Crank.report Survey

These are great examples of using AI as a collaborator -> Hot AI Summer (or, my practical uses for AI generators)

These models are used and created by people who are deeply immersed in their particular subgenre, lending a depth of knowledge and empathy we cannot hope to match.

From Google “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI”

I spent the three days at the #GoodTechFest in Washington D.C. It has given me a lot to think about. Including thoughts on how we support and fund PublicGoodTechnology.

…let’s call it the “More Data framework.” This framework allows us to be pragmatic and work incrementally to achieve our mission of increasing shared understanding of our world. The framework explicitly states that there is always more to do.

From We Don’t Talk About Open Data

The business community has grown far more quiet in the face of 469 anti-LGBTQ bills that the ACLU is tracking.

From Axios

I’m on the board of Chapter 510 , an Oakland-based writing program for youth. Tonight, I listened to my fellow board members talk about why it is urgent to support this organization and these youth now.

We know that when young people write epic things happen.

They make connection. They add their perspective to the community. They push back loneliness. In a world whose laws and disasters are silencing them, they make a joyful noise.

It is urgent because we want a world filled with diverse stories, diverse voices and we want these youth, in Oakland, right now to be a part of that rich future.

If you can, please donate. Any amount helps.

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This is the final inversion of blogging: not just publishing before selecting, nor researching before knowing your subject — but producing to attract, rather than serve, an audience.

From The Memex Method

Not only are political groups setting up nonprofits as fronts for political money laundering, they are using the nonprofit information infrastructure to help them spread falsehoods . . .

From Philanthropy 2173

Though it makes me feel like a grandmother on her deathbed to admit it, I remember the days when the internet was vast, when there seemed to be more places to go than anyone could ever visit and infinite things to read.

From The Internet Isn’t Meant To Be So Small - Defector

What a message to big brands and celebrities: stop posting to Twitter and they’ll reassign your longstanding username.

From Daring Fireball: ‘Nice Twitter Handle You Have There. Would Be a Real Shame if Something Happened to It.'

I want to noodle around for a moment with a different issue: deskilling.

From danah boyd via LinkedIn

Spring has sprung in our little backyard.

This seems like the journalism version of the community reinvestment act -> techpolicy.press

At the same time, digital access gaps mean women produce less data than men, and a lack of data disaggregation leads to unequal representation in data sets.

From Power on: How we can supercharge an equitable digital future - UN Women – Europe and Central Asia

…President Carter showed the world by example what a public servant could be, what a public servant should be, and how a person’s ideas can grow and change as time brings more clarity to the true tenets of progress.

From www.dailykos.com

In this blog post, I will make the argument that prompt engineering is a real skill that can be developed based on real experimental methodologies.

From Prompt Engineering vs. Blind Prompting – Mitchell Hashimoto.

PhotoSwipe: Responsive JavaScript Image Gallery

It’s a zero sum game–paying for a slot increases market share by stealing sales from the competition.

From seths.blog

The collective findings reveal an increase … in hate crimes and efforts to change classroom curriculums, attempts to make voting more difficult and extremist views being normalized in politics, the military and law enforcement.

From Report finds democracy for Black Americans is under attack