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"The immigration detention system has become a testing ground for authoritarianism." - @silkys13.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/democracynow.org/post/3lqpltpcg522i

Voice Conversion for Likability Control via Automated Rating of Speech Synthesis Corpora
Hitoshi Suda, Shinnosuke Takamichi, Satoru Fukayama
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01356

Voice Conversion for Likability Control via Automated Rating of Speech Synthesis Corpora
Perceived voice likability plays a crucial role in various social interactions, such as partner selection and advertising. A system that provides reference likable voice samples tailored to target audiences would enable users to adjust their speaking style and voice quality, facilitating smoother communication. To this end, we propose a voice conversion method that controls the likability of input speech while preserving both speaker identity and linguistic content. To improve training data sca…

Vesijeteistä koituu vesilinnuille monenlaista haittaa – asiantuntija tuomitsee hätyyttelyn: ”Kai se kohottaa macho-tuntoa” #eläinoikeudet

Vesijeteistä koituu vesilinnuille monenlaista haittaa – asiantuntija tuomitsee hätyyttelyn: ”Kai se kohottaa macho-tuntoa”
Emoista eroon joutuvat vesilintujen poikaset voivat vammautua tai joutua petojen saaliiksi. Suojeluvastaava toivoo malttia vesijeteillä liikkuville myös loppukesällä.

We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower
No doubt Trump thinks that tanks and soldiers on display will make America, and its president, look tough and strong.

But the planned spectacle in June 14 is laughably hollow.
Even as the president wants to showcase U.S. military power,
he is doing grave and possibly irreparable damage to the real sources of U.S. strength,
including its long-term investment in scientific research.
Trump is declaring war on sc…

We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower
The president’s assault on science dangerously undermines America’s superpower status.

Enda et nytt parti som lover «direkte demokrati», men som likevel stiller liste til valg og vil ha makt over oss andre.
Generasjonspartiet fremstiller det som en frisk nyvinning, men i virkeligheten er dette bare mer av det samme representative systemet som har sviktet arbeiderklassen i generasjoner.
Syndikalismen handler om at vi organiserer oss selv, i fagforeninger og lokale råd, og tar beslutningene direkte, ikke gjennom partier, valg eller politikere.
Når Generasjonsp…

Not a rickroll.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/post/3lspl4j4fls2h

The details of the FY 2026 #NASA Budget Request are in: https://www.nasa.gov/fy-2026-budget-request/ (May 30 documents) - and they are as devastating as feared. Lowlights - there are no highlights - are discussed by
https://bsky.app/profile/theplanetaryguy.bsky.social/post/3lqg6n4pdrc2h
https://bsky.app/profile/jtuttlekeane.bsky.social/post/3lqg7zzfgo224
https://bsky.app/profile/spacepolicyonline.bsky.social/post/3lqg6tjfthf2a
https://bsky.app/profile/carlrodriguez.bsky.social/post/3lqg7nttoek2c
https://bsky.app/profile/spacepolicyonline.bsky.social/post/3lqg7lr5kgh27
https://bsky.app/profile/leighfletcher.bsky.social/post/3lqg5x3if6s2i
https://bsky.app/profile/spacepolicyonline.bsky.social/post/3lqgagt4g6q2a
https://bsky.app/profile/spacetides.bsky.social/post/3lqg6eapuws2l
https://bsky.app/profile/jfoust.bsky.social/post/3lqg2wsbf7s2k
https://bsky.app/profile/tedpavlic.bsky.social/post/3lqg4ccpgnc25
https://bsky.app/profile/ohdearz.bsky.social/post/3lqgdmenyj22c4
https://bsky.app/profile/interplanetary.bsky.social/post/3lqgc5xvny22s
and in the articles https://spacenews.com/nasa-budget-would-cancel-dozens-of-science-missions-lay-off-thousands/ and https://www.science.org/content/article/dozens-active-and-planned-nasa-spacecraft-killed-trump-budget-request.
The NSF Budget Request is at least as disastrous:
https://bsky.app/profile/kgandersen.bsky.social/post/3lqg6c5nnas2h
https://bsky.app/profile/dangaristo.bsky.social/post/3lqg43xmdws2r
https://bsky.app/profile/carlrodriguez.bsky.social/post/3lqg6icalsc2t
https://bsky.app/profile/thirstygecko.bsky.social/post/3lqg6mojywk2s

omg, finally my disposable is setup correctly!
I am not always confident in my "IT skills" which are often laughable...like
"What command should I put in!?"
"How am I sure that command won't hurt my computer!?"
I'm ashamed to admit it but I used duckduckgo's duck.ai and the gpt4o-mini-whatever that got internet access...at least internet access even though it's hilarious as **** to see it believe 100% in fake stuff, was pr…

we love bus stuff https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w45xv3md5q5w5eoqx3xhhe3n/post/3lsflauviwk2h

Unmasking My Office Part 1 - This Isn't Overthinking
#Unmasking