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“World leaders are not unaware of the nuclear industry’s long history of failing to deliver on its promises, or of its weakening vital signs. Yet many continue to act as if a ‘nuclear renaissance’ could be around the corner even though nuclear energy’s share of global electricity generation has fallen by almost half from its high of roughly 17 percent in 1996."

Stark warnings about reviving nuclear energy - Beyond Nuclear
Stephanie Cooke, author of “In Mortal Hands: A Cautionary History of the Nuclear Age,”  and a former editor of Nuclear Intelligence Weekly, has written an

Russian Media Monitoring: Examining Ukraine’s Temporary Derogation of ECHR Rights Written by Matt Wickham UCMC/HWAG analyst Russian propaganda seeks to depict human rights in Ukraine as deteriorating, Source : https://uacrisis.org/en/russian-media-

Writing with AI Lowers Psychological Ownership, but Longer Prompts Can Help
Nikhita Joshi, Daniel Vogel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.03108 https://

Writing with AI Lowers Psychological Ownership, but Longer Prompts Can Help
Feelings of something belonging to someone is called "psychological ownership." A common assumption is that writing with generative AI lowers psychological ownership, but the extent to which this occurs and the role of prompt length are unclear. We report on two experiments to better understand the relationship between psychological ownership and prompt length. Participants wrote short stories either completely by themselves or wrote prompts of varying lengths, enforced through word limits. Res…

"At least two dozen countries worldwide have already made the sensible transition to some form of automatic tax filing, not necessarily just for low-income citizens, but in many cases for everyone. The UK, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Chile, and Portugal have implemented some version of an automated, digital tax system, and none of them have turned back."
How the tax industry is keeping automatic filing out of reach – Canadian Dimension

How the tax industry is keeping automatic filing out of reach
In the unfair fight for automatic tax filing, Canadians need to get behind the underdog. While many of us might welcome and benefit from this service, it’s our vulnerable friends and neighbours who need it the most. We must come together to join the chorus calling for this crucial tax reform—and be louder than those motivated by nothing more than greed.

Feeling inspired by conversations at the CILIP Scotland conference. Libraries really do change lives! And as a tote bag says, what's more punk than a public library?!
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I'm happy to announce I will be speaking at #RustFestZurich this year. My talk is about Linon, a graphical #RustLang application I began writing during my MSc studies at @…

Interactive Exploration of Nonlinear Ray Casting with Rust and wgpu
Speaker: Niklas Korz Description Light is commonly assumed to travel linearly from source to destination. There are however cases where the path of light can be bent or distorted. In the case of black holes for example, the light is attracted by a very strong gravitational center. Heated air can change the direction of light through the varying refraction caused by the temperature transition from heat source to environment. Creating an interactive environment for exploration of such phenomena m…

Writing with AI Lowers Psychological Ownership, but Longer Prompts Can Help
Nikhita Joshi, Daniel Vogel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.03108 https://

Writing with AI Lowers Psychological Ownership, but Longer Prompts Can Help
Feelings of something belonging to someone is called "psychological ownership." A common assumption is that writing with generative AI lowers psychological ownership, but the extent to which this occurs and the role of prompt length are unclear. We report on two experiments to better understand the relationship between psychological ownership and prompt length. Participants wrote short stories either completely by themselves or wrote prompts of varying lengths, enforced through word limits. Res…

How Much of the Bible Was Written by Enslaved People?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-much-of-the-bible-was-written-by-enslaved-people

How Much of the Bible Was Written by Enslaved People?
We know Paul himself did not actually draft his letters to far-flung Christians, for example, but it’s still unclear how much credit he shares with his enslaved secretaries.

Feeling inspired by conversations at the CILIP Scotland conference. Libraries really do change lives! And as a tote bag says, what's more punk than a public library?!
#CILIPS24

How can Ukrainians protect the environment during wartime? Ukraine in Flames #618: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/30/how-can-ukrainians.html