Ambulocetus @ambulocetus@social.cleverlibre.org

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-2-0-eu-governments-set-to-approve-the-end-of-private-messaging-and-secure-encryption/

This is _very bad_.

Complain. And, if it comes to that, disobey. Reason and ethics are on our side.

#Europe #EU #democracy #privacy #surveillance #chatcontrol

Booooo

"QI has located no evidence for the existence of this quotation in the 1860s, 1870s, or 1880s. The earliest citation known to QI appeared in an 1893 text titled “Verbum Dei: The Yale Lectures on Preaching”"

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/02/09/darwinism-hope-pray/

AI image detectors are labeling real images from the conflict between Israel and Hamas as faked which some people are calling a second layer of disinformation.

This cuts across two of my regular themes. First of all, systems that claim to detect AI generated text or images are snake oil. They are guessing and will often guess wrong.

Secondly, it’s difficult to figure out what the facts are in the middle of a war. Treating it as a tech or moderation problem isn’t enough

https://www.404media.co/ai-images-detectors-are-being-used-to-discredit-the-real-horrors-of-war/

Went for a walk round the river by Pitlochry Dam last week. It was just after a week long rainfall, and the waters were big and noisy and very impressive. Have been there many times, but I don't think I'd seen the river so turbulent before.The noise was incredible as you walked over the dam. Lots of people transfixed by it all.

#video #loop #river #dam #Scotland #Pitlochry #sillyScribbles

Despite some unlikely weather forecasts, made a last minute trip to Oregon to see the annular eclipse. Had a bit of success for annularity as well as on shots like this before it got pretty cloudy. #eclipse

You may not know this, but despite the US Chamber of Commerce’s masturbatory fetishizing of free enterprise, we don’t have much anymore. For example, pick almost any major appliance sold today? A fridge, dishwasher, or air conditioner, whether Whirlpool, Frigidaire, Amana, GE or a dozen other brands. Under the label, they’re almost all the same Chinese made device with a few details changed for brand differentiation. It should be a scandal, but everything’s a scandal.

So this may be controversial, but I think that there are civilians in both Israel and Gaza and that Israelis and Palestinians both deserve a safe country to live in.

Scary has taken on a new meaning over the past few years

Review: "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a gloriously Gothic horror delight. Mike Flanagan knocks it out of the park with his last limited series for Netflix. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/10/review-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-is-a-gloriously-gothic-horror-delight/

A CBS affiliate in St. Louis has followed up on the story of a family who say Jamie Reed lied about their daughter, and that no parents of children at the Transgender Center in St. Louis have come forward to substantiate her claims.

This is Heidi, who I spoke to after Azeen Ghorayshi of the NYT betrayed her trust and botched the story, biasing it towards Reed despite catching her in a lie.

https://www.kmov.com/video/2023/10/13/first-alert-4-investigates-family-says-whistleblower-made-false-claim-permanent-harm-many-patients-washu-pediatric-transgender-center/

It is goddamn depressing that one of the most famous amateur athletes in American history could find herself fighting for her life in a hospital with no health insurance.

Mary Lou Retton needs the public’s help.

https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/10/olympic-gold-medalist-mary-lou-retton-fighting-for-life-illness-fundraiser/