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Narcissistic incapable sociopaths having an open dispute #online - endangering national security and stability - why are you even bother posting their dirty laundry? Boycott and block them, and let the good guys do the job to investigate them PROPERLY (provided the #US has some good guys left, of course). #impeachment

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Time to drop the really big bomb:

@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.

Have a nice day, DJT!

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Syzito.xyzDeniz Opal (@selzero@syzito.xyz)Attached: 1 image We all know from multiple witness accounts that Trump is prominent in the Epstein files. People like Musk know for a fact but will protect a pedophile for their own gain, until they don't want to. Now let THAT sink in.

@alkatandan @coop Watch Party! Join to discuss how digital technologies impact our lives. This session we'll watch Cathy O'Neil, "The era of blind faith in big data must end", and Kevin Slavin, "How Algorithms Shape Our World". See Luma event to register and for more information.
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New release of the Total-Serialism library for JavaScript with many bug fixes and updates is on github/npm!

github.com/tmhglnd/total-seria

npmjs.com/package/total-serial

total-serialism is a set of functions used for procedurally generating and transforming number sequences (mainly in the form of arrays). This library does not output anything else then numbers, but can therefore be integrated with frameworks like P5js, ToneJS, Node4Max, Hydra and any other javascript based project you want to generate arrays for.

I'm considering some bigger updates, but this may introduce some breaking changes, so will save those for a version 3. For now i'm making a release of the current status of the library.
New Functio...
GitHubRelease Version 2.10.2 · tmhglnd/total-serialismI'm considering some bigger updates, but this may introduce some breaking changes, so will save those for a version 3. For now i'm making a release of the current status of the library. New Functio...

TikTok bans the ‘unhealthy’ SkinnyTok hashtag after pressure from regulators.

Efforts to protect kids online are gaining traction in Europe.

Social media platform TikTok has banned worldwide the popular SkinnyTok hashtag linked to weight-loss videos following scrutiny from policymakers in Brussels and Paris.

mediafaro.org/article/20250602

The TikTok logo on a smartphone. | CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Politico.eu · TikTok bans the ‘unhealthy’ SkinnyTok hashtag after pressure from regulators.By Pieter Haeck
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But now, acc/to internal company docs obtained by NPR, up to 90% of all risk assessments will soon be automated.

In practice, this means things like critical updates to #Meta's #algorithms, new #safety features & changes to how #content is allowed to be shared across the company's platforms will be mostly approved by a system powered by #ArtificialIntelligence — no longer subject to scrutiny by staffers tasked w/debating how a #platform change could have unforeseen repercussions or be misused.

Was Jordan Peterson radicalised by his own audience?

I’m fascinated by the capacity of the algorithm to create monsters. Individuals with large followings can be radicalised by their own audiences, incorporating the feedback in ways which fundamentally change who they are how they relate to others.

I was thinking back to this analysis when watching Jordan Peterson stare out, scold and berate (admittedly annoying) teenage atheist debaters. It’s interesting how a once iconoclastic academic who many people found charismatic has become this weird angry man with the smouldering intensity of a self-styled prophet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwk5MPE_6zE

Mark Carrigan · The capacity of the algorithm to create monsters
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Seems like everyone wants to be the first to read some fantastic patent and discover the secret to Google’s algorithms. If only it worked that way. If only it were that easy. If only some people weren’t consumed by hubris, announcing great discoveries every few months.

Technology companies love their patents. Many of them award bonuses, grants, and special recognition to employees who […]

https://www.seo-theory.com/how-to-read-patents-for-seo/

“You blew my mind,” said the subject line of an email from #ACMTuringAward recipient Avi Wigderson to Ryan Williams, a theoretical computer scientist at MIT. Earlier, Williams has posted a proof online, establishing a mathematical procedure for transforming any algorithm — no matter what it does — into a form that uses much less space. Learn more: quantamagazine.org/for-algorit
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Quanta Magazine · For Algorithms, a Little Memory Outweighs a Lot of Time | Quanta MagazineOne computer scientist’s “stunning” proof is the first progress in 50 years on one of the most famous questions in computer science.