Dr B Learned Hand @pvsundarb@qoto.org
Joined Nov 2022
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A man, who was allegedly part of a gang trying to steal money from cash machines by blowing them up, accidentally 'pocket-dialled 999' during one of the raids https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bumbling-attacker-pocket-dialled-999-29111263
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Why has audio #AI lagged behind image and text based AI?
I know AI is evil, but I want to hear Eddie Van Halen jamming with Louis Armstrong.
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Barbara Walters has reportedly died. This is all the prompting I need to share the factoid that Barbara Walters, Martin Luther King Jr., and Anne Frank were all born in the same year -- something that really shouldn't be surprising, but somehow is.
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* You can now select your language when posting, to let others filter and translate toots better! Or, if you do not select anything, the language will be set according to your keyboard language.
* You can now select text from toots after you open them.
* Adding line breaks and pasting them in image descriptions should work now.
* Fixed an animation glitch on the buttons below toots.
* A rare crash when viewing direct messages has been fixed.
* A crash when playing audio has possibly been fixed.
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BREAKING: Judge rules from the bench and REJECTS the election contest brought by Abe Hamadeh (R) and the Republican National Committee challenging Hamadeh's loss for AZ attorney general, saying "the bottom line is you just haven't proven your case." https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-attorney-general-election-contest-ii/
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Lawmakers are pretty upset that TikTok spied on my friends and me!
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NOW: The January 6th committee's final report is out and available to the public, you can read it here https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/Report_FinalReport_Jan6SelectCommittee.pdf
PDF clocking in at 845 pages.
Stay tuned for more updates.
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In August, we reported that >300 TikTok and ByteDance employees had worked for Chinese state media organizations, which really puts in perspective the fact that TikTok is the only major platform in the US that doesn’t label Chinese state media.
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In December, my colleague
@_IainMartin
and I found that the Chinese Government had made use of TikTok to distribute political messaging to US users in an effort to swing the midterm elections. TikTok still doesn’t label state media.
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Remember: One president (Zelensky) is fighting tooth and nail against Russian invasion. Another invited them in—and never looked happier.
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@emilygorcenski appreciate the insights. I definitely don’t feel bad for Jack, but he does sound sad.
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Good grief it's really frustrating how difficult to use modern email is for folks experiencing homelessness.
Most email services verify by phone number and try to re-verify by that same number for "suspicious" logins, but many folks without consistent shelter can't keep the same number for very long.
You can kind of get past this with 2FA, but most 2FA methods require keeping physical items that can be hard to retain without housing.
It goes on and on...
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How to address antisemitic rhetoric when you encounter it https://www.npr.org/2022/12/01/1139929829/how-to-address-antisemitic-rhetoric-when-you-encounter-it?sc=18&f=1001
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Two years ago this week, some QAnon clowns started a rumor that Pres. Biden was about to nominate me for Secretary of Education. They did this to fearmonger over the prospect of a trans woman running American public schools.
This was especially funny at the time because I have zero qualifications to be on my local school board, let alone lead the Department of Education.
Death threats. Doxxing. An avalanche of nasty messages. Delightful.
Fox News rather bizarrely took it seriously.
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SAN FRANCISCO — In a cab tonight a white female cabdriver who says she is 55, said racist things about Asians. (I won’t repeat them.) I tell her what she says is racist. “Stop the cab,” I say. Says she’s not racist “because I’m Swiss.” Then says, “pay before you get out”, confirming her racist mentality. “What makes you think I won’t pay?” She says, “I don’t know.” Then: “why are you getting out of the cab?” I got out. Reported her immediately to the relevant agency. #SanFrancisco #BlackMastodon
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#Harvard names Claudine Gay as the first Black president of university #BlackMastodon #highered
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/dec/15/harvard-claudine-gay-first-black-president
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Are we really just going to move on to the next issue after the leading candidate for the presidency and former White House occupant urged the termination of the Constitution to reinstall him in power, as if this is just another off-kilter comment and not foreshadowing where this is heading? Six years on, have the media learned that little about the danger this man portends?
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Elon Musk is using his platform to advocate for the prosecution of Dr. Fauci—and his excited, aggrieved sycophants couldn’t be happier. I guess if Trump won’t rejoin the bird app, then Elon is determined to be just like him.
Joined Nov 2022
