@jon a bit off topic, but there's apparently some weird interaction between blog federation, quote toots and some Mastodon version: the blog post QTed in your post appears as “removed by its author” even though I can actually load it in my instance and it shows up properly quoted on your instance (see attached screenshot).cc @pfefferle since my understanding is that the Vivaldi blog is WordPress

@kkarhan I first read "weird AI propaganda" as "Weird Al propaganda" and wondered how he'd become involved in this, lol

@defrisselle We've noticed 3 attempts by accounts trying to spread deepfakes and suspended them.For now no new attempts, but it's better to be prepared to act.

@metin

This is a pretty clever anti-#AI campaign disguised as Yet Another Misanthropic Tech Bro AI Startup.#funny #humor #satire https://replacement.ai

#Google once promised to run “carbon free 24 hours a day seven days a week 365 days a year” by 2030. But five years later the company has quietly deleted its net zero pledge from its sustainability website rebranding the section and moving the goal into an appendix.The shift comes as #AI data centres drive surging energy use. Google’s power consumption jumped 26% in 2024 nearly matching #Ireland ’s and the #Trump administration pressures #corporations to roll back #climate goals. 1/2