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CNET editor. Totally serious. No candy.

#Biking #Vegan #PingPong #LGBTAlly #Software #DiscGolf #IndieRock #BoardGames #JigsawPuzzles #Cats #PublicSchool #Parenting #Berkeley #Books #Writing #Horror #ScienceFiction #Sustainability #EconomicJustice #EndHomelessness #Libraries

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internetarchive, to random
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Why is The Wayback Machine so important for preserving our digital culture? According to new analysis from Pew Research Center:
❌ 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible
❌ 23% of news webpages contain at least one broken link
🔗 https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2024/05/17/when-online-content-disappears/

ascentale, to random
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@MartyCormack asks:

Q4. Most cyclists drive motor vehicles at least sometimes, and some more frequently.

How has your cycling affected the way you drive? Are you slower and more careful? Do you do anything differently when encountering cyclists on the streets?

Flipboard, to news
@Flipboard@flipboard.social avatar

There’s a new playbook being written right now when it comes to the future of social media. The early-mover advantage is still in effect, and there’s a lot to figure out. Gone are opaque algorithms and the whims of any single company.

The fediverse represents a chance for quality journalism to shine again.

We talked to two leaders at fedi-forward publications — @TheConversationUS's @BostonAbrams, and @404mediaco's @jasonkoebler — about why they’re investing in the open social web, what they’ve learned so far, and their advice for other publishers just getting started.

https://medium.com/fedi-curious/lessons-on-the-road-to-reviving-journalism-via-the-fediverse-01b3748cacc5

gerrymcgovern, to random
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What good is AI if you don't have a planet to use it on?

Microsoft released its 2024 Sustainability Report on Wednesday, and it's mostly bad news. Last year, Microsoft's emissions went up 29%, and it used 23% more water, primarily due to "new technologies, including generative AI."

https://au.pcmag.com/news/105283/microsofts-emissions-spike-29-as-ai-gobbles-up-resources

The Great Lying Machine is eating our environment and spewing out toxic misinformation. Big Tech has become a clear and present danger to all our futures.

blaft, to random
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

Happy Malcolm X Day

rosanita, to random
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You don’t have to be a teen to get the vaccine. Not everyone over a certain age has HPV (yet). You’re eligible through mid-40s for it (don’t know if that’s international, US, or just my health insurance: U.K. Study on Cervical Cancer Confirms: Vaccines Are Incredible https://www.splinter.com/u-k-study-on-cervical-cancer-confirms-vaccines-are-incredible

danderson, to random
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Hi. Quick break from the posting for a serious PSA.

Please have a bottle of aspirin in your home. Make sure the tablets can be chewed as well as just swallowed. Make sure you remove any fiddly foil seal and such. Don't use this aspirin for regular pain relief, just keep it around and know where it is.

Hopefully, you'll never need it and will just feel silly for having it. But if a bad time comes for you someday, being able to chew aspirin when emergency services tells you may save your life.

davidho, to random
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It’s weird how when the Department of Transportation is using the bike lane, they give themselves an entire car lane for protection.

loshmi, to Palestine
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The counter-protestors at #UCLA included a large number of bona fide antisemites. Their only care for Jewish safety is how to exploit it for political gain.

What I witnessed that Tuesday night chilled me to the bone - one of the men named in this article screamed at me and my colleague that white supremacy will rule and white violence will come. We were standing on the sidelines as observers.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/college-campus-protests-far-right

#Palestine #StudentSpring #Antisemitism #GazaProtest #Encampments

ProPublica, to news
@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar

"Friends of the Court," ProPublica's investigation into Supreme Court justices' beneficial relationships with billionaire donors, has been awarded the Prize for Public Service!

Here are the highlights from the reporting (THREAD)

upstreamism, to politics
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The protest encampment at UC Berkeley is currently about 150 tents strong, but so far the administration has refused to call police or disperse the group. Classes continue, and commencement is on track to take place as scheduled.

So it CAN be done. But administrators have to want it.
#politics #campusProtests #UCBerkeley

JuliusGoat, to random
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Seven lessons learned from a quarter century in a war-oriented society.

It's 2001—the year the movies promised we'd make contact with aliens—and the United States has rather recently been attacked by terrorists who flew passenger planes into buildings.

https://www.the-reframe.com/war-or-nothing/

w7voa, to random
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Mastodon forms new US non-profit, announces CEO / Founder @Gargron. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/

mekkaokereke, to random
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Again for people (racists), complaining about falling birth rates:

The birth rate for women over 40 is not falling. The birth rate for women over 30 is not falling.

What's happening, is girls 15 to 17 are having fewer babies. Kids are having fewer kids.

Also, this is an interesting way of saying that "Teen pregnancy is down, due to sex education and contraception."

In 1991 25% of 15 year olds gave birth before they turned 21. That's bad. Now it's 6%. That's better.

https://npr.org/2023/01/08/1147737247/teen-pregnancy-rates-have-declined-significantly

fromjason, to random
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AI companies are running out of training data because there isn't enough human experience in the world to turn a thinking rock sentient.

wikipedia, to random
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Here's how the Earth article looked in 2001 when Wikipedia was a month old, long before Wikipedians realized their fledgling online encyclopedia would be read (and edited!) by astronauts in space. Since then, the Earth article has been edited more than 14,000 times. It's a good day to read it!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth

Brandi_Buchman, to random
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have just set himself up for a First Amendment fight from hell.

DeSantis says Satanism is ‘not real’ and ‘not qualifying’ for new Florida school chaplain program

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/desantis-says-satanism-is-not-real-and-not-qualifying-for-new-florida-school-chaplain-program/

babadookspinoza, to random
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The courage we give each other when we stand in solidarity is indomitable. It’s not illusory. That’s what real power feels like.

adam_harvey, to random
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Adobe Firefly GenAI won’t let users generate image of person giving the “middle finger” but it does allow the “center finger”

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braitsch, to random
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Tomorrow at 11am, U.C Berkeley students and residents will be taking over Telegraph Avenue to demand that three blocks from Bancroft to Haste be immediately made car-free. I pulled data from the Berkeley police department and U.S. Census and found that in the neighborhood surrounding Telegraph:

• 71% of households do not own a car
• 77% of residents walk, bike or take public transit to work
• 72% of residents are people of color
• 96% of residents are under age 34

In 2023 the neighborhood saw 35 vehicle crashes which is a crash approximately every 10 days.

It is beyond inequitable to continue to allow dangerous, polluting vehicle traffic on this historic street which should be a safe, healthy space for people to shop and congregate.

My latest op-ed for Berkeleyside shows that banning cars from Telegraph will not only make the street more equitable and accessible but will improve public safety and provide an economic boost to local businesses.

Link to op-ed: https://shorturl.at/ayHOV

thenotexpert, to art
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Times have changed a lot for and appreciators. There is not much we can do in the wilderness of the internet to make it just stop.

So I definitely encourage the adoption of whichever that indicate the art piece as not made with . or whatever it is. Which such hashtags are widely used nowadays? I wanna browse them.

michellemanafy, to medical
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We. Need. Laws.
And school boards must have policies now

A.I.-generated images to harass, humiliate and bully young women can harm their mental health, reputations and physical safety as well as pose risks to their college and career prospects.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/technology/deepfake-ai-nudes-westfield-high-school.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE0.brhY.4jioUi-PupSq&smid=url-share

LRRRonEarth, to random
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WEST COASTERS RESISTING THE URGE TO BULLY PEOPLE BACK EAST FOR FLIPPING OUT OVER THEIR LITTLE BABY EARTHQUAKE FOR BABIES.

LukeBornheimer, to random
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SFMTA just sent out an update about the Valencia Street center bikeway pilot, which includes a note that SFMTA is “meeting with merchants to figure out the best design for a [curbside protected] bike lane.” Positive news!

Please sign the related petition: https://BetterValencia.com

LukeBornheimer,
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If you already signed the Better Valencia petition (https://BetterValencia.com), please share it then send an email to Mayor Breed and the SFMTA Board in two taps using https://tinyurl.com/ValenciaSFMTA.

SFMTA can immediately make Valencia safer and better for business, but it needs to act.

pixelfed, to Pixelfed
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Our Wikipedia page is at risk of being deleted because it may not meet notability guidelines.

Can we get some help?

We're not that familiar with Wikipedia or its processes, but we think our project is notable enough for inclusion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelfed

#pixelfed #wikipedia

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