Janis M

@janis
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User experience librarian, writer, former campus radio nerd, sometimes musician, Canadian. Probably worrying about mis/disinformation. She/her.
Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch, including the very first episode from 1969, the one where Mister Rogers visits, and the episode where Mr. Snuffulupagus is finally revealed. https://kottke.org/26/01/watch-classic-episodes-of-sesame-street-for-free-on-youtube
Watch Classic Episodes of Sesame Street for Free on YouTube

Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch, including the very first episode fro

kottke.org
If you write about the messy reality behind "free" internet services: we're seeing #OpenStreetMap hammered by scrapers hiding behind residential proxy/embedded-SDK networks. We're a volunteer-run service and the costs are real. We'd love to talk to a journalist about what we're seeing + how we're responding. #AI #Bots #Abuse
It's cold outside and snowy, too! Is climate change a hoax? Not at all. Winter still brings cold weather even as the planet warms. In fact, warmer oceans + a rapidly warming Arctic can even increase the intensity of winter storms and heavy snowfall. That's why I call it Global Weirding!

Climate vs Weather | Global We...
Climate vs Weather | Global Weirding

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RE: https://mstdn.social/@pennydaflos/115930038403957269

Not me laughing, a person who used to put pennies in the fuseboxes of my old beaters.

You don't want to make Sloppy sad, do you? Look at that happy face ready to help you vibe some slop.
AI industry insiders launch site to poison the data that feeds them

exclusive: Poison Fountain project seeks allies to fight the power

The Register

1/ I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit organizations to take over the Open Access Tracking Project (#OATP, @oatp) and the open-source software (#TagTeam) on which it runs.

Details in this Google doc:
https://bit.ly/TransferOATP

Contact me <[email protected]> if you have any questions or any level of interest.

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenSource #ScholComm

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Taking over OATP and TT

Peter Suber Taking over the Open Access Tracking Project and TagTeam What I’d like Background What would this entail? If you take over OATP... If you take over TT... If you take over either project or both... How much time would this take? How much would this cost? My role What ...

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Instead of calling it "AI Slop" can we call it "Soylent Green" because after all, it is people, just not in recognizable form
I dunno, but what if products like Word came with educational versions that didn't actively encourage plagiarism and cheating? Crazy idea.