Notices by skry (skry@mastodon.social)

@GreenSkyOverMe It's like a photo feed but for described images rather than visual images.

@GreenSkyOverMe On Mastodon, hashtags are followable, so people with visual impairment follow that one so they can see contributed ALT text.

"sign that the Trump administration will embrace a new cultural agenda pushed by many of its allies on the right to reverse declining birthrates and push conservative family values.

"...reserve 30 percent of scholarships for the Fulbright...for applicants who are married or have children; [$5000] “baby bonus” to every American mother after delivery;...government to fund programs that educate women on their menstrual cycles”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/trump-birthrate-proposals.html
https://archive.is/9MfDh

#uspol

@GreenSkyOverMe I'm very interested to understand your view on that.

@GreenSkyOverMe #alt4you

Pork is in the treetops.

David Brooks has called for a mass uprising. As a model "conservative" republican, his signal is an important one, so it's important to spread this NYT (or archive) link on other platforms:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/trump-harvard-law-firms.html (https://archive.is/dB7mw)

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/conservative-nyt-columnist-david-brooks-calls-for-national-civic-uprising-to-defeat-trumpism-complete-with-mass-rallies-strikes/

#uspol

@Gargron Thank you everyone. Those sound great! They remove a lot of barriers to using hashtags.

"When this is over, U.S. rights abusers must be tried for crimes against humanity

Escalating reports of human rights crimes from Kristi Noem's propaganda to ICE cruelty must be wiped clean with justice." - Will Bunch, Philly Inquirer

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/us-crimes-humanity-ice-kristi-noem-20250413.html

// Support real news in America

#uspol

@randahl +Oregon +Washington

@bruces On macOS and iOS, text recognition in images is now built in. Not sure what you're using, but if it's that, I'm happy to elaborate.

@bruces "AAAI 2025 Presidential Panel on the Future of AI Research" by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence

...founded 1979, 4000+ members, Allen Newell, Edward Feigenbaum, Marvin Minsky and John McCarthy, sponsors many conferences and symposia each year as well as providing support to 14 journals in the field, Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity, a $1 million award that recognizes the positive impacts of AI https://aaai.org/

“The Institute of Museum and Library Services is being raided by DOGE and...Keith Sonderling with the express intent to shut it down...“Sonderling was sworn-in in the lobby...955 L’Enfant Plaza...quickly and quietly dismantling the agency. ...Homeland Security personnel present - to bully a bunch of civil servants who administer grants to museums and libraries.”

// Fascists attack books and #libraries while screaming about free speech the rest of the time.

https://newrepublic.com/post/193015/elon-musk-doge-library-musem-imls #uspol #imls

#tesla board members and executive sell more than $100 million in stock.

Like rats on a sinking ship.

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tesla-board-members-executive-sell-off-100-million/story?id=119889047

Chewing gum is plastic.

"chemical analysis shows that gum contains styrene-butadiene (the durable synthetic chemical used to make car tyres), polyethylene (the plastic used to make carrier bags and bottles) and polyvinyl acetate (woodglue) as well as some sweetener and flavouring."

https://theconversation.com/chewing-gum-is-plastic-pollution-not-a-litter-problem-251662 #health #microplastic

My robot vacuum came packed inside this. Should I worry?

Local #journalism jobs at the new regional #news org in #oregon #getfedihired #fedijobs https://lookouteugene-springfield.com/hiring/

// This org is an offspring of the Santa Cruz Lookout, and it is starting up in April. Oregon is a Sinclair news desert, so this is exciting.

@bruces
#alt4you

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@bruces These are not the agents we've been looking for, but the assertions are somewhat amusing.

YouTube transcript analysis is a whole new dimension of SEO apparently.

"Turn headlines into love stories" isn't even a good pitch when most headlines today start out as dystopian SF with highly unlikely dialogue. Seriously, turn them into obscene sea shanties and derisive limericks, slam poetry and protest signs.

"A town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) last week, in a district that went for Trump 60-38, was a disaster, with angry constituents demanding that he stand up for them and not let Trump control the federal budget and cut services for the needy. Other deep-red districts have seen similar dynamics. (1/5)

China Times News Network reports that a massive Thai cannabis farm fire got area residents pretty baked. https://ctinews-com.translate.goog/news/items/JpnqK1w1aM?_x_tr_sl=zh-CN&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp