ResearchBuzz

https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz

Obsessed with search engines, databases, and online information collections forever. Writing books & such since 1996 (OFFICIAL NETSCAPE GUIDE TO INTERNET RESEARCH, GOOGLE HACKS, INFORMATION TRAPPING, WEB SEARCH GARAGE, etc) and ResearchBuzz since 1998.

Autistic and too tired to hide it. (My special interest? Everything, only organized.)

Snarks (as opposed to jokes), doom, and reply guys are blocked without warning.

Pronouns: she/they

Daily Roundups: http://www.researchbuzz.me/
Search Tweaks!: http://searchtweaks.com/
Making Mastodon Tools: https://mastogizmos.com/
Me Specifically: https://www.calishat.com/

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2024-09-07 19:22:47

Hey LinkedIn, putting something in my notifications to let me know that a post I made FIVE HOURS AGO has FIVE impressions seems like a bit of a fuck you. possibly skip that next time

2024-09-04 09:28:41

#FastFood #TacoBell #inflation #food #FoodPrices
'On Friday, August 30, the cheapest Crunchwrap Supreme in America was going for $3.39 at the Taco Bell at 2403 S Gregg Street in Big Spring, Texas, while the most expensive was going for a whopping $8.49 at the Westfield Mall location in New Jersey. '
https://www.foodandwine.com/cheapest-taco-bell-locations-in-america-taconomical-website-8704636

2024-09-03 22:18:41

Every time I read one of those "Oh oops maybe we were wrong about one of the building blocks of civilization" articles, I click my heels three times and wish that David Graeber is Somewhere laughing his ass off.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/horse-domestication-didn-t-happen-the-way-we-think-it-did

2024-09-03 19:53:34

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MastoTrends -- https://mastogizmos.com/mt.html
MastoTrends grabs ten random instances from Instances.Social and fetches their trending link lists. I just made this for a quick look at what's hot around Mastodon. For a more in-depth look (with an RSS feed!) try FediTrends ( https://feditrends.com/ ).
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2024-09-03 19:50:53

Y'all, I had a very productive Labor Day weekend. I finished WikiTwister AND I got my upgrade to MastoGizmos finished! MastoGizmos ( https://mastogizmos.com/ ) is a set of 11 tools for exploring #Mastodon.
Here's a thread about the tools. If you have a friend who isn't on the fedi but is Mastodon-curious, let them know about MastoGizmos - you don't need a Mastodon account to use any of the tools.
MastoGizmo is free to use, free of ads, and works best on desktop. Let's go!
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2024-09-03 09:10:22

#crime #OnlineHate #LocalViolence #Twitter #UK
'A post on X that could result in the wife of a Tory councillor serving a "substantial" prison sentence did not violate the platform's rules for violent threats, it has emerged.
Lucy Connolly, a childminder from Northampton, has pleaded guilty to publishing a social media post intending to stir up racial hatred after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set alight.'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8ljjjmpg5o

2024-09-02 17:11:04

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What is a hype bot?

2024-09-02 10:03:58

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^^^ First thing I thought of is all the tech support you do.

2024-09-02 10:03:38

#UI #cognition #intelligence
"A new study has found that intelligence, in the form of general cognitive abilities such as perception, thinking and remembering, is more important than hitherto thought at predicting a person’s ability to complete common tasks with a PC.... The findings have implications for digital equality, say the researchers, because everyday user interfaces have simply become too complex to use."
https://www.newswise.com/articles/view/816253/?sc=rsla

2024-09-01 20:09:30

#ElonMusk #Twitter #banking #finance #GiftArticle
"...the eight largest initial investments that were reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise publicly disclosed are worth about $5 billion less than when Musk bought X. His and his partners’ overall stake has shed $24 billion in value — a vaporization of wealth that has little parallel outside the realm of economic or industry-specific crashes, or devastating corporate scandals."
https://wapo.st/3Mt1EIg

2024-09-01 14:45:43

Good morning to everyone but especially seven-months-pregnant athlete Jodie Grinham, who won a bronze medal in archery while her baby was practicing its kicks.
https://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/24555230.pregnant-jodie-grinham-rushes-home-historic-medal/

2024-09-01 12:28:37

#healthcare #MentalHealth #MoneyMoneyMoney #GiftArticle
'Most doctors agree that people in the throes of a psychological crisis must sometimes be detained against their will to stabilize them and prevent harm. These can be tough calls, balancing patients’ safety with their civil rights.
But at Acadia, patients were often held for financial reasons rather than medical ones, according to more than 50 current and former executives and staff members.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/business/acadia-psychiatric-patients-trapped.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HU4.uamD.ICYTflJ-IwWj&smid=url-share

2024-09-01 09:55:11

#uspol #politics #lawsuits #NorthCarolina #wtf
'Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the State Board of Elections over its decision to keep him on the North Carolina ballot.
The lawsuit filed Friday says forcing Kennedy to remain on the ballot violates his First Amendment rights.'
(If you know how difficult NC ballot access is, it adds a whole other layer to this story)
https://ncnewsline.com/briefs/rfk-jr-sues-to-be-removed-from-north-carolinas-ballot/

2024-08-31 22:16:16

RIP Whaledimir
'The Beluga whale escaped from a Russian navy base on the Kola Peninsula in 2019 and has since enjoyed freedom along the coast of Norway.'
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/life-and-public/2024/08/whaledimir-dead

2024-08-31 19:45:47

What is even the point of being in the UK if you can't put "nadgers" in a headline
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/24552766.man-kicked-cop-genital-area-assault-glasgow/

2024-08-31 14:19:55

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She always wants to hold my hand, too. Sometimes when I take her hand she'll close her eyes and say "Now you're here and everything's all right," and I'll feel like the world's biggest shitheel for not siting beside her 24 hours a day.

2024-08-31 14:17:37

Between me, my mother, and my cousin, someone visits Granny every day, even now when she doesn't really remember our visits. We don't want her to get lonesome.
'In-person contact helps lead to lower levels of loneliness in older people, but other ways of staying in touch, such as phoning, emailing or texting, are not as effective in lowering loneliness, a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan have found.'
https://news.utexas.edu/2024/08/28/in-person-contact-linked-with-lower-levels-of-loneliness-in-older-adults/

2024-08-31 13:20:57

Today in "Everything's connected" #food #ClimateChange #FoodBanks
'The Global FoodBanking Network, which represents food banks in more than 50 countries, has discovered that food banks reduce the same volume of greenhouse gas emissions on average as removing 900 gasoline-powered cars from the road for a year.'
https://www.foodanddrinkbusiness.com.au/news/food-banks-drastically-reducing-methane-emissions

2024-08-31 11:38:54

This morning Calishat Snaps told me about this guy who created a little insect-finding game for his 2.5-year-old niece. It's adorable, especially the sound effects.
https://github.com/MichaelDiBernardo/bugs

2024-08-30 09:04:48

#Tesla #ElonMusk #WebSites #ContentRemoval #DigitalImpermanence
'Some sharp-eyed folks... noticed that Tesla has deleted all of its blog posts prior to 2019. Those blog posts are a digital history of the company, covering everything from CEO Elon Musk’s original master plan, to the first Autopilot fatality in a Model S, to declarations on the capability of its EVs. Neither the company, nor Musk, have explained why.
Lucky for us, archive.org still has a record.'
https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/29/tesla-keeps-putting-its-digital-history-in-the-memory-hole/

2024-08-28 22:29:37

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Since it's France I think one of the conditions of his bail should be that he's followed by a saxophonist playing the Pink Panther theme at all times

2024-08-28 20:39:02

THEY GAVE DUROV BAIL?? Holy shit. Wow.

2024-08-28 19:19:49

#uspol #politics
I'm generally pro-legalization but on the other hand I can't imagine saying this out loud without substances. And the substances that would make you say this must be pretty scary.
https://cdn.masto.host/researchbuzzmastohost/media_attachments/files/113/041/258/127/700/640/original/57bd6408c639e207.png

2024-08-27 08:19:08

They had a MOAT?!
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/5-million-museum-revamp-remove-9505454

2024-08-27 08:11:56

#America #LGBTQ #demographics
'An analysis of data from the 2020 census shows that 99.5 per cent of U.S. counties have become home to same-sex couples—a significant increase from 93 per cent just a decade earlier.
And the trend is now being driven primarily by male couples moving away from traditional ‘gaybourhoods’ and into the broader community.'
https://news.ubc.ca/2024/08/same-sex-couples-now-live-in-99-5-per-cent-of-u-s-counties-study-finds/

2024-08-26 23:15:02

Y'all look at the art we were making 14,000 years ago. This is amazing.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/bison-licking-insect-bite-a-14000-year-old-lifelike-figure-carved-from-a-weapon

2024-08-26 22:36:05

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101! She had Pepsi and lemon meringue pie.

2024-08-26 20:05:56

I went to visit Granny today for her birthday and it was a big surprise as I usually visit Tuesdays and Thursdays.
I peeked around her bed curtain and she hollered out “oh that’s my Tara, my good Tara,” and grabbed my hand. Then she spotted my husband and added “and there’s the good man with the big stomach!” 🤣💀

2024-08-26 09:08:01

#Russia #Ukraine #war #AI #drones #landmines #MilitaryTechnology #GiftArticle
"...a drone dog stomped up and down a makeshift minefield at a U.S. Army testing center in Virginia, shuddering when it neared a plate-size puck meant to simulate an anti-tank explosive. On its back was a stack of cameras, GPS devices, radios and thermal imaging technology that military developers hope will help it detect mines at close range, sparing humans from that dangerous task."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/world/europe/ukraine-land-mines-drones.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F04.33Y-.RjzQYdxjm__J&smid=url-share

2024-08-24 18:15:51

Google News alerts, 2024. (Media marked as sensitive because it includes blue language)
https://cdn.masto.host/researchbuzzmastohost/media_attachments/files/113/018/354/874/601/036/original/16fecd0680a4efd0.png

2024-08-24 17:36:38

#Reddit #Google #SearchEngines #SEO #WebSpam
'Reddit used to be a reliable source. SEO had its issues, but at least there were rules to the game. Google torched all that. Most of the niche sites are gone from SEO and Reddit ranks so easily that it’s been flooded with affiliate spam. Google is 100% responsible for how insane the spam has gotten on Reddit.'
https://larslofgren.com/REDDIT-MARKETING/

2024-08-24 17:01:47

It's a good thing I take a long brisk walk every morning, because this foomflang is doing a number on my blood pressure
"Elon Musk sent an email to X staff overnight about their much-anticipated stock grants — but there’s a catch. ... the company is planning to award stock options based on the anticipated impact of employees. That means staff have to submit a one-page summary telling leadership their contributions to the company in order to get their stock."
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/23/24226830/elon-musk-email-x-twitter-stock-grants

2024-08-24 16:50:36

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'“I don’t want to push the team to die over this,” Ms. Crawford told Mr. Musk at one point, trying to warn about burnout.
“Well, push them to just before they die,” Mr. Musk responded, laughing.'

2024-08-24 16:48:32

#Twitter #SocialMedia #ElonMusk #BlueChecks #GiftArticle
'Mr. Musk’s attempt to rescue a company he saw as a sinking ship was premised on the idea that he could persuade people...to pay for Twitter Blue. That scheme, however, was doomed from the start by the haphazard planning and capriciousness of Twitter’s owner, whose nearly two-year stewardship of the company has cratered its finances and sullied his reputation as a generational entrepreneur.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/technology/elon-musk-twitter-blue.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FU4.41ur.IWj9Cp-XCXgp&smid=url-share

2024-08-24 16:11:58

#ClimateChange #ClimateResponse #BestPractices
'Countries around the world have implemented carbon pricing, electric vehicle incentives and thousands of other policies in an effort to cut carbon emissions and slow climate change. But which ones actually work? A new global study has uncovered 63 of the most effective policies, and found some helpful patterns. ... All 63 success stories have been compiled into a searchable online dashboard.'
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/effective-climate-policies-1.7301998?cmp=rss

2024-08-24 16:07:27

Scamming people by faking the LIVESTREAM OF A FUNERAL I hope Karma puts these people on a giant cheese grater
''Scammers attempted to make money from the funeral of one of the victims of the Southport knife attacks, police have warned.
A number of Facebook accounts sent out links to a bogus live stream of the funeral on Saturday of six-year-old Bebe King, and to a bogus donations page.'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx28q2eex4go

2024-08-23 18:32:45

Tired of people being fake on the Internet for love and clout. Sod them. Sod sod sod.
'The industry lamented the loss of an individual that helped raise awareness for accessibility in games, particularly for Deaf and hard-of-hearing ... However, in the years since Banks’ alleged death, mounting evidence and accounts from those close to her work suggest that she was not the person she claimed to be. In fact, some are convinced that Banks may never have existed at all.'
https://www.ign.com/articles/a-prominent-accessibility-advocate-worked-with-studios-and-inspired-change-but-she-never-actually-existed

2024-08-23 17:05:46

#Twitter #ElonMusk #WorldBank #advertising #OnlineExtremism
'The World Bank has ceased all paid advertising on Elon Musk's social media platform X, which was formerly Twitter, after a CBS News investigation found promoted advertisements from the organization showing up under a racist post from an account that prolifically posts pro-Nazi and white nationalist content. '
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-bank-advertising-elon-musk-x-racism-pro-nazi-accounts/

2024-08-23 13:35:07

#legal #Twitter #ElonMusk #advertising #PublicInterest
'Lawyers representing Elon Musk and X, previously known as Twitter, have quietly begun sending subpoenas to a host of public interest groups, Mother Jones has learned. Most of the targeted organizations have signed open letters to X’s advertisers expressing concerns about the platform’s direction under Musk’s leadership.'
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/twitter-x-subpoenas-elon-musk/

2024-08-22 21:48:25

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Someone on Reddit referred to this as "Temu Shemp Howard" and I

2024-08-22 21:42:37

Lord a'mercy
https://cdn.masto.host/researchbuzzmastohost/media_attachments/files/113/007/825/602/354/040/original/6d02a69705834faf.png

2024-08-22 09:18:04

#JapaneseCanadians #WWII #newspapers #EndangeredArchives
"More than eighty years ago, Japanese Canadians came together to sustain The New Canadian, the only newspaper specifically for the community that was allowed to be published through the Second World War. Now the community has come together again — and may have saved the newspaper's archives from the digital scrap heap."
https://www.richmond-news.com/science-news/japanese-canadian-paper-pillar-for-community-during-war-saved-from-digital-oblivion-9384825

2024-08-22 08:57:47

#Australia #movies #film #CulturalHeritage
"The Screen Australia website is home to a wealth of information and data including The Screen Guide where users can search for Australian film, television, VOD titles and games. To further support Australian audiences to discover Australian titles, Screen Australia has implemented a content discovery function – Where to Watch – that will allow users to find Australian content anywhere in the world."
https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-news/2024/08-22-where-to-watch

2024-08-21 23:51:52

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Oh is THAT why my Chrome hasn't updated? This may be the boot in the ass I needed to get me to try Vivaldi. I was a big fan of Opera circa 2010.

2024-08-20 23:23:26

If y'all are missing #breakdancing already, LawkSam uploaded a bunch of videos. These dancers are both wearing flipflops, I cannot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9JtbYIzbBg

2024-08-20 10:50:19

#SiliconValley #finance #SocialMedia #Twitter #ElonMusk
'The $13 billion that Elon Musk borrowed to buy Twitter has turned into the worst merger-finance deal for banks since the 2008-09 financial crisis.... The value of the loans to Musk quickly soured after the $44 billion acquisition was completed. But new analysis shows how their persistent underperformance has put the deal in historic territory.'
https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-is-now-the-worst-buyout-for-banks-since-the-financial-crisis-3f4272cb?st=qeqqc5z9zgmscsk&mod=googlenewsfeed

2024-08-19 21:59:31

Ma'am you think women over a certain age don't eat Doritos? I need to share a video of my 100-year-old Granny wrecking half a tube of Pringles like Godzilla

2024-08-19 11:40:25

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I'm linking to that article in tomorrow morning's ResearchBuzz. Hope it does your traffic some good. 👍

2024-08-17 21:02:26

Hey @npub17m7…hymn ! Good stuff!
https://theprivacydad.com/ten-open-source-rss-news-readers-for-smartphones/

2024-08-17 17:33:58

#covid19 #coronavirus #lockdowns #PublicHealth
'Despite criticism – even today – that COVID restrictions were tyrannical and unnecessary, the paper shows that states with more stringent lockdown restrictions did in fact save lives, and that states with less restrictive lockdown measures could have prevented excess deaths had they followed similar strictures. '
https://www.kuow.org/stories/new-covid-study-finds-pandemic-lockdowns-did-in-fa

2024-08-17 12:47:03

#Google #marketing #influencers #smartphones
"A Pixel 9 review agreement required influencers to showcase the Pixel over competitors or have their relationship terminated. Google now says the language ‘missed the mark.’"
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221755/google-team-pixel-reviews-influencers

2024-08-17 12:39:45

#Google #AI #Australia
"Google executives have denied relying on artificial intelligence to answer questions at a Senate hearing on Friday after an AI chatbot suddenly interjected during their testimony.
Google’s Australian director of government affairs and public policy, Lucinda Longcroft, was facing questions over teleconference about her company’s AI policies when an AI chatbot with a male, American voice interrupted while she was speaking."
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/ai-chatbot-lands-google-execs-in-a-pickle-at-senate-hearing-20240816-p5k306.html

2024-08-16 13:55:44

One for @npub1kqc…7wgd 's radar -- a Mastodon/RSS client on Google Play.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zhangke.fread

2024-08-15 20:44:19

#ClimateChange #forestry #reforestation #CarbonCapture
'The analysis...found that well-planned reforestation projects have up to 10 times more low-cost carbon removal potential than previous estimates ... have indicated. The study is the first to calculate the cost-per-ton of reforestation based on actual data from projects in low- and middle-income countries and is particularly significant as world leaders attempt to meet the targets outlined in the Paris Agreement.'
https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2024/07/reforestation-more-cost-effective-previously-thought

2024-08-15 14:33:28

Every day I take a look at Wikipedia Hot Topics because there's guaranteed to be multiple people and topics there as opposed to mainstream news where the same shit gets recycled over and over.
Anyway, I was surprised to discover Tracy Chapman was a main character yesterday. Turns out she's related to Janet Jackson.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/janet-jackson-reveals-she-related-143417531.html

2024-08-15 14:02:05

Eric Schmidt out here showing all his colors.
'So, in the example that I gave of the TikTok competitor — and by the way, I was not arguing that you should illegally steal everybody’s music — what you would do if you’re a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, which hopefully all of you will be, is if it took off, then you’d hire a whole bunch of lawyers to go clean the mess up, right? But if nobody uses your product, it doesn’t matter that you stole all the content.'
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220658/google-eric-schmidt-stanford-talk-ai-startups-openai

2024-08-14 23:43:22

'Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought a meeting last week with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris to discuss the possibility of serving in her administration, perhaps as a Cabinet secretary, if he throws his support behind her campaign and she wins, according to Kennedy campaign officials.'
https://wapo.st/3WMqfMX

2024-08-14 22:14:58

For those of y'all like me who are constantly looking for good YouTube channels among the AI-generated muck: Jeremy Fielding.
He has an engineering channel; I wanted his very interesting video on the Mecanum wheel yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlsCUzCCc-k

2024-08-14 18:35:30

#activism #activists #UK #SocialMedia #Twitter #HateSpeech
'A LEADING Black-led charity has announced it has left social media platform X over the amplification of hate speech.
The Race Equality Foundation, a national charity dedicated to combating racial inequality in public services, has made the decision to leave the social media platform – despite having over 10,000 followers.'
https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2024/08/14/black-led-charity-leaves-social-media-platform-over-hate-speech-concerns/

2024-08-14 11:50:35

Oh my word. FUCK YOU DISNEY
'The lawsuit claims that Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan suffered a fatal allergic reaction after eating at a Disney Springs restaurant despite repeatedly informing the waiter of her severe allergy.
Disney is calling for the lawsuit to be dismissed because her husband signed up for a one-month trial of the Disney+ streaming service years prior.
The company says signing up for the trial requires users to arbitrate all disputes with the company.'
https://longisland.news12.com/disney-asks-court-to-dismiss-wrongful-death-lawsuit-of-long-island-doctor

2024-08-12 20:37:06

#politics #UK #SocialMedia #ElonMusk #Twitter
'Labour MPs have begun quitting X in alarm over the platform, with one saying Elon Musk had turned it into “a megaphone for foreign adversaries and far-right fringe groups”.'
START A MASTODON INSTANCE
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/12/labour-mps-begin-quitting-x-over-hate-and-disinformation?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews

2024-08-12 20:20:08

#ElonMusk #Twitter #advertising
Gee, I wonder why nobody wants to advertise on Twitter
https://cdn.masto.host/researchbuzzmastohost/media_attachments/files/112/950/878/363/069/130/original/7dac973c00157373.png

2024-08-11 17:03:15

It is painful watching all the people not getting the point of this man's thread.
re: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112944182503397218

2024-08-11 15:51:26

#sex #sexuality #HumanBehavior #kink
'In the realm of human sexuality, researchers have long grappled with how to accurately capture the complexities of non-normative sexual practices, often referred to under the umbrella of “kink.” Now, a team of scientists has developed and validated a new tool designed to measure various aspects of kink engagement — the Kink Orientation Scale.'
https://www.psypost.org/want-to-know-how-kinky-you-are-this-new-scientific-scale-can-tell-you/

2024-08-10 18:53:59

So Amazon gave a shitpot of money and control to a company faced by a 26-year-old to develop a TV show, and now they're shocked that it's all gone sideways?
How many brain cells do you have to lack?
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-mrbeast-reality-show-deal-became-problem-for-amazon-2024-8

2024-08-10 14:56:09

#PopularCulture #ComicStrips #Peanuts #farms #CornMazes
'Visitors to corn mazes across the country are finding a familiar and joyous figure in the winding labyrinth of tall stalks. Snoopy.
More than 80 farms in the U.S. and Canada have teamed up with Peanuts Worldwide to create “Peanuts”-themed mazes to celebrate the beloved strip’s 75th birthday this summer and fall.'
https://apnews.com/article/peanuts-maze-corn-bbe0e062c9b5e632f83d151d440e26f8

2024-08-10 12:07:23

#Facebook #Instagram #children #OnlineSafety
'Meta... told an ABC Four Corners investigation in May that it no longer allowed fans to subscribe to the Instagram accounts of anyone under 18. But it appears the social media giant does not have the tools to enforce the policy, with the ABC finding almost 50 accounts that allow subscribers to pay for exclusive content of children or teenagers, including several Australians.'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-09/instagram-meta-monetised-child-influencer-account-ban/104190956

2024-08-09 12:48:08

@npub1prs…eh8y
apologies if you've already seen this
"VTDigger’s 2024 Primary Election Guide now includes voter resources in 14 languages in printer-friendly, accessible digital formats."
https://vtdigger.org/2024/08/07/vtdigger-launches-multilingual-election-guides-ahead-of-2024-primary/

2024-08-08 22:42:41

Just here for the headline...
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/nuclear-energy/physicists-solve-nuclear-fusion-mystery-with-mayonnaise

2024-08-08 13:34:27

#Russia #Ukraine #war #museums #CulturalHeritage
"Since those early days of the war, with the help of a motley group of intrepid friends, [Leonid] Marushchak has achieved something quite extraordinary. He has organised the evacuation of dozens of museums across Ukraine’s frontline – packing, recording, logging and counting each item and sending them to secret, secure locations away from the combat zone."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/30/ukraine-death-defying-art-rescuers?src=longreads

2024-08-07 19:50:16

Washington University in St. Louis owning their shit @npub1qud…q43s
https://source.wustl.edu/2024/08/reconciling-with-our-past/

2024-08-06 18:38:14

#children #FosterCare #childhood #archives #SelfArchiving #genealogy
'Researchers at the University of Stirling have come up with a way to preserve the childhood memories of people in care – through accessible online archives.
Experts in social work say the interactive online tool can work in the same way as family photo albums and scrapbooks, providing a way to preserve memories for children and young people in foster care or residential homes.'
https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2024/july-2024-news/online-archives-provide-family-albums-for-children-in-care/

2024-08-06 13:27:58

#politics #uspol
Do you want to learn more about #TimWalz in a way that's quicker than jumping headfirst into Google? This is what the Wikipedia Pageviews Seismograph was meant for.
Head to https://wikitwister.com/ws/ and I'll walk you through how to use it. WPS is free and has no ads, no web trackers, nothing. It was meant for desktop, though, so it may not look great on your phone.
The site starts with a form asking you to provide a Wikipedia page name, a start date, and end date.
1/x
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2024-08-06 13:00:25

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Hiding easter eggs in official (but not weighty) proclamations
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-timberwolves-gov-tim-walz-proclamation-wolves-back-day-bring-ya-ass/

2024-08-06 12:59:02

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Wholesome part II https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4626019-gretchen-whitmer-phil-murphy-tim-walz-kristi-noem-social-media-dogs/

2024-08-06 12:57:44

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Running him through Gossip Machine, he comes off rather wholesome
https://www.startribune.com/tim-walz-cnn-abortion-minnesota/600351460

2024-08-06 12:53:23

Walz is okay. I can handle that.

2024-08-06 00:01:01

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apologies if you've already seen this

2024-08-05 23:58:10

I love this. This is WONDERFUL. More please.
'The Oldest Living Olympians project is Tchir’s labor of love, dedicated to preserving the legacies of athletes who often fall out of the public eye after their competition days are over. Through vintage photographs and short biographical posts, the project shows how sports have evolved and how the athletes have led full lives after the games.'
https://slate.com/technology/2024/08/oldest-living-olympians-athletes-wikipedia.html
#sports #Olympics #HumanLives #humanity

2024-08-05 19:15:11

#Google #SearchEngines #SiliconValley #antitrust
"Google has violated US antitrust law with its search business, a federal judge ruled Monday, handing the tech giant a staggering court defeat with the potential to reshape how millions of Americans get information online and to upend decades of dominance."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/business/google-loses-antitrust-lawsuit-doj/index.html

2024-08-05 13:59:31

#Google #AI #advertising #Olympics #TerribleIdeas
'...I was struck not by the obvious soullessness, but of the collective arrogance that went into making it. This was the outward expression of an industry that seemingly has no self-awareness of the considerable misgivings people have it, or simply doesn’t care. “Dear Sydney” was as honest as it was bleak: This is what the people pushing AI like about AI. These are the people who watched Her but missed the point.'
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/thank-god-google-pulled-that-awful-and-depressing-ai-ad/

2024-08-05 12:02:29

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if you had said Wells Fargo I would 100% believe you

2024-08-05 10:05:34

Today in absolutely brutal headlines
https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/334696

2024-08-04 16:35:16

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Specify a date and Wikipedia Hot Topics will pull the top 1000 articles by pageviews for that date, analyze them to find the ones with the biggest page view spikes, and arrange them into categories for further exploration and external links.
Wanna try it?
Free, ad-free, meant for desktop.
https://wikitwister.com/wht/
#Wikipedia #OSINT #CurrentEvents
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2024-08-04 14:50:03

How do you like my Wikipedia-based current awareness tool? (It can also do historical awareness since it goes back to 2017.)
Wikipedia Hot Topics analyzes the top 1000 pages of a particular date, finds the pages with the biggest view spikes, divides them into categories (living human, deceased human, sports, films, etc.) and gives you plenty to explore.
Wikidata provides official authoritative information sites, while time-bounded Google News searches find current event details. Bonus: RSS!
https://cdn.masto.host/researchbuzzmastohost/media_attachments/files/112/904/275/119/152/587/original/386bd20ac21ae64c.png

2024-08-03 20:56:00

So I made this thing that takes the top 1000 Wikipedia articles (by views) for a given date, does some analysis based on a 7-day page view median, and then sorts the articles by bump instead of view counts.
I'm also dividing the list by the P31 Wikidata property "instance of" to make exploration easier. You can definitely see current events shaping view counts.
https://cdn.masto.host/researchbuzzmastohost/media_attachments/files/112/900/059/497/404/369/original/10b5c3650dc3cc2e.png

2024-08-03 19:48:17

Or more generally, god help you if you're a woman and you're not "conventionally attractive." Because the whole world is more than happy to let you know.
re: https://universeodon.com/@KFuentesGeorge/112898753972853917

2024-08-03 14:26:14

I'm having a torrid affair with the Wikipedia API but I need to write an how-to-use article for Wikipedia Seismograph before I get too deeply into this next thing that I worked on for three hours yesterday.
When you see page view records as fossilized human attention, it opens up all kinds of possibilities.
https://wikitwister.com/ws/

2024-08-03 13:38:42

Today in "This is a REAL BBC News headline"
'The new logo for the Museum of London featuring a porcelain pigeon and a glittery poo splat is dividing opinion.
The director of the museum, Sharon Ament, said the pigeon and splat represented the "grit and glitter" of the capital.'
What the fuck 😂
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyx0xq0n74ko

2024-08-03 13:00:27

#activism #protests #SocialChange #BlackLivesMatter
'The Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by police on May 25, 2020 “were followed by a sharp increase in liberal attitudes on racial issues and vote intentions for the Democrats” in the 2020 US presidential election, the paper says.'
https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/do-protests-and-social-movements-sway-voters-not-really-except-for-one?cid=wk-rss

2024-08-03 09:53:56

#SiliconValley #AI #consumers #lol
'Companies may unintentionally hurt their sales by including the words “artificial intelligence” when describing their offerings that use the technology, according to a study led by Washington State University researchers.'
https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2024/07/30/using-the-term-artificial-intelligence-in-product-descriptions-reduces-purchase-intentions/

2024-08-03 08:50:32

Ok, wow
'The U.S. Army’s $11 million advertising deal with Dwayne “The Rock”Johnson and his United Football League to bring in new recruits was so “catastrophic” it may have actually hurt recruiting efforts, according to a new report.'
https://www.marinij.com/2024/08/02/army-says-the-rock-reneged-on-his-end-of-11-million-deal-to-recruit-gis-report/

2024-08-02 13:32:40

Your work is you. (I'm not talking about your JOB, I'm talking about your WORK.) If you steal other people's work and say it's yours, what are you? Nothing. You removed yourself.
'Though two decades old, Foison’s brief success reveals the rot at the heart of the classical music industry, where name-dropping passes as a substitute for ability; where many audiences would rather be coddled than challenged; and where a résumé is grounds for utter suspension of disbelief.'
https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-composer-has-no-clothes-brown

2024-08-02 10:02:05

THIS is how you get cancelled in the UK (and quite right for this jackwagon too)
"The BBC is reportedly planning to edit Huw Edwards out of an old Doctor Who episode which he featured in."
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/bbc-set-to-edit-disgraced-huw-edwards-out-of-doctor-who-episode/ar-BB1r4wxB

2024-08-01 23:39:04

My cat's pestered me for ten minutes and I could not figure out what she wanted. Nothing suited her.
Eventually I picked up a hairbrush and started going over her head. She settled right down, lowered her chin and set her ears back so I could scratch the top of her skull, and slanted me this look like "FINALLY ya STOOPID"

2024-08-01 23:00:04

@npub1jlu…p5jp I remembered our hat conversation and wanted you to see this.💚
https://www.startribune.com/article/504433572

2024-08-01 22:42:55

#buildings #architecture #sustainability #BestPractices
"...at last, a new tool to identify sustainable materials is now open for use, free of charge.... It allows users to search for, compare and filter products based on environmental criteria such as the lowest embodied carbon, water usage, recycled content, and more."
https://thefifthestate.com.au/innovation/architecture/australian-architects-declare-releases-new-database-to-make-it-easier-to-choose-sustainable-products/

2024-08-01 19:59:25

I want to see Google do an AI commercial where Gemini figures out how to contact Google and get something fixed AFTER GOOGLE FUCKS UP THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF A SMALL BUSINESS AND DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT FOR FOUR DAMN YEARS.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/01/google-listed-my-restaurants-number-as-its-british-hq

2024-08-01 14:19:20

I need to write a proper article about this, but it'll have to wait until I get back from visiting Granny. In the meantime the Wikipedia Seismograph is now available!
Map spikes in #Wikipedia article page views over a specified time period and turn interesting-looking timespans into Google News searches with a couple of clicks. You can search and compare up to four pages at a time.
Free, ad-free, meant for desktop. Have fun!
https://wikitwister.com/ws/

2024-08-01 01:37:24

I was sitting here hurtling through time and space and I thought, "If current events are earthquakes, I should make a Wikipedia seismograph," so i did!
Instead of measuring absolute page views, it looks at deviations from a 7-day moving average. Daily stats are available on-click; look at Kamala Harris' page views for July 21. Whew.
Next step: selecting date sets and turning them into date-bounded Google News searches so I can explore interesting-looking peaks.
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