ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

@ewdocparris
"He's been singing since he came out of the ship.”

Alien: "Marezedotes, doezedotes littlelambszedyvy kidzedyvy too."

“What was that?”

Alien: "Yellow matter custard
Dripping from a dead dog's eye"

“Hey, that was the Beatles.”

Alien: “He got toe jam football
He got monkey finger”

“Yep, the Beatles.”

Alien: "See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen”

“Abba?”

Alien: “Excuse me while I kiss this guy”

“What?”

Alien: “Hold me closer, Tony Danza”

“I hate that song, shoot him.”

I realize I never did the obligatory introductory post.

I'm a cranky academic (35 years on faculty) in the midwest US. I've been working in security, privacy, policy, and related for over 40 years.

I have some strong opinions about rights and respect for ALL people. I dislike ignorance and bigotry.

I also have a ... quirky... sense of "humor."

All of those are likely to be expressed here, sometimes in combination.

See my profile for links to more info.

#introduction #curmudgeon

The whole dang Mythical Gang at our book signing at the #RSA2023 . Thank you to everyone who stopped by! Pictured L-R: @spaf @drpattie @dykstra @theladyofgeek #CybersecurityMythsAndMisconceptions #CyberMyths

Meet Melvin the clownfish. Just added him to my little family. He’s super cute, and seems super happy! I’ve been having lots of fun watching him.

“cyborg fashion plate from La Sylphide, 1930” #midjourney #AIArt

@agilealliance My trans friends will not go to Florida, not cuz they're mad, cuz they're at risk of their lives. My Black friends won't go to Florida, not cuz they're mad, cuz they're at risk of their lives. My gay and lesbian friends won't go to Florida, not cuz they're mad, cuz they're at risk for their lives.

Go broke, walking away, go broke. But go broke *proud* that you cared more for humans than for a venue-deposit.

#ScenicSunday #SilentSunday
Spring on the Onaqui Mountain wild horse range. A wild horse family band enjoys the spring grasses in a magnificent setting.

Find It: https://wildhorsephotographs.com/779864/A%20Wild%20Horse%20Family%20in%20Spring.html

#WildHorses #Mountains #Wild #Wildlife #Nature #Horse #Horses #AYearForArt #Colt #Foal #HorsePhotography #Mustangs #Equine #Onaqui #Utah #Animals #Nature #Art #Photography #BuyIntoArt #PhotographyIsArt #IStandWithWildHorses

Not one passenger or flight crew member can recall any of the 12 minutes when the plane vanished off radar, but all 79 note that the new reality competition show Sushi Sous-Chef “promises to deliver sustainable viewer engagement…this fall on TBS!”

AFAIK, the only profession in which people must work 24-hour shifts as a matter of course is doctors, in their residencies. There are a lot of professions about which one might argue that it’s OK to have sleep-deprived people doing their jobs. Medicine is not one of those.

Listening to Season 2 of the Chameleon podcast, which is all about how the FBI entraps innocent people with bullshit sting operations and rips through taxpayer money on hookers and bottle service in Vegas clubs. It’s quite something. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chameleon-dr-dante/id1532225667?i=1000525480431 #ACAB

#Comics #DCComics #JusticeLeague

Do you want to resist the AI hype?

@Iris has a great collection of podcasts, articles, books and papers.

#aihype #aidoomerism #chatgpt #tescreal

https://irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2023/01/29/critical-lenses-on-ai/

To co-sign, boost.

@timnitGebru For those not aware of what #TESCREAL stood for (I didn't), this is a good thread about it

https://twitter.com/xriskology/status/1635313838508883968

It stands for "transhumanism, extropianism, singularitarianism, cosmism, rationalism, effective altruism, and longtermism".

Super handy way to sum up the Silicon Valley tech elite! Thanks Torres and Gebru!

The entire foundation of this field is the most racist shit I've ever seen. The more I learn the more bizarre it gets. And your favorites, OpenAI + co. are most influenced by, you guessed it, Nick Bostrom. "Altman has written about the influence Nick Bostrom...the "father" of longtermist thought, has had on him and his work": https://lnkd.in/gsVwrpJM

Oh hey! I just had my first social media post to be taken down from any platform ever, on LinkedIn. Yay! My post about the flabbergasting amounts of racism in "AI" violated their "professional" community guideline. Indeed. Its quite professional to be as racist as possible, but not professional to call it out. Totally makes sense.