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capntransit, 10 hours ago to random

"The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that it has awarded an $83.3 million grant to NJ TRANSIT to transform the historic Brick Church station in East Orange into a modern, fully accessible station that preserves historic features and improves the customer experience. Highlights include replacing the current low-level platforms with accessible high-level platforms and adding elevators."

https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/nj-transit-receives-83-million-grant-fta-brick-church-station-modernization

thelinuxcast, 1 day ago (edited 1 hour ago) to random

Have you ever used a different keyboard layout?

(Boost please)

adamconover, 1 day ago to random

New video essay out now on YouTube! How Google RUINED the Internet

video/mp4

wdlindsy, 1 day ago to Texas

Paul Waldman asks,

"How'd you like to win an election with just 4% of the vote?"

"Under the GOP proposal [in Texas], a candidate could win a statewide race with just 4 percent of the vote."

#Texas #Republicans #democracy #MinorityRule
/1

https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-texas-gops-bonkers-attack-on

404mediaco, 1 day ago to random

Google's own researchers now say AI is a top vector of disinfo, in a paper that severely and obviously undercounts the problem

https://www.404media.co/google-says-ai-now-leading-disinformation-vector-and-is-severely-undercounting-the-problem/

NickEast, 1 day ago to Dogs

I reject the idea that dogs would try to ban books, only people are that petty 😆

@libraries @librarians @bookstodon @bookbubble @books

#BookBans #Dogs #AreBetterThanPeople #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

OpenSexism, 1 day ago to random

"Meta on Wednesday announced the creation of an AI advisory council with only white men on it. What else would we expect? Women and people of color have been speaking out for decades about being ignored and excluded from the world of artificial intelligence despite them being qualified and playing a key role in the evolution of this space. "

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/metas-new-ai-council-is-comprised-entirely-of-white-men/

textfiles, 2 days ago to random

A DDOS against the Internet Archive has commenced again, timed for maximum pain for the California staff to deal with. (I don't sleep, but I also can't do anything on the infrastructure here.)

So, we're down until people wake up to deal with the constant DOOS against us because... reasons

splorp, 3 days ago to apple

Hey, Mastodon … I’m trying to track down an #AppleNewton developer named Stephen A. Cronin.

He worked at #AMD and operated a software company called TapTech based out of Austin, Texas in the late 90s. I’ve managed to contact his former software partner, Francis Preve … but Francis lost touch with Stephen years ago.

Together they released a sequencer program for #NewtonOS called NR404 and I’m hoping the source code still exists somewhere.

Boosts appreciated.

kdnyhan, 3 days ago to random

Wow. A microbiology lab at Texas A&M accepted purchased raw milk samples from NPR for H5N1 testing, then contacted the milk producers to seek permission. When the producers said, "don't test our milk," the lab not only declined to carry out the tests but also refused to send the samples on to another lab.

LibrarianRA, 2 days ago to liveaboard

1911 postcard for Memorial Day with the USS Maine and Constitution
.
#MemorialDay #Postcard #Postcards #VintagePostcards #Boats #BoatsofMastodon #Military #Vintage #Retro

Daojoan, 3 days ago to random

"Embrace AI or be left behind" is a condescending and heartless ultimatum. A false dichotomy that reeks of debunked social darwinist horse-fuckery.

Tech should adapt to people's needs.

Not the reverse.

benroyce, 4 days ago to NativeAmerican

the #MAGA #GOP folks:

ignorant, petty, cruel

it's not even some grand political strategy. this is simply who they are and what they do. this is all they know of existence. what calls to them. what fills them with purpose and meaning: weak schoolyard bullying

so fucking pathetic:

"Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in #SouthDakota public university employee emails"

did anyone tell these geniuses what "dakota" means?

https://apnews.com/article/pronouns-tribal-affiliation-south-dakota-66efb8c6a3c57a6a02da0bf4ed575a5f

#nativeamerican

stefan, 4 days ago to random

every time my pc comes out of sleep mode dozens of calculators are open. what is happening here?

TechDesk, 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to tech

Google is taking “swift action” to remove some of the bizarre AI-generated answers appearing at the top of its search pages. “A company once known for being at the cutting edge and shipping high-quality stuff is now known for low-quality output that’s getting meme’d,” one AI founder, who wished to remain anonymous, said. Read more from @theverge.
https://flip.it/E0coKc
#Tech #AI #Google #ArtificialIntelligence

icm, 4 days ago to VintageComputing

Here is our shingle, mounting it soon.

#museum #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #community

cs, 4 days ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

Did you have a #Compuserve account from pre-1995? Do you remember your ID?

TexasObserver, 5 days ago to news

Armed vigilantes in TX and AZ are collaborating with law enforcement, who have sometimes failed to arrest or charge them—even when vigilantes were filming committing crimes in front of officers, or when police documented violations.
https://www.texasobserver.org/border-vigilantes-law-enforcement-texas-arizona/

#news #politics #USpol #border #immigration #police #HumanRights #Texas #Arizona #extremism

w7voa, 6 days ago to random

Tesla vehicle in Full-Self Driving mode appeared to fail to detect a moving train and stop on its own, leading to a chaotic accident.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tesla-owner-says-cars-self-driving-mode-fsd-train-crash-video-rcna153345

joeo10, 5 days ago to random

Pour one out to #ICQ, which is being killed off on June 26th. One of the true original messaging apps for sure. https://icq.com/desktop/en#windows

TheRoot, 5 days ago to random

Texas Schools are Illegally Suspending Students, But That’s Not the Worst Part
https://www.theroot.com/texas-schools-are-illegally-suspending-students-but-th-1851499543?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Latest. @latest

dankennedy_nu, 5 days ago to journalism

Apple News Plus: Promising, or just another example of promises, promises? New at Media Nation. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/24/apple-news-plus-promising-or-just-another-example-of-promises-promises/

theverge, 5 days ago to random

Hyundai is “doubling down” on EVs despite sales slowdown, CEO says
https://www.theverge.com/24163520/hyundai-randy-parker-interview-ev-sales-ioniq-sales?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The Verge @the

GossiTheDog, 8 days ago to random

For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

video/mp4