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sadele2 3h ago

David 4h ago

Bosque Birds

Together we make a difference

#photography #nature #wildlife #newmexico #silentsunday

sadele2 3h ago

Mastodon Migration 5h ago

How About Some AI With Your Bluesky?

A tale of two social networks.

Last week some enterprising Mastodon account was discovered to be scraping posts to feed to an AI for the purpose of helping people navigate the Fediverse. The response was swift. The alarm went out. The account was widely blocked and shunned.

Yesterday to great fanfare #Bluesky announced, as a new corporate feature, all posts would be scraped and an AI would now help users navigate the ATmosphere.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/28/bluesky-leans-into-ai-with-attie-an-app-for-building-custom-feeds/

Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds | TechCrunch

Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.

TechCrunch

sadele2 3h ago

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David Pierce 4h ago

Agreed, though Ezra does mention the “it’s a product” of it all! I was just so struck by the way he described why people are attracted to AI, which matches exactly a million conversations I’ve had recently (and is deeply terrifying tbh)

sadele2 3h ago

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Anil Dash 4h ago

It’s good, but I think the thing that Ezra (understandably) misses, like a lot of folks not from within the tech world, is that *these products are made by product managers who were the best in the world at making addictive products*. They got billions addicted to apps _without_ them having all of your individual data and the ability to generate personalized narrative that sounds like a human voice. The uncanny aspect he’s feeling is just former Meta PMs reaching ad targeting’s final form.

sadele2 3h ago

David Pierce 4h ago

“What makes A.I. truly persuasive isn’t that it praises our ideas or insights, it’s that it restates and extends them in a more compelling form than we initially offered, and does so while reflecting a polished image of ourselves back at us.”

YEESH this is a good piece on what the AI world feels like right now https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/opinion/ai-claude-chatgpt-gemini-mcluhan.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Opinion | I Saw Something New in San Francisco

Marshall McLuhan was right about Claude, too.

The New York Times

sadele2 8h ago

Ars Technica 8h ago

Polygraphs have major flaws. Are there better options?
Research proceeds on alternatives, but some doubt whether true lie detection is possible.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/polygraphs-have-major-flaws-are-there-better-options/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

sadele2 8h ago

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Jens Scholz ⍟9h ago

@PirjaPaa I like that one too.

sadele2 8h ago

PirjaPaa 9h ago

If the #NoKings protests were to be captured in 1 single image, I would pick this:

sadele2 14h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@LauraRBelin/116310462147482446

“A majority of the cancer types associated with pesticides, PFAS, nitrate or radon are also seeing increases in Iowa.”

sadele2 14h ago

LauraRBelin 15h ago

Just posted Brooklyn Draisey's story on a new report that found the five most common cancers in Iowa — breast, prostate, lung, colorectal, and skin melanoma — have connections to environmental risk factors.
https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/03/28/researchers-connect-environmental-issues-with-iowa-cancer-rates/

Researchers connect environmental issues with Iowa cancer rates

Brooklyn Draisey: The five most common cancers in Iowa have connections to the environmental risk factors detailed in the new report.

Bleeding Heartland