Notices by David Chartier (chartier@toot.cafe)

"If you illegally download a book or movie, you are labeled a pirate, but if you illegally download millions of books and movies, you are labeled an #AI developer"

via: https://www.reddit.com/r/ShowerThoughtsRejects/comments/1kijvp1/if_you_illegally_download_a_book_or_movie_you_are/

It’s that easy

“Were you homeschooled by a pigeon?” #tarrifs

Meaningless hill I will still die on: You did not write a new blog today, you wrote a new *post* for your blog.

You do not drive your car on the car. You drive your car on the road.

Burn the entire industry down. Every server, every laptop, every backup, every bar napkin. Then jail the actual thieves for once
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/openai-urges-trump-either-settle-ai-copyright-debate-or-lose-ai-race-to-china/

A brief reprieve

“RFK Jr commits to measles U-turn amid deadly Texas outbreak”

He penned a fucking op-ed for Fox News

LLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLL

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/rfk-jr-measles-vaccine-stance-34782848

Greed will either be our undoing, or theirs

#Google #SergeyBrin

Frankly I don’t understand why Zelenskyy even bothered. #Trump’s kid told us in *2014* they were already owned by Russia, and Trump has done absolutely nothing but signal loud and clear that he’s following Putin’s orders.

Maybe it was performative, but in a good way? Figuratively walking into the lion’s den on camera for the world to see the US has abandoned everyone.

Another shoo-in candidate for an app, feature, and company that should not exist.

If someone I know is dumb enough to let an AI read all of their messages, I hope they first have a brief moment of clarity to delete any of our conversations and me as a contact entirely.

#Apple #AI #iMessage

https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/06/new-mac-app-rply-offers-an-ai-fix-for-imessages-you-forgot-about/

Don’t think I’m flying anywhere anytime soon. #Trump is trying to kill people
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-emails-air-traffic-controllers-quit-your-jobs/

We’ve had actions and evidence for years, but at least now we have visual confirmation:

If you are still on #Twitter, you are on a Nazi site. You support a Nazi site. Full stop

It is no different than the Nazi bar example. Except now the Nazi didn’t just walk into the bar and is allowed to stay, the Nazi *owns the bar*

Leave the fucking Nazi bar. No, your stupid excuse doesn’t matter

#ElonMusk

TIL MovableType is still around: https://movabletype.org

I'm interested in #fediverse alternatives to #Reddit

AFAICT, kbin stalled into oblivion. Is #Lemmy the only game in town that got any traction?

IIRC, there was a strange controversy with the Lemmy's core developers supporting some sus stuff. Are there any large Lemmy servers that are, y'know, good with moderation and such?

I'm open to other non-Lemmy options too.

This is the best, simplest, and clearest explanation I’ve seen for how the #fediverse works, including #Mastodon, #PixelFed, and the many other services.
Share this around, maybe it’ll help.
https://wetdry.world/@eblu/113824072813140296

You know the #Apple Watch is “designed in California” because it *still* doesn’t have a workout for “shoveling.”

Vote for me and I will slow the roll of these out of control protocols. How are we already on WiFi 8??

And the press that keeps sucking up to Elon and #Twitter sure as hell don’t help either. #Mastodon

You want to talk about violence?

Let’s talk about violence

#HealthCare #UnitedHealthCare #CorpoCrime #pandemic #foreclosure #insulin #EconomicViolence

Over the past ~ six months or so I think I have had at least three recalls for battery related products. Yes I buy too much battery shit lemme alone:

- One from HyperShop
- One from Anker
- Today, one from Belkin (BoostPower Pro battery bank is blowing up. They’ve had fifteen reports)

What’s going on with portable battery stuff.