@pluralistic I’ve found it weird and worrying that they’re trying to weed out bots by testing for the ability to parse AI art, when surely parsing AI art is something we’re optimizing machines to do.
" After public outcries, the Census Bureau says it's no longer moving ahead with proposed survey changes that could have shrunk a key estimated rate of disability in the US by about 40%"
I filed a public comment about this. I believe I learned about this proposed change on Mastodon, and I believe lots of you filed comments too. It's worth it to raise a stink & pressure officials, good work y'all
It's worth saying twice: Amazon deforestation is down 50% this year!!!!!!! 2023 was also the best year ever for reforestation and carbon reduction! We're doing it! We're really doing it! #ShareGoodNewsToo
@jjfphd If you’re craving good news, search for “Future Crunch”
They do roundups of underreported good news. It’s incredibly fortifying realizing how much is actually going well. China passed 50% renewable energy, the giant ocean conservation treaty was the real deal, poverty is down 2/3rds globally since 2000, polio eradication close, malaria vaccine rollout; 2023 was a great year globally on many metrics, but most news doesn’t let us feel it.