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Dr. Dre says he is "embracing" AI in music: "It's a new tool for creativity"
https://www.nme.com/news/music/dr-dre-says-he-is-embracing-ai-in-music-its-a-new-tool-for-creativity-3964241?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Jellyfish shut down Nuclear Reactor, for SECOND time #marinemystery #science
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Sonnenfinsternis + Jupiter, Merkur
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‘Golden Axe’ Animated Series Gets New Trailer, And It’s Made Of The Purest Cringe
https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2026/08/20/golden-axe-animated-series-gets-new-trailer-and-its-made-of-the-purest-cringe/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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My eldest (18) has always struggled with keeping friends, but has really bonded with mine (50+). We have a group chat for slagging and arranging gigs and drinks. He's a good lad and my friends are like terrible uncles. This makes us all happy.
I've been keeping a running list of fediverse events going on for a while:
https://hackers.pub/@wakest/2026/upcoming-fediverse-events
I started the list on @hackerspub (1st screenshot) and it works pretty great, except that Mastodon (4th screenshot) doesn't display `articles` so it shows up here as just the title with a link and a OG preview which is really not great
It's pinned on https://activitypub.space > Technical Discussions
(2nd screenshot https://activitypub.space/topic/1bbcca92-7cf2-4c09-9454-5b882360061f)
(3rd screenshot is from @disroot https://fe.disroot.org/@wakest@hackers.pub/posts/B2eRhIub5zJ500UUNc)
I've been keeping a running list of fediverse events going on for a while:
https://hackers.pub/@wakest/2026/upcoming-fediverse-events
I started the list on @hackerspub (1st screenshot) and it works pretty great, except that Mastodon (4th screenshot) doesn't display `articles` so it shows up here as just the title with a link and a OG preview which is really not great
It's pinned on https://activitypub.space > Technical Discussions
(2nd screenshot https://activitypub.space/topic/1bbcca92-7cf2-4c09-9454-5b882360061f)
(3rd screenshot is from @disroot https://fe.disroot.org/@wakest@hackers.pub/posts/B2eRhIub5zJ500UUNc)
Imagine you come into work, try to help customers, and later realize they've racked up 500,000+ views on social media by "pranking" and harassing you and your coworkers.
Workers across industries are dealing with this new reality because of Meta glasses. I spoke with a few of them to understand how the new technology has made their jobs harder.
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Does copyright protect your AI-generated content in EU? Apparently not. Content that is entirely generated by artificial intelligence is not protected by copyright. EU copyright law has strictly human-centric foundation.
Daniel J. Gervais: 'When you put your name on an article that's written by ChatGPT or Claude, you're basically putting a provenance mark on it saying: I take responsibility for this. I haven't written it, but I'm putting my name on it. That doesn't give you copyright, but it does give you liability for the content' https://euobserver.com/232898/interview-does-copyright-protect-your-ai-generated-content-in-europe-lets-find-out/
Gervais, Daniel J. and Shemtov, Noam and Marmanis, Haralambos and Zaller Rowland, Catherine, The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs (September 21, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4963711 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4963711
"Munich Local Court has held that AI generated logos do not enjoy copyright protection. Neither mere prompting nor the selection between several AI suggestions is sufficient as a human creative contribution. For businesses, this is ambivalent. On the one hand, content generated purely by AI can hardly be protected on an exclusive basis, which has implications for brand building and content strategies" https://www.germanlawinternational.com/intellectualproperty/copyright/from-the-printing-press-to-ai-how-the-eu-plans-to-modernize-copyright-law-164154/
"The reason the water footprint is so much larger than most leaders realize comes down to what happens outside the facility walls. Cooling towers and on-site water systems get the most attention, but the water embedded in electricity generation and semiconductor manufacturing tells a different story."
https://www.fastcompany.com/91591272/ais-water-problems-run-deep
"US Sanctions ICC President Tomoko Akane
August 19, 2026 7:00PM EDT | News Release"
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/08/19/us-sanctions-icc-president-tomoko-akane
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We are, to use a technical economic term, screwed. The cowboy capitalists had a party with everyone's money and now we're all paying for it. What went wrong? And will we learn our lesson - or just carry on as before, like celebrating surviving a heart attack with a packet of Rothmans?
John Lanchester travels with a cast of characters - including reckless banksters, snoozing regulators, complacent politicians, predatory lenders, credit-drunk spendthrifts, and innocent bystanders to understand deeply and genuinely what is happening and why we feel the way we do.
Yeah, you should block me as well. I have a website about Rebetiko, I am not Greek, and I live in Wales.
@Walrus Okay so here's a thought on cultural appropriation.
Say someone from a culture that historically dominated/dominates another culture for some reason: e.g. a white British person and a Black African person via racism/imperialism/colonialism/capitalism, appropriates something from that culture: e.g. African music...
It is in no way comparible to a white Welsh person appropriating Greek music. That's just not an issue.
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Elon Musk made flying even worse so Palantir could profit
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/981194/faa-air-traffic-elon-musk-peter-thiel-palantir?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I'm starting a new (old) religious order: The Way of the Kitty
We worship cats, and do what we want. (Oh, and no AI use in case you need it for religious exemption)
@catsalad I might be tempted to reference Bastet directly but I like your thinking.
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