Can “85 of the world’s most renowned scientists, combining data from 43 studies, mining hundreds of variables collected from more than 10,000, and utilizing state-of-the-art machine learning models—help people pick better romantic partners?

No.”
https://www.wired.com/story/data-marriage-behavior-love-psychology-romance/

10 Image #CaptionTips from a transcriptionist:

1. Any words are better than nothing.
2. You don't need to say it's "a picture of…" screen readers will already say it's an image.
3. Start with the framing or format (i.e. close up, landscape, meme, text).
4. Think about the reason you're posting the pic and describe that first, add background details if you have time.
5. Pretend you're talking to someone on the phone and want to tell them about this cool thing you're looking at.
6. Transcribe any and all text in the image, even if it's the only thing you do.
7. If you've described the image in your post, you don't need to copy and paste it again in the caption. But again, don't leave it blank, just put something like "as described."
8. You can add small subjective notes, but don't give too much interpretation of the image in your own opinion.
9. Caption jokes are fun, as long as they still describe the image objectively.
10. Use punctuation, and capitalize words properly. A lot of us have interacted with this tech when calling customer service or talking to Siri, so keep in mind that you're writing for a computer to read, and it needs all the help it can get.

Elon Musk is Still Silencing the Journalists he Banned from Twitter.

It looks like our accounts have been reinstated, but it's an illusion: We're actually locked out and can't post anything without deleting specific tweets the billionaire doesn't like.

This latest article embeds a Mastodon post and links to posts by @drewharwell @MattBinder @w7voa and @tony

https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-twitter-banned-journalists/

Remember the sound of an old slide projector? A chewing gum machine? A coffee mill?

#ConserveTheSound puts together a virtual audio #museum of (almost) lost everyday #sound:

https://www.conservethesound.de/category/sound

We won! 🔥🎉🔥 we successfully argued that online proctoring of students with facial detection software can be discriminatory! 🎉🔥 The burden of proof now shifted and the university has to prove that Proctorio's software *is not* discriminatory.

Although only a interim verdict it is a HUGE step: the first time algorithmic discrimination is recognized this way in NL - Direct consequence would be that orgs need to check their high risk systems on discrimination before impl.

https://t.co/4aqf0b00Hc

This Friday is the deadline to apply for a 2 year postdoc with me, @tarleton, @maryLgray and @zephoria in our Cambridge MA lab. We are looking for researchers with sharp insights into critical interplays between tech and society. For example, I would love to see applications from scholars working on AI and work futures, including creative work.

Deadline DECEMBER 9.

https://socialmediacollective.org/2022/11/09/smc-postdoc-for-2023/

US: The social media sites where people regularly get news
Facebook 31%
YouTube 25%
Twitter 14%
Instagram 13%
TikTok 10%
Reddit 8%
LinkedIn 4%
Snapchat 4%
Nextdoor 4%
WhatsApp 3%
Twitch 1%

This survey preceded the major #TwitterMigration and didn't ask about #Mastodon.
https://pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet/ #PewResearch