Bits

Forest Eye combines satellite imagery, remote sensing, and government data to detect logging and road-building in the most rare and at-risk old growth forests. https://stand.earth/forest-eye/

Responsible #ai : a guide for deliberation .. To meet the challenges associated with accountability in #ai development, many public institutions, private bodies & international organizations have published charters of practice, declarations of principles & recommendations in this respect. They have shown convergence around key principles – however, principles are sometimes abstract and are not always defined in the same way around the world. https://www.docdroid.com/A2YxvQY/responsible-artficial-intelligence-a-guide-for-deliberation-pdf

Government of #canada Algorithmic Impact Assessment tool https://www.canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-government/digital-government-innovations/responsible-use-ai/algorithmic-impact-assessment.html

Flashpoint Archive is a community effort to preserve videogames and animations from the web https://ooooooooo.ooo/static/browse/?search=

web app allowing you to create different patterns from a collection of 19th century ornamental granite tile illustrations https://www.deepakg.com/bringing-19th-century-ornamental-tile-illustrations-into-a-21st-century-web-app

What does the #web look like if we decide to erase everything we’ve done since the dot-com crash? What kinds of communities can we build with the people who’ve come online since then? It’s certainly possible — even delightful — to teach them the old ways. But more and more, I think I don’t want an intermediated experience; I’m not interested in your algorithm – I’ve loved online because there are people there. https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/22/23803538/google-facebook-myspace-internet-culture-web-dot-com-crash

Sound & Music

the ersatz folk songs belted out by young right-wingers in 1960s in a desperate attempt to copy the folk revival https://canada.unofficialbird.com/HeerJeet/status/1681375098907787264#m

Country Music’s Culture Wars and the Remaking of Nashville (The New Yorker) https://archive.li/g9MPE

Photos

Dolly Parton Pinball (1979) at https://drinkpropeller.ca/pages/propeller-arcade

My daughter turned 19 on July 19. https://www.flickr.com/photos/grantpotter/7544947164/in/photostream/

Comics

A great panel from the excellent https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/ducks/

Politics & Economics

In Metro Vancouver alone, more than 35 tons of good, edible food ends up in landfill every day. https://macleans.ca/longforms/food-banks-affordability-inflation-groceries/

Rebellious birds make nestsout of anti-bird pins https://www.naturalis.nl/en/about-us/media/press-releases/rebellious-birds-make-nests-out-of-anti-bird-pins