Tree farmer, Northwest Coast off-grid dweller and native. Minimalism. Sky, sea, and silence. I don't message.
So…about AI’s energy use…
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
https://mashable.com/article/energy-ai-worse-than-we-thought
Trump has announced 100% tariffs on all "foreign made" movies.
This includes all American made movies that are shot on location outside of the US even if it's only a fraction of a film.
He won't stop until every facet of the economy is destroyed.
@meidastouch Well, of course not. Average S.S. monthly retirement check is $1700. In Lutnick's family that's not a month's income, that's dinner and a show.
In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief writes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-russell-vought-prophetic-trump-second-term?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
@stonekettle The Supreme Court created this monster. 18 million Biden voters who sat on their hands for Harris made sure he got elected. Hope y'all got what you wanted.
Anyone on the east coast of Australia looking for a beautiful Greyhound to adopt? Sweet Sarah has been in the care of my foster organisation for some time and is still looking for a furever home of her own :(
Please boost widely Australian friends, let's get Sarah into a home!
https://www.petrescue.com.au/listings/1088365
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@wdlindsy Musk's $8 million a week has to be paid somehow.
@DarleneRyan DEI is not about hiring people LESS qualified because of status. DEI is about hiring qualified people regardless of status. Even I get that and I am a white male myself.
@aral The key to getting people on your side is constructing your argument in such a way that it leaves one inference dangling that people can supply for themselves. So you have made them feel smart, like they have engaged you in conversation.
In the US journey to fascism, this was accomplished by magnifying the danger of "Antifa" or anti-fascism, and presenting REAL fascism as a lesser threat. People with no knowledge or experience of fascism readily fell in.
In these troubled times, please remember to be doubly careful about protecting the privacy of others online.
Always ask before sharing any piece of someone else's personal data with a third-party.
This could be as banal as asking a person before sharing their email address with someone else or with some application or service.
Be careful. Sometimes it only takes one small piece of data to reveal an identity and put someone in danger.
Care for the data of others 💚
@nedhamson1 One of Trump's great laws is "Never pay a sucker," and he views as suckers anybody who will work without securing payment first.
@stonekettle Relocate them to West Palm Beach. All of them. The climate should be congenial and can't complain about the neighbors.
Washington State prosecutors to police: Don’t use genAI to write police reports. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/prosecutors-washington-state-warn-police-dont-use-gen-ai-write-reports
@ngrossman81 I don't believe this is what they are really most afraid of. It is what they most want YOU to be afraid of while they get down to business behind your back.
@dougiec3 I suspect they still want to preserve the notion of 'fairness' and 'balance' like Fox News used to do.
@charlotteclymer I agree, but there is part of me that is taking new interest in the fact that my wife never gave up her UK passport.
