Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 07/12/2023

https://greeneracresvaluenetwork.org/2023/07/12/daily-bookmarks-to-gavnet-07122023/

"AI has the potential to play a significant role in delivering basic needs to those without. With sufficient data, AI can develop scenarios that are both efficient and cost-effective, while ensuring that the benefits outweigh the costs." -- Google Bard

The "joys" of Prime day.

* Watching a current sale be marketed as a "prime day" sale.

* Watching your favorite sites vomit out non-stop affiliate links

* Zero self-awareness about Amazon as a company with few ethics

Not a fan.

#amazon #PrimeDay

China's Huawei Poised To Overcome US Ban With Return of 5G Phones - China's Huawei is plotting a return to the 5G smartphone industry by the end of th... - https://slashdot.org/story/23/07/12/2011225/chinas-huawei-poised-to-overcome-us-ban-with-return-of-5g-phones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #china

I really think I’m seeing more #Butterflies this year at the farm than I have the past 3. Still down from 5+ years ago but a noticeable improvement!

I just called my hair dresser for an appointment. She quit. It's been 10 years there... So I called my backup hairdresser (who's at a different salon) ... She quit too. What is going on? Nothing strikes fear in the heart like getting your hair chopped by an unknown.

I scheduled an appointment with a new person. I'll be brave about it. If it's really fucked up I promise to post a picture.

"you can decline these cookies but if you do you may see ads which are less relevant to your interests!"
yes, good, that's why

What happened to supporting the troops?

Tuberville shows how far the GOP will go to impose unpopular policies https://www.publicnotice.co/p/tuberville-shows-how-far-the-gop

Google Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Bard-Related Data Scraping https://uk.pcmag.com/ai/147711/google-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-bard-related-data-scraping
The class-action lawsuit arrives after Google amended its privacy policy to mention the company is using public data to train Bard and other AI-based services.

#AmazingFlowers
#Roses

Anchor Brewing, considered first craft brewery in U.S., to close after 127 years https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/07/12/anchor-brewing-first-craft-brewery-closes-127-years/1931689195660/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

https://news.yahoo.com/suspect-larry-nassar-stabbing-said-182824794.html

A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary in Florida said the disgraced former sports doctor provoked the attack by making a lewd comment about girls...

Meta's Threads wants to become a friendly place by downgrading news and politics
L: https://text.npr.org/1187140775
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36701798
posted on 2023.07.12 at 17:16:03 (c=1, p=4)

2023 has the highest number of immigrant deaths at sea since 2017

archive.is/JhtQb

🔸 According with the UN, in the first 6 months of 2023 there were 1,874 deaths of illegal immigrants trying to reach Europe from Africa, more than the number of immigrants who died in the first half of 2017. The numbers from the same period from 2022 were of 1,108

🔸 The UN states that in total during the year of 2017, there were 2,278 deaths of illegal immigrants in the mediterranean, compared to 2,946 in 2016 according with IOM data

Very sad to hear Razia Iqbal is leaving the BBC. Such a familiar and authoritative journalistic voice.

Good #YouTube video from Good times bad times on the importance of #railroads for #Russia's invasion & the opportunity disrupting those #logistics might provide for #Ukraine to liberate its territory, especially in #Zaporizhzhia region.

https://youtu.be/Mi4GyLyHfH8

Here’s a reminder to make your Venmo transactions private, courtesy of Clarence Thomas

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/12/23792922/venmo-transactions-privacy-security-risks-clarence-thomas

It is not only libre open source that we have to care about, but also open standards because together this enables interoperability. RSS is an open standard, so please don't dump it.

A silver lining in all the political developments in #Finland right now:

People are, at long last, talking about our #racism problem.

My new cat Pinky

they yearn for the coal mines, they yearn for meaningful labor, the hustle and bustle of the sweatshop