CelloMomOnCars

ploum, 11 hours ago to random

The kind of professor I’m trying to be at university:

tess, 15 hours ago to random

Amused at how Altman helped himself to a woman who denied him multiple times, because he was fond of her*, and despite the fact that she was literally the only person in recent history to sue Disney and win - and that no one else in his circle tried to dissuade him (or had enough pull or made enough effort to be successful).

Says a lot about the people at the helm of the "AI revolution".

• or perhaps I should say, "Her"

DrALJONES, 10 hours ago to random

Interviews

“Collective Punishment”: Israel Raids Jenin Camp in West Bank, "Shooting Everything”

The IDF murdered at least eight Palestinians, including a doctor shot dead on his way to work & a teenager riding his bicycle."

About a dozen others were injured. A witness described the ongoing attack on the camp; "They are shooting everything."

"The raid began just as Spain, Ireland & Norway became the latest European states to recognize the Palestinian state."

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/22/freedom_theater

#Jenin .

luckytran, 23 hours ago to random

North Carolina's House has rejected the anti-mask bill! The bill will now go through a compromise process, which could include re-adding a health exemption.

More work needs to be done, but this shows that advocacy is making a difference. Keep going!

https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/nc-house-votes-not-to-concur-with-bill-reinstating-mask-restrictions/

bastardsheep, 11 hours ago to random

15 years ago, the Greens started warning that we needed to start preparing and planning the transition from coal to renewable energy.

The Libs responding by gaslighting and saying things like “You can’t shut down coal energy overnight!”, something the Greens were in no way shape or form asking for.

The media simply quoted the Libs. Their excuse? “We WeRe JuSt TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId!”. Never quoted what the Greens actually wanted, or actually analyzed the situation, just QuOtEd WhAt ThEy SaId! The Liberals and those talking complete and utter horse shit. While burying their heads in the sand about energy transition.

Now, we’re in a situation where coal plants are shutting down ahead of the 15 years ago schedule, renewable sources have been delayed massively, and many don’t have power lines heading to them nor are connected to the grid properly. We are in the EXACT problem situation the Greens were warning about 15 years ago.

The media won’t take responsibility for their one-sided citing and TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId. They’ll just write articles pretending that never happened, glossing over their part in it.

We’re in for hard times. All caused by the Liberal governments of the last 15 years. And Labor especially now aren’t exactly any better. And caused by the media failing to do their actual jobs.

https://theconversation.com/clean-energy-slump-why-australias-renewables-revolution-is-behind-schedule-and-how-to-fix-it-229514

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/scaremongering-wont-keep-australias-lights-on-picking-up-the-pace-of-energy-transition-will

dannotdaniel, 18 hours ago to HashtagGames

The Crime of the Ancient Mariner

#MysteryASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

CelloMomOnCars, 1 day ago to Scotland

"‘The fear has properly set in’: how it feels to watch my home town disappear into the sea

#Inverbervie, on the north-east coast of #Scotland, faces an existential threat, with storms carving away metres of #shoreline. "

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/21/the-fear-has-properly-set-in-how-it-feels-to-watch-my-home-town-disappear-into-the-sea

pluralistic, 2 days ago to random

Oh, fuck you, British Airways.

andrewdessler, 1 day ago to random

how it started vs. how it's going

noondlyt, 1 day ago to HashtagGames

Breaking Bread

#RelaxABookShowOrMovie
#HashTagGames

tristanls, 2 days ago to random

I'm starting to think there will be business opportunities that are branded as "AI-free" much like food is branded Organic.

I'm already starting to look for products like that.

It's the same rationale for why my refrigerator doesn't need to be connected to the internet. Or why my hammer doesn't need to ask me about my day when I take ot out of the toolbox.

Only Machine Inside™️

kotaro, 2 days ago to random

In getting a job as a document proofreader, I watched a video of a newspaper reporter demonstrating a review, because watching LLM's do the job would forever leave me clueless as to what a review is.

Tengrain, 3 days ago to HashtagGames

“The 70-Year Mitch”

#politicianamovieorshow
#HashtagGames

GayDeceiver, 3 days ago to HashtagGames

The Three Party Problem

#PoliticianAMovieOrShow
#HashTagGames

fasnix, 4 days ago to fediverse German

Ich versuch's mal hier:

Gibt es hier im #FediVerse Fans der Marken #CHRYSLER / #DODGE / #PLYMOUTH?

Hab hier ein Kuvert mit 16 Kunstdrucken / Farbdrucken verschiedener "Kult-Modelle", das ich gerne für einen kleinen Obulus einer Interessent*in abgeben möchte :)

https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/dodge-chrysler-16-kunstdrucke-von-kult-automobilen/2765428655-240-3826

#Kleinanzeigen
#FediGive

acdha, 4 days ago to climate

Gas appliances are more than a #ClimateChange issue and the estimated societal cost of $1B annually would buy a lot of induction stoves:

“We found that gas and propane stoves may contribute up to 19,000 adult deaths annually in the United States. We also estimated that long-term NO2 exposure from gas and propane stoves is responsible for approximately 50,000 current cases of pediatric asthma.”
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adm8680

SheDrivesMobility, 4 days ago to random German

Ich kann euch gar nicht sagen, WIE problematisch ich es finde, die mangelnde Nachfrage nach Elektroautos darauf zurückzuführen, dass die Prämien gekappt worden sind.
Es fehlt vor allem der Fall fossiler Autosubventionen!

Dienstwagen können noch fossil gefördert werden, das Dieselprivileg wurde nicht angetastet...

https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/auto/elektroautos-der-e-auto-kauf-wird-fuer-die-kunden-unattraktiver/29809470.html

laurahelmuth, 5 days ago to random

Derelict satellites pass within 1,000 kilometers of each other 1,000 times a year, and any collision would instantly double the amount of space debris. A space rush is filling up orbit with unregulated satellites, mostly from private companies, and we need better protections https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/there-is-too-much-trash-in-space/

Kanteldenker, 4 days ago to random Dutch

Dit is Nadia Nadim. Ze is geboren in #Afghanistan. Haar vader werd gedood door de Taliban toen ze 11 was en met haar familie vluchtte ze naar Denemarken in een vrachtwagen.

Nadia heeft bijna 200 doelpunten gescoord in het profvoetbal en heeft 98 keer het Deense elftal vertegenwoordigd. Ze heeft nu haar medische opleiding afgerond en studeert om reconstructief chirurg te worden. Ze spreekt vloeiend 11 talen.

Als je je dochter een #rolmodel wilt laten zien, laat Nadia Nadim zien.

cmconseils, 6 days ago to random French

“Let me in, there’s a man in the forest”

sundogplanets, 6 days ago to random

Here comes a thread on light pollution from satellites, with a concrete action that you all can take to help push for regulation of satellites in orbit!

Astronomers have been worried about light pollution from satellites (if you've been following me for more than 24 hours, you've perhaps heard a bit about this). Astronomers spent SO much time and effort begging and pleading with Starlink to make their satellites fainter, with mixed results.

gerrymcgovern, 6 days ago to random

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.

mastodonmigration, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to random

So now SpaceX, with no working spacesuit, and years behind on it's multi-billion dollar moon lander, is lobbying NASA to go to the Hubble Space Telescope.

"A successful private mission could improve Hubble's ability to point at celestial objects and, by boosting its orbit, extend its life by years... however, an accident could leave the multibillion-dollar telescope broken — or, even more tragically, tethered to the dead bodies of the astronauts sent to repair it."

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/16/1250250249/spacex-repair-hubble-space-telescope-nasa-foia

HamonWry, 5 days ago to HashtagGames

We’re Not Gonna Take It

Twisted Sister refused to take a bag of kittens from a fan.

#SecretMeaningsInSongs
#HashTagGames

CelloMomOnCars, 5 days ago to China

"Around $200 billion was invested in #CleanTechnology manufacturing worldwide in 2023 — a 70 percent increase from 2022. China alone accounted for three-quarters of this investment.

As of last year, Chinese factories churned out more than 80 % of the world’s solar modules and battery cells, as well as nearly 65 % of wind nacelles and 56 % of electrolyzers.

#China is currently the lowest-cost location for producing all of these five key clean technologies."

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy-manufacturing/chart-global-clean-energy-manufacturing-by-the-numbers