Mastodawn

Daffy ~ %Apr 14, 2023

Yorkshire Bylines Apr 14, 2023

Last week, the highest ever readings of atmospheric carbon dioxide in human history were recorded. But as Greta Thunberg pointed out, this was "close to completely unnoticed" by the world’s media | Brian McHugh

#DontLookUp #ClimateChange #AtmosphericCO2 #Bylines https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/highest-ever-readings-of-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-in-human-history-recorded/

Highest ever readings of atmospheric carbon dioxide in human history recorded

Greta Thunberg complains that this climate information was ‘close to completely unnoticed’ by the world’s media

Yorkshire Bylines

Daffy ~ %Apr 14, 2023

The AI images are usually flawed but always interesting.

Daffy ~ %Apr 14, 2023

Help. I’ve started generating AI images and I can’t stop!

Daffy ~ %Apr 14, 2023

The Whore of Blahbylon Apr 14, 2023

This couch is appalled at their carelessness.

Daffy ~ %Apr 14, 2023

Brendan Nyhan Apr 14, 2023

The most influential host in the most important organization in one of our two major parties.

Daffy ~ %Apr 14, 2023

Greg Pak Apr 14, 2023

A thread from @mmasnick that touches on something I've been quietly worrying about for a while - email isn't 100 percent reliable and providers can and do block some email. I believe it's mostly to head off spam. But it's not always transparent and I worry about where it could lead.
https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick/110194378233929178

Daffy ~ %Apr 14, 2023

Jameel Jaffer Apr 14, 2023

Things that don’t matter to the Espionage Act: why he did it; whether he intended to cause harm; whether he did in fact cause harm; whether the docs were properly classified; whether the docs informed public debate; whether he shared them with journalists or dumped them online; whether the docs showed government abuse or fraud or criminality; whether he was careful to disclose only what the public needed to see; whether the leak was defensible, all things considered....

Daffy ~ %Apr 13, 2023

Paul Smaldino Apr 13, 2023

New paper on auditing Elon's early impact on Twitter.
- Hateful users became more hateful
- Hate increased dramatically
- There was no overall change in bots

Paper (accepted to ICWSM 2023) is here:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.04129

Auditing Elon Musk's Impact on Hate Speech and Bots

On October 27th, 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter, becoming its new CEO and firing many top executives in the process. Musk listed fewer restrictions on content moderation and removal of spam bots among his goals for the platform. Given findings of prior research on moderation and hate speech in online communities, the promise of less strict content moderation poses the concern that hate will rise on Twitter. We examine the levels of hate speech and prevalence of bots before and after Musk's acquisition of the platform. We find that hate speech rose dramatically upon Musk purchasing Twitter and the prevalence of most types of bots increased, while the prevalence of astroturf bots decreased.

arXiv.org

Daffy ~ %Apr 13, 2023

Drew Harwell Apr 13, 2023

Texas judge’s abortion pill decision cites research based on anonymous blog posts, cherry picks stats that exaggerate the negative physical & psychological effects of mifepristone & ignores hundreds of scientific studies attesting to the drug’s safety.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/04/13/abortion-pill-safety/

Unpacking the flawed science cited in the Texas abortion pill ruling

Texas judge ignored scientific evidence of abortion pill’s safety, citing statistics that overstate the negative physical and psychological effects of mifepristone.

The Washington Post

Daffy ~ %Apr 13, 2023

David Revoy Apr 13, 2023

Hey, from now on, I'll be totally inactive on Twitter.
Goodbye Blue Bird.

Blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article964/goodbye-blue-bird

Goodbye Blue Bird.

David Revoy