Saw this #cutie while taking the pups out this morning! #insect #bug #moth #entomology #nature #outdoors

Babies died, but no biggie. $500,000 donation to one of Trumps many slush funds will make it all go away.

#uspol #uspolitics #corruption

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/the-baby-formula-probe-produced-a-pile-of-evidence-then-the-doj-dropped-the-case-cdc68716

Amazon’s planned gas-powered AI data centre in Texas shows the real cost of unchecked AI expansion: more fossil fuels, more pollution and more pressure on communities’ water and energy systems.

Tech companies must stop treating communities as sacrifice zones for their AI ambitions. Power data centres with new renewable energy, cut demand, and make polluters pay.

#TimeToResist #tech #AI #amazon #texas #US

RE: https://weird.autos/@chromblitzen/117151193676380675

That's the kind of cars I rally like

The Avocet is a distinctively-patterned black and white wader with a long up-curved beak. They are used as the emblem of the RSPB.
https://folksy.com/find/item/8591651

#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#Avocet #Birds #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #WildlifeArt

OpenUK’s 7th Annual Awards are open for nominations until 6th September. This year’s amazing judges are Laura Czajkowski, Kunal Kushwaha and May Cheung. They’ll be joined by our sponsor to select the winners, who will be announced in our awards ceremony this autumn. Truly the Oscars of Open Source!

Link to nominate https://openuk.uk/awards/

#opensourceawards #opensourcerecognition #openukawards #opensource #opensourcesoftware #opendata #openhardware #opensoureceai #AI

Meat proxy (noun): “A person who forwards AI-generated text, code, or other output without reading, understanding, or validating it. The person acts only as a relay between the AI system and the intended recipient.” https://sfisms.org/meat-proxy

@h4ckernews makes my programming skills better??

I've seen a lot of talk about "generating #PassiveIncome ". To some degree, this is understandable - we all live in a late-stage Capitalist hellhole, which means that we must always live in fear of bankruptcy unless we are so rich that we can outsource all our risks to other people. Thus, extra income streams which we don't have to do much work is very, very appealing.

But ultimately, the real trick to getting passive income... is to have money to start with, which can then be invested in order to pay you dividends or all the other stuff the rentier class gets income from.

And if you _don't_ have that money for investment, you will not have those opportunities for passive income, and be _deeply_ suspicious of anyone who tells you otherwise - because they are trying to sell you "self-help courses" and the like which will not help you one bit.

As an example, some years ago - before the #AI / #LLM hype even broke loose - I saw people on Twitter flogging "writing books in order to generate passive income". And while I, as a published author, can confirm that there is indeed _some_ money to be earned by writing, there is nothing "passive" about it.. You have to write the book, you have to proofread it, you have to get others to read it and give you feedback, you have to go through the publishing process... and once you are done you will have to do it all over again, because the best advertising for a book is _another_ book.

Now, there is nothing wrong with contemplating some new money-making opportunities - again, we live in a late-stage Capitalist hellhole, and we need the money to survive. But be clear-eyed about the efforts involved versus the rewards you get, and don't trust people who try to sell you get-rich-quick schemes.

#amwriting

@lowqualityfacts That’s true for regular dunks, but not _slam_ dunks.

@tante what a nightmare list of human trash

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance

https://larsfaye.com/articles/ai-coding-will-prevent-expertise

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421554

#HackerNews #AI #Coding #Collapse #AI #Expertise #Tech #Trends #Future #of #Coding

With bug ferret tactile sign languages, a "spoken word poem" can be a multi-person choreographed pattycake game. If you want it to be.

#comic #runawaytothestars #sciencefiction #characterama #aliens #hardscifi #scifi #speculativebiology #pinkie #brownie

@ancient_catbus Also grate toprotect someone from meats glasses and flokcamera's face recognition

Dear friends,

Please gather around for a long post about #WSocial and how they are responding to critiques.

I have noticed a trend: W Social leaders and staunch supporters are describing any critical posts about the company as "targeted disinformation." Its CEO said they will soon have a technical solution in place for this. Oh?!?

🔗: https://mu.social/profile/anna.wsocial.eu/post/3mtqufy6g4s2r

I suppose the "targeted disinformation" claims are about recent posts by the likes of me and @pallenberg about troubling hate speech that is allowed on W Social.

Claims backed by hard evidence, in the form of screenshots and video captures. (I am increasingly doing screen recordings of problematic posts and interactions by W Social people because they have a tendency to delete evidence - like an infamous comment on a video by the Instutute for Remigration).

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Discrediting sources, renaming evidence as "disinformation" and creating a victim narrative has a long, storied history.

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But I'm digressing. I speak up about W Social because:

1. Mainstream media runs PR fluff about them;

2. Horrid hate speech on the platform is completely unmoderated.

W Social is currently showing the limits of free speech absolutism. Its CEO wrote: "We don’t need W to become another echo chamber."

Reminds you of something?

Atmosphere user @echna.bsky.social astutely remarked that "W Social is on an X speedrun, without ever having been like Twitter."

🔗: https://mu.social/profile/echna.bsky.social/post/3mtqlknzork2t

Bluesky, #Blacksky, and #Northsky have mechanisms in place to report hate speech - and I am super thankful for that.

As of today, I cannot report to W Social posts by their users that contain hate speech.

The W Social moderation list's only purpose is to make a distinction between verified users and bots.

Compare it with Blacksky's moderation list and be amazed (see screenshots).

What's the big deal about the lack of content moderation on #WSocial?

Well, I am haunted by some posts by their users.

A repeat offender (routinely posting racist and xenophobic posts) recently commented "Awesome news" to a newspaper article about a Palestinian family drowning in Sussex.

His profile is still up and he's followed by W Social's CEO and its co-founder Ingmar Renzhog (yes I have evidence of this, via a video capture - so even if they unfollow him or delete his account, well, I have proof of my claim).

I agree with "Echna" that W Social is on an X speedrun, allowing racist, transphobic and xenophobic posts. Evidence:

🔗: https://mu.social/profile/elenarossini.com/post/3mth3hwhvzs26

Instead of addressing these critiques head-on - and moderating hate speech - the W Social co-founders are lamenting being subjected to a "targeted disinformation" campaign.

Oh ok?

IMHO free speech absolutism ultimately only coddles far right extremists and is a very dangerous thing.

Would you call this disinformation?

Special thanks to my #GoToSocial account for allowing this message all in one go, without having to break it up in a hundred-post thread.

TL;DR: W Social is taking a dark turn real fast.

#SocialMedia

@sebsauvage au moins ils sont persévérants