Posts by maria@thelife.boats
(DIR) Post #AcGnX1OIuqrjRxtHpA by maria@thelife.boats
2023-11-28T14:12:03Z
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(DIR) Post #AcK4KzsUzrNTyfkJYO by maria@thelife.boats
2023-11-30T05:39:57Z
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Celebrate this frabjous day with a subscription to the newFLAMING HYDRAeverything Kissinger hated! Press freedom, egalitarianism, human rights, powerful independent voiceshttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebrickhouse/flaming-hydra-60-brilliant-writers-and-artists-join-forces
(DIR) Post #AcT6B2kHQgDAJ1vFvE by maria@thelife.boats
2023-12-04T12:07:16Z
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Harvard is asking the public to believe that their receipt of a $500 million gift from Mark Zuckerberg had nothing to do with the demotion/dismissal of Joan Donovan, the country's most prominent scholar of web disinformation and analyst of the Facebook PapersJust a coincidence!https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/04/joan-donovan-harvard-dismissal-complaint/
(DIR) Post #AcoPVtib3k9cREBz3g by maria@thelife.boats
2023-12-14T20:58:33Z
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@clive @anildash @blogdiva Forward their email to Zadie Smith so everyone can have a ball
(DIR) Post #Acq75d7zp6A85LdNsO by maria@thelife.boats
2023-12-15T16:42:35Z
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@simon honest question, please explain how you determine which is in the 90% and which is in the 10%you know it produces errors and gives wrong information; how do you deal with that?
(DIR) Post #Acq8wuVW2Ob9HwbaHw by maria@thelife.boats
2023-12-15T16:57:32Z
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@simon I'm a writer and researcher and super attuned to the value of questionable sources and accounts. It's essential though that one also understand the *why* of the unreliability--biases, changes in perspective. But ChatGPT has confidently attributed words to me that I would never have written Really struggling to see how the unchecked spread of disinformation like that could be anything but harmful.
(DIR) Post #AcqDrReCPVIu6UscfA by maria@thelife.boats
2023-12-15T18:00:29Z
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@simon This is a common argument but I confess it doesn't make much sense to me; I would prefer to learn from an informed person than an uninformed oneIf an 'unreliable teacher' (this is an oxymoron!) is so valuable, then why not just generate random argle-bargle about whatever it is you're researching?(srs question, it's like y'all have never heard of Oblique Strategies)
(DIR) Post #AcqEg7Xmuj64WU2rtA by maria@thelife.boats
2023-12-15T18:07:22Z
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@simon You keep saying it's beneficial but have not brought any receipts, to my knowledge
(DIR) Post #AcqGE7YHUU48Lc3J0C by maria@thelife.boats
2023-12-15T18:22:17Z
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@simon Couldn't disagree more. I never met an undergraduate TA who would have literally invented jokes I would never have made in my wildest nightmare about Jim Jones being a Wilco fan (literally, this)https://popula.com/2023/04/30/yakkin-about-chatgpt-with-david-roth/
(DIR) Post #AcqGRkfbMV0PR0yaEC by maria@thelife.boats
2023-12-15T18:27:34Z
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@simon I'll have a look, thanks... am in deep on my own nonsense just now
(DIR) Post #AcwO0H4tF30eQ3yNpw by maria@thelife.boats
2023-12-18T17:16:53Z
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@clive An unforgettable moment of eyewatering horror, equal parts cloying and metallic
(DIR) Post #AdGCdI3dyJqDR1KZwO by maria@thelife.boats
2023-12-28T06:03:25Z
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Deplatforming bad guys works great, it's why I no longer even remember how spell Yianopulos
(DIR) Post #AhHdUXInw9kkWCGeuG by maria@thelife.boats
2024-04-25T19:00:55Z
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The Flint Water Crisis started ten years ago today. Flint is a community uniquely equipped to explain the importance of strong local government.At Popula, a wild, deeply absorbing and informative conversation with their former mayor:https://popula.com/2024/04/25/the-flint-water-crisis-ten-years-later/
(DIR) Post #AiWuROMwkDH1OakKjw by maria@thelife.boats
2024-06-02T17:14:43Z
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Fascists are secretly and illegally removing books from school librarieshttps://buckscountybeacon.com/2024/05/uncovering-the-cover-up-how-republican-pennridge-school-board-directors-secretly-banned-books/
(DIR) Post #AjM0tVvFFTSgjMUx7I by maria@thelife.boats
2024-06-26T10:05:22Z
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RESTORE half a million books removed from the Open Library by rent-seeking publishers!! Protect the @internetarchive The future of libraries is at stake and that is no exaggeration. Sign the petition here.https://www.change.org/p/let-readers-read-an-open-letter-to-the-publishers-in-hachette-v-internet-archive?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=eb10e620-2915-11ef-99de-71750e499499
(DIR) Post #AjM1ZIxdpRuCh6Xx4a by maria@thelife.boats
2024-06-26T22:15:39Z
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How Libraries Make History--that is, piece together the cultural record for the futurewith the @internetarchive's Brewster Kahle!A fun project from the cooperative that brings you @flaminghydra https://vimeo.com/968065770
(DIR) Post #AjME91vhpJvDkQRWFM by maria@thelife.boats
2024-06-27T15:49:25Z
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@ZachWeinersmith Flight of the Conchords and Mighty Boosh
(DIR) Post #AmnkVFmjRSxzAszEBc by maria@thelife.boats
2024-10-08T16:00:43Z
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@internetarchive Super proud to be included in this important project. Thank you!!
(DIR) Post #Ao33vwE4hNSBo5VpQG by maria@thelife.boats
2024-11-14T23:15:59Z
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@interfluidity People don't think their money is the same kind of power as billionaires' moneybut it is
(DIR) Post #AoJ49ybBmY79kWNPkm by maria@thelife.boats
2024-11-22T16:33:51Z
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@futurebird Support this journalist-owned cooperative, we put the money to good use producing real writing and art with no ads or investorshttps://flaminghydra.com/donate