The town of #SummerfieldNC lies just north of Greensboro, North Carolina, and has seen a transition from rural farming village to bedroom community to reluctant suburb over the past two decades.
#Summerfield's current town council was voted in on a hardcore #NIMBYism platform. Putting that platform into action, however, has led to some substantial consequences for the town, including... (1/n)
'After reports last week that a New York City chatbot powered by generative artificial intelligence was providing residents with incorrect information on a range of topics — from housing rights to worker protections — Mayor Eric Adams has said he doesn’t intend to take the tool offline.'
@christianp If you are able to have better luck getting the Jadu folks to optimise images (pixel+file size and stripping meta data) I'd be very happy. Particularly for home pages.
@slowe these easily-fixed systemic problems are so frustrating. I'm going through something similar here with accessibility issues on the uni's web pages. There are common, easily avoidable errors that page authors make because why should they know any better, and the CMS could either fix them or flag them, but it doesn't.
Been a minute since I was in City Hall Chambers. It's a Committe of the Whole meeting. Always good to hear public asking questions of local government and local governrnent responding. #LocalGov#PortAlberni#bcMuni#PublicInput
@chris@kevinlovestech I agree, Chris. I have a lot of respect for local community members who are brave enough to run for municipal office & school boards. A friend is running in a local municipal by-election & is already being questioned on UN interference and WEF interference in municipal politics....in a town of maybe 6000...sheesh, couldn't pay me enough.