Miguel Guhlin 🦉 🇵🇦 🇺🇲 @mguhlin@qoto.org

In case you haven't been paying attention to what's going on up there, the Arctic "heatwave" continues, with today about 3σ above the 1979-2000 baseline. That's 5.21°C (9.4°F) above average for the entire Arctic region. This is record Arctic heat for this date.

An easy prediction: 2023 is going to be hot.

#climatecrisis #climate

I often wonder how to get "successful," privileged schools to understand that the meta changes and crises happening in the world will impact even their kids. So many of them seem to be living in bubbles, claiming immunity to technological, environmental, economic, and political shifts that are existential in nature. I wonder in the end if their fall will be harder because of it. #justsayin

🦣 Prior to November, Mastodon was gaining around a thousand new user each day. But that was just a trickle compared to what was to come.

🦤 When Musk started running Twitter, the volume of daily Mastodon registrations sky-rocketed.

📈 Every time Musk made a move on Twitter, there was a corresponding surge in Mastodon registrations.

#Mastodon #MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration #Twitter #Follow #JohnMastodon

Fake Voices: The Ethics of Deepfakes
(MIT App Inventor)
"In this unit, students explore synthetic media by creating a smartphone app that can speak in different voices by changing the rate and pitch of the speech. Students work in groups to present arguments about the possible future impacts of various types of #deepfake media, including ones in commerce and assistive technology as well as those used in crime.

Educators can use this lesson to introduce students to #coding , provide a basic understanding of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and prompt students to predict the possible future use and abuse of synthetic media in society."
https://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/resources/ai/fake_voices_unit
#AI #ChatGPT #Education #EdTech #EduTooter @edutooters

On the 11th Day of Create-mas I share with you a Virtual Storytelling opportunity that will be live tomorrow! Check out the live here: https://youtu.be/gIVk6eJaj9o You will be able to interact through the chat! #tlchat #edtech #livestream #edutoot #edutooter

Check out the rest of Create-mas: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O60gvSQorTdjO55_CcaZjmulXQQFjpoWeF95kMmIdCo/preview?rm=minimal

Someone shared a really nice blog post / article on using openai / chatgpt to create assignments - i.e. incorporating the AI into the activity, with practical examples - and I can't find it again. Does anyone know the one? #academic #openai #chatgpt #assignments #highered #edtech

#AI is a Grift
https://www.edugeekjournal.com/2022/12/20/ai-is-a-grift/

#EdTech

AI + Ethics Curriculum for Middle School
from the MIT Media Lab
"This project seeks to develop an open source curriculum for middle school students on the topic of artificial intelligence. Through a series of lessons and activities, students learn technical concepts—such as how to train a simple classifier—and the ethical implications those technical concepts entail, such as algorithmic bias."
https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/ai-ethics-for-middle-school/overview/
#AI #ChatGPT #Education #EdTech #MIT @edutooters

Like the last loop, this shows *model* estimated accumulated snowfall every 3 hours over the next 3 days. Model data is not a forecast however but a guide, so check with your local forecast source (I recommend the National Weather Service) #wx #weather

We may never be able to match the incredible achievements of #JohnMastodon, but the European Union still plays its part!

We are proud funders of Mastodon through the Next Generation Internet initiative (@EC_NGI).

Open,
Interoperable,
Decentralised,
Trust based.

More info: https://www.ngi.eu/blog/2022/11/24/how-ngi-supports-open-interoperable-decentralised-and-trust-based-internet-applications-through-fediverse-projects-like-mastodon/

oh noooo. credit https://www.instagram.com/p/CeJczpFuGYr/

Just created my #mastodon account! I wasn't really too much into using the bird site, had a few accounts for lurking.

My interests include #volunteer work, #wikipedia contribution, #photography for #wikimediaCommons , and learning about the world! Feel free to follow to learn about my activity on the wiki-sphere and other life things. #introduction

If your friends are wondering what Mastodon is all about:

https://vivaldi.com/blog/what-is-mastodon/

“Suns Irrupt”
#art #photography #puremichigan #nature #sunrise #beach

Last year I knitted socks - an entire festive wreath of them. Mostly to replace my commercially made socks, but some were also gifted to friends and family. #knitting #crafts #handmade

Hi,

I just joined this afternoon so I want to apologize for my etiquette misstep and introduce myself now.

I'm Eileen Finnegan and am a 56 year old Mother of a Marine; a survivor of the autoimmune disease Guillain-Barre (7 years to recover from onset to being able to jog on a treadmill); a trained Art Historian not now doing anything with it; a conscientious daughter to my loving Dad, amongst other things.

I am a refugee from the birdbath but am kind and open minded.

Thanks!

Elon Musk is Still Silencing the Journalists he Banned from Twitter.

It looks like our accounts have been reinstated, but it's an illusion: We're actually locked out and can't post anything without deleting specific tweets the billionaire doesn't like.

This latest article embeds a Mastodon post and links to posts by @drewharwell @MattBinder @w7voa and @tony

https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-twitter-banned-journalists/

Rochko is confident in Mastodon’s future:

“Understanding that freedom of the press is absolutely essential for a functional democracy.

We are excited to see Mastodon grow and become a household name in newsrooms across the world, and we are committed to continuing to improve our software to face up to new challenges that come with rapid growth and increasing demand.”

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/20/23518325/mastodon-monthly-active-users-twitter-elon-musk