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Does being an emoji researcher make me more wary to use them - like am I watching my emoji use all the time? - I'd say the opposite is true, I feel more free and whimsical in using emojis, as I see them all the time in different contexts, and I can easily pretend to just use them ironically or "for work" 🤩 #emojis #linguistics #worldEmojiDay

Several members of Armenia's opposition were arrested Friday
while a major pro-Russia party asked the top court to annul this month's election win by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's ruling party,
alleging electoral violations and suppression of the opposition.
The opposition "Strong Armenia" party appealed to the Constitutional Court
to invalidate election results or call a second round of voting,
and denounced the arrests of opposition po…

Armenian opposition members arrested after contesting election
The opposition Strong Armenia party appealed to the Constitutional Court on Friday to invalidate election results or call a second round of voting, citing widespread electoral violations.

Interesting to hear about this un-contested procurement of unproven 'AI' tools by NZ gov't from Microsoft: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2019038490/business-commentator-cecile-meier Mighty d…

🇺🇸 Car seeks energy partner to work together on exciting projects for the grid. A lasting partnership, based on equality that lifts both parties.
In Europe you could almost find the reverse contact ad:
🇪🇺 Smart energy partner seeks car for joint grid fun.
#V2G

"Consumers will be more motivated when given clear, appropriate incentives. Together, we can expand localized, time-of-use tariffs, allowing EV owners to charge cost-effectively during energy… | Jaap Burger
"Consumers will be more motivated when given clear, appropriate incentives. Together, we can expand localized, time-of-use tariffs, allowing EV owners to charge cost-effectively during energy surpluses and receive appropriate compensation when supporting the grid during peak strain or in times of need. This creates a rare economic alignment: a car becomes an asset that offsets its own operating costs while actively delivering benefits to the public system." A letter well worth reading from Wad…

I'm about to lose control, and I think I like it 🎶🎵
I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it 🎶🎵🎶🎶
https://blog.frankel.ch/java-geek-weekly/135/

I just don’t see it as red. I’m admittedly biased, but Balogun is off balance from the mutual contact. It meets some of the standards, but red feels like a rounding up. That he’d didn’t even give a yellow on the field?
In the way this game has been officiated, to then make this call?
Extremely consequential.
#USABIH

spouse insists that some of my brainfarts are poetry, and i should publish them. circumventing the 500 char limit with imgs/alt-text.
context: spouse has a bunch of chainsaws.
#poetry #netherlands #biking

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #KeyChanges:Radio3sEssentialHistoryOfClassicalMusic
Cantigas de Santa Maria & Ensemble Obsidienne:
🎵 Des Oge Mais
#CantigasdeSantaMaria #EnsembleObsidienne

The nation’s largest public four-year university may soon be barred from replacing faculty with generative AI
as a bill backed by a union of professors comes nearer to reaching the governor’s desk.
Few examples exist of the California State University’s attempting to replace faculty labor with generative AI tools,
but the faculty union wants to prevent such efforts from ever getting off the ground.
The bill so far has garnered no opposition from lawmakers and may clear…

Cal State faculty push to prevent AI tools from replacing them as schools and staff experiment
The union representing California State University professors is contesting the system's use of artificial intelligence tools and backing legislation that would protect their jobs from the technology.