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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 09, 2026

If you’re wondering how Guaranteed Minimum Income helps people get back to work, find better jobs or start their own business, read this:💡
https://rgmii.org/blog/initial-frequently-asked-questions/

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 08, 2026

ACME weather tells you about rainbows and sunsets! 🌈🌅🦄💗

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 08, 2026

“Judge Richard Eaton of the court of international trade told CBP it must start paying back importers using its existing systems – with interest – in an order covering all affected importers, not just those who had taken their cases to court.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/06/us-judge-lawyers-175bn-trump-tariffs-refunds

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 06, 2026

RE: @catsalad@infosec.exchange

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 06, 2026

@revenuecat@mastodon.social's 2026 State-of-Subscription-Apps Report highlights:

• The top 25% of apps grew 80% year-over-year, while the bottom 25% shrank by 33%.

• Apps that ask for money upfront convert 5x better.After one year, retention for both models is nearly identical.

• 55% of all 3-day trial cancellations happen on Day 0.

• Trials of 17+ days convert 70% better than short trials (42.5% vs. 25.5%).

https://www.revenuecat.com/state-of-subscription-apps/

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 06, 2026

Nice! 🍂🍄🍁
https://apnews.com/video/funerals-and-memorial-services-associated-press-trees-fungi-europe-81b709ef14304c42aea1cf81f021da29

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 06, 2026

„No yard required. Just sunlight, good soil — and maybe a bucket.“

⛅️🌱🪣 https://eugeneweekly.com/2026/03/05/grow-food-in-a-bucket/

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 05, 2026

Donald Knuth is a national treasure. 💗

„What a joy it is to learn not only that my conjecture has a nice solution but also to celebrate this dramatic advance in automatic deduction and creative problem solving.“

https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/papers/claude-cycles.pdf

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 05, 2026

I’ve always liked the #BBC and I hope it can continue to provide (mostly) objective, well-sourced coverage.

„The precise set of rules that require households to be licensed no longer reflect typical audience behaviour among many households in the UK.“ 🦖📺🦕
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/05/bbc-charter-renewal-tv-licence-major-overhaul?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 05, 2026

We live in interesting times. 😬
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/5/chardet/#atom-everything

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 05, 2026

“But don’t let them fool you. Spain is booming.” 💥🇪🇸

https://apnews.com/article/spain-us-pedro-sanchez-trump-iran-bases-d90bf557c96caa65911b438edafaf5e1

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 05, 2026

Does it even matter any more, what Americans think?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/04/ice-trump-immigration-poll

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 02, 2026

RE: @Mastodon@mastodon.social

Either I’m missing something or this is still way too complicated. Sharing should be a one-or-two-tap operation with zero typing. There must be a more user-friendly solution.

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 02, 2026

„There is a deal with the US over these bases, but our understanding of the deal is that operations have to comply with international legal frameworks and that there has to be international support for them.“
🇪🇸🇺🇸
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/spain-denies-united-states-permission-military-bases-iran-pedro-sanchez

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 02, 2026

Today I learned that nearly every modern car has four tire pressure sensors that broadcast a unique ID in clear text, so a basic Raspberry Pi scanner can track when your car is nearby. https://networks.imdea.org/your-cars-tire-sensors-could-be-used-to-track-you/

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 01, 2026

I canceled my OpenAI/ChatGPT subscription. The one thing that has prevented humanity from self-destructing is that ultimately, evil men had to convince ordinary people to do their bidding. Fully autonomous weapons eliminate that safeguard and must be banned now.

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 01, 2026

In other words, OpenAI will do anything the Secretary of War tells them to:

„The AI System will not be used to independently direct autonomous weapons in any case where law, regulation, or Department policy requires human control, nor will it be used to assume other high-stakes decisions that require approval by a human decisionmaker under the same authorities.“
https://openai.com/index/our-agreement-with-the-department-of-war/

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 01, 2026

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💯 I couldn’t agree more.

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 01, 2026

How do we regulate this?

„Over time, his relationship with the chatbot came to replace his human connections.“
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/28/chatgpt-ai-chatbot-mental-health?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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@mikesax@mas.to · Mar 01, 2026

„We wonder: Why did they arrest Dylan? He is a good kid.“ #uspolñ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/01/student-ice-detention-new-york-high-school-ellis-prep-dylan-lopez-contreras?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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@mikesax@mas.to · Feb 28, 2026

Jack Dorsey is more hype-chaser than visionary: he renamed his company Block because he believed the future was blockchain. 🤦🏻‍♂️

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/block-laying-off-about-4000-employees-nearly-half-of-its-workforce.html

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@mikesax@mas.to · Feb 28, 2026

#Rust will skyrocket because it's secure and efficient, and AI coding agents don't care that it's unpleasant.

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@mikesax@mas.to · Feb 27, 2026

“The public does not want to go back to the days of rampant old-growth clearcutting. They don’t want to go back to dead salmon and polluted rivers, or see their favorite places on public lands liquidated in order to maximize profits for the greedy few. These are treasured public lands, and we’re going to fight for them.”

https://oregonwild.org/trump-admin-announces-old-growth-clearcutting-plan-for-western-oregon/

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@mikesax@mas.to · Feb 27, 2026

Even ignoring the cowardly passive Washington Post headline, this is deeply troubling. The mid terms will be the Acid Test for U.S. Democracy.

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Your Thursday night moment of zen: Let it go! from Frozen sung in the native Klingon. 😎🤓😅 “QorDu’ vItlhutlhbe’pu’, vaj jIH vItlhutlhbe’!” ❄️ #StarTrek 🖖

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@mikesax@mas.to · Jan 23, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social THE INFINITE GLORY Of KLINGON OPERA! 🎶❄️🎶

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I enjoyed the 2nd ep of #StarFleetAcademy more than the first and I like the first one a great deal. This is a good sign. Holly Hunter is doing a great job and the tone, vibe and characters feel very

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@mikesax@mas.to · Jan 21, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social Also, I’m a day late and a dollar short but I just *love* that MLK was a trekkie! 💫

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I enjoyed the 2nd ep of #StarFleetAcademy more than the first and I like the first one a great deal. This is a good sign. Holly Hunter is doing a great job and the tone, vibe and characters feel very

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@mikesax@mas.to · Jan 21, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social They’ve been adding a lot of sappy romance lately, both in Star Fleet Academy and in Strange New Worlds (with Spock of all people… fascinating), and I get mildly annoyed by the quantity of it all. But yes, the first two episodes are quite promising!

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@mikesax@mas.to Hooo boy. I’m not at all against using it but having it built into everything just seems a bit much. Especially if you can’t turn it off.

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@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe Just a month ago, inside Outlook I asked CoPilot to analyze my calendar and tell me interesting facts like who I meet with most often, which times or weekdays are most common,

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@mikesax@mas.to · Jan 05, 2026

@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe I shouldn’t have to feed the cloud beast food that’s already in its stomach. That’s just gross. 😁

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@mikesax@mas.to Hooo boy. I’m not at all against using it but having it built into everything just seems a bit much. Especially if you can’t turn it off.

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AI, Accessibility, Policy, Elixir, Phoenix, SwiftUI. 💯 personal views 💬 🏡🌳 Eugene, Oregon Immigrant 🇧🇪 🇺🇸 “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen

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AI, Accessibility, Policy, Elixir, Phoenix, SwiftUI. 💯 personal views 💬 🏡🌳 Eugene, Oregon Immigrant 🇧🇪 🇺🇸 “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen

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@mikesax@mas.to · Jan 05, 2026

@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe Just a month ago, inside Outlook I asked CoPilot to analyze my calendar and tell me interesting facts like who I meet with most often, which times or weekdays are most common, etc. It responded by instructing me to export my calendar and upload the file. I wrote “But you’re Outlook! Don’t you have this info?” and it replied with some form of “You’re absolutely right! Now please export the file and upload it!” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Come to papa!

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I seasoned my new cast iron pan earlier and cooked our giant $13 prime rib steak that I got on sale on it tonight. OMG I’m in love. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

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AI, Accessibility, Policy, Elixir, Phoenix, SwiftUI. 💯 personal views 💬 🏡🌳 Eugene, Oregon Immigrant 🇧🇪 🇺🇸 “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen

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AI, Accessibility, Policy, Elixir, Phoenix, SwiftUI. 💯 personal views 💬 🏡🌳 Eugene, Oregon Immigrant 🇧🇪 🇺🇸 “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen

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@mikesax@mas.to · Jan 01, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social …and like a good friendship, it will only get more beautiful and more deeply satisfying over time.

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“You can check out any time you like but you can never leave.” - The Eagles, Hotel California What about your fav?

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AI, Accessibility, Policy, Elixir, Phoenix, SwiftUI. 💯 personal views 💬 🏡🌳 Eugene, Oregon Immigrant 🇧🇪 🇺🇸 “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen

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Mike Sax

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AI, Accessibility, Policy, Elixir, Phoenix, SwiftUI. 💯 personal views 💬 🏡🌳 Eugene, Oregon Immigrant 🇧🇪 🇺🇸 “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen

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@mikesax@mas.to · Dec 29, 2025

@gedeonm@mastodon.social “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen, Anthem

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