Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org

Behold: the USB jord (jeans cord)

@Geri sanctions are only as effective as you make them.
Kamil Galeev has been very good at documenting this.

Unfortunately, he's on ex-twitter and substack only. Here's what I think is an acceptable way of reading him
https://threadreaderapp.com/scrolly/1501676859741904898

I recommend him as a way to understand Ruskiy Mir. Goes without saying that he's to be read critically. Even though he's very informed historically and a good narrator, his way of thinking has its own Russian biases.

If you happen to be in #London today and have a bit of time on your hands, go to London Bridge station and hear my friends and colleagues of the "Society of Women Organists" play on the Henry Jones #PipeOrgan there.
13 hours of #OrganMusic 🙂
I'm sure there will be works by #WomenComposers, too.
@womeninmusic
@womencomposers

We made a comic about the Hulk.

@Snowshadow @Thatmermaid_J

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2018/11/facebook-down-millions-users-took-to-the-streets-to-yell-out-their-personal-data-in-hopes-of-being-heard-by-advertisers-spy-agencies/

I went deep into the world of TikTok spammers who claim to makes 5 figures a month posting stolen and AI-generated clips through its partner program. This community is very wild.

There are 80,000 people sitting in a Discord talking about how to turn Reddit posts, fun facts, redpill clips, Would You Rather, Minecraft gameplay into $$$. Entire industry has popped up around it. People selling clips, tools, US-based TikTok accounts, GPT prompts, ideas

https://www.404media.co/inside-the-world-of-tiktok-spammers-and-the-ai-tools-that-enable-them/

"No country in the world affords women the same opportunities as men in the workforce, according to a new report from the World Bank, which found the global gender gap was far wider than previously thought."

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/05/no-equality-for-working-women-in-any-country-in-the-world-study-reveals-world-bank-gender-gap

UK to Expand Extremism Definition

"Organisations such as the Muslim Council of Britain and protest groups such as Palestine Action are among those that could be affected by the non-statutory move to block groups from funding or accessing venues if they are regarded as promoting an ideology that undermines “British values”. - Guardian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FQSFnZpsqw

Absolutely insane story of a Ukranian girl getting her face cloned & deepfaked her into dozens of pro-russian fake digital influencers on Chinese social media.

I fear this flood of AI shit is truly going to break the internet

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@inthehands

I had a professor/mentor in college that frequently gave a speech pretty similar to this, but for art:
- It's about two way communication with another human,
- Tools (brushes, pencils &c.) and media are the paths to this connection,
- Art for art sake is bullshit, enrich your life and the life of the consumer,
- Otherwise, you will be very bad at this and,
- If you're in this class to become a rich and famous artist get the fuck out.

Surly old Irish man. I loved Sean.

Re this important thread from @grimalkina:
https://mastodon.social/@grimalkina/111972810596703896

I just gave a little soapbox to my Software Design and Development students that I give every time I teach the class, and I’ll give it here on Mastodon.

Software development is an intensely social discipline.

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What you can’t be is misanthropic. When you write software, you are in relationship with other people. And if you don’t care about people, if you just •hate• people, if you can’t care about healthy relationships, if you cannot be bothered to communicate or to listen or to just give a ground-level shit about other people, DO NOT get into software. You’ll crash and burn — and you’ll cause terrible harm as you go down. Find some other discipline to go torment.

The rest of you…come on in.

/end