Biz Stone, a Twitter co-founder, is among those who have joined the board of directors of Mastodon’s new U.S. nonprofit. https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/twitter-co-founder-biz-stone-joins-mastodons-new-u-s-non-profits-board/

failure.museum: Exploring Failed Ideas & Ventures
https://failure.museum/

The easiest way to spot AI-generated text is by checking for words that you don’t usually use but are common for ChatGPT. https://levelup.gitconnected.com/detect-ai-text-by-just-looking-at-it-24604008027c

For your mellow background: the Cornell Lab Bird Cams https://www.youtube.com/@CornellBirdCams/streams

These underwater cables can help to detect earthquakes earlier, monitor biodiversity and expand our knowledge of the ocean. https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/245105

How alphabet books dealt with the letter X before the rise of x-rays and xylophones. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/x-is-for

Are you going to #RSAconf next week? Here's what one tech expert expects to see. (Spoiler: AI, AI, and more AI.)
https://securityboulevard.com/2024/05/what-to-expect-at-rsa-2024-will-ai-wreak-havoc-on-cybersecurity/

Ask the Experts: 11 Favorite Native Plant Combinations

Worth it for the "oh pretty" photos.
https://www.gardenista.com/posts/ask-experts-best-native-plant-pairings/

AI-powered cameras installed on Metro buses to ticket illegally parked cars https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-24/ai-powered-cameras-installed-on-metro-buses-will-be-used-to-spot-illegally-parked-cars

Ever wanted your very own supercomputer? Got a spare 100k or so burning a hole in your pocket (and a professional moving team)? Have we got a bargain for you! https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/282996

What it’s like to feel invisible, according to people who are paid to be invisible.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxj84n/camouflage-clothing-experts-describe-feeling-invisible

> While television cooking competitions are often thought of as a high-stakes, life-changing experience that can make your career, they often don’t, and contestants say that much of the industry success they’ve had in the notoriously competitive and fickle food world is the result of their own hustling and hard work.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/26/tv-cooking-competition-shows-chef-contestants-chopped-food-network

"If you sat a monkey down in front of a keyboard, the first thing typed would be a UNIX command."– Bill Lye

I had reason to look up Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat, a book I loved. If you're "of that era" I heartily recommend it. https://amzn.to/4doBYJ8

So should I randomly yell “Avenge me!” at inopportune times or nah?

Scan the World Offers 17,000 Scans of Famous Artworks You Can Download and 3D Print https://www.core77.com/posts/108597/Scan-the-World-Offers-17000-Scans-of-Famous-Artworks-You-Can-Download-and-3D-Print

Massive study analyzes 23 million headlines from 47 news media outlets in the US from 2000-2019. They find that over this time period, headlines became more likely to denote anger, fear, disgust and sadness and less likely to be emotionally neutral. Headlines from right-leaning news media were consistently more negative than headlines from left-leaning outlets as well.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article

Bringing the woolly mammoth back to life https://www.newsweek.com/we-bringing-woolly-mammoth-back-life-i-1867622

This makes me wonder how long someone could live in an IKEA. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-man-hid-months-secret-room-circuit-city-19422415.php