ML2 @mathlover@qoto.org

CALLING BLACK BRITISH CHILDREN'S AUTHORS!

https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2022/12/22/new-drive-to-publish-black-british-writers/#.Y6Rri5hvdNU.twitter

#BlackMastodon
#BlackTwitter
#BlackBritishAuthors

Mark Zuckerberg apparently likes deepfake portrayals of himself.

But when a deepfake of Zuckerberg was posted on Instagram, Meta deleted it.

When caught, Meta said the deletion was done by "accident"—but I have my doubts.

https://gizmodo.com/meta-instagram-deep-fakes-antitrust-zuckerberg-1849916864

Spain: Gender identity bill passes parliament https://www.dw.com/en/spain-gender-identity-bill-passes-parliament/a-64191566
Scotland just squeezed ahead of them!

Curaleaf tried to tell me that I'm violating copyright laws by posting these documents.

Pentagon Papers, 1971, clearly gives me the right to publish this. And there will be more documents. https://www.forensicnews.co/roman-abramovich-secretly-funded-worlds-largest-marijuana-company/

Incredibly satisfying read. Fuck all these assholes who crowned themselves the Savers of Society without asking any of the rest of us what we wanted even once https://ez.substack.com/p/moving-fast-and-breaking-things

A world with a million small fedi instances is the world we need

It's day 7 of me and some other journalists being suspended on Twitter because we reported factual public information that Twitter's "free speech absolutist" owner didn't like.

So it's looking like mastodon.world banned a marginalised person in need of help who was asking for funds, and is only now responding to other admins saying "wow that's an extremely bad look" and taking defederation

and I'm on the defed side of things. It's a hard yikes situation.

PHOTO BLOG: Earlier this month, a storm chaser from the Netherlands took a wonderful photo showing several textbook ice halos, including a 46-degree halo, a 22-degree halo with parhelion (sun dogs), and an upper tangent arc. https://www.accuweather.com/en/leisure-recreation/live-news/weather-permitting-photo-blog/933860

if you run into anyone trying to discount the severity of the lastpass breach by saying the master keys are impossible to crack, ask them how lastpass' key derivation works, what a credential stuffing attack is, and how well PBKDF2 scales on GPUs.

given the details, it looks like anyone whose data was in the breach and who also reused their master password elsewhere is in imminent danger of having all their passwords compromised, as is anyone who used a relatively common password.

I interviewed the Vp

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/kamala-harris-molly-jong-fast-interview-roe-immmigration

Hubby just sent me this image of the most Texan way ever to cover your outside faucets so they don't freeze.

P.S. Don't forget to cover your outside faucets, leave your indoor faucets dripping and heat your pumphouse if you have one. Don't want those pipes freezing.

#Freeze #FreezeWarning #Texas

How long until we see organizations pop up that offer "content moderation as a service" for fediverse instances (not hosting, just content moderation)?

Low temps again. Talks of “are winter extremes getting colder with global warming?”
Time to pull out ye olde XKCD explainer.
I believe this is called creeping normality or landscape amnesia - when you either forget or are to young to remember the old “normal”.

https://xkcd.com/1321/

The New York Attorney General’s office said it is “looking into a number of issues” surrounding Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY), who was the subject of a bombshell New York Times investigation that questions whether the incoming Republican lawmaker fabricated much of his biography, including his education, work history and financial dealings, NBC News reports.

You’ve got to be kidding me.

Looks like far-right #Republican #GeorgeSantos, who fabricated his whole political identity, may have even lied about his sexuality.

I may be the only actual openly #gay member of #Congress in New York in the #NewYear. 😉

For several reporters banned by #Twitter, the only place to hear their stories is #Mastodon. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/reporters-on-twitter-are-still-locked-out-how-to-find-them-on-mastodon/

One thing that Mastodon newcomers may not realize is how easy it is to turn Mastodon for web into essentially a Tweetdeck clone, with columns for search/compose, home, notifications, and any lists you've set up. It takes literally seconds.

Here's what mine looks like right now:

With less than $100, one can buy tens of thousands of votes for Twitter polls—and two Twitter ex-employees in Trust & Safety tell me the company has lacked proper safeguards to identify and eradicate inauthentic behavior and manipulation of Twitter polls. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-22/musk-s-frequent-twitter-polls-are-at-risk-of-bot-manipulation