aTropicalMango

@atropicalmango.bsky.social

3D Modeller, Multi-Fandom (mostly Doctor Who), likes Birds and Cats a lot. Music is very cool My thoughts and opinions are my own

Apparently not. And the cowardice of the American people has come as quite the shock to the rest of the world used to Hollywood films in which the Americans always save the day. Turns out fantasy narcissism is a national trait.

Democrats Organizing For America@democratsofa.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The story of this era isn't merely that powerful men demand obedience. History is full of powerful men demanding obedience. The story of this era is whether enough Americans still possess the courage to refuse. Scott Pelley did. ~ Steve Schmidt

This bill is legitimately the thing we've been waiting for. Forcing AI to reveal it's sources would cripple it, because it literally can't comply with the law, because all of it is stolen- they didn't record it Please sign to hasten the bubble popping

Zachary Berger@zacharyberger.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Black Forest Labs (like Stability AI) likely took a bunch of work off the internet in order to train their AI. A bill in California would force transparency in their dataset. Want to help it pass? Please sign this petition in support, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!"

This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows: 

Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity. 
 
When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers. 
 
Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="

A completely honest tierlist. I tried to think of it more how much do I like them, rather than "these are the good ones, the rest are shit". This may change when I get to Revival on my rewatch, but I doubt it'll change much. I love this dumb show! Even the parts that aren't for me.

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