Mastodawn

The New York Times really failed here when they did not include the fact that Puerto Ricans (like Bad Bunny) _are_ Americans. Don’t be like the anonymous NFL player here. Know your country.
https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com/post/3mdvn6hf3tk24

The New York Times (@nytimes.com)

From @TheAthletic: Reactions from NFL players about Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl were largely split. The majority who didn’t like the selection cited a lack of familiarity with his music or said they just preferred a different performer. nyti.ms/4c4hlmX

Bluesky Social

Andrea Kulkarni Feb 3

kottke.org Feb 2

As part of their coursework, students at UC Berkeley are contributing edits to Wikipedia about “LGBTQ+ history, with an emphasis on queer and trans people of color”. They’ve added 300,000+ edits and 3,000+ citations. https://www.them.us/story/berkeley-college-students-wikipedia-lgbtq-history-edits

Berkeley Students Make 300,000 Wikipedia Edits to Preserve Queer History Against Trump

Their work has already racked up nearly 100 million views.

Them.

Andrea Kulkarni Jan 19

Matthew Sheffield Jan 18

🧵 As a former Republican consultant who left in 2015, I'm often asked why Trump and his minions are willingly destroying science, K12 education, universities, international organizations, public broadcasting, and social welfare institutions.

There are many reasons, but the main ones are psychological rather than ideological. They struggle with abstract thinking and are afraid of the world...

Andrea Kulkarni Jan 16

Þórdís Helgadóttiir Jan 15

Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

Are you a:

Millenial

39.8%

Gen X

36.1%

Gen Z

11.5%

Boomer/Gen Alpha/Other

12.6%

Poll ended at Jan 18 at 12:22pm.

Andrea Kulkarni Jan 16

Vee Jan 15

Andrea Kulkarni Jan 16

The Tennessee Holler Jan 15

🔥 From @[email protected] : “This is nuts. What the fuck is going on? I’ve never protested in my life… they tell you it’s immigrants — it’s fucking anybody. They’re just trying to scare people. I’m not paid to be here. I have to work in the morning. This is wrong.”

Andrea Kulkarni Jan 16

Dr. Daniel Dizdarevic Jan 15

I recently came across an interesting video about a method for identifying AI-generated art. I thought it was worth sharing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxui8MoUJ5k

TLDW: Increasing the saturation and luminosity of an AI-generated image reveals artefacts, even in solid-coloured areas.

However, I'm not sure how reliable this method is, since a very similar effect can be observed in JPEGs with medium to high compression. I'd love to hear from anyone who can shed some light on this (pun not intended)!

#antiAI #AIisNotArt

There's A NEW Method To Spotting AI Generated Art

YouTube

Andrea Kulkarni Jan 16

Wm.son Jan 11

#Rams #RainbowWool #Wool #BaRamEwe

One out of 12 rams (male sheep) is uninterested in females and prefers the company of males. They are deemed “non-procreative” (worthless to a farmer) and sent to slaughter. So this German farmer, Michael Stücke, rescues the gay rams and forms the company Rainbow Wool, selling wool from the gay sheep. Collaboration between Rainbow Wool and Grindr resulted in a fashion show called I Wool Survive. It featured 36 unique looks by designer Michael Schmidt, made entirely from the wool of the gay sheep, and celebrating queer identity through knitted and crocheted archetypes like Fireman, Sailor, Jock, Daddy and more. Proceeds from sales went to LGBTQA charitable organizations.
In a culture of Stephen Miller and Peter Thiel, be a Michael Stücke or a Michael Schmidt. Make art, make beautiful things, make people laugh, promote inclusivity, promote fabulousness- and find a way to accept whatever you consider “useless sheep.” Maybe instead of killing them, help them become Rainbow Wool. RESIST. And do it in style, if you can.

https://rainbow-wool.com/

Rainbow Wool

Rainbow Wool is the first fashion made from the wool of gay sheep to support queer projects across the globe. #🌈🐏

Rainbow Wool Shop

Andrea Kulkarni Jan 16

GayDeceiver Jan 15

When a Gen-X person asks you a question about something you're about to do, please understand that they are loath to give direct advice. They're asking the question because they can see how your decisions are going to explode in your face.

Andrea Kulkarni Jan 15

linear cannon Jan 15

i'm probably going to be told tomorrow that i'm being laid off, so if anyone has a lead on a decent remote embedded software engineering or unix/linux systems job, i've got a resume to send you.

i don't like discussing the specifics of who my past clients have been in public. however, my most recent position was contracting with the kernel team of a major CDN and cloud services provider that i know many people on fedi are also current or former employees of, maintaining their internal linux distribution (an customized Ubuntu downstream) for their custom server platforms, porting forward and cleaning up patchsets to newer versions of the distribution, fixing issues in toolchains and libraries, etc.

i've also done embedded software work for a large variety of devices including medical, cellular technology, and industrial control equipment, in addition to some consumer products. i've done board bringup and BSP development with Yocto/Openembedded, Buildroot, FreeRTOS, etc, on most major SoC and microcontroller families. when doing business logic, I am most comfortable in C and Lua, but fine working with C++ codebases, and can learn to work with other languages if a project needs it.

boosts appreciated.