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In a recent comparison of engagement around a Leave.X campaign post,[1] someone pointed out that a female journalist who is active in the feminist movement and critical of Big Tech had a very different experience than others.

The Mastodon post was shared twice, while the Bluesky version was shared over 200 times and received significantly more interactions. This raises questions about tech-savvy spaces like Mastodon and how they reflect broader societal issues.

For women on Mastodon:

Do you feel that the patriarchal dynamics and male behavior in this space, which is still largely dominated by white men, make it harder for women to participate?

#Mastodon #Diversity #Fediversity #Fediverse #Feminism #BlueSky #Inclusion

Totally agree
23.1%
Partially agree
36.1%
Partially disagree
21.3%
Totally disagree
19.5%
Poll ended at .
No, the insane amount of power, water and other resources that are needed for this tech would still be there. That the the companies are owned by billionaires (who are and act unethical by design) in autocratic countries wouldn't be gone. That they are an even easier tool to subtly manipulate the society than social media isn't gone.... and so on. There is _no_ ethical way in our society for this kind of tools.
It's interesting that the discussion about genAI is mainly about (poor) quality and the theft in tech. But if we think a moment about it and remove these two points from the equation, is genAI than good or ethical? [1/2]
White supremacist platform: Martha Root, the Pink Power Ranger, deleted the WhiteDate site at the hacker conference #39c3 https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/tory-and-reform-profiles-linked-to-white-supremacist-dating-site
White supremacist dating site profiles linked to Tory and Reform councillors

Conservative councillor suspended after her account is included on a leaked user list from WhiteDate site

The Observer
Studie: Abschiebung aller Männer würde Gewaltkriminalität um 85% senken https://www.der-postillon.com/2019/11/maenner-abschiebung.html
Studie: Abschiebung aller Männer würde Gewaltkriminalität um 85% senken

München (dpo) - Wird es Zeit für einen neuen Ansatz in der Verbrechensbekämpfung? Laut einer Studie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Münc...

Blogger

"Sideloading" is the rentseeker word for "being able to run software of your choosing on a computing device you purchased". There is no reasonable case for an operating system developer having a say over what programs you run on your hardware.

#Android #Google

a reminder that the language you use matters and "sideloading" is a term made up by the enemy

it's called installing software

On Monday morning, Israeli forces launched not one, but two strikes on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Among the casualties: five journalists and four health workers. How is Israel justifying this latest attack, one that, on many fronts, may amount to a war crime?

https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/aref4e4da8

Listen: Why Israel’s Gaza hospital strike could constitute multiple war crimes

On Monday morning, Israeli forces launched not one, but two strikes on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Among the casualties: five journalists and four health workers. How is Israel justifying this latest attack, one that, on many fronts, may amount to a war crime?

EUobserver

This is just to say

I won't read
LLM output
you paste in
the chat

and which
you were probably
hoping
was correct

Forgive me
it was long
so confident
and so wrong

Move slowly and fix things.