On my last flight, I read Jessica Valenti's Abortion book. https://www.jessicavalenti.com/abortion-book
It's a great read and I encourage everyone to stop the christian nationalism behind the current anti-woman and anti-choice laws sweeping the #USA.
Don't worry #men, they will come for you next.
#abortion #pro-choice #rationalhealth #BodyAutonomy.
Can anyone recognize what is wrong with this building?
Just #optout of big tech. Fuck them all.
"Beyond Tesla, the broader trend is clear: major tech companies like Meta, Amazon, and Google are also building integrated AI ecosystems where data from different devices—phones, eyeglasses, cars, Web, smart assistants, and now robots—feeds into a consolidated profile of user behavior."
From my new (free) blog post on
the potential social influence--and privacy nightmare of home robots.
https://jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?blogPost=meet-your-wannabe-robot-overlord-julie-carpenter
#AI #robots #EthicsInAI #ethics #privacy #surveillance #communication
The answer is to #optout as much as you can. No one needs google, meta, or any of this be.
Happy #Pi Day. Thanks to Larry Shaw from #SanFrancisco for starting it in 1988.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1447677024001190
Vindicated. Also confirmed.
https://professpost.com/state-by-state-breakdown-of-driving-incident-rates-where-does-yours-rank/
Modulo
https://www.myvisajobs.com/reports/h1b/work-state/
Ergo, not H-1B drivers.
And as a frequent pedestrian,
https://www.ghsa.org/resource-hub/pedestrian-traffic-fatalities-january-june-2024
Went out to eat tonight. Restaurant only has #qrcodes no actual menus. OK whatever. It's a black and gray qrcode on a black shiny leather stand on the table. Took forever to scan it.
Next, my qr scan app let's me see it before opening a browser tab. Why does the URL end in .de for a #SanFrancisco restaurant? Its a Japanese place as well.
OK, moving on. Load the website, "access denied" and some long #clownflare "ray id".
Try again. Still denied.
Show waitress, she rolls eyes and hands me a tablet. The tablet has the PDF of the menu as the only thing on the screen. Open it up. Like ten Adobe ads popup. Ugh.
We're not done. Still haven't ordered yet.
While poking at tablet, notice it's on the " POS" WiFi network. Look at browser history. It helpfully has admin panel link to the point of sale system. Choose it. Up pops the admin console and browser asking to autofill credentials. Uhh...
Waitress comes over to take order. Swipe back to menu and order. She then takes the tablet to another table.
After eating and getting the bill, I take out #cash, because no way am I giving them a credit card with that tablet on same WiFi. Waitress says they don't take cash, only tap and pay. Tell her I only have cash. Manager comes over and takes the cash.
As I'm leaving overhear manager say, "second time today someone doesn't have a card and like tenth time tonight they can't use the qrcode."
Fun times.
Careful when visiting Arë. ;)
Sorry, overslept. I turned the sun on now.
#GoWolverines!!
Clearly you are amazing then. Your super power is you cannot be distracted by horrible images.
For #Apple users of #ios in #UK, https://cryptomator.org/for-individuals/
#AI is bullshit. We're blowing up our workforce for the few to get rich off the many.
Elon's billions are from US taxpayers.