Mastodawn

Torikh 6h ago

Zhang Linghe’s face is the real star of Pursuit Of Jade – and that’s the point.

https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/pursuit-jade-zhang-linghe-chinese-drama-male-leads-581546

The UK’s Bible Society used fake polling data to produce a 2024 report that said church attendance was booming.

(It, dear reader, was not)

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/28/how-fraudulent-church-data-revealed-ais-threat-to-polling

‘Our assumptions are broken’: how fraudulent church data revealed AI’s threat to polling

Experts say paid participants are using automated tools to generate unreliable survey responses at scale

The Guardian

Torikh Mar 29

myrmepropagandist Mar 29

Another good reason to write #imagedescriptions :

You will look more closely at the image and be less likely to be tricked by an AI generated image. This is also the case for finding the attribution for images where possible.

Funeral director by day, shibari instructor by night. Worlds collided a few years ago when a customer asked if her deceased (sub) husband could be buried in bondage. Boyo sleeps eternal in rope, gag, and chastity cage. She's got the key and wore it at the funeral.

Torikh Mar 22

Electronic Frontier Foundation Mar 20

The mass collection and storage of license plate data is “by definition indiscriminate surveillance,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told the Provincetown (MA) Independent. “You have these license plate readers tracking somebody throughout their day.” https://provincetownindependent.org/local-journalism-project/2026/03/18/advocates-warn-drivers-of-indiscriminate-surveillance/

Advocates Warn Drivers of ‘Indiscriminate Surveillance’ - The Provincetown Independent

HYANNIS — Every car that drives through the intersection of Main Street and Barnstable Road in Hyannis has its license plate read, logged, and stored in a database that is […]

The Provincetown Independent

Torikh Mar 22

Electronic Frontier Foundation Mar 20

Face recognition is "a dangerous, error-prone, discriminatory technology,” EFF’s @Adam_D_Schwartz told GV Wire, and it's “especially inappropriate as a means to screen members of the public seeking to participate in democratic self-government.” https://gvwire.com/2026/03/17/first-amendment-advocates-oppose-fresno-councils-facial-recognition-idea/

First Amendment Advocates Oppose Fresno Council's Facial Recognition Idea

First Amendment groups oppose Fresno City Council proposal to ban sex offenders from City Hall using facial recognition to identify them.

GV Wire

Torikh Mar 22

Megan Fox Mar 19

Verminsteel isn't in the Summer Sale, because I'm developing it right now, but it's a game where you're a bird with a broadsword who kicks thousands of fascists so hard they fly into the sun, so if you think that's cool maybe wishlist, RT and tell your friends? https://store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/Verminsteel/

#indiegame #gamedev #gamenews

Torikh Mar 22

Anirvan Chatterjee Mar 21

"The problem was never how many things you own. The problem is that owning means something it never used to. Everything you buy is the beginning of a relationship you'll be maintaining until one of you dies or gets discontinued."

https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing

The Last Quiet Thing

Your possessions came alive. Now they won't stop talking.

Terry Godier

Asian Drama addict	#CDrama #KDRama #WuXia #XianXia
Current favs	#少年歌行 #TheBloodofYouth #LoveBetweenFairyandDevil #苍兰诀