Post AxU6URclE02jO47XHM by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
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 (DIR) Post #AxLjup1qyd7jIJmqSu by PeterLudemann@mathstodon.xyz
       2025-08-19T22:55:38Z
       
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       @miclgael @blackfinalboi @lauren Merriam-Webster has:crippletransitive verb1: to severely damage (something) : to destroy the strength, efficiency, or wholeness of (something)an economy crippled by inflation2offensive, of an injury or disease : to deprive (someone) of the use of a limb and especially a legLW clearly was using this *transitive* *verb* (not noun or adjective) in sense #1, hence nothing "ableist" about this usage.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxLjuqFiQZo35bHQi8 by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
       2025-08-19T23:10:41Z
       
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       @PeterLudemann @miclgael @blackfinalboi And as long as we're on the subject, there's the pressure groups trying to end the terms male/female on electrical and plumbing equipment. This kind of stuff just feeds the fascists.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxLjuvIjemC0kPjPc0 by PeterLudemann@mathstodon.xyz
       2025-08-20T00:55:26Z
       
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       @lauren @miclgael @blackfinalboi The ultra-politically-correct don't realize how easy they make it for the right-wing-nuts to laugh off legitimate criticism as "woke".
       
 (DIR) Post #AxU6URclE02jO47XHM by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
       2025-08-19T20:31:56Z
       
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       The Mozilla Firefox configuration settings are utterly polluted with AI crap, with no simple way to turn them all off easily. However, there are three that seem to kill most of the AI activity at the UI level, but what's going on in the background I of course can't see. By the way, Firefox is also hiding http: and https:, a terrible decision that Google tried and reversed years ago. You can disable this in Firefox about:config as well. To cripple Firefox AI:Go to URL about:configSet these to "false":browser.ml.chat.enabledextensions.ml.enabledThese stop Firefox from attempting to create link preview "key points" AI garbage from reading your page. Also:Setting to false:browser.ml.linkPreview.enabledWill turn off the annoying link preview behavior entirely.I will note that this behavior by Mozilla is actually far more invasive than what Chrome currently does.Hey Mozilla: Take your damned AI and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.L
       
 (DIR) Post #AxU6UWv1XWcfo9hgwK by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
       2025-08-19T20:59:00Z
       
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       One more AI garbage setting to disable in Firefox:Set to false:browser.ml.enable