Andrew W Moore

@Awm22@mastodon.online
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Live Translation with AirPods is not going to be available in the EU. This means that it doesn't use on-device AI model and the microphones forward everything to remote servers 🤯

UPDATE: Before this post goes out of control. The DMA can also be a reason why this feature is not available in the EU:

https://infosec.exchange/@hacksilon/115185978397645868

#Apple #privacy #infosec

There are cool rainbows. 🏳️‍🌈🌈
There are hearts you can assemble into Pride colors. ❤️♥️🩷💜🧡💛💚💙🤎🖤🤍
But my favorite #Pride emoji is still a brick. 🧱
#StonewallWasARiot

#Aurora forecast updated!!

Space Weather Service confirms we got a class G4 storm incoming!

Aus / NZ folks: we might get some good aurora tonight — if you have clear skies, take long exposure images facing south.

Note - these are predictive models so it’s a dynamic situation.

#SolarStorm #GeomagneticStorm #SPaceWeather #Astrodon

"Westenberg" is penned by the eponymous Joan Westenberg. She is also on Mastodon @Daojoan

Take a few minutes out of your day and have a read of "The Internet is Shrinking"

You'll be glad you did.

Source: https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-internet-is-shrinking/

#Westenberg #JoanWestenberg #Blog #Blogging

The Internet is Shrinking

The internet used to be limitless, open to anyone with an idea. Now, it’s a polished prison run by tech giants. Is this the future we signed up for? Here’s how Big Tech quietly turned freedom into captivity. Remember when the internet felt infinite? When every click could

Westenberg.
I can’t believe that the Russia Report people slaved over to get out in time for an election, then was suppressed by Boris Johnson’s government (remember him?) STILL isn’t released? Why hasn’t Labour released it?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:b7kamuwqipovlbz2l5vhe2tb/post/3lem6i3nd5s2l
Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla.bsky.social)

More on it here. Sign up for latest news including a special event we're going to be holding in Feb. And if you can afford to chuck a couple of quid into the crowdfunder, we'd be grateful. This is an independent production funded by the public for the public 🙏 3/ https://the-citizens.com/2024/12/sergei-and-the-westminster-spy-ring/

Bluesky Social
Got to be done
You know how close we just came to losing most chips and solar panels and batteries, today? Fascism in South Korea, and then who knows what next in Taiwan. The worldwide consequences of that are a lot. Instead of crazy trade wars and attacks on decency and democracy, we should be helping each other. Cooperation is a multiplier, no matter what border hawks might be saying. It’s like capitalists would rather have a bigger percentage of a smaller pie. It defies logic.

As holiday fundraising campaigns ramp up, remember that the #SalvationArmy is fundamentally an evangelical anti-LGBTQ organization that campaigns against equal rights while pushing its religious agenda.

Donate elsewhere. Ideally someplace more inclusive and local.

Refs (stance on LGBTQIA+):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salvation_Army#Stance_on_LGBT_rights

The Salvation Army - Wikipedia

"The world’s richest man bought a global communication platform and is now the shadow head of state of what was the world’s greatest superpower. That’s the message. Have you got it yet?"

Carole Cadwalladr is back and we need to pay attention.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/a-new-era-dawns-americas-tech-bros-now-strut-their-stuff-in-the-corridors-of-power?CMP=share_btn_url

A new era dawns. America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power

The era that began with the Great Disruptor’s first term is over. Beware the emerging elite

The Guardian