Silicons are the least qualified to understand democracy lol.

It’s helpful if we start understanding “Democratize” in the tech vernacular to mean wealth extraction and cannibalism. Redirecting wealth from the entertainment industry and artists to funnel it into something tech bros can sell.

Hhypervisible.bsky.socialSep 30, 2024 1:45am

They keep using that word. I don’t think it means what they think it means.

AI music companies say their tools can democratize the art form. Some artists are skeptical.

AI music tools have already helped to create viral songs, but some artists aren’t so sure about the trend.

Prevent Israel how bout that?

“…when speed cameras are doing the ticketing, the proportion of tickets issued to Black and white drivers aligns closely with their respective share of roadway users. With human enforcement, in contrast, police officers stop Black drivers at a rate that far outstrips their presence on the road.”

Police stop more Black drivers, while speed cameras issue unbiased tickets − new study from Chicago

‘Driving while Black’: Researchers found that Black drivers make up 70% of police traffic stops on roads where only half the drivers are Black.

NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information website is down, as is their database of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters. Why? Likely because NCEI is based in Asheville NC. Climate-fueled unnatural disasters spare no-one and nothing. www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billi...

This is easily a 10-15 year recovery for most places that you’re seeing pictures from in North Carolina and surrounding states.

Nearly 100,000 Asheville residents may not have access to water for weeks, the city announced

Water situation in Asheville dire

Asheville may not have its water system repaired for weeks; communities across region under boil water advisories.

This wonderful video is a love letter to the IPCC, as well as to the wonderful people in Hobart who have played an outsized role in providing climate clarity through its reports @antarctic.bsky.social@antarcticsciaus.bsky.socialyoutu.be/k8PEO02LYiM

Protecting Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: the role of the IPCC...and Hobart

YouTube video by Australian Antarctic Program Partnership

Babies under six months can't be vaccinated directly against COVID. A new study found that most infants hospitalized for COVID had mothers who didn’t get the vaccine while they were pregnant.

Getting the COVID vaccine during pregnancy protects newborns from hospitalization

Babies under six months can't be vaccinated directly against COVID. A new study found that most infants hospitalized for COVID had mothers who didn’t get the vaccine while they were pregnant.

A federal judge has ruled that parts of the Texas voter security law SB1 is unconstitutional, and Texas can no longer investigate voter assistance efforts as a criminal act.

Federal judge shuts down Texas attorney general's vote fraud investigation

The judge ruled on Saturday that Texas can no longer investigate alleged cases of illegal vote harvesting. He said the state law is too vague and restrictive.