Notices by Pratik Patel (ppatel@mstdn.social)

@WarnerCrocker It's all internal politics, and useless for us.

Why ‘democratic neutrality’ is an overlooked threat to American democracy

"The millions of Americans who simply remain neutral when democracy is threatened are a greater threat to the country’s system of government. These democratically neutral voters are, in our view, complicit in the continued erosion of democratic norms in the U.S, even if they do not openly express support for antidemocratic policies."

https://theconversation.com/why-democratic-neutrality-is-an-overlooked-threat-to-american-democracy-282358

@keao Shows up in Quill Radio as well. @Fragglemuppet

@Fragglemuppet Guilt is insidious. Unfortuantely, there is no tried and true way of getting to the bottom of assigning blame. I meditate on the issues I'm seeing. I try to examine things to see if I'm really guilty. After doing this for awhile, it becomes reflexive. None of it is going to be easy. But I think it will help in the long term.

If you can create new coins with someone's face on it and bills with someone's signature on it, then you can create accessible currency.

#accessibility

@Fragglemuppet @gtbray For me, the thickness didn't seem to make a difference.

@gtbray @Fragglemuppet I don't think that helps. It's a matter of whether you've had certain surgeries in your eyes or the shape of the eye cavity. When I took drops for glaucoma, it happened to me all the time.

@WarnerCrocker Yes. But after we found out, google AI has been hammered. I know the business reasons for Apple. But, the whole user friendly thing has been missing.

@WarnerCrocker And, Apple has partnered with google? Oh, brother!

RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116301589532790614

They think it's a god damned game in which weapons are endless, enemies die without much consequence, and they get rewarded at the end by a vacation on an island and a girl on their arm.

Why should he get paid if he's being replaced by the Mark bott?

Mark Zuckerberg Is Building an AI Agent to Help Him Be CEO

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mark-zuckerberg-is-building-an-ai-agent-to-help-him-be-ceo-eddab2d5?st=nZbdkT&reflink=article_copyURL_share

@Fragglemuppet You mean the sound that you get when pressing control+left and right when there's no more posts by the same erson in that direction?

We're talking about sports betting here.

"Practically overnight, we took an ancient vice—long regarded as soul-rotting and civilizationally ruinous—put it on everyone’s phone, and made it as normal and frictionless as checking the weather. What could possibly go wrong?" —McKay Coppins for The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/online-sports-betting-app-addiction/686061/

RE: https://mindly.social/@Ranger1138/116213524364402814

Are we going to have to rely on boutique chocolateers?

As suspected, this is nothing but a publicity stunt.

The WH's data center pledge relies on enforcement by local utilities and states through rate deals, without penalties for tech firms refusing to comply.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-04/trump-vows-data-center-pledge-will-eventually-cut-power-costs

Those men who have been naval gazing over the Roman empire appear to have forgotten its decline and fall.

nah. This is BS. There are others who will fill in. Sillicon Valley isn't exactly impressing me these days.

Some AI policymakers and lawyers warn that DOD's threats to Anthropic are contradictory and could chill partnerships between the government and Silicon Valley.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/incoherent-hegseths-anthropic-ultimatum-confounds-ai-policymakers-00800135

Good publicity.

Anthropic has no intention of easing Claude usage restrictions for military purposes, following Dario Amodei's meeting with Pete Hegseth.

https://www.reuters.com/world/anthropic-digs-heels-dispute-with-pentagon-source-says-2026-02-24/

Sooooooooo. Socialism anyone?

DoD told Anthropic it will invoke the Defense Production Act or label Anthropic a "supply chain risk", if not given unfettered Claude access by Friday.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/24/anthropic-pentagon-claude-hegseth-dario

@WarnerCrocker @LRRRonEarth Nobody is making people do nazi reenactments either. But here we are.