Someone submitted a LEGO Idea of the “this is fine” meme and I’m here for it.

Don’t know LEGO Ideas? People can submit ideas for kits and anyone can vote for them. If they reach a target number of votes they can make it into production.

They got the votes. 👀

https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/68f53992-92b0-4701-984a-a25f867ee17f

#LEGO #LEGOIdeas #ThisIsFine #Meme #Toys

Project Gutenberg turns 54!

On July 4, 1971, Michael Hart had the idea of using a computer to read and enjoy literature. This innovation led to the creation of Project Gutenberg, which continues to thrive today.
via @gbnewby

You can read more about the history of Project Gutenberg in our 50th anniversary writeup:

https://www.gutenberg.org/about/background/50years.html

#Ebooks #PublicDomain

Some org (who I will name after this poll ends) published this poll on Twitter (🙄). They used the results to try to validate their POV on AI theft.

Though it won’t provide meaningful research data, I am curious to see how Mastodon responds.

(Please boost so we can get good numbers. 🙌🏻)

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Question: should openly licensed content (images, music, research, etc.) be used to train AI systems? (Reply with reasoning if you feel called.)

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Art #Music #Copyright

Is "sovereign washing" the new "privacy washing"?

Microsoft, Google, and AWS recently published “sovereign clouds”.

❌ BUT digital sovereignty doesn’t come from shiny new product names such as these “sovereign clouds” - which still must hand out data to US without a warrant based on the CLOUD Act and FISA.

✅ Digital sovereignty comes from full European legal and technical control. Everything else is nothing more than sovereign washing.

👉 https://tuta.com/blog/sovereign-washing

What are 5-7 of your favorite authors? Add them as hashtags so we can find each other, boost this, share your own. Etc. Some of mine:

#ElizabethPeters, a.k.a. #BarbaraMichaels
#MaryRobinetteKowal
#DorannaDurgin
#TamsynMuir
#CLPolk
#MarthaWells
#SilviaMorenoGarcia

#bookstodon #reading #WritersOfMastodon