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https://www.calishat.com/2025/10/01/rssforager-rss-feed-discovery-featuring-wordpress/

#RSS #OSINT

@dalias @fiend_unpleasant @ai6yr There was a beach in India which had to have a local official staffing it warning tour buses away because Google Maps kept directing people to it.

Receipt: https://web.archive.org/web/20240708034925/https://udayavani.com/english-news/tourists-to-panambur-end-up-at-meenakaliya-beach-courtesy-misleading-google-maps

@ai6yr @dalias @fiend_unpleasant Google has tried to centralize structural knowledge without doing nearly enough to absorb local context and voila things are fucked nine ways

#DigitalHumanities #BlackHistory #BlackExcellence

'Its mission is to propel education, inspire creativity, and support skill development through culturally relevant works by Black and Brown authors, poets, and artists.'

https://www.bet.com/article/avt0zd/solange-launches-saint-heron-digital-archive-library-featuring-rare-black-and-brown-voices

#Etruria #Italy #archaeology #CulturalHeritage

'Using advanced digital technology, Swedish researchers have documented and visualized nearly 280 Etruscan chamber tombs in Italy. '

https://www.gu.se/en/news/etruscan-chamber-tombs-made-accessible-in-digital-portal

Oh I can tell you. I'd probably melt the keyboard though

https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/what-drives-judgment-of-ultra-wealthy-billionaires/

One thing I like about Techdirt is the no-bullshit headline.

#politics #legal #ThatWasQuick

https://apnews.com/article/trump-lawsuit-new-york-times-3141806904f4f70e9a986b787599c6a8?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=68cd8cebcd152c00016cda9b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Today in yet ANOTHER Google Maps problem that goes on for years and years and doesn't get fixed until a journalist rolls up asking questions:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360828351/its-private-property-so-why-does-google-maps-say-womans-driveway-road

#AI #media #lawsuits #Google

'The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites.'

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/14/tech/rolling-stone-billboard-penske-sues-google-ai-hnk

#Iraq #Yazidis #photography

'Webb and others began scouring museum files and gathered almost 300 photos to create a visual archive of the Yazidi people, one of Iraq's oldest religious minorities.'

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-photos-found-museum-125536901

#podcasts #AI #slop #SlopIndustrialComplex

'There are lots of podcasts, made by humans, that offer listeners original reporting...AI-generated podcasts can basically only offer a facsimile of that, cribbing the works of others to produce something vaguely passable.'

https://gizmodo.com/the-sound-of-slop-is-coming-2000657649

I didn't consider myself particularly shockable when it comes to AI, but holy shit. This is *awful*.

#Ukraine #books #CulturalHeritage #literature

"The Ukrainian Book Institute (UBI) has launched an online database of translations of Ukrainian literature into other languages. ... A list of over 800 books translated from Ukrainian is now available for viewing."

https://babel.ua/en/news/120991-the-ukrainian-book-institute-has-opened-an-online-database-of-translations-of-ukrainian-literature-into-other-languages

#energy #FoodWaste #walnuts

'Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed an inexpensive device that generates enough electricity to power a calculator using only waste walnut shells and drops of water.'

https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/how-generate-green-energy-using-nut-waste

#Twitter #Mastodon

"The acquisition of Twitter (now X) by Elon Musk in 2022 generated concerns among Twitter users regarding changes in the platform's direction, prompting a migration campaign by some user groups to the federated network Mastodon.

This study reviews the onboarding of users to this decentralised platform between 2016 and 2022 and analyses the migration of 19,000 users who identified themselves as supporters of the platform switch."

https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17563

Structural racism in 101 seconds #racism #explainers

'In this 101 in 101 video, a series that challenges UC Berkeley faculty to explain their field in 101 seconds, [Stephen] Menendian explains how most of the mechanisms that form structural racism –– like mass incarceration –– have taken shape in the post-Civil Rights era.'

https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/14/watch-berkeley-scholar-explain-structural-racism/

@skinnylatte

"Amid a surge in interest, he is cooking up plans to launch food heritage tours and communal dining sessions under the SG Culture Pass initiative.

The SG Culture Pass gives all Singaporeans aged 18 and above S$100 (US$80) in credits to enjoy local arts, culture, and heritage programmes. "

I loooooove national culture initiatives

Let me make sure this gets on @skinnylatte radar

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/sg60-minority-ethnic-groups-food-heritage-culture-online-business-5282496

'A fervent Trump supporter who said that he was casting his 2024 vote to fight child trafficking is now being charged with 10 counts of possessing child pornography.

Scott Soucek of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was arrested on July 24 and accused of accessing hundreds of child pornography images through a file-sharing system.'

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-champion-scott-soucek-said-trump-would-fight-child-predators-arrested-for-being-a-child-predator/