ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

I wrote about how it's infuriatingly hard to understand how closed models train on their input https://simonwillison.net/2023/Jun/4/closed-model-training/

Finally added an "about" page to my blog, just in time for its 21st birthday next week! https://simonwillison.net/about/

I love seeing people describing their images. I know it sometimes might seem like you don't need to, but you really don't have any idea when the next person who needs it will come across your post. If you can, please do it. More than just blind people can benefit. To those on my timeline who do it already, thank you.

My first run post ankle break was a success! I was able to run for a bit over an hour at a decent pace, and also listen to a bunch of talks throughout the day for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/10)

Hey, everybody!

I'm doing an encore class of WRITING FASHION IN SPECULATIVE WORLDS! Next Thursday!

You can sign up here. I'd love to see you!

Thursday, JUN 16 - 8pm!

eventbrite.com/e/650747953647

#writingcommunity #writing #fashion #fashionhistory

What if students really do know how to improve schools?

Analysis of the Canadian wildfires, the role #ClimateChange has to play, and prospects for the Pacific Northwest #wildfire season from Dr. Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik in Seattle.

#weather #wxtooter #fire

https://theconvergencezone.com/2023/06/06/is-the-ongoing-canadian-wildfire-outbreak-a-harbinger-of-a-smoky-pnw-summer/

Over a hundred subreddits are going dark on June 12 in protest of Reddit's new hiked API pricing, which threatens popular third-party apps like Apollo, Narwhal and BaconReader. This could signal an end to existing moderation and accessibility tools essential for many users accessing the platform's content.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d99pn/reddit-api-apollo-app-controversy-explained?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2Fvice

#Reddit #API #Moderation

A spring in one's step. ^_^

#WildlifePhotography
#RabbitsOfMastodon

If you had a #Facebook account and resided in the States anytime from May 2007 to Dec 2022, you can now apply for your share of the $725 million #CambrideAnalytica privacy lawsuit settlement.
Deadline is Aug 25
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/20/1170987739/facebook-settlement-lawsuit-privacy

Nikki Haley said the most important issue facing teenage girls is unfair competition from transgirl athletes.

An estimated ONE MILLION high school girls have been raped based on a 2021 (NBC) report. In 2021, 2590 children under 18 were murdered by guns (Pew). Before age 18, 3.5 Million girls have been stalked. One in 10 girls is a victim of dating violence.(Childrens Hosp of Phila).

Meanwhile, (Apr 21, 2023) Newsweek reports 15 high school transathletes competed in high school sports, of those 15, only THREE are girls.

MAGA will exaggerate and lie about victimization to justify hate and bigotry. Nazis did this, too. It's not harmless.

Now we know the name of the man who killed golf in America!

Several Golfers Reportedly Asked For PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan’s Resignation After LIV Golf Merger
#News

https://brobible.com/sports/article/players-liv-golfer-jay-monahan/

Putting everything on Iomega Zip disk storage to protect against obsolescence

#EveryBodyWasDoingThisInThe90s
#HashtagGames

In a lawsuit, the PGA Tour said LIV was offering golfers "astronomical sums of money" in an attempt "to use the LIV Players and the game of golf to sportswash the recent history of Saudi atrocities."

Today, the PGA Tour announced it was MERGING with LIV

WTF!

I'm so excited to share that my book, HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS: INSIDE THE SYSTEMS THAT SHAPE THE WORLD, will be out on October 17th of this year, on Riverhead Books. It's about the globe-spanning systems we've built to meet our needs: what systems like electricity, water, transportations and telecommunications have in common, how they work, and what needs to change to make them resilient, functional and equitable.

You can preorder it now at:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612711/how-infrastructure-works-by-deb-chachra/

Taxing the rich works like a charm. A capital gains tax, which was passed by the Democratic-controlled state legislature in 2021 to fund childcare and public education, will bring in nearly $601M more in revenue than previously projected.

According to the WA Department of Revenue, just 1,200 tax returns and 2,500 extensions represent the households paying the new 7% tax on profits over $250,000 gained from selling stocks and bonds. Good work, Jay Inslee and Democrats.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2023/05/25/washington-collects-nearly-850-million-in-capital-gains/