nonesuch_user @nonesuch_user@social.cleverlibre.org

UPDATE: Those data were from November. Currently there are over 8.7 MILLION accounts on Mastodon (3.5 TIMES as many as when the article was written). https://bitcoinhackers.org/@mastodonusercount/109548012136865393

We starten een nieuwe rubriek 'Grafiekpolitie' bij Nieuwscheckers! Met als eerste aflevering deze grafiek van Rijkswaterstaat - die de grafiek direct hebben laten aanpassen.

https://nieuwscheckers.nl/grafiekpolitie-rijkswaterstaat-overdrijft-natuurcompensatie-met-bomen-infographic/

In 'Hoopvolle gesprekken met een gelijkwaardige boventoon' interviewt onderzoeksjournaliste Zoë Papaikonomou bijzondere denkers die het begrip gelijkwaardigheid op geheel eigen wijze vormgeven. Lees de interviews https://www.nieuwwij.nl/dossiers/hoopvolle-gesprekken/

More than two million users have flocked to #Mastodon since Elon Musk took over #Twitter. https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/20/23518325/mastodon-monthly-active-users-twitter-elon-musk

Komende week zal de staatssecretaris van digitalisering een eerste versie van een landelijk algoritmeregister lanceren. Directeur Digitale Samenleving, Ron Roozendaal, is woensdagvond 21 december beschikbaar om al jullie vragen te beantwoorden.

https://www.meetup.com/Code-For-NL/events/290345153/

I just 💚💜🧡 @jonathan's series of MidJourney-conjured imaginary machines - from a calling card press to an elevator-clang decoder to a chromotelegraph to a bus ticket printer to a steganography machine

https://www.instagram.com/jonathanhoefler/

Such a timely + inspiring series as we watch Big Tech collapse + imagine how things could be otherwise -- as we envision, in Robin Sloan's words, new technologies from "the provinces, the marshes," the garage, the library, the kitchen table (https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/new-avenues/)

How to spot AI-generated text https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/19/1065596/how-to-spot-ai-generated-text/

The FTC is protecting customers right to #churn! https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-ramp-enforcement-against-illegal-dark-patterns-trick-or-trap-consumers-subscriptions. #subscription #subscriptioneconomy #customerretention

Work from home has been a huge boon to employment access for disabled people.

“The jobless rate for disabled workers — typically in double digits and 12.3% two years ago — dropped to 5.8% in November … the lowest rate for people with disabilities since record-keeping began in 2008.”

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-12-15/long-left-out-of-job-market-people-with-disabilities-reap-benefits-of-covid-19s-teleworking-boom

A little BBC Radio 4 news: You can hear the audio adaptation of my story The Sleeper and the Spindle in the UK on the radio on the 24th and the 26th, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qm49, and hear me with the BBC Symphony on Friday & Friday Week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cl2r and https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cp2b. And after broadcast they will be available anywhere in the world using the websites or the BBC Sounds App.

“The researchers concluded that predictions of unbearable traffic as a result of reallocating space away from private vehicles were, in most cases, alarmist. People adjusted their behavior in ways that traffic models did not accurately predict.”

Traffic Evaporation: What Really Happens When Road Space is Reallocated from Cars?
https://thecityfix.com/blog/traffic-evaporation-what-really-happens-when-road-space-is-reallocated-from-cars/

#urbanism #cities #transportation #traffic
#InducedDemand

Lord let me blessed with the confidence of a mountain goat to do … well … anything a mountain goat does.

Happy Hannukah

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Every year our card contains a picture that aims at inspiring moral reflection about the world we all share.

The photo by Metin Aktaş was taken during exhumation of bodies of civilians killed by the Russian army in Izium (#Ukraine).

#Hannukah #Izium #Russia #war #wishes

#Photo: Metin Aktaş/#Anadolu Agency/#Getty Images

My finest work to date: https://www.captiongenerator.com/v/2284647/elon-reacts-to-twitter-implosion
@twitterisgoinggreat @mmasnick #johnmastodon #twitter

This is the best Downfall video ever. A live look at Elon Musk's war room.

Kudos to @max_andrews https://www.captiongenerator.com/v/2284647/elon-reacts-to-twitter-implosion

1/ In another possible indication of an imminent forthcoming mobilisation of public employees, Moscow police officers have been ordered to pack an 'emergency bag' of items essential for survival. ⬇️

Say Cheese

Archaeologists uncovered 200 mummies buried in China’s Taklamakan Desert. The mummies are nearly 4,000 years old, and they are still wearing the clothes in which they were buried in upside-down boats.

The mummies were also carrying chunks of cheese tied around their necks. The dry and salty soil of the desert preserved the mummies and their ancient cheese for thousands of years.

#photography #birds #nature #fauna #animals #wildlife #towns #country #scenery #places #wildlife #archeology

Astronomie foto van de dag: The Tadpole Nebula in Gas and Dust. Fotoinfo: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221219.html Foto Credits: Craig Stocks #astronomie #sterrenkunde #sterrenkijken #apod #heelal

"DEArt: Dataset of European Art" an object detection and pose classification dataset with 15k paintings between the XIIth and the XVIIIth centuries, based on @WikiCommons categories.

paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2211.01226.pdf
dataset: https://zenodo.org/record/6984525#.Y4ehI9LP0kQ