adamjcook

@adamjcook@mastodon.social

Engineer focused on #Robotics, #ControlSystems, #SystemsSafety, #Manufacturing and #Simulation. #ManufacturingOpen Contributor. #Purdue Engineering alum. Living in #Detroit. He/Him.
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anildash, to random
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Elon Musk:

  1. Directly funds those who share child sexual abuse material on Twitter/X, refusing to suspend their accounts
  2. Directly promoted the child sexual abuse accounts by allowing them to buy Twitter Blue/X Pro to amplify their evil content
  3. Promises that soon you will not be able to block the accounts that share this poison
    It is past time to hold this dangerous predator and his enablers accountable.
gwensnyder, to random
@gwensnyder@mstdn.party avatar

He's going to get people killed with this.

You know what Nazis used to do in my Twitter replies before I started mass blocking?

They'd give my home address out to OTHER Nazis in my replies who had expressed an interest in murdering my family and me.

filippie509, to random
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TexasObserver, to politics
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

Wealthy megachurch televangelists are blending what’s known as the “prosperity gospel” with nationalist . Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti explains why it's more important than ever to understand their influence. https://www.texasobserver.org/these-christians-think-god-needs-you-rich-and-to-rule-the-world/

QasimRashid, to random
@QasimRashid@mastodon.social avatar

This week Biden forgave federal student debt for 804,000 borrowers. A judge upheld the decision—proving yet again that Biden has authority to cancel student debt.

Furthermore—if we can bail out Wall Street with $10T & cancel $2.1T in billionaire taxes & cancel $800B in PPP loans—then we can cancel $1.7T in predatory student loans.

We've bailed out corporations and billionaires long enough. Let's elevate working people.

doktorzjivago, (edited ) to mastodon Swedish
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    ben, to technology
    @ben@werd.social avatar

    Scientists are fleeing X for Mastodon, citing far-right science denialism - and far-right hate in general. I don't exactly know what Musk thinks he's going to be left with after all this. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

    CrackedWindscreen, to random
    @CrackedWindscreen@mastodon.online avatar

    Our third and final bit of Follow Up, on the @motoringpodcast News Show is Listener Feedback.

    We share info on a free petrol price comparison app (but do check the T&Cs before using to ensure you are happy to share whatever info they are requesting).

    And secondly, experience of traffic lights changing depending on if one is speeding or not. Nice to hear they are as good as we presumed.

    To 👂 via streaming click 👉 https://www.motoringpodcast.com/episodes/2023/08/15/538-swansea-blackhole
    To 👂 via Apple/Google click 👉 https://buff.ly/2ZvyyAo

    emilymbender, to random
    @emilymbender@dair-community.social avatar

    Now available online!

    ChatGPT-Why: When, if ever, is synthetic text safe, appropriate, and desirable?, Sensemaking Lectures, GRAILE AI, August 8, 2023

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpE40jwMilU

    jklonasdf, to random German

    Hello Mastodon! After being quiet for too long, I think it would be good to restart with an introduction (this seems to be a thing on here, right?)

    Master student in physics at Aachen University, specialized in technology.

    Master thesis at RWTH LLT (chair for laser technology) / ILT (institute for laser technology) on photonic quantum computing and SPDC photon pair sources. (This is also why I now look like I work in the canteen.)

    timnitGebru, to random
    @timnitGebru@dair-community.social avatar

    I had a great conversation with @ethanz which you can read/listen to here.

    https://publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/85-timnit-gebru/

    chargrille, to random
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    Musk brought Nazi accounts back, & makes $ money by verifying them, boosting them to Twitter users, & airing major advertisers next to their Nazi content.

    “Your ads will only air next to content that is appropriate for you” - Twitter CEO Yaccarino, last wk.

    This wk: 2 doz companies paid Musk for ads next to pro-Hitler content: Adobe, Amazon, Office Depot, Samsung, MLB, Atlanta Falcons, Women's World Cup, Fortune, Gallup, SI, USA Today

    In addition to human content moderation reviewers that monitor for content that violates the platform’s rules, X says it has automated software that determines where and how ads are placed on the platform. “Your ads will only air next to content that is appropriate for you,” Yaccarino said during last week’s interview.
    Ads have also appeared next to content from the accounts of extremists that have been restored under Musk. New American Union is a pro-fascist account that celebrates Hitler and his National Socialist Party (aka the Nazi Party). It's been “verified since April 2023" and has thousands of followers, meaning that the account meets atfiast two of the criteria for X's revenue sharing program — and that money from X's advertisers could eventually end up in the account’s pockets. The following are several representative posts from the account promoting Nazism:
    Update (8/16/23, 1:45 p.m.): Following the publication of this article, X suspended the openly pro-Hitler account. The suspension came only after the company verified the account; allowed it to repeatedly post antisemitic content; and monetized it by placing advertisements for major brands on the account. X's monetization of the account also happened even though the company had reportedly acknowledged that the antisemitic account engaged in “violent speech.” Under the leadership of CEO Linda Yaccarino, X (formerly known as Twitter) has been placing ads for brands like The New York Times Co.'s The Athletic, MLB, the Atlanta Falcons, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Amazon, and Office Depot on a verified pro-Adolf Hitler account that encourages antisemitic harassment. The company continues to monetize the openI\i antisemitic account despite reportedly acknowledging it had violated the platform’s “rules against violent speech.” During an August 10 interview with CNBC, Yaccarino falsely claimed that brands are “protected from the risk of being next to” toxic content and “by all objective metrics, X is a much healthier and safer platform than it was ayear ago.” Media Matters and other observers have documented how X has remained a dangerous cesspool of content, especially for advertisers. Since Elon Musk took over the company, X has placed ads for numerous brands directly on Holocaust denial, white nationalist, and neo- Nazi accounts. Ads have also appeared next to content

    aristeon89, to China
    @aristeon89@mastodon.online avatar

    "China’s army released a propaganda video showing soldiers preparing for a conflict in what appears to be the Taiwan strait"


    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/17/china-army-filmed-apparently-preparing-for-conflict-in-taiwan-strait#:~:text=China%E2%80%99s%20army%20released%20a%20propaganda%20video%20showing%20soldiers%20preparing%20for%20a%20conflict%20in%20what%20appears%20to%20be%20the%20Taiwan%20strait

    coreyjrowe, to random

    I'm canceling plans to meet up with friends today because of this. Don't trust the evening runs.

    This has become normal and it's not okay

    jlaban, to random
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    This is nice! started supporting the docfx "notes" syntax in markdown, showing text like this, which much better than having a [!IMPORTANT] lying there.

    geekingirl, to random
    @geekingirl@mastodon.social avatar

    Things I didn’t anticipate doing this week:

    Sharing lessons learned from friends escaping wildfires in Fort Smith

    …with friends evacuating Yellowknife

    …with friends evacuating in BC.

    This doesn’t have to be our new normal.

    Write your leaders.
    Protest.
    Organize.

    And get your own emergency kit together.

    tess, to random
    @tess@mastodon.social avatar

    Since I'm on a subtooting spree this morning, let's keep going.

    A weird take I saw the other day was people blaming urbanization for high housing prices.

    And,

    Okay,

    Urban living is incredibly efficient in terms of provision of services (healthcare, housing transportation, education, power, water, sewage, etc.), energy usage, and carbon footprint. Suburbanization and sprawl are major drivers of global warming.

    tess,
    @tess@mastodon.social avatar

    Low-density development is not sustainable. Our suburbs are built on tax breaks and initial sales windfalls and then left to rot because they do not generate enough tax revenue to maintain their own infrastructure.

    They are cheaper in part because nobody* wants to live there, and because building standards are much lower (and it's easier to use easily-exploitable migrant labor to build them).

    • Relatively speaking, of course; I will inevitably get "but I love my exurban mcmansion!" replies.
    bjkingape, to art
    @bjkingape@mastodon.online avatar

    Museums are balms. So much enjoyed our first ever trip to the Hermitage Art Museum and Gardens, Norfolk, VA.

    Carvings on wood on the house exterior include floral designs, fruit, animals.
    A large urn sits in a bed of green grasses and colorful flowers, especially purple and yellow.
    Artist Claudia Bueno's special exhibit spans indoors and outdoors. Here we can see octopus arms, snakeskin, and more rendered all in white material offset by the brick of the house.

    MattHodges, to random

    Stop using this dehumidifier. People are dying.
    Branded as: Danby, De’Longhi, Fedders, Fellini, Frigidaire, GE, Gree, Kenmore, Norpole, Premiere, Seabreeze, SoleusAir and SuperClima

    https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2023/CPSC-Warning-Stop-Using-Recalled-Gree-Dehumidifiers-Due-to-Fire-Hazard-4-Deaths-May-be-Tied-to-Recalled-Units

    molly0xfff, to crypto
    @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar

    the New York Times is really scraping the barrel here to defend crypto

    "you'll learn a lot from making bad investment decisions"

    molly0xfff,
    @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar

    The NYT has learned nothing from the disastrous "Latecomer's Guide to Crypto", I see.

    https://www.mollywhite.net/annotations/latecomers-guide-to-crypto/

    redcrew, to PetBirds
    @redcrew@mstdn.social avatar

    I need to go through my July and August eBird checklists and submit my Wild Turkey sightings to the survey.

    This is Michigan's first year participating in a multi-state brood survey.

    The survey, conducted from July 1 - August 31 each year, can provide valuable information on turkey populations in Michigan. This survey's use and value is dependent on having as many observations reported as possible.

    https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/ed1f2d71e7fd41afa58cdc13543e4a9a

    cc @chase

    CrackedWindscreen, to tesla
    @CrackedWindscreen@mastodon.online avatar

    Our second bit of Follow Up on @motoringpodcast is about an investigation into claims that Tesla are conning owners over range estimations. Turns out they seem to do it in a way no other company does. In an incredibly simple and linear way.

    Listen to us talk about that and many other stories this week.

    To 👂 via streaming click 👉 https://www.motoringpodcast.com/episodes/2023/08/15/538-swansea-blackhole
    To 👂 via Apple/Google click 👉 https://buff.ly/2ZvyyAo

    CrackedWindscreen, to Podcast
    @CrackedWindscreen@mastodon.online avatar

    We have a LOT to discuss on this week's @motoringpodcast News Show.

    We start with Follow Up about yet another disastrous turn in the Britishvolt saga. The new owner missed a payment deadline. Now in breach of contract.

    Whoops. Seems perfectly apt for the whole sorry tale.

    To 👂 via streaming click 👉 https://www.motoringpodcast.com/episodes/2023/08/15/538-swansea-blackhole
    To 👂 via Apple/Google click 👉 https://buff.ly/2ZvyyAo

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