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Susan Ville

Never surrender to injustice!

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#journalism #civilprotection

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the spectacleSusan Ville on the spectacleI was an active first responder myself, I am a journalist, have been working in the field of civil defence and research for many years. My first assignment was in 1990 during Gulf war in Syria, back then, I was in my twenties and didn't understand why the Jewish elder lady next to me said "I hate them" as we both stood at the border fence observing ISR tanks moving around. I am German, educated to be tolerant and guilty. For more than three decades I've been trying my best to explain ordinary people that political speeches have nothing to do with the reality on the ground. They read my articles, but didn't believe. After reading this morning the report of my colleague about the attack on the media tent in Gaza, I had to have a break. I lost friends and colleagues in Iraq, Syria, in the Kosovo, in Lebanon. Every media worker from Palestine I know, and who lives in the diaspora, lost a family member, or two, or more. I witnessed the suffering of the civilian population in Syria, amputated children, victims of mines and left ordnance, everywhere in the streets. I really thought, I can handle Gaza. But today I just felt sick, angry and lost. I swear to the Almighty, there will be justice for the victims. That is my only goal now. I would rather die than allowing them to get away with a genocide, another genocide committed by German helpers. No, they can't and won't destroy the foundation of civilization, basic human rights and ethical norms, it won't happen. I'm prepared for a long lasting struggle, a battle, a war, yes, but we will succeed. Thank you, Deaglan - our solid rock to cling tight on to (hope) in this ocean of darkness, waiting for the life-saving rescue ship. -- Susan P.S. I share your postings on mastodon, because I left all US social surveillance platforms ten years ago.
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Wen

Stuart Lee rarely fails to make me laugh

‘Like most north London champagne socialists, I am increasingly disappointed, for example, by the endless wrong choices of Keir Starmer, who I voted for hoping he would allow me to pay lip service to progressive values while making minimal negative impact on my own standard of living and hoarded assets.’

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Orange Juice? Keir Starmer is on the Kool-AidBy Stewart Lee
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OMG 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 :linux:

@BlumeEvolution
Teil1:
Die Ohnmacht überkommt einen, bedenkt man, wir zahlen sowohl die Angriffswaffen als auch die Verteidigungswaffen.
Das macht alles sinnlos.

Das ist Aufgabe der Politik das zu stoppen. Solar, Speicher, Wind, Biogas.(nicht mehr drosseln), Müllverbrennungsanlage (wir kriegen Verbundstoffe sowieso nicht recyclet, dann lieber in Europa kontrolliert entsorgen).

Die Fossile sind nicht nur der Tod des Klimas sondern auch der Ewigkeitsmotor des Krieges in Europa.

Teil2:
yalerussianbusinessretreat.com/

Yale Companies List​Yale CELI List of CompaniesSince the war in Ukraine began, many companies have announced their withdrawal from Russia, but some of them still operate in Russia undeterred.
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tante

That asterisk …

So whenever you use some AI chatbot (regardless of the maker), it’s there. That motherfucking asterisk.

Like look:

Quote: “Gemini can make mistakes […] so double-check it.”

I have a question (well multiple ones but let’s start with my biggest one): Why do we accept that?

Say I order groceries from my supermarket. Some fruits, maybe some milk, yoghurt, whatever. Does the supermarket add that kind of asterisk? Do I get a card attached to my order saying “Yeah this might all be super spoiled or even the wrong stuff or laced with poison, better check it”. I don’t know about your supermarket but I haven’t seen that.

Now admittedly I rarely order groceries but still: Why did we come to accept a whole industry releasing products that they all have to affix an asterisk to basically telling us that their product doesn’t work?

No product is flawless, every manufacturer makes mistakes. It happens. Still we never see those asterisks, why? Because if something goes wrong the supplier has to fix things, reimburse you, maybe even pay you some fee. And not only when you sue them.

I don’t drink coffee, but I do very much like a type of caffeinated cocoa with peppermint (I know, it sounds weird, but it’s delicious!). After I ordered my last batch a few days later (I hadn’t opened the package yet) I got an email from the manufacturer that their current batch had some issues (mainly not enough peppermint in there) so they reimbursed me. The powder wasn’t even poisonous, it was just not the thing I paid for. And they fixed it (and added a coupon for my next purchase but that was just good service). This is how we are used to things working: If you release something to the market, you take responsibility that the stuff you are delivering is the stuff you said you would deliver, the stuff your customer paid for.

I find it really weird that – just because AI is magic and all – we allow huge corporations to release something that is so obviously not up to standard that they have to remind you about it with every use. How is that acceptable? Why do we accept that with AI companies and not anywhere else?

If your product needs that big of an asterisk to be put out there maybe you really don’t have a product but a cute demonstrator. That you possibly shouldn’t charge for and that nobody serious should integrate into processes they care about.

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Screenshot of Google's Gemini AI telling me that "Gemini can make mistakes, so double-check it"
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