Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

8/ And then there was Rock n Roll. "Satanic" heavy metal was destroying the moral fiber of our nation's youth, so Tipper Gore set out to *do something* for the children.

Fortunately we had Dee Snider willing to go in and embarrass those clowns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Vyr1TylTE

7/ Psychologists willing to speculate that seeing violent crimes and romance in comic books had profoundly terrible effects on their psychology and inspired them to become rapists and criminals.

The result? The comic book industry was nearly destroyed, and had to impose a rigid private censorship code to avoid crushing regulation (ditched in the early 2000s when people came to their senses).

Oh, and the removal of race and gender issues from comic books. Neato.

13th in infrastructure? I have some bad news for you, Mr. President. The U.S. is 42nd in press freedom, according to Reporters without Borders. #SOTU

“Officials say Finland’s success is not just the result of its strong education system, which is one of the best in the world, but also because of a concerted effort to teach students about fake news. Media literacy is part of the national core curriculum starting in preschool.”

https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/europe/finland-misinformation-classes.amp.html

The new Bing improves on ChatGPT in some meaningful ways — but it has some odd misses, too.

Either way, today felt like a big moment in the shift to bringing AI into everything.

https://www.platformer.news/p/microsoft-kickstarts-the-ai-arms?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

I filed a GitHub issue against a #Jenkins plugin at 9:30 this morning and by this afternoon, the dev cut had already cut a release that fixed the issue. I'm always amazed at the dedication of #opensource maintainers like this.

People have been gaslighting me for pointing out a lot of the chaos that broke out at the BLM protests in 2020 was intentionally orchestrated, but now there's proof.

https://theintercept.com/2023/02/07/fbi-denver-racial-justice-protests-informant/

It's kinda funny that multiple times in this video in which Marc Andreessen is in conversation with Adam Neumann (yes, that Adam Neumann) he mocks how as cities get successful, their residents don't allow the building of new homes. He specifically calls out SF. Yet, Andreessen himself is, famously, doing exactly that himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgK9KW9APfA

The wealthy used to support the government by paying higher taxes. Now they lend it money and collect interest.

The difference may seem trivial. It’s not.

A growing portion of our taxes are now paying the rich interest on those loans.

The wealthy sit back and get even richer.

Microsoft reveals Bing's Azure OpenAI future https://silverliningsinfo.com/apps-services/microsoft-ai-news by
@sjvn

We'd like more details on the
#OpenAI, #Bing, and #Azure's nuts and bolts, but the overall message is clear: Google, we're coming for you and your little search engine too.

Constituents of George #Santos, flanked by Reps. Dan Goldman and Ritchie Torres, demanded he resign — or that GOP leaders expel him.

Santos has, to date, rebuffed calls from scores of #GOP officials to step down.

https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/02-7-2023/constituents-call-for-santos-ouster/?cid=mas

Stupidly, I thought after the first progress bar was done, it would be ready…. Now on the second one, and this one has an even longer initial estimate.

#macos #installer #monterey

User-friendly #Linux distributions make using the #opensource operating system fairly straightforward. There are some users who don't easily adapt to new #technology. It is those users that every Linux distribution misses. https://tchlp.com/3x377xB

I don't think I Bing'ed (banged, bung?) correctly...

Microsoft’s ChatGPT-powered Bing is open for everyone to try starting today https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/7/23589587/microsoft-chatgpt-bing-ai-event-preview

#Microsoft #Bing #ChatGPT #SearchEngine #OpenAI

Why Are So Many Americans Dying Right Now? by David Wallace-Wells in the @nytimes

"…more than 300,000 additional Americans have died over the past three years whom we would not have expected to in more normal times."

Although there are five major hypotheses, the most likely reason is that 80-90% of them were #Covid deaths that occurred at home & weren't properly recorded or registered.

This "raises the direct toll of #Covid19 in the U.S. to close to 1.5 million."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/opinion/covid-pandemic-deaths.html?action=click&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-time-cutoff-30_impression_cut_3_filter_new_arm_5_1&alpha=0.05&block=more_in_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=614792610&impression_id=b59bcf03-a54f-11ed-9cbb-6f17f3bda392&index=4&pgtype=Article&pool=more_in_pools%2Fopinion&region=footer&req_id=30565925&surface=eos-more-in&variant=0_bandit-all-surfaces-time-cutoff-30_impression_cut_3_filter_new_arm_5_1

It’s always a good day to remember just how corrupt Koch-backed Senator Joe Manchin is. Rolling Stone has detailed his crimes. #IndictJoeManchin #KochIsEvil #AFP #CorruptGOP #GOPTraitors

Manchin’s Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew | 01-10-2022 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/joe-manchin-big-coal-west-virginia-1280922/

A new Iowa bill would allow 14 to 17-year-olds to work in mining, meatpacking, demolition, operating guillotine shears, and other dangerous jobs.

Under the business-backed bill, employers wouldn't be civilly liable if kids are injured or killed. The new Iowa bill would also completely lift a ban on 14 and 15-year-olds working in freezers and meat coolers, and allow kids as young as 14 1/2 to drive themselves to work.
#CapitalismIsKillingYOU #StrikeReady2024
https://desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2023/02/06/key-points-of-bill-to-change-iowa-child-labor-law/69870761007/

"Fediverse search shouldn't exist" really is just another way of advocating for Google to extend their monopoly into the Fediverse.

Which I guess is happening 🤷‍♂️