@joachimnicolas

mostly abandoning this sinking ship. mastodon: @joachim@drupal.community

Joined January 2009
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Daniel Kos
@dwkosOct 23
Good time to think about how many of society's *other* trusted experts are just posers who've learned to act confident without contributing value.
El Programador Senior
@5eniorDeveloperOct 22
BBC: Hablaremos con nuestro experto en seguridad de BBC respecto a la vulnerabilidad de PHP. El experto en seguridad: No sabía que PHP existía hasta ayer en la mañana.
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Tech bros really are the villains from Middle Earth. “Many of those trees were my friends, creatures I had known from nut and acorn; many had voices of their own that are lost for ever now.” - Treebeard (The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien) theguardian.com/environment/…
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If all the govs shutting down servers for a PHP update, all the hosters & enterprises terrified by the vuln, gave $100k, or just $50k a year to the PHP Foundation, things could look very differently. Go, make your employer sponsor *today* thephp.foundation/sponsor/ #php #phpc @ThePHPF

Sponsor The PHP Foundation

The PHP Foundation — Supporting, Advancing, and Developing the PHP Language

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Joachim retweeted
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Black women and girls in Britain are too often described rather than heard. The #DefinitionRedefined National Survey of Black Women & Girls in Britain, led by Soul Purpose 360, is changing that. Their survey is open until January 2027! soulpurpose360.co.uk/definit…
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The anthropormophising of AI, the idea it has consciousness and agency, and can go 'rogue' is an attempt by tech companies to limit their liability, optimise user engagement and maximise stock value I said in the debate on the JCHR report on AI and Human rights, led by @alexsobel
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Joachim retweeted
Mothin Ali
@MothinAliOct 16
Please retweet...
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angeld23@angeld23_Oct 16
Fucking brutal
the finite physicist@FinitePhysicistOct 15
Thanks to Terry Tao for featuring me on his blog! terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/…

Why are we even doing all this?

[This is a guest post by Rikab Gambhir. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] First, they came for the artists, and I did not speak out…

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It's simple: ban them. Ban them all. Don't tell me we can't. We have banned leaded gasoline, we have banned asbetos, we have banned CFCs. They were ubiquitous, a danger to humankind and we have banned them.
Zack Korman
@ZackKormanOct 15
“We should regulate AI” is such a meaningless statement. How? Say what you actually want. There’s no magic regulation fairy that makes AI safe.
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Zito@_ZeetsOct 14
Didn’t realize that a lot of people were using ChatGPT like a best friend to talk to. No wonder y’all think it’s alive. Clippy was really ahead of its time.
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This hacker news thread is absolutely heart-breaking. Whoever thinks “humans will find a way” ought I read it.
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We should rejoin without telling anyone. The uneducated Brexit mob won’t realise & the rest of us can just get back to enjoying the benefits.
Florence Lox 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@flobofloOct 13
We should just rejoin the EU without a referendum. No one asked me if I wanted a referendum in 2016. Why should we ask for permission now?
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This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇
ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to find defence spending

ALT ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to find defence spending

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Punk band Gottlieb release 10 hour Hanoi Hannah style audio to break state forces at protests.
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« Aucun raison » vol d’artiste, vol de données, pollution x1000, augmentation des prix des composants, désinformations, abrutissements des gens qui réfléchissent plus par eux même
DC@Cl0v3r2Oct 11
Replying to @celest0z
La haine de l’IA pour aucune raison en 2026 eh bah
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Joachim retweeted
Xavier Moss@xav_mossOct 9
The fact that that the people amassing power with AI clearly enjoy being cruel and take pleasure in the disruption of the lives of anyone they see as beneath them is a far greater concern than the actual human-killing potential of AI.
EigenGender 🔸
@EigenGenderOct 9
I am sympathetic to the mathematicians, who had a really great publicly funded hobby which is now less fun. But at some point we should talk about why they had a publicly funded hobby
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Already predicting this This is their gameplay
Chubby♨️
@kimmonismusOct 9
Executives at OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies are reportedly preparing for a public and political backlash after a catastrophic AI event, possibly as early as 2027 (via Axios). Axios reports that many industry insiders expect a major incident within the next 6–12 months, most likely a cyberattack disrupting banking, internet access, power or water. OpenAI confirms it runs preparedness exercises, but says: "These scenarios are not treated as inevitable, but are meant to help us prepare for a variety of circumstances." Anthropic declined to comment.
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Probably the correct take on “AI can solve math now”
Daniel Litt
@littmathOct 8
Well worth reading: proofsandprompts.com/2026/10…

100+ reactions to 100+ solutions

“Many of us are grappling with OpenAI’s announcement on 6 October. We feel that it is useful to have an updating snapshot of the community’s gut feeling.”

proofsandprompts.com
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J’ai parlé à tellement de non français et le problème avec les autres nations c’est qu’ils ont une vision très apathique c’est souvent des grands «rien ne va changer » ben justement si rien ne change c’est parce que vous ne faites rien et vous subissez juste
Лuu 🚩@anarchistLARPerOct 8
I envy the French revolutionary spirit that seems to be very low or almost nonexistent in other nations.
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Lateef 🙃
@LateefSakaOct 8
“I don't understand why they're telling us not to revolt when in the curriculum we only have people who revolt, Rimbaud, La Boétie…” Do you see why they’re committed to scraping funding for subjects such as history??
L'Humanité
@humanite_frOct 8
"Je ne comprends pas pourquoi ils nous disent de ne pas nous révolter alors qu'au programme on a que des gens qui se révoltent, Rimbaud, La Boétie… " Les lycéens sont une nouvelle fois mobilisés ce 8 octobre. ➡️ l.humanite.fr/znN
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