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And by the way, one reason AI gels so well with the fascist agenda is: AI responds to queries by basically spitting out the internet's average story and vibe on the subject Which is to say, it affirms dominant prejudices and biases BY DESIGN
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They want people to give up on fact and trust vibes. Ideally, they'd like us all to look at reality through the lens of AI, which is basically just a service that averages and reconstitutes vibes on any given subject. Wikipedia helps us order and evaluate based on fact. It is a threat.
The Corpse Flower at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney is due to bloom this week for the first time in 15 years. It dies 24 hours later. I will not be keeping vigil. I will not.
Corpse Flower livestream: A plant to die for
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I really hope everyone understands what is going on with Elon and Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of our last remaining bastions of evidence-based consensus reality. The MAGA narrative is fundamentally threatened by evidence-based fact, and Wikipedia is a repository of evidence-based fact.
If you haven't read, I deeply recommend this article. Apparently his beef started when they refused to call him a founder of Tesla. Just because he didn't actually found Tesla. www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-an...
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Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia
The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.Molly White (Citation Needed)
Of Donald Trump, geopolitics & the printing industry
Donald Trump has taken charge of the world’s most powerful country with a slew of executive orders that would have far-reaching implications the world over. We were hardly done celebrating the arrival of 2025 and the month of January is almost over.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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City of Redding, local business owner weigh in on new CA organic waste law
NORTHSTATE, Calif. — Senate Bill 1383 is changing how organic waste is handled in California.City of Redding Assistant Project Coordinator Leo Coleman told the Northstate’s News that businesses now have to keep organic waste separate from their regul…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
The EPA Is Investing $2.4 Million To Bring New Technologies To Market
Worker with logs in a wood recycling plant.getty The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $100,000 in small business innovation grants to encourage 24 companies to develop their ideas, such as repurposing waste, into products that help the…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Trump administration puts federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff on leave
Employees in the programs will be placed on paid administrative leave. Agencies have the next few days to submit reports on how they are complying with the orders, including plans to fire them.
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A woman hits a piñata depicting Donald Trump at a protest outside the US embassy in #Mexico City.
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RCMP issue travel advisory due to poor driving conditions between Edmonton and Calgary
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I knew that SMS messages weren't secure but this was still startling.
“You might as well think of them as postcards,” said Daniel Kahn Gillmor, senior staff technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union. “Everybody along the path can see them.”
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4 Easy Ways to Make Sure No One Can Read Your Text Messages
To keep your texts safe from prying eyes, make sure they’re encrypted with these 4 tips.Max Eddy (Wirecutter)
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A quote from Daniel K Gillmor that didn't make the final draft:
“The act of switching to an encrypted messenger is a social act, it is a community-oriented act, and it is a beneficial act.”
Build community, one encrypted message at a time.
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People protest Donald Trump in New York on Monday.
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