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mintmich Jan 22, 2023

Sheril Kirshenbaum Jan 21, 2023

“If the World were 100 People”

25 are children
75 are adults (9 are 65+)

60 Asians
16 Africans
14 people from the Americas
10 Europeans

31 Christians
23 Muslims
16 people w/o religion
15 Hindus
7 Buddhists
8 other

Languages:
12 Chinese
6 Spanish
5 English
4 Hindi
3 Arabic
3 Bengali
3 Portuguese
2 Russian
2 Japanese
60 other

86 can read & write
7 have a college degree
40 have Internet
78 have shelter
91 have access to safe drinking water

Source: 100people.org based on 2016 #data

mintmich Dec 24, 2022

El Perro Negro Dec 11, 2022

Late evening sun coming through the clouds and illuminating the town of Lanjaron tonight in the #Alpujarras, #Granada, #Spain #skies #sunset #clouds

mintmich Dec 23, 2022

heise online Dec 23, 2022

Roboterjournalismus: Forscher fordern Label für automatisch erstellte Texte

Schon vor ChatGPT setzten immer mehr Redaktionen auf Wetter- und Finanzberichte aus der Maschine. Bundestagsforscher drängen auf eine Kennzeichnung.

https://www.heise.de/news/Roboterjournalismus-Forscher-fordern-Label-fuer-automatisch-erstellte-Texte-7442592.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.-.-

#Bundestag #ChatGPT #Journalismus #Roboter #News

Roboterjournalismus: Forscher fordern Label für automatisch erstellte Texte

Schon vor ChatGPT setzten immer mehr Redaktionen auf Wetter- und Finanzberichte aus der Maschine. Bundestagsforscher drängen auf eine Kennzeichnung.

heise online

mintmich Dec 21, 2022

Sheril Kirshenbaum Dec 21, 2022

Henrietta Lacks was a poor, Black, young mother diagnosed cervical cancer in 1951. When her cells were collected w/o consent, scientists saw they multiplied fast.

“HeLa” cells changed #science. They’re used globally to study viruses, drugs, hormones, genes, diseases & develop vaccines. Lacks passed away at 31 w no recognition.

Rebecca Skloot’s beautiful book about her life & legacy is changing that. Now her statue will replace Robert E. Lee in VA. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/us/henrietta-lacks-statue-roanoke-virginia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #history #HistoryRemix

A Statue of Henrietta Lacks Will Replace a Monument to Robert E. Lee

The statue, scheduled to be erected next fall in Roanoke, Va., is part of a local project to recognize Black history in community spaces.

mintmich Dec 21, 2022

Mozilla Dec 21, 2022

Today’s social media status quo isn’t cutting it, so Mozilla is exploring an alternative here on Mastodon. In early 2023, Mozilla will be testing a publicly accessible instance in the Fediverse at Mozilla.Social. We will keep you updated, but for now learn more here: https://mzl.la/3BNXQMQ

Mozilla to explore healthy social media alternative | The Mozilla Blog

Update: Starting May 4, 2023, we’re expanding Mozilla.social to a private beta. If you’re interested, join our waitlist. In early 2023, Mozilla will st

mintmich Dec 20, 2022

Drew Harwell Dec 20, 2022

New: TikTok has spent $1.5 billion on Project Texas, its plan for a major reorganization promising to block Chinese-government interference and open its algorithms to independent review. But the U.S. government, which needs to approve it, hasn't responded since August, and with every week new state bans are multiplying

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/20/tiktok-ban-spending-bill-china/

Sweeping spending bill would ban TikTok on government devices

The prohibition is the latest step by governments, mostly at the state level, to try to curb TikTok’s reach.

The Washington Post

mintmich Dec 20, 2022

Sheril Kirshenbaum Dec 20, 2022

For thousands of years, fermenting beer was considered a household task for #women.

By the Middle Ages, some sold beer at English markets. Female brewers wore tall, pointy hats to be easily spotted. They stood by cauldrons & often had cats to keep mice away.

Sound familiar? It should.

You see, when male brewers felt threatened, they accused the women of witchcraft. These rumors may have led to some witch iconography we still recognize today.

https://theconversation.com/women-used-to-dominate-the-beer-industry-until-the-witch-accusations-started-pouring-in-155940 #history #HistoryRemix

Women used to dominate the beer industry – until the witch accusations started pouring in

Today, beer is marketed to men and the industry is run by men. It wasn’t always that way.

The Conversation

mintmich Dec 20, 2022

Mr Spock 🖖Dec 20, 2022

As a scientist, we really need to promote the true meaning of Darwin’s work.
Greedy capitalists jumped on the few sentences of “survival of the fittest.” Whilst if you actually read his work, it is cooperation that allows a species to thrive.

mintmich Dec 20, 2022