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bastardsheep, 10 months ago to random

Hearing disturbing rumors that some of these protestors on the picket line are professional actors.

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bastardsheep, 2 months ago to random

Every time Meta whinges about not having a fair field or access to anything, the correct response is to laugh.

Do not trust FB as far as you can throw them.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/

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bastardsheep, 30 days ago to random

I watch a lot of dashcam vids (mostly DCOA). A not insignificant number of crashes are caused by someone "being courteous" as opposed to following the right-of-way laws.

Follow right-of-way. Be courteous ONLY within right-of-way rules or when there's grey zones about who has right-of-way. Never be courteous in ways that go against right-of-way rules. https://xkcd.com/2932/

bastardsheep, 7 months ago to auspol

"Australia now occupies a unique position globally. It is the only colonial settler society in the world that not only does not recognise in any way those dispossessed by colonialism, but whose citizens have actively rejected any such recognition.

In doing so, Australians have turned their backs on historical fact." #VoiceToParliament #AusPol

https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/10/16/voice-to-parliament-colonisation-first-nations-peoples/

bastardsheep, 4 months ago to random

I'm a big fan of Indigenous art. It's vital to make sure if you're buying it, that it's from an actual artist. Especially for this. Support local. https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/01/19/artificial-intelligence-fake-indigenous-art-stock-images/

bastardsheep, 20 days ago to random

15 years ago, the Greens started warning that we needed to start preparing and planning the transition from coal to renewable energy.

The Libs responding by gaslighting and saying things like “You can’t shut down coal energy overnight!”, something the Greens were in no way shape or form asking for.

The media simply quoted the Libs. Their excuse? “We WeRe JuSt TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId!”. Never quoted what the Greens actually wanted, or actually analyzed the situation, just QuOtEd WhAt ThEy SaId! The Liberals and those talking complete and utter horse shit. While burying their heads in the sand about energy transition.

Now, we’re in a situation where coal plants are shutting down ahead of the 15 years ago schedule, renewable sources have been delayed massively, and many don’t have power lines heading to them nor are connected to the grid properly. We are in the EXACT problem situation the Greens were warning about 15 years ago.

The media won’t take responsibility for their one-sided citing and TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId. They’ll just write articles pretending that never happened, glossing over their part in it.

We’re in for hard times. All caused by the Liberal governments of the last 15 years. And Labor especially now aren’t exactly any better. And caused by the media failing to do their actual jobs.

https://theconversation.com/clean-energy-slump-why-australias-renewables-revolution-is-behind-schedule-and-how-to-fix-it-229514

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/scaremongering-wont-keep-australias-lights-on-picking-up-the-pace-of-energy-transition-will

bastardsheep, 4 months ago to random

bastardsheep, 4 months ago to random

For those who missed the note on why the queer.af domain was shuttered. It's the Taliban. https://www.404media.co/taliban-shuts-down-queer-af-domain-breaking-mastodon-instance/

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If it's impossible then their business model is a failed one.

Aaron Swartz was arrested and charged federally with wire fraud for automating the collection of academic journal's he had authorised access to download which eventually lead to his suicide.

So much less than OpenAI was doing, received so much more punishment than they have so far & driven to suicide due to it.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/01/openai-says-its-impossible-to-create-useful-ai-models-without-copyrighted-material/

bastardsheep, 7 months ago to random

It is now the majority of Australians saying they have little or no interest in what was once "the race that stopped the nation".

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/07/melbourne-cup-2023-horse-race-field-broadcast-horses-australia-interest-day

Good. Maybe one day this barbaric animal abuse and gambling indoctrination day will be taken out the way so many participants have been taken out. #MelbourneCup #MelbourneCup2023 #GamblingHarm #NupToTheCup

bastardsheep, 7 months ago to random

bastardsheep, 8 months ago to random

There are no "good guys" when it comes to Palestine v Israel.

Hamas' attack on Israel was unforgivable and is rightly being criticised. As is Israel's response on Gaza, which isn't.

Always has been. Always will be. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/israel-palestine-war-biden-zelenskiy

bastardsheep, 11 months ago to random

The Hollywood Writers Strike is ongoing. Now prepare yourself for an Actor's strike, as actors are concerned about AI and their digital likeness, and base pay concerns. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-13/hollywood-actors-sag-aftra-strike-deadline-approaches/102596148 #CineMastodon

bastardsheep, 1 month ago to random

bastardsheep, 1 month ago to random

Warning: Put your irony meters at a safe distance.

Mass scraper of copyright work is trying to claim copyright over the use of their logo on a subreddit.

https://www.404media.co/openai-files-copyright-claim-against-chatgpt-subreddit/

bastardsheep, 21 days ago to random

It’s Red Shield Appeal time again.

Remember - friends don’t let friends donate to the Salvos. They claim to be equal opportunity helpful while protecting homophobic and transphobic staff who cut off gay & trans people out of bigotry.

There are other charities out there. It’s not like the Salvos are the be all and end all. Donate elsewhere.

https://libcom.org/article/starvation-army-twelve-reasons-reject-salvation-army

bastardsheep, 21 days ago to random

The robot uprising has happened. LLM's aren't hallucinating. They know exactly what they're doing. #RoTM #SkyNet

bastardsheep, 1 month ago to random

Republicans pass grandstanding "antisemitism" bill.

Those on the ground at campus protests tell that there's zero antisemitism on-campus. It's only ever found off-campus by non-students and counter-protestors.

Many republicans & RW commentators claim ANY Palistinian support is "anti-semitic". The bill here panders to this false claim as well as other false claims of antisemitism.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/may/01/house-antisemitism-bill-university-protest

bastardsheep, 1 month ago to eattherich

#EatTheRich :guillotinedrop:

bastardsheep, 9 days ago to random

Remember that guy who zoomed in to a court hearing about a suspended license, while parking his car?

It was a clerical error. His license wasn't actually suspended.

None of the publications listed here (NYT, WP, NYP, USA Today, BBC, CNN, Fox, MSNBC) have issued corrections or updates.

https://reason.com/2024/06/03/the-viral-story-about-a-defendant-driving-with-a-suspended-license-was-fake-news/

Stolen from the 🦋 place. https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social/post/3ku2pzy6z622y