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This is a lovely idea for someone who has done so much

act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sign-…

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I see #Movim decided to target itself as a (distributed) #Discord-killer.

And looking at the latest update, I’m cautiously optimistic. They worked on accessibility, hats (i.e. roles), spaces, better audio/video chat and game streaming …

mov.im/community/pubsub.movim.…

#xmpp #a11y

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The Guardian is looking for people who have deep, personal conversations with their chatbots.

"Lots of people now use chatbots as personal assistants, sometimes to the extent that they have formed an emotional attachment to them."

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#news #AI #LLMs #chatbots #TheGuardan

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Another check in on spring's arrival for plants blooming. Timing is way ahead of schedule, with off-the-charts early activity across parts of the central and western U.S. Quite a season!

Map from: usanpn.org/data/maps/spring
Future projections: doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-331…

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I've been boosting these because it is absolutely vital to remember that we "can talk with each other and build new things without checking with the rulers first".

Yes, that includes science. And every other middle class and/or intellectual endeavor.

Doing things outside the current system is not easy, but the current system isn't easy, either, it's *familiar*.

And it's destroying lives. It's destroying all hope of humanity's survival. Complicity in that is not the only option. Actively promoting that is not the only option.

We can figure out how to do things without asking permission instead. And we're going to need to.


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Happy Earth Day!

It always helps me lift my spirit to hear from scientists and other experts working hard at the forefront of the fight against climate change, and not giving up hope.

From 2020, celebrating fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day:

"While I’m older (and considerably greyer) than I was on that first Earth Day in 1970, I’m still as convinced as ever that a better world is possible – and is damned well worth fighting for." ✊

blog.ucs.org/alden-meyer/refle…

#EarthDay #environment #ClimateChange