Tag Archives: water

href weekly | March 17 – 23 2024

Bits

“exit-seeking behaviors” https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a36352107/elderly-couple-escapes-from-assisted-living-facility-using-morse-code/

a reverse city builder in which you have to basically undo all of humanity’s worst habits and leave a planet with a thriving ecosystem https://www.terranil.com/

THE HTML REVIEW is an annual journal of literature made to exist on the – Vol III EXPEDITIONS – Journeys guided and unguided, walks, feats of endurance https://thehtml.review/03/

Humor

What can 5000-year-old abstract art and magic mushrooms tell us about St.Patricks Shamrock? https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/the-story-of-saint-patrick

Politics & Economics

Will the social and environmental contributions of be overshadowed by its huge footprint? https://theconversation.com/ais-excessive-water-consumption-threatens-to-drown-out-its-environmental-contributions-225854

Privileging outputs over experiences is a steering away from quality. This was true before – It’s not quite more true now, except that the existence of a technology that can create the simulations has given folks qualms about the “integrity” of the work. That work never had integrity because it was already tainted by privileging a box-checking product over a meaningful process. https://12ft.io/https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/03/20/chatgpt-offers-choosing-moment-higher-ed

there’s another way to practise politics in this country, and it’s one Canadians find deeply appealing. https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalobserver.com%2F2024%2F03%2F19%2Fopinion%2Fwe-need-more-wab-kinews

Belonging as learning outcome .. https://theconversation.com/how-a-first-year-university-writing-course-for-indigenous-students-fostered-skills-and-belonging-224486

While winter’s end is typically marked by the climatologists look at what’s known as meteorological the three-month period from December to February. Over that period, was 5.2 C warmer than average .. that’s 1.1 degrees warmer than the previous record set in 2009-2010. https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalobserver.com%2F2024%2F03%2F19%2Fnews%2Fcanadas-warmest-winter-record

href weekly | March 3 – 9 2024

Bits

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/