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Friday May 15th, 2026

Went to Santa Rosa YIMBY this evening Dan Lyke / comment 0

Went to Santa Rosa YIMBY this evening, came home with a book. Two or three of you are going "oooh, cool", the rest are like "WTF, Dan? This is geekier than when you're on your computer stuff..."

Thursday May 14th, 2026

Scam ads on Facebook Dan Lyke / comment 0

Santa Clara County Sues Meta for Making Billions from ‘Scam Ads’ on Facebook and Instagram

The complaint alleges that Meta tracks up to 15 billion scam ads shown to users every day across its platforms, generating $7 billion in revenue. The county said in its complaint that Meta’s own systems flag ads that are likely scams but, instead of stopping them, charges scammers a premium price.

Conservatives & worse health outcomes Dan Lyke / comment 1

Nature Human Behavior: The political polarization of health outcomes in the USA

Using individual-level medical data and death records, this study shows that conservative Americans experienced worsening health and higher mortality than liberals during the 2010s. Here we find evidence consistent with two potential mechanisms. First, demographic realignment within political coalitions brought less healthy individuals into the conservative camp. Yet by the 2020s, demographic change, public policy and COVID-19 do not fully account for the widening gap in mortality rates. Public opinion data are consistent with a second mechanism: declining trust in medical professionals among right- leaning individuals, including lower willingness to seek care, follow clinical advice or believe in medication effectiveness, even for issues unrelated to COVID-19.

$4.9m to open the strait... Dan Lyke / comment 0

Man lost $4.9m to impersonation scam claiming Signapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong sought 'funding assistance' for Hormuz

He was told to sign a non-disclosure agreement, furnish a copy of his identification card, and was issued with a "letter of guarantee" for reimbursement within 15 business days

Via.

If like our household you are hooked Dan Lyke / comment 0

If, like our household, you are hooked on the Hallmark series "The Way Home", someone has pieced together the song "Breathe" and recorded it.

https://youtu.be/-FyvmLOE9e4?si=2Rsrs3g73a6BeJ20

a lie citing interface Dan Lyke / comment 0

You Can't Spell @cantspell@mastodon.social

You can't spell artificial intelligence without a lie citing interface

AI filtering history Dan Lyke / comment 0

This thread: Caitlin G. DeAngelis ‪@caitlindeangelis.bsky.social‬

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents.

I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

Wait so basic functionality in MacOS Dan Lyke / comment 2

Wait, so basic functionality in MacOS has been broken for at least two and a half years?

Sigh.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255271725


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