Current zeitgeist-y state of Internet Discourse nowadays:

via @laughingsquid : Old Timey Singer Performs an Acoustic Ukulele Version of His Forthright Ballad 'I've No More F***s To Give'

https://laughingsquid.com/acoustic-ukulele-ive-no-more-fs-to-give/

#fz_links

How to build a better search engine than Google (a case study of the defunct Neeva, which lived for only 4 years before going bankrupt) - July 2023

https://www.theverge.com/23802382/search-engine-google-neeva-android

#fz_links #WebSearch #InformationSystems #KnowledgeManagement

"Mastodon is easy and fun except when it isn't" - an informal, conversational qualitative report from Erin Kissane, July 2023

https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

#fz_links #metaMasto

"Mastodon is easy and fun except when it isn't" - an informal, conversational qualitative report from Erin Kissane, July 2023

https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

#fz_links #metaMasto

"You need to watch Steven Soderbergh's secret new Sci-Fi Project ASAP."

“So secret no one knew it was even being filmed.”

I really am intrigued. Fair disclosure though I’ve not watched it yet.

✍️ https://www.tumblr.com/ferdifz/723657377496399872/steven-soderberghs-new-secret-sci-fi-project

#fz_links #IndependentFilm #StreamingSeries #WebSeries #NotOnStreamers #NotOnNetflixNorPrimeVideoEtc #OnItsOwnGoddamendWebsite

How the phrase "No Agenda" to me has become synonymous with "I believe in debunked & completely discredited conspiracy theories":

https://archive.ph/IhQ35

#fz_links #InternetBrain #TouchGrass #LaraLogan

Via #BruceSchneier ±1 hour ago: "Operation Triangulation: Zero-Click iPhone Malware"

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/06/operation-triangulation-zero-click-iphone-malware.html

#fz_links / #VulnerabilityDisclosure #iMessage #iOS #Apple #infosec #malware

BBC News feature article: "The rise of the 'no-wash' movement"

📰 https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230529-the-people-who-dont-wash-their-clothes

There's a growing cohort of people who believe in washing clothes less – or not at all. Matilda Welin for the BBC talks to the 'no-wash' and 'low-wash' believers.

#fz_links / #environmentalism #hygiene #WaterConsumption #Detergent #CapitalismEcology

Hideo Kojima says Metal Gear Solid 2 had to make 300 changes and was almost cancelled in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks (3-minute read):

https://www.pcgamer.com/hideo-kojima-says-metal-gear-solid-2-had-to-make-300-changes-and-was-almost-cancelled-in-the-wake-of-the-september-11-terrorist-attacks/

#fz_links / #VideoGaming #PlayStation #Konami #HideoKojima

Volkswagen Installs ‘Blind Spots’ With Shocking Scenarios You Don’t See Head-On:

https://designtaxi.com/news/423520/Volkswagen-Installs-Blind-Spots-With-Shocking-Scenarios-You-Don-t-See-Head-On/

#BlackV3 #NotVantaBlack #ArtWorld #DesignTaxi / #fz_links

Do you still have any data on #Ello that is not mirrored anywhere else? You might want to download your data as soon as possible, since apparently #Talenthouse AG (current owner of Ello and #EyeEm) are filing for bankruptcy...

https://tech.eu/2023/04/14/eyeem-once-europes-challenger-to-instagram-files-for-bankruptcy/

I've just initiated my Ello data download; hopefully I'll get word in 24 hours....

#fz_links

Hm. Menarik...
- https://www.honest.co.id/
- https://dailysocial.id/post/honest-resmi-luncurkan-kartu-kredit-tanpa-nomor

#fz_links / #KartuKredit #Indonesia #startup

AI Ethicists slam 'AI Pause' Letter: the letter ignores actual current harms.

📰 https://www.pcmag.com/news/ai-ethicists-slam-ai-pause-letter-for-ignoring-current-harms

Rebuttal to "AI Pause" open letter that was signed by (among others) Elno and Woz, the criticisms coming from actual AI ethicists and career academicians (including from the MIT AI Lab). The current harms being ignored includes (among others) worker exploitation, excessive energy consumption etc.

#fz_links / #LLM #AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT #GAI

Thought-bubble of the day: The International Criminal Court (ICC) *is not* the Interpol....

Somewhat unrelated: Xi visits Putin in Russia because the ICC warrant has effectively limited Putin's travel options.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/putin-welcomes-chinas-controversial-proposals-for-peace-in-ukraine

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#fz_thinkingOutLoud #fz_links / #Ukraine #Russia #China #geopolitics

Okay okay hold up, what does Credit Suisse have to do with Silicon Valley Bank..? Completely unrelated, right? Right..?

📰 https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/credit-suisse-writes-down-17-bln-bonds-zero-angering-holders-2023-03-19/

Ugh, I *really*, really hope this isn't the start of a global financial domino. Damn stupid psychological economy. 😓

#fz_links / #GlobalCapitalism #GlobalFinance

For those currently unable to go past Apple News filtering or the Washington Post's registration-paywall, here's an alternative link/mirror:

https://archive.ph/Z9ptY

#Russia #Ukraine #geopolitics #StandWithUkraine #StopPutin / #fz_links

The International Criminal Court says it has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, accusing the Russian president of being responsible for the illegal deportation of children from Ukraine, which constitutes a war crime:

https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-arrest-warrant-international-criminal-court/32323087.html

(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 Mar 2023)

#StandWithUkraine #StopPutin #SaveRussia #WarCrimes #geopolitics / #fz_links

Fighters who spoke to @reuters said they received two to three weeks of intensive training, and some credited it with saving their lives. Western military experts say such training is woefully inadequate.

"Wagner’s convicts tell of horrors of Ukraine war and loyalty to their leader" :
https://trib.al/T9owNoK

#geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #WagnerGroup #mercenaries #convicts #CannonFodder / #fz_links

#NowListening to Hermeto Pascoal's solo jazz piano album, "Hermeto Solo: Por Diferentes Caminhos", from 1989 and remastered in 2022

🎼 https://hermeto.bandcamp.com/album/hermeto-solo-por-diferentes-caminhos-piano-ac-stico-1989-remastered

Further reading on Hermeto Pascoal, from the BandCamp blog:

📰 https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/hermeto-pascoal-planetario-da-gavea-interview

#BrazilianJazz #BrazilianMusic #Music #BandCamp / #fz_links

"How cough syrup gets poisoned" - Ghana this week, Indonesia just a few months ago...

https://reut.rs/3YGSiMy

Reuters reports this has been happening since the '90s due to substituting the sweetener Propylene Glycol with cheaper substitutes Ethylene Glycol (GE) or Dietylene Glycol (DEG)

#fz_links #CoughSyrup #ChildrenDeath #Indonesia #Ghana