Danny Ockilson - he/him @danny@justweb.dev

I said, "YOU KNOW THE MAIN SIGNATORIES AND PROPONENTS OF THAT OPEN LETTER CALLING FOR A PAUSE IN 'A.I.' DEVELOPMENT DON'T ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE SOCIOETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF 'A.I.' AND JUST WANT TIME TO SURREPTITIOUSLY ADVANCE THEIR MODELS AND SHAPE ANY NEW REGULATIONS, RIGHT?"

Like… where's the calls for increased and nuanced governance? Where's the demand for an external oversight authority?

I'll tell you where it is: Nowhere, because these nerds don't believe in them.

In Germany, teaching the Holocaust is mandatory.

It includes visits to concentration camp, museums, etc. They don't shy away from their own ugly history. Yet the kids aren't damaged; they're strengthened, matured, humbled. The U.S. needs to do same with slavery.

Not that complicated.

#history #books #education #politics #democrats

Hello friends, I am currently available for work in digital/web #accessibility. Based in Sheffield UK but remote preferred, can negotiate.

I’m looking for a role that’s people oriented so things like training, talks, workshops; anything where I get to chat to folks about making software more inclusive and accessible. I want to work somewhere where the needs of disabled users come first and where I can use my lived experience as a disabled person to educate and inform.

I also have a lot of experience with accessibility testing and auditing, so I’m after somewhere that has a holistic approach to testing such as working alongside delivery teams, assisting with user research or using techniques like demos and barrier walkthroughs. I’m especially into helping teams once the testing has landed to prioritise and go about improvement beyond compliance.

If you would like more of a chat, email me (chad.gowler@proton.me) or check out my LinkedIn profile https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kitation #GetFediHired

UK is Europe’s most gas addicted country

Heat pumps installed:

🇫🇷 3.1m
🇳🇴 1.3m
🇬🇧 280k

If UK had installed as many heat pumps as Estonia, domestic gas prices would be 34% lower than last year

Gas imports 19% lower

💚 Time for a retrofit revolution!

https://www.current-news.co.uk/slow-heat-pump-installation-progress-leaves-the-uk-europes-most-gas-addicted-country/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreenPartyMolly/status/1639916073045696515

Most folks I know who are worried about AI aren’t worried about these programs becoming self aware and oppressing us. That’s not a thing. We’re worried about all the ways these systems will ramp up existing inequalities and further obliterate our shared reality as human beings. That’s already happening.

always the same dudes who think "there is no clear incentive to run a community" if it's not solely about profits are those who think [any kind of relationships] are owed to them solely on the basis of having pretended to be a Nice Guy for 10 minutes.

“Millions paid in bonuses to UK Silicon Valley Bank staff days after rescue”

Fuck these people. Honestly what the fuck? I know SVB US also paid bonuses days (earlier than usual) before they were shut.

@MnemosyneSinger Agreed. To say what we're seeing is not Nazism just because not all of them are wearing Swastikas is like saying that it's only "Nazism" if it comes from the Bavaria region of Southern Germany, otherwise, it's just Sparkling Christofascism.

"Stop overusing the word Nazi"

No, you stop facilitating Nazism by pretending it's a phenomenon unique to 1930s Germany.

When you say shit like that you are downplaying the monstrous actions of Christofascists who are in power and copying directly from the Nazi playbook as we speak. You're basically saying "well sure they're bad but not as bad as Nazis."

That's you giving yourself an excuse to do nothing. That's you letting Nazism fly under the radar because "it can't happen here."

It is happening. And if you're waiting for people to be put in literal gas chambers before you are willing to call it what it is, you're gonna be way too late to stop it.