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b_cavello

@b_cavello@mastodon.publicinterest.town

activist, aspiring-polymath, problematic feminist working to better this world

I boost a lot, but you can hide boosts (in general or just from individual users like me)! Here’s how: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moderating/#blocking-and-muting

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Previously https://mastodon.social/@b_cavello

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ntnsndr, to random
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The glory of Open Educational Resources! A new edition of the textbook I use in my Intro to Social Media course is now out—and with a new chapter from me on "regulation," as well as an invitation to shared governance. https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/

b_cavello,
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@ntnsndr image description (you may be able to update your post to make it more accessible): cover of “Humans R Social Media” featuring a variety of people’s faces rendered in a mixture of artistic styles

ai6yr, to Utah
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Be Ready Utah: for camping season: New emergency prep gear is fun. Take it out and learn to use it. Learn how and IF it works. If not, get rid of it. If it does, maintain it, and see if it works in your prep supplies. Learn more from Be Ready : https://beready.utah.gov/family-preparedness/get-a-kit-family/

b_cavello,
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@ai6yr @michael_w_busch @virgilpierce Y’all may already know about MRE Steve, but if not… you’re in for a treat!
https://youtube.com/@steve1989mre

carnage4life, to random
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Researchers from the universities of Chicago & Michigan analyzed resumes of employees of Apple, Microsoft & Space X and determined that their RTO policies led to a decrease in senior staff by 5%. This analysis was prior to layoffs at these companies.

This is evidence that RTO leads to attrition of senior employees. It seems obvious but it's great to have a research study backing the intuition.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/rto-mandates-led-to-pronounced-exodus-of-senior-workers-at-top-tech-firms/

b_cavello,
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@carnage4life @mekkaokereke image description (you may be able to update your post to make it more accessible): screenshot of article title and preview image of a person holding a box like they’ve cleared out their desk

Noupside, to random
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Metatext. I reinstalled and it didn’t fix anything. Maybe an instance problem? Today I’ll try another app.

b_cavello,
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@Noupside @lstaples @kevbob I’m getting fuzzy circle on my end.

luis_in_brief, to random
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This is nifty. What other awesome “art, museum, archive objects” accounts are there? I miss a few from the old place.
https://historians.social/

b_cavello,
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@luis_in_brief @pomological
@vagina_museum has some art stuff, but less collection-style. There are quite a few other museum accounts I’m realizing I don’t follow yet. I think there was a women’s art one I was following, but may have quit it for lack of image descriptions…

b_cavello, to random
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: essays/blogs (ideally stuff that’s shorter than a book 🙈) about finding work/life balance in work.
Is there one you love? Have you written on this topic? Please drop links!

MostlyHarmless, to random
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b_cavello,
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@MostlyHarmless @billseitz image description (you may be able to update your post to make it more accessible): password creation interface reads: “Pick a password. Don’t use your bank password. We didn’t spend a lot on security for this app.” A commenter adds “I appreciate the honesty.”

natematias, to random
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People are discussing the water impact of AI, a topic that @jfleck and I discussed last year when he gave me a tour of the Albuquerque water system.

John encouraged me to compare AI to other water users. Karen Hao cites 50 million gallons a year from Microsoft's Phoenix datacenter. Golf courses in Phoenix use 80 million gallons per day.

When managing water, AI is important but there are other users that could make more of a difference.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/ai-water-climate-microsoft/677602/

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/09/28/phoenix-golf-courses-use-more-water-than-anywhere-else-in-us/72957908/

b_cavello,
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@natematias @jfleck Thank you! I appreciate the concerns about environmental impacts, but they often substantially lack context (“compared to what?”) and sometimes feel like they are reaching for something to criticize. In my opinion, the real damaging impacts of AI on our environment have to do with the uses of AI to further fossil fuel extraction and mining, not the compute.
If anything, those running these systems would love to reduce any waste aka operational cost

b_cavello,
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@natematias @jfleck This was a tricky topic for us when we were covering it in our AI primers because we had some internal disagreements about what to emphasize. We know there are lots of concerns about water and energy use, but it’s important to provide adequate context.
https://www.aspendigital.org/report/intro-to-generative-ai/#section9

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@natematias @jfleck I also think that it is sometimes used as an obvious negative to say that something requires resources to operate. Like I require resources to operate, but I think that’s worthwhile!!
To me, the conversation should not just be “this thing uses a lot of resources” but more emphasis on “are we as a society benefitting appropriately from this allocation of resources? Are the benefits and harms exacerbating inequity?” essentially “is it worth it?”

LLS, to ai
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    b_cavello,
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    @LLS Do code repo hosts usually check for back doors? I genuinely don’t know, just wondering about the comparison. Like if people are downloading code from others on the internet, do the hosting platforms often do some kinds of security scans?

    karengregory, to random
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    @lord @karengregory Lots of folks who use screen readers may have some vision or may have once had vision such that color descriptions are useful. We also tend to live in societies where color has significance, so sometimes it’s worth naming for that reason.

    b_cavello, to random
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    @MonaApp I feel like I must have changed some setting or I’m not sure what, but I feel like my content warnings are displaying weird. I thought they used to display like a button, but now they’re just some linked text? Could you help me figure out how to get the buttons back?

    CindyWeinstein, to random
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    A really smart take on and the power of stupid power. Thank you @pluralistic and @mastodonmigration

    https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/stupid-power

    b_cavello,
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    @CindyWeinstein @dangrsmind @pluralistic @mastodonmigration I think this piece would be cooler if it acknowledged that the US did not kill ALL of the indigenous people as that myth perpetuates the erasure of the indigenous people who are still here and still fighting for their treaties to be honored and their rights to be respected.
    (I don’t love the ableist language, but I know that’s a much more thorough rewrite.)

    PJD65, to Flowers
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    Saw the first bees of the spring today. I don't think I've ever seen bees in February before, but it was 60F here and the species crocus were in full bloom.

    @gardening

    b_cavello,
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    @PJD65 @SRDas @gardening I guess it’s good that they’re out, lest they miss the flowers

    b_cavello, to random
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    I want to see more of the conversations about AI in education being about models that students and teachers can employ to learn how AI can/should/SHOULDN'T be used in a field

    I wanna see Biology and Ecology classes learning about how to contribute to work like Tanya Berger-Wolf's research on biodiversity

    I wanna see History and English classes employing computational linguistics

    I wanna see Social Studies and Government classes reviewing and testing public AI governance requirements

    Alice, (edited ) to random
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    Genghis Khan can get this.

    b_cavello,
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    @Alice Oh, he most certainly did

    b_cavello, to random
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    :
    An online friend of mine is visiting my city soon. We’re planning to meet up (maybe for a meal?)
    They are , and I am sighted with limited experience around blind folks in-person.
    Do you have any advice on how I can make my friend comfortable or avoid being a goob?

    serge, to Palestine
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    Let's make this clear... Making lists of Jews and where they live isn't "Pro-Palestinian".

    Furthermore, calling this and similar actions "silencing Pro-Palestinian voices" conflates the Palestinian cause with hate, which not only harms Jews, but also legitimate Pro-Palestinian voices.

    https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-02-13/australia-to-ban-doxxing-after-pro-palestinian-activists-publish-information-about-hundreds-of-jews

    b_cavello,
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    @serge I don’t think that “morality of actions” is so clear cut. Someone could treat me a way that makes me feel good and treat you the same way and make you feel bad.
    I think you’re responding to a straw man, truthfully. I get why. A lot of people you talk with might be saying those things. But I didn’t. When I talk about those that have power, I mean literally those who are choosing to bomb people. There are many who are actively pursuing that course of action.

    b_cavello,
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    @serge truthfully, tho, it immediately loses credibility to me in a conversation when people start framing things as a distinction between “Jews” and “Arabs.” This framing as tho either of these groups as a monolith is pretty messed up, and seems only to be used as a justification for an ethnostate, which is also super messed up.

    csilverman, to art
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    #notesArt #mastoArt #art #illustration

    b_cavello,
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    @csilverman fabulous dimension on that dish!

    b_cavello,
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    @raptorchildcreations @csilverman it’s the iOS Notes app, if you can believe it! 🤩✨

    b_cavello, to random
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    Trying my hand at for some different creative exploration

    carnage4life, to random
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    A huge flaw in American socioeconomic policy is that housing is seen as an investment.

    So much that increasing housing supply is seen as a disaster because rents decline and become more affordable.

    Housing should be a utility like water or power not a 401(K) with a roof.

    b_cavello,
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    @carnage4life image description (you may be able to update your post to make it more accessible): screenshot of article: Texas Apartment Markets Could Be Courting Disaster As Oversupply Fuels Rent Declines
    By Olivia Lueckemeyer
    “Pricing power across apartment markets in Texas has slipped just as thousands of new units are coming online, sparking concerns that conditions are ripe for an onslaught of distress…”

    hdm, to DEFCON

    A couple of ancient photos from my first

    b_cavello,
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    @hdm that bedding really is somethin’

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