ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Do you understand sampling bias? Please boost after voting so the poll can have better statistics

Bookshops never check who you are if you offer to sign books… they’re such a trusting bunch. One day I’ll sign someone else’s.

Anyway, these by me are now signed, also by me, in the lovely Waterstones Bristol.

#books #bookstodon #ChildrensBooks #NaturesTreasures

I don't blame people who are dependent on Twitter to promote their work for staying on the platform as long as is feasible for them. The platform's facing a hostile takeover, but the alternatives are:
- platforms nothing like Twitter
- tiny VC-funded startups that look destined to collapse
- platforms made by FOSS nerds that hate virality

And even if there were suitable replacements, they still have a lot to lose by moving and forcing their followers to do the same. It's a real problem.

Imagine the dumbest person you know. I promise you, no matter how dumb they are, there’s someone 15 percent dumber cranking out “news analysis” for The New York Times.

Galax does not exist #TerranTradeAuthority #AIArt #StableDiffusion

DID YOU KNOW?
Fennec foxes are stackable, making them easy to store.

#fox #fact

Photographer Renatas Jakaitis captured this unintended moment when three fallow-deer were walking along a path and the sound of her camera caught their attention. Like an optical illusion, the deer appeared as one body with three almost identical heads.

Unmusked: How Elon Musk is Using Twitter to Destroy the Concept of Objective Truth

Heidi Siegmund Cuda reveals how Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter fits a disturbing global trend

@HeidiCuda @BylineTimes

#ElonMusk #Putin #RussianFakeNews #vkontakte #russianpropaganda

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinesupplement/p/unmusked-how-elon-musk-is-using-twitter?r=1dkr6j&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

The #strike is finally over at #TheNewSchool. I am feeling relieved. #Solidarity was painful but it worked.

Happy SUNday! From the shores of Lake Superior.

#photography #SUNday #HapptSUNday #seascape #LandscapePhotography

No wonder the writing and reading environment of the web in 2022 is so awful. We ignore the writers and the readers.

http://scripting.com/2022/12/11.html#a140623

someone on tiktok told me that AI was going to make my classes obsolete, but like... I teach AI ethics 🙃

Imagine a society that decides to demand as a philosophical principle that societal systems don’t really exist, or that systems exist but can’t be changed, all so they don’t have to spend time or effort or convenience or expense on combating viruses.

What must we assume about such a society?

There has never been a better time in our nation's history for a social media platform like Mastodon to emerge. One that is free from billionaires, government control, and with defenses up against hate and disinformation.

The cause for truth, justice and equality has never been more under attack than it is now; and all signs are that this will continue.

We must continue to be a voice for good, Democracy, truth, equality and freedom.