Martin Ruskov @mapto@qoto.org
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Studying how people interact, in the past (#CulturalAnalytics) and today (#EdTech #Crowdsourcing). Researcher at @IslabUnimi, University of Milan. Bulgarian activist for legal reform with @pravosadiezv. I use dedicated accounts for different languages.
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Joined Nov 2022
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Building Bridges to the Fediverse, with Ryan Barrett https://flipboard.video/videos/watch/0e0180b3-81e7-47b9-9853-a06ae4484d27
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@chrismessina have you managed to find someone on Threads worth following? So far I'm aware only of this list, but these are really people I don't care about.
https://fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-accounts
Any other references at all?
@chrismessina it is also very suspicious that after the first two pages and Theads 13 accounts, nothing else from Threads shows up in the top 150. Weird coincidence, isn't it
@chrismessina have you managed to find someone on Threads worth following? So far I'm aware only of this list, but these are really people I don't care about.
https://fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-accounts
Any other references at all?
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🚨 JOB ALERT FOR THREE ACADEMIC POSITIONS @ MIT 🚨
My department at MIT, Comparative Media Studies / Writing, is hiring! Two are at the assistant level (applications opened yesterday), and the third is a senior level position (applications will open August 1).
Apps (assistant only) due Aug 30!
Apps must be made online at http://apply.interfolio.com/147571.
For search updates and FAQ, see https://cmsw.mit.edu/cms-cohort-search-2024/
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The number of cases of Parkinson’s disease almost doubled in five years, likely due to the use of toxic pesticides. The researcher involved in these studies is convinced it’s basically a man-made disease.
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/06/pesticides-play-role-in-parkinsons-explosion-says-dutch-expert/
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1474-4422%2824%2900038-3
“Parkinson's disease is the world's fastest growing brain disorder, and exposure to environmental toxicants is the principal reason.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38217613/
And yet here we are, delaying the phase-out of glyphosate, and continuing with the illegal use of toxic chemicals in the Dutch bulb-growing industry 😒
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Trump ran up national debt twice as much as Biden: new analysis
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/24/trump-biden-debt-deficits-election?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into 2024 White House @2024-white-house-ElectionCentral
@mhoye this is the strongest case for writing executive summaries to your expert reports
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An AI thing I'm watching play out at another org:
1: Expert A, with a deep understanding of a nuanced and difficult problem answers a question they've been given, presenting several choices.
2: Director B, recipient, uses an AI to summarize it and then runs it up to leadership saying, "A says this." That generated summary is subtly and very wrong.
3: A is now being held responsible for plans made based on B's AI-generated and very wrong rewriting of his recommendations.
Fun times.
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Our movement didn’t exist in 2016. But we’re here now and we’re ready to stop Trump again in November. We rely on grassroots supporters to power the tools that will defeat the leader of the GOP and MAGA extremists across the country. Please pitch in to help fund our organizing work. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stop-trump-again?refcode=mastodon20240624directpost&source=mastodon
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Parents around the globe are banding together to keep their kids away from smartphones https://t.co/Xrtnc2AjKl
@glassresistor @simon what do you mean it isn't? This exact example is a pure social engineering attack
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@ddg @DaveMWilburn @argv_minus_one @dangoodin if you’re looking at your vote as a definitive statement of your values then every choice is bad. But it’s actually just a pragmatic choice between the options. Your values are expressed in far more important ways than on a ballot.
@ddg @dangoodin @DaveMWilburn @argv_minus_one having someone else to blame is not much of a consolation, is it?
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@ddg @dangoodin @DaveMWilburn @argv_minus_one
on the contrary voting dem is stepping away from authoritarianism
that's all a vote can ever do: "society in this direction" or "society in that direction"
anyone who goes "society right here or right now or i'm not voting" is simply helping what you dislike most win. "society right here right now" is never an option. for anyone of any political persuasion. it's just naivete and immaturity to lead with that proposition
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@ddg @argv_minus_one @dangoodin I'll agree that it's a shit position to be in, but that's as far as I'll go. Complaining that it should be easier is a crap argument. Democracy isn't easy. It's hard. It requires citizens to balance multiple interests and take affirmative responsibility. Abandoning that responsibility to fascists doesn't make you more ideologically pure. It makes you culpable for whatever happens next.
Corrupt authoritarians don't come to power exclusively under their own steam. They come to power because too much of the population couldn't be bothered to give a shit.
@benroyce @jbaggs @dangoodin is it really a blessing to have a bubble to live in? In this particular context it doesn't appear as one, really.
@dan613 @dangoodin @jbaggs not entirely convinced this solves the problem. A little voice in my head keeps whispering that it actually worsens it. But certainly the easy thing to do - we can agree on that.
I mean, you can do whatever you like, but certainly not something to be showing off with in this particular context.
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Join #OpenFest2024, submit a talk, workshop or exhibit at https://cfp.openfest.org/
When: November 2 and 3, 2024
Where: Sofia Tech Park, John Atanasov Innovation Forum
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For a moment, let's set aside those directors and shareholders that will never grow beyond "firing people with AI as an excuse increases stock prices". Hopefully customers will ultimately remind them that their job is to make satisfying products.
I think the more important thing in this article is that it tells 3 stories of how people collaborate with AI to write. Two of these stories are negative, one is positive. To me this suggests that Miller and Cowart need to take control of the change.
Recently, I worked on an article on collaborative writing where we reviewed different approaches to it. Only few involved AI, but the important thing is to be aware of the potential different phenomena in writing and decide which ones are worth our time, and which aren't.
Here's the article: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42286-7_5
- Games
- https://mapto.itch.io
- Others (+fedi)
- https://linktr.ee/mapto
Studying how people interact, in the past (#CulturalAnalytics) and today (#EdTech #Crowdsourcing). Researcher at @IslabUnimi, University of Milan. Bulgarian activist for legal reform with @pravosadiezv. I use dedicated accounts for different languages.
My profile is searchable with https://www.tootfinder.ch/
Joined Nov 2022
