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Inducing lucid dreaming with multisensory stimulation: a preregistered multi-center study #SSILD

Ein äußerst anregender Dialograum ist entstanden auf der Karlshöhe der @… zum kontroversen Thema Palästina-Israel in der Laubhütte des Friedens. Mit dabei Yad be Yad (https://www.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@0xYumeko/116909082619309252
She knows how to win IN HER MICHIGAN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Says nothing about her appeal statewide. The lesson of 2024 for the state as a whole is that there is a substantial segment of the non-GO…

from my link log —
The bubble sort curve.
https://linesthatconnect.github.io/blog/a-rigorous-derivation-of-the-bubble-sort-curve/
saved 2024-04-23

Less than two measly years ago, OpenAI and Microsoft agreed on a "novel" definition of AGI:
"The two companies reportedly signed an agreement last year stating OpenAI has only achieved AGI when it develops AI systems that can generate at least $100 billion in profits. That’s far from the rigorous technical and philosophical definition of AGI many expect."

Microsoft and OpenAI have a financial definition of AGI: Report | TechCrunch
Microsoft and OpenAI have a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) based on the startup's profits, according to a new

Saints place 2024 second-round WR Ja'Lynn Polk on reserve/retired list https://www.nfl.com/news/saints-place-2024-second-round-wr-ja-lynn-polk-on-reserve-retired-list

Der Energieverbrauch von Google ist in einem Jahr, von 2024 bis 2025, von 31 auf 43 Terrawattstunden (TWh) gestiegen.
Der Effekt von generativer KI, also all den Chatbots, ChatGPT etc.
Wir sollten das nicht als unveränderbar hinnehmen.
https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/07…

The US DOJ and TikTok reach a $400M settlement to resolve allegations TikTok violated COPPA; the DOJ filed the lawsuit in 2024 (Ashley Gold/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/21/doj-tiktok-biden-lawsuit-settlement

Scoop: DOJ, TikTok settle for $400 million in children's privacy suit
The settlement ends a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration.

> "Ich kann Politikerinnen und Politikern nichts mehr beibringen, die wissen alles, da gibt es keinen Beratungsbedarf mehr. Sie handeln wider besseren Wissens."
> Zitat Prof. Mojib Latif, Klimawissenschaftler, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum
Bin gerade drauf gestoßen und fand das Originalzitat hier:

MONITOR am 05.12.2024 | Klimajahr 2024: Die angeheizte Katastrophe
Dürre, Hochwasser, Waldbrände – in allen Teilen der Welt zeigt sich 2024 das zerstörerische Ausmaß der Klimakrise, tausende Menschen sterben, ein Rekord jagt den nächsten: Noch nie war es auf der Erde so heiß wie 2024, noch nie wurden mehr CO2-Emissionen ausgestoßen – und noch nie waren Klimaskeptiker so mächtig. MONITOR schaut auf ein Jahr, das für die Zukunft nichts Gutes verheißt.

Interesting to compare the author Neal Stephenson's profiles on X/twitter vs. Bluesky.
He has 89,4 K followers on X, where he still posts, but just under 10 K on Bluesky, where he doesn't post at all.
He has many fans on the fediverse who discuss his books, but he is not here.

'the mere knowledge of advice being generated by an AI causes people to overrely on it, that is, to follow AI advice even when it contradicts available contextual information as well as their own assessment' https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108352

ZeroHeight readers should be aware AudioEye is a litigious company that sues detractors:
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/01/audioeye-has-dropped-its-suit-against-me.html
They should also know its overlay never worked, a signal its services are p…

#AudioEye Has Dropped Its Suit Against Me
AudioEye has dropped its lawsuit against me as part of a settlement agreement. The specific legal details are at the end of this post. Index for this post: Joint Statement Impact, Abridged SLAPP Everybody Lost Legal Details Wrap-up Related CAO Hire: 8 February 2024 Talk References (Added 7 July 2024)…

In 2025, Article 19 documented 69 cases of Mexican officials' use of lawsuits and other legal tools against journalists, more than triple the number in 2024 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/20…

Mexico’s Laws Have a New Target: Journalists
Politicians and officials in Mexico are using the country’s laws to intimidate critics and the media, forcing them into censorship and blunting scrutiny.

which way western man

"It was a lack of leadership from the [Democratic] campaign to not engage at the level of the candidate when the other guy was showing up to have meals with people,” Berry said. It “was a night-and-day difference”.
One more example of how #Democratic "leaders" - the "moderates" and their highly paid consultants - failed at the fundamental task of engaging with the v…

Democrats ignored the uncommitted movement for Gaza in 2024. Now, it’s winning elections
By linking progressive politics with nominally Arab American issues, organizers are building winning coalitions

NJ Governor says a software error at DMV led to the improper voter registration of ~6,600 noncitizens between June 2023 and June 2024; 400 of those cast ballots (Tracey Tully/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/nyregion/noncitizen-voting-new…

D.M.V. Error Led to 400 Noncitizens Voting in New Jersey, Governor Says
A software glitch in 2023 at the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles led to roughly 6,600 noncitizens being registered to vote, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced on Tuesday.

Since China offered a truce in the trade war last October following its threat to deprive the United States of rare-earth magnets,
the Trump administration has been happy to stop escalating.
After all, imports from China have been falling, down by 40% in the year to June, compared with the same period in 2024.
Best to declare victory and call it a day.
But the US hasn’t won this battle
– and there’s strong evidence to show it’s afraid to really try.
Last …

Is the US actually too chicken to take on China for trade?
A weak yuan guarantees Beijing massive trade surplus even as the White House tries tamp down on Chinese imports

This post gets regular inline updates:
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/04/what-you-can-do-as-a-web-builder-on-earth-day.html
Today I added a Nature article, the Web Sustainability Guidelines Impact Ratings, and the Carbon in Context calcula…

What You Can Do as a Web Builder on Earth Day
One easy thing you can do for the earth is not use “AI” tools. Consider this as a programmer, web developer, web designer, copywriter, webmaster, etc. The tools include anything branded as generative AI, LLMs, computer vision tools, Copilot, ChatGPT, Bard, Grok, Dall-e, Midjourney, and so on. If you are…

Singapore-based Ant International, a payments company which spun out of Ant Group in 2024, raised $1.2B from investors including Ant Group and Alibaba (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/ant-international-raise…

Still no place for Emily Thornberry in the new #Burnham cabinet? Has she got something in her background file that makes her a ministerial no-no? She seems like a major backbench talent, it was a big surprise that Starmer didn't give her a job in July 2024.

Affordability concerns are even more important to voters than in 2024 (FiftyPlusOne)
https://blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/affordability-concerns-are-even-more
http://www.memeorandum.com/260807/p85#a260807p85

from my link log —
Garbage collectors are scary.
https://www.enyo.de/fw/notes/garbage-collectors-are-scary.html
saved 2024-05-12 https:…

Mam wśród otwartych projektów fotograficznych jeden, który jest poświęcony mojemu obecnemu miejscu zamieszkania. A odkąd mam w planach wyprowadzkę, trochę więcej spaceruję po dzielnicy i demokratycznie fotografuję wszystko, co mi wpadnie w oko.
Któregoś kwietniowego popołudnia moją uwagę przykuły pozostałości po ewangelickim cmentarzu przy ul. Kamykowej na wschodniej Białołęce.
Często wydawało mi się, że na tym zapomnianym przez stołecznych włodarzy zadupiu miasta nie było wcześniej nikogo ani niczego, a deweloperka wyrosła z niczego na pustych łąkach.
Tymczasem przez stulecia na tych terenach mieszkali niemieccy osadnicy z Holandii, tzw. olędrzy (olendrzy). Uciekali oni ze swoich domów przed wojną i prześladowaniami religijnymi i zakładali osady na trudno dostępnych terenach; z czasem asymilowali się z miejscowymi pomimo różnic językowych, narodowościowych i religijnych. Ślady ich bytności da się odnaleźć do dzisiaj - cmentarze lub ich pozostałości są rozsiane po całym kraju.
II wojna światowa zakończyła okres olenderskiego osadnictwa, zaś cmentarz przy Kamykowej popadł w ruinę. W 2012 roku zachowane płyty nagrobne przeniesiono do lapidarium niedaleko innego cmentarza ewangelickiego u zbiegu ulic Ruskowy Bród i Mańkowskiej.
W połowie 2024 roku, pomimo braku zezwolenia urzędu dzielnicy, jeden z deweloperów rozpoczął na Kamykowej prace przygotowawcze pod budowę nowego osiedla. Po protestach mieszkańców i interwencji konserwatora zabytków prace zostały przerwane, a cmentarz doczekał się (po 12 latach 😓) wpisania do rejestru zabytków.
No i tak o. Czasami nie trzeba iść daleko, żeby przekonać się, jak długa jest historia migracji i wielokulturowości w tym naszym grajdole. Niestety – również niewiele trzeba, by ślady tej historii zatrzeć.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early
The Gits:
🎵 Second Skin
#TheGits
https://thegits.bandcamp.com/track/second-skin-live-at-rkcndy-2024-remaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Rvwe2nPrL4QiylcSD6lcy

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
SPRINTS:
🎵 Shadow Of A Doubt (6 Music Session, 8 Jan 2024)
#SPRINTS
https://sprintsmusic.bandcamp.com/track/shadow-of-a-doubt
https://open.spotify.com/track/1ztIebjhmfFdYPhH4m6ORE

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
BIG SPECIAL:
🎵 DUST OFF / START AGAIN (6 Music Session, 13 May 2024)
#BIGSPECIAL
https://open.spotify.com/track/2sUmTnB0rBgpx9DTcZUrQK