Those who still believe autonomous AI isn't a threat need to reassess their stance.
"Several #governments are lobbying the #UN for a binding resolution restricting the use of AI killer #drones, but the #USA is among a group of nations — which also includes #Russia, #Australia, and #Israel — who are resisting any such move, favoring a non-binding #resolution instead."
The only consolation I have in having to see the thousands of spineless, racist, #politically illiterate self-interested white Vote Blueberals on here is knowing how deep they're digging their own graves. If Biden wins, he and the DNC continues to do fuck all to protect US minorities and takes the party further right until a GOP win is guaranteed in 2029. If Trump wins, not only is the same shit going to happen, just faster. In both cases they will have destroyed every bit of trust and solidarity with the #leftist movements that are already organising.
Oh, and Trump and Biden are both equally likely to withdraw from Ukraine. Trump is buddies with Putin, just like Netanyahu, while Biden is going to have to placate his outraged constituency in some way, and Ukraine is a better sacrificial lamb than Israel will ever be.
We will never, ever, forget, that when push came to shove, Muslim lives became part of the "lesser" evil. All over anxiety of things that you thought might happen, rather than concern for what was already happening to disabled people, BIPOC and the Global South at the hands of your demonic so-called saviour. May you all rot.
The #boycott, which also applies to Nutrients’ publisher, #MDPI, comes after repeated requests to the journal’s editors asking them to institute sound editorial practices.
does #anyone else hate that #work takes up like 90% of your #life and you literally are always #working and have to form plans and important things and even seeing friends or eating meals around work. it's always just work. im spending my life just being At Work. i don't have time for hobbies or for seeing friends bc it’s always Work. like two days off a week isn't even enough because my days off aren't consecutive so i just spend those days exhausted or doing errands or house chores. there is not enough Time. all the time goes to Work. WHY IS LIFE THIS WAY. #humans were not meant for this
I wrote a #memoir about my father's early-onset #Alzheimer's with the #logopenic#variant (word-finding) -- called Finding the Right Words -- only to/in order to (?) realize that sometimes, maybe a lot of times, the most important #caregiving is not about words at all. Scout, my chihuahua and I think all #dogs, know this simple and hard thing, which #humans -- at least this human -- struggle to understand and embrace.
New research led by a team from the University of Stockholm outlines 14 different “evolutionary traps” that could ultimately lead to the demise of humanity. Part of the problem is our dominance. Science Alert explains: https://flip.it/HBlr3T #Science#Humans#Earth#Humans
In a country that faces #deforestation crisis & attendant #HabitatLoss, the sprawling park, stands apart. It's home to some of the world’s most #diverse & #endangered#wildlife, including hornbills, tarsier & babirusas.
yeah it is actually insane that literally millions of #people have been murdered by the united states in the name of anticommunism, just for daring to want an #anarchist#society, people are permanently disabled or traumatized, children are born with birth defects from us bombs to this day, many #countries are still under crushing #economic sanctions or still living in the aftermath of us backed #rightwing coups, and it really is insignificant to most #humans
Now, #Palestinians lost their right to even be just numbers.
"Yesterday, #Israel achieved one of the main objectives of its war against #Gaza's health organisations. The death toll of thousands has been causing a #worldwide uprising of anger against Israel, which increases every day as the numbers increase. With the health system collapsing, the health administration can not count the numbers of deaths and injuries. Starting today and to the end of the war, perhaps even years after, we won't know the real death toll. They will be buried in mass graves or be left in the open or under the rubbles for their corpses to rot. We would have liked to say that Palestinians are #humans, lives, faces, and names, and not just numbers. Now, Palestinians lost their right to even be just numbers. The #world was too cheap to leave them with even just that"
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Fact is that a lot of Anarchists are happy to sacrifice marginalized people for their fetishization of a violent and brutal collapse that results in a primitive society decacing in terms of tech.
And sadly those don't get yeeted, despite the fact that #SystemChangeNotClimateChange is necessary more than bever...
With the exception of some #Turkish Airlines flights that appear to possibly be performing aerial surveillance over northern #Syria, the international carrier flight paths seem to be avoiding #Syrian airspace.
Active Conflict Zone Syria has been in a state of civil war since 2011. The ongoing conflict, as well as Turkey & Russia bombing Kurds make the airspace over Syria highly dangerous and volatile.
Risk to Civil Aircraft: There is a high risk to civil aircraft. Syrian AD systems may misidentify aircraft, which may be targeted in error or caught in crossfire during ongoing air attacks involving Russia, Iran. Missiles may erroneously lock on to civil aircraft.
There have been incidents where civil aircraft were caught in dangerous situations. In Feb 2020, an A320 enroute OSDI/Damascus was caught in crossfire during an attack by 4 Israeli F-16’s, forcing it to divert to a Russian controlled air base.
Russia props up Syrian dictator. Putin, Erdogan kill Kurds.
With #Turkey#attacking#civilian#infrastructure building small modern refineries will simply give the #Hamas loving #Turks a target. We need to protect NE Syria and give them means to be self sustaining and avoid the environmental costs from the lack of modern industrial technology.
It's been missing from the Fediverse — my micro-podcast introduction to open source. Expect weekly installments. More at https://www.opensourceutopia.com
29 Oct – 4 Nov. This week in science: ‘touching’ a quantum superfluid, stunning Crab Nebula views, brain-boosting wasabi, and we can feel light touches through our hair! #TWIS🧊🔭🐟🧠🌌🤏
Human activity is heating up the planet. Now, it appears, we’re also having a detrimental effect on Earth’s natural salt cycle. Science Alert explains: https://flip.it/tTYSZo #Science#Climate#Humans#Earth
In the oldest hunting manual in #England (written between 1406-13), we are taught that if “evil befalls in the ballock purse” of a dog, to boil linseed in wine, dunk a cloth diaper in it & tie it around the backside of the dog - but leave the important bits out so that he may “scombre and piss”.
Again, as a #devout#Catholic, Colbert knows The #Bible and he peppered Johnson with all of the things he’ll need to do to live a #literal#life according to the #Bible.
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Have you ever seen a bird that looks and sounds like Groucho Marx?
The Willow Ptarmigan is an #Arctic grouse that blends into its surroundings with its camouflaged coat. It showcases interesting behaviors, including being unbothered by #humans, sporting #red eyebrows during #breeding, and making expressive #sounds. They share similar traits with lesser prairie-#chickens in their #mating displays.
Climate change is an immediate threat to the majority of the world's population.
We need a local, regional, state, national, and international "moon shot" type of concentration of effort using available resources while developing and advancing new science and technologies to counteract the damage humans have caused.
Without this type of all-out, universal cooperation, human civilization, and perhaps humanity itself, are in imminent danger of extinction.
"It just goes to show the power that preserving and protecting something has, even if it is by chance."
In 1996 a #volcanic eruption in #Iceland combined with the largest #glacier in #Europe to create the conditions that allowed the native #birchwood#mast (mass #seed release) in 1997 to reforest 35 square kilometers.
When protected from #humans, #nature does Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, on its timescale, to mitigate #ClimateChange
It's better to expect the worse and be wrong, than to be optimistic and be wrong, is our default.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation requires hope, and a belief that we can achieve a much better outcome than what we have now, and where we're headed.