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Yay, finally I have a new #server.
So now let's shovel some TB of data around via a 5MBs line.

Our Matrix chat is now back! It was gone due to some moderation issues, but those have been resolved and it is now back online with Discord messages being bridged again! Check it out at https://matrix.to/#/#chinafakes:matrix.org

really surprised to see all this traction around #bluesky right now. not sure what to make of it WRT fediverse and mastodon. kind of bums me out that people are not migrating here.

After discussing the possibility for several months, European nations are finally forming a unified barrier of insurance checks and enforcement around areas where Russia's shadow fleet operate... a very important development, as it either will deprive them from the ability to keep evading sanctions, or significantly increase the costs and risks of doing so.
Big ramifications. This could have a major impact on Russia's recent long term oil delivery deal with India, i.e.

Twelve European countries to jointly counter Russia's shadow fleet exporting oil
Twelve European countries have agreed to jointly counter the shadow fleet used by Russia to export oil, bypassing the G7-imposed price cap. Ships will now be checked for valid insurance documents.

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Happening now.
With Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG) at the Globe and Mail.

Now make her lesbian

Reminder to please stop using Twitter (or X, or whatever it's called now). It is owned by a fascist. Your posts are being used to train an AI that is owned by a fascist. Apparently, said fascist owns your accounts and posts as well. I suggest making a post informing your followers you are moving to the Fediverse or Bluesky or wherever (feel free to link here if you want), and then deleting your account after a couple weeks or so. Twitter is no longer social media. It's a disinformati…

Today I'll give a talk about our #datascience research on bicycle networks at #eurosdr ..with a lump in my throat due to the us news - Now more than ever, we need more research for the interests of *people*, not for states or corporations.
Slides [pdf]:

Just came back from Las Vegas & had a really great time doing everything I wanted to do including everything at Area15. Sure glad I didn't miss any----- WHAT THE @#$% THE CRYSTAL METHOD PERFORMING LIVE GODDAMMIT
https://area15.com/events/tcmxritm/?event_dt=2024-12-0…

The Crystal Method x Rabbit In The Moon
Join us at AREA15’s The Wall on December 6th for an electrifying night with Rabbit in the Moon and The Crystal Method. Get Tickets Now!

Okay I just discovered Technology Connections is on fedi (@…) and I’m literally so fucking happy now, why didn’t I check their YouTube about section earlier

Excited about the new xLSTM model release. There are many well-though designs compared to transformers: recurrence (which should allows composability), gating (like Mamba & LSTM which is based on, which allows time complexity independent of the input size), state tracking (unlike Mamba & transformers). For now, these advantage aren’t apparent on benchmarks, but most training techniques are secrets, and the recent advances of LLMs evidenced that they matter a lot.

FYI Nashville folks, the Winter Solstice Celebration at Warner Parks requires registration this year (due to high turnout). Register now before it books up! https://warnerparks.org/event/winter-solstice-celebration/