheless transformed modern life."

theguardian.com/science/2026/f

Chip Butty (@otfrom) · Feb 09
🔁 @kityates:

"It took decades of painstaking work at the US Naval Weapons Laboratory for her to come up with the geodesic systems that would allow the precise measurements and mapping needed for the technology – her work nevertheless transformed modern life."

theguardian.com/science/2026/f

Christof Schöch (@christof) · Feb 09
🔁 @JulianOliver:

A great Gladys West obituary, a woman intrinsic to the development of GPS and GIS more generally (among other things).

Because history is overflowing with Father of Tech Things (often at the expense of hidden & brilliant women doing the heavy lifting), let's call her the Mother of GPS

theguardian.com/science/2026/f

Alexandre B A Villares 🐍 (@villares) · Feb 09
🔁 @JulianOliver:

A great Gladys West obituary, a woman intrinsic to the development of GPS and GIS more generally (among other things).

Because history is overflowing with Father of Tech Things (often at the expense of hidden & brilliant women doing the heavy lifting), let's call her the Mother of GPS

theguardian.com/science/2026/f

almondtree (@almondtree) · Feb 08
🔁 @JulianOliver:

A great Gladys West obituary, a woman intrinsic to the development of GPS and GIS more generally (among other things).

Because history is overflowing with Father of Tech Things (often at the expense of hidden & brilliant women doing the heavy lifting), let's call her the Mother of GPS

theguardian.com/science/2026/f

Sandzwerg (@sandzwerg) · Feb 09
🔁 @JulianOliver:

A great Gladys West obituary, a woman intrinsic to the development of GPS and GIS more generally (among other things).

Because history is overflowing with Father of Tech Things (often at the expense of hidden & brilliant women doing the heavy lifting), let's call her the Mother of GPS

theguardian.com/science/2026/f

wsm (@weldon) · Feb 09
🔁 @JulianOliver:

A great Gladys West obituary, a woman intrinsic to the development of GPS and GIS more generally (among other things).

Because history is overflowing with Father of Tech Things (often at the expense of hidden & brilliant women doing the heavy lifting), let's call her the Mother of GPS

theguardian.com/science/2026/f

Kevin Russell (@kevinrns) · Feb 09
🔁 @JulianOliver:

A great Gladys West obituary, a woman intrinsic to the development of GPS and GIS more generally (among other things).

Because history is overflowing with Father of Tech Things (often at the expense of hidden & brilliant women doing the heavy lifting), let's call her the Mother of GPS

theguardian.com/science/2026/f

JNL (@jnl) · Feb 08
🔁 @JulianOliver:

A great Gladys West obituary, a woman intrinsic to the development of GPS and GIS more generally (among other things).

Because history is overflowing with Father of Tech Things (often at the expense of hidden & brilliant women doing the heavy lifting), let's call her the Mother of GPS

theguardian.com/science/2026/f

Worth reading

Have I hardened against LLMs?

baldurbjarnason.com · Feb 09

Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

Shared by @JamesLaverack and 26 others.
Shaun Chamberlin (@DarkOptimism) · Feb 09
🔁 @harold:

"OpenAI’s model [Whisper] fabricates in its transcripts. To this day, it still regularly makes shit up in its transcripts. That it’s being adopted in healthcare around the world should terrify you. That it’s being sold into these sensitive industries by OpenAI even though they seem well-aware of these flaws should make you question the integrity of the people running that company." — @baldur

baldurbjarnason.com/2026/have-

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