Merlin Dervish

I think Canada should follow the lead the US is setting and appoint a random 19-year-old as the Fentanyl Czar.

This. A thousand times this.

Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Why You Need A New App Google has confirmed these dangerous new attacks — you need this change now.

Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Why You Need A New App www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

A post-capitalism Internet would make this all look like the seediest of whorehouses.

reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits New research reveals Google's reCAPTCHA system primarily serves as a tracking tool, generating billions in revenue while offering minimal protection against bots.

reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits

https://boingboing.net/2025/02/07/recaptcha-819-million-hours-of-wasted-human-time-and-billions-of-dollars-google-profit.html

#tech #technology #news #technews #google #capcha #recapcha

#Google if you really don't have the means to keep track of a list of holidays, why don't you just use some of your AI for the job? So what if it invents a few, it's just drops in the ocean of misinformation.

I mean, they seem to be out to track every bit of information they can. But they can't maintain a list of holidays?

Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’ Some users are angry that some events have been removed.

Do you buy #Google's excuse? www.theverge.com/news/608858/...

Elon Musk's DOGE Is Running Highly Sensitive Government Data Through AI: Report Trump has unleashed a mob of tech-arsonists on the entire federal government.

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Wave of layoffs hit businesses and NGOs thanks to Trump's actions: report President Donald Trump's sweeping blockade of federal grant payments is already having a severe impact, reported The Washington Post on Thursday — as the order is triggering a wave of layoffs at priva...

The job numbers for the first quarter are going to be 🔥
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Quick switch back from Sheets Fairy account to Merlin now...

Another quick test of the Bluesky Character Unlimiter; this time just seeing if I can post to a different Bluesky account.

Google Drops Pledge to Not Use AI to Develop Weapons, Surveillance Technologies One Google worker says there’s widespread employee sentiment that the company shouldn’t be in the “business of war.”

Google has removed from its Responsible AI principles a commitment to not use artificial intelligence to develop technologies that could cause “overall harm,” including weapons and surveillance.

USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems The USAID systems the DOGE team tried to access included personnel files, three sources familiar with the events told NBC News.

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Flu Vaccines: Myth Vs. Fact Despite CDC recommendations that everyone get their shot by the end of October, less than half of American adults receive flu vaccines, with many refraining due to misinformation they encounter online. The Onion breaks down common myths about immunizations and how they really affect the body. MYTH: The flu shot is free. FACT: While the […]

Flu Vaccines: Myth Vs. Fact
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It's gonna be hilarious when US nationals start getting arrested by Mexico for trafficking fentanyl across the border.

You just double-click a cell in a spreadsheet, and either type or paste in a post of whatever length you like, and it automatically breaks your text into multiple posts of 300 characters or less, and posts them to your account. I'm typing this into the sheet now.

This is the second test of a work in progress I think I'm going to name the Bluesky Character Unlimiter. The idea is to break past #Bluesky's 300-character limit.

@frankzappa.bsky.social

Unfortunately, the yougly mug will set you back $32.95.

Please upvote this definition! urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yougly
#FrankZappa

#Facebook #AI

Until Israel’s Siege and Occupation End, Every Palestinian Remains a Hostage Nothing we’ve heard so far from the Israeli state gives confidence that the agreement will last past the first phase.

Soon after the ceasefire agreement had gone into effect, Israel launched a massive military operation in the occupied West Bank, raiding towns and villages and detaining more than 90 Palestinians.

Trump's federal funding freeze:

72 million Americans on Medicaid will go without access to lifesaving, critical health care.

Seniors who rely on Meals on Wheels will go hungry.

Cancer research programs will be gutted.

Pregnant mothers & newborns will go without critical nutrition assistance.

Really cannot urge you enough to call your members of Congress right now. I just talked to my very red state, Trump-supporting senator's office. Much to my surprise, they were very receptive to my feedback and seemed extremely concerned. This feels like a rare opportunity to be heard.

Hemphill, 71, told the Times that she “lost her critical thinking” when she joined the “Stop the Steal” movement, saying, “Now I know it was a cult.”

The Times reported that it is not yet clear whether Hemphill can reject Trump’s pardon as there is little legal precedent for doing so.

Hemphill, who lives in Boise, Idaho, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense in January 2022 for entering the Capitol on the day thousands of Trump supporters showed to stop the certification of his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election.