tobychev @tobychev@qoto.org
Not sure what this account will be about, mostly boosting things I find interesting.
Joined Nov 2022
tobychev
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We live in the internet age, so how on earth did "ability to google search" end up in the same chronic generational decline as "ability to use a sewing machine" did for our parents???
@ExoHugh
The internet has evolved tremendously over time, as has the experience of those who use it.
If you had the misfortune of growing up with Facebook as your formative internet experience it's perfectly natural to not know how to search: search for specific content on FB is just impossible, if you vaguely remember some post on there you better ask all your friends and hope someone saved the deep link because otherwise you'll never see it again. Similarly on Instagram, don't know about TikTok or any other big social media.
@Pamela1960
However, it is important to note that they (for now) aren't openly challenging the court's warrant.
When reports sound like this:
"There are “proper processes” to be followed if International Criminal Court (ICC) investigations ever become a matter for the UK, the Home Secretary has said."
the usual meaning is "we really wish he doesn't come because it would be a huge headache" and implies there's a good chance at least some part of the formal arrest process would start.
I agree that it is disappointingly weak support for the court, but openly accepting the courts authority is already that a pretty big win
@Lylamehta
Re. that whole "Kamala is a cop" thing
@Mabande
Not *all* law:
"Vice President Kamala Harris, in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, reaffirmed U.S. opposition to an International Criminal Court probe of possible war crimes"
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-opposed-to-icc-probe-of-israel-harris-tells-netanyahu-idUSKCN2AX01H/
@snarfed.org
Are you happy with the why's of electricity? That particles simply have positive or negative charge?
Then just think of particles as having "mass" change too, radiating gravitons as those mass charges are accelerated just like accelerated electrical charges emit photons.
@hagringar
Skön grej för Liberalerna att göra till sin såhär en dag efter att Bibi är efterlyst för att använda hunger sin ett vapen i krig, får se om de tycker det är lika viktigt med jämlikhet inför lagen i det sammanhanget.
@Mabande
tobychev
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3 months before the early election 🗳️, just how strong is the #farright Alternative for Germany? My trusty poll aggregator says: 18-19%, after hovering around 17% for months. They are still below the all-time high they achieved a year ago, but ...
tobychev
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This morning #AFSCME3299 has been facing down the cops and the pinkertons head on, and even though their strike has a planned end date and is just two days, the university has made it abundantly clear that they intend to illegally police and surveil their way through every strike from here on out.
tobychev
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The Hague court’s Pre-Trial Chamber I said it “issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 Oct. 2023 until at least 20 May 2024, the day the Prosecution filed the applications for warrants of arrest.”
In so doing it also unanimously rejected challenges by Israel under articles 18 and 19 of the Rome Statute, it said in a statement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nftlCqRWkeE
🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
@erikdelareguera
Undrar varför det dröjer med dementier eller bekräftelse från NATO, sköt dom en sådan långdistans raket från "bara" 800 km måste den flyga väldigt högt över horisonten och borde vara rätt uppenbar för spaningsradar.
@kallekn
tobychev
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AI tool thoughts
@pettter
Jag tycker självscanning är ganska bra, och de automatiska telefonväxlar som möjligt mobiltelefoner är great! För att inte tala om motoriserade lyftkranar.
Inte allt som människor gör borde göras av dem till att börja med. Men visst, fattar att du nog mer hade socialsekreterare i åtanke.
@samagreene
"It is one of those (almost supernaturally) poetic facts about those times, that the last recorded message on Mastodon to survive the war was a short text that implied it had a larger message but was suddenly cut off."
Richard J Meek, New London review of books, 2078.
tobychev
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American herd continues to deliver excellent results for farmers.
tobychev
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Niantic has announced that it’s used the data generated by Polemon Go players to train a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.
Niantic believes these LGM’s can power audio-only or 2D display smart glasses. The models can guide users through the world, answer questions, provide recommendations, help with navigation, and enhance real-world interactions.
Everything we do online has been training AI all along.
https://www.404media.co/pokemon-go-players-have-unwittingly-trained-ai-to-navigate-the-world/
tobychev
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The actual outcome of this election with •the whole US population• as the denominator:
22% voted for Harris
23% voted for Trump
<1% voted for other
26% eligible but did not vote*
28% not eligible to vote
* (whether by choice or by voter suppression)
Numbers might shift a tiny bit as last votes are counted, but this is close to the final tally.
Just sit with that for one quality minute. Think about what stories people are telling about this election. Then think about what stories are true.
tobychev
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An extremely beautiful, harrowing report from James Meek on war-weariness in Ukraine. The draft, underground schooling, a liberal-nationalist coalition, how the West has lost the plot (both Ukraine's and Putin’s), and more. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n22/james-meek/nobody-wants-to-hear-this
@landetannien
Jag är ganska konfunderad i den här frågan, för i min app (fedilab) ser jag då och då saker aom ser ut som citat-toots; inlägget precis innan Annas var en broat toot från bluesly med tydligt citat 🤷♀️
@LeoR1010
Not sure what this account will be about, mostly boosting things I find interesting.
Joined Nov 2022
