Matthew E

GenX, agender (he/she/they). Legion of Super-Heroes, Toronto Blue Jays, music, books, ttrpgs, comics, chocolate milk

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

🎶'Alas, what hast thou done?
Thou art a pynke ponye girle
Yn the daunse at the clubbe!'
'Nay, modir! Ich do but seeke for mirthe
On the stage yn myne heeles,
It ys wher Ich belong downe at the
Pynke Ponye Clubbe
Ich shal keepe on daunsing
Downe yn West Hollywoode' [lute solo]🎶

[Matthew E @MatthewElmslie]

@homeofdcu Legion of Super-Heroes.

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

I think it behooves us to be skeptical of stories about AI driving people to believe wrong things and commit ugly actions. Not that I like the AI slop that is filling up our social media, but when we look at the ways that AI is harming us, slop is pretty low on the list.

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[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Any time AI is used to predict crime - predictive policing, bail determinations, Child Protective Services red flags - they magnify the biases already present in these systems, and, even worse, they give this bias the veneer of scientific neutrality.

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[Mr. Christopher @iamalmostlegend]

Van Lathan & Rachel Lindsay had one of the best takes summarizing who Trump is, what he represents, and why he’s untouchable.

[Climate Defiance @ClimateDefiance]

Words fail. Words fail. Today the World Meteorological Association released their annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Carbon levels have reached a level not seen since the Pliocene Epoch 3 million years ago - when sea levels rose an astonishing 30-60 feet. We explain:
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[Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu]

I have read a lot of columns about decisions not to endorse made by owners of the LA Times and Washington Post.

The most compelling argument I have come across is Karin Klein's. She's now a former member of the LA Times editorial board. Via @Jon_Allsop https://t.co/Eouu4uoooI

[MechaPuma @MechaPuma]

This needs immediate attention and action

[Matthew E @MatthewElmslie]

If anyone wants to find me in the sky, I’m calling myself https://t.co/hdTWyBZnPv up there.

[Matthew E @MatthewElmslie]

@MASKEDMANIACXXX Andrew Bennett.

[Matthew E @MatthewElmslie]

Don Simon Ysidro.

Genevieve Dieudonne.

Becky Burdock.

[Frank Goodman @MASKEDMANIACXXX]

Let’s See Those Vampire Names…..

[Anne Chovy @AnneChovy2]

just learned about recency bias and its my favorite thing ever

[Tzeporah Berman @Tzeporah]

The new report from the UN environment program reiterates what many of us have been saying for years: time is of the essence, there is no more of it to waste.

Anything less than a full phase-out of fossil fuels will be a betrayal to humanity and our earth.

https://t.co/RHbRjqemqP

[Tammy Rainey 🗽 WarrenDemocrat @Tammy_Beth]

Built in permission structure. Living out that "you knew what I was" parable in real time.

[Serious trans vibes Comics @AssignedMale]

Today is Intersex Awareness Day.

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Two decades ago, I was part of a group of nerds who got really interested in how each other managed to do what we did. The effort was kicked off by @mala, who called it "Lifehacking" and I played a small role in getting that term popularized:

https://t.co/gZE6yHpEQU

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[Matthew E @MatthewElmslie]

@BrainyPirate No. Game 1 was tonight.

[Mario Nicolais @MarioNicolaiEsq]

@stuartpstevens @washingtonpost @latimes I have told people for a year to read/listen to book "It Can't Happen Here" - from 1935.

The protagonist is a newspaperman during the campaign/presidency of a dictator.

Many other papers simply watched the democracy slip away ...

https://t.co/bQWC70oJkj