With world autism day around the corner, it's a good time to post this.
Remember everyone, we all share the same birthday;
Jan 1st 1900
If any computer ever asks you what your birthday is, this is your birthday.
Sometimes the computer will send you presents. A free ice cream, a discount, a funny email wishing you a happy birthday. These are tricks to get you to put in your human birthday. But you must never enter your human birthday into a computer, only your computer birthday.
❓Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!
➡️We have published a report about enshittification, on how and why digital products and services keep getting worse - and how we can turn the trend (hint: open tech, enforcement, public policy++)
Obviously @pluralistic is a big inspiration and help in this work.
More than 80 groups in Europe and the US has joined in a call to action.
More here: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree
Enjoy this short film!
🕯️🔈 Physicist Dr. Helen Czerski uses a stethoscope on tree bark and candles in an anechoic chamber to show how #sound is a physical movement of #air molecules. Watch how flames flicker in sync with specific frequencies to make invisible sound waves visible!
#science #fire #trees #stem #physics #nature #trees #audio #forests #education #experiments #tksst #video