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.
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
@ChrisO_wiki these people are absolute lunatics. pushing for using nukes and expecting that this will force the West to stop supporting Ukraine is just that - lunacy. not to mention that Ukraine will not stop resisting even if they do use nukes.
#Ukraine #Russia
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. ⬇️
Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love
Astrud Gilberto - Corcovado
If you are looking for some relaxing music this is it
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
@drewmccormack @davemark I know that ChaptGPT can be completely wrong, sometimes comically so. I was referring to the fact that it is able to maintain a conversation while Siri can't. and really needs to be able to.
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.
@deonandan yes, today was not pretty
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@davemark good article. it certainly looks like Apple is missing the boat on this. ChatGPT is **miles** better than Siri at conversations so it's clear that Siri could benefit from generative AI.
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
Refugee from twitter. I am into math, tech, clean energy, EVs, COVID info, books, movies, music.
Based in Toronto. Support Ukraine.
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