ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

This is your reminder that potatoes are an objectively superior currency to Bitcoin or any other crypto

A Potato:
- Shows inherent proof of work
- Hacker proof
- Valid in any country
- Works in any century
- Accessible at any tech level
- Delicious and nutritious
- Is also a battery
- Can be turned to rocket fuel (AKA vodka)

Selena Deckelmann, Wikimedia's CTO, with a thoughtful article on Wikipedia and generative AI such as LLMs

https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/07/12/wikipedias-value-in-the-age-of-generative-ai/

Erik Demaine proved that any pattern of straight cuts can be implemented by folding a piece of paper then making a single straight cut!

http://erikdemaine.org/foldcut/

Here is what this looks like for a Koch snowflake:

The idea behind #9ReplyGuys is that, if you wish, you can use the 9 images in the thread above to quickly categorize & dismiss sexist replies. Misogynists *hate* being called unoriginal.
Thanks from me and @shrewshrew for your support, suggestions, boosts and encouragement 💕

Re-posting this 🐤 thread from 2018 which, sadly, is still relevant:

#WomenInSTEM who talk about #harassment and sexual misconduct get a lot of antagonistic & unhelpful replies.
@shrewshrew and I (a woman & a man in science) tried to categorize them. #9ReplyGuys

THE NINE TYPES OF REPLY GUYS 🧵

#1: THE LIFE COACH

Hey #MAIHT3k fans! Our next twitch stream (episode 14) is this Friday. Come listen live while @alex and I chat with Dr. Lucy Suchman about AI hype and military and national security --- and take apart AI hype coming from none other than Henry Kissinger + Palantir's applications of LLMs to warmaking.

twitch.tv/dair_institute
Friday July 21, 1pm Pacific

#AIhype

NEW!! Join myself, Alan Jagolinzer and Sander van der Linden for an open online discussion on July 26 about: "Combatting disinformation; Threads and solutions" as we prepare for the Cambridge #Disinformation Summit https://dcnglobal.net/posts/news/july-26-combatting-disinformation-threads-and-solutions-online-discussion-in-the-context-of-the-cambridge-disinformation-summit #propaganda #comodon #media #aoir #technology #socialmedia

Ch 1 of every IP law textbook: "Copyright is vital as it gives creators a reason to create new works"

Hollywood: "We're just going to nuke this entire TV show we made because we can make more money NOT distributing entertainment than we can when we do."

Academia: "Interesting problem. Here's an article an economics professor wrote about it as part of a publicly funded research initiative which you can pay $19.99 to view for 24 hours."

Government: "we're busy making it illegal to use WhatsApp"

Studio ghibli films

#StudioGhibli

Hello, new followers! Here’s my “get to know me post”: https://twit.social/@glennf/109294252207368417

I’m currently in Maine at a printing company’s plant in my role as project manager for “Shift Happens,” a 1,216-page, two-volume Kickstarter-funded book by @mwichary that we are monitoring as it’s being printed—that’s why my feed is full of industrial photos and printed pages in progress!

My turtle bracelet arrived! It’s so pretty, the little charms are gorgeous, the purple and the metallic bits look great. Fits comfortably. I’m so happy. Thank you Skaly and thanks to whoever first boosted Skaly into my timeline.
If anyone wants similar please check out their Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/ie/shop/GenderlessBySkaly or reach out for custom work @skaly
#Artist #Handmade #Jewellery

Discworld fans will understand my joy that the dangling turtles move
#Discworld #SmallGods #TheTurtleMoves #TerryPratchett

One suggestion: If you want the fedi to be a welcoming place, don't jump in to someone's mentions to explain the fedi UNLESS explicitly asked to do so.

"But...."

But nothing. This place will survive a little technical misunderstanding or misstatement.

It will not survive newcomers being bombarded with endless fedisplaining.

banjo levels are currently at 04% but fluctuating wildly

(04%) □□□□□□□□□□

I was not made for the 9 to 5. I was made to follow a gang of raccoons around the city in an effort to figure out where they keep their garbage treasures.

Pay people what they’ve earned. Treat them well.

#union #UnionStrong

Please remember that the Pollution-Industrial Complex has been preparing for •decades• to make the pivot from “there is no climate crisis” to “it’s too late to do anything!”

Please remember that hopeless doomerism is part of fossil fuel’s PR strategy.

This isn’t doom. This is all hands on deck. This is “tear down the gates and storm the castle.”

NO PROMO CODE NEEDED, THIS WATER-LOGGED FOOT THAT WASHED UP ON A PACIFIC NORTHWEST COASTAL BEACH IS YOURS FOR FREE.

@AnarchoNinaWrites It's always weird hearing multicellular organisms stating that nature is revolves around brutal competition.