Notices by Steven Saus [he/him] (stevensaus@faithcollapsing.com), page 2

From 28 Nov: 1.5 million-year-old footprints reveal our Homo erectus ancestors lived with a 2nd proto-human species - In a fossil first, researchers have announced the discovery of 1.5 million-year-old footprints ... https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1-5-million-year-old-footprints-reveal-our-homo-erectus-ancestors-lived-with-a-2nd-proto-human-species #archaeology

There is a HUGE chicken recall. The majority of the products are things *including, but not limited to* "ready to eat" salad kits with chicken, frozen casseroles, skillet kits, and more. The PDF with labels of recalled items includes brands from Kroger, Trader Joe's, Giant Eagle, Amazon, and more. The PDF is 162 PAGES worth of stuff.

Alert: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/brucepac-recalls-ready-eat-meat-and-poultry-products-due-possible-listeria

Direct to PDF of recalled labels: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/food_label_pdf/2024-10/Recall-028-2024-Labels.pdf

#food #recall

For the 30th anniversary of Dookie, Green Day has put together very limited editions of each song on various obsolete media, and videos of each one playing in their entirety. "The listening experience is unparalleled, sacrificing not only sonic quality, but also convenience, and occasionally entire verses."

https://www.dookiedemastered.com/

@baldur I am looking at this right now and it's... well, a mess of a survey.

First, who puts their methodology in ultra-widescreen slides? And these questions are SUPER vague and all perception based. Like, yes, I've used an AI tool. Sometimes it is very useful (usually with something really simple). Sometimes it's completely fucking wrong. But it's all perception and a bunch of noise. UGH.

for those following this thread, I ended up writing it all up:

GitHub's survey about the benefits of AI coding assistants doesn't say much, is embarrassingly bad, and makes many claims that its data simply does not support.

https://ideatrash.net/2024/09/lies-damn-lies-and-surveys-about-ai.html

@jrdepriest @youronlyone @autistics @actuallyautistic

Yes, this. Oddly, it's often the stories of mine that I think are the most "trite" that NT folx think are the "best". Make of that what you will.

From 11 Jul: A Black man didn’t get a job interview until he changed the name on his resume. Now he’s suing - Support trulyindependent journalismFind out moreCloseOur mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based ... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/racial-discrimination-sue-hotel-resume-b2578264.html #americas #world

@BethanyBlack

I'll take "Tell me you're neurodivergent without telling me you're neurodivergent" for $100...

( /me waves hi in solidarity)

@siege Interesting! Is there anything speculating as to the reason? My first thought is that's due to the patriarchy and the way it punishes female presenting folx, but I'm very interested in what they say.

@neuralex @nddev @onisillos @sebwhatever @actuallyautistic

In theory they are identical. In practice, I find they are different.

A strong agnostic may, from the OUTSIDE, be indistinguishable from an atheist in their actions.

I, on the other hand, don't REALLY think anything will happen to me if I sleep in a fairy ring on Midsummer's Eve... but I sure don't WANT to, either.

:: looks around at the world ::

Okay, bad example, but I hope you see what I'm getting at?

@VoxofGod @neuralex @nddev @onisillos @sebwhatever @actuallyautistic

Oh, no, Pascal's Wager makes no sense at all once the *possibility* of additional deities exists, as it does in agnosticism.

But that said, I would be *much* more wary of the Fae. The Judeo-Christian god is vengeful, yes, but the Fae are *CREATIVE*. :/

All it takes for fascism to continue is enough "respected" and "moderate" and "centrist" people to give fascists "the benefit of the doubt," even well after the fascists have stopped pretending to be anything but.

@aral

That implies only that FairPhone *believes* that Google is not and *would not* violate their ethical stances.

I'm going to assume that those folks who don't want Google's apps DIStrust Google more than they trust FairPhone.

@aral Ooof, that came across right as my reply posted. Sorry to dump on you there while you were being disappointed.

This... this *hit,* and Occam (along with what I know of sociology and economics and such) all track wit h this insight as well.

#autism #society

@autisticadvocacy

@aral

And the bigots are offended at even *that*.

Which kind of highlights exactly how effective trying to appease them would be.