Martin Ruskov @mapto@social.cleverlibre.org

I wanted to consolidate a few thoughts on google, misinformation, large language models, enshittification, and the fate of the web as we know it.

It started when Carl Zimmer shared this remarkable example of Google being fooled by machine-generated bullshit online.

"The analysis, conducted by researchers in the US and UK, found that the carbon footprint of each satellite constellation is potentially 14 to 21 times higher per internet subscriber than the emissions associated with land-based."

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2394949-starlink-carbon-footprint-up-to-30-times-size-of-land-based-internet/

#Satellites #Space #SpaceSustainability #Starlink #SpaceX

If you're into #maps or #geography, this #FollowFriday is for you.

@coreyspowell — Award-winning science writer, co-founder of OpenMind magazine

@floledermann — Researching & teaching interactive maps at TU Wien

@GIS_Bandit — Product manager at #GIS software company Esri

@GregCocks — Researcher & spatial data scientist at U.S. Geological Survey

@History_of_Geology — A channel dedicated to the history of #earth sciences

@opencage — Provider of geocoding and geo-search using open data

International mission finds that Turkey’s press freedom crisis has deepened

Journalists continue to face harassment, arbitrary imprisonment and prosecution. Those responsible for attacks and threats against the press enjoy alarming levels of impunity.

https://ifex.org/international-mission-finds-that-turkeys-press-freedom-crisis-has-deepened/

Twitter/X is now removing headlines from links and Threads/Meta is prohibiting searches of public health terms like Covid and vaccines.

Billionaires are dangerously restricting people’s access to news.

It looks like the recently launched iOS 17 has reenabled a couple of privacy settings behind its users' back. These include Significant Locations and iPhone Analytics. For increased privacy, security experts have always advised to have both options set to OFF: https://archive.ph/2AcSI

@kellylepo @astro_jcm

Really good to combine with "before"

Ex. from:me before:2023-04-04

#MastoTips

#Twitter ranks worst in climate change misinformation report | X (formerly known as Twitter)

> A report ranking #climatechange #misinformation gave Twitter (recently rebranded as X) only a single point out of a 21-point scorecard when assessing policies aimed at reducing inaccurate information – the worst out of five major tech platforms.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/20/twitter-x-musk-climate-misinformation-social-platforms #ElonMusk

Turns out I like Mastodon #FullTextSearch even more than I thought I would. And I knew EXACTLY what was coming.

But it is another thing entirely to experience it in the wild. And I suspect it will get better the more opts ins join the party and as 4.2 rolls out.

https://indieweb.social/tags/FullTextSearch