Niklas Hall
@nikhall.eurosky.social
Into science, AI, cybersecurity and tech. Also into the wonderful mess called humans in all their diversity. 🌈🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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When women control capital, they fund the future they want to live in. This is the WAAAY! Art + tech = the future of women 🎉 This music festival will now be an annual fundraiser where artists donate their talents & women build their futures! Where the $ goes in comments: #Pinks
Yes, I cried! 😭 The world has lost an amazing human being. May her leadership and courage continue to inspire us all. Together with her wonderful music she has left a beautiful legacy. RIP Dolly Parton!
Joel@itsjoels.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
One of the things I loved when streaming first appeared was the possibility to watch movies uninterrupted by ads. And now we are back to ads. It's Blu-Ray and DVDs for me.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2mo agoAd-free streaming is a luxury now
Banned social media apps will include Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X, though messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal will not be covered.
Under-16 social media ban announced by UK government
There may even be a online curfew for under-18s too.
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New: Researchers have quantified how easy AI search is to manipulate. Just 13 words buried in a random Reddit comment can poison AI search results. They suggest this is not easy to stop: "The way you can attack these systems is so much dumber than you think it is" www.404media.co/it-is-trivia...
It Is Trivially Easy to Use Reddit to Manipulate AI Search, Research Suggests
"We show that a tiny snippet—just 13 words—of retrieved text on a UGC website like Reddit, Wikipedia, Quora, or Facebook can change AI agents to output spam / scam content pretty consistently."
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As in so many of his songs, Robert Smith perfectly captures a feeling I have had again and again.
Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺@maxbrockbank.com · 3mo agoThe Cure's Robert Smith perfectly sums up the difference between Americans and Brits.
We’re not fighting over trees. We’re fighting over: ✅ the air you breathe ✅ the water you drink ✅ the climate you depend on Short‑term profit or a livable future? Your call.
We are saddened by the death of #MarjaneSatrapi, Iranian-French artist and creator of Persepolis. Her work powerfully defended free expression and gave voice to censorship, exile and resistance. Her legacy is a reminder of why artistic freedom must be protected. www.middleeasteye.net/news/iranian...
Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi, creator of 'Persopolis', dies aged 56
Born in Iran, the artist moved to France in her youth due to censorship in her homeland
middleeasteye.net
One hundred and two years ago today, the Forest Service, at the initiative of conservation pioneer Aldo Leopold, created the Gila Wilderness. It was the first designated wilderness, the first protected roadless area, in the entire world. #publiclands #conservation #protectpubliclands #wilderness
A Day to Celebrate Wilderness
On June 3, 1924, at the initiative of conservation pioneer Aldo Leopold, the U.S. Forest Service created the Gila Wilderness, the first of its kind in the world
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The Danish gov’t has installed floating platforms planted with wildflowers and native vegetation in the harbors and canals of Copenhagen, to create urban habitat sanctuaries for birds, bees, pollinators, insects, and even some aquatic life. #FlowersOfBluesky #InnovativeSolutions💡
The only resemblance with a fairy tale is that he is mad as a hatter! Wonder if the Easter Bunny will ever recover from this sideshow. And whether the rest of us will.
Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 5mo agoTrump ranting about the war he's waging on the people of Iran while standing next to the Easter Bunny is going to be one of those videos I think about for a long time.
Oh good. I was beginning to think it was purely ceremonial. Of course it remains to be seen when exactly it will be applied. Suggestion: now!
Adam Parkhomenko@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe 25th Amendment exists for a reason.
Whenever I need an example of perfect timing this is my go to masterpiece. 🤩 And yes - the science reporting was also better back then.
Bad_Cyclist@badcyclist.bsky.social · 5mo agoAs a child of Apollo now watching current day MSM cover today’s efforts the differences are startling. Factual scientific coverage from professionals has been replaced with superficial DRAMA from deep voiced slow talking ghouls who want an emergency. Bring back scientists and professionals.👇
Pure magic! And that's why we are all just paying rent to big tech and now have to foot the AI bill. 😠 Or were paying...
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 5mo agoI truly appreciate that the Italian authorities are looking after consumer interests, privacy protection and other groovy stuff related to big tech! 🙏🇮🇹 Anyway, I had already cancelled Netflix.
a man wearing a tuxedo and white gloves stands in front of the word grazie
ALT: a man wearing a tuxedo and white gloves stands in front of the word grazie
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hitpix+@hitpixplus.com · 5mo agoAn Italian court just told Netflix the price hikes it pushed from 2017 to January 2024 were unlawful, ordered refunds, and said some users could get up to €500 back. Imagine opening the app and finding out the plot twist is consumer protection. 
Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5mo agoPutin and Orban coordinating on a desperate false flag operation that everyone knew was coming.
It’s estimated that 2 million people could be affected by the changes Understand the amendment 👉 https://www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-the-lgbtqia-news-oly/#%F0%9F%87%AE%F0%9F%87%B3-india
Starmer’s Britain: transphobic AF. To be very clear, Starmer is responsible for the exclusion of trans girls from the Guides and Brownies; he could have overturned the “Supreme” Court misjudgement and refused to do so.
