josemurilo

josemurilo, 5 months ago to threads

Untangling #Threads:

"Nevertheless, I hope it becomes increasingly clear why the line, for some of us, isn’t about “non-commercial” or “non-algorithmic,” but about #Meta’s specific record of bloody horrors, and their absolute unwillingness to enact genuinely effective measures to prevent future political manipulation and individual suffering and loss on a global scale."

From: @kissane
https://mas.to/@kissane/111620930081617737

josemurilo, 5 months ago to mastodon

Big!
"#Discourse forums will become compatible with #Mastodon"

From: @ploum
https://mamot.fr/@ploum/111592388680099252

josemurilo, 6 months ago to tumblr

"…#Mullenweg explained that despite the #Tumblr re-org, #Automattic did switch someone over to Tumblr to work on the #fediverse integration, which will continue in the new year.

“The #ActivityPub and #Friends plugins for #WordPress are both from Automatticians, and have allowed us to play in this space and understand the community and protocols".

https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/11/tumblrs-fediverse-integration-is-still-being-worked-on-says-owner-and-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg/

josemurilo, 6 months ago to ai

"They’ve wrapped “#AI” with a shiny ribbon to make it fun and appealing to the masses. How could something so fun to play with be dangerous? But like the story we are told about the #cottongin, the true costs are hidden."

#ML #TESCREAL

From: @nazgul
https://infosec.exchange/@nazgul/111552844393178604

josemurilo, 6 months ago to random

"There is extensive modeling suggesting that we are already en route to producing enough renewable energy for all of humanity to live well…We have all the right technologies to stop global heating; what we lack is an economy that does not reward the exploitation of fellow humans and nature."

“We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings” @pluralistic

https://www.brusselstimes.com/825839/economic-science-fiction-key-to-save-the-planet

josemurilo, 6 months ago to random

#nuclearenergy #SMRs
"This is obvious stuff looking backward from 2023. As I noted recently, nuclear energy and #freemarkets aren’t compatible. Nuclear programs are state programs with subordinate corporate partnerships.
No country globally has the conditions for success for nuclear generation in the 21st Century. That was a Cold War era success story…which is vastly diminished in the age of trade."
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/30/what-drives-this-madness-on-small-modular-nuclear-reactors/

josemurilo, 6 months ago to random

#Lula: "What is going on in #Gaza is not a traditional war [like] those we see on films, that we learn & read about. What we see is #genocide".

https://youtu.be/aFpKBvUSees?si=1FArGFr_q4jT8Suo

josemurilo, 6 months ago to mastodon

"#Audon differs from other Mastodon apps in that it’s not much of a client at all. Users sign in with a Fediverse account, a session grabs their details, and a temporary link to a shared space is created for the two to chat. As long as your platform of choice supports the #Mastodon #API, it’s possible to use a space."

https://wedistribute.org/2023/10/audon-talk-spaces-for-mastodon/

josemurilo, 6 months ago to random

"Men who love Donald #Trump struggle on the dating market. This is neither surprising nor regrettable. Supporting Trump is much like refusing to bathe, blowing your nose in your hands or farting loudly on purpose.

This should be common sense. Yet our sexist culture remains too enamored by stories of female self-sacrifice to accept that it's just fine if Trump voters never get laid."

https://www.salon.com/2023/11/28/its-a-good-thing-women-wont-date/

josemurilo, 6 months ago to Ukraine

"After Russian troops moved into #Ukraine, Stone announced temporary changes to #Meta’s hate speech policy to allow for “forms of political expression that would normally violate (its) rules, like violent speech such as ‘death to the Russian invaders.’”

In the same statement, Stone added that “credible calls for violence against Russian civilians” would remain banned."

https://apnews.com/article/russia-andy-stone-meta-wanted-facebook-instagram-71e9b7b3528af73c65b5c63667bd52ac

josemurilo, 6 months ago to random

"As more and more wealth accumulates at the top, the moneyed interests fear that democratic majorities will take it away through higher taxes, stricter regulations (on everything from trade to climate change), enforcement of anti-monopoly laws, pro-union initiatives, and price controls.
So they’re sinking ever more of their wealth into #antidemocracy candidates.
#Trump is going full #fascist these days, and gaining the backing of prominent #billionaires."
https://www.alternet.org/neofascism/

josemurilo, 6 months ago to SmallWeb

An informative conversation of @aral with an inspired @dsearls about the idea of #smallweb :
"what if each one of us had our own place, our own address, a small place on the web, and we could be publishing whatever we want, and people would be able to follow you.. but you could also be private, and i mean.. really #private not Facebook-private, but #endtoend encrypted. The small web is in fact a #P2Pweb."
https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/753

josemurilo, 6 months ago to ai

#Important:

"I am very concerned about the future of #AI. Not because of the risk of rogue machines taking over. But because of the #homogeneous, one dimensional group of men who are currently involved in advancing the technology.

Concerned AI researcher"

From: @timnitGebru
https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/111434645519649816

josemurilo, 6 months ago to random

The kind of discovery that opens up a whole new perspective for western medicine: the #interstitium.

"a vast network of #fluidchannels inside the tissues around our organs that scientists have just begun to see, name, and understand.
…mapping the anatomy of this hidden infrastructure may help solve one of the fundamental mysteries of #cancer, and perhaps provide a bridge between ancient and modern medicine."

https://pca.st/episode/53e0077c-396f-41f0-89c9-1620c82a4c22

josemurilo, 6 months ago to random

"Should the Post have put it on the front page, instead of the bottom of A2? Definitely.

But let’s celebrate the moment nonetheless.

I sensed a tonal switch, from covering Trump as a plausible future president to covering him as a dangerous demagogue.

Some senior editor made the call and I hope there’s a permanent shift.

Maybe next time it will even be on the front page—everywhere."

https://presswatchers.org/2023/11/did-vermin-mark-a-turning-point-in-trump-coverage/

josemurilo, 6 months ago to MandelaEffect

"#Jezebel's demise is the direct result of #monopoly power.
Writing for the independent news site #404Media, reporter @emanuelmaiberg and former #Motherboard editor-in-chief @jasonkoebler go deep on the #brandsafety industry, whose mission is to assist corporations in blocking their ads from showing up alongside real news."
@pluralistic

https://www.404media.co/advertisers-dont-want-sites-like-jezebel-to-exist/

josemurilo, 6 months ago to MandelaEffect

"t’s time to stop focusing merely on making #BigTech safer…
…rather than trying to make the intrinsically harmful environment of #monopoly platforms better, we should make our first area of focus evacuating the tech #platforms —that is, a managed retreat to smaller forums run by and for their communities, made possible through #interoperability."
@pluralistic
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/01/1081939/big-questions-problem-solving-bill-gates-jennifer-doudna-lina-khan/

josemurilo, 7 months ago to MandelaEffect

"#Corruption arises out of #monopoly, so we know what our marching orders should be…

…we are living at a historically unprecedented moment in which there is interest in #publicservice provision, good #governance, good public administration and returning power over the structure of your daily life from corporate boardrooms into publicly accountable meetings held by publicly accountable agencies."

From: @wendyg, with @pluralistic https://mastodon.xyz/@wendyg/111369487011635723

josemurilo, 7 months ago to brazil

"In 1991, archaeologists made an unprecedented discovery in a remote region of #Brazil - a massive collection of prehistoric rock art spanning over 8 miles within the #SerradaCapivara mountains. Carbon dating revealed the drawings dated back approximately 12,600 years, offering a unique window into the late #Pleistocene era in #SouthAmerica."
#Archaeology

josemurilo, 7 months ago to AdobePhotoshop

There is a good way to live the #digital:
"Stay human!"

From: @jaromil
https://mastodon.social/@jaromil/111290971806289519

josemurilo, 7 months ago to fediverse

"Joining #ActivityPub would have been a big engineering effort, but federation could have brought in enough interesting content to make sticking around be worth it."

https://medium.com/gabor/from-t2-to-pebble-the-rise-challenges-and-lessons-of-building-a-twitter-alternative-553652f1d1e7

josemurilo, 7 months ago to india

"In what is suspected to be the biggest #dataleak case in the country [#India] so far,
…a threat actor posted a thread on Breach Forums brokering access to 815 million “Indian Citizen #Aadhaar & Passport” records. To put this victim group in perspective, India’s entire population is just over 1.486 billion people."
Is #Aadhaar a good #publipolicy?
https://www.news18.com/india/indias-biggest-data-leak-so-far-covid-19-test-info-of-81-5cr-citizens-with-icmr-up-for-sale-exclusive-8637743.html

josemurilo, 7 months ago to twitter

"For years, #twitter had the reputation of being an insulated pocket reality for journalists, wonks, and especially wonky journalists. The rest of the world either didn’t participate or spent its social currency on Facebook or Instagram or, I dunno, kickball for grown-ups.

Here are 8 Twitter users on why they finally #quit Elon Musk’s social network."

https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/twitter-quit-elon-musk-one-year-x.html

mattblaze, 7 months ago to random

Several threads in my mentions suggesting or implying that my posting about photography means I must be autistic.

There's nothing wrong with or derogatory about autism, but using it as a casual label for people who are interested in things you aren't is both incredibly lazy and offensive in equal measure to autistics and everyone else.

Having knowledge and interests isn't a diagnosable condition. If you want to insult me, do better.

josemurilo, 7 months ago to random

"#fatigue as experienced by #longCovid patients is not like that associated with pulling all-nighters or even running marathons. People with long Covid cannot recover from fatigue by simply resting, and often wake up feeling tired. The clinical description, ‘post-exertional malaise’ (#PEM), is more accurate. It describes a devastating condition in which even gentle activity can precipitate a ‘crash’ that can make the patient bed-bound for days or weeks."
https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/battling-long-covid-with-drugs/4018238.article