Eirliani A Rahman

Resigned from #Twitter's T&S Council. Doctoral student @ Harvard. Works against #childtrafficking #childsexualabuse. Writes on #feministforeignpolicy and the intersection between #datascience and #humanrights. yakin.org

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Scott Hanselman 👸🏽🐝🌮shanselman@hachyderm.io
2023-03-26

This is exactly what NOT to use generative #AI for. Here they are avoiding giving PoC jobs - and there are models to be hired, to be sure - and instead accomplishing “power rangers diversity” w/ pie charts measures and algorithms rather than just humanity. Shameful and lazy Levi’s.

“Levi's will start using AI-generated people in order to increase the diversity among its models.”

petapixel.com/2023/03/24/levis

Eirliani A Rahmaneirliani@home.social
2023-02-24
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2023-02-24

It's been a while since I've done a #ConnectionList #Introduction #FollowFriday post, where I use my large follower count to more richly connect us, so here's some folx you might like to follow on the #Fediverse :fediverse:

@Rushkoff writes books about #media, #technology and #society and is #Professor of Media Theory and #digital #economics at #CUNY #Queens, and works with the #IFTF

@FAccT is the @ACM conference on #fairness, #accountability and #transparency primarily in #MachineLearning and #ArtificalIntelligence.

@drclaireh is a #corpus #linguist specialising in deception, manipulation and agression online.

@mucephie is June Parsons and they are into #astrophysics at @yorkuniversity - author of dorado.py for observatory #data 🐍

@eirliani is a Doctoral #PhD student at #Harvard and is into #DataScience and #HumanRights

@pyconau is the official #PyconAU conference account #pycon #python 🐍

@jadedarko is passionate about the #environment and #SocialJustice and she is a full-time #Python and #Django #dev

That's all for today, don't forget to share your own #ConnectionList so we can connect the :fediverse: more richly ❤️

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Steve Hermanw7voa@journa.host
2023-02-14

#Microsoft switches #Bing search engine to #AI. Much hilarity ensues. (I just queried it for the population of the Planet Mars.)

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David August ❌👑davidaugust@mastodon.online
2023-02-12

A man named Bruno Schröder was a mining engineer for most of his life. When passed away in his 80s in June 2022, he had around 60,000 or so books spread out on the 4 floors of his house in Mettingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The books likely weigh about the same as 15 modern cars. 📚
#books #library #BookCollection #collection #Germany

h/t @BrianJopek

Photo of the top floor of a house with the slated roof and walls all but covered in books in bookcases.Photo of the entryway of a house with the walls all but covered in books in bookcases.Photo of a room in a house with the walls and center column all but covered in books in bookcases.Photo of the a different angle of the top floor of a house with the slated roof and walls all but covered in books in bookcases.
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2023-02-12

Fellow home.social people, we've upgraded to the latest release 4.1.0 without any downtime. Enjoy your onward journey!

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Chris Trottieratomicpoet
2023-02-11

Other people have seen this, but I'm adding more alt text.

Taylor Lorenz demonstrates that no one can trust Twitter's metrics.

She posted from a private account with no followers. Nevertheless, she got "views".

Twitter isn't the only social media company that fakes views. Meta does the same with videos.

The truth is that view counts exist not to give you truthful data, but to incentivize your continued posting.

Don't be fooled by these so-called "view counts"!

Taylor Lorenz: In case you need proof that view counts on Twitter aren't accurate:

I have a locked, private account with ZERO followers for reporting purposes. I just posted these two tweets. Check the view counts: One tweet I posted on my private acct less than 1 min ago already has 50 views.

SCREENSHOT: 
Taylor: Let's try this again, zero followers. No one should be able to see this tweet to the view should *should* be at zero!

View count: 59

Taylor: Here I am tweeting from a locked account with no followers, so the view count should be zero.

View count: 115
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Drew Harwelldrewharwell
2023-02-11

18 corrections in a 659-word AI-written Men's Journal article about low testosterone. AI language tools generate cogent word patterns, not facts - an obvious issue that so many companies are going to embarrass themselves learning in the coming years

futurism.com/neoscope/magazine

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FediTips has moved!feditips@mstdn.social
2023-02-11

If you want to transfer your account from one Mastodon server to another, here's a step-by-step guide all about how to do it:

➡️ fedi.tips/transferring-your-ma

It's a bit longer than some guides as it includes transferring followers, follows and mutes/blocks/bookmarks.

#Mastodon

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2023-02-11

Do you use the Internet Archive in your research? Are you using our books to check citations? Doing large-scale data analysis using our web archives? We want to hear from you!

Please take a moment to tell us how you use our collections in your research: forms.gle/99C9YNuzdc7Jp6az7

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Christopher Neugebauerchrisjrn@social.coop
2023-02-11

Wired's review of the Antisemitic wizarding game replaces the "buy now" link with a donation link for Trans Lifeline. Spectacular.

(Great review, too)
wired.com/review/hogwarts-lega

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FediTips has moved!feditips@mstdn.social
2023-02-04

Like a lot of people on here, I'm an unpaid volunteer.

If you appreciate my accounts (@feditips, @FediFollows, @FediVideo, @FediGarden, @homegrown) or my websites (fedi.tips, fedi.directory, fedi.garden, fedi.video, growyourown.services)...

☕ ...you can buy me a coffee at ko-fi.com/fedithing
(No need to register, set any amount you want, accepts any currency.)

🔃 ...or become a patron at liberapay.com/FediThing

Thank you! :blobheartcat:

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Sheril KirshenbaumSheril
2023-02-04

The Arctic blast in the northeastern U.S.& Canada reminded me of this comic from nearly a decade ago by @rosemarymosco of Bird and Moon Comics. rosemarymosco.com/

A 2015 comic by Rosemary Mosco. It shows a global map of record temperatures for the year based on NOAA data where most nations are hotter than average but a cold northeastern US doubts climate science.
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2023-02-03

Edit 2023-02-05: @ElenLeFoll has done a great video on using Debirdify. youtube.com/watch?v=PMzB2h2noE

Edit: Twitter has blocked Movetodon. Try one of the other services below.

Given that twitter is going to start charging for api usage next week, but has neglected to give anyone any info about rates, I recommend running movetodon.org/ one last time while you still can.

None of the migration tools will work after the 8th (give or take some timezones).

Here’s a list of similar services operating as of 2023-02-04

Debirdify debirdify.pruvisto.org
Fedifinder fedifinder.glitch.me
Twitodon twitodon.com
Mastodon Flock mastodon-flock.vercel.app

Flock is the easiest to use, despite the hilarious Windows 95 UI. It actually adds the follows to Mastodon, the others export a CSV file which you can import in the import/export section of your Mastodon preferences.

Twitodon found far fewer acounts when I used it (20 vs. 112). I don't recommend it.

Fedifinder scans lists as well. It also will recommend a Mastodon host to use based on where your friends are. (You can use it before you have a Mastodon account.)

Debirdify will search people who follow you as well. And also tells you which services it thinks you should use. Can also read lists, and gives a very long summary. But I get very confused as to what I'm exporting if I also do lists. Basically, if you want to import lists, do them first, they include everyone you follow. Also, don't freak if it just sits there for a while doing nothing--it will refresh the screen eventually (with great charts). But do double check and make sure there isn't an error in there about rate limits--it's hard to spot.

Not working:

Movetodon movetodon.org/

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2023-02-03

if you want to get a sense of some of the impact of this change, just look at the quote tweets 💔

Alt Text Reader @get_altText This bot will probably stop working next week.
It's been a long time coming at this point, but I'm still disappointed.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this hellsite more accessible! ❤️Foxes Every Hour
@FoxesEveryHour
If this policy does not change in these days on February 9th this bot will stop working.

I don't earn anything with this bot so I can't afford to pay, sorry. I will try to find a solution/alternative to this

Every SpongeBob Frame In Order
@SbFramesInOrder
Well, y'all, it's been nice knowing you.

The bot will end when this goes through.

It's been my honor serving you.Emoji Mashup Bot
@EmojiMashupBot
Starting February 9, all the bots and tools like 
@EmojiMashupBot
 will stop working, unless their creators start paying a bill. Thousands of bots will shut down.
Everything that made Twitter interesting for small developpers like me, will be gone.Frog and Toad Bot ( @ 📌)
@FrogandToadbot
(😔 It's been a lovely ride, all. - 🐸)
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Chris Trottieratomicpoet
2023-02-03

My goal isn't for Mastodon to replace Twitter.

My goal is for the Fediverse to replace Big Social.

Eirliani A Rahmaneirliani@home.social
2023-01-29

@researchagain It's fine. Not being compensated meant that we kept our independence. Thank you for your support.

Eirliani A Rahmaneirliani@home.social
2023-01-27

@atomicpoet Spot on, as always, Chris! 👏 Love it. #ClickIt

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Chris Trottieratomicpoet
2023-01-27

Some people believe there's no purpose to "liking" something on Mastodon since it doesn't affect any algorithm.

Not the case.

It does something incredibly valuable: it acknowledges people.

Which is incredibly powerful, and is all the more important *because* it's not connected to gaming any algorithm.

By liking something on Mastodon, you are doing it honestly -- without any agenda at play other than that you like it.

So go ahead. Click that like button for its own sake.

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Jared White (🏳️‍⚧️ ally)jaredwhite@indieweb.social
2023-01-26

Read my lips:

An audio show that can only be played in an Apple player on an Apple device is not a podcast.

An audio show that can only be played in Spotify is not a podcast.

Repeat ad nauseam for any other proprietary audio show platforms.

A #podcast is an #RSS feed with enclosures of audio files which are playable across the whole ecosystem of podcast players.

Any reporter who reports on exclusive audio shows and calls them “podcasts” are doing a grave disservice to their audience.

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