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Culture in Flames: What Russia’s War Is About On February 26, 2024, UNESCO hosted a conference titled “Event of Solidarity with Ukraine” at the initiative of the Lithuanian and Canadian delegations. U Source : https://uacrisis.org/en/culture-in-flames-what-russia-s-…

Maryland Senate leader says text alert system in works following Capitol lockdown | The Hill
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4501596-maryland-text-alert-system-in-works-following-capitol-lockdown/…

Maryland Senate leader says text alert system in works following Capitol lockdown
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D) said the state entered into an agreement with Motorola to implement a text message alert system earlier this week. The deal was made Monday, just days before police locked down the State House in Annapolis on Thursday afternoon for nearly two hours due to a security threat. Police confirmed…

Ranking NFC teams following 2024 NFL Draft: 49ers still class of the conference; Lions, Eagles right behind

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ra…

Ranking NFC teams following 2024 NFL Draft: 49ers still class of the conference; Lions, Eagles right behind
Who are the best teams in the NFC after the NFL Draft?

STOP FUELLING WAR: It’s Time for Action!: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/01/stop-fuelling-war.html

Hmm, trying to quote-post a federated Bluesky post didn't work very well. To get a feeling for the thing, it’s probably easier just to give the handle: @…
You could follow this if you wanted, but my primary online conversational voice will remain here on CoSocial (reminder: Sustainable member-owned co-op instance for Canadian…

So, I've been recently having a conversation with several folk about Slack vs Discord and which platform may be more advantagous for organizing events and building community. I and others were surprised to learn of how wide the gulf is on various people's ranges of experiences on each service, in terms of community, harassment, security tools, and users feeling welcomed.
I recognize that my experience as a femme-presenting person who uses my real identity is different from that of an anonymous person with a profile photo showing a bearded guy in a Patagonia vest holding up an IPA. This tracks with the discussions I've had today: tech bros generally seem to lean toward one platform while all of my other business-owning women friends opt to steer away from that service almost entirely.
If you're femme and use your real identity online, do you have a preference for Slack or Discord? Have you ever opted out of using either Slack or Discord? In addition to discussion of general vibes and security tools, we also can all recognize that there are some surveillance/privacy tradeoffs in play, as well. (Just as, if you're an organizer, maybe you have thoughts about which service offers tools or features or pricing that steers you one way or another, as well?)
What are your stories on this topic?

Human-Robot Interaction Conversational User Enjoyment Scale (HRI CUES)
Bahar Irfan, Jura Miniota, Sofia Thunberg, Erik Lagerstedt, Sanna Kuoppam\"aki, Gabriel Skantze, Andr\'e Pereira
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.01354

Human-Robot Interaction Conversational User Enjoyment Scale (HRI CUES)
Understanding user enjoyment is crucial in human-robot interaction (HRI), as it can impact interaction quality and influence user acceptance and long-term engagement with robots, particularly in the context of conversations with social robots. However, current assessment methods rely solely on self-reported questionnaires, failing to capture interaction dynamics. This work introduces the Human-Robot Interaction Conversational User Enjoyment Scale (HRI CUES), a novel scale for assessing user enj…

"In a regulatory filing on Monday, Trump Media said it lost $58.2 million in 2023, compared with a profit of $50.5 million in 2022.
The Truth Social owner generated just $4.1 million in revenue, although that was up from $1.5 million in 2022.”
Honest question: how do you have $50M profit on $1.5M revenue? I seem to misunderstand the terms.

Trump’s net worth plunges $1 billion as his media stock tumbles
Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group disclosed Monday that it lost more than $58 million and generated very little revenue in 2023.

Before you head out for the weekend, check out today's Metacurity for the top infosec developments you should know, including
--Judge Orders NSO Group to give WhatsApp its spyware code
--Privacy experts wary of FBI's access to push alerts,
--UnitedHealth confirms hack by ALPHV,
--Jack Teixeira to plead guilty,
--Widely-sold video doorbells rife with security flaws,
--Hackers stole sensitive military data from Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom,
--NTT CEO resigns following customer data theft report,
--Fulton Co. called LockBit's bluff,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/judge-orders-nso-group-give-whatsapp-spyware-code

How the mighty have fallen.
I remember c|net as a standard-bearer of tech journalism back in the 1990s. Theirs was one of the few bookmarks I opened regularly to read about tech news.
Red Ventures has destroyed its reputation, along with all their other properties’ like ZDNet (the other fantastic tech news site). RV’s decisive pivot to AI is likely fatal; they will accelerate the descent of all their outlets into a content swill mill fit only for your blocklist.

Wikipedia No Longer Considers CNET a "Generally Reliable" Source After AI Scandal
Conversations between Wikipedia editors following CNET's AI scandal reflect the reputational hazards of AI content and dubious ownership.