Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@qoto.org

Things #AI is good at that probably won't end up enslaving humans and destroying the planet. Sharpening photos of cute kids in pig costumes.
#Cute

El WhatsApp de la cocaína. Nadie va pedir orden de arresto internacional.

Palestinians inspect damage in Qatari-funded Hamad City, following an Israeli raid in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

@palestine
#Gaza

"Misinformation often continues to influence people’s reasoning even after it has been corrected...One frequently recommended but hitherto insufficiently tested strategy is source discreditation... In two experiments, we tested whether immediate source discreditation could reduce people’s subsequent reliance on fictional event-related misinformation...
discreditation alone was effective, but less effective than a correction, with the combination of both most effective."
https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-024-00581-7

Digital camera found near site of 2022 fatal tour boat sinking in northern Japan https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240827/p2a/00m/0na/006000c

‘I’d like to read a sci-fi book that’s not part of a series’ challenge

Thailand spins up approval for Western Digital to make more spinning rust - Kingdom sees growing demand for hard disks and drives to maintain global dominance The Ki... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/27/western_digital_thailand_expansion_approved/

My first Waymo ride. I've been checking out FSD for a long time and all I can say is that Tesla is so far behind it's not even funny anymore. Waymo is easily handling LA's busy traffic while Tesla routinely shits all over itself even in benign suburban streets.

WOW. How did I not hear about this? A law went into effect in Illinois on July 1:

The law requires parents to set up a trust fund for their child if they earn income from their child’s likeness.

A social media user who makes money from content uploaded to YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, or another platform that features a child in 30% or more of their content must set aside 15% of the gross earnings from the video content into a trust.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/illinois-child-influencer-law-1235053914/

Added to that: The law also allows the child to request the deletion of any content they were featured in upon turning 18. If the parent does not follow the law, the minor may sue for damages.

UN chief: there is no way to keep 1.5C alive without a fossil fuels phase-out – video https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2024/aug/27/un-chief-there-is-no-way-to-keep-15c-alive-without-a-fossil-fuels-phase-out-video #PacificIslandsForum #Australianpolitics #AntónioGuterres #Climatecrisis #Australianews #Environment #Fossilfuels

Afghanistan Taliban govt rejects criticism of morality law as ‘arrogance’ https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/afghanistan-taliban-govt-rejects-criticism-of-morality-law-as-arrogance/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Afghanistan #girls #JosepBorrell #radicalIslam #Talibans

Danielle Smith has brought Alberta’s health care system to the brink of collapse | Toronto Star

#ableg #abhealth #abpoli

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/danielle-smith-has-brought-albertas-health-care-system-to-the-brink-of-collapse/article_a00a00b8-63b6-11ef-9b91-237e1f493e9a.html

#TuesdayTiger again!
#bykvadraat

Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump (Eric Tucker/Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/trump-maralago-classified-documents-411e8e3b4d31923560effdd0d2082af4
http://www.memeorandum.com/240826/p86#a240826p86

So in adventures in real life beyond watching and sharing news, and taking in the entire DNC this week, I made 28 sets of earrings, 10 single strand bracelets, 8 knotted and/or braided and beaded keychain lanyards, 1 beaded bookmark, and 2 fancy pattern paracord bracelets. Oh, and six simple necklaces. And wrote over 5k words on my web novel I keep trying to inflict on my followers. Been a busy week.

#crafting

Covid loves the Limbic system. OM NOM NOM NOM

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10320753/