szescstopni @szescstopni@social.cleverlibre.org

This heart-wrenching post from @pandorablake highlights all that is wrong with some current approaches to content moderation:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/kink-education-88802977

Google deleted their non-pornographic, educational videos about sex and sexuality, especially queer relationships, shutting their YouTube channel without warning.

As Blake says, those of us who grew up with the web in the 90s/early 2000s saw a *much* better web than the centralised mess we have today.

#OnlineSafetyBill

The UK Conservatives have seized on cars as a political wedge – it's a bet on public turning against climate action

https://theconversation.com/the-conservatives-have-seized-on-cars-as-a-political-wedge-its-a-bet-on-public-turning-against-climate-action-211244

Korci mnie, żeby na blogasku popisać trochę o takim wdzięcznym temacie, jak inżynieria oprogramowania... Ale mam kilka wątpliwości wewnętrznych.

Po pierwsze, psa z kulawą nogą to nie interesuje,

Po drugie, natknąłem się na kilka profili w różnych sm na ten temat i piszą oni same truizmy (a mają tysiące obserwujących),

Po trzecie, cały czas się tego uczę (już od ładnych kilku lat, but still).

I ja z jednej stronie nie chce pisać głupot dla przedszkolaków, a z drugiej - trochę się cykam

United Airlines briefly pauses all flights nationwide for ‘technology issue’

Windows update?

Burro napping protocol:

1) Most naps are taken standing up

2) When one burrito snoozes the other keeps an eye out for predators like wolves, bears or photographers.

This is why you should always have at least two donkeys or horses, by the way.

#asstodon

The petrified logs are one of the most prominent features of Petrified Forest National Park. Ancient trees were quickly buried in a river, slowing the decay process and allowing crystals to replace the original wood.
#ChinleWeek #Paleontology
https://www.nps.gov/pefo/learn/nature/petrified-wood.htm

Linden trees in Tallinn, Estonia. They're at least 250 years old. #Trees #ThickTrunkTuesday

I have thus far been an AI optimist, believing that it's a powerful tool with the potential for good that is being put to the wrong uses by unscrupulous types

But now? Shut it all down and scour it from the face of the Earth

https://twitter.com/kaunisluoto/status/1699114093800534017

I love it when my interests in paleontology and rail transport intersect!

"Fossil of an extinct 30-million-old crab discovered in a pillar at Tokyo Station"

https://soranews24.com/2023/08/05/fossil-of-an-extinct-crab-discovered-in-a-pillar-at-tokyo-station/

The Great Squid People used to ride the gleaming white chalk roads in great glass globes of water pulled by teams of clattering crabs.

But then the deers took over, a Dark Age came when the roads were covered with grass.

I finished my #Duolingo #Ukrainian language course with a 542 streak. The helpful pressure of doing daily lessons is over 😢 .
What now? 🤔
I'm far from being fluent. Exploring a few options to keep learning. Any suggestions from Ukrainian learners?

Well... School just started & 3 out of 30 children in my 5th grader's class have already tested positive for COVID. 😷

Be careful out there folks!

Tesla Europe needed a way of moving employees at their factory outside Berlin. So they did they Tesla thing, and dug a tunnel and filled it with self-driving cars.

No of course not, they got a train.

Czy może mi ktoś wyjaśnić, dlaczego biblioteki wycofują prawie nowe książki ze zbiorów?
Rozumiem, że może było mało czytelników, ale:
1. Książka w stanie prawie idealnym
2. To klasyk i ważny autor
Jeśli nawet przez 10 lat nie miała czytelników, to na pewno znaleźliby się później.

Techbros: self driving cars are inevitable!

Also techbros: prove you are human by performing a task that computers can’t do, like identifying traffic lights.

If you listen closely to the Starlink satellites as they go overhead, you can hear them cry out “nationalize meeeeeeeeeee”

Did you know? The OSM.org CDN handles 2.8 billion map tile image requests *per day*! 🤯🤯🗺🗺 That's a lot of maps!

Checkout how @pnorman and the rest of @osm_tech analyse the log files to learn how OSM.org is used.
🌐 <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/pnorman/diary/402291>
#OpenStreetMap #OSM #gischat
(Thanks to Fastly for the CDN 🙏)

The European Commission has hinted it might review the high protection status of wolves on the back of increasing tension around the predator in rural areas, but the move has been slammed by environmentalists as a political pandering ahead of upcomin https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-considers-reopening-wolves-high-protection-status-as-rural-tensions-mount/ source/editor : Natasha Foote