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ICYMI: Our investigative series on #internet disparities has won first place in the Philip Meyer Journalism Award.

This is a *huge* honor.

Congratulations to @Leonyin,
@aaronsankin, and the entire reporting team. https://mrkup.org/ll8iK

Do you want to use math as a weapon for justice? While I look over your shoulder and occasionally say "enhance"? @themarkup is hiring a data reporter! https://boards.greenhouse.io/themarkup/jobs/6768437002

After @Leonyin & I published a story showing ISPs giving worse deals to marginalized areas, people asked if we could investigate the digital divide in their towns. Today, we’re publishing a guide in @themarkup giving folks the tools to look for themselves https://themarkup.org/build-your-own-dataset/2023/05/11/slow-internet-find-out-what-side-of-the-digital-divide-youre-on

Aaron Sankin boosted:

Right around when Musk hits the “what if we use AI to automate content moderation” stage of his speed run, BlueSky will be hitting the “who knew that moderation coevolves with affordances” of their speed run.

While many of you are likely yelling "GO EAGLES" or "GO CHIEFS!" I'm yelling "GO X-COM UFO DEFENSE and the protection of Earth!"

Aaron Sankin boosted:

Most folks know about da VInci's Vitruvian Man. But not as many know about Buckminster Fuller's Cheetodesic Dome.

*Full credit to artist Sam Keller
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/sam-keller-art-020322

Aaron Sankin boosted:

Today I will be hosting a book sale until the librarians notice

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I found the perfect use for #ChatGPT's "confidently make something up" abilities:

Generating rules for Calvinball.

Sure, here are a few potential rules for Calvinball:

1. Players must wear a raccoon tail on their belt at all times while playing.

2. The ball must be hit with a giant mallet, and can only be caught with a bucket.

3. If a player says the word "Calvinball" during the game, they must immediately stop playing and sing a song.

4. Any player who successfully completes a "triple-flip-triple-spin" move earns an extra point for their team.

5. If a player steps on a flower, they must sit out for the next round.

6. If a player catches the ball with their teeth, they earn an automatic win for their team.

7. If a player loses their raccoon tail during the game, they must start again from the beginning.

Keep in mind that these are just examples and in the context of the comic strip, the game is meant to be arbitrary, so new rules can be made up as the game is played.

Aaron Sankin boosted:

this was the best thing I ever tweeted

tweet 9/21/16 screenshot "going to post some unassigned emoji codepoints and see how they look in five years" and after every word there is a [?]

same tweet, approx 5 years later, now every [?] is displayed as a new emoji such as coconut or zebra or germ or smiling face with teardrop

Aaron Sankin boosted:

♫ it's the i of the tiger, with a g to the right
Risin' up to the challenge of a vowel
And the last two letters are an e and an r
And the t is in front of the iiiiii
of the tiger ♫

Aaron Sankin boosted:

We’re going back to the bargaining table tomorrow.

It’s time for movement from management on reasonable contractual limits on how @themarkup works with independent contractors (aka freelancers). Details ⬇

Graphic that reads Union work should be done by union employees in navy blue text on a gray background. There is a pink and white illustrated megaphone in the bottom right corner.

Aaron Sankin boosted:

My new band is called "1023 Megabytes"? We are very good.. we just don't have a gig yet

Perfect website. No notes.

@howelloneill And make Lil Nas X the majority whip. He'd do great.

Aaron Sankin boosted:

No Burger Kings or Burger Gods, only Burger Man

Kinda wild that even though Twitter banned posts and accounts promoting other social networks, 75% of all the Twitter ads I've seen in the past couple weeks are for the microblogging platform Koo

Aaron Sankin boosted:

Still not sure how to handle being on a social media platform that doesn’t tell me that one trick casinos don’t want me to know every 4th post #mastodon v #twitter

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