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In a conversation at this year's
Billionaire's convention
—aka the World Economic Forum
—Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned that AI will lose public support
unless it's used to "do something useful that changes the outcomes of people and communities and countries and industries."
"We will quickly lose even the social permission to take something like energy,
which is a scarce resource,
and use it to generate these tokens,

Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it
Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.

#VisitAthens, our local convention and visitors bureau, is taking a new approach to destination marketing: a podcast. Athens: Off the Record launched this month and shares the stories that define our town's creative culture. Episode 3 features our own Michael Lachowski, long-time PR coordinator at the museum, #Pylon

Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback https://www.404media.co/comic-con-bans-ai-art-after-artist-pushback/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Silver Convention:
🎵 Fly, Robin Fly
#SilverConvention
https://rafaelcancian.bandcamp.com/track/silver-convention-fly-robin-fly-rafael-cancian-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Wr14AISsCuBGdkA6rids4

Ukraine update: Russia stealing houses in illegally occupied territories, and abducting men off the streets and sending them to war.
Many self-destruct rather than fight against their own country.
Just one of the many violations of international law, the Geneva Convention, and the Rome Statutes, and never mind basic human decency.
This is genocide, wrapped up in countless warcrimes.
Russia is like a cancer eating away at humanity, it is fundamentally opposed to ever…

#Stargate fans in the UK - anyone going to this:
#StargateSG1

Ascension - A Stargate Convention - Starfury Conventions
Meet the cast of Hannibal at Starfury: Red Dragon! A three day convention featuring autographs, photos, and Q&As with the cast.

“Keep hope alive!” These are the words that the Rev. Jesse Jackson shouted four times at the conclusion of the electrifying speech he delivered at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Yesterday his voice fell silent. https://divinity.yale.edu/news/2026-02

'Keep hope alive': Dean Greg Sterling's reflection on Jesse Jackson

Gamers: Coming to Benroya Hall & Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, WA... HALO FEST!
✅ Halo Fest - Registration - December 11-13, 2026
#halo

Ladies and Gentlemen, Hobos and Tramps,
Cross-eyed mosquitos and bowlegged ants,
I come before you to stand behind you
To tell you of something I know nothing about.
Next Thursday (which is good Friday),
There will be a convention held in the
Women's Club which is strictly for Men.
Admission is free, pay at the door,
Pull up a chair, and sit on the floor.
It was a summer's day in winter,
And the snow was raining fast,
As a barefo…

Isabella #Brunner from Leiden University highlights an interesting aspect of the #UN #Cybercrime Convention:

City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith
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For this guaranteed session of the TC Religion and Literature forum at the January 2027 MLA…
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City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith
For this guaranteed session of the TC Religion and Literature forum at the January 2027 MLA convention, we invite papers focusing on literatures of migration and spirituality. Given the convention’s location in Los Angeles, we especially welcome proposals that consider authors and texts with connections to LA and the city as a site of contact, dialogue, and religious syncretism.

Kid1 and I have reserved our seats at the gaming tables for next month's local #TTRPG convention. Can't wait!

💾💽💿📀 Important PSA 💾💽💿📀
"Floppy disk" (with a "k")
A single thin and flexible plastic disk coated with a magnetic medium, inside a plastic shell. Yes, all variants are floppy disks, including 3.5", 5.25", 8" and some rarer variants. Removable.
"Hard disk" (with a "k")
One or more hard platters [usually made from metal or glass], coated with a magnetic medium, inside a rigid, air-tight shell. Usually not removable.
"Optical disc" (with a "c")
A single rigid plastic multi-layered disc with one or more metal layers that contain data. Most don't have a shell, though some variants do. Removable.
The disk/disc distinction is by convention.

RNC moves ahead with efforts to have midterms convention (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-moves-ahead-efforts-midterms-convention/story?id=129497382
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p116#a260123p116

Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to push the Overton window a bit more to the right by curbing ECHR
No respect for #HumanRights |
Fuckwit.
https://www.theguard…

City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith #acrel #Religidons #AARSBL

City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith
For this guaranteed session of the TC Religion and Literature forum at the January 2027 MLA convention, we invite papers focusing on literatures of migration and spirituality. Given the convention’s location in Los Angeles, we especially welcome proposals that consider authors and texts with connections to LA and the city as a site of contact, dialogue, and religious syncretism.

40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead begin their 1986 & ring in chinese new year's in oakland, opening a themed 5-show week at the kaiser convention center presented by bill graham. tonight, the san francisco chinese orchestra opens.
soundboard: https://archive.org/details/gd1986…

From The Energy Mix
U.S. Exits UN Climate Bodies, 66 International Organizations
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are among the 66 international organizations the United States is exiting under an executive order signed Wednesday by Donald Trump.
A White House memorandum said the withdrawal affects organizations and treaties that are “contrary to the interests of the United States.”

I just learned that Frank Gehry passed away. 😔
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/arts/design/frank-gehry-dead.html
One of his buildings that I hope to visit is the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 🇪🇸. I looked at the list of buildings he designed and the only o…

"New ship hull modifications to slash fuel use"
#Ships #Vehicles
https://techxplore.com/ne…

New ship hull modifications to slash fuel use
Researchers at MIT have demonstrated that wedge-shaped vortex generators attached to a ship's hull can reduce drag by up to 7.5%, which reduces overall ship emissions and fuel expenses. The paper, "Net Drag Reduction in High Block Coefficient Ships and Vehicles Using Vortex Generators," was presented at the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 2025 Maritime Convention in Norfolk, Virginia.

8yo: "I just thought it would be funny if every contact on my phone started with the letter 'A'.."
8yo: "what should I call the Family Chat?" [that's our jabber chat room for the 4 of us]
13yo: "how about the Asshole Convention?"
8yo: 😂
8yo: "I love it!"
Me: "I.. don't love it. Choose something else."

RNC takes steps toward a 2026 GOP midterm convention (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/republicans-take-steps-towards-midterm-convention-00744673
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p98#a260123p98

City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith https://relcfp.com/cfp/literature/migration/spirituality/2026/02/18/city-of-angels-mla/

City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith
For this guaranteed session of the TC Religion and Literature forum at the January 2027 MLA convention, we invite papers focusing on literatures of migration and spirituality. Given the convention’s location in Los Angeles, we especially welcome proposals that consider authors and texts with connections to LA and the city as a site of contact, dialogue, and religious syncretism.

It's my second #FOSDEM, but it was my first Bytenight party at @… this year. The party was absolutely wonderful. It really cheered me up after a very crowded first convention day. I'll certainly be back next year for this. 🍻

⌛This is your last chance to become a speaker at SCaLE 23x, March 5-8, 2026, at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California. Submit your talks today
https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/cfp

Super Bowl LX Opening Night: Best moments from Patriots, Seahawks media availability https://www.nfl.com/news/sights-sounds-from-super-bowl-lx-opening-night

So the #MacOS convention is to only sometimes use ~/Library/Application and sometimes ~/config
Yes perfectly normal to have 2 competing standards for configuration files
https://www.

In 2 Wochen ist in #Dresden wieder #DeDeCo - Convention zu Anime, Manga, Games, Japan und mehr. Das Programm ist inzwischen komplett veröffentlicht und bietet neben Händlern, Künstlerinnen und Gamesroom auch Programm auf drei Bühnen und zusätzliche Workshops.
Vielleicht sieht man sich ja dort! :b…

City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith https://relcfp.com/cfp/literature/migration/spirituality/2026/02/18/city-of-angels-mla/

City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith
For this guaranteed session of the TC Religion and Literature forum at the January 2027 MLA convention, we invite papers focusing on literatures of migration and spirituality. Given the convention’s location in Los Angeles, we especially welcome proposals that consider authors and texts with connections to LA and the city as a site of contact, dialogue, and religious syncretism.

6 Privacy Tips for the Generative AI Era
https://fpf.org/blog/6-privacy-tips-for-the-generative-ai-era/
@…
Data Privacy Day, or Data…

Commerce des espèces menacées : anguilles, rhinocéros et requins au cœur des débats mondiaux Š la Cites, en Ouzbékistan
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/202

Commerce des espèces menacées : anguilles, rhinocéros et requins au cœur des débats mondiaux à la Cites, en Ouzbékistan
Cette conférence rassemblera les signataires de la Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvages menacées d’extinction (Cites), considérée comme le cadre de référence.

"African forest hornbills gain new protections from unsustainable trade"
#Birds #Animals

African forest hornbills gain new protections from unsustainable trade
Negotiators discussing wildlife trade rules have agreed overwhelmingly to back a proposal that regulates the currently unrestricted trade in all seven species of African forest hornbills. Eight West and Central African countries had tabled the proposal at the ongoing summit of CITES, the global wildlife trade convention, taking place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It calls for […]

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the western German city of Giessen on Saturday
as the far-right Alternative for Germany’s new youth organization was set to kick off its founding convention.
Groups of protesters blocked or tried to block roads in and around the city of some 93,000 people in the early morning.
Police said they used pepper spray after stones were thrown at officers at one location.
The new youth organization of the anti-immigration Alternative for G…

Thousands protest as Germany’s far-right AfD to launch new youth wing
Party hopes to exert greater control over new group after the previous youth party was declared a proven right-wing extremist group by authorities and dissolved

#WritersCoffeeClub Dec
3. Do genre conventions provide an essential framework, or stifle original storytelling?
4. What would you like to see explored in prompts for this hashtag game?
5. What’s a no-longer popular trend in writing you’d like to see make a comeback?
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3. Both. And neither. A convention is a tool. With enough experience you begin to see when breakin…

"In his aping of Farage, Starmer is now contemplating a ‘review’ in the new year of how the European Convention of Human Rights — drafted by British lawyers to enshrine in law fundamental basic rights after the Second World War — is implemented in the uk. That is, watering it down."
As I Please: Starmer and/or Kafka
htt…

As I Please: Starmer and/or Kafka
Despite his apparent respect for so-called liberal norms, Keir Starmer is likely to go down as one of the most authoritarian prime ministers in modern history. Is he trying to eradicate popular dissent entirely?

Convention organizer to Linus Torvalds: "You might like to come with us
to some licensed[1] place, and have some pizza."
Linus: "Oh, I did not know that you needed a license to eat pizza".
[1] Licenced - refers in Australia to a restaurant which has government
licence to sell liquor.
-- Linus at a talk at the Melbourne University

Multiverse Convention 2026 - LEARN Track Call for Submissions https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/01/multiverse-convention-2026-learn-track-call-for-submissions

The Falcons have arguably committed organizational malpractice. Are the Raiders next? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6832989/2025/11/24/falcons-michael-penix-kirk-cousins-raiders/

My old state just realized I left 2.5 years ago. (Yes, I did the change of address, closed things out, and registered to vote in my new home state.)
I'm quite fond of the issue between the fifth option and the signature it requires, plus the fact that (aside from the zip code and other USPS requirements) this could have looked identical a hundred years ago. No website, email, or phone number. Also note the old convention of two spaces following each period.

From FairVote Canada
We're reaching out to all proportional representation supporters, to find individuals who are also federal Liberal Party members. We would like to help get a resolution for proportional representation to the national convention.
https://secure.fairvote.ca/civicrm/mai…

Our 2026 Open Policy Process | Liberal Party of Canada
Find an event near you to get involved with the Liberal Party of Canada

Multiverse Convention 2026 - LEARN Track Call for Submissions https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/01/multiverse-convention-2026-learn-track-call-for-submissions

⏰ Time is running out to become a speaker at SCaLE 23x, March 5-8, 2026, at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California. Submit your talks today https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/cfp

Le Conseil de l'Europe adopte une nouvelle Convention sur la coproduction d'œuvres audiovisuelles sous forme de séries
Premier cadre juridique international favorisant la production indépendante et la coopération culturelle dans le domaine des séries télévisées et en streaming
https://www.coe.int/fr/web/portal/-/council-of-europe-adopts-convention-on-the-co-production-of-audiovisual-works-in-the-form-of-series

RIP to the #Heritage #Foundation, which functionally died this week,
as its most prominent staffers made a beeline for the exit.
The Suspect: President Trump and his posse of online shitposters.
The weapon: Antisemitism.
The room: Phoenix Convention Center.
Having offered up their not-i…

Heritage Foundation killed by MAGA
Antisemitism in the GOP? The devil you say!

"Critics decry Trump pulling US out of UN climate treaty as 'a new low'"
#UN #UnitedNations #US #USA…

‘A new low’: Trump pulls US out of foundational UN climate treaty
Experts say withdrawing from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a "strategic blunder" for the US.

The Council of Europe has officially adopted the final text of the Convention on the co-production of audiovisual works in the form of series – the first international legal framework specifically dedicated to the independent co-production of series for television and streaming platforms. This marks a significant step for the European and international audiovisual sector, strengthening cultural cooperation, supporting independent producers and enhancing transparency.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/programme-for-series-co-productions/convention

Multiverse Convention 2026 - LEARN Track Call for Submissions
https://ift.tt/daZhKR6
updated: Monday, February 2, 2026 - 3:29pmfull name / name of organization: Kenneth Broome,…
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Books and Reading in Hispanic Queer Culture (2027 MLA Convention, 7-10 January, Los Angeles)
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updated: Friday, January 23, 2026 - 4:17pmfull name / name of organization: Jeffrey Zamostny, Kansas…
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