@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-01-28 20:43:44
Thailand’s endangered ‘sea cows’ are washing ashore – pointing to a crisis in our seas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/22/thailand-dugong-sea-cow-population-sea-biodiversity-crisis
@trezzer@social.linux.pizza2026-02-28 21:11:26
Torn between feeling disconnected and not really wanting to hear any more negative opinions and bad news. Not a big fan of life these days. I am aware of the irony in writing this.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-26 12:26:43
Interviews with 100 therapists and psychiatrists on clients' AI chatbot usage show, while there are some upsides, conversations also deepened negative feelings (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/chatgpt-delusions-psychosis.html
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@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-17 20:18:10
Dozens of US Colleges Close as Falling Birth Rate Pushes Them Off Enrollment Cliff - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/17/089219/dozens-of-us-colleges-close-as-falling-birth-rate-pushes-them-off-enrollment-cliff
@kctipton@mas.to2026-01-22 06:50:35
The Gospel According to ICE: How Christian Nationalists Betray The Faith They Claim to Follow | Tim Hjersted https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/the-gospel-according-to-ice/
@pre@boing.world2026-01-28 23:24:08
Because because because because because. Because of the wonderful things he did in the last scene.
Improv teacher Steve Hoopla in today's 'story' course guided us through some "Because Games", in which scenes are to be causally connected. Each following on from prior scenes. Because that happened, this happened.
He didn't explicitly mention Pixar's "Story Spine", but the main loop in Pixar's story template is "...and because of that..." looping over and over between the introduction, call to adventure, and conclusion.
Causality is what strings a story together, gives it structure an avoids it being just a disconnected dream sequence. This scene is only happening because of the events in the prior scenes. It gives the string of scenes meaning and relevance.
So good fun to drill some of that stuff with the team and end up with sheep infestations and santa claus robot wars among other laughs.
Gonna miss next week's session due to a prior engagement, but the team is gelling well. Pretty sure we could do this show without much further guidance really. Everyone's very good.
#london #improv #hooplaImpro
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-08 18:15:53
Sources: Javier Guzman, a CBS Evening News senior broadcast producer, was dismissed on Jan. 7 from his position, just days into Tony Dokoupil's tenure as anchor (The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-06 16:21:17
Study: Fox News smeared Alex Pretti dozens of times following his killing by federal agents (Media Matters for America)
https://www.mediamatters.org/immigration/study-fox-news-smeared-alex-pretti-dozens-times-following-his-killing-federal-agents
http://www.memeorandum.com/260206/p63#a260206p63
@sean@scoat.es2026-01-22 18:31:14
Imagine being Discord…
…and seeing that a user has joined a new Discord “server”
…and immediately sends the same message to all channels they can access
…and not feeling the responsibility to automatically ban these spammers
…and instead relying on your moderators/users to do these kinds of platform-heuristic tasks… to act as human firewalls.
I have a fundamental professional disconnect with treating this as anything other than a high priority to fix this for the he…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-19 21:15:46
Filing: the Pentagon says Anthropic's use of foreign workers, including from China, poses security risks and that its case is "different" from other companies' (Maria Curi/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/pentagon-anthropic-foreig…
