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MacPaint Art From The Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today

blog.decryption.net.au · Jul 12

40 years later and the art people painstaking made in MacPaint on their little Macs still amazes me.

Shared by @smallsco and 31 others.
Paolo Amoroso (@amoroso) · Jul 12
🔁 @metin:

Gotta love good ol' 1-bit pixel dithering (ordered, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.) 💚

𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙙-80𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮

blog.decryption.net.au/posts/m

#PixelArt #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #retro #apple #BlackAndWhite #computers #computing #1980s #macOS #Mac #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #old #graphics #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #digital #DigitalArt #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

Patrick H. Lauke (@patrick_h_lauke) · Jul 12
🔁 @metin:

Gotta love good ol' 1-bit pixel dithering (ordered, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.) 💚

𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙙-80𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮

blog.decryption.net.au/posts/m

#PixelArt #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #retro #apple #BlackAndWhite #computers #computing #1980s #macOS #Mac #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #old #graphics #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #digital #DigitalArt #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

devsimsek (@devsimsek) · Jul 12
🔁 @metin:

Gotta love good ol' 1-bit pixel dithering (ordered, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.) 💚

𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙙-80𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮

blog.decryption.net.au/posts/m

#PixelArt #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #retro #apple #BlackAndWhite #computers #computing #1980s #macOS #Mac #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #old #graphics #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #digital #DigitalArt #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

Alavi | علوی (@alavi) · Jul 12
🔁 @metin:

Gotta love good ol' 1-bit pixel dithering (ordered, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.) 💚

𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙙-80𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮

blog.decryption.net.au/posts/m

#PixelArt #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #retro #apple #BlackAndWhite #computers #computing #1980s #macOS #Mac #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #old #graphics #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #digital #DigitalArt #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

Mike Piontek (@robotspacer) · Jul 12
🔁 @decryption:

two blog posts in one day! I've been sitting on these MacPaint files for a few weeks to share them but haven't had the time to sort em out until today - there's so many more, I love this stuff

blog.decryption.net.au/posts/m

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Shared by @alex and 22 others.
icy (@otterly_icy) · Jul 12
🔁 @Scmbradley:

Was reminded of this paper a minute ago, and I just read it again. Damn, Edsger Dijkstra weirdly relevant for a 40 year old paper.

"The question [of whether machines can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim."

"if computers could amplify intelligence, they could amplify stupidity as well."

"The most crazy thing of all this is that, in all the more spectacular cases, the failure has been predicted, quite convincingly and well in advance. Apparently, the lure of the dream is still so strong that people become to deaf for warnings: the computer represents Babbage’s Dream Come True, and no one wants to hear that the Dream has deteriorated into a fully transistorized nightmare."

"I refer to the wide-spread, but in general unchallenged, belief that making something “computer-aided” amounts to making it better. Computer-aided design, computer-aided management, computer-aided composition, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-assisted learning, computerized examinations, you name it. Under no circumstances the dogma of improvement should be accepted without challenge: in no time we would have computerized jurisdiction."

cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcripti

Juno (@jutty) · Jul 13
🔁 @Scmbradley:

Was reminded of this paper a minute ago, and I just read it again. Damn, Edsger Dijkstra weirdly relevant for a 40 year old paper.

"The question [of whether machines can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim."

"if computers could amplify intelligence, they could amplify stupidity as well."

"The most crazy thing of all this is that, in all the more spectacular cases, the failure has been predicted, quite convincingly and well in advance. Apparently, the lure of the dream is still so strong that people become to deaf for warnings: the computer represents Babbage’s Dream Come True, and no one wants to hear that the Dream has deteriorated into a fully transistorized nightmare."

"I refer to the wide-spread, but in general unchallenged, belief that making something “computer-aided” amounts to making it better. Computer-aided design, computer-aided management, computer-aided composition, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-assisted learning, computerized examinations, you name it. Under no circumstances the dogma of improvement should be accepted without challenge: in no time we would have computerized jurisdiction."

cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcripti

Matthew Reinbold (@matthew) · Jul 12
🔁 @Scmbradley:

Was reminded of this paper a minute ago, and I just read it again. Damn, Edsger Dijkstra weirdly relevant for a 40 year old paper.

"The question [of whether machines can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim."

"if computers could amplify intelligence, they could amplify stupidity as well."

"The most crazy thing of all this is that, in all the more spectacular cases, the failure has been predicted, quite convincingly and well in advance. Apparently, the lure of the dream is still so strong that people become to deaf for warnings: the computer represents Babbage’s Dream Come True, and no one wants to hear that the Dream has deteriorated into a fully transistorized nightmare."

"I refer to the wide-spread, but in general unchallenged, belief that making something “computer-aided” amounts to making it better. Computer-aided design, computer-aided management, computer-aided composition, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-assisted learning, computerized examinations, you name it. Under no circumstances the dogma of improvement should be accepted without challenge: in no time we would have computerized jurisdiction."

cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcripti

Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦  (@jstatepost) · Jul 12
🔁 @Scmbradley:

Was reminded of this paper a minute ago, and I just read it again. Damn, Edsger Dijkstra weirdly relevant for a 40 year old paper.

"The question [of whether machines can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim."

"if computers could amplify intelligence, they could amplify stupidity as well."

"The most crazy thing of all this is that, in all the more spectacular cases, the failure has been predicted, quite convincingly and well in advance. Apparently, the lure of the dream is still so strong that people become to deaf for warnings: the computer represents Babbage’s Dream Come True, and no one wants to hear that the Dream has deteriorated into a fully transistorized nightmare."

"I refer to the wide-spread, but in general unchallenged, belief that making something “computer-aided” amounts to making it better. Computer-aided design, computer-aided management, computer-aided composition, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-assisted learning, computerized examinations, you name it. Under no circumstances the dogma of improvement should be accepted without challenge: in no time we would have computerized jurisdiction."

cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcripti

Sylvia Wenmackers 🦉🍀 (@SylviaFysica) · Jul 12
🔁 @Scmbradley:

Was reminded of this paper a minute ago, and I just read it again. Damn, Edsger Dijkstra weirdly relevant for a 40 year old paper.

"The question [of whether machines can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim."

"if computers could amplify intelligence, they could amplify stupidity as well."

"The most crazy thing of all this is that, in all the more spectacular cases, the failure has been predicted, quite convincingly and well in advance. Apparently, the lure of the dream is still so strong that people become to deaf for warnings: the computer represents Babbage’s Dream Come True, and no one wants to hear that the Dream has deteriorated into a fully transistorized nightmare."

"I refer to the wide-spread, but in general unchallenged, belief that making something “computer-aided” amounts to making it better. Computer-aided design, computer-aided management, computer-aided composition, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-assisted learning, computerized examinations, you name it. Under no circumstances the dogma of improvement should be accepted without challenge: in no time we would have computerized jurisdiction."

cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcripti

Insecurity Princess 🌈💖🔥 (@saraislet) · Jul 12
🔁 @Scmbradley:

Was reminded of this paper a minute ago, and I just read it again. Damn, Edsger Dijkstra weirdly relevant for a 40 year old paper.

"The question [of whether machines can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim."

"if computers could amplify intelligence, they could amplify stupidity as well."

"The most crazy thing of all this is that, in all the more spectacular cases, the failure has been predicted, quite convincingly and well in advance. Apparently, the lure of the dream is still so strong that people become to deaf for warnings: the computer represents Babbage’s Dream Come True, and no one wants to hear that the Dream has deteriorated into a fully transistorized nightmare."

"I refer to the wide-spread, but in general unchallenged, belief that making something “computer-aided” amounts to making it better. Computer-aided design, computer-aided management, computer-aided composition, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-assisted learning, computerized examinations, you name it. Under no circumstances the dogma of improvement should be accepted without challenge: in no time we would have computerized jurisdiction."

cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcripti

mgiraldo (@mgiraldo) · Jul 12
🔁 @Scmbradley:

Was reminded of this paper a minute ago, and I just read it again. Damn, Edsger Dijkstra weirdly relevant for a 40 year old paper.

"The question [of whether machines can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim."

"if computers could amplify intelligence, they could amplify stupidity as well."

"The most crazy thing of all this is that, in all the more spectacular cases, the failure has been predicted, quite convincingly and well in advance. Apparently, the lure of the dream is still so strong that people become to deaf for warnings: the computer represents Babbage’s Dream Come True, and no one wants to hear that the Dream has deteriorated into a fully transistorized nightmare."

"I refer to the wide-spread, but in general unchallenged, belief that making something “computer-aided” amounts to making it better. Computer-aided design, computer-aided management, computer-aided composition, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-assisted learning, computerized examinations, you name it. Under no circumstances the dogma of improvement should be accepted without challenge: in no time we would have computerized jurisdiction."

cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcripti

Dave Griffiths (@nebogeo) · Jul 12
🔁 @Scmbradley:

Was reminded of this paper a minute ago, and I just read it again. Damn, Edsger Dijkstra weirdly relevant for a 40 year old paper.

"The question [of whether machines can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim."

"if computers could amplify intelligence, they could amplify stupidity as well."

"The most crazy thing of all this is that, in all the more spectacular cases, the failure has been predicted, quite convincingly and well in advance. Apparently, the lure of the dream is still so strong that people become to deaf for warnings: the computer represents Babbage’s Dream Come True, and no one wants to hear that the Dream has deteriorated into a fully transistorized nightmare."

"I refer to the wide-spread, but in general unchallenged, belief that making something “computer-aided” amounts to making it better. Computer-aided design, computer-aided management, computer-aided composition, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-assisted learning, computerized examinations, you name it. Under no circumstances the dogma of improvement should be accepted without challenge: in no time we would have computerized jurisdiction."

cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcripti

RealGene ☣️ (@RealGene) · Jul 12
🔁 @Scmbradley:

Was reminded of this paper a minute ago, and I just read it again. Damn, Edsger Dijkstra weirdly relevant for a 40 year old paper.

"The question [of whether machines can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim."

"if computers could amplify intelligence, they could amplify stupidity as well."

"The most crazy thing of all this is that, in all the more spectacular cases, the failure has been predicted, quite convincingly and well in advance. Apparently, the lure of the dream is still so strong that people become to deaf for warnings: the computer represents Babbage’s Dream Come True, and no one wants to hear that the Dream has deteriorated into a fully transistorized nightmare."

"I refer to the wide-spread, but in general unchallenged, belief that making something “computer-aided” amounts to making it better. Computer-aided design, computer-aided management, computer-aided composition, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-assisted learning, computerized examinations, you name it. Under no circumstances the dogma of improvement should be accepted without challenge: in no time we would have computerized jurisdiction."

cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcripti

Scott Murray :neurodiversity: (@scott) · Jul 12
🔁 @Scmbradley:

Was reminded of this paper a minute ago, and I just read it again. Damn, Edsger Dijkstra weirdly relevant for a 40 year old paper.

"The question [of whether machines can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim."

"if computers could amplify intelligence, they could amplify stupidity as well."

"The most crazy thing of all this is that, in all the more spectacular cases, the failure has been predicted, quite convincingly and well in advance. Apparently, the lure of the dream is still so strong that people become to deaf for warnings: the computer represents Babbage’s Dream Come True, and no one wants to hear that the Dream has deteriorated into a fully transistorized nightmare."

"I refer to the wide-spread, but in general unchallenged, belief that making something “computer-aided” amounts to making it better. Computer-aided design, computer-aided management, computer-aided composition, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-assisted learning, computerized examinations, you name it. Under no circumstances the dogma of improvement should be accepted without challenge: in no time we would have computerized jurisdiction."

cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcripti

The Parrot in the Machine | James Gleick

nybooks.com · Jul 12

The artificial intelligence industry depends on plagiarism, mimicry, and exploited labor, not intelligence.

Shared by @1br0wn and 14 others.
Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻 (@1br0wn) · Jul 13
🔁 @nybooks:

“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.” nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/2

Bruce Davie (@Drbruced) · Jul 13
🔁 @nybooks:

“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.” nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/2

Peter Gleick (@petergleick) · Jul 12
🔁 @nybooks:

“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.” nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/2

planetscape (@planetscape) · Jul 12
🔁 @nybooks:

“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.” nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/2

Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified: (@Nonya_Bidniss) · Jul 12
🔁 @nybooks:

“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.” nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/2

Jay 🆘 (@jsit) · Jul 12
🔁 @nybooks:

“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.” nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/2

Levka (@LevZadov) · Jul 12
🔁 @nybooks:

“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.” nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/2

sjvn (@sjvn) · Jul 12
🔁 @nybooks:

“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.” nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/2

(@Perrin42) · Jul 12
🔁 @nybooks:

“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.” nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/2

Dave Fenichel (@nek) · Jul 12
🔁 @nybooks:

“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.” nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/2

Weltschmerz - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org · Jul 12

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shared by @trendytoots and 16 others.
SweetMonkeyJesus (@sweetmonkeyjesus) · Jul 12
🔁 @Drachenstreichler:

Serviceinformation!

Dear non-German-speakers. the word you're looking for is

Weltschmerz.

Weltschmerz (German: [ˈvɛltʃmɛɐ̯ts] ⓘ; literally "world-pain") is a literary concept describing the feeling experienced by an individual who believes that reality can never satisfy the expectations of the mind,[1][2] resulting in "a mood of weariness or sadness about life arising from the acute awareness of evil and suffering".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltschm

Worth reading

The Political Dimensions of Solarpunk...Ten Years Later

solarshades.club · Jun 16

We've spent a decade imagining better futures. Now what?

Shared by @hypebot and 4 others.
hypebot (@hypebot) · Jul 12
🔁 @alxd:

I missed last month's #solarpunk essay from @AndrewDanaHudson , but I think the 10-year-check-in is a worthy read:

solarshades.club/p/the-politic

The world has changed. Solarpunk influenced it, even without a single Masterpiece. We are continuing to build from multiple sides.

People are doing a lot on the ground - whether in the North or the South - and we're finally getting a language which can share their stories.

#writing #essay #manifesto #climate #climateChange #politics

Janeishly (@janeishly) · Jul 12
🔁 @alxd:

I missed last month's #solarpunk essay from @AndrewDanaHudson , but I think the 10-year-check-in is a worthy read:

solarshades.club/p/the-politic

The world has changed. Solarpunk influenced it, even without a single Masterpiece. We are continuing to build from multiple sides.

People are doing a lot on the ground - whether in the North or the South - and we're finally getting a language which can share their stories.

#writing #essay #manifesto #climate #climateChange #politics

just small circles 🕊 (@smallcircles) · Jul 12
🔁 @alxd:

I missed last month's #solarpunk essay from @AndrewDanaHudson , but I think the 10-year-check-in is a worthy read:

solarshades.club/p/the-politic

The world has changed. Solarpunk influenced it, even without a single Masterpiece. We are continuing to build from multiple sides.

People are doing a lot on the ground - whether in the North or the South - and we're finally getting a language which can share their stories.

#writing #essay #manifesto #climate #climateChange #politics

alxd of Story Seed Library (@alxd) · Jul 12

I missed last month's #solarpunk essay from @AndrewDanaHudson , but I think the 10-year-check-in is a worthy read:

solarshades.club/p/the-politic

The world has changed. Solarpunk influenced it, even without a single Masterpiece. We are continuing to build from multiple sides.

People are doing a lot on the ground - whether in the North or the South - and we're finally getting a language which can share their stories.

#writing #essay #manifesto #climate #climateChange #politics

Scientists discover giant 3,000-year-old trees never before seen by humans

earth.com · Jul 12

Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.

Shared by @cluaran and 9 others.
Lisa Melton (@lisamelton) · Jul 12
🔁 @MEActNOW:

💚 Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.

earth.com/news/giant-trees-nev

Dr_Bombay (@Dr_Bombay) · Jul 12
🔁 @MEActNOW:

💚 Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.

earth.com/news/giant-trees-nev

cluaran (@cluaran) · Jul 13
🔁 @MEActNOW:

💚 Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.

earth.com/news/giant-trees-nev

Angela Korra'ti (@annathepiper) · Jul 12
🔁 @MEActNOW:

💚 Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.

earth.com/news/giant-trees-nev

Charlotte Walker (@purplepadma) · Jul 12
🔁 @MEActNOW:

💚 Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.

earth.com/news/giant-trees-nev

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva) · Jul 12
🔁 @MEActNOW:

💚 Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.

earth.com/news/giant-trees-nev

JonChevreau (@JonChevreau) · Jul 12
🔁 @MEActNOW:

💚 Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.

earth.com/news/giant-trees-nev

janhoglund (@janhoglund) · Jul 12
🔁 @MEActNOW:

💚 Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.

earth.com/news/giant-trees-nev

mizblueprint (@mizblueprint) · Jul 12
🔁 @MEActNOW:

💚 Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.

earth.com/news/giant-trees-nev

M.S. Bellows, Jr. (@msbellows) · Jul 12
🔁 @MEActNOW:

💚 Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.

earth.com/news/giant-trees-nev

Intense Mediterranean Sea heatwave raises fears for marine life

bbc.com · Jul 12

Sea temperatures around places like Majorca exceeded 30C earlier this month, far above average.

Shared by @Pentaxke and 10 others.
planetscape (@planetscape) · Jul 12
🔁 @ai6yr:

BBC: "...recent ocean heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea has been so intense scientists fear potentially devastating consequences for marine life.

The temperature of the sea surface regularly passed 30C off the coast of Majorca and elsewhere in late June and early July, in places six or seven degrees above usual." h/t @fulelo

bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2v1l7

#climeemergency #climate #heatwaves

DoomsdaysCW (@DoomsdaysCW) · Jul 12
🔁 @ai6yr:

BBC: "...recent ocean heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea has been so intense scientists fear potentially devastating consequences for marine life.

The temperature of the sea surface regularly passed 30C off the coast of Majorca and elsewhere in late June and early July, in places six or seven degrees above usual." h/t @fulelo

bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2v1l7

#climeemergency #climate #heatwaves

repo (@repo) · Jul 12
🔁 @fulelo:

It has been the western Med's most extreme marine heatwave ever recorded for the time of year, affecting large areas of the sea for weeks on end...
bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2v1l7
#ClimateChange

What To Do When You See ICE in Your Neighborhood

theintercept.com · Jul 12

How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps.

Shared by @verdantsquare and 6 others.
Lisa Melton (@lisamelton) · Jul 12
🔁 @theintercept:

How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps. theintercept.com/2025/07/12/ic

FoolishOwl (@foolishowl) · Jul 12
🔁 @theintercept:

How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps. theintercept.com/2025/07/12/ic

Dan Sugalski (@wordshaper) · Jul 12
🔁 @theintercept:

How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps. theintercept.com/2025/07/12/ic

Gene Cowan 🏳️‍🌈 (@genecowan) · Jul 12
🔁 @theintercept:

How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps. theintercept.com/2025/07/12/ic

Molly Cantrell-Kraig 🇺🇦 (@mckra1g) · Jul 12
🔁 @theintercept:

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Bad Actors are Grooming LLMs to Produce Falsehoods

americansunlight.substack.com · Jul 12

Our research shows that even the latest "reasoning" models are vulnerable

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hnbot (@hnbot) · Jul 12

Bad Actors Are Grooming LLMs to Produce Falsehoods
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- URL:
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- Summary: Bad actors are exploiting weaknesses in Large Language Models (LLMs) to spread propaganda. Research by The American Sunlight Project found that even advanced "reasoning" models are vulnerable to this manipulation. The Pravda network, a pro-Russia disinformation outlet, has been publishing millions of bogus articles to taint LLMs. Despite knowing about the Pravda network and LLM grooming, models like ChatGPT 4o and o3 often repeat propaganda from Pravda. The models performed worse on less widely discussed topics, and "reasoning" models didn't perform better. The research highlights the need for better cognition and deeper forms of reasoning in LLMs to prevent the spread of disinformation.

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