Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@qoto.org

Florida School District Bans Entire Court of Thorn and Roses Series in New Book Ban

https://newrepublic.com/post/170436/florida-school-district-bans-handmaids-tale-new-book-ban

@arstechnica

“Our cheap text generator doesn’t have good content filters, so it’s transphobic” isn’t a “malfunction”, it’s operating as designed.

This concept that ML should ingest all the crap in the world, and then somehow fix it afterwards, is neither safe nor possible.

The way I put it on my radio segment earlier this evening, was that a year ago there were five crypto ads on the big game, and the people pushing crypto were called geniuses. This year, there are no crypto ads at all on the big game. What does that tell you?

@annejefferson

Repeating something I mentioned on scicomm.xyz and offered as encouragement:

How's the United States Geological Survey doing under the current administration?

Per fresh anecdotal report by USGS lifer geologist and close relative who as a well-functioning scientist can't lie, very well indeed. Things are vastly better, from policies through budget. The past two years much nicer than what immediately came before.

More science is getting done.

#USGS
#ProgressHappens

This license plate

Woot, finally received the last QSO confirmation needed (VT on SSB) for ARRL's triple play - working all states on digital, CW and SSB!

A Civil Emergency Message has been issued in relation to a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

The evacuation zone is 1 mile from derailment located at 1020 E.
Taggart in East Palestine, Ohio. If you are in vicinity of this area, please heed the warning!

This violin was in the car stolen from singer Debbie Davis in New Orleans. Boosting the signal - hoping that it will be recovered. Thanks ❤ This is a photo of the violin before it was worked on. It now has new strings and pegs and it’s cleaned up in full playing condition. The case is hard brown leather and has inscription A2 painted on the bottom of the case in white paint. Please be on the lookout in New Orleans area. #NOLA @noladon

Yale Honors 9-Year-Old Scientist after a neighbor called the police on her. - MSNBC https://apple.news/A9aCVJrL8SFOx3cOBuD8iMg

"The United States is the only large high-income nation that doesn't provide universal #healthcare to its citizens," Reinhart continued "Instead, it maintains a lucrative system of for-profit #medicine. For decades, at least tens of thousands of preventable deaths have occurred each year because healthcare here is so expensive." https://www.commondreams.org/news/physician-for-profit-healthcare

Guy Venables on #LizTruss - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Teachers in 1930s Germany hid books to avoid being arrested.

Teachers in republican Florida are hiding books to avoid being arrested.

Any questions?

-- Jeff Tiedrich

What a beautiful sight