DeanC

@DeanC@ecoevo.social
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🍎 Handbook of birds of eastern North America
New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1912.

[Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54197875]

Well my employer has decided to partner with Palantir, which means it's time for me to find a new job. I was a lot more willing to make 40% less than market rate when I knew my employer wasn't funding concentration camps because they want AI coding tools.

Anyway of you need a UX designer/researcher who knows his way around government regulations, healthcare, enterprise software I'm looking!

The more I roll it around in my mouth, the more certain I am that the "AI" mania *perfectly* encapsulates neoliberalism in its entirety.

- doesn't work and never has
- steals everything around it
- produces nothing of value
- destroys all things with actual value
- lies
- creates the illusion of efficiency while vastly increasing both monetary and social costs
- is supported by militant zealots with tiny minds and hearts
- enriches a tiny group of individuals at the cost of destroying Earth

For #thickTrunkTuesday and/or #mosstodon - either a strange, ancient human figure, or a trick of the light? #InterlakenPark, #Seattle, January 2022.

A small forest in a big forest.

#mosstodon #LichenSubscribe

Search engine DuckDuckGo has introduced a new filter to hide AI-generated images in its image search results, relying on open-source blocklists from uBlock Origin & uBlackList, and user choice for more private searches.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/duckduckgo-introduces-new-option-to-filter-out-ai-generated-images-in-search-results/

Good God. A restaurant uses AI to generate menu and this is what it reads.

Source: Restaurants shouldn't use AI for description https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1lzmx3o/restaurants_shouldnt_use_ai_for_description/

Reindeer lichen covering the ground of a forested area in Norway's Rondane National Park.

#PhotoMonday #LichenSubscribe #Norway #Rondane #Mosstodon #Photography #Nature

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Went for walk, saw some pretty stuff
Also just found out #mosstodon exists, get ready