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· 23 Shevat 5783 (Tuesday 14 February 2023) · 1 minute to read

Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first

After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden’s, Twitter’s CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm

What a fucking manchild.

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· 23 Shevat 5783 (Tuesday 14 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read

‘He’s Got a Knife—Kill Him!’ by Bill Lueders

Not everything that makes police dangerous comes from culture. Some comes from the law—and the way cops train to operate within it.

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· 23 Shevat 5783 (Tuesday 14 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read

The Media's Fake Tech Incompetence by Aaron Ross Powell

Some thoughts on why journalists pretend Mastodon is impenetrable.

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· 23 Shevat 5783 (Tuesday 14 February 2023) · 1 minute to read

Lunch consumed. Time to finish the last half of today. If you haven't done so, get something to eat and drink some water.

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· 23 Shevat 5783 (Tuesday 14 February 2023) · 1 minute to read

Spammy marketing firm: "I don't know if you saw my last email". Me: "Yeah I keep seeing your emails and I keep deleting them and I've asked you to stop emailing me please stop emailing me FFS!"

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· 23 Shevat 5783 (Tuesday 14 February 2023) · 1 minute to read

Good morning everybody and welcome to Tuesday. I'm still trying to wake up, and WordPress plugin marketers are making me cranky this morning. Also, we had doughnuts for breakfast.

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· 23 Shevat 5783 (Tuesday 14 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read

Twitter is just showing everyone all of Elon Musk’s tweets now by Emma Roth

Twitter’s showing an excess of tweets and replies from Elon Musk on some users’ For You feeds. This comes just days after Musk complained about not getting enough views on the platform.

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· 23 Shevat 5783 (Tuesday 14 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read

Meet ChatGPT’s evil twin, DAN by Will Oremus

Reddit users are pushing the limits of popular AI chatbot ChatGPT – and finding ways around its safeguards.

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· 23 Shevat 5783 (Tuesday 14 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read

Automation is not the enemy by

karlgroves@gmail.com

Before you read this, I want you to spend a few moments looking around where you are right now. Ponder, for a moment, the furniture you’re sitting on, the room…

Continue readingAutomation is not the enemy

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· 22 Shevat 5783 (Monday 13 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read

Who’s Afraid of The Handmaid’s Tale? by Margaret Atwood

To those who seek to stop young people from reading <em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em>: Good luck with that. It’ll only make them want to read it more.

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· 23 Shevat 5783 (Monday 13 February 2023) · 1 minute to read

I'm trying to decide if I should go over to Twitter and go out swinging by shitposting via quote tweet of relevant accounts about how poorly Elon's paid API scheme seems to be going so far. I probably shouldn't, but I can't say it wouldn't be fun.