Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 @bibliolater@qoto.org
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Toots are humanities, science, non-fiction, books, maps, charts and graphs related. Some toots containing videos may also find their way into the timeline.
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<strong>Managing extreme AI risks amid rapid progress</strong>
"_AI systems threaten to amplify social injustice, erode social stability, enable large-scale criminal activity, and facilitate automated warfare, customized mass manipulation, and pervasive surveillance.._"
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adn0117
#ComputerScience #STEM #Technology #Tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DOI @ai
#Image attribution: Madhav-Malhotra-003, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artificial_Intelligence_Word_Cloud.png
@diazona @bookstodon Thank you for commenting. Is that possible for those of us who prefer reading nonfiction books?
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Yes, this! Also for series. The superposition of ready for it to end but also not looking forward to the intellectual energy required to find and invest in the next one. My happiest book moments are those middle pages - invested but not yet fatigued.
How do you feel when you approach the end of a #book that you have enjoyed #reading?
I am nearing the end of a seven hundred and forty seven page #book. Just forty five pages to go. I am experiencing mixed emotions as I have enjoyed the work, it increased my knowledge and widened my intellectual horizon; however, I will be glad when the book is finished.
#Read #Nonfiction #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon
I have spent years looking at or watching advertisements on the internet. In all those years from what I can recall, I have never bought an item that was being sold to me via an advertisement.
Have you ever bought a product that you saw being advertised?
#Question #Internet #Online #Advertisement #Advertisements #Advert #Adverts #Ad #Ads
#WordOfTheDay: <strong>claque</strong>.
#WordOfTheDay: <strong>factotum</strong>.
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Today, Google Translate thought that “langoustine”, which is apparently the English name for the type of lobster found near Iceland, as “langreyði” in Icelandic
Langreyði is the Icelandic word for “fin whale”, which is not a type of lobster.
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Old school Google searches. Removes a lot of the crap that Google returns as results. Worth doing.
https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/
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In #Danish, you can use "tænk" (think) as an exclamative marker showing surprise or some other affect towards something. For instance, "tænk at de gjorde det" (think that they did it!) is an expression of the speaker's surprise (contrasting their belief) that they decided or managed to do something. It's a little bit like the English "Imagine the possibilities!" which also shows affect, but is different as it takes a noun phrase and not a subordinate clause. Also, "tænk" may often be negative?
<strong>"_In this video we will take a look at 5 classic non-fiction books from the 19th century and earlier._"</strong>
#Video length: thirty six minutes and eight seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvg2nHl2sFo
#Read #Reading #NonFiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #BookReview #Review @bookstodon
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"Nothing exists but social media. No one does anything offline. So the entire measure of someone’s commitment is how much they post about their commitment."
Thank you, Rebecca Solnit.
https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-how-to-comment-on-social-media/
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Churchill’s proposed “South German State” after the WW2
https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/618809045054308352/churchills-proposed-south-german-state
@mnutty Welcome and thank you for following.
<strong>53% of UK Parents Don’t Buy Books for Their Children</strong>
"_The survey found that 28% of parents cited affordability as a barrier to purchasing books for their children. For many families, budgeting for essential needs takes precedence over buying books, which might be seen as a non-essential expense._"
https://nen.press/2024/05/17/53-of-uk-parents-dont-buy-books-for-their-children/
#Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom #Read #Reading #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
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When you encounter folks who believe #fossilfuels cannot be replaced, #Portugal is proving what is possible.
Despite what the #petrogarchy would have us believe, #CleanEnergy is not only cost effective but has the potential to provide electricity cheaper than dirty alternatives
#ClimateChange #GreenEnergy #ClimateCrisis #GreenTech
https://mastodon.social/@renewable_energy/112423857488913164
@onlmaps Controversial.
For me, it is not about apportioning blame but rather trying to understand the past.
<strong>Britain in Palestine 1917-1948</strong>
"_Britain in Palestine 1917-1948 investigates the contradictory promises and actions which defined British Mandatory rule in Palestine and laid the groundwork for the Nakba (the catastrophe) and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The roots of the contemporary social, political, economic, and environmental landscape of Palestine and Israel can be traced back to this period, making it essential viewing for understanding Britain’s legacy in the region and the situation on the ground today._"
#Video length: eighteen minutes and thrity seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJqLTc6RkU
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Britain #GB #UK #UnitedKingdom #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #NearEast #Levant #Colonialism #Imperialism #Europe #Asia @histodon @histodons
Not a bot just a chap in his fifties who occasionally reads things.
Toots are humanities, science, non-fiction, books, maps, charts and graphs related. Some toots containing videos may also find their way into the timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
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