leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

RE: https://scholar.social/@JubalBarca/117570024280604981

More pernicious than the sum of the flaws written here is that the site makes all its claims *appear* authoritative, with lots of supporting images and text. The casual visitor is not equipped to understand that what they’re seeing contains large amounts of confabulations, interspersed between factual information.

This is worse than lying: it’s lying that is indistinguishable from truth, except to experts in the field.

Quietly waiting for more companies to discover that "AI-free environment" is the magic phrase that will attract the smartest, most dedicated experts in the world to come work for you. We don't often get magic phrases with zero downsides but we've got one right now and you can just, you know, use it

#antiAI #noAI

UK petition: Review single sex spaces guidance requiring use on the basis of biological sex

Sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/780240

Graph: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/780240

Closing date: 18 March 2027

It opened today! It's a trans-supportive petition. :)

You can sign if you are:
- a UK resident, regardless of citizenship status;
- a UK citizen living anywhere in the world.

#UK #petition #TransRights #trans #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #transgender

My main client has pulled work from the end of the month

This is devestating

Will try and get more work, but if anyone knows anyone hiring - or is looking for editors, writers, marketers or project managers - please let me know

I’ve worked across many industries

#GetFediHired

Over on Whatever today I go over @subvert.fm's "AI" policy and tell you why I think it's a really good version of such a policy, and why other organizations looking to create such a policy of their own would be well served to give it a look:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2026/10/18/what-a-good-ai-policy-looks-like/

I read some post about how Mastodon consists primarily of German-speaking creatures talking in English. I'm gonna do a poll, need to test that. Boosts highy appreciated!

So, do you speak German?

❌ AI generated slop menus with pictures that make your food look like worms

✅ scribbles on a piece of paper saying how much the soup cost