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So this #Target #boycott (v @knizer @stefan ) is a good nudge for me. I boycott Amazon since 2017, Instacart + Uber Eats since 2019. I've been considering adding Target after they intensified their surveillance and began locking products in #EverettMA to "prevent shoplifting." My modest financial support will go instead to one of the small grocery chains in my area.
#boycott #target #everettma @Stefan Bohacek @knizer

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Hey Republicans — take a lesson from @aoc.bsky.social. this is what it looks like to not be afraid, because you know you’re fighting for what’s right 👇🏽 🐐
@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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"Call centres using AI to 'whiten' Indian accents"

"Teleperformance said it was applying real-time AI software on phone calls in order to increase 'human empathy' between two people on the phone."

"The French company's customers in the UK include parts of the Government, the NHS, Vodafone and eBay."

"Teleperformance has 90,000 employees in India and tens of thousands more in other countries."

"It is using software from Sanas, an American company that says the system helps 'build a more understanding world' and reduces miscommunication."

I didn't know there were AI systems for changing accents. Though I feel like I shouldn't be surprised at this point.

Call centres using AI to 'whiten' Indian accents

#solidstatelife #ai #genai #llms #audioai


Call centres using AI to ‘whiten’ Indian accents

World’s biggest operator claims technology improves empathy and communication with callers
James Titcomb (The Telegraph)
#AI #solidstatelife #LLMs #audioai #genai
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technology enables strange social situations.
the situation: the call center thinks it has a problem and wants to whiten the voices or their agents, for some reason.

this dream existed before the invention of technology enabled it to happen. and then it becomes a public news story that we all read about.

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Most common ethnicity of White Americans by county [OC] byteseu.com/806195/ #Data #DataIsBeautiful #DataIsBeautiful
Most common ethnicity of White Americans by county [OC]

Most common ethnicity of White Americans by county [OC]

Most common ethnicity of White Americans by county Posted by Mission-Guidance4782
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#data #dataisbeautiful

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If I put together a feed of public domain animation and movies that you could stream to an old CRT TV just by plugging in a USB stick and the cables, even the old ones, what would you pay for that? No internet connectivity required
in reply to Phil Nelson

Phil Nelson
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@mcc will send thru The Underground Failroad which is what I assume we’ll call the secret tunnels, like as a bit
@mcc

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Both our baby kittens are sick and my life is pretty upside down right now, to say the least.

Vet visits, vet tests, midterm tomorrow, specialists doctors, medical tests, bloodwork, insurance approval hurdles for my new biologic … I’m exhausted.

“It’s ok that you’re not okay.”

I think it’s time to read the book with that title written by Megan Devine…

#medical #cats #grief #anger #fatigue #chronicillness

(Edit: added photos for the cat tax) :blobheartraccoon:

Magnus the tuxedo Maine Coon sitting in front of his carrier. He’s over 12 pounds now… that’s a large carrier lol
Merlin the tuxedo Maine Coon perched in his window bed looking to the right out the window. He’s holding his blue rat toy in his paws.
#cats #anger #medical #grief #fatigue #chronicillness
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oii #cat #cats
#cat #cats

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#cats
#cats

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#ThrowbackThursday 🐾 when Mr Newb arrived here 🐾#cats #AdoptDontShop #straycats #CatsofMastodon #fedicats 🐭 🐾
Young black and white cat guarded by the boss cat
same
Black and white cat with a shaved neck and foreleg after a dozen or so vet visits
Black and white cat entertaining a calico lady with some fascinating stories
#cats #catsofmastodon #fedicats #throwbackthursday #AdoptDontShop #straycats
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in reply to Brian Gerfort🇺🇦

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Most of the #cats are ok now. I just took these two to the vet's yesterday - MiniMa and Flakey. They are MaCat's kids and they've been on the skinny all their lives. And this cold and the loss of appetite had me concerned. Got some long-lasting shots and today both have been eating much better. So 🤞🤞🤞 #fedicats #CatsOfMastodon
Black and white cat snoozing
Black and white cat (tuxedo cat) judging me
#cats #catsofmastodon #fedicats
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Good Night 🌃
#sweetjuno #cats #whitecat #CatsOfMastodon
White cat sleeping weird on a couch
#cats #catsofmastodon #WhiteCat #sweetjuno

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Rapper TPain catches Starship failure on livestream byteseu.com/806192/ #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpaceTechnology
Rapper TPain catches Starship failure on livestream

Rapper TPain catches Starship failure on livestream

Rapper TPain catches Starship failure on livestreamhttps://www.twitch.tv/tpain/clip/TemperedIgnorantHeronOSfrog-aowJ27rcgpBY8mlU
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#space #astrophysics #spaceexploration #SpaceTechnology #astrobiology #Cosmology #planetaryscience

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Lazy afternoon

#cats #gatti #catsofumbria

#cats #gatti #catsofumbria

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Sheena and Joey #cats #catlife #CatsOfMastodon
a white cat rests on a bed while behind her, a black cat sits up in an open clothes drawer
#cats #catsofmastodon #catlife

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Hmm 🤔 my laptop has updates. But it won't properly connect with my internet. And it needs the internet for the updates.
I tried the normal wifi, I connected to lan (which I usually do and it normally works fine), I tried the phone hotspot wifi.
I'm guessing the network isn't working properly due to the updates? And when it can't get those updates? 🤔
My pc is dead and I have no new one yet... So the very old laptop with the Kubuntu is all I have at the moment...
But I just don't understand why the network isn't working......... Dammit.... 😔

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Starbuck has a message for certain neighbours (not all) on behalf of all of us, eh. #ElbowsUp #cats #catsofmastodon #catsofCanada #ProudlyCanadian #Canadian
#cats #catsofmastodon #canadian #ProudlyCanadian #ElbowsUp #catsofcanada

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New box day #CatsOfMastodon #cat #cats
#cat #cats #catsofmastodon

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Bicho loves bags and boxes 😻

#cat #cats

Cat in a paper bag.
Cat in a paper bag.
Cat in a paper bag.
#cat #cats

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CIA stops sharing intelligence with Ukraine after Oval Office stoush

smh.com.au/world/north-america…

@ukraine
#US
#CIA
#Ukraine


CIA stops sharing intelligence with Ukraine after Oval Office stoush

The suspension on the back of the disastrous Trump-Zelensky meeting could hurt Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian missile strikes.
Jonathan Landay and Erin Banco (The Sydney Morning Herald)
#CIA #US #ukraine @ukraine group

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Another day, another dangle 😁

#Lemonthecat #danglers #cats #CatsOfMastodon #pets #dangler #muppet #weirdo #sweetie #cute

Lemon the cat once again dangling her front paws off her cat tree, this time while defiantly staring down my husband (who isn't pictured here)
#cats #catsofmastodon #cute #pets #muppet #weirdo #sweetie #lemonthecat #danglers #dangler
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His tongue must be just dried out by this point because it's been stuck like this for about 10 minutes.

#catsOfMastodon #cats

A close picture of my cat's face looking at the camera with the tip of his tongue curled and stuck out.
#cats #catsofmastodon
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