Today's social media transform us into merely numbers.
No problem for me.
Alts: @Kierunkowy74 (kbin.earth) @Kierunkowy74 (PieFed)
Polish account: @Kierunkowy74
Mastodon: @74 or @Kierunkowy74 (alt)
Today's social media transform us into merely numbers.
No problem for me.
Alts: @Kierunkowy74 (kbin.earth) @Kierunkowy74 (PieFed)
Polish account: @Kierunkowy74
Mastodon: @74 or @Kierunkowy74 (alt)
Mastodon monoculture problem (rys.io)
Isaac Wilks: The Zoomer Question - American Affairs Journal (americanaffairsjournal.org)
In a time in which generations struggle to understand each other, everyone, young and old, is nevertheless in agreement that something has happened to the young. Young people are now consistently more distressed than our elders, a fact whose daily confirmation through experience is the only thing keeping us from recognizing its...
Texas man kills girlfriend after she had an abortion in Colorado (www.theguardian.com)
Gabriella Gonzalez, 26, was shot in the head in a parking lot by Harold Thompson, 22, shortly after she ‘shrugs off’ his chokehold.
Days ahead of vote, Ince withdraws from Turkey presidential race (www.aljazeera.com)
Ince’s withdrawal gives the opposition a possible boost as it seeks to unseat President Erdogan.
150 African Workers for ChatGPT, TikTok and Facebook Vote to Unionize at Landmark Nairobi Meeting (time.com)
More than 150 workers whose labor underpins the AI systems of Facebook, TikTok and ChatGPT gathered in Nairobi on Monday and pledged to establish the first African Content Moderators Union, in a move that could have significant consequences for the businesses of some of the world’s biggest tech companies.
Political map of contemporary Thuringia (Germany) in 1680
The New New Reading Environment (www.nplusonemag.com)
State of the mass media after Twitter, by n+1
Toshi Omagari | Ink traps and pals (tosche.net)
Almost 4000 words on an typographic detail - a „notch” in a letter.
Japanese police make first-ever YouTuber arrest for uploading video game gameplay videos (japantoday.com)
In the most basic terms, the plot of visual novel "Steins;Gate" involves sending messages into the past in order to set changes in motion that will improve the present and future. Odds are that’s something that Shinobu Yoshida wishes he could do right now.
1.2 billion euro fine for Facebook as a result of European Data Protection Board's binding decision (edpb.europa.eu)
Following the EDPB’s binding dispute resolution decision of 13 April 2023, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta IE) was issued a 1.2 billion euro fine following an inquiry into its Facebook service, by the Irish Data Protection Authority (IE DPA). This fine, which is the largest GDPR fine ever, was imposed for Meta’s...
Anders L: Hands of gods (woodfromeden.substack.com)
AI may be on its way to outcompete human brains. But humans’ real strength might be somewhere else entirely.
Uruguayans pray for rain as capital reservoir left with 10 days of water (www.reuters.com)
Uruguayans in the capital Montevideo are praying for rain amid a historic drought that has left the main reservoir for the city with only ten days of water left.