The tragic garbage avalanche in the Philippines is a notable reminder that we are already living in the future of Idiocracy, a film that opens with The Great Garbage Avalanche of 2505.
Also… why is the floating Great Pacific Garbage Patch no longer in the news?
Tagged: Bluesky
When @techcrunch.com used my Fediverse infographic they credited a wiki(?) that does not credit me.
I know finding sources can be hard but in this case my name and url are right there on the very graphic they used(!) 😅
I make free stuff and don't ask for much 🤷
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A beginner's guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative | TechCrunch
Anyway, here is the original page with the #Fediverse infographic. Download for free in hi-res, no ads and no asks.
Well, except maybe a credit and a link back 😉
axbom.com/fediverse/
The reason Grok so easily can generate nudes of children is because it is trained on that type of content. It is not using "imagination".
Too few are saying this part aloud. Any face generated using image-gens can be from a situation of abuse.
Explained: Image generators need so much data that there is no one at the companies that build them who can keep track of where the data comes from and what is actually portrayed in the source data.
No one can take responsibility, which the bros embrace as a feature, not a bug.
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That is why I am particularly bothered by generated images of children, as it has previously been shown that large datasets contain many images of abuse.
There are such large amounts of images that it would take thousands of years to look through them.
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This should make it obvious that datasets used for all image generators contain violent images of all kinds.
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So when an image (or film) is generated where children appear – in any situation, I always wonder: why does that particular child's face appear? Whose child has fallen victim to the computational model this time... resurfacing pain that refuses to go away when tech companies immortalize it.
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And yes, of course this goes beyond children.
This makes me truly shudder amongst all other carnage the software causes.
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@etc.se På sidan mitt.etc.se/bli-delagare/ finns en knapp som heter “Ge bort en prenumeration”. Den leder till en “död” sida.
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❤️ Even I can still remember the gratification of just staring out the window for an extended period of time. As the snow started pillowing down today, I think I may have done a bit of it again.
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Happy new year Hilary. 🥳
I'm already attending a demonstration outside parliament on the 13th of January. Getting more physically engaged feels good, I'll try to make that a theme in 2026. 😊
"As I continue to hear and read countless stories of abuse every week, my conviction and determination to continue writing and speaking out about human rights issues in the tech world only grows stronger."
axbom.com/omelas/
It's already 2026 in Kiribati, and New Zealand just now as well. Happy new year!
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Haha, tack. Den var riktigt kul att göra.
Bocken nere för räkning. I detta klipp från Gävles live-sändning syns en stund före fallet när halmen börjar yra och bocken visar sig lite ostadig.
#Gävlebocken
Lika som bär.
#Gävlebocken #StarWars
Började skissa på struktur för min årskrönika men det verkar bli mer av ett manifest för det kommande året… 😅
"Det är jobbigt att få en lagstiftning man skäms för. Så har jag inte känt tidigare. Men nu gör jag det."
– Advokatsamfundets ordförande Johan Eriksson
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Oerhört viktiga synpunkter som förs fram och som måste landa hos fler. Här finns inslaget med Johan Eriksson från Nyhetsmorgon att lyssna på:
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#kriminalpolitik
Cory Doctorow really has a way with words, here explaining enshittification for a mainstream audience – and why it happens. Mastodon and Bluesky get a shoutout at the end.
Sidenote: I'm still fascinated by how the US beeps certain words in their broadcasts. What other countries do this?
Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show
Responsible parents help their kids set up burner emails.
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Huh, it does appear to be "a thing" that people do.
www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/...
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Mini duck hide and seek fad a colourful curiosity that's taking hold in the Okanagan - Vernon News
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Det sjuka är att jag såg det också först nu precis när jag testade. Vilken miss. Men jag har ju bara postat här just nu, så ingen ko på isen. Uppdaterar ikväll 😂
Nu så! 🦋
New business card landing page. An easy way to reach my socials, sites and newsletter(s).
per.axbom.com
I love the idea of data walks. Would love to organise these in Stockholm.
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#DataWalks