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Brian Sletten<p>As those who pay attention have been saying for many years now:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snakeoil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/technology/what-is-agi.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/16/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/what-is-agi.html</span></a></p>
TheTomas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@wdormann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wdormann</span></a></span> I've cloned it to Codeberg before it get DCMA'd . Do not use a Microsoft GitHub Platform when you know you could be silenced by Microsoft 🤨 </p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/tomas-jakobs/defendnot/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/tomas-jakobs/defe</span><span class="invisible">ndnot/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.toot9.de/tags/Codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Codeberg</span></a> <a href="https://social.toot9.de/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://social.toot9.de/tags/WSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WSC</span></a> <a href="https://social.toot9.de/tags/Snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snakeoil</span></a></p>
Simon Roy Hughes 🧌<p>I am likewise refusing to set fire to my house. No joke.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15q5qzdjqxo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c15q5qzd</span><span class="invisible">jqxo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> (pronounced "eye") <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SnakeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnakeOil</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Charlatanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Charlatanism</span></a></p>
Paul Healey<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@godpod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>godpod</span></a></span> No one is safe who drinks from the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ai</span></a> of snake oil salesmen! Deity crushes the total control of inflation nihilists. Yah gods of mice and small men. Farther cult, tic toc MF <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SnakeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnakeOil</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ouroboros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ouroboros</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/InformationHegemony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformationHegemony</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EarthFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthFirst</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheFederation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFederation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EmpiresEnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmpiresEnd</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Deity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deity</span></a></p>
Chris Pitts<p>I see the AI book authors have been busy. “AI Assisted Programming”, "AI Engineering" etc. Which is interesting considering I do not believe there has been a single successful product launched that was built using AI, and many developers and companies are now backing off the idea.<br><a href="https://agilodon.social/tags/SnakeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnakeOil</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>echo_pbreyer</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> sind auch nur <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SnakeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnakeOil</span></a> und <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220112020000/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">schützen vor sowas garnicht!</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UseTor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UseTor</span></a> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GTFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GTFO</span></a>!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a></p>
Lukas<p>Hab heute spannenderweise einen <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virus</span></a> in einer <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mail</span></a> bekommen, der im ACE-Format gepackt wurde.</p><p>Wer kann denn heutzutage noch ACE entpacken? Hat man drauf spekuliert, dass der bei den Virenscannern vorbei rutscht, weil sie das Archiv nicht öffnen können?</p><p>Ich verschicke demnächst meine Dateien im <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ARJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARJ</span></a>-Format, mal sehen, wie viele Virenscanner das noch können.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snakeoil</span></a></p>
:bongoCat:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GossiTheDog</span></a></span> it refers to an "assessment" by the "global risk institute" that is written by the ceo of "evolutionQ", a "world class team of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantum</span></a>-safe cybersecurity pioneers".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serious</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snakeoil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pqs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pqs</span></a></p>
Albert Borneo<p>Vu l'ambiance et le spécialiste des bios techonologie qu'est ce complotiste de Robert <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Kennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kennedy</span></a> Junior, les actions du laboratoire <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Moderna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moderna</span></a> s'effondre de - 12,4% <br>On peut prédire un exode des entreprises et des chercheurs du secteur vers l' Europe tandis que les <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> développeront des nouvelles applications de la <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/snakeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snakeOil</span></a> <br><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderna" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderna</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
switching.software<p>We received this e-mail from <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/NordVPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NordVPN</span></a> today.</p><p>If we ever recommend them on our website, it's safe to assume we accepted their bribe.</p><p><a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snakeoil</span></a></p>
VeganPizza69 ⓋⒶ<p>"The Right’s ‘Natural’ Meat Obsession Is a Regressive Fantasy" by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@sentientmedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sentientmedia</span></a></span> </p><p>&lt;💬&gt;<br>Another component for Kennedy of what constitutes “natural” is taking on things like red food dye, seed oils and ultra-processed foods — while promoting tallow, raw milk and grass-fed beef.<br>&lt;/💬&gt;</p><p><a href="https://sentientmedia.org/mahas-natural-foods-obsession/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sentientmedia.org/mahas-natura</span><span class="invisible">l-foods-obsession/</span></a></p><p>Vegans often are faced with fallacious arguments, and one of the most common is the Naturalistic fallacy.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic_fallacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturali</span><span class="invisible">stic_fallacy</span></a></p><p>However, this is often a bad faith disguise. The use of naturalistic fallacies in these contexts, such as the claim that consuming animals is "good" because it's natural, is a disguise for another more insidious fallacy: the traditionalist fallacy or "appeal to tradition".</p><p><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_tradition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appe</span><span class="invisible">al_to_tradition</span></a></p><p>The traditionalist fallacy is, in this context, the argument that "consuming animals is good because we've done it for thousands of years".</p><p>Traditionalism is heavily political, as the people are finding out again in places such as the US. It's sometimes known as "paleoconservatism", and it should be no surprise that the popularity of the "paleo diet" culturally connects to this. </p><p>Conservatives, ever since the rise of modernity (end of 'traditional' society, end of monarchism and feudalism) have been trying to reinvent the past through pseudointellectual and pseudoscientific efforts. This has been at the heart of incredible amounts of suffering and horror since then. I have some notes on that on my pinned thread: <a href="https://veganism.social/deck/@veganpizza69/110813538364525265" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">veganism.social/deck/@veganpiz</span><span class="invisible">za69/110813538364525265</span></a> </p><p>Bullshit &amp; snake oil are not vegan.</p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/MAHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAHA</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/grassFed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grassFed</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/animalIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/CAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAFO</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/intensivization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intensivization</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/extensivization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extensivization</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ecofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecofascism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/traditionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traditionalism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/paleoconservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleoconservatism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/paleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleo</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/paleodiet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleodiet</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/traditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traditions</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/tradwife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradwife</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/antivaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antivaccine</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/antivaxx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antivaxx</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/grifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grifters</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snakeoil</span></a></p>
Amadeus Paulussen<p>I have been teasing this a couple of days ago... 🫣<br>RV Audio Design today announced that Disseptor, an outstanding harmonics processor, is now available for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linuxaudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxaudio</span></a>. 🥳<br>Make sure to check it out in White Sea Studio's <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snakeoil</span></a> video <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>review</span></a> at <a href="https://youtu.be/ebCjnirg6qE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/ebCjnirg6qE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> or on their website at <a href="https://rvaudiodesign.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rvaudiodesign.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/plugin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plugin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/harmonic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harmonic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/distortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distortion</span></a><br>PD: I keep nagging developers, and I'm really happy that more and more of them are willing to make their products available for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a>. 😊</p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>I'm sure Oz is selling a supplement that's just as good as Medicaid...</p><p>Dr. Oz Won’t Commit To Protecting Medicaid<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/dr-oz-protecting-medicaid-senate-hearing-1235296719/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/dr-oz-protecting-medicaid-senate-hearing-1235296719/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DrOz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrOz</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SnakeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnakeOil</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPWeirdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPWeirdos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Stjep<p>Ever notice how most of the "look at what amazing things genAI can do" clips are only a few seconds long?</p><p>That's because, if they were any longer, you'd see how the AI starts "hallucinating" and making very obvious and embarrassing mistakes.</p><p>Most of the longer clips and animations you see, have been extensively edited or re-worked by trained design professionals.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snakeoil</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGuardian</span></a>: (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snakeoil</span></a>) 👎 </p><p>"SpaceX’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starship</span></a> explodes in second failure for Musk’s 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀 program. Back-to-back mishaps indicate big setbacks for program to […] 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀"</p><p>(<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a>? Is that you?)</p><p>Have they at The Guardian seen a "program" that we haven't?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> has no "program" for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a>, just graphics. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> is a cargo (space)ship company polluting the planet, not a space agency. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>, the most successful space agency, is not mentioned even once in the article.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/spacex-starship-explodes-musk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/06/spacex-starship-explodes-musk</span></a></p>
Matteo Cesari<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> Jr sparks alarm after backing vitamins to treat <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> amid <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreak</span></a></p><p>The US <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> secretary, has caused alarm among pediatricians, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> experts and lawmakers with an opinion piece that focuses on vitamin A and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nutrition</span></a> as treatments for measles</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Care</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prevention</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SnakeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnakeOil</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/rfk-jr-vitamins-measles-outbreak?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/04/rfk-jr-vitamins-measles-outbreak?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>«While we encourage people to use AI systems during their role to help them work faster and more effectively, please do not use AI assistants during the application process»</p><p>🤣!</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/anthropic-claude-job-application-ai-assistants/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/anthropic-claude-j</span><span class="invisible">ob-application-ai-assistants/</span></a></p><p>Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sigmoid.social/@garymarcus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>garymarcus</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snakeoil</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>"Θέλει η πουτάνα να κρυφτεί, μα η χαρά δεν την αφήνει"</p><p>"The whore want's to hide, but her joy gives it out"</p><p>Greek proverb.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/20/trump-elon-musk-salute" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/jan/20/trump-elon-musk-salute</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Snakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snakeoil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a></p>
Erik van Straten<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gerowen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gerowen</span></a></span> : all Android passkeys (except for device-resident ones) are CLOUD-BASED (see <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/113820358011090612" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat</span><span class="invisible">en/113820358011090612</span></a>).</p><p>The reason for blocking user-access to passkey's (and FIDO2) private keys is the result of the short sighted "huge" advantage of using public key crypto (heavily marketed primarily for an untold reason: vendor lock-in).</p><p>REAL advantages of passkeys (WebAuthn really) are:</p><p>• https is enforced<br>• domain name must match (1)<br>• a passkey is like a password that's:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• VERY long &amp; randomly generated (2)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• unique per account (3)</p><p>(1) That's a simplification: inplementation risks *do* exist (they must be solved server-side, but may be missing).</p><p>(2) This renders brute force attacks impossible in practice.</p><p>(3) If a server is compromised, and you'd use a password that is not reused by you (or anyone else, and therefore you won't find in password-attack dictionaries), this renders cross-server attacks impossible.</p><p>Feel free to ask for more info!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Passkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Passkeys</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Passwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Passwords</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SnakeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnakeOil</span></a></p>
Tom Stoneham<p>This is not a technology problem which needs a tech solution. </p><p>News headlines are - by definition - the most succinct but accurate summary of the story. That is what they are for. There is just no function for a summary of news headlines. <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> is a (bad) solution in search of a problem. Again. <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/AppleIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppleIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/AIHype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIHype</span></a> <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/SnakeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnakeOil</span></a></p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/apple-ai-feature-must-be-revoked-over-notifications-misleading-users-say-journalists-13288716" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/apple-ai-fe</span><span class="invisible">ature-must-be-revoked-over-notifications-misleading-users-say-journalists-13288716</span></a></p>