John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

Here's a complete list of people on the Department of Homeland Security's new AI safety board: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2024/04/dhs-fills-out-ai-safety-board-with-major-tech-execs/

CEO of Delta? Sure, why not. Sadly don't see anywhere near enough representation for free software / open source, or social interest organizations in general.

just realized my inbox is full of unread articles about decluttering :(

Bad enough that Wired @willknight continues to call Llama 3 "open source", spreading Meta propaganda. Error is compounded when it's in the context of an article where at least one of the other models discussed actually *is* open source (taking Mistral's Apache 2 license statement at face value).

https://www.wired.com/story/metas-open-source-llama-3-nipping-at-openais-heels/

https://opensource.org/blog/metas-llama-2-license-is-not-open-source by @ed

https://github.com/meta-llama/llama3?tab=License-1-ov-file#readme Llama 3 license same problems as Llama 2 license

well maybe someone just silver spray painted a bunch of cardboard and duck taped it together over a 4-wheeler. can't be sure

just saw an actual Tesla truck on my actual road

I guess this is good? But I'm a lot less interested in having companies be required to do repairs than I am in making sure they don't obstruct repairing by others.. in fact, a little worried that those goals will end up in conflict.. https://www.engadget.com/eus-new-right-to-repair-rules-force-companies-to-repair-out-of-warranty-devices-081939123.html #righttorepair

Sorry, "auto brewery syndrome"? This is not real. Or, it is real, and I have it.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/belgian-whose-body-brews-alcohol-170113547.html?guccounter=1

Very much wishing I'd come up with this poem title, "Self-Portrait as Combination Taco Bell / Pizza Hut / KFC" https://poets.org/poem/self-portrait-combination-taco-bell-pizza-hut-kfc #poetry

Today's thing I hate about computers now is the in-browser JavaScript "windows" that can't (easily) be resized. Pretty fun scrolling through a big list of items when you can only see 1 line at a time in the "window".

I think perhaps we have enough #fountainpens with "Nebula" in the name.

Finished "Hello, the Roses" by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. Starting "The Rupture Tense" by Jenny Xie. Have not read her before, except for one poem in the NYT magazine. #poetry

a total eclipse but for pollen levels. PLEASE

Don't think I've ever been more disappointed in a spirit than Elijah Craig Barrel Proof A124 #bourbon. If you want notes of chlorine and lawn care, this one's for you.

So disappointing because the previous (C923) was an all-time favorite whiskey for me. I wasn't chasing this release (or Larceny A124) because money is tight, but I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it just sitting there on the shelf -- never see it in the store here. Now I know why it was still there.

I am not that religious but Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond is the best #bourbon for the buck. I really thought it'd be me and Old Forester 1897 forever, but I can no longer deny what's been happening the last several months.

Well this is horrible: https://lithub.com/the-small-press-world-is-about-to-fall-apart-on-the-collapse-of-small-press-distribution/

(Small Press Distribution closes abruptly.)