Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

"Jason, what's it like when someone does a pitch-perfect Internet Archive emulated-in-browser item of a modern creation of a game on a 40+ year platform and hits every single aspect of it perfectly?"

https://archive.org/details/dragon_202401

A co-op hosting network proposal is brewing with @bonfire 🎉

> The current proposal is a joint effort between Co-op Cloud and Bonfire Networks, with discussions ongoing with other interested groups. While we are of course focused on a solution for hosting Bonfire instances, the ecosystem could be extended to involve other open source projects as well... We are looking for more partners to build the ecosystem, if you are interested please contact us at team@bonfire.cafe

https://bonfirenetworks.org/hosting/

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Hi there, folks! We have had a pretty tough week here in Norway. The Norwegian parliament approved deep sea mining, and we lost the first round of a lawsuit against fjord dumping. Hard times. We are looking to connect with marine ecologists, marine biologists, and other ocean scientists that are willing to stand and be counted in this. Please contact us, or wave in some way at us. We must protect the depths of the ocean. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/12/norway-to-allow-mining-waste-to-be-dumped-in-fjords

MS--Open AI's ~parent company--already has massive US military contracts. This is the biz model.

This news is also one more alarm re. the current AI paradigm, its reliance on concentrated corp power, & the undemocratic decision making power this gives these (primarily) US-based corps.

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/12/open-ai-military-ban-chatgpt/

It is depressing how often Bender & Koller 2020 is cited incorrectly. My best guess as to why this is is that people writing about whether or not LLMs 'understand' or 'are agents' have such strongly held beliefs about what they want to be true that this impedes their ability to understand what we wrote.

Or maybe they aren't actually reading the paper --- just summarizing based on what other people (with similar beliefs) have mistakenly said about the paper.

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70 years old, but as relevant as ever. 😞

If you want all the gory details on how I migrated my Citation Needed newsletter from Substack to self-hosted Ghost, here they are:
https://citationneeded.news/substack-to-self-hosted-ghost/

Happy to try to help anyone else making this move!

I don't think Boston proper's gonna survive this century, gang. https://www.universalhub.com/2024/they-did-warn-about-coastal-flooding

Rest in Power Sekou Odinga, founding member of NY Black Panther Party, member of the NY Panther 21, combatant of the Black Liberation Army, former political prisoner of war.

Here's Sekou with dequi kioni-sadiki discussing their book, Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions, on WBAI https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=863

Sekou Odinga was a member of Malcolm X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity, a founding member of the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party as well as the Black Panther International Section, and was a member of the NY Panther 21. A citizen of the Republic of New Afrika and combatant of the Black Liberation Army, Sekou was captured in October 1981, mercilessly tortured, and spent the following thirty-three years behind bars—a prisoner of war and political prisoner of the U.S. empire. Since his release in November 2014, he has remained a stalwart fighter for justice and for the release of all political prisoners.

I lost touch with many of my #mutualaid #diabetic friends when I left the bad site, so please boost for me.

My wife’s Opa passed away this week, leaving behind ~vials of #Humalog #insulin and a number of #Dexcom #G7 #CGM sensors (non-pump compatible). Everything is paid for and we don’t want it all to go to waste.

If you or someone you know could really use this stuff, please contact me at:
“mutualaid.abruptly295@ passmail.net”

If Boeing needs another shitty engineer, I'm available! https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/1/12/2216921/-Cartoons-Boeing-s-blueprints-for-success

Not nearly as much as you might think.

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/11/dnc-biden-israel-palestine-immigration/

Saw this great short film tonight with other @GEO_Collective folks, including @GuerillaOntologist and @GeorgeCheney

Works For All
Cincinnati's Co-op Economy

Since 2011 Co-op Cincy has been building an inspiring network of worker-owned cooperatives in Cincinnati to create a regional economy that works for all.

http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/wfa.html

2024 is sadly going to be the year lots of execs convince their board they need to add generative AI to their products, lay off half their staff to fund it, then the same execs take 8 figure jobs elsewhere and watch as the orgs plunge off a cliff.

My course on Agricultural and Environmental Planning and Analysis at Tufts' Nutrition School is open to learners outside of Tufts via the University College.

https://universitycollege.tufts.edu/courses/browse/food-systems-modeling-analysis#section-39953

This graduate-level course covers methods of modeling and analysis used to study food systems using publicly available datasets and several modeling approaches. We focus on regional food systems and the relationship between diet & land use.

It runs from Jan 23 to May 9, 2024, and the cost is $6,540.00.

Good news to break the mess of the past day: Work on federating #Forgejo is ongoing. We are now one step closer to federated stars: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/1680

Federation is a key to resilient networks. We are looking forward to it.

What's Congress up to this year? https://brianmcfadden.org/2024/01/05/2024-congressional-schedule/

A friend got laid off at #Discord and they didn’t even have the decency to give people time to wrap up what they’re working on! Computer access cutting off today. No goodbyes? Employees give 2 weeks notice as a courtesy but employers don’t need to bother? #layoffs

Tomorrow on my live webcast “History Matters:”

On Domestic Terrorism: Let’s Talk

Swatting judges.
Claiming the right to assassinate opponents.

It’s not normal.
It shouldn’t go unnoticed.

Let’s talk.
We HAVE to.

Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations

#politics #history #democracy #terrorism #immunity