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The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!
https://survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
Sometimes somebody important dies and they've already written their own epitaph.
Here's my attempt(s) at a Jill Sobule song.
I am reminded by @shanaqui that I should probably post this here as well. Here are 100 books that helped make me the person I am today. How many have you read? 😊
After @mxs_510 made a list of books that went into them, I made my own: https://www.listchallenges.com/100-books-that-made-a-shanaqui
These are observations not endorsements, especially older ones. Read the notes at the top for more info!
How many have you read?
For anyone who couldn’t attend the MyJewishLearning event yesterday, it was recorded! Here’s the link to the “23 Tractates: A Fun Run Through 5 Years of Daf Yomi” video 😊 which tractates did I cover???
Mo’ed Katan, Yevamot (IT’S TRUE), and Gittin!
#dafyomi
What if there were secular holiday songs for religious holidays other than Christmas? And what if Grease had had a scene where the characters sing such a song during a dance-off?
Ridiculous questions, I'll grant you, but here's my attempt at answering them. 😁
חג סוכות שמח!
Rosh HaShana starts tomorrow night! A perfect time for me to cover...
[checks notes]
...a song from "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas."
(Look, I actually think this is seasonally appropriate.)
LinkedIn is now using everyone's content to train their AI tool -- they just auto opted everyone in (except folks in the EU, it seems)
I recommend opting out now (AND that orgs put an end to auto opt-in, it's not cool)
Opt out steps: Settings and Privacy > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement (OFF)
We shouldn't have to take a bunch of steps to undo a choice that a company made for us.
Orgs think they can get away with auto opt in because "everyone does it".
If we come together and demand that orgs allow us to CHOOSE to opt in, things will hopefully change one day.
LinkedIn seems to have auto enrolled folks in the US, but hearing from folks in the EU that they are not seeing this listed in their settings (likely due to privacy regulations).
If you're outside of the US, I'm curious if you're seeing this?
Why does opting out of training generative AI models matter? How does it impact folks?
Well, generative AI tools build outputs based on inputs they are trained on. AI tools have a hard time synthesizing new content so allowing AI tools to be trained on your original writing, photos and videos means it’s likely that elements of your writing, photos, or videos will be melted together with other people’s content to build AI outputs (without credit to you).
In short, you may find your original writing, photo, and video content “reused” or “rehashed” by AI, and *sometimes AI plagiarizes writing, photos, and video in their entirety*.
Opting out of participating in AI training is a good idea for anyone who creates original content.
Also, it's Bandcamp Friday! If you want to download this song without having to go through the trouble of ripping it from YouTube, you can do that for a dollar, and I will get most of that dollar. 😁
https://sundaycomesafterwards.bandcamp.com/track/my-favorite-sign-of-fall
track by Sunday Comes Afterwards
If you follow
@jewwhohasitall , the inspiration for my newest song will be obvious. Her dispatches from a world where the United States takes Judaism for granted, in the same way that ours assumes Christianity, led me to wonder what the secular holiday music would be like.
In my mind, this is from the Great American Songbook. Probably most people have heard the Tony Bennett version. (Maybe someday I'll be able to record a version with a brass band? For now, it's me and a ukulele.)
It's also the first love song I've ever written.
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