Mastodawn

mrbula Aug 15, 2023

Rod Hilton Aug 15, 2023

Right now if you search for "country in Africa that starts with the letter K":

- DuckDuckGo will link to an alphabetical list of countries in Africa which includes Kenya.

- Google, as the first hit, links to a ChatGPT transcript where it claims that there are none, and summarizes to say the same.

This is because ChatGPT at some point ingested this popular joke:

"There are no countries in Africa that start with K."
"What about Kenya?"
"Kenya suck deez nuts?"

Google Search is over.

mrbula Aug 2, 2023

One hell of a downgrade to the #Trump headline in the #NYT this evening. Jesus.

mrbula Jul 28, 2023

Dan Hon Jul 28, 2023

Just irritated that all the wholesomeness spread by darth on Bluesky isn't possible here because quote tweets are bad

mrbula Jul 26, 2023

Interesting #MNwx night.

mrbula Jul 25, 2023

Taylor Lorenz Jul 25, 2023

It appears Instagram and FB owner Meta holds the trademark for "X" as it relates to "online social networking services... social networking services in the fields of entertainment, gaming and application development..." https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87980831&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch via @[email protected]

Trademark Status & Document Retrieval

mrbula Jul 15, 2023

Dan Gillmor Jul 15, 2023

In-N-Out banning masks on employees sure looks like a move to push out the ones who have disabilities or conditions that make covid more serious. The reasons in the corporate memo posted here https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/110/713/502/297/352/099/small/c3b5330c16b05272.png don't pass the smell test.

mrbula Jul 12, 2023

Taylor Lorenz Jul 12, 2023

Elon Musk’s new AI company is staffed entirely by men https://qz.com/elon-musk-s-new-ai-company-is-staffed-entirely-by-men-1850633240

Elon Musk’s new AI company is staffed entirely by men

There's not much information about xAI, but diversity is already an issue

Quartz

mrbula Jul 9, 2023

Dan Gillmor Jul 9, 2023

By the time the NY Times starts calling "far-right" politicians what they truly are -- fascists -- they will have already taken power. At which point they will not allow news organizations to use that word at all.

mrbula Jul 8, 2023

I really liked this building. https://botsin.space/@MplsPhotoBot/110675165852295501

mpls photo bot (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Honeywell Headquarters from Interstate Highway 35W (1978) Source: Hennepin County Library

botsin.space

mrbula Jul 6, 2023

mtsw Jul 6, 2023

You can tell Twitter has really lost it when it's not even the number one app people are complaining about on bsky and mastodon