Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Sleepy Sunday morn

#WakeUp

“Yesterday, an assailant in tactical gear armed with an AR-15 style assault weapon gunned down innocent people in a shopping mall, and not for the first time. Such an attack is too shocking to be so familiar,” says President Biden in a statement. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/07/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-shooting-in-allen-texas/

As someone who has participated in multi-year edits wars over, yes, Nazi shit, I will say that my biggest concern here isn’t about unedited LLM text hitting wikipedia articles—that’s v bad but probably largely fixable—but with the way Talk page sophistry is about to become absolutely fucking unmanageable as malicious editors set chatbots to do their infinite argumentation for them

To generalize: LLMs on the web’s surfaces are bad. LLMs in the backstage are much worse.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bdba/ai-is-tearing-wikipedia-apart

Sorry, but I can’t come into work today, I’m paralyzed and can’t move.

#AmazingWorld
#California
#Clouds
https://www.facebook.com/groups/myhomeisca/permalink/3366893493620976/

@BlackAzizAnansi

you know they figure that if the TX gov pardons someone killing BLM protestors, he'll surely pardon someone running over migrants/homeless... there are some profoundly hateful and evil folks being enabled by abbott's behavior.

As a society we must reject politicians who have defrauded our trust, in public places, events or situations. With respect but firm, they can't go around as if nothing had happened. Enough.

Good morning, everyone but republicans. Coffee? ☀️☕️❤️

Channeling my childhood favorite at 51!
Diehard Strawberry Shortcake fan!

Taking a chance on Mastodon.

I am #biketouring #Greece, and will probably be in Athens in a week or so.
I would like to meet up with #climate minded or #bike minded people, so we can share experiences and tips for activism and lobby.
I currently don't know anyone with this profile there, but perhaps this toot can be forwarded?

Extract from an email sent by Graham Smith of Republic:
"Our arrests have been covered around the world and by all UK media outlets. It has been noted by a lot of observers that Charles has remained silent and has not made any effort to defend our values and liberties.

***Republic has also seen a huge influx of members, supporters and donations."*** 👊👊🥳
#FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #Coronation #NotMyKing #MetPolice #AbolishTheMonarchy #FuckTheTories #UKPolitics

Call It Trump's Coup Attempt, Because It Damned Well Was (S.V. Date/HuffPost)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-coup-media_n_64505256e4b039ec4e867f2d
http://www.memeorandum.com/230507/p13#a230507p13

@SrRochardBunson @DoctorDeathray

The people who run the HOA are exactly those people who should never have any sort of authority over another person at any time for any reason.

“People who criticize new technologies are sometimes called Luddites, but it’s helpful to clarify what the Luddites actually wanted. The main thing they were protesting was the fact that their wages were falling at the same time that factory owners’ profits were increasing, along with food prices. They were also protesting unsafe working conditions, the use of child labor, and the sale of shoddy goods that discredited the entire textile industry. The Luddites did not indiscriminately destroy machines; if a machine’s owner paid his workers well, they left it alone. The Luddites were not anti-technology; what they wanted was economic justice. They destroyed machinery as a way to get factory owners’ attention. The fact that the word #Luddite is now used as an insult, a way of calling someone irrational and ignorant, is a result of a smear campaign by the forces of capital.”

Ted Chiang in the New Yorker.

AMEN! POST, POST AND REPOST!

By being such a monolithic and easy-to-manipulate "base," a proudly redneck minority of Americans is quickly destroying our country via the many mechanisms in our system that give them too much power.

ENOUGH!
Show the carnage & deaths of more innocents
Their blood is stained on ALL REPUBLICANS & their VOTERS
This #GOPDeathCult is the #1 clear & present danger to American lives & democracy
Their deaths are on YOU!
Red states will keep morphing into fascist states of suffering
#VoteOutAllGOP
#VoteBlueToSaveLives

@HuShuo if you're a republican, I'd like to see your state cops armed only with a bible. See how those thoughts and prayers stack up against an AR15.

You're fucked up beyond belief.

#ItsTheGuns