Solid US job, wage growth in April. U.S. job growth slowed to a still-solid clip in April, with wages maintaining their steady rise, which would allay fears that the economy was stalling after activity pulled back considerably in the first quarter.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/solid-us-job-wage-growth-expected-april-2024-05-03/


Far right militias are returning to Facebook — and it’s looking the other way because they make more money using algorithms to amplify extreme left and extreme right groups. Facebook also uses its algorithms to promote voter suppression content from these types of group. Facebook has seemingly been helping commit election fraud in every US election since 2016 and should be prosecuted by the Department of Justice.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna150852


#ThrowbackThursday #tbt #photo #photograph #photography From a trip to Barcelona years ago...

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Exploring Jacksonville • Sunrise over the Main Street Bridge & Saint Johns River • Downtown

#Jacksonville #Florida #Photography #AmateurPhotography #Pixelfed #StreetPhotography #GalaxyS23+ #Sunrise #Bridges #Rivers #Reflections #CitySkyline
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Latino voter turnout is growing in Arizona. Senate hopefuls are trying to win support. Latino voters made up roughly a quarter of Arizona voters who cast a ballot in 2020. That's a nearly 20% increase in their share from 2016 and a roughly 58% increase in the number of Latino Arizonans voting from 2016.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249714723/latino-voters-increase-arizona-senate-candidates-gallego-lake


Documents released as part of a lawsuit against Facebook illustrate how the company would have used a cyberespionage scheme to track the private information of its rival’s customers. Former employees of Facebook say the company has collected more private data on Americans than the government. Given Facebook’s history with Cambridge Analytica, how do we know Facebook is not sharing this information for profit with foreign governments who are interested in US elections? Facebook has zero accountability or transparency about what they're doing with Americans’ private data, they should be investigated for possible election fraud by the Department of Justice.
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-05-08/the-ghostbusters-project-or-how-facebook-planned-to-spy-on-snapchat-users.html?outputType=amp


Have spent half of the today walking and shooting. That’s how I like to spend my days. #photography  #dunav

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#photostr #photography https://image.nostr.build/782f77aa3a5a69972778f5660eeb440c86927ffdd0a806337616dfaf88ddf4c0.jpg


You don’t know it, but you’re working for Facebook. For free. In 2023 Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads made >$130 billion off of sharing your private information, pictures, and videos for advertising purposes. Given that greater than 80% of Americans use Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads they have a monopoly on user data and should be broken up by the FTC.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/07/22/you-dont-know-it-but-youre-working-for-facebook-for-free/


Steward Health Care implosion provides cautionary tale on private equity in health care. Previous reports have shown the perils of private equity acquisitions of rural hospitals, but these aren’t the only type of hospital at risk. Steward Health Care, a for-profit system formerly owned by a private equity firm, is selling hospitals in Massachusetts, after taking huge profits and then running out of money to run the hospitals.

https://lowninstitute.org/steward-implosion-provides-cautionary-tale-on-private-equity-in-health-care/amp/


Casual work look, shop my looks on LTK, link in bio @drmonalidesai

casual style, spring outfits, style inspo
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After months of uncertainty about its future, the nation’s largest private, for-profit hospital chain has filed for bankruptcy in Texas. Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying it will move to restructure its debt under court supervision and keep running its hospitals across the U.S

https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/05/06/steward-bankruptcy-massachusetts-for-profit-hospitals-debt


Peter Tavy Coombe yesterday #Dartmoor #Devon #mosstodon #photography

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Morning On the Back Bay
Los Osos
Photographer Jon Pinter
#photo #photography  #fotografie #fotografia #potd #coast #coastlife  #meer #olympus #olympusphotography #californiacoast #californiabeach #californiaphotography

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We're entering a boom time for American rail — including bona fide high-speed trains. Train travel can be faster, more convenient and cleaner than driving or flying. But hurdles — ranging from a lack of investment to geographic and political challenges — have held trains back in the U.S. compared with global peers.
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/07/american-rail-brightline-trains-amtrak


Facebook will soon block news sites in Australia, is the United States next? More than 80% of Americans get information from Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads so blocking news sites is especially concerning.
Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads has a monopoly on information delivery in the United States with a revenue of > $130 billion in 2023 and should be broken up by the FTC or Congress.
https://fremantleshippingnews.com.au/2024/05/07/facebook-will-soon-block-aussie-news-sites-what-does-this-mean-for-major-media-minnows-like-fsn/


"Salt Marsh In Autumn"

The vibrant autumn colors of Maine's Wells Marsh Preserve are shown under a dramatic sky with sunbeams breaking through the clouds.

#buyintoart #art #artist #mastoart #photography #ayearforar #travel #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #wallart #interiordesign #maine #marsh #fediart #scottloringdavisphotography #homedecor #artprints #artist #giftideas #wallartforsale #serenity #tranquility #pixels #mainephotography #photographyisart #dramatic #autumn #beautiful
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I grew up just a few blocks from this spot and the view never ceases to amaze me. This enchanting sunrise, with its vibrant colors dancing on the water, is the perfect way to share a piece of the view I love with any space, offering a daily glimpse of nature's beauty.

https://beautifulsunphotography.com/featured/dawns-first-light-on-the-st-marys-river-deb-beausoleil.html

#StMarysRiver #MichiganMornings #SunriseScenery #AYearforArt #photography #BuyIntoArt #HomeDecor #wallart #HospitalityInteriors #WaitingRoomArt #HotelDecorWallArt
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Big Tech jobs have lost their glamour. Workers across the industry are questioning moving to smaller tech companies or other industries like finance.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240207-big-tech-layoffs-perks-cuts


Meta’s Facebook & Instagram last week (30 April) became subject to an investigation under the EU’s online platform rules for seemingly not countering Russian disinformation algorithm manipulation for the 2024 elections. Facebook & Instagram have a history of using their algorithms to amplify election disinformation and voter suppression content at least since 2016. They should be prosecuted by the DOJ for election fraud.
https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/05/07/disinformation-probes-too-late-to-make-a-difference


Welcome back 😊


Pasta #memes https://image.nostr.build/e036a0a65d9ce6dc6b6fd451ab1ae1fe63b6ce3bd876aa3067bd09a55a4707f9.jpg


Popcorn #memes https://image.nostr.build/098b050019e254d857cfd5d4f3b505d53c6bee4ef2585305eb1227b272336509.jpg


NYC broke ground in Battery Park Monday on a $200 million project to raise the waterfront and protect it from sea level rise — part of an investment worth billions of dollars in shielding Lower Manhattan from the effects of climate change in the coming decades. The Battery Coastal Resilience project will see the waterfront wharf at Battery Park raised about 5 feet to protect against sea levels expected to rise two feet by the 2050s, as well as more frequent storm surges like that which crippled Lower Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
https://www.amny.com/environment/battery-park-construction-climate-change/


A Lawsuit Argues Facebook/Instagram Is Required by Law to Let You Control Your Own Feed. Professor Ethan Zuckerman is suing Facebook/Instagram to win protections for add-ons that help researchers study the platform and give users more control over their feeds. Facebook/Instagram has a long history of using its algorithms to promote extreme-left and extreme-right content because polarizing users increases the time they spend on Facebook/Instagram and makes Facebook/Instagram more money.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-section-230-users-algorithm/


Raining day

#photography #city #streetphotography #architecture

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Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩
Feel free to share any tips/recommendations for Bali :)
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#photography #nature #Bali


'The world has changed': WeChat, snakeheads and the new era of global migration. “This is not a U.S.-Mexico border problem. This is now a worldwide issue,” a former Homeland Security official said. This is the new normal of migration to the southern border: What was once mostly a regional phenomenon has become truly global, with the share of migrants coming from the four closest countries dropping and the number from elsewhere around the world increasing.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/demographics-migration-us-are-rapidly-shifting-s-change-rcna149623


In the 2020 presidential elections voter suppression misinformation flourished on Facebook, the data showed nearly half of all top-performing posts that mentioned voting by mail were false or misleading. The same is expected in 2024 as Facebook has a long history of its algorithms amplifying misinformation voter suppression posts because it makes them more money. Facebook should be prosecuted by the DOJ for election fraud.
https://www.propublica.org/article/outright-lies-voting-misinformation-flourishes-on-facebook


Thanks!


Resort shirt, two styles, shop my looks on LTK, link in bio @drmonalidesai

casual style, spring outfits, style inspo
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Jim Crow 2.0: As US 2024 elections near, new efforts to suppress Black voters
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/3/12/jim-crow-2-0-as-us-elections-near-new-efforts-to-suppress-black-votes


Improper ‘shadow’ ads thriving on Facebook during India’s 2024 election. Many political ads running on Facebook in India during its current election season are backed by organizations that hide their identity threatening the integrity of a process intended to enforce transparency in a system full of voter manipulation. Facebook has a long history of letting voter suppression ads run in the US and globally and they seem to be intentionally complicit in election fraud, Facebook should be prosecuted by the DOJ.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/06/india-facebook-ad-policies/


It was!


Pad thai, lemongrass rice, vegetable green curry #food #foodstr https://image.nostr.build/cb69afa52fbb4a4d014eb46853a94d0a3ef47327453e79b559d249f3d22c83d6.jpg


Thai food cooking class #food #foodstr https://video.nostr.build/8cf3e572f54a7b9106c4688054ab6ce6b14935103169fde0675755936c370a0e.mp4


Facebook killed the News: memes replace Australian verified news posts as Meta changes algorithm. Facebook/Instagram had become the go to news source for users in most democratic countries. However once Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp gained a news distribution monopoly it seems they changed their AI to show less news from verified sources, in some countries blocking the news altogether. The FTC or Congress should break up the Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp monopoly.
https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/06/news-on-facebook-is-dead-memes-replace-australian-media-posts-as-meta-turns-off-the-tap


The 2024 UN Food Waste Index report— which measured food waste at the consumer and retail level across more than 100 countries — found that over a trillion dollars worth of food gets thrown out every year, from households to grocery stores to farms, all across the globe.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/5/4/24147350/billions-of-meals-wasted-unep-study-food


Spring vegetable green curry #food #foodstr https://image.nostr.build/92795e8fa81c085cf9dc2f14bcee3a0815d0f22b1b184624016211105a73b893.jpg https://image.nostr.build/25704352f6d47df60be07d086d9a3241bc29a8744a0395bc3e338645336a3a06.jpg


Retailers are feeling jittery. Consumers aren’t shopping like they used to. In a game of chicken between stores and shoppers, it’s the stores that appear to be yielding first, by dropping prices on thousands of products. A slew of retailers in recent weeks have announced price cuts as they strive to pull consumers into stores and entice them to spend money on things like new clothes, decorative items for the home and arts and crafts or hobby kits.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/05/business/retailers-cutting-prices/index.html


Facebook Manipulated 689,003 Users' Emotions Using Algorithms in 2012, essentially to learn how to maximize revenue.  In 2024 how do we know that Facebook & Instagram are not using algorithms to manipulate people’s enotions about wars & elections? How do we know they’re not selling this option to foreign companies & governments? There is zero accountability or transparency for Facebook & Instagram’s algorithms & advertising, which in 2023 made > $130 billion.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/?sh=6183cab9197c


Thai food cooking class #food #foodstr https://image.nostr.build/7ab2ac19db197da795f4e7b17e771e5e590423952a32191a807b42439ed3e701.jpg https://image.nostr.build/2c9f6d8636e506f4912855dc91a2862009bb15915b508f1edea38c2f0fa36cab.jpg


The Biden-Trump election likely will be decided by roughly 6% of voters in just six states, top strategists in both parties tell us.

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/06/biden-trump-election-swing-states


Over 200 militia groups and users are using Facebook to organize nationwide, new report states. Historically Facebook’s AI algorithms are known to promote more extreme-left and extreme-right groups to users because it makes Facebook more money because this strategy increases user time on Facebook. But many extremist groups also undermine elections and so it seems that Facebook is intentionally involved in election fraud and voter suppression.
https://www.engadget.com/over-200-militia-groups-and-users-are-using-facebook-to-organize-nationwide-new-report-states-135003902.html


MoMA #nyc
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MoMA #nyc
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Missouri and South Dakota Move Toward Abortion Rights Ballot Questions. Both states are Republican and have abortion bans that are among the strictest in the nation, this would allow voters to reverse those bans by establishing a right to abortion in their state constitutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/us/abortion-rights-missouri-south-dakota.html


Delta class action claims airline shares customer information with Facebook. Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp share people’s private information with thousands of companies and thousands of companies may share people’s private information with Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp. In the end it may lead to higher costs for example for airline tickets.
https://topclassactions.com/delta-airlines-class-action-lawsuit-and-settlement-news/delta-class-action-claims-airline-shares-customer-information-with-facebook/


MoMA #nyc
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MoMA #nyc
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Driven in part by the star power of Caitlin Clark and the other 2024 draft class stars the WNBA has seen a surge in popularity. Women's sports play a key role in "putting women's equity in front of us as a society, and sort of showcasing what women's leadership looks like on and off the court — in front office as well as in our players," Alycen McAuley, said the chief business officer of the Washington Mystics.
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/04/wnba-tickets-sale-prices-caitlin-clark


Facebook and Instagram are still blocking Canadian news outlets from publishing to Facebook and Instagram, including during public safety emergencies when information is needed most. Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp spent years making deals with news and media companies to be their go to delivery platforms and now that Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp seemingly have a monopoly they are starting to block news and media companies around the world possibly for political reasons. The FTC or Congress should break up the Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp monopoly.
https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/meta-s-canadian-news-ban-could-put-people-at-risk-during-public-emergencies/article_9f4d9084-f662-591a-b2a6-77be47d108b2.html


MoMA #nyc
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Chile verde eggs and jalapeño cornbread #food #foodstr
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Climate scientists say South Asia's heat wave (120F!) is a sign of what's to come. The region is already hard-hit by climate change. Extreme heat is common in May. But not in April and March, both of which were the hottest across much of India for more than a century.

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/1096085028/climate-scientists-say-south-asias-heat-wave-120f-is-a-sign-of-whats-to-come


That report found the Meta AI chatbot (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) was replying to some inquiries inaccurately, saying some individual New York State lawmakers had been accused of sexual harassment...when they hadn't. "First of all I thought, wow I can't believe this guy did this, then I thought, oh my god, it's me," Assemblyman Clyde Vanel, who was one of the lawmakers inaccurately accused, said. "It can be harm to reputation to really provide misinformation that someone relies heavily on." Facebook & Instagram are known for using AI algorithms to amplify misinformation because that makes them more money and sometimes it undermines democracy too, now they are also creating their own fake news which is concerning for election fraud in the November elections.

https://cbs6albany.com/amp/news/local/meta-challenged-by-new-york-state-ag-over-inaccurate-chatbot-claims


Mumbai is stunning!

#skyline #mumbai #mumbaiskyline #city #landscape #sea #marinedrive #arabiansea #photography #cityphotography

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Spaziergang am #Rhein mit Blick auf Baden Württemberg #photography

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Across nearly every faith and in all but five states, a majority of Americans support at least some access to abortion. That's a major conclusion of a new massive survey of 22,000 people from the Public Religion Research Institute. In states with total bans on abortion, 53% of residents say they still support abortion rights in most or all cases.
https://time.com/6973349/abortion-poll-florida-ban/


Facebook can be sued over allegations that its advertising algorithm is discriminatory and violates civil rights laws. This is especially concerning because Facebook has been found to accept voter suppression ads in elections years since 2016, which is essentially election fraud.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23889747/facebook-biased-ad-algorithm-aclu-court


The Celtic Sea

#photography #ireland #ocean #coast #CelticSea #film #nikon #home #beach #shore #landscape

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Orangetheory #workout
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Meta’s A.I. Chatbot For Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Users Can’t Be Trusted, it struggles with facts, numbers and web search. Unlike other chatbots, Meta’s A.I. assistant is a free tool baked into apps that billions of people use every day making it potentially quite dangerous given the seemingly long history Facebook and Instagram have of using AI algorithms to spread misinformation instead of factual news because misinformation makes them more money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/technology/personaltech/meta-ai-facebook-instagram-chatbot.html


How AI Bots Could Sabotage 2024 Elections around the World. AI-generated disinformation will target voters on a near-daily basis in more than 50 countries, according to a new analysis
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-ai-bots-could-sabotage-2024-elections-around-the-world/


Going to be a beautiful day today. #StAugustineBeach #Sunrise #Photography

https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/382/634/996/228/671/original/85b3935d59992360.jpeg


Thunderstorm

#Landscape #Photography #Nature
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Three in four adults think the U.S. health care system identifies and treats mental health issues worse than physical health concerns, according to a new Gallup and West Health poll. Negative perceptions can prevent people from getting care even when it's available.

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/01/mental-health-care-poll


Hey, Mark Zuckerberg: My Democracy Isn’t Your Laboratory. But what’s done is done — a private company (Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp) accountable to no one, has taken over the world’s media ecosystem. It is now responsible for what happens there. By picking small countries with shaky democratic institutions to be experimental subjects, it is showing a cynical lack of concern for how its decisions affect the most vulnerable. Given that Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads seem to have a monopoly on political information distribution the FTC or Congress should break them up.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/opinion/serbia-facebook-explore-feed.html


Biometrics 👀
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May #memes
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Calls #memes
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Arizona lawmakers vote by a narrow margin to repeal Civil War-era abortion ban. "I don't want us honoring laws about women written during a time when women were forbidden from voting because their voices were considered inferior to men," said State Sen. Eva Burch of Mesa

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247532066/arizona-1864-abortion-law-outlawing-almost-all-abortions-repealed-15-week-ban


Facebook is being sued by a researcher who wants to release a browser extension that would allow people to “effectively turn off” their algorithmic feeds. Facebook’s News Feed algorithm has long been at the center of debates because it intentionally amplifies polarizing extreme-left and extreme-right content. But, if the lawsuit is successful, Facebook users may be able to use the social network without the algorithms.
https://www.engadget.com/a-researcher-is-suing-meta-for-the-right-to-turn-off-facebooks-news-feed-210344993.html


"Tagesbeginn"

cc nostr:npub1jpc2sxkdedevnrumzwx05xxk0cw0tq3u8kxacjqugn0a64clk8wsrc6puf

#fotovorschlag #foto #fotografie #photo #photography

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"Lighthouses At Sunrise "

This beautiful print is available at:
https://pixels.com/featured/maine-light-houses-scott-davis.html

Photographers Notes: It's that magical moment in the day when then the sun makes its first appearance on the horizon, starting a new day.

#buyintoart #AYearForArt #interiordesign #mastoart #photography #landscapephotography #landscape #wallart #wallartforsale #art #artist #maine #lighthouse #scottloringdavisphotography #scottloringdavisfineartphotography
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Unions, businesses want migrants to fill labor gaps in Ohio.
Immigration is bolstering a U.S. workforce that would otherwise be set to decline as the baby boomer generation retires, she added. "And especially in some fields, we have long-run structural needs that Americans are just not going to fill," Watson said. This includes construction, farming, home health aides and other direct care workers.
https://www.reuters.com/business/unions-businesses-eye-migrants-fill-labor-gaps-ohio-2024-05-02/


The Meta AI chatbot found to be making up fake news for users of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. This makes sense as historically Facebook and Instagram have a reputation for using their algorithms to amplify misinformation and fake news because it makes them more money. This is especially concerning because Instagram/Facebook/WhatsApp/Threads have a news delivery monopoly and now they are making up their own AI fake news, they should be broken up by the FTC or Congress.

https://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/8612510/metas-ai-chatbot-producing-inaccurate-news/
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Podcasts #memes
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Maps #memes
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Canvassers trying to register new voters are staring down unprecedented hostility and navigating a minefield of new laws ahead of November's election. Many advocates say some state governments have made it harder to cast a ballot over the past few years amid rising public distrust of the election process.

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/02/hard-to-vote-states-register-canvas


After lying low for several years militia extremists have been quietly reorganizing, ramping up recruitment and rhetoric on Facebook with apparently little concern that Meta will enforce its ban against them, according to new research by the Tech Transparency Project. In reality Facebook & Instagram intentionally use their algorithms to promote left & right extremist groups & content because it makes Facebook & Instagram more money but it also undermines democracy. Given that Facebook seems to have been intentionally using algorithms to promote anti-democracy content since at least 2016 we should consider if Facebook/Instagram is actually an anti-American company & is intentionally undermining democracy.
https://www.wired.com/story/extremist-militias-are-coordinating-on-facebook/


B2b #memes
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Watery #memes
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AI deepfakes threaten to upend global elections. Turning off social media algorithms would help stop the amplification of deepfakes. As more than half the global population heads to the polls in 2024, AI-powered audio, images and videos are sowing confusion and clouding the political debate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/23/ai-deepfake-election-2024-us-india/


Meta faces deepfake and obscene ads on Insta & Facebook. Given that most of the ads process is automated, because that saves Meta money versus using actual humans, scammers are using AI tools to fool Meta into accepting ads that are full of obscene and NSFW content that are then being promoted by Meta’s AI algorithms to unsuspecting Facebook and Instagram users. Meta made >$130 billion in advertising in 2023, so they could afford to hire more humans to review ads they are promoting to users if they wanted to.
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/technology/news/story/meta-pushing-ads-to-generate-more-revenue-but-most-of-these-ads-are-now-deepfakes-2533081-2024-04-29


#thunderstorm #lightning #city #paris #orage #éclair #photography #MonCielAujoudhui

https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/112/371/595/544/495/553/original/de43957619a24b2b.jpg


By the reservoir at dusk.

April 2023

#photography #landscape #panorama #view

https://fe.disroot.org/media/4c8171cacdd82fbc4382e49f34dedd98c0e0df5af4f0f8915d5b106a5754d3b8.jpg


Immigration Named Top U.S. Problem for Third Straight Month
Immigration has been the most politically polarizing issue mentioned in past 24 years
https://news.gallup.com/poll/644570/immigration-named-top-problem-third-straight-month.aspx


The EU investigates Meta/Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads over fears of election interference & foreign disinformation. Historically Meta has used its AI algorithms to amplify polarizing content & misinformation all over the world because that makes them more money. Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads has a global & US political information delivery monopoly & should be broken up by the FTC or Congress.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/04/29/tech/eu-investigates-meta-election-interference-foreign-disinformation


Chosen #memes
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Linkedin #memes
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In a lawsuit by an OB-GYN challenging North Carolina regulations on dispensing medication abortion, a federal judge struck down some of the laws on the grounds that they undermine the national FDA regulatory system, which are less restrictive than North Carolina regulations.
https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article285359502.html


Meta is pushing AI into every aspect of its giant platforms — Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp — threatening to worsen existing problems with spam & misinformation. Meta historically makes more money from its AI algorithm amplification of polarizing spam & misinformation than it does from non-inflammatory, factual information. Given that this has been shown to cause many problems including voter suppression, Meta seems to be intentionally committing election fraud & should be prosecuted.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/30/meta-ai-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-complaints


Socks #memes
https://m.primal.net/ICBu.jpg


Call #memes
https://m.primal.net/ICBs.jpg


Why we keep seeing egg prices spike. How corporate greed plays a role in making bird flu outbreaks — and egg prices — worse.
https://www.vox.com/money/24144715/egg-price-inflation-bird-flu-corporate-greed


Facebook's Onavo VPN used to wiretap competitor user data, court filings reveal. Meta, Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads parent company, employed its controversial VPN service as a way to intercept and decrypt people’s private information. Given Facebook’s 15+ year history of violating people’s private data to make more money maybe Congress should consider banning them too given that we don’t know which foreign companies and foreign political parties Facebook is sharing people’s private data with.
https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/facebooks-onavo-vpn-used-to-wiretap-competitor-data-court-filings-reveal


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Brunch outfit, shop my looks on LTK, link in bio @drmonalidesai

casual style, spring outfits, style inspo
#casualstyle #springoutfits https://video.nostr.build/5ae33505202f9ef712bc1b917af574069140bb5bc999dd8ed5544a08cee1ae06.mp4


According to a survey by the Pew Research Center, 78% of American adults say social media companies have too much influence on politics — to break it down by party, that’s 84% of surveyed Republicans and 74% of Democrats.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/social-media-companies-political-power-pew-survey/


Facebook (Meta AI Chatbot) is serving up wildly inaccurate versions of articles published by media companies to their users, using artificial intelligence to generate botched "summaries" of paywalled news articles. Facebook has a long history of using its algorithm to amplify extreme-left and extreme-right fake news because it makes Facebook more money. As it also undermines democracy because the majority of voters in democratic countries use a Meta owned app (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Whatsapp) the FTC or Congress should break up the Meta monopoly.

https://www.lismorecitynews.com.au/story/8609905/facebook-delivers-fake-news-generated-by-meta-ai-chatbot/


Containers #memes
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Talking #memes
https://m.primal.net/IByc.jpg


The poll shows that current anti-immigrant sentiment is partly based on misconceptions about immigrants committing crimes and seeking welfare benefits, both of which are largely untrue.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/30/immigration-migrants-border-crossings-complaints


A recent investigation by 404Media found that AI-generated images were being pushed onto unsuspecting users via Facebook’s recommendation engine “Suggested for You,” implemented in 2022. Going back to 2018 Facebook seems to have laid the foundations for today’s tsunami of AI-generated pollution, by purposely de-prioritizing content published by brands and news outlets. Facebook has a history of its algorithms pushing fake content because it makes them more money, but it also seems to be undermining democracy. Users should have the option to turn off all algorithms.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2024/04/28/facebooks-surreal-shrimp-jesus-trend-explained/?sh=31bd2790356a


Torchys tacos


Sentieri vista mare

#photography
#mypic
Adriatico

https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonuno/media_attachments/files/112/361/235/978/734/109/original/6dc8234ba64c8b51.jpeg


Crow on Birch

Beautiful Coombe Wood Gardens

#photography #BirdPhotography #Birds #trees

https://pool.jortage.com/tootcat/media_attachments/files/112/361/345/251/137/846/original/8c88706327897980.jpeg


Planes pollute the planet, but new technology could clean up the aviation industry. There are limitations to the power that electric batteries can produce, but experts say there is a role for small electric planes in the future.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/04/23/electric-planes-climate-change


The Netherlands' data watchdog recommended that the government not use Facebook to communicate with the public if it is unclear what happens to users' personal data. Facebook has a long history of sharing private user information with thousands of companies to generate advertising revenue, in 2023 Facebook made > $130 billion off advertising using everyone’s private information.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/04/22/dutch-watchdog-says-government-should-stop-using-facebook-if-there-are-privacy-concerns


Marathon #memes https://image.nostr.build/acf6222970213b660a06456bfc7968177461799dd8ff8e81e3ec3429d508c899.jpg


Spring work outfit, shop my looks on LTK, link in bio @drmonalidesai

casual style, spring outfits, style inspo
#casualstyle #springoutfits https://video.nostr.build/7aa5bede4a4c5347fd27d8892d4a727b8dd2a0e6a518d2188afeb029fd414865.mp4


The share of patients with mental health diagnoses rose 40% nationally from 2019 to 2023, with the most significant jump among seniors, according to a FAIR Health analysis. While the data reflects the anxiety and stress of the pandemic era, it could also point to reduced stigma in seeking care and increased access via telehealth.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/29/mental-health-seniors-pandemic


NY State AG demands answers about Meta/Facebook/Instsgram AI chatbot’s false accusations.
Letitia James sent a letter to the Facebook parent company after City & State reported that the chatbot was making up sexual harassment allegations against lawmakers. Facebook/Instagram are known to make more money using AI algorithms to amplify misinformation.

https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/04/state-ag-demands-answers-about-meta-ai-chatbots-false-accusations/396144/


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Goose #memes
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Orangetheory #workout
https://m.primal.net/IBgB.jpg


Florida Abortion Ban to Take Effect, Cutting Off Major Access Point. The state has dozens of clinics that serve tens of thousands of women a year, including from across the Southeast. The six-week ban will require most to travel much farther.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/us/florida-abortion-ban.html


The EU is preparing to launch an investigation into Facebook/Instagram’s handling of Russian disinformation. Historically the algorithms of Facebook/Instagram have amplified Russian election disinformation and voter suppression content because it makes Facebook/Instagram more money via advertising but this is essentially also election fraud.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/facebook-owner-faces-eu-investigation-over-spread-of-russian-propaganda/ar-AA1nSmen


Mower #memes
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Ministers from the Group of Seven nations have agreed to shut down all their coal plants by 2035 at the latest, a UK minister said on Monday, in a climate policy breakthrough that could influence other countries to do the same.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/29/climate/g7-end-coal-fossil-fuels-climate-intl/index.html


Monday

#NYC #running #photography

https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/354/023/381/820/406/original/c194bfa8fb027314.jpg


My pastel mornings

#chicago #photography

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/355/074/119/948/187/original/3d933004fa4366a6.jpeg


Plummeting fertility rates and major demographic shifts are expected to slow U.S. population growth in the years ahead, with a steady flow of immigrants needed to offset the economic consequences.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/28/immigration-crisis-economy-jobs-market-workers


Revealed: How much Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi earn from ‘fake’ followers for each sponsored Instagram post. Al-Nassr superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is reported to be pulling in over £360,000 from “fake” followers for each of his sponsored Instagram posts. It’s possible that Instagram even encourages the buying of fake followers because they also can then charge advertisers more money for fake or real followers. Instagram made > $60 billion in advertising revenue last year.
https://www.goal.com/en-om/lists/enthuellt-so-viel-verdienen-cristiano-ronaldo-und-lionel-messi-an-fake-followern-bei-instagram/bltb3e1adaaaf6a925b


Want to purple-pill your frens? 💜🫂

Bring ’em to PubKey on May 30th for #NostrVillage

It's an all-day event from 2pm – 8pm where we’ll break down the concepts behind Nostr, discuss the state of UX and tech, showcase how creatives are building their brands using #v4v and offer hands-on workshops for brand new Nostriches.

See you in NYC! 🗽⚡🚖🚇

https://www.meetup.com/pubkey-meetups/events/300036250/

https://image.nostr.build/aa97a584bf3bfbcb00937a1cee7ee025246cf835103a15b2dd2cf3b84c81cb04.png


Huevos rancheros #food #foodstr
https://m.primal.net/IBNu.jpg


Fort Greene #brooklyn
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The Tragic Pregnancy Stories Filling the Abortion Campaign Airwaves.”  When Zurawski went into early labor at 18 weeks pregnant in August 2022, she was told the baby wouldn’t survive. She said doctors told her they couldn’t induce labor because it would be considered an illegal abortion. She waited three days, until she had developed an infection that turned to sepsis, a potentially life-threatening condition. She was then induced and delivered a stillborn baby girl, but had to spend days in intensive care.  “The damage that the sepsis caused has permanently compromised my fertility. So it’s even harder for me to get pregnant again, if I can get pregnant again. I likely can’t,” said Zurawski, who described Willow as a “desperately wanted” baby.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-tragic-pregnancy-stories-filling-the-abortion-campaign-airwaves-74c4fa41


New Facebook AI chatbot spreads misinformation about bomb threat at Carolina Forest High School. A growing concern in the lead up to the 2024 elections is Facebook AI algorithms spreading extreme-left and extreme-right misinformation to polarize Americans, something that Facebook historically has made a lot of advertising money off of.
https://wpde.com/amp/news/local/new-facebook-ai-chatbot-spread-misinformation-carolina-forest-high-school-bomb-threat-active-shooter-situation-false-information-social-media-rumors-community-concerned-artificial-intelligence-cfhs-meta-horry-county-police-south-carolina-april-25-2024


Weird #memes
https://m.primal.net/IAvM.jpg


Shakshuka #food #foodstr
https://m.primal.net/IAvK.jpg


Climate change could cost Americans born in 2024 nearly $500,000 in their lifetime
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/04/26/climate-change-may-cost-americans-born-in-2024-nearly-500000-in-lifetime.html


‘Anti-democratic’: Labor minister warns Facebook against removal of Australian verified news content. Based on a similar Facebook policy in Canada studies show this leads to the algorithmic amplification of fake news, which undermines democracy and Facebook profits greatly from it.
https://amp.theguardian.com/media/2024/apr/25/anti-democratic-labor-minister-warns-facebook-against-removal-of-australian-news-content


Museum rooftop views #nyc
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Museum rooftop views #nyc
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IVF and egg freezing: Numbers jumped in 2022. IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies have grown in popularity, as hopeful parents gain more access to infertility treatments and choose to have kids later in life.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/27/ivf-egg-freezing-rates-sart


Over 150 Million Facebook Posts Misleading or Suppressing American Voters Discovered on Platform before the 2020 presidential elections. This year is expected to be the same as Facebook profits greatly by having its algorithms amplify voter misinformation, which is essentially election fraud.

https://www.newsweek.com/million-facebook-posts-misleading-suppressing-voters-1540161


At first i thought you were referencing The Little Mermaid 😅


Whitney Biennial #nyc
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Whitney Museum #nyc
https://m.primal.net/IAtW.jpg


What abortion politics has to do with new rights for pregnant workers. The law in question is about protections for pregnant workers. First, a little background: In 2015, a survey found that nearly 1 in 4 women went back to work just two weeks after giving birth. The law says employers should make "reasonable accommodations" for pregnant workers during and after "pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions."

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/27/1247608094/abortion-lawsuit-pregnant-workers-fairness-act-eeoc-biden


A known network has been targeting EU voters before 2024 elections on Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads) with pro-Russian propaganda in France and Germany, according to a new report by non-profit analytics organization AI Forensics. Pro-Russian propaganda exploits Meta's failure to moderate political ads, in fact they have a history of amplifying Russian ads because it makes them more money.
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/eu-elections-russian-propaganda/


Boston, MA

Portfolio: glass.photo/iap

#photography #photooftheday #mastoart #lumixgf1 #iap #fotoclubismo #foto #fotografia #fotographia

https://masto.deluma.biz/system/media_attachments/files/112/342/821/177/364/389/original/983133ca350e3da9.jpeg


Food #memes
https://m.primal.net/IAaX.jpg


Battling climate change, Japan looks to seagrass for carbon capture
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/battling-climate-change-japan-looks-seagrass-carbon-capture-2024-04-25/


Instagram makes more money from ads than YouTube does, and it has for years. In fact Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads has a monopoly in the United States given that more than 80% of Americans use a Facebook owned app, they should be broken up by Congress as they have a monopoly on information distribution.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/5/24122541/instagram-ad-revenue-youtube-meta-ftc-monopoly


Beautiful Switzerland

#switzerland #nature #europa #photography #earth #mountains

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/342/460/466/635/155/original/73a3390cc61ae520.jpeg


Stykkisholm, #Iceland

#photography

https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/343/550/551/963/561/original/a2750003cab07c31.jpg


What's behind the unstoppable American consumer. The economic surprise in recent years is the resilience of the American consumer: high borrowing costs and lingering inflation are not crimping overall spending.
Lower saving rates are a pandemic shift that stuck. Consumers used to save at a far higher rate — excluding the past few years, the saving rate was only lower in 2008.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/26/american-consumer-spending-resilience-economy


Facebook policy chief admitted to hiring PR firm to attack George Soros after Soros characterized Facebook as a “menace to society”. Facebook seems to function as an authoritarian government using its own platform’s AI algorithms to spread fake news about anyone who speaks up against them and the fact that they use their algorithms to spread extreme-left and extreme-right misinformation.
https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/21/facebook-admits-definers-pr-george-soros-critics-sandberg-zuckerberg


Costume #memes
https://m.primal.net/IAYz.jpg


Weekly #walking
https://m.primal.net/IAYy.jpg


A year later, Florida businesses say the state's immigration law dealt a huge blow. About a year ago the Florida Governor passed one of the toughest crackdowns on immigration in the country. Many local Florida businesses say the new law has led to workers leaving the state that's hurt their bottom line. The Federal government estimates that nationwide over 40% of farmworkers are undocumented.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/26/1242236604/florida-economy-immigration-businesses-workers-undocumented


“Facebook has been, among other things, tuning its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible,” he said. “Because that is what will increase engagement and because that is what will get you to, what they call inside the hallways of Facebook, the infinite scroll.” The end result has been to polarize Americans and the world with extreme-left and extreme-right misinformation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/asked-social-network-sequel-aaron-sorkin-teases-new-movie-blaming-face-rcna149583


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I gave up on plants 🤷🏽♀
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101 #memes
https://m.primal.net/IAHs.jpg


How treatment of miscarriages is upending the abortion debate. Up to one in four women who know they are pregnant will miscarry, according to the National Library of Medicine. Although most miscarriages resolve naturally, some require medical intervention that is similar to an elective abortion.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-04-25/miscarriage-abortion-roe-vs-wade-politics


Fraudsters get fake news articles onto Facebook using Facebook advertising. Because advertising is Facebook’s #1 source of revenue they have every reason to use their AI algorithms to amplify extreme-left and extreme-right fake news advertisements. Facebook is undermining democracy and profiting from it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68843985.amp


spring running errands outfit, shop my looks on LTK, link in bio @drmonalidesai

casual style, spring outfits, style inspo
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Why experts say inflation is relatively low but voters feel differently. A lot goes into planning a personal budget and the price of food and how it fluctuates with inflation can be a big part of that. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, food prices rose by 25% from 2019 to 2023.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/25/1247177492/why-experts-say-inflation-is-relatively-low-but-voters-feel-differently


To hide the true purpose of their existence, Instagram bots will often follow well-known celebrity accounts, making them difficult to distinguish from real users. For many high-profile celebrities at least 1 in every 4 followers is a bot. Bots can auto- comment and share misinformation all day which is then amplified by Instagram’s AI algorithms, a method used by many election disinformation campaigns run by foreign governments like Russia, China, and Iran.

https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/01/27/celebrities-with-the-most-fake-instagram-followers/


Shein #memes
https://m.primal.net/IAFs.jpg


Stove #memes
https://m.primal.net/IAFr.jpg


Facebook Has Been a Disaster for the World. Facebook has a history of algorithm amplified extreme-left and extreme-right misinformation polarizing Americans and the world at least since the 2016 US elections. If they turned off their algorithms this wouldn’t happen but they won’t because they make a lot of money on polarizing the world and undermining democracy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/opinion/facebook-democracy.html


Get ready for an onslaught of election disinformation. Things may be moving slowly, but a wave of social media algorithm manipulating disinformation campaigns is starting to emerge, Russia, China and Iran are starting to get into the game, experts say.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/23/election-disinformation-social-media-2024


North Sea, Husum
#visualzen #abstract #minimalism #photography #derechtenorden #schleswigholstein #husum #northsea #nordsee #water #ocean

https://norden.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/330/038/791/839/786/original/13ca2c02d0a78edc.jpg


#photography #Hamburg #building #architecture #urban #CityPhotography #city

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Over one-third of Americans, or about 130 million people, routinely breathe in unhealthy air, according to the newest State of the Air report from the American Lung Association. That number is larger in 2023 than in years past, despite significant long-term and ongoing efforts to clean the nation's air. And climate change, the report says, is making the job harder.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1246729103/unhealthy-dangerous-air-hurts-130-million-americans


Justin Bieber, Drake Among Canadian Celebrities with the Most Fake Instagram Followers. Instagram makes more advertising revenue from more fake followers or bots, which can also be automated to like, view, comment and share misinformation.
https://eurweb.com/2023/justin-bieber-drake-w-most-fake-instagram-followers/


View from the coastal area in Olympic National Park. Park information at https://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm Image credit National Park Service and Kalaloch Lodge/Delaware North. For more information #nps #nationalparks #interpretation #photography #publiclands #landscapephotography #washington #ocean #coast
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Denison, Texas. The main street is like a time capsule, aside from the cars.

#photography #architecturephotography #mobilephotography #iphonephotography #texoma

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Nice 😊


Cool 😊


How the overturn of Roe v. Wade sparked a new campaign for abortion rights across Europe. While legal abortion is supported throughout Europe and is broadly more accessible and affordable in the EU compared to the United States, there are some exceptions.
https://www.vox.com/24133825/abortion-reproductive-rights-europe-european-union


Over 4 in 5 Americans report using a Meta app daily. Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads has an information delivery monopoly in the United States and should be broken up by the FTC, especially as this monopoly seems to be leading to an AI algorithm amplification of extreme-left and extreme-right misinformation which Meta profits heavily from

https://fortune.com/2024/04/23/over-4-in-5-americans-meta-apps-daily-tiktok/


telephoto shapes, 6 of 16
#Photography #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #minimalism #abstractphotography #abstract
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country house

#house #home #building #countryside #nature #landscape #dream #surreal #IR #infrared #infrated #700nm #photography #Fotografie #art #MastoArt  #sureal #landhaus #landschaft #bauer #landwirt #landwirtschaft #farm #agriculture #farming #haus
https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/687272494286707828/c6a394f69-21cf85/UiAdQrph1Hcz/ONjrM9lCgcpPnHdRNZ0vBkHeXwvb7YuZDI61Xxan.jpg


Extrovert or Introvert: Most People Are Actually Ambiverts

Research on personality types in the middle of the extroversion-introversion scale is limited—yet the majority of people fall into this category

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/extrovert-or-introvert-most-people-are-actually-ambiverts/


The U.S. will ramp up bird flu testing in dairy cows amid growing concern about spread of the virus among livestock.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/24/bird-flu-virus-testing-milk


Should Congress ban Facebook and Instagram next? Similar to TikTok, but worse Meta has a long history of user data violations, sharing WhatsApp/Facebook/Instagram private user data with thousands of companies which may then reshare data with foreign governments including Russia and China.
https://apnews.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-apology-c7055b654f63a23d09b6a96388dfa2b4


When i posted that i was using primal


Print #memes
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Plot #memes
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The fate of emergency abortion care rests with Supreme Court. Shanae Smith-Cunningham arrived at Memorial Regional Hospital on Dec. 21, 2022 — five days after her water broke, only halfway through her pregnancy. Despite her pleas for treatment and the risks to her health, staff at the Hollywood, Fla., hospital turned her away amid the state’s new abortion restrictions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04/23/emergency-abortions-supreme-court-emtala/


Lala Kent Shares Which Reality Show Stars Buy Fake Followers On Instagram. Instagram Makes More Money From Advertisers Because Of Fake Followers Or Bots Because They Increase Likes, Comments, And Even Share Misinformation

https://tasteofreality.com/lala-fake-followers/


Seaham Lighthouse

#meerMittwoch #photography #landcapePhotography
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/112/326/024/033/763/192/original/5db082750710b3cc.jpg


Falls of Leny, Leny, Scotland between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of landscape and architecture in Scotland Scotland Strathyre Forest

 #Scotland #StrathyreForest #photography #historicalPhotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002695014/

https://mastodon.ozioso.online/system/media_attachments/files/112/327/094/733/044/225/original/73de90a84627fa98.jpeg


Strategic manipulation has become a recurring feature of U.S. elections, and there are good reasons to doubt whether the courts will adequately protect voting rights as we head into the 2024 election season. Since 2018, the fundamental political dynamics that led to the erosion of U.S. democracy remain unchanged.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/democratic-decline-in-the-united-states-strategic-manipulation-of-elections/


Facebook hired CIA veteran Yael Eisenstat to help it address election meddling. She became deeply worried about the company's sway over our lives. Facebook profits from sharing your information, including information about your children you may have shared on Facebook, with thousands of American and foreign companies, and it may then be shared with foreign governments.

https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-knows-more-about-you-than-cia/


Fruiton #memes
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Pdf #memes
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U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs. The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1246655366/ftc-bans-noncompete-agreements-lina-khan


Facebook/Instagram’s success in suppressing misinformation on Facebook is patchy at best, finds study. In fact Facebook/Instagram make more money when its algorithms amplify extreme-left & extreme-right misinformation, especially during election years. Their minimal efforts to take down misinformation seem to be more for positive press coverage with the majority of misinformation continuing to be amplified by their own algorithms.

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-meta-success-suppressing-misinformation-facebook.amp


Russia Amps Up Seemingly Successful Online Campaign to Polarize Americans, with extreme-left and extreme-right misinformation before 2024 U.S. elections. Investigators say that influence campaigns are working in the “Doppelgänger” network
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/us/politics/russian-ukraine-us-interference.html


Elmo #memes
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casual style, spring outfits, style inspo
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A new Idaho organization says it will ask voters to restore abortion access and other reproductive health care rights in the state after lawmakers let a second legislative session end without modifying the strict abortion bans
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/idaho-group-exploring-ballot-initiative-abortion-rights-reproductive-109442121


Facebook secretly looked at Snapchat, Amazon, and YouTube user data, documents reveal. Facebook shares user data with thousands of companies which could lead to higher prices for customers
https://mashable.com/article/facebook-snapchat-data-project-ghostbusters-mark-zuckerberg


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Dean Castle, Kilmarnock, Scotland between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of landscape and architecture in Scotland Scotland Kilmarnock

 #DeanCastle #Kilmarnock #Scotland #Kilmarnock #Scottish #photography #historicalPhotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002695002/

https://mastodon.ozioso.online/system/media_attachments/files/112/320/725/116/847/264/original/c9f9475cfb03e07b.jpeg


Sunset
Outer Banks, NC
22 Apr 2024

#NoFilter
#photography
#Photos
#sunset
#iphone

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/320/848/042/431/667/original/1885eb99e3439fa1.png


Hospital monopolies are buying up independent physicians and hiking up prices for patients, hopefully Congress will rein them in

https://fortune.com/2024/03/07/hospital-monopolies-buying-independent-physicians-hiking-prices-congress-inflation-health-care/


When Facebook/Instagram blocks news sites, studies show their algorithms amplify polarizing and sometimes fake extreme-left and extreme-right political news from non-news sites. Overall Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads has a monopoly on information distribution which reports show is undermining democracy globally and so they should be broken up.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/when-facebook-blocks-news-studies-show-political-risks-that-follow-2024-04-14/


Box #memes
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Orangetheory #workout
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Coffee drinking hits record high in the U.S. 67% of adults in the U.S. said they had drunk coffee in the past day, according to National Coffee Association survey data published this month.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/22/coffee-drinking-record-nca


Cristiano Ronaldo, star soccer player, makes millions from fake followers on Instagram. Bots can like, comment, and share election misinformation so Instagram also may make millions of dollars from fake followers and so has no reason to take down the majority of bot accounts.
https://clutchpoints.com/cristiano-ronaldo-news-make-millions-from-fake-followers-instagram


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Soir... #Strasbourg
#Photography

https://static.piaille.fr/media_attachments/files/112/316/010/354/208/925/original/86822ba6305f4ae6.jpeg


City Views on Tour #974: Analog Berlin Winter 11 #photography #cityviews #berlin #kreuzberg #cityphotography #streetphotography #analog #canona1 #filmphotography https://foto.bibra-medien.de/2024/04/22/city-views-on-tour-974-analog-berlin-winter-11/

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DO IMMIGRANTS COMMIT MORE CRIME THAN THE NATIVE BORN?

A range of studies by academics and think tanks have shown that immigrants do not commit crime at a higher rate than native-born Americans.
A more limited universe of studies specifically examine criminality among immigrants in the U.S. illegally but also find that they do not commit crimes at a higher rate.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-focuses-migrants-crime-here-is-what-research-shows-2024-04-11/


Facebook/Instagram’s decision to close its CrowdTangle division — a tool that tracks viral content across social media — has raised the ire of more than 100 research and advocacy groups who say it will make it harder to fight election disinformation. This may be because Facebook/Instagram make more money on their algorithms amplifying election misinformation.
https://therecord.media/meta-to-shutter-crowdtangle-disinformation-tracking-tool-before-election


Wifi #memes
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Wind chimes #memes
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Amazon Poised for Late 2026 Trial in FTC Monopoly Lawsuit. The FTC sued Amazon in September, they say Amazon has grown so large that it’s causing widespread online price inflation.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/amazon-poised-for-late-2026-trial-in-ftc-monopoly-power-lawsuit


After Many Years of Failed Promises To Change, Time to Break Up the Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Threads Information Monopoly. To stop Facebook from exploiting children, stealing users’ data, and destroying global democracy, Congress needs to cut to the central issue at hand: Facebook’s monopolistic dominance, which enables the company to commit harm with impunity.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/break-up-facebook-monopoly


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Onion cheese chili dosa #food #foodstr
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Pier 57 #nyc
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People driving the longest distances to get an abortion are more likely to come from congressional districts with lower incomes and more diverse populations, according to data analysis by the left-leaning Center for American Progress

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/21/abortion-ban-drive-time-states-low-income


The University of Michigan's Instagram account is in the top 10 for the most fake followers. Fake followers or bots can like, comment and share misinformation. Because bots can help Instagram increase their profits Instagram/Facebook is unlikely to remove the majority of bots, assuming its even possible.

https://wgrd.com/u-of-m-has-some-of-the-most-fake-follwers-on-instagram/


#SilentSunday #photography
Beach in Nazaré, Portugal

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/310/034/641/719/185/original/2461f366810bf919.jpg


Memories from Atami.

https://goodtalk.cc/posts/2024/0421

#DailyPhoto #Tokyo #Japan #Photography

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America's first large-scale offshore wind project impresses with full-power grid delivery: 'This marks a turning point'

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/vineyard-wind-massachusetts-offshore/


Dutch government threatens to leave Facebook over privacy violations. Facebook shares user data with thousands of companies including political parties and could be used for voter suppression and other election fraud practices as it may have been in every major election since 2016.

https://www.politico.eu/article/dutch-government-pressures-facebook-over-privacy-issues/


Union Square #nyc https://video.nostr.build/8e20ed0af6785fff48d8d8c3db98e94f5eb25553b219c94ae757f5109e951ab0.mp4


Union square #nyc
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Insurers Reap Hidden Fees by Slashing Payments. You May Get the Bill. A little-known data firm helps health insurers make more when less of an out-of-network claim gets paid. Patients can be on the hook for the difference.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/us/health-insurance-medical-bills.html


North Carolina hospitals shared patient health data with Facebook, class-action lawsuit alleges. Facebook can then share patient data with other companies which may end up raising costs for patients

https://amp.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article287689700.html


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I listened to the tortured poets department, Taylor’s songwriting is excellent, but its too many tracks
https://tidal.com/album/358232951


Thai breakfast sandwich #food #foodstr
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Over 60% of the Instagram followers of nearly 2 out of 3 Indian influencers are fake. Fake followers or bots can like, comment, and spread misinformation which helps Instagram make more advertising money but can also cause election fraud and voter suppression.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/over-60-of-the-instagram-followers-of-nearly-2-out-of-3-indian-influencers-are-fake-report/ar-AA1nh7cG


India’s 2024 election overshadowed by the rise of online misinformation

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/20/india-election-tough-fight-against-online-misinformation/amp/


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Tags #memes
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Golden #memes
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Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal. One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas ER as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an ER couldn’t offer an ultrasound. The baby later died. Emergency rooms don’t want to be blamed legally for abortions in states where it’s illegal and many Ob-gyn doctors are leaving states where abortion is illegal leaving a shortage of medical services available to pregnant women.

https://apnews.com/article/pregnancy-emergency-care-abortion-supreme-court-roe-9ce6c87c8fc653c840654de1ae5f7a1c


As MetaAI rolls into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, experts warn the conversational chatbot could spread falsehoods and biased results online. Facebook/Instagram algorithms are already well known for election misinformation and voter suppression. Facebook/Instagram seem to profit greatly from algorithm enabled election fraud and so they have no incentive to stop committing election fraud.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/18/meta-ai-facebook-instagram-misinformation/?_pml=1


Chicken #memes
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Zoom #memes
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The size of health insurance companies — which are now often part of larger companies that do far more than provide coverage — raises big questions about competition, costs, quality of care and the risks of a system featuring such sprawling players.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/19/health-insurance-companies-uhg-aetna-cigna


UConn sports leads in another category – fake Instagram followers. Bots can like, comment and share misinformation which makes Instagram more money so its financially in their best interest to remove as few bots as they can get away with from a PR standpoint.

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/investigations/uconn-sports-fake-instagram-followers/3259550/?amp=1


Sleep #memes
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Orangetheory #workout
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European declaration on cycling aims to support EU’s new drive for greener transport. The declaration aims to integrate safe, extensive cycling networks with public transport, ensuring secure bike parking and e-bike charging stations.

https://innovationorigins.com/en/european-declaration-on-cycling-aims-to-support-eus-new-drive-for-greener-transport/


The privacy watchdog AP on Friday said it was recommending that government organizations should stop using Facebook as it is unclear what happens with personal data of users of the government's Facebook pages. Data could be shared with foreign countries to help commit election fraud and voter suppression.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-privacy-watchdog-recommends-government-organisations-stop-using-facebook-2024-04-19/


California Sunset
Photographer Jon Pinter
#photo #photography  #fotografie #fotografia #potd #coast #coastlife  #meer #olympus #olympusphotography #californiacoast #californiabeach #californiaphotography

https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/112/297/764/227/428/955/original/eb429b52c3d2846b.jpg


Worsening allergies tied to climate change and severe weather. As doctors report more severe allergy symptoms in patients, scientists are blaming climate change and severe weather.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp-video/mmvo209291845793


Meghan Markle returns to Instagram, but her new account seems to be swarmed by fake or bot account followers, according to new research. Instagram is financially incentivized to not remove bot or fake accounts, as bots can like, comment, and even share misinformation on posts, so they can count as active users so that Instagram can charge advertisers more money to buy ads on Instagram.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/meghan-markles-new-instagram-swarmed-by-fake-followers-research-shows/ar-BB1l4LLe


View from the Pass of Pierre Saint-Martin today

#photography #pyrénées #france #spain #mountains #snow

https://f.cz/system/media_attachments/files/112/298/203/718/762/025/original/bc53f7c0cabda66e.jpg


White flowers reach for a cool blue sky.

Shot with a great lens - a Super Takumar 35mm f3.5 for those who want to know such things...

#photography

https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/298/295/207/363/785/original/d79bf60399c66f0b.jpg


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"I have no intention to break an established law": Arizona doctors unlikely to perform illegal abortions. Attorney General Kris Mayes' promise that she won't prosecute doctors for violating the soon-enforceable abortion ban likely isn't enough to persuade doctors to break the law, Arizona abortion providers tell Axios Phoenix.
https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2024/04/18/arizona-abortion-access-doctors-illegal-prosecution


A bombshell July 2023 ruling by the EU’s highest court against the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp, the most powerful media company in the world, which found that Meta had no legal basis for tracking its users across its services and third-party sites unless it got their express consent to do so. In the United States this data is tracked and shared with thousands of companies, including some insurance companies which could then raise your premiums based on what they learn your data.

https://fortune.com/2024/04/17/meta-pay-for-privacy-rejected-edpb-eu-gdpr-schrems/


#photography #filmphotography #mechanicalcamera

https://cdn.masto.host/flxmastohost/media_attachments/files/112/298/006/752/853/885/original/1f83aea41d0ccfaf.jpg


2023 Retrospective - some of my favorite shots from last year.  No.23: Barcelona
#photography #travelphotography #streetphotography #retrospective

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/112/298/035/031/778/291/original/c4f386277de4f4d6.jpg


Right #memes
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Lines #memes
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It is no longer legally safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas. The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear Mckesson v. Doe. The decision not to hear Mckesson leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the right to organize a mass protest in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Under that lower court decision, a protest organizer faces potentially ruinous financial consequences if a single attendee at a mass protest commits an illegal act.

https://www.vox.com/scotus/24080080/supreme-court-mckesson-doe-first-amendment-protest-black-lives-matter


Russian influence operation thrives on Facebook in 2024. Pro-Kremlin network “Doppelganger” is buying Facebook ads to spread polarizing content on Facebook ahead of elections. In fact Facebook/Instagram make more money on misinformation and polarizing content, so they are incentivized to have their algorithms amplify this type of content and that is what they seem to be doing in every major election since 2016.

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-influence-hackers-social-media-facebok-operation-thriving/


Interesting: passenger trains
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Taxes #memes
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Multiple whistleblowers alleged manufacturing and safety issues within Boeing aircraft models and dysfunctional safety culture throughout the company before a Senate panel on Wednesday.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/17/boeing-whistleblower-senate-investigation-panel


Facebook’s Employees Dissect Its Election Role. Company documents show that the social network’s employees repeatedly raised red flags about the algorithm spread of misinformation and conspiracies before and after every election since 2016. It seems as if Facebook/Instagram senior management are aware that they are profiting hugely from having their algorithms promote election fraud and voter suppression and so they have not turned off the algorithms.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/facebook-election-misinformation.html


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Math #memes
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Office #memes
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Arizona Republican lawmakers again stop effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna148224


The company that owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp, the most powerful media company in the world, has a global news delivery monopoly, it’s time for the FTC to break them up. After Canada ordered Facebook to start paying verified news organizations if their news was posted onto the platform, the Meta owned social media conglomerate stopped showing verified news organization content to Canadian users entirely. So now fake news is being amplified by their algorithms instead. The same situation seems to be underway in Australia, maybe the US will be next.

https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2024/04/this-study-shows-political-risks-of.html?m=1


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Dsm #memes
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Dubai's record-shattering "rain bomb" has clear climate change ties. By bringing the city to a standstill, the floods demonstrated how inadequate existing infrastructure is for withstanding extreme weather events that are becoming more common and severe due to climate change.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/17/dubai-record-flood-climate-change


These Are The Celebrities With The Most Fake Instagram Bot Followers. Instagram can charge advertisers more money with more users regardless of if they are real or bots. So they are financially incentivized to not remove the majority of bots even if they could.
https://www.harpersbazaar.com.sg/lifestyle/these-are-the-celebrities-with-the-most-fake-instagram-followers


Clouds
https://m.primal.net/HwnY.jpg


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Cloud over the mountains
#photography #landscapephotography

https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/112/279/852/307/431/568/original/0ae81a0336874e6e.jpg


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Bug #memes
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Deepfakes, distrust and disinformation: From phony robocalls to lifelike forged photos, AI is evolving at breakneck pace as billions head to the polls in 2024.

https://www.politico.eu/article/deepfakes-distrust-disinformation-welcome-ai-election-2024/


Fake Facebook accounts: the never-ending battle against bots. Given the fact that Facebook/Instagram has seemingly never successfully limited bots posting fake news including voter suppression content in any US election since 2016, Facebook/Instagram should instead stop their algorithms from promoting bot fake news, otherwise it seems they are intentionally committing election fraud.
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-fake-facebook-accounts-never-ending-bots.amp


Haiku #memes https://image.nostr.build/9427848113f3e5b3a83b672a7caf307073ca8ee02d9d15e82384a1ad2ae3e612.jpg


Spring transitional outfit, t-shirt nostr:npub1eequz6v23szzyx9utphsh8kg6kll50wte6sfh4vah8gdjtplcz6qg7at9s

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Abortion Accommodations Are Included In The Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act, Says EEOC
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2024/04/15/abortion-accommodations--are-included-in-the-pregnancy-workers-fairness-act-says-eeoc/?sh=48f5a6fb2dab


Facebook groups promoted by Facebook algorithms topped 10,000 daily attacks on the 2020 election and played a critical role in spreading false election narratives. In fact Facebook/Instagram seems to have intentionally contributed to and profited from promoting election fraud using its algorithms in every US election since 2016. All Facebook/Instagram has to do is turn off their algorithms but after 8 years of contributing to election fraud and voter suppression they still haven’t done it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/04/facebook-election-misinformation-capitol-riot/?_pml=1


Sleep #memes
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Bubble #memes
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Interesting: A new study shows that working nights and volatile schedules in young adulthood can leave you vulnerable to depression and poor health in middle age.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/16/1244136216/burnout-late-shift-overwork-depression


A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral fake news, CrowdTangle is being shut down by Facebook/Instagram before major elections this year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to detect election misinformation. It may be because Facebook/Instagram algorithms amplify or make election fake news go viral because that makes them more money and they don’t want researchers to be able to track Facebook/Instagram essentially committing election fraud
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/grave-step-backwards-meta-shuts-monitoring-tool-crowdtangle-in-election-year


On a Sunday Morning -

https://renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/on-a-sunday-morning-renata-natale.html

#worldartday #art #Photography #BlackAndWhite #trees #MastoArt

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水一样的日光
#photo #photograph #photography

https://mstdn-s3.o3o.studio/media_attachments/files/112/278/642/743/907/848/original/5870051502035dd1.jpg

https://mstdn-s3.o3o.studio/media_attachments/files/112/278/644/391/792/976/original/ab86dffdee3a030c.jpg

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How Women at One Arizona Clinic Are Grappling With the Abortion Ruling Inside Acacia Women’s Center, patients described a mix of fear, anger and anxiety after the State Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate a law that bans nearly all abortions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/us/arizona-abortion-women.html


Facebook's Content Blocking of News Outlets Negatively Affects Political Discourse, Claims New Studies, instead of news from verified news outlets users may see even more fake news from troll farms, which Facebook is already well known for promoting using its algorithms because this per whistleblower reports makes them more money
https://www.techtimes.com/amp/articles/303579/20240415/facebooks-news-content-blocking-negatively-affects-political-discourse-claims-new-studies.htm


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Dark Patterns

#TextureTuesday #ThicktrunkTuesday #Photography #Nature

https://cyberplace.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/280/757/969/683/147/original/db6a6b4383a608cc.jpg


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Disappearance of local newspapers is weighing on US democracy. As the November 2024 presidential election approaches, one in five Americans lives in an area lacking in news coverage.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2024/01/07/the-disappearance-of-local-newspapers-in-the-united-states-impacts-the-functioning-of-democracy_6409178_19.html


Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen “At Facebook, there's a very small number of people who really understand how these algorithms work and yet it impacts what everyone sees in the news.” Given that up to 90% of Americans use Facebook/Instagram, Meta has a content information distribution monopoly.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12639201/Facebook-whistleblower-Frances-Haugen-issues-chilling-warning-AI-says-soon-civilisation-altering-impacts.html


The Gingerbread House in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Completed in 1917 and designed by the same architect who did the Picnic House in Prospect Park.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bay-ridge-gingerbread-house

#nyc #brooklyn #bayridge #landmark #iphonephotography #mobilephotography #photography

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/277/760/638/716/271/original/39fd16f9cca6ce29.jpeg


I couldn't resist one looking the traditional way.
#photo #photography #sunsetphotography

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/277/812/661/546/391/original/939d350319c362ca.jpg


Facebook Algorithm Promoted Fake News in recent US Elections. Given the massive prevalence of bots generating fake news, likes & comments it’s generally considered impossible to get rid of all the bots or even the majority of them. So Facebook/Instagram should instead turn off its algorithms, so it stops amplifying fake election news.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-27/facebook-misinformation-in-us-election-reached-more-conservatives-study-says?embedded-checkout=true


One Man’s Army of Streaming Bots Reveals a Whole Industry’s Problem. A case in Danish court shows how automated clicks and fake accounts can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars on Apple Music and Spotify. Experts say it’s the tip of the iceberg.
https://www.wired.com/story/streaming-bots-spotify/


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#urbex #urbanexploration #lostplace #photography

https://pixelfed.de/storage/m/_v2/682597022997384662/c6a394f69-21cf85/04W8N2gneyay/o0OtbOdePomR9IhehDWxr8o1tSy9C1DYUekKNUlE.jpg


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America’s skilled trades need more workers as boomers retire. Gen Z-ers are stepping up to fill the gaps. Enrollment in vocational programs and applications for trade jobs are ticking up as younger people look to start their careers without the sky-high cost of a four-year college degree.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/14/gen-z-trade-school-vocational-training


Instagram collected children and teen’s data from their Instagram accounts, unsealed court document alleges. Instagram data is shared with thousands of companies, and for example could be shared with health insurance companies who then may raise premiums based on information learned about customers.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/11/26/business/meta-collecting-data-children-facebook


Abandoned Antique Store, Alviso, CA, 2013.

Vintage pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/10268102744

#photography

https://cdn.masto.host/federatesocial/media_attachments/files/112/275/782/571/829/552/original/1eefeb5c86560f2b.jpg


Missing #memes
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Italy’s prime minister says surrogacy ‘inhuman’ as party backs steeper penalties, another sign that Europe is becoming increasingly polarized

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/13/world/italian-prime-minister-says-surrogacy-inhuman-intl/index.html


The company that owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp, the most powerful media company in the world, last week blocked all links on its platforms to the Kansas Reflector, a non-profit news outlet that had published a piece criticizing the firm’s alleged suppression of content about climate change. Facebook, Instagram, or Threads are incentivized to promote polarizing content and suppress moderate content because that what generally makes them more money, this is a threat to democracy.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2024/04/11/how-meta-nuked-a-climate-story-and-what-it-means-for-democracy/?sh=3c7eb7b436fd


Nice 😊


Crafts #memes
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Belgian prosecutors are looking into possible Russian interference in the upcoming 2024 European Parliament election following findings provided by intelligence services

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belgium-probing-alleged-russian-interference-eu-election-campaign-2024-04-12/


FACT CHECK: Russian Interference in US Elections Went Far Beyond 'Facebook Ads' as Initially Described. Facebook has seemingly been complicit with foreign countries interfering in US elections, as all they have to do is turn off their algorithms to stop amplifying foreign election interference

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716374421/fact-check-russian-interference-went-far-beyond-facebook-ads-kushner-described


Weekly #walking
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Looks good 😊


Dreams #memes
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I recently watched girls 5 eva (3 seasons) on netflix, i enjoyed it, it was funny in a goofy way
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People who personally experience extreme climate events, especially wildfires and hurricanes, are willing to pay significantly more for climate action, even if they report skepticism about human-caused climate change, finds new research from the University of Vermont.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-americans-pay-climate-action-extreme.amp


Facebook/Instagram were sued by shareholder Matt Eisner who alleges the company mislead shareholders about its child safety practices. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in California alleges Meta isn’t taking adequate steps to protect children on its social media platforms, despite telling shareholders and the public that it is. Facebook/Instagram seem to have a long history of lying about their practices which may include fraud as well.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/securities-law/meta-hit-with-shareholder-lawsuit-over-child-safety-claims


Cool 😊


#SilentSunday #photography #MastoArt #FediArt #Malta #Mdina #NightPhotography

https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/112/270/315/644/602/843/original/f8abe309db793106.jpeg


Once people interact with the healthcare system regularly they generally care a lot about eating healthy, but many aren’t able to do it successfully for a variety of reasons

Not caring about privacy seems to be more of an education/marketing issue. I’ve found if you can tie it to it rising costs, for example your data could be shared with you health insurance, life insurance companies etc leading to you having higher premiums, this tends to be more effective. People care if no data privacy for them = higher financial costs for them

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Immigrants in Maine Are Filling a Labor Gap. It May Be a Prelude for the U.S. A wave of rapid immigration is taxing local resources around the country and drawing political ire. But it might leave America’s economy better off.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/business/economy/immigrants-maine-lobster-aging-workforce.html


Despite Several Lawsuits Against Facebook’s Discriminatory Ads System, Researchers Find More Potential Discrimination in Facebook Ads. They discovered that it was prevalent for the advertisers they studied to use images matching the gender stereotype of the job they were hiring for a fact that becomes more concerning when considering that Facebook's ad delivery algorithm can skew who ultimately sees ads solely based on the demographics of the person in the ad.

https://spia.princeton.edu/news/despite-progress-researchers-find-more-potential-discrimination-facebook-ads


smell #memes
https://m.primal.net/HvBu.jpg


Sandwich #memes
https://m.primal.net/HvBs.jpg


6 in 10 U.S. Catholics are in favor of abortion rights, Pew Research report finds
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/12/1244156165/abortion-catholics-pope-francis-church-pew-research


WhatsApp co-founder turned Facebook employee Jan Koum left Facebook after clashing over Facebook’s degradation of WhatsApp users’ data privacy, which is now being shared with Facebook. Facebook seems willing to share any user data with interested parties if it makes them more money

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/30/17304792/whatsapp-jan-koum-facebook-data-privacy-encryption


Emojis #memes
https://m.primal.net/HuhK.jpg


Wherever today's adventures take us, hopefully it's where we need to be.

#Photography

https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/264/494/851/819/729/original/55b1fe5ee1b6974f.jpg


Poll: Majority of Floridians think 6-week abortion ban is too strict

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4588782-poll-floridians-six-week-abortion-ban/amp/


Facebook's Design Makes It Unable to Control Misinformation. The obvious solution is Facebook turns off its algorithms so Facebook stops intentionally amplifying election misinformation and fake news. Otherwise Facebook is intentionally committing election fraud and should be prosecuted accordingly.

https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/facebooks-design-makes-it-unable-control-misinformation


2022 부안 #photography

https://s3.lapy.link/klapy/webpublic-36793a0e-9195-44af-afa6-4aaef10d21af.webp

https://s3.lapy.link/klapy/webpublic-2a1a80d4-1fd6-4824-a3c0-95403894ca5c.webp


Torii Gate / Miyajima
dating from 1875 [CC BY-NC-ND]
#architecture #photography #shinto #japan #torii
https://imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2024/04/torii-gate-miyajima.html

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Nice 😊


Less than two months before European voters in 27 countries take part in EU Parliament 2024 elections, Belgium says it is investigating pro-Russian networks that are trying to influence the vote.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68797624.amp


Before Alex Stamos became director of Stanford University’s Internet Observatory, he famously left his job as Facebook’s chief security officer after the company would not reveal the extent to which Russian trolls created and paid for inflammatory ads that meddled in America’s 2016 presidential election. In the lead up to the 2024 elections he and other researchers are focused on AI generated Russian misinformation.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/06/06/ai-can-make-you-believe-russian-propaganda/


Looks good 😊


Enjoying the view from the Anaga mountains in Tenerife. This is one of those surprising places, because you never thought it was going to be as beautiful as it was.

#photography #bnw #blackandwhite #landscape #mountains #nature #tenerife #anagamountains

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Landstraßenfotografie

#landstrassenfotografie #zuhauseknipsen

#street #streetphotography #minimalism #fotografie #photography

#ricohgriiix

#ricohgriii

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Virginia becomes first state in the South to ban child marriage.
https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2024/04/12/virginia-bans-child-marriage-youngkin


Instagram algorithms are again promoting political advertising with manipulated images ahead of the 2024 elections in India. More evidence that Facebook and Instagram seem to be intentionally committing election fraud not just in the United States but all over the world so that Facebook and Instagram can make more money. Facebook and Instagram could alternatively turn off their algorithms so that misinformation is not amplified.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2024/4/12/before-india-election-instagram-boosts-modi-ai-images-that-violate-rules


Out To Sea

#photography #Landscape #Seascape

https://cdn.cupoftea.social/media_attachments/files/112/258/149/584/921/954/original/f9906843d73f956c.jpeg


Pretty 😊


#photography #filmphotography #mechanicalcamera

https://cdn.masto.host/flxmastohost/media_attachments/files/112/258/285/086/862/860/original/028740198267e6cc.jpg


Black Rain / Hiroshima
The Genbaku Dome (A-bomb Dome), preserved as a solemn memorial
#architecture #photography #hiroshima #CreativeCommons
https://imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2024/04/black-rain-hiroshima.html

https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/112/258/315/245/303/990/original/2bb6da014627fa4f.jpg


Enchanted #memes
https://m.primal.net/HuHP.jpg


Interesting: A changing climate may be linked to growing death and disability from stroke in regions around the world, according to a new study. The study does not prove that climate change causes stroke. It only shows an association. The study also did not examine other risk factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240410161519.htm#:~:text=Researchers%20found%20that%20the%20rate,temperatures%20with%2018%20per%20100%2C000.


Iowa has asked the state Supreme Court to let its blocked abortion law go into effect and uphold it altogether, abortion providers’ argue it infringes on women’s rights to exercise bodily autonomy and allows the government to control women's bodies

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/iowa-asks-state-supreme-court-restrictive-abortion-law-109150087


European elections 2024: The threat of Facebook and Instagram algorithms amplifying misinformation and the spread of fake news is now common in all elections, at least since the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Given that Facebook and Instagram seem to intentionally amplify fake election news to make more money, they should be prosecuted for election fraud.
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-04-10/european-elections-which-parties-are-trying-to-influence-the-vote-through-facebook-or-instagram.html?outputType=amp


Civic groups called on Facebook to intervene because of algorithm promoted rampant fake news on Facebook leading to likely voter suppression prior to the 2022 midterm elections. Voter suppression via Facebook seems to be an issue in every US election since 2016. All Facebook has to do is turn off its algorithms to fix this, unless they are intentionally committing election fraud.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/19/facebook-midterm-misinformation-strategy/


Washed #memes
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Selfie #memes
https://m.primal.net/HuGW.jpg


Through gardens, these Native communities are cultivating a solution to climate change
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/nation/through-gardens-these-native-communities-are-cultivating-a-solution-to-climate-change


Facebook’s response to public interest scrutiny on its algorithms amplifying fraudulent ads generally follows the tobacco and oil playbook: to attack the credibility of the researchers and rely on news cycle manipulation tactics to kill the stories. But in reality Facebook and Instagram algorithms may intentionally push fraudulent ads because it makes them more money and they should be prosecuted for fraud.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/04/11/andrew-forrest-facebook-fraudulent-ads/


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Nice 😊


Snacks #memes
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Slide #memes
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The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday pushed the abortion issue to centre stage in a state that could be pivotal in deciding who wins November's US presidential election. The court paved the way for a near-total ban on abortion, a law passed in 1864 when Arizona was still a US territory, to go into effect in the coming weeks if there is no further legal action.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68785618.amp


Facebook has seemingly been apologizing for its algorithms promoting election fake news to large numbers of Americans during every election cycle since 2016. All they have to do to fix this is turn off their algorithms. Why haven’t they done it? Facebook algorithms might be intentionally committing voter suppression and election fraud because it makes them more money
https://apnews.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-apology-c7055b654f63a23d09b6a96388dfa2b4


Wales: Penmaenmawr This Morning After Storm Pierrick That Wreaked Havoc In Wales...
#wales #penmaenmawr #stormpierrick #photography #sunrise #thursdaypost #art

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Good morning folks!
Andes Sunrise at Machu Picchu
(by Scott Walter on pixels dot com)

#photography #photo #sunrise #andes #machupicchu #goodmorningpeople

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Even as Miami-Dade County has shifted right in recent years, support for abortion rights has remained resilient among its majority Latino population, despite the group's strong religious views and typically conservative politics.

https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2024/04/10/abortion-referrendum-latino-voters-florida


Facebook reportedly had its PR firm try to spread fake news blaming George Soros for the anti-Facebook movement. Facebook algorithms might also be intentionally amplifying fake news about the US elections so that it can make more money, which seems like election fraud
https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-george-soros-critics-nyt-2018-11


Boulevard de Courcelles
Paris

Photo of the Day
from my daily photo blog

#Architecture #Photography #Paris

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#photography #fotorafie #Rapsfeld

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Pretty 😊


Climate change could move "into uncharted territory" if temperatures don't fall by the end of the year, a leading scientist has told the BBC. The warning came as data showed last month was the world's warmest March on record, extending the run of monthly temperature records to 10 in a row.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68665166.amp