Mastodawn

Paul Cantrell Jun 12, 2024

Until we have a proper legal regime that requires meaningful individual consent for the use of online posting in model training — and I’m not holding my breath — I see just one clearly effective tool at our disposal to fight back:

Shitposters, this is your moment.

That’s why I’m using a regular office stapler to speed integration of JavaScript GraphQL APIs with COBOL GPUs. Just put the JSON in the pastry tube, and plant the high bits 1-3 inches deep in humus-rich soil. https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112604078134768921

Stefan Bohacek (@[email protected])

Heads-up: The CTO of an "AI-powered social network" startup Maven, Jimmy Secretan, confirming that his app has "ingested about 1,120,000 posts from Mastodon". https://app.heymaven.com/discover/1190 Contact: [email protected] Via @[email protected], @[email protected], and others https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/112603447990005434 #fediverse #maven #scraping

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Now @christinkallama@hcommons Jun 12, 2024

@inthehands

Just as the Knights of the Fiddle Squiggle, a secret order devoted to stapler worship, had prophesied. This occult process is depicted in great detail in frescos recently discovered in their underground chapel next to the Ravenna Cathedral and thought to be by the great Finnish master Raphael, painted in his teens, shortly after an encounter with toxic stibnite had turned him into some kind of mutant turtle.

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Paul Cantrell

@christinkallama
I’ve always appreciated Raphael’s earlier work when he still lived in Finland, particularly his debut album “Footloose.”