Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Meta finally caved to EU demands to get consent for personalized ads

Changes will impact Facebook, Instagram users in Europe as early as this fall.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/meta-finally-caved-to-eu-demands-to-get-consent-for-personalized-ads/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#sports #football #NFL #spiffy

Eli Manning's freshman nephew had his first trading card auctioned for $102,500. Tag because proceeds benefit a nonprofit

https://www.nj.com/giants/2023/07/giants-legend-eli-mannings-nephew-already-has-a-record-he-wont-get.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

📚 If you want to combine the best of both worlds: Here’s a quick tutorial on how to enable and use #LaTeX in #Markdown files with #MathJax:

🌎 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2021-08-10-How_to_use_LaTeX_in_Markdown/

💡 And for a deeper dive into the topic, check out: Markdown vs. LaTeX for #ScientificWriting

🌎 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2021-08-18-Markdown_vs_LaTeX/

X, formally known as Twitter, is suing the independent researchers behind the report that documented a rise in neo-Nazi and anti-LGBTQ hate speech on the platform since Elon Musk's takeover. The nonprofit, which has previously published reports on Facebook and TikTok, has never before been subjected to legal action by a tech company it has reviewed. The center's CEO Imran Ahmed says he's concerned for the future of independent research if X wins its case.

https://flip.it/Z4_nfT

#Twitter #X

Ron DeSantis just challenged Vice President Kamala Harris to debate him on Black History standards

Before you get upset, take a minute to walk a mile in Ron DeSantis’ shoes

#sports #soccer #spiffy

USWNT saved from going home by goal post

https://time.com/6300049/the-uswnt-should-be-out-of-the-world-cup-heres-how-they-survived/?xid=fark_time

BREAKING: Trump allies in Michigan charged in 2020 voting machine tampering case https://t.co/6qUBZBxBuH

Meta plans AI-powered chatbots to boost social media numbers - Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Getty Images)

Meta is reported... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1958059 #largelangaugemodels #machinelearning #instagram #chatbots #facebook #chatgpt #threads #biz⁢ #llama2 #tech #meta #ai

My local amateur astronomy club has a great beginner's list that I've been meaning to start working my way through, maybe this will finally force me to start on the summer objects! https://regina.rasc.ca/content/beginners-observing-list

X sues hate speech researchers whose “scare campaign” spooked Twitter advertisers - Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg)

As Twitt... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1958122 #onlinehatespeech #misinformation #hatespeech #elonmusk #twitter #policy #x

The Electronic Frontier Foundation will award Alexandra Elbakyan, founder of the 'pirate' library Sci-Hub, for her efforts to provide access to scientific knowledge.

Without Sci-Hub, many academics would be unable to complete their research projects.

#EFF also highlights that Elbakyan’s work helps to challenge the current academic publishing system, where researchers are used as unpaid workhorses.

https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hubs-alexandra-elbakyan-receives-eff-award-for-providing-access-to-scientific-knowledge-230728/

#elsevier #springer #scihub

the number of ppl perhaps rightly mourning the decay of academic twitter as one of the only ways to share, find and talk about research seems like it points directly to the fundamental hollowness of the current journal system as a means of uh sharing, finding, and talking about research.

our for-profit system of communication is so hostile to the way we want to work that we became dependent on a different, also very hostile informational chokepoint.

I think it is a pretty normal idea to want to try to rebuild our communication systems ourselves, in common. whatever that looks like. I get why that's weird or boring or scary to ppl I just think it would be fun and good to do.

Rishi Sunak’s family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before the UK opened new North Sea licences.

The CEO of one of Infosys' other major clients, Shell, also joined Rishi Sunak's new business council two weeks ago.

#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sunaks-family-firm-signed-a-billion-dollar-deal-with-bp-before-pm-opened-new-north-sea-licences-353690/

Nature is full of spirals on all scales: galaxies, forming stars, hurricanes, whirlpools.
The starbirth image (#2) is a new one from the ALMA observatory, revealing the intricate geometry that leads to the creation of new planetary systems.
https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/press-releases/star-birth-spectacle-unveiled-from-chile/
#science #nature #design