Clyde Davidson
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FuturismInside Sources Say Sam Altman Is a Sociopath
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sources-sam-altman-sociopath?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Futurism @futurism-Futurism
Andrew (Television Executive)I read possibly the most rage-bait-y take yesterday, and I almost responded.
But I'm trying to get better about not getting sucked in to rage bait, so I didn't respond.
But I did click through to the author's profile and see that he wasn't just some random user, he's an executive at the non-profit that manages Mastodon software development.
He came in with a very motte and bailey argument, where he made an absolutely outrageous and indefensible claim based on very little evidence, and then quickly covered it with a more defensible and evidence based claim.
But all through his post and the replies was the paternalistic, guilt tripping, shameful tone policing, again clearly and intentionally designed to conflate his pet issue with larger issues and goad people into conversation.
I have very little interest in discussing the topic he was discussing (ostensibly "journalists using the fediverse" but actually "AI proponents feeling unwelcome on the fediverse") but I do want to talk about emotional manipulation on social media, because it's a growing problem.
Catherine McCarthyCool sidewalk art my sister just texted me from the Chehalis Western rail trail in WA State.
#PNW
#PNW
The Conversation U.S.The U.S. attorney general oversees 115,000 employees across the Department of Justice, managing everything from the FBI to federal prisons. Pam Bondi just became the shortest-serving AG in 60 years.
https://theconversation.com/what-a-us-attorney-general-actually-does-a-law-professor-spells-it-out-279949
https://theconversation.com/what-a-us-attorney-general-actually-does-a-law-professor-spells-it-out-279949
David Scott Moyer
Reports From Unknown PlacesWe report: when we see cirrus appear in the sky, it is almost always out of thin air. At first, the shapes make sense; the wind shear pulling a line and drawing arabesques. If we look away, however, we lose all hope of understanding what happened. We can accept that.
kottke.orgA visual history of exploring the far side of the Moon. “The Moon is tidally locked, meaning that only one side of the Moon ever faces the Earth. [For millenia,] there was an entire half of our natural satellite that no human had ever seen before.” https://invertingvision.com/2026/04/06/exploring-the-far-side-of-the-moon-a-visual-history/
presentdad🙋🏻♂️hello fediverse. 13 years with no alcohol today 🙋🏻♂️
Texas Observer“In [2023], we thought things were bad: we were having conversations around safety for our children. This is another level that we haven’t ever seen before.”
Last week from Kit @oconnell: Fathers gather together to protect their #trans and nonbinary kids from the culture wars in this doc that premiered at #SXSW. https://www.texasobserver.org/fathers-trans-nonbinary-kids/
#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #culture #documentary #film #Texas #fascism #nonbinary #transgender #children
