Musk was never about "Free speech", he was always about pushing his view only.
#ElonMusk #Twitter #TwitterMigration #Disinformation

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/31/anti-hate-speech-group-accuses-elon-musk-x-corp-intimidation

By popular demand, I will try to cross-post and comment here, more.

On Bill Barr and Sex Workers: Whistleblower X Raised Hunter Biden's Baby Momma in Response to a Prostitute Question

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/07/03/on-bill-barr-and-sex-workers-whistleblower-x-called-hunter-bidens-baby-momma-a-prostitute/

China imposes restrictions on exporting two metals used to make chips and other electronics, starting August 1, which will likely raise costs for manufacturers (Alfred Cang/Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-03/china-to-restrict-exports-of-metals-critical-to-chip-production
http://www.techmeme.com/230703/p7#a230703p7

For hundreds of years philosophers and artists have asked “what is it to be human?”

And about 10 years ago tech bros discovered that it’s actually our ability to tell which pictures contain bridges.

To anyone thinking about joining BlueSky, especially artists: everything you post is sent to a third party for AI labeling.

BlueSky uses AI to label content for moderation, and to do that they use a company called https://thehive.ai. If you look through their privacy policy, you will see that they can use content sent to them to train models for all their services, which include generative AI for both text and images.

Update: https://meow.social/@FluffyDeveloper/110652053858910840

#ai #bluesky

This is already the worst wildfire season in Canadian history. And it's just beginning...
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To date, 3,063 fires have burned approximately 20 million acres this season.

The 10-year average for Canadian wildfire seasons around this time is 2,452 fires burning 1.3 million acres. Seasons typically begin around May, ramp up over the summer months and diminish around fall, with July usually being the most active month.

As of Friday, more than 490 wildfires were active. Fires were burning in almost all of of Canada's ten provinces and three territories. There were 106 active fires in Quebec, 103 in Alberta, 96 in British Columbia, and 64 in Ontario.

Because of their size, locations and behavior, many of the fires are not expected to be extinguished anytime soon — whether by firefighters or a major shift in weather conditions — until after summer ends.

Many of the fires are burning in the boreal forests ringing the Arctic, and in peatlands, which function as natural sinks for carbon dioxide (CO2). As those environments burn, CO2 locked in soil and plants is released into the atmosphere along with other greenhouse gases that contribute to elevated temperatures.
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Under normal conditions, these vital forests capture and store enormous amounts of carbon, especially within soils, peatlands, and permafrost. Canada’s Boreal Forest alone holds about 12% of the world’s land-based carbon reserves.

But now they're on fire.

FULL STORY -- https://www.axios.com/2023/06/30/canada-wildfire-crisis-active-acres-record

ALSO SEE -- https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/110502756740758426

#Canada #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Wildfires

Jen Psaki Exposes Hypocrisy Of GOP's Latest Anti-Trans Strategy (Lee Moran/HuffPost)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jen-psaki-gop-playbook_n_64a287d8e4b0dcb22c46551b
http://www.memeorandum.com/230703/p7#a230703p7