2024-04-03 10:37:00
How AI-generated disinformation might impact this year’s elections and how journalists should report on it https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-ai-generated-disinformation-might…
How AI-generated disinformation might impact this year’s elections and how journalists should report on it https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-ai-generated-disinformation-might…
How To Get Unstuck With Helen Thomas
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods
How Ukraine hit the Saratov landing craft: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/02/how-ukraine-hit.html
X tweaks its block feature to let users see replies to their posts even by users who have blocked them, with the aim of identifying and reporting "bad content" (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/x-is-changing-how-the-block-b…
The wild story of how 49ers landed Brock Purdy: How wanting to sign Kirk Cousins led to Purdy pick years later
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl…
‘It’s almost carbon-negative’: how hemp became a surprise building material | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/15/its-almost-carbon-negative-how-hemp-became-a-sur…
How Israel defied ICJ provisional measures, one month on
Despite court ruling, Israel continued to kill and cause harm in Gaza, blocked aid entry and allowed officials to incite against Palestinians
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-israel…
"we’ve compiled a list of common marketing terms that seem to mean one thing to consumers and an entirely different thing to some companies."
https://truthinadvertising.org/articles/april-fools-how-some-c…
How To: Remove non Thunderbird Knowledge Base Articles From Google Analytics page view report CSV using 2 Kitsune API calls to get en-US TB URLs and scraping using Mechanize to get the localized URLs :-) http://rolandtanglao.com/2024/04/02/p
Microsoft is changing how you log in to your accounts
Microsoft 365, Copilot and Skype accounts can now use “passkeys,”
Here’s how they work
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/02/passkeys-explained-micro…
Flour massacre: How Gaza food killings unfolded, and Israel’s story changed
At least 112 Palestinians were killed [by the Israeli army] after waiting for much-needed aid in Gaza.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/1/fl
Love how a tailbone injury inspired this research: How humans lost their tails — and why the discovery took 2.5 years to publish
An elegant run of experiments in mice reveals the genetic changes that led humanity’s ape ancestors to lose the appendage.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024<…
How Blood Donors Save the Lives of Ukrainian Servicemen: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/02/how-blood-donors.html
Does anyone have any resources for writing good alt text for images posted to the Fediverse? I’ve read https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-more-accessible-to-blind-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/, but found it less…
"Follower counts matter less than view and like counts”.
Discuss!
(Not only the statement itself, but *why* the head of Threads would say this, at this moment in particular).
Lots to unpack here.
#SocialMedia #openSocialWeb
Hey, this newsletter that’s bigger than yours left Substack and is now making more money, even though some parts of the migration are tricky. There’s even starting to be a cohort of other writers you can talk to for tips, so make the leap! https://www.todayintabs.com/p/migration-report…
💥 Failure of Francis Scott Key Bridge provides future engineers a chance to learn how to better protect the public
https://theconversation.com/failure-of-francis-scott-key-bridge-pr…
But hey, remember (especially tech folks) that sponsorship doesn’t affect how an organisation behaves.
https://ar.al/2019/01/11/i-was-wrong-about-google-and-facebook-theres-nothing-wrong-with-them-so-say-we-all/…
I’ve been wondering why Elon Musk would have standing to sue OpenAI. How have they damaged HIM? How is it any of his business in the first place?
He doesn’t, they haven’t, and it isn’t. Here’s the Verge:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/1/24087937
"Better than Jesus": How far will the cult of Trump go? (Chauncey DeVega/Salon)
https://www.salon.com/2024/03/02/better-than-jesus-how-far-will-the-of-go/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240302/p24#a240302p24
One of my favorite things in HB is how the imp tails are animated. They're so expressive and I like how they're also occasionally used as extra "hands". They're always animated so fluidly and I love how much they show what the imp in question is feeling at the moment. Neato.
#HelluvaBoss
Some developers are releasing longer context windows for Llama 3 thanks to Meta's open-source approach; Llama 3 has a short context window of 8,000 tokens (Kalley Huang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-developers-gav…
>"These figures are clearly not scientifically correct, but if such botched illustrations can pass peer review so easily, more realistic-looking AI-generated figures have likely already infiltrated the scientific literature."
The rat with the big balls and the enormous penis – how Frontiers published a paper with botched AI-generated images – Science Integrity Digest
The wild story of how 49ers landed Brock Purdy: How wanting to sign Kirk Cousins led to Purdy pick years later
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl…
How does China control Trump? Follow the money!
#StopThatYass #DemCast
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In reference to this: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/112031199817039932
I think many people in tech live and have lived a sheltered life that never required them to do anything outside of it (and their comfort zone). This does have massive impact on how they see the world, whose skills they t…
New blog post: Python Project-Local Virtualenv Management Redux
In which I describe how I currently manage my virtual environments for both unpinned packages and pinned applications. It started as a TIL update to an older TIL, but as it grew more and more, I’ve concluded this is a proper blog post!
Enjoy: https://
How Blood Donors Save the Lives of Ukrainian Servicemen: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/02/how-blood-donors.html
Patriarchal AI: How ChatGPT can harm a woman's career (LSE blog)
If you ask ChatGPT to write performance reviews based on nothing but names, 'men are priceless and should be given more leadership positions in the organisation, whereas the women need help and guidance to improve their skills in their existing jobs'.
2023 retro-link! https://thebrokenrail.com/2022/12/31/xfinity-stream-on-linux.html - How to get Xfinity Stream to work on Linux: a tale of Widevine, Chrome OS, and a patched glibc.
How Complex Systems Fail https://how.complexsystems.fail
RT by @NatalieAmiri: Ignore all the takes by “experts” on how the killing of IRGC terror commander will result in direct war/strikes against #Israel. The IRGC neither has the doctrine nor the capabilities for direct war with Israel, esp when domestic instability in Iran is as high as it currently is.#IRGCterrorists
How the Village Voice Met Its Moment | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-the-village-voice-met-its-moment
🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
Hacker:
🎵 How Do You Kill It?
#Hacker
https://beachimpedimentrecords.bandcamp.com/track/how-do-you-kill-it
Went out for a walk last evening around dusk in my parents' neighbourhood in Pennsylvania... lots of big houses, lots of US flags, lots of big pickups/SUVs. Only saw one TV on in a house as I walked past... but it was playing Tucker Carlson. This is bible thumpin' Trump country. How can people here really be so disaffected, credulous, & ignorant? (I'm no Christian, but how can you claim to be a Christian and not revile Trump?!)
Semafor media reporter Maxwell Tani talks about cord-cutting, the importance of niches for digital media, threats from AI, and how it feels to break bad news (Scott Nover/Slate)
https://slate.com/business/2024/03/media-layoffs-max-tani-sema…
How can the US government expect you to fill a tax report when they don’t provide all the instructions on how to fill it? 🤔🤔🤔
WHY are they making it so complicated and why are people accepting this??
"As people face raids and deportation to Rwanda this week, we must be there for them, like the UK was there for me," says Zrinka Bralo. You can stop the Rwanda raids. Here’s how: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/rwanda-refugee-raids-hostile-environme…
How investment firms shield the ultrawealthy from the IRS - ICIJ
https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2024/04/how-investment-firms-shield-the-ultra-wealthy-from-the-irs/
How one factory ramps up its production making shells for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/02/how-one-factory.html
An interview with outgoing ASML CTO Martin van den Brink on the company's rise, Moore's Law, competition from Chinese companies, hyper-NA technology, and more (MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/0
How one factory ramps up its production making shells for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/02/how-one-factory.html
How investment firms shield the ultrawealthy from the IRS - ICIJ
https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2024/04/how-investment-firms-shield-the-ultra-wealthy-from-the-irs/
>"These figures are clearly not scientifically correct, but if such botched illustrations can pass peer review so easily, more realistic-looking AI-generated figures have likely already infiltrated the scientific literature."
The rat with the big balls and the enormous penis – how Frontiers published a paper with botched AI-generated images – Science Integrity Digest
How does China control Trump? Follow the money!
#StopThatYass #DemCast
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👊 Karate physics: How your hand can break concrete without breaking itself
#karate
How Russian occupation transformed Ukraine’s Crimea: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/03/how-russian-occupation.html
How activists blur the lines between birth control and abortion
The national debate over #IVF, unfolding after an #Alabama court decision prompted multiple clinics in the state to halt operations, prompts a question:
What might be next?
Could other fertility treatments and even birth control be under thr…
Here’s a clear example of how aggressive the #ai image processing has become on newer iPhones. This is a comparison between the iPhone 15 Pro Max and the iPhone 11 Pro Max, taking photos of distant text at equal magnification. Note how the 15 Pro Max’s image pipeline has hallucinated all the details.
Original video:
RT by @NatalieAmiri: Ignore all the takes by “experts” on how the killing of IRGC terror commander will result in direct war/strikes against #Israel. The IRGC neither has the doctrine nor the capabilities for direct war with Israel, esp when domestic instability in Iran is as high as it currently is.#IRGCterrorists
How to Make Nmap Recognize New Services https://shufflingbytes.com/posts/how-to-make-nmap-recognize-new-services/
Semafor media reporter Maxwell Tani talks about cord-cutting, the importance of niches for digital media, threats from AI, and how it feels to break bad news (Scott Nover/Slate)
https://slate.com/business/2024/03/media-layoffs-max-tani-sema…
"How to recycle the giant magnets inside wind turbines? These scientists have a few ideas"
#WindTurbines #Renewables #Energy
How Russian cinema serves as a tool to justify Russian aggression. Ukraine in Flames #606: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/02/how-russian-cinema.html
REVIEW: UNDER THE SKIN: THE HIDDEN TOLL OF RACISM ON AMERICAN LIVES AND ON THE HEALTH OF OUR NATION by Linda Villarosa.
Author shows how centuries of discrimination leave deadly legacy - The Current
https://thecurrentga.org/2024/02/03/au
2024 NFL Draft: How Panthers, Texans and other teams helped QBs still on rookie-scale contracts
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-nf
How Russian cinema serves as a tool to justify Russian aggression. Ukraine in Flames #606: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/02/how-russian-cinema.html
How Ukraine destroyed landing vessel Minsk and Rostov-on-Don submarine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/03/how-ukraine-destroyed.html
Republicans, following Trump's initiative, have deliberately incited anger at national “elites,” heightened fears of foreign immigrant invasions (and “deviant” gender identities), and induced non-urban communities to become obsessed with the odious "swamp" of Washington politics.
What, exactly, is getting overlooked here?
The “rural rage” discourse that’s so often wheeled out but rarely unpacked should not be seen as the simple offshoot of political and economic ch…
Sources: Spotify plans to raise prices by $1 to $2 per month in the UK, Australia, Pakistan, and two other markets by the end of April, and the US later in 2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
How Russian occupation transformed Ukraine’s Crimea | This Week in Ukraine S2 E8: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/02/how-russian-occupation.html
NFL Draft 2024: Here's how Bears will go about deciding who to target with No. 9 pick
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-draft-2…
How a ‘Body Farm’ Might Help Tackle Fentanyl Abuse - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/03/world/americas/mexico-fentanyl-body-farm.html
What to know about Florida abortion-ban rulings and how voters will have a say
Florida’s Supreme Court ruled that a section of 💥the state’s constitution does not protect abortion, 💥
👉effectively allowing the state to ban abortions after six weeks, when many women may not yet know they are pregnant.
The ruling paves the way for the state to become one of the nation’s @strictest on #abortion
Will Odell Beckham Jr. fit in with Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle in Miami? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40076633/how-odell-beckham-jr-fits-miami-dolphins
Apple adds carve-outs to EU core tech fee: exempts developers of free apps and gives those with annual global revenue of less than €10M a 3-year "free on-ramp" (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/02/appl
"When asked how he will implement his plans, he waffles, obfuscates, and delivers a stream of non sequitur boasts about how great he is or about how other people have said that he’s great. He lies all the time, but many of his statements on core policy issues are so garbled and gassy they don’t even qualify as lies. It’s like interacting with a chatbot programmed by a fascist parrot."
He's not even trying to hide it
Titans land Calvin Ridley: GM Ran Carthon details how signing star WR went from a 'pipe dream' to reality
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/new…
Anonymous social media app Sidechat has become both a place for dialog and a breeding ground for hate speech amid US college protests over the Israel-Hamas war (Sofia Barnett/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/how-sidechat-fanned-the-flame…
#GiftLink🎁
Opinion | ‘Fix the Damn Roads’: How Democrats in Purple and Red States Win - The New York Times
https://www.
2024 Super Bowl: How to watch, stream Super Bowl 58 pregame show on CBS Sports HQ, specials, more
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-su
Beat a “neutral” Russian: how a 10-year-old Ukrainian chess player won the world championship: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/03/beat-a-neutral.html
All-Pro Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey explains why he loves new kickoff rules, how playing soccer 'will help'
https://www.cbssports.com…
A Chinese seller details how he ships civilian electronics, which could be repurposed for military uses, to Russia via distributors and Russian e-commerce sites (Nikkei Asia)
https://t.co/KCp6bGmE6X
How did Ukraine lose Avdiivka? Russian tactics explained: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/01/how-did-ukraine.html
With the First Pick: Five QBs go in Round 1 of latest NFL mock draft, plus how Bears will approach No. 9 pick
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/new…
How Zelensky became Ukraine's president in 2019: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/01/how-zelensky-became.html
How the Right Turned Protest Into A Criminal Enterprise – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/anti-protest-laws-state-legislatures/
John Harbaugh says Ravens offense will evolve with Derrick Henry, won't alter how Lamar Jackson plays the game
https://www.cbssports.com/…
How the Right Turned Protest Into A Criminal Enterprise – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/anti-protest-laws-state-legislatures/
When is Super Bowl 2024? Date, time, how to watch Chiefs vs. 49ers on CBS, Nickelodeon, stream on Paramount
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/when…
Chiefs vs. 49ers in Super Bowl 2024: How to watch, TV, live stream Super Bowl 58 in HDR, 4K on CBS, Paramount
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/…
49ers vs. Chiefs: Super Bowl 2024 TV, live stream, how to watch on CBS, Paramount , Nickelodeon
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/49ers-v
This Week in Ukraine S2 E8 – How 10 years of Russian occupation changed Crimea: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/02/this-week-in.html
Where is Super Bowl 2024: Location, stadium, date, time, streaming, TV, how to watch 49ers vs. Chiefs
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/where-i
Surviving through the darkness: How Kharkiv endures new wave of brutal Russian attacks (Photos): https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/02/surviving-through-the.html
Surviving through the darkness: How Kharkiv endures new wave of brutal Russian attacks (Photos): https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/02/surviving-through-the.html
@antarcticcenterua How to Record the Song of Whales?: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/31/antarcticcenterua-how-to.html