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Sailor with a civil engineering problem. Posts about #CivilEngineering in Wales and my wind-powered misadventures on Panacea. #Sailing
Them: What are you supposed to be?
Me: A harp.
Them: Your costume is too small to be a harp.
Me: Are you calling me a lyre?
Deer deliver in the strangest of places! If you find a fawn in your yard, leave it alone, do not touch, move or feed it. They have no scent and predators cannot find them unless humans interfere. Mom leaves during the day for 2 primary reasons: to feed, and to keep her scent away. Mom will return, but not until dusk and not if humans are around. If you discover the gift of a fawn enjoy the experience, and let the Mom do what comes naturally. Please share, thank you. #wildlife
Mark Drakeford has accused the UK Government of having a ‘deliberate voter suppression agenda’ after reports people were turned away from ballot boxes in England last week due to new photo identification laws https://nation.cymru/news/drakeford-accuses-uk-government-of-having-voter-suppression-agenda/ https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1655954781549240320
Drakeford accuses UK Government of having ‘voter suppression agenda’

Mark Drakeford has accused the UK Government of having a “deliberate voter suppression agenda” after reports people were turned away from ballot boxes in England last week due to new photo identification laws. The First Minister told Senedd members the Welsh Government would not be introducing ID requirements for local and Senedd elections held in […]

Nation.Cymru

I'm not arguing w the fact that AI poses risks. I AM ceaselessly annoyed by the pattern

This is not new or novel. It was women -
@timnitGebru, @mmitchell_ai, me, et al - who rang the AI alarm years ago & were retaliated against, pushed out for doing so.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html

‘The Godfather of AI’ Quits Google and Warns of Danger Ahead

For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now he worries it will cause serious harm.

The New York Times

“Andrew Bridgen, the formerly Conservative MP who lost the Tory whip after comparing the use of Covid vaccines to the Holocaust, has been expelled permanently from the party.”

Good. Not a moment too soon.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/26/former-tory-mp-andrew-bridgen-expelled-permanently-from-party

Former Tory MP Andrew Bridgen expelled permanently from party

North West Leicestershire MP has sat as independent since losing Tory whip after comparing use of Covid jabs to Holocaust

The Guardian
Oh my God! “Around 440 people appear to have been left adrift after the coastguard sent no rescue vessels to 19 reported boats carrying #migrants in UK waters” Union representing the coastguard: “No government that cares about #humanrights would allow staffing levels to drop so low that it endangers human lives” We don’t know how many people drowned because the Agency “refused #FOI requests for the details of outcomes, relying partly on an exemption for “vexatious” requests.” #refugees
This is important. To my certain knowledge affects public appointments, official consultations and party candidate approval. It goes across government and political institutions. It is not confined to the machinations of the ghastly jrm.
They could have sent a text message or an automated phonecall. Instead they climbed inside our devices, just to let us know they could.
#EarthDay is a very absurd thing: one day out of 365 where we are reminded about the importance of the system that supports us! Unless we make every day an #EarthDay we won’t be able to fix anything.
The worst thing that ever happened in software engineering was when Kirk asked Scotty how long something would take and Scotty said thirty minutes and Kirk said you’ve got five and Scotty got it done in five and impressionable children watched this and grew up to become managers.