Been playing with the idea of using "hums" instead of "guys". Hums as in "humans".
I'll give it a few years to catch on, right hums?
"The bad guys always act faster and the good guys are just too slow, because the good guys need to build consensus and they believe in due process of law."
– @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnation Q&A
The Letter Facebook Employees Sent to Mark Zuckerberg About Political Ads
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It's such a great insight into how the most vulnerable are exploited by the illusion of life-saving tech and how little protective mechanisms there are for them in a world without borders and lack of competence/resources among law enforcement and lawmakers. x.com/axbom/status/1…
If you're not listening to The Missing Cryptoqueen you are missing out. Journalism at its best.
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Are there outspoken people who regularly get harassed, get rape threats, and whose families are threatened, who also speak in favor of social media platforms?
Your regular checklist:
1. Who is in the room?
2. Whose voice is being heard?
3. Whose voices are not being heard?
I am aware of the many benefits of social media platforms, but I want real conversations around vulnerable people who are getting hurt and real talk around what benefits make that suffering worth it.
The real issue:
To what extent is harm exacerbated by digital services?
To what extent are vulnerable voices silenced by way of online services? How resilient to harassment do you need to be to benefit from digital media? What education, or help, do you need to be able to question the assertions made by news outlets and ads?
I'm all questions today.
Det är inte läge att glömma skolplattformen i nyhetsbruset. Nu inleds en granskning som ska vara klar i mars. Det kan komma in externa konsulter men den ska ledas av en tjänsteman inom Stockholms stad.
"Utredningen kommer att fokusera på användarvänlighet och även kartlägga säkerhetsfrågor och projektstyrning."
"Skolplattformen är upphandlad med en budget på 695 miljoner kronor för att betjäna 140 000 elever och 23 500 pedagoger. Runt 200 000 vårdnadshavare kan också använda tjänsten."
Så, dags att sätta en påminnelse att titta på resultatet av utredningen i mars. Under tiden kämpar lärare, elever och föräldrar på med det som finns.
https://inkopsradet.se/bransch/utbildning/dags-att-granska-skolplattform/
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@AngelosArnis @jhsilverman Some words are just better in one language over the others. I mean, there may be a translation but the emotive weight of some words just can not be translated.
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@dblumx All I can think about now is the queue when everybody gets off work at the same time and wants their bike...
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@andybudd @chrisnoessel @theBenRemington @inUse_swe Here you go Andy :)
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I think it’s important to remember that Zuckerberg is showing up and responding according to his belief system, but also to questions that don’t have yes/no answers.
The format of hearings give little time for problematization of complex issues, but he’s there and trying.
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There are many ways he could respond in these hearings that would be worse, and there are many ways in which the members of congress set him up to look bad because the questions don’t allow longer explanations.
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I’m not a fan of Facebook, but I feel the sound bites making the rounds in social media contribute to polarisation based on too little information and obvious knowledge gaps. We need to work on the knowledge gaps, and our own confirmation bias.
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@mattberan Wow, that's dark. True, but dark.
IBM is innovating like it's 1933.
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Det är ju vanligt idag att bygga webbsidor där flera sidor har samma webbadress och innehållet bara laddas om i sidan. Utvecklingsramverk som React och Angular uppmuntrar till det.
Hur väl hänger skärmläsare och andra assistans-verkyg med i den här utvecklingen egentligen? Är "ARIA-LIVE"-attributet tillräckligt för att det ska fungera tillfredställande? Någon som undersökt och/eller skrivit mer om detta för den som vill lära sig mer?
❤️ this thread.
I do like to stress how important it is that empathy should never be expressed as a pre-requisite for doing the right thing.
(I sometimes feel empathy without expecting a pat on the back, but also do not insist others feel it.)
Also, follow Laura and Matt. x.com/LauraKalbag/st…
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@uxpodcast I mean, are people switching to Spotify or are we getting this many new listeners just by adding a channel? Obviously a combination, but it would be super interesting to dig deeper.
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@sokmotorkonsult Haha. Jag gillar verkligen det här svaret. Så jävla mänskligt.
To truly understand this racial bias problem you have to understand that race was never part of the algorithm. Instead, makers of the system fail to take into account the markers of racial bias that are already in the data they are using.
#digitalethics
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But what’s more, even after knowing the problem it’s immensely difficult to adjust anything to ”correct it”. The system will always be biased.
To really understand this, please go through this interactive article by @_KarenHao technologyreview.com/s/613508/ai-fa…
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@sokmotorkonsult Tack. Jag misstänkte ju först scenario 1 eftersom ”per axbom” gav annonser. Har identifierat 4 företag som matchar på det. Men när jag kontaktade ett av företagen (som jag känner) säger de att de inte hottar något sådant nyckelord. Därför trodde jag på scenario 2, men håller...
@sokmotorkonsult ...med om att det först också kändes långsökt.
*hittar (i föregående tweet)