KathyReid, to sydney
@KathyReid@aus.social avatar

And my colleague @1sabelR also has a session up for voting at in , all about the @sci_burst - please vote for her too!

https://mastodon.social/@1sabelR/112255257421311980

KathyReid, to sydney
@KathyReid@aus.social avatar

My colleague at the School of , @Amirasadi, has a session up for voting at in about the practical implications of in - benefits, risks, dangers - and how to enhance health without causing harm.

If you're inclined, I'd really appreciate your help in voting for his session!

(Requires login, but we all know how to use plus addressing)

Thank you in advance everyone, really appreciate it, family ❤️

https://aus.social/@Amirasadi/112322989197497942

TexasObserver, (edited ) to brainfood
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

Earlier this week: ‘The Hobby,’ a about the board gaming community, reminds us how to revel in creative play and the company of others. From Reporting Fellow @josephinelee: https://www.texasobserver.org/the-hobby-board-games-sxsw/

TexasObserver, to brainfood
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

New today: 'The Hobby,' a about the board gaming community, reminds us how to revel in creative play in the company of others. Reporting Fellow @josephinelee explains why this wholesome story moved her to tears ... https://www.texasobserver.org/the-hobby-board-games-sxsw/

@film

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

Lindsay Gorman at SXSW: Elections in the Age of AI: New Tech's Impacts on Democracy

https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/lindsay-gorman-at-sxsw-elections-in-the-age-of-ai-new-techs-impacts-on-democracy/

TexasObserver, to brainfood
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

“I must have crossed this bridge a million times, But the first time I remember was when I was five. That was when my brothers, the twins Mars and Alex, were born.”

Featured story: Robie Flores' "The In Between" is a love letter to la frontera—and a humanizing refutation of GOP fear-mongering. https://www.texasobserver.org/documentary-border-eagle-pass/

TexasObserver, to politics
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

Earlier: Congress, at this point under the current speaker, is basically nonfunctional. Everybody says, ‘Oh, Congress can pass a law.’ And they can. But they won’t. Let’s not waste much effort.

https://www.texasobserver.org/sxsw-disinformation-artificial-intelligence/

TexasObserver, (edited ) to photography
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

“Being with him, it’s like you start to realize things about the world that you would definitely not be paying attention to.”

“Life is once, forever” captures the now-or-never labor of both photography and familial love, writes Interim Editor-in-Chief @gusbova: https://www.texasobserver.org/sxsw-dan-winters-documentary-photographer/

@photography @film

thejapantimes, to business
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar

Opinions regarding AI were varied at this year's South by Southwest conference, an Austin confab that attracts over 300,000 participants every year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/20/tech/ai-workers-sxsw-answer/

bennett, to cyberpunk
@bennett@assemblag.es avatar
TexasObserver, to brainfood
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

Robie Flores’ debut feature film is a love letter to la frontera. In Flores’ Eagle Pass, the river is not a divide that signals danger but a “magical portal” and a character unto itself that brings communities on together.

New from Roy W. Howard Investigative Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio: https://www.texasobserver.org/documentary-border-eagle-pass/

@film

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

SXSW's highs and lows: Here's what we just learned

https://www.dailydot.com/news/best-of-sxsw/

mstrohm, to Israel
@mstrohm@kanoa.de avatar

"More than 100 music acts and individual musicians dropped out of the popular South by Southwest (SXSW) arts festival this year in Austin, Texas to protest the event’s sponsorship by the US Army and major defense contractors."

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/16/wixj-m16.html

#SXSW #USArmy #Genocide #Gaza #Israel #Boycott #Resistance #Culture #USA

kitoconnell, to Atlanta
@kitoconnell@kolektiva.social avatar

“I’m a murderer?” Dickens could be heard exclaiming, seemingly taken aback by the sudden reference to the killing.

, I was there last week when protesters chased the mayor of out of :
https://deceleration.news/2024/03/12/viva-viva-tortugita-atlanta-mayor-chased-out-of-sxsw-conference/
https://youtu.be/YXa0KrmfAIA

TexasObserver, to ai
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

“The real positive use case for tech isn’t about detecting what’s fake, but authenticating what’s real.”

From defense to , the benefits and costs of were under a microscope at this year, reported Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti yesterday: https://www.texasobserver.org/sxsw-disinformation-artificial-intelligence/

kitoconnell, to brainfood
@kitoconnell@kolektiva.social avatar

“Whenever legislators are writing laws about how they think drag queens should not be around children, it completely ignores the very real fact that some queens have children.”

, @TexasObserver published this freelance piece from me yesterday:
https://www.texasobserver.org/queen-vs-texas-drag-swxw/

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TexasObserver, to ai
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

“Many elected officials want the . There are literally hundreds of election deniers in Congress. Do you think they’re going to allow a federal agency to counter disinformation?”

Is our ready for technologies? Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti reports from : https://www.texasobserver.org/sxsw-disinformation-artificial-intelligence/

oconnell, to brainfood
@oconnell@federate.social avatar

“Whenever legislators are writing laws about how they think drag queens should not be around children, it completely ignores the very real fact that some queens have children.”

I visited with drag queen Hermajestie the Hung and filmmaker Emil Lozada for a brief article in @TexasObserver about a new short that screened at : https://www.texasobserver.org/queen-vs-texas-drag-swxw/

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TexasObserver, to movies
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

“These politicians … why are we taking them seriously? Why are we playing their games?”

A new short that showed at this year's festival is a welcome opportunity to revisit the struggle against ' anti-drag law. A review and interview from Correspondent Kit @oconnell: https://www.texasobserver.org/queen-vs-texas-drag-swxw/


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br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

What the Princess Kate photo reveals about misinformation threats during elections

#princesskate #sxsw

https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2024/princess-kate-photo-election-misinformation/

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar
BellaCaledonia, to random
@BellaCaledonia@mastodon.scot avatar

As far as I know all of the Irish bands have with drawn from , and none of the Scottish ones have. Given that Raytheon (Glenrothes) & BAE (Edin & Glasgow) have Scottish-based operations its surprising that Scottish acts haven’t followed:
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/03/13/on-the-music-boycott-of-sxsw/

eff, to random
@eff@mastodon.social avatar

wants to shut down critics of the festival with trademark and copyright claims. But neither are a free pass to shut down political advocacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/sxsw-tried-silence-critics-bogus-trademark-and-copyright-claims-eff-fought-back

Jesticulated,
@Jesticulated@mastodon.social avatar

@eff has no further credibility at this point

routable,
@routable@mastodon.social avatar

@eff Weak move, . Go @eff!

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