Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

The re-naming of the Gulf of Mexico is much deeper than “just a name change”, it’s made clear the power that Google now wields over us. Maps exert authority over our lands and everything in it. When colonisers come, they conquer with more than weapons. Their maps legitimise their imagined places over what was there before. Who gave Google this power? #google #power #maps

Elon Musk says the journalists at CBS 60 Minutes "deserve a long prison sentence".

The reporting that has him so upset includes this line: "The world's richest man had cut off assistance to the world's poorest families."

You can view it in full here (first ~15 minutes):

https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/w_Zoxuc1ZnjigRqeKhYpum3ZFHIf2Rbs/

Also thanks Ookla for even having an option to change the server but ffs what even is the point of measuring to the nearest one (which can sometimes be the same ISP, lol)

Stop saying “artificial intelligence”. (And “neural networks” too.)

Be more specific. Say “reinforcement learning”. Say “generative modelling”. Say “Bayesian filtering”. Say “statistical prediction”.

These are incredibly useful tools that have nothing to do with “intelligence”.

And say “model trained on plagiarised data”.

Say “bullshit generator”.

Say “internet regurgitator”.

These are also nothing to do with intelligence, but they have the added bonus of being useless, too.

Obligatory self-promotion pinned twoot:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HzUGR7kAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Artist Credit: Theo Moudakis

Trump said yesterday that Canada is a 'serious contender' to be the 51st state and 'They need our protection'. That is what Putin said about Ukraine in 2022. Putin thought he could take Ukraine in 3 days. He didn't factor in the deep resolve of the people, their values, and their complete refusal to be ruled by Putin.

@stux
USA is no longer part of the free world. All of the free world need to unite and stand up against Russia.
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Very insightful analysis from @anderspuck

"Trump's plan for peace negotiations"

Trump will negotiate a peace deal with putin without involving #Ukraine and Europe, and Ukraine will make significant concessions to satisfy the russians

He discusses what it says about Trump's understanding of the war, and why the plan is bound to fail. The really interesting question is therefore not what Trump says he will do now, but what he will do when it doesn't work.

youtu.be/TWLqSk4ZlN0

Graffiti is a Roman tradition 😇

🇺🇸🚫 The US has never seen us in NATO and did not want to see us there, — Zelensky

⚡️If there is no NATO, we will create NATO in Ukraine, — Zelensky

Important from former Foreign Minister of Ukraine

“And now, history repeats itself — only this time, it’s the United States instead of Germany. Lithium instead of grain. Graphite instead of lard. The intention to hold elections in Ukraine instead of a coup. But unlike a century ago, there is no promise to send an army — neither the U.S. nor NATO — to protect the resources Washington needs.”

#russiaUkraineWar #nato #war #trump #ukraine https://kyivindependent.com/dmytro-kuleba-trumps-rare-earth-deal-risks-ukraine-repeating-historys-mistakes/

President #Zelenskyy talks about his call with Trump and Trump's call with putin (English subtitles)

Zelenskyy in English / YouTube

https://youtu.be/3W9vVRVzOVs

If you hate DEI so much, then you shouldn’t be allowed to abbreviate the words like a coward. Own your bigotry tell everyone you hate diversity, equity and inclusion.