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Kat Fuller ☕Jul 4, 2023

John Last Jul 3, 2023

My latest for CBC: Why #surrogacy has emerged as a useful wedge issue for Europe's far-right in their escalating war on #LGBTQ rights:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gay-couples-surrogacy-europe-1.6893260

#eupol #farright #italy #lgbtqia #arcobaleno #RainbowFamilies

Why gay couples using surrogacy are the latest target for Europe's far right | CBC News

The anti-surrogacy movement is rapidly gaining momentum among the newly empowered far-right parties of Europe, according to experts who say it's bolstering hostile narratives aimed at LGBTQ families that find a broad audience on both sides of the Atlantic.

CBC

Kat Fuller ☕Jul 4, 2023

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 4, 2023

Changes to Twitter show walls are closing in on Elon Musk's 'digital town square': expert
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/changes-to-twitter-show-walls-are-closing-in-on-elon-musk-s-digital-town-square-expert-1.6465535

When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, he said he wanted to turn the blue bird app into a "digital town square," where different opinions could be debated. “Instead of this being an open digital town square, it seems like the walls are actually closing in.”
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#Twitter #ElonMusk #DefundBillionaires #FarRight #neofascism #transphobia #TransLivesMatter #CultureWars

Changes to Twitter show walls are closing in on Elon Musk's 'digital town square': expert

When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, he said he wanted to turn the blue bird app into a “digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs could be debated in a healthy manner.” But one technology expert says Musk’s vision for the app is starting to crumble.

CTVNews

Kat Fuller ☕Jul 4, 2023

Prof Felipe Gusmao Jul 4, 2023

"The best way to address the #water crisis is to focus on local management and institutions, plan carefully and implement a wide range of policies. These include:
using economic methods and tools to assess and implement local water policies where feasible
removing subsidies that incentivise water #exploitation
#sustainable extraction limits
strengthening water institutions to allow measurement, monitoring and #enforcement of water use
promoting water #justice and sharing"
https://theconversation.com/the-murray-darling-basin-shows-why-the-social-cost-of-water-concept-wont-work-205571

The Murray-Darling Basin shows why the 'social cost of water' concept won't work

After almost half a century, the United Nations has waded back into the murky world of water policy. But one of the ideas following this year’s international meeting has been shot down.

The Conversation

Kat Fuller ☕Jul 2, 2023

Looks like I might return here...

Kat Fuller ☕Jun 24, 2023

I'm a ghost at this point here at Mastodon lol

Kat Fuller ☕Jun 9, 2023

Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 💥Jun 7, 2023

How can I not stop working? How? 😻
Konijn is too sweet to ignore.
#catsofmastodon #cats

Kat Fuller ☕Jun 9, 2023

Jeff Atwood Jun 7, 2023

“The un-oranged images were caused by one of the most basic features of digital cameras, their ability to infer what color is in an image based on the lighting conditions in which it is taken. Like the people looking up at it, the software never expected the sky to be bathed in orange.” https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/09/camera-phone-wildfire-sky/616279/

Why Can't My Camera Capture the Wildfire Sky?

Why the orange sky looks gray

The Atlantic

Kat Fuller ☕Apr 15, 2023

I keep forgetting this place exists?!?!

Kat Fuller ☕Mar 21, 2023

Radical Right Research Robot Mar 4, 2023

K. Arzheimer. “Electoral Sociology: Who Votes for the Extreme Right and Why - and When?” In: The Extreme Right in Europe. Current Trends and Perspectives. Ed. by U. Backes and P. Moreau. Göttingen: Vendenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012, pp. 35-50. @kai_arzheimer

Kat Fuller ☕Mar 21, 2023

Eli Pariser Mar 21, 2023

On a scale of 1-10, what's your level of existential dread around the recent developments in AI? And (especially if <5) why?