i'll link a tiktok and in this tiktok the person is talking about rococo dresses and court and how space is equivalent to power.
does anyone know of sources for that? like dairies? history books?
Very happily following scientists, lefties, activists, journalists, neurodiversity and techies. But 85% of them are white, and I think that's not healthy as it limits my view on the world.
Do any of you have suggestions for me please? People of color I should follow, or Muslims / people of other beliefs than Atheists or Christians?
On the #BBC: Does #Scotland want its kilted #king. Mmm. As a Scot there are few things that wind me up about the #RoyalFamily as much as Prince Charles or rather #KingCharles as he is now insisting on wearing a #kilt so much in Scotland. It isn't how Scottish people #dress everyday. It isn't something we can relate to or recognise in our experiences. It's playing at #nationality, playing at #culture, playing at dress up. And it's woefully inappropriate and ill judged. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65424929
“In that sense, ChatGPT’s greatest limitation is that it doesn’tknow anything about anything; it isn’t storing definitions of words or a sense of their meanings or connections to real world objects or facts to reference about them. ChatGPT is, in fact, incapable of knowing anything at all. The assumption so many people make is that when they ask ChatGPT a question, it ‘researches’ the answer the way we would, perhaps by checking Wikipedia for the relevant information. But ChatGPT doesn’t have ‘information’ in this sense; it has no discrete facts. To put it one way, ChatGPT does not and cannot know that “World War I started in 1914.” What it does know is that “World War I” “1914” and “start” (and its synonyms) tend to appear together in its training material, so when you ask, “when did WWI start?” it can give that answer. But it can also give absolutely nonsensical or blatantly wrong answers with exactly the same kind of confidence because the language model has no space for knowledge as we understand it; it merely has a model of the statistical relationships between how words appear in its training material.”
From a generally good overview of why ChatGPT isn’t a “mind” in any sense of the word, and can’t actually think, reason, research, or know anything. (And also coincidentally a good 101 on “what is an essay?” and “why do our uni lecturers make us write them?”.)
Lately I've seen an unattributed meme circulating that's somewhat incorrectly--or at least incompletely--worded. Still a valuable thought, but in respect for the author, I thought a full version, complete with the source, might be useful.
I don’t know, man. I was on the internet in the 1990s, and I remember when people just made stuff for fun — as a gift to other people. It seems like there’s less and less of that spirit remaining, and it’s why the internet sucks now. It’s why I have to append “reddit” to […]
Do people seriously not understand how much gatekeeping there is in the statement "you need to understand the #culture of the #fediverse [before you should be here]"?
The Culture of the Fediverse™ is by design and necessity something that can and should evolve. If it is going to succeed it must evolve.
You can't say "everyone is welcome here" and then turn around and say "but only if you adjust to a set of cultural expectations that no one will explain to you or write down."
Comic Roy Wood Jr. taps into America's psyche on 'The Daily Show'
Wood Jr. will host the White House Correspondents' dinner April 29. In 2018, he explained how the years he spent performing in comedy clubs in the South and Midwest prepared him for The Daily Show.
I believe it was the great Mario who once said: "Wahoo!" After months of incubation, it's an amazing moment to hold something you've created, tangibly, in your hands. Wait...besides my kids, of course! Those little rascals. Love those kids, too. But this book...
Pre-order "In Fulfillment: The Designer's Journey" now! Available June 27th.
The word astrolabe comes from the #Greek for ‘star-taker’.
From the 8th century, #scientists & thinkers used instruments like this to gather information relating to timekeeping, positions of sun, stars, #planets, & point to the direction of #Mecca.
Does anyone know a good book or paper about the history of the concept of "nature"?
Is it even true that native communities lived in harmony with nature? Because that needed a distiction between a human and a natural realm. Is "nature" an invention of modernism? How did the concept change over time? Does "nature" need the abolition of the gods? Etc.
A "friend of Dorothy," is a coded phrase used by #LGBTQ+ people in the past to identify fellow members. The term came from #JudyGarland's role in "#TheWizardofOz," and Garland's status as a #gay#icon. Murray's reference to Christian as a "friend of Dorothy" in "#Clueless" was a nod to this #history. The phrase has since become a part of #queer#cultural#lexicon
Fascinating article on the (in many cases invented!) cultural history of Italian food.
Some obvious parallels to e.g. Finland in there as well, similar trajectory of development.
Three generations of trans Americans speak about how times have changed — and haven't
NPR's Melissa Block speaks with three trans people about how trans rights have changed through their generations and how anti-trans legislation is shaping the future of trans rights.
We are business in #Singapore dedicated to promote South American culture.
We do that mostly through our #foods and #beverages, for which we have even setup a supply chain of key #ingredients since 2015, but we would participate of any cultural expression such as music, dance, poetry, narrative, painting, cinema, theater, etc.
We also love to experiment with collaborations by chefs and artists from both sides of the Pacific.
We are strong believers in freedom, integration, open access, inclusiveness and collaboration as the key ingredients of social progress, so we hope to make of the Fediverse our social media home. 😊