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NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.

“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-artificial-intelligence-google-gemini-transportation-regulations

#News #trump #transportation #government #safety #ai #artificialintelligence #GoogleAI #google

ProPublica

Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence

The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”

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@TidalFlats@mastodon.coffee replied · 2 weeks ago

@ProPublica #chunderroad
As long as Google Gemini's new regulations only apply to Billionaires private aircraft I'm all for it.

Charlie Stross

@cstross@wandering.shop · 4 weeks ago

Frozen Union Canal driver given community service (in 2010)

'Nisbet, 25, labelled "mad" by police, "stupid" by his own lawyer, and "possibly insane" by one sheriff is also being sued for the £16,359 cost of the salvage.'
...

Nisbet, from South Queensferry, said: "It seemed a good idea at the time."

And it's just frozen over again!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11790895

BBC News

Frozen Union Canal driver given community service

A man whose car plunged through the ice as he drove on a frozen canal in West Lothian is sentenced to community service.

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@TidalFlats@mastodon.coffee replied · 4 weeks ago

@cstross #chunderroad

I have to admit that, on occasion, I have also said "It seemed like a good idea at the time."

It always turned out not to be a good idea.

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@rysiek@mstdn.social · 2 months ago

Happy John Mastodon Day to all those who celebrate!

Original, but updated, piece:
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy-and-fear-all-the-way-down-at-twitter/

#JohnMastodon #JohnMastodon2025 #JohnMastodonDay #Fediverse #Mastodon

Screenshot from the site Mediaite, which had published an article which confused Join Mastodon (one of the websites where information on joining the Fediverse can be found) with John Mastodon.

Text:

To what extent is that true? Before this latest wave of suspensions, Twitter had already suspended the account posting the location of Musk’s jet. Then, the platform removed John Mastodon, the founder of a competing social media company named after himself, for posting a link to the jet tracker’s Mastodon account.

UPDATE: This post has been updated to correct the original characterization of the Join Mastodon Twitter account as being the account of “John Mastodon,” who is not a person as far as we know.
—ed.

This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of
just the author.

"as far as we know" is underlined and has arrows pointing to it. — Screenshot from the site Mediaite, which had published an article which confused Join Mastodon (one of the websites where information on joining the Fediverse can be found) with John Mastodon. Text: To what extent is that true? Before this latest wave of suspensions, Twitter had already suspended the account posting the location of Musk’s jet. Then, the platform removed John Mastodon, the founder of a competing social media company named after himself, for posting a link to the jet tracker’s Mastodon account. UPDATE: This post has been updated to correct the original characterization of the Join Mastodon Twitter account as being the account of “John Mastodon,” who is not a person as far as we know. —ed. This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author. "as far as we know" is underlined and has arrows pointing to it.

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@TidalFlats@mastodon.coffee replied · 2 months ago

@rysiek #chunderroad

John Mastodon up by 5 o'clock
John Mastodon givin' it all he got
John Mastodon job is six to nine
John Mastodon home by 9:05
John Mastodon helps to cook the steak
John Mastodon helps to wash the plates
John Mastodon puts the kids to bed
John Mastodon reads a book to them

Why can't you be like John Mastodon?

Alex Akselrod boosted

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@12thRITS@mstdn.social · 2 months ago

#ChunderRoad From NYT Pitchbot:
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@12thRITS@mstdn.social · 2 months ago

Alice McFlurry :bc:

@Alice@beige.party · 4 months ago

I’m thinking about becoming a beautician at a funeral home, but I’m not very good at doing makeup so people are just going to have to choose if they want their grandma to look like a Norwegian black metal singer or a Juggalo.