Ari Meier @arisphere@qoto.org

Study showing that ChatGPT can influence our moral judgments, and we underestimate how influenced we are. Highlights the need for education to help people better understand what these systems are doing.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31341-0

I wasn't sure if combining these colors in this pattern would work, when I started today's drawing. But they worked out even better than I was hoping for.

Here's an in-progress photo.

#ink #drawing #art #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #wip #fungi

my wife's company is trying to convince people to return to the office because one of their executives thinks its embarrassing when clients come by and the offices are empty, anyways, theatre students always need some pocket money and if someone wants to join my exciting new "potemkin village as a service" startup

Replying to all the random individuals that seem to think that I’m “endorsing” one of the Fediverse products over any other, and seem to be making a big deal over #akkoma vs #mastodon etc.

That’s not the case. I’m actually a horrible MIS person, and I would never want to maintain my own server. I’m a programmer for chrissake!

The same way you should fear me if I hold a soldering iron, you should be very very nervous if I were to do any server management.

So all credit (or blame) for the choice of Fediverse platform goes to @monsieuricon, who maintains kernel.org and just made it really easy for me to try this out.

… and on a similar note: not only am I not much of a MIS person, I’m also not much of a social networking person.

I foresee a lot of disappointment in the future of any followers of this account 🔮.

Random first trial post: today, March 14th, is the 29th anniversary of the Linux 1.0 announcement.

Of course, there are other arguably more important dates in Linux history, but this is one of them.

“…the most powerful people at Fox News were not concerned about the health of U.S. democracy. They were concerned about Fox’s brand and their own bottom line.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/fox-news-dominion-voting-lawsuit-2020-election-conspiracy/673111/

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE!

Beginning on March 7th, Data Visualization Developer Robert Kosara, @eagereyes, will lead Observable's course on Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices.

👀 Be on the lookout next week when we share the sign-up link!

Transgender rights are human rights.
Transgender rights are human rights.
Transgender rights are human rights.
Transgender rights are human rights.

So utterly and continually frustrating to find my work being stolen and resold, without my consent. Without any payment to me, for my work.

Seeing more pins on Pinterest, again, posting my work as if it is their own. don't even bother removing my copyright statement.

It's not just AI companies stealing art for training data, without consent, from currently active artists.

You can support my work, and buy my downloadable #GenerativeArt coloring pages

https://etsy.me/3S6AdG8

#art

This is brilliant data-infused journalism:

Washington Post correlates terrible credit scores in the U.S. South with the refusal of state governments to expand federally funded Medicaid, creating vast amounts of medical debt and bankruptcies.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/02/17/bad-southern-credit-scores/

Republican ideologues have made your states even poorer, and your citizens far worse off in all kinds of ways.

Of course, they're proud of it.

Well this is a terrifying button.

One thing being overlooked in this matter of requiring $8 Twitter Blue for 2FA discussion is that in order to pay Elon you need to give him a credit card number. This provides him with your real identity and exposes you to potential credit card theft if that information were to be compromised.

Signing up for $8 Twitter Blue compromises your anonymity and financial security and Elon making it a requirement for 2FA.

#twittermigration #2FA #twitter

"Productivity jumped as offices closed, and stayed high through 2021. When companies started mandating a return to the office, productivity dropped sharply."

The return to the office could be the real reason for the slump in productivity. Here’s the data to prove it | Fortune
https://fortune.com/2023/02/16/return-office-real-reason-slump-productivity-data-careers-gleb-tsipursky/

As some of you may have heard, Tweetbot is currently unable to authenticate with Twitter which currently has a huge impact on our business. Only mentioning this because we are going to be busy putting out fires and trying to get Ivory on the App Store ASAP. So it will be harder to answer your questions. However you can read our current roadmap for Ivory here: https://tapbots.com/ivory/

Also, here are 1000 more testflight openings for now. Thanks for all of your support! 🙏

https://testflight.apple.com/join/HiTBauI3

Hi Hello. I'm Meghan Harris👋🏾

I guess I should make an intro post? Currently spending my time taking care of the little one, coding in #rstats, or doing both. If we're connected on the bird site but not here, feel free to connect (and vice vera - names the same over there)

Project-wise, I'm finishing up the new Tidy Trekker Site, working on some #rtistry #genart case studies, and other things that will be announced next year! 🤩

Here's a selfie and some artwork I returned to because why not.

https://trekmovie.com/2022/12/28/nichelle-nichols-foundation-launches-to-continue-her-legacy-of-increasing-inclusivity-in-steam-eduction/

#BIPOC
#Mastodon
#BIPOC
#BlackTwitter
#BlackSTEM
#BlackJoy
#BlackMastodon

It's not just the end of the month, it's the end of a year that's been tough on indie artists.

If you're in a position to do so, show some support to the creators you love: buy our art / books / audiobooks (!), subscribe to our newsletters, leave a tip, etc.

Your support keeps the lights on & lets us keep making art for you, so we can be there for you in the new year & beyond. .

Thank you! 🙏❤️

#Art #Arts #Fans #Fandom #WritingCommunity #Bookstodon
@bookstodon

GOOD IDEA: This may look like a transit map, but it’s actually a map of typical walking times & distances in the walkable, car-free Spanish city of #Pontevedra. A simple, clever idea that every city working to be more walkable should steal.

#walkablecities #cities #urbanism #walking