Tootfinder

A survey of 10,133 US adults: 43% of those aged 18-29 used ChatGPT in February 2024, up from 33% in July 2023, compared to 27% of 30-49 and 23% of all adults (Colleen McClain/Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-…

Americans’ use of ChatGPT is ticking up, but few trust its election information
About one-in-five U.S. adults have used ChatGPT to learn something new (17%) or for entertainment (17%).

At least 32 captured Ukrainian POWs executed by Russia during winter: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/27/at-least-captured.html

Blender 4.1 mit Verbesserungen im Detail
Die Entwickler der freien 3D-Software Blender haben kleine Änderungen unter der Haube vorgenommen, aber auch an der Benutzeroberfläche gefeilt und poliert.
https://www.

Mehr als jedes. Fünfte. Kind. Ist. Arm.
In Deutschland.
Aber Union und FDP und Springer und INSM wollen, dass es noch mehr werden.
Unfassbar.
https://www.youtube.com/live/qUwOLDJOf8Y?feature=shared

An update on the Affinity/Canva thing, though I still don't trust them...
➡️ #software

The Enshittification of Affinity
Here we go again...

Some NBC News staff raise concerns that the hiring and firing of Ronna McDaniel will damage relationships with GOP sources, making breaking news more difficult (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/03/26/2024

NBC braces for the backlash to the backlash after hiring and firing top Republican | Semafor
The network parted ways with the former Republican National Committee chairwoman after an internal revolt. Now, Republicans are taking their turn to criticize the network.

Sigh -my erstwhile hero. Alan Sokal, tonight talked at Toby Young's Free Speech Union -one of the foremost anti-science organisations.
See https://www.dcscience.net/2024/03/11/how-do-we-stop-a-resurgence-of-fascism/

How do we stop a resurgence of fascism? - DC's Improbable Science
Is it bad to write for hard-right outlets?

In Godot, there is a panel to configure Importer settings, and the way that it works there is that you need to "Save" the values if you like it.
I am thinking that on iPad, I should automatically save, without asking the user. But in that case, perhaps I should add a "Reset to defaults"?
But that is going to ruin my pretty UI

That animation style looks dope.
https://deadline.com/2024/03/good-times-animated-reboot-is-edgier-and-more-irreverent-than-original-says-star-yvette-nicole-brown-1235870148/…

‘Good Times’ Animated Reboot Is “Edgier And More Irreverent” Than Original, Says Star Yvette Nicole Brown
Yvette Nicole Brown, who stars in new animated version of Good Times for Netflix, promises it will be edgier and irreverent than the original.

Das Signal
Unaufegregter, sehr ruhig aber spannend und aufwändig inszenierter Vierteiler über ein Signal aus dem All und was daraus auf der Erde wird.
https://www.andreas-edler.de/blog/2024/03/das-signal/

In other news, Seirus has filed a cert petition:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/DocketFiles/html/Public/23-1052.html

@… React has shown itself to be pretty slow! That said, there is a spectrum of React tooling. I’d rate Astro > Gatsby > Next.js for fast outputs of React stuff

Searching for Decoherence from Quantum Gravity at the #IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory: https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00105 -> IceCube search for neutrino decoherence from quantum gravity: https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/research/2024/03/icecube-search-for-neutrino-decoherence-from-quantum-gravity/

Canada setting a blistering population growth of 3.2% in 2023! The most since the 1950s! Back then the baby boom was still a thing. Today, there were only 40,000 more births than deaths, 97.6% of the growth came from international sources. Over 471,000 people settled here (permanent immigration) the other nearly 1 million came as temporary migration, either workers or students. Our population just crossed 41 Million today!

MegaPrompt: Critical Thinking Process #1: FLOATER: https://tceajmg.micro.blog/2024/03/27/chatgpt-a-critical.html

This criminal should be in jail. https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/112162414986888620

***Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza***
The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others.
https…

Französisch und vegetarisch. Ein Genuss.
• SOUPE À L’OIGNON
(Zwiebelsuppe)
• PARMENTIER DE PLEUROTES
(Gezupfte Austernpilze / Süßkartoffelpüree / Orangenjus / Grillgemüse)
#krämereitrier

As I do more with open standards (mostly OpenAPI), I realise that there is more to standards than writing them!
There Are No Standards Police #linkTuesday

I just love how cats have developed meows just to communicate with us when they talk in a completely different sort of chatter language amongst themselves

xpost from my mastodon.art account
big lizard visits toronto #godzilla #kaiju #toronto

Trump placed under limited gag order ahead of N.Y. hush money trial
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s upcoming hush money trial in Manhattan issued a limited #gag #order Tuesday barring Mr Trump from discussing witnesses and other people involved in the case
-- a move that could curtail some of Trump’s public c…

Trump placed under limited gag order ahead of N.Y. hush money trial
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan issued the order after ruling on Monday that the trial would begin with jury selection on April 15.

Wrote a bit about the Automattic spits on their users by selling their work to "AI" companies.
https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/112005933686222443

After I sent out my last newsletter issue, two people wrote back just to say thank you for encouraging them to write and publish more on their website – this feedback really makes my day! 🤗💪💚 #OwnYourWeb

A 10, but they bite me randomly and blame it on being Satan's Spawn. So more like a 15.

Now THAT is a freaking awesome bumper/tailgate sticker.
Holy moly

Just as a reminder to those who have signed up for Metacurity.com emails following our transition from Substack, please check your spam folders to confirm your subscription. Lots of good people are in the queue but have been "pending," likely due to this.

It’s my birthday and I’m spending it with the one person in the world I want to be with: @…! 🥰

Yes this is a Git joke.
I've had to do so many hellish merges lately, I'm kinda going insane. 👍

Releasing novel-writer 1.9.16
- 進捗をリセットを追加
- 当日の進捗を0にできるようになりました
- MacでNFC, NFDに起因する文字数のカウントに失敗していたバグの修正
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TaiyoFujii.novel-writer

novel-writer - Visual Studio Marketplace
Extension for Visual Studio Code - VS Codeの小説執筆を支援する機能拡張です

Schoigu: Idee einer neuen Mobilmachung für Pufferzone ist "Unsinn"
Der russische Verteidigungsminister Sergej Schoigu hält eine weitere Mobilmachung von Soldaten zur Sicherung einer Pufferzone im Grenzgebiet für unnötig. Eine solche Idee sei "Unsinn", sagt Schoigu, ein enger Vertrauter des russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin, der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur RIA zufolge. Putin sagte unlängst, das…
📷

Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem is very proud of that time she murdered her dog
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/26/2237432/-Trump-VP-hopeful-Kristi-Noem-is-very-proud-of-that-time-she-murdered-he…

Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem is very proud of that time she murdered her dog
If you’re a vice presidential hopeful trying to catch Donald Trump’s eye, there are worse ways to do�it than bragging about killing your dog for doing ordinary dog things. Kristi Noem, who’s ...

Pitch perfect. 😂 #academia #HigherEducation https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articl…

Jugendarbeit im Wedding mal anders
https://weddingweiser.de/ramadan-league//

@… and myself are going to be working on a brand new list of instances that users can find out a bit of information about that will help them decide if a specific instance is right for them or not.
This is going to be a huge project, but it's going to be something that's going to benefit a lot of individuals in a very positive wa…

Ausfälle bei der Deutschen Bahn: Darum sind Stellwerke oft unbesetzt
Die Bahn fällt wegen eines unbesetzten Stellwerks aus. Den Satz kennen viele Hessinnen und Hessen aus Durchsagen am Bahnsteig. Aber warum fehlt in Stellwerken so oft Personal? Und warum sind sie so wichtig für den Bahnverkehr?

Ausfälle bei der Deutschen Bahn: Darum sind Stellwerke oft unbesetzt
Die Bahn fällt wegen eines unbesetzten Stellwerks aus. Den Satz kennen viele Hessinnen und Hessen aus Durchsagen am Bahnsteig. Aber warum fehlt in Stellwerken so oft Personal? Und warum sind sie so wichtig für den Bahnverkehr?

NIVEL weekcijfers van week 12.
In de monsters wordt inmiddels al weer vaker Sars-Cov-2 dan influenza gevonden. Aardige illustratie dat de griepepidemie weer behoorlijk voorbij is en zelfs het 'basisniveau' (het dal waar we nu in zitten) van corona al wel een (veel) hogere incidentie lijkt te hebben dan de influenza-golf als die tot zeg maar iets als 1/3 van de piek afgenomen is.
#qp2t

https://www.w3.org/TR/jlreq/
Requirements for Japanese text layout. Fascinating document — so many details. Japanese typography has to deal with a combo of four alphabets/syllabaries/logograms, and vertical brush calligraphy mixed with left-to-right latin text influences.

Heute morgen auf dem Ohr, mal wieder eine Wissenschaftsgeschichte aus der Geschichte.
Immer wieder spannend wenn Jahrzehnte später aufgeklärt werden soll, wer etwas entdeckt oder erfunden hat.
Aber eigentlich stehen alle „on the shoulders of giants“ und manchmal ist die Zeit einfach reif. Dann wird was erfunden und es lag nicht am Genie der Einzelperson sondern der Bereitschaft der Wissenschaft für die Entdeckung.

Time cell-like firing in cerebellar slice (Purkinje cells) driven by slow heterogeneous synapses.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.24.585592v1

At least 32 captured Ukrainian POWs executed by Russia during winter: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/27/at-least-captured.html

heise | Mehr Ertrag aus der PV-Anlage: Das bringen Leistungsoptimierer
Sie versprechen, die Ausbeute der eigenen Photovoltaikanlagen zu verbessern: Leistungsoptimierer. Wir zeigen, was sie bringen.

„Landgericht Berlin (hat) im einstweiligen Verfügungsverfahren von Oyoun gegen den Tagesspiegel zugunsten von Oyoun entschieden.
(..)
Ebenso wurden die Vorwürfe bezüglich angeblicher antisemitischer Vorfälle im Kulturzentrum Oyoun als unbegründet eingestuft.“
War denen nicht deswegen das Geld komplett gestrichen worden?

Work/life balance:

The Ron DeSantis-appointed board of Disney World's district settles a state lawsuit with Disney, which agrees to revoke changes that limited the board's power (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Disney Ends Fight With Ron DeSantis by Settling Florida Lawsuit
A board appointed by Ron DeSantis to oversee the municipal authority that governs Walt Disney Co. in Florida has voted to settle a state lawsuit against the company.

Sources: DJ Novotney, an Apple VP of hardware engineering who led work on home devices and helped start Apple's electric vehicle project, is leaving for Rivian (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Apple Home Devices, Car Veteran Exits for Top Rivian Product Role
An Apple Inc. veteran who led work on home devices and helped start efforts to develop an electric vehicle is leaving for Rivian Automotive Inc., marking yet another senior departure for the iPhone maker.

Here is is, the law review article that started it all (for me): https://www.cardozoaelj.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Richard-Serra-The-Titled-Art-Controversy.pdf
After learning about the Tilted Arc controversy, I lo…

#Festplattenstapel
Mal ehrlich: ihr habt so einen Stapel doch auch alle zu Hause liegen, oder?
https://www.andreas-edler.de/blog/2024/03/festplattenstape…

Hab gerade eine alternative Grußformel für böse Briefe erfunden, die man nutzen kann, wenn man nicht »Hochachtungsvoll« schreiben möchte:
Mit verächtlichem Schnauben

Don’t be stupid, people. Get vaccinated, and vaccinate your kids. Vaccines are one of the great gifts of modernity, and all who are eligible should get vaccinated. https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112162205822462070

A Universe of Sound - processing NASA data into sonifications to explore participant response: #sonified NASA data of three astronomical objects presented as aural visualizations, then surveyed blind or low-vision and sighted individuals to elicit feedback on the experience of these pieces as it relates to enjoyment, education, and trust of the scientific data."

Wow -explosive revelations about the #PostOffice scandal on #Channel4News
https://twitter.com/i/status/177306372…

Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) on X
Covert recordings obtained by C4News prove Post Office covered up scandal for years

**Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr joins Tavis Smiley**
"Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr tells us why it’s time to make right on the injustices done against tribal citizens of Freedmen descent."
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Yes this is a Git joke.
I've had to do so many hellish merges lately, I'm kinda going insane. 👍

Russians Claim of 'Ukrainian Trace' in the Crocus Mall Terrorist Attack – Leshchenko: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/27/russians-claim-of.html

40 Referent*innen will die neue Linke Gruppe einstellen, aber niemand für Digitalpolitik - kann man machen, aber ist auch ein bisschen wow.
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/parlament-linke-bald-mit-fachleuten-a-7e568003-4f…

Wide-ranging discussion at today’s graduate seminar on how predictive processing theories can explain consciousness, action, belief, intention, and meditation. 😅

NIVEL weekcijfers van week 12.
In de monsters wordt inmiddels al weer vaker Sars-Cov-2 dan influenza gevonden. Aardige illustratie dat de griepepidemie weer behoorlijk voorbij is en zelfs het 'basisniveau' (het dal waar we nu in zitten) van corona al wel een (veel) hogere incidentie lijkt te hebben dan de influenza-golf als die tot zeg maar iets als 1/3 van de piek afgenomen is.
#qp2t

Mailbox.org: Rechtswidrige behördliche Auskunftsanfragen stark angestiegen
Nicht nur die Gesamtmenge der Ersuchen von Ermittlern ist bei mailbox.org 2023 von 55 auf 133 nach oben geschnellt, sondern auch der Anteil der unzulässigen.
<…

Two journalists who were attacked by Minnesota police as they covered the 2020 George Floyd protests for the LA Times settle a lawsuit with the state for $1.2M (Hannah Wiley/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2<…

L.A. Times reporters attacked by Minnesota police to settle lawsuit
The journalists sued the Minnesota State Patrol in 2021 after being cornered and attacked by officers while covering a protest of George Floyd's slaying.

X plans to build a new "Trust and Safety center of excellence" in Austin, TX, aiming to hire 100 full-time moderators to fight child sexual exploitation content (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Musk's X to Hire 100 Content Moderators With Focus on Child Sexual Exploitation
Elon Musk’s X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is planning to build a new “Trust and Safety center of excellence” in Austin, Texas, to help enforce its content and safety rules.

RIP Richard Serra. I decided to go to law school after reading about the Tilted Arc controversy.
#ArtLaw

Tilted Arc - Wikipedia

Russians Claim of 'Ukrainian Trace' in the Crocus Mall Terrorist Attack – Leshchenko: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/27/russians-claim-of.html

Sigh #JustOneThing is peddling quackery again, on #BBCradio4

Euclid's sight restored: #Euclid's optics has performed significantly better than hoped; after the very first mirror was warmed by just 34 degrees, Euclid's sight was restored. More technical details: https://www.euclid-ec.org/euclid-successfully-de-iced-gains-15-sensitivity/

I’m no lawyer, but one thing you definitely don’t want to do if you’re about to go on criminal trial is piss off the judge. #Trump https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/dont-

NBCU News Group executives took the only decision they could have when reversing Ronna McDaniel's hire, following the on-air revolt by MSNBC's biggest stars (David Zurawik/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/opinions/nbc-msnbc-ronn…

D40,601 - issued in 1910 for a design for a "molasses pitcher.' #DesignPatents

With high-stakes elections in 2024, some experts are worried that a piece of disinformation potentially involving a deepfake might soon have a calamitous impact (Tim Harford/Financial Times)
https://t.co/23m3Rf6rLq

Fakes, forgeries and the meaning of meaning in our post-truth era
It’s only a matter of time before disinformation leads to disaster

BBC DG Tim Davie says the BBC's budget cuts since 2010 have been "shortsighted" and risked undermining its future, and announces a further £200M of budget cuts (Alexandra Topping/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar

Wife at #LittleHuman are visiting family in Germany without me because the school and university holidays don’t overlap, and I have to teach. 😢 #academia #HigherEd

In other news, Seirus has filed a cert petition:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/DocketFiles/html/Public/23-1052.html

Apple has handled its response, including the proposed App Store changes, to the EU's DMA with aplomb despite the law being an assault on Apple's brand promise (Steven Sinofsky/Hardcore Software)
https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.c…

Building Under Regulation [215.]
An essay on the EU Digital Markets Act and Apple’s Update on apps distributed in the European Union (and some personal history)

Polish businesses face losses amidst border blockade with Ukraine Polish businesses are experiencing significant losses due to the ongoing border blockade with Ukraine, affecting both countries’ econo Source : https://uacrisis.org/en/ukraine-in-flames-590

A US judge lets a defamation lawsuit against Netflix by a former friend of con artist Anna Sorokin over the Shonda Rhimes miniseries Inventing Anna proceed (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/netfli…

Netflix Loses Bid to Dismiss 'Inventing Anna' Defamation Lawsuit
A judge rejected a motion to the throw out a lawsuit alleging that 'Inventing Anna' defamed a former Vanity Fair staffer.

Here is is, the law review article that started it all (for me): https://www.cardozoaelj.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Richard-Serra-The-Titled-Art-Controversy.pdf
After learning about the Tilted Arc controversy, I lo…

Researchers detail the rise of sextortion of young users on TikTok, Instagram, and other apps, driven by Yahoo Boys, an informal West African cybercriminal gang (Lora Kolodny/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/sextortio…

Sextortion training materials found on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube
Yahoo Boys’ sextortion tactics gained popularity among some as a way to get rich quickly in West Africa. They use Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and Wizz.

A look at Disney Hotstar's and JioCinema's strategy to beat Netflix and Prime Video in India, including by focusing on sports content and affordable pricing (Ananya Bhattacharya/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2024/ambani-reliance-disney-merger/<…

Reliance and Disney team up to crush Netflix and Prime Video in India
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance and The Walt Disney Company have joined forces creating a hard-to-beat streaming entity in the country.

RIP Richard Serra. I decided to go to law school after reading about the Tilted Arc controversy.
#ArtLaw

Tilted Arc - Wikipedia

The Biden admin plans to use the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI models (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-tech-giants-us-government-ai-projects/

OpenAI and Other Tech Giants Will Have to Warn the US Government When They Start New AI Projects
The Biden administration is using the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI algorithms.

D40,601 - issued in 1910 for a design for a "molasses pitcher.' #DesignPatents

How Politico's untested leadership team is changing the outlet in an election year, as Politico faces increased competition in DC from its former staffers (Charlotte Klein/Vanity Fair)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/politico-2024-media

“Complacency, It Really Frightens Me”: Inside Politico’s Ambitious, Anxious Drive to Stay on Top
Since the last Biden-Trump face-off, the media company has a new owner and global mandate, as well as increased competition in DC from Politico alums. Managers are mobilizing accordingly, pressuring staff to up their game—and leaving some “demoralized and frustrated” in the process.

X blocks searches about Taylor Swift as a "temporary action and done with an abundance of caution", days after explicit AI-generated images of her flooded X (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/x-halts-taylor-sw

An analysis of ~65 NYT articles on US anti-trans legislation from the year to February 15, 2024: 66% did not quote a trans person, and 18% had misinformation (Media Matters for America)
https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-time

Seen but not heard: The New York Times failed to quote trans people in over 60% of 2023 stories on anti-trans legislation
A new report from Media Matters and GLAAD finds that The New York Times excluded the perspectives of trans people from two-thirds of its stories about anti-trans legislation in the year following public criticism for its handling of the topic. Media Matters previously reported that the Times helped fuel a right-wing anti-trans panic in 2022 by platforming anti-trans extremists, painting rising transgender identification as a social contagion, and fearmongering about the costs of transgender acc…

Amazon loses an EU legal bid to delay complying with DSA rules on making its online ad library publicly available, after a judge rejected Amazon's request (Clothilde Goujard/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/amazon-loses-…

Amazon loses EU court bid to delay digital rules on online ads
Tech giant said it is “disappointed with this decision.”

Bill Maher launches The Club Random Studios, a podcast network with a focus on "freedom of expression", and hires ex-ESPN anchor Sage Steele as its first host (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Bill Maher to Launch Podcast Network, Hires Ex-ESPN Anchor Sage Steele as First Host
"I am looking for people who are not talking point people," the HBO host tells THR of his new podcast venture.

Source: i-D magazine, which Karlie Kloss acquired in late 2023, lays off ~10 staff in London, or most of its editorial employees; two editors will remain (Lauren Sherman/@lapresmidi)
https://twitter.com/lapresmidi/status/1772727059829174499

Lauren Sherman (@lapresmidi) on X
Scoop: i-D magazine, which was bought by Karlie Kloss late last year, laid off most of the editorial staff in London today -- about 10 employees -- global editorial director Olivia Singer and features editor Mahoro Seward are staying for now, I hear

RIAA: US recorded music industry revenues grew 8% YoY to $17.1B in 2023, with paid subscription revenues up 11% to $10.1B and paid subscriptions up 6% to 96.8M (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/us-

US recorded music industry revenues hit $17.1 billion in 2023
The RIAA reports that on a retail basis, recorded music revenues in the US grew 8%

Sources and a lawsuit by ex-Arena Group CEO Ross Levinsohn detail The Arena Group's chaotic handling of Sports Illustrated and a messy transfer to Minute Media (A.J. Perez/Front Office Sports)
https://frontofficesports.com/threats-

Threats, Demands, a Lawsuit, and a Website in Limbo: Inside the Chaos at ‘SI’
The transition to a new publisher has been a mess for ‘SI,’ with sources saying the previous publisher even turned off employee email.

Sources: ex-Vice chief Shane Smith is trying to raise money to buy Vice Media back from Fortress, which led a' group that bought Vice out of bankruptcy in 2023 (The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/shane-smith-tries-to-buy-vice-media-empire/

Shane Smith and Vice: The Collapse of a Media Empire
As Vice convulses in the throes of loss — with hundreds of journalists laid off — the latest plot twist seems almost scripted.

Disney launches Hulu on Disney , after testing the integration in beta in 2023; Disney users that do not subscribe to Hulu can still search for Hulu shows (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Hulu on Disney+ Launches Out of Beta With Marketing Push to Grow Subscribers
"Content recommendations are going to be more relevant based on your usage," says Joe Earley, president of direct-to-consumer for Disney Entertainment.