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People can't make risk assessments without knowing the risks by @julia_doubleday
Why is the public learning potentially life-altering information about a virus they’ve almost certainly contracted multiple times now from the economics section of Bloomberg?
Russia propaganda group behind fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story, says Microsoft
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…
Odd, isn't it, that Russia is not producing lies and misinformation about #Republicans. I wonder why?🤔
A false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris was involved in an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation, according to new research by Microsoft.
Researchers found that the group created a video, paid an actor to appear as the alleged victim, and spread the claim through a fake website for a nonexistent San Francisco news outlet named KBSF-TV.
them: "I believe that the artificial intelligence boom […] is unsustainable, and will ultimately collapse. I also fear that said collapse could be ruinous to big tech, deeply damaging to the startup ecosystem, and will further sour public support for the tech industry. ...The really worrying part is that other than AI… these companies have nothing, [and] when it fails, the effects will invariably cascade down to other companies in the tech space."
me:
My experience differs.
I currently use a version of ChatGPT in MAXQDA, as part of qualitative research, and it adds considerable value.
This would be funny if it weren't half true. Funny thing: FOX News did to a generation what they said playing video games would do to their kids.
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#Python Typing Council is looking for new members.
Read the Discourse Forum and PEP 729 for details.
Announcement: discuss.python.org/t/call-for-…
PEP 729: peps.python.org/pep-0729/
@spocko
The vagueness is not an accident.
Fear, paralysis, and confusion is the objective.
Flooding the zone with shit is the point.
On another note, it is wild that atomicpoet.org – a small server that’s entirely self-funded by me – will outlive mozilla.social.
I know people think that servers run by corporations are “stable” and “safe”, but it’s simply not true.
Are we on the brink of a new elitism in science?
With fraud rapidly increasing, researchers will increasingly distrust results from institutions and researchers they haven't heard of, thinking that those they know are more trustworthy, despite the occasional Gino, Ariely, or Tessier-Lavigne.
This is one reason I have argued that all institutions should take steps to create an evidence/data chain-of-custody system. chronicle.com/article/how-to-s…
Trump held his first campaign event since the apparent assassination attempt
Trump’s town hall in Michigan was shorter than his typical campaign rally, but he used the event to discuss everything from the failed attempts on his life to a promise to boost the auto industry.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Mx. Luna Corbden 🐸
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I usually don't mind being misgendered. I don't even tell most people my pronouns or gender. It's too much trouble. I'm part woman anyway, so it's semi-accurate. I stay satisfied that I know who I am, and if anyone else sees me that way, it's special. I feel specially loved.
But my mom KNOWS. And she's been TOLD. Over and over and over.
She deadnamed me too. As usual. No exceptions on the birfday. I've been Luna for *20* years, 2/3rds of my adult life. I can count on one hand people I still know that knew me by that name.
Feeling really loved mom. The chocolates don't make up for it.
Good thing I set those boundaries super high. Good thing I've got a reminder why to not pull them back down. Because it's not just the gender stuff. She sees me how she sees me, and nothing I do or say can convince her otherwise.
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