herid @herid@qoto.org

Originally, a blue check mark on Twitter meant verified: a person was who they claimed to be.

It quickly came to mean prominent – according to the obscure criteria of Jack Dorsey’s Twitter.

Elon Musk introduced paid Twitter, which made the blue check meaningless: pure nihilism.

The oil and gas industry would go out of business overnight if we could harness the power of human stupidity.

From the “you can’t make this up” department…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/02/10/george-santos-amish-puppies/

“After The War, They Won’t Recall They Ever Were Human.”
— Howl

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Original concept art from Howl's Moving Castle (2004).

#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオズブリ #anime #howlsmovingcastle #conceptart #sketch #design #imageboard #mastoart #illustration #painting #character #storyboard #hayaomiyazaki

#voteTO for Toronto Mayor is heating up. Between #TOcouncil insiders and public statements, I’ve confirmed:

Gil Penalosa is in. (Declared)
Ana Bailão is in.
Josh Matlow is in.
Michael Ford is in.

Stay tuned to #TOpoli as I solidify a few other outstanding names.

"I was suspended from Twitter; I may never tweet again." https://richmond.com/opinion/columnists/column-i-was-suspended-from-twitter-i-may-never-tweet-again/article_b5ede3e8-a8ca-11ed-a1e2-7b0bef8a70b6.html

1/ Russian politicians are hoping that Vladimir Putin will announce his plans for the end of the war in Ukraine. They want him to achieve a quick victory this year, with no further mobilisation and no closing of Russia's borders to block those attempting to flee the country – both of which would be highly unpopular steps. ⬇️

Astrud Gilberto - Corcovado

https://youtu.be/9srw5FRm5eA

If you are looking for some relaxing music this is it

#SongOfTheDay
#FavoriteMusic 80/

What doesn’t kill you, should not be given a second chance.

If you've been waiting for full-text #search on #Mastodon, please go to #TootFinder and sign in. The more the merrier.
https://www.tootfinder.ch/

It's opt-in, not opt-out. It respects Mastodon culture and doesn't index accounts that don't sign in.

That means the index might be small if we don't spread the word.

#mastotips#feditips

Almost every Washington Post political news story I read these days feels like it was written by someone absolutely terrified of the right wing and not remotely confident that their editors would back them up. https://presswatchers.org/2023/02/the-washington-post-is-doomed-without-a-major-reset/

Background on Pamela Paul here: https://presswatchers.org/2022/07/who-hates-inclusivity-the-question-answers-itself/

Many people have a rock-solid belief they're good people. They care about others, they think. Yet, right now, not one among us is unaware #COVID19 still rises and falls. We also know that immunocompromised friends, peers, and family are at greater risk and sheltering at home. Despite that, most “kind” people won't #WearAMask. They abandon their values because strangers may look at them funny. If that's all it takes to discard their principles, then they aren't as kind or good as they believe.

On generative AI:

"Training the models takes a ton of time/data, but…the AI that can find all the potatoes in your photo library is a totally different thing from one that can draw a potato from scratch in a wide variety of artistic styles”

https://www.macworld.com/article/1507282/appel-generative-ai-chatgpt-bard-bing.html

#AI