Matthew Rowlinson
@matthewrowlinson.bsky.social
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he/him. Lives on traditional Attawandaran, Algonquin and Haudenosaunee land. Works on nineteenth century poetry; votes NDP. Can't tell a story. *Biopolitics and Animal Species* (2024) available from Cambridge https://www.cambridge.org/9781009409957
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It's not artificial intelligence. It's imitation intelligence.
Notch another win for automatic traffic enforcement.

After San Francisco began using cameras to ticket vehicles, speeding dropped 72% across 15 sites (20,000 fewer speeding drivers).
SFMTA data: Drivers a lot slower around cameras
Pedestrian-safety advocates say “encouraging” findings should prompt more action.
www.sfexaminer.com
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
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It is at least *interesting* that the people making this supposedly world-changing technology think its most profitable use cases are: social media videos and sexting.
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There will be a depressing number of institutions that say yes or flirt with this, but also doesn't opening up the offer to all-comers so quickly seem just a little thirsty? Like they're putting fascism on sale for 20% off because not enough universities are buying?
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🤮WHY TF is Tony Blair still a thing??
Any kid in an inflatable frog costume who shows up at our door Halloween is gonna hit the jackpot.
This just happened in Arts and Humanities at my institution #weternu in Canada. Where does this stuff come from? Is there some Bond villain’s lair sending coded messages to university admins worldwide?
Seeing a report—I have not verified it myself—that USC has just terminated all administrative staff in humanities departments, administrative functions to be consolidated in a centralized “hub” with a limited number of positions to which the now jobless may choose to apply.
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congrats to Nobel Peace Prize winner Portland Frog
It’s completely delusional to think the most pressing threat to humanity comes from glorified chatbots. The world’s two largest nuclear arsenals are controlled by unhinged old men.
Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.
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Cornell alums!
Cornell continues to be pressured by the current administration in DC to reach a deal to restore federal research funding.
Please consider signing this petition!
Please also share widely with any Cornell graduates you know!
Alumni in Support of Cornell’s Independence, Democracy, and Academic Freedom
Please add your name below if you agree to be a signatory of the following message to be delivered to the Cornell Board of Trustees: Dear Members of the Cornell Board of Trustees, Ongoing attacks on A...
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Someone is doing to die after being hit by a driver of a vehicle at a location that used to have a speed camera. This will be on you, Doug.
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
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The war on wikipedia by the fascists will only intensify as they seek to entrench their power in every information ecosystem.

I believe we ought to support and protect wikipedia, its community and mission, as one of humanity's greatest libraries of knowledge.
Let's be clear a what's happening here: the "censorship" and "bias" narrative is being extended to Wikipedia bc the far right knows that getting bullshit into LLMs is how to shape reality as "answer engines" replace search engines.

Wikipedia is core to that fight so the grievance blitz is here.
Happy to say I’ve no idea who this person is but calling her a “heifer” is tacky & sexist.