Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI
by Chloe Veltman
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/11/nx-s1-5471614/boston-public-library-harvard-ai
Postcard of the Boston Public Library (1908)
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I'd like to take 2 seconds this morning and thank all the #commons janitors who do the ungrateful and unseen work of trying to increase #fedi's #cohesion and #culture.
#Janitors are #People who find it important to connect people. They spread bits of #information they find to other people for whom it may be useful. Usually in hopes that #attraction occurs between formerly unrelated parties, such as #stimulating a #collaboration between #fediverse projects.
Janitors *weave* #SocialFabric.. ✊
When #SHTF, I'm sure you will need #community, #solidarity and stable #relationships at a local level a little more than you'll need a 2y supply of freeze-dried meals.
Though it can't hurt to download #books and #information now that you once believed would be treasured as heritage of humankind – and never be burned, or rewritten to suit the needs of fanatics with fragile egos.
Start here:
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* Internationally Available
#Health Information
Is *Your* #National Health #Information Sites down or "normalised"?
Needing some alternatives during the USA's #Gleichschaltung ?
*Try some of these.*
As @EdCates posted:
"The Most Stereotypical Canadian thing ever."
** Canada
(paraphrased)
For their American Friends who may be struggling to find sound health advice.
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html
** WHO
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets
** Ireland
https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-health/
** Germany
https://www.bzga.de/home/key-topics/
(language button at top)
** Papua New Guinea
https://www.health.gov.pg/
** Singapore
https://www.moh.gov.sg/
** New Zealand
https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/
https://info.health.nz/keeping-healthy
@Edelruth @EdCates
@kaffando @MxVerda
ToBeContinued ...
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AMERICAN PANOPTICON
The #Trump admin is pooling #data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
by Ian Bogost & Charlie Warzel
If you were tasked with building a #panopticon, your design might look a lot like the #information stores of the US federal govt—a collection of large, complex agencies, each making use of enormous volumes of data provided by or collected from #citizens.
#law #privacy #InfoSec #AmericanAutocracy #tech #DOGE #Musk #surveillance
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/american-panopticon/682616/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxc3WqSyzCi3gasJ-au_BC9g&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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The internet was supposed to set us free, but as Cory Doctorow reveals, it’s been hijacked by monopolies that lock us in, strip us down, and sell us back to ourselves… though the fight isn’t over yet.
"The Internet is Crack" Podcast.
Watch or listen to the full episode wherever your podcast is.
https://youtu.be/0N3q-qHVdg8
@pluralistic #monopoly #bigtech #podcast #theinternetiscrack #antitrust #tech #technology #information
Just learned some frankly disconcerting stuff, accounts on #private #SocialMedia #platforms that have more than 10,000 followers actually get paid.
This makes me sad.
But also glad that I am dedicated to the #fediverse, #mastodon in particular.
I don’t say shit for clicks nor $$$$.
I am dedicated to the desimination of true factual #information.
I see the #FarRight #Nazi #propaganda #disinformation campaign for what it is, & I hope to be a rock in the road on the way to their #tyranny.
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