Notices by Bodhipaksa (bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot)

The whole point of the "AI will wipe out humanity in 10 years" thing is that it gets us talking about how to regulate AI rather than how to get rid of it.

@Infoseepage I understand what you're saying. Nevertheless, if there's a way to stop Russia's war of aggression and potentially bring down Putin without potentially thousands of European citizens being killed, then that's my preference.

@Infoseepage It is ridiculous that Russia is getting away with so much — especially their recruitment of locals as terrorists. I hope that European security services are doing likewise in Russia. I also wonder if Europe is helping Ukraine escalate its attacks on Russian infrastructure, which has been very effective.

I think Europe mobilizing for war is too risky. Speeding up Ukraine's attacks on Russia could end the war quickly and possibly bring down Putin.

It seems like a tipping point when five out of six of the stories on the BBC Europe news page are about Russia waging asymmetrical warfare on Europe.

I can only hope that Europe is retaliating in some way.

Do yourself a favor and watch this YouTube interview of James Talarico by Jimmy Kimmel. There were points where I stood up and cheered!

The interview wasn't broadcast. Kimmel said, "[Trump's] FCC has threatened me, threatened our show, threatened our network, ABC, our affiliates, our local stations, based on simple, traditional editorial decisions, guest bookings it would seem they don’t like."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE9LrGpNk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2g90vvy62o

Heater Cox Richardson is always worth reading, but her most recent newsletter stunningly shows how incompetent and vile Trump is — being prepared to sacrifice journalists and White House staff by using them as decoys on Air Force One, knowing there was a risk the plane would be targeted, while he secretly snuck off and took another flight. The man is despicable.

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-10-2026

Capital One bank closed more than 300 Trump-affiliated bank accounts in March 2021 because of evidence of money laundering.

Five years ago.

I’m curious whether they reported their suspicions to law enforcement and what action, if any, was taken. Crooked Trump should be in prison, not in the White House.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/01/capital-one-trump-organization-money-laundering

I support almost all of these goals.

I don't know who designed the image, which came up on an image search. I found it here:

https://www.facebook.com/Vivian4ILDems/photos/1345277134266400/

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa/116872815290955339

This datacentre planned for my home county, Fife, would use twenty freaking percent of Scotland's electricity. It's a monster and must be stopped. Please help stop it by signing this petition.

Kind of bummed that this petition against a monstrous AI data center has not yet broken 6,000 signatures.

“One of the world’s largest AI data centres is being planned next to Auchtertool village in Fife, Scotland. The height of six double decker buses and length of 100 football pitches. An estimated 20% of Scotland’s energy will be consumed by this.”

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-proposed-ai-data-centre-near-auchtertool-fife

RE: https://mastoart.social/@StevenLawsonPhotography/116866273529407618

Please sign this petition against a proposed AI data center in my home county.

“One of the world’s largest AI data centres is being planned next to Auchtertool village in Fife, Scotland. The height of six double decker buses and length of 100 football pitches. An estimated 20% of Scotland’s energy will be consumed by this.”

RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/116852299808101769

"A data scientist calculated how many fireworks that is per second (354) and how many you will miss every time you blink. (Between 35 and 142.) But this is America’s 250th birthday and Donald Trump’s people are in charge of it. So of course it must be so huge that it is dangerous, irresponsible, unnecessary, and indicates our president is overcompensating for something."

RE: https://mastodon.social/@iamdavidobrien/116693644158702747

I feel sorry for people who spent thousands on World Cup tickets only to have their visas revoked, but a lot of us have been saying for a long time not to come here.

We have a fascist regime here. People are being put in camps without due process. Visitors are screened for their political views, which may be why some football fans are being turned away.

These people should consider themselves lucky they are losing only their money, and not their liberty.

Perhaps the strangest directorial decision in Tod Browning's Dracula (1931) is that the count has armadillos scuttling around in his Transylvanian castle.

@kims This more like "Age and OS yourself," surely?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/116621327185195576

‘A button gives the option to “text President Trump,” which, when clicked, opens a text message to a pre-selected number with the default text “Greatest President Ever!”’

RE: https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski/116619038437392628

A new Museum of American Treason.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/116521203382846336

This is insane. Google Chrome is now malware.

Theists look at the world and believe that such complexity and beauty can only come from some kind of intelligence.

Richard Dawkins looks at the words Claude produces and believes such complexity and beauty can only come from some kind of intelligence.

Dawkins is making exactly the same mistake as the theists he scorns.

https://www.dailygrail.com/2026/05/the-claude-delusion-richard-dawkins-believes-his-female-ai-chatbot-is-conscious/