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If we allow this foreign-owned algorithm to radicalize our politics, our domestically owned ones will no longer be able to pipeline our citizens into webs of progressively more reasonable content. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tiktok-is-a-threat-to-our-extremely-normal-media-ecosystem

you need to ditch that simple model of art versus entertainment. And even ‘distraction’ is just a stepping stone toward the real goal nowadays—which is addiction. https://12ft.io/https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-state-of-the-culture-2024

weather sensors are mounted to a post and detect temperature, wind-speed, UV index, barometric pressure, flooding, and atmospheric moisture while an all-analog synthesizer produces a wide range of tones and harmonics based around a consonant B flat major chord with special audio events occurring during sunrise and sunset. https://weatherfortheblind.org/

play these together, some or all, start them at any time, in any order https://www.inbflat.net/

Humour

“w’sup White Jesus” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpvLAk3tnkA

“Kind of playing prayer tag here… I know, I know, you’re a busy guy. Hope you’re having a good weekend.” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/god-leaves-a-voice-message-for-jesus-on-holy-saturday

Photos

Sunday afternoon at The Narrows (March 24, 2024)

Politics & Economics

“Yes, you can take a cut of your worker’s tips.” https://documentedny.com/2024/03/29/ai-chatbot-illegal-business-nyc/

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love this application of https://www.tiktok.com/@thereiruinedit/video/7341212496226995499

We have to keep our heads about us because when opportunities do arise to voice our concerns, or propose alternatives, we need to be able to calmly and clearly describe the future we’d rather have instead. https://cohost.org/mtrc/post/4279028-ai-is-already-better

“the equivalent of adding a new heavily industrialized country, like Sweden or Germany, to the planet.” https://newrepublic.com/article/179538/environment-artificial-intelligence-water-energy

Unlimited AI-generated practice problems and answers https://www.wolframalpha.com/problem-generator/

“Don’t bookmark. Download. Hard drives are cheap. Fill them up with everything you think you might need to consult, watch, read, listen to, or cite in the future.” https://ubu.com

“Ransomware also tends to be the bill collector for technical debt.” https://www.bl.uk/home/british-library-cyber-incident-review-8-march-2024.pdf

According to a new study by University of California Riverside researchers, roughly two weeks of training for GPT-3 consumed about 700,000 liters of freshwater. The global AI demand is projected by 2027 to account for 4.2-6.6 billion cubic meters of water withdrawal, which is more than the total annual water withdrawal of Denmark or half of the United Kingdom. https://www.noemamag.com/thirsty-bots-are-drinking-our-scarce-water/

Music & Sound

ambient.garden is a musical landscape in a website. The music is laid out in a landscape which can be explored, either interactively, or automatically when the autopilot is left on.

Politics & Economics

“the relatively new revenue source for landlords across Canada has been a major cause of housing financialization, where is treated as a commodity, or a vehicle for profit and investment, rather than a social good.” https://thewalrus.ca/airbnbs-canadian-housing/

More than 20 communities in Manitoba and nearly 70 northern communities nationwide are fly-in only for most of the year, and rely on a window lasting just six to eight weeks in the winter to import their annual supply of food, fuel, medical supplies, construction materials and other vital infrastructure on a network of roads built from ice and snow. https://thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-ice-road-emergency/