A good example of why it’s harmful to human society to act like tech people know everything and give them the power to make antisocial decisions that affect virtually everyone. Not everything should be targeted for digitization, let alone automation.
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
Google's AI Overviews must create entirely new information in response to a search query. That costs an estimated *30 times* more energy than simply extracting information from a source through a traditional search. 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...@parshallison.bsky.social
Google is bringing AI answers to a billion people this year, but generative AI requires much more energy than traditional keyword searches
Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks. @violetblue.bsky.socialcovid-long.com
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is conducting research about the COVID-19 pandemic. Participate in this one-time, 10-15 minute survey.
The best pull quote from the video (from around minute 7:45) in the first image and a timestamp list of all the sections in the video.
We report: it is marshy here, and there are all sorts of strange plants that we do not know, burrowed in the damp. So it is especially chilly at sunset, not matter how warm the day has been. The wet grass whips our ankles; the glare of the orange sun blinds us for a few seconds.
But really, worth it to stand in front of the massive iridescence of a Waugh or Church/Boutelle.