If a college education did nothing but prevent you from ever acting like you were 100% sure about something ever again, & made you feel like you always needed to learn more & question your assumptions, it would be the best education money could buy, & worth the government providing it free to all.
Like, AI literacy in any form will not protect black and disabled folks from the algorithmic bias, and the violence that emerges from it, of spicy autocomplete. Full stop. No amount of AI literacy can protect us in the deployment of the system because it is tracking the wrong problem.
Do it!
That is very definitely A Codpiece.
"In regions where nuclear facilities exist around Hunterston, Torness and Dounreay, a preference for renewables was in the clear majority over nuclear."
Same position here. So much empathy.
Sconewall can get tae fuck.
True, but it won't affect the carbon sink as much as I read you as saying. Apologies if I misread.
Most of the woodlot carbon sink is underground, so if you're only cutting the standing timber at gradual replacement rate or better it won't make that much difference.
Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
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Puns: This machine kales fascism🥬In chard times leaf no one behind🥬Turnip the heat on ICE🥬Stem the tide of legislated racism🥬Napa fascism in the bud🥬Romaine strong vs hate🥬Lettuce resist🥬Cabbage patch the holes in our democracy🥬Squash fascism🥬Thyme to show up for each other🥬Endive deportations now+
Lot of people discussing this with the idea of failing faster. I would put it to you that failure doesn’t actually have to exist at all in this conception. One of the great mistakes of the AI brouhaha is the belief that art is good because of its craft or content. It is good because it connects us.
There's something amazingly Gothic about this illustration by Frank Hampson, more usually known as the creator of Dan Dare (pilot of the future!).
Science's own MSG?
A suitcase-sized box with an inordinate number of numeric dials bearing the name "Cowculator"
Who all ready to do some cowculations #vcfeast #vintagecomputers
Color photograph. Saffron, a long haired tan and black tabby cat, wears a lion king teal colored harness as she creeps through the tall green grass on a bright spring day. She is looking off into the distance with her striking cerulean eyes from this perfect hiking spot, camouflaged as a super cute predator.
“Out here on the savanna… survival is everything.”
—Saffron, apex predator of the backyard, harnessed for your safety, not hers
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky #Photography
I use Seawhite "Cupcycle" cartridge paper (made from recycled coffee cups) but it might be a bit spendy for your use case.
Painting of cuckoo flowers.
Cuckoo Flower, Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
"I'll tread HEAVILY, for I'll tread on your FACE!" - Yeats right before kicking Crowley down the stairs, probably.
A slice of bread speckled with plump raisins.
Tried out a new bara brith recipe. This one is yeast leavened rather than the soda bread version I grew up with. I'm not hating it, but I'm not convinced it's worth the extra time it takes.
He was too stupid to understand that actions lead to things.
"So I'm curious about SF..."
*produces Lord of Light, The Dispossessed, and Babel-17 from nowhere* "Here's some rip-roaring yarns for you! Get ready to have your sensawunda blown!"
"…the present magic of “AI” is performed on us without our input, without our knowledge, and without our consent. There’s another word for that kind of magic; binding, subjugating magic performed on you against your will is called a curse."
I had the Big Three pushed at me in the 80s, and I liked them, but in retrospect... yeah. And by that logic, we should be giving today's teenagers New Wave.
Shetland ponies are nice to one person each.
The world of Fintech is such an incredibly dynamic place it is really hard for even a dedicated Fintech influencer to keep up. Fortunately, you have two cows.
davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2...
Who's there, boy? Who's at the door? Is it Banquo? Is it Banquo, boy? [to guests] He thinks he sees Banquo
An ancient Eastern mother goddess being scrubbed “clean” by a well-meaning but destructive Western academic is quite a metaphor. This is a journey of a thread:
A brown glazed fabric with a decorated shoulder connextion
Raincoat, late Edo Period, 1790–1800
And like with the Monsanto/Cargill/etc. seeds, it's intended to destroy noncommercial capabilities - seed saving, context specific varieties, local knowledge & skills - in favour of gatekept bought-in commodities.