Bits

This wasn’t a decision driven by profit. It was a generous and enthusiastic vote of confidence in the global ambitions of the web. https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/postscript/the-webs-most-important-decision/

TANGO is a latent diffusion model #ldm for text-to-audio #tta generation. TANGO can generate realistic audios including human sounds, animal sounds, natural and artificial sounds and sound effects from textual prompts. https://huggingface.co/spaces/declare-lab/tango

#udl #accessibility bad closed captions can be entertaining, but they can be serious, too, because captions are a critical tool for lots of lots of people. There are the people learning a new language, the easily confused, and of course captions are essential for people who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing. In the US, that’s about 15% of the population. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/craptions/

The internet was supposed to have pockets, to have enchanting forests you could stumble into and dark ravines you knew better than to enter. The internet was supposed to be a place of opportunity, not just for profit but for surprise and connection and delight. https://defector.com/the-internet-isnt-meant-to-be-so-small

The companies that manufacture televisions call this “post-purchase monetization,” and it means they can sell TVs almost at cost and still make money over the long term by sharing viewing data. https://archive.ph/rKxOm

Sound & Music

All in this pleasant evening together come as we,
For the summer springs so fresh and green and gay,
We’ll tell you of a blossom and of buds on every tree,
Drawing near to the merry month of May.
#mayday
https://youtu.be/EmXXS09UgIs

Politics & Economics

You Are Here via: https://nitter.net/LibertyCappy/status/1652919529339584512#m

The Metaverse in Janky Capitalism https://dis.art